The purpose of the present invention is to have uninhibited operation at the pool cowl-water interface. The whole and forward main edge of the caster housing is supplied with a ramp or slope 14. I've experimentally determined that ramp 14 is optimumally sloped in the range of 22°. Slopes from as little as 10° to as much as 40° will be utilized in a broad vary with slopes from 18° to 26° being utilized in an intermeditate range. The entire goal of this slope is to allow encountered discontinuities to pass upward to the rolling periphery of the caster roller 16. Thus, I recess shaft 50 effectively beneath the floor of the slope 14 to expose the periphery of roller sixteen to the passing cowl discontinuity. We are going to first talk about caster E1 overlying forward portion A. Thereafter, we are going to discuss caster E2 overlying rear portion B and its dissimilarity within the type of peripheral wheel 40. Finally operation of the gadget with reference to FIG. 1 will probably be set forth. Referring to FIG. 3, ahead portion A is supplied with a central vertical shaft 50. Shaft 50 includes a ball bearing 52. Ball bearing fifty two permits free rotation of caster E1 about and above ahead portion A in order that roller sixteen of caster E1 trails shaft 50 in a "wind vane" method.
Of late, floating pool covers haven't solely confirmed useful but additionally are often occasions required. During cool hours of the day much heat power can escape--the best loss occurring at the atmospheric interface of the pool. By inserting a ASP – America's Swimming Pool Company of Central Texas pool cowl on the surface, such losses could be retarded because the cover offers great resistance to heat flow. These covers have the problem that on their lower surface on the pool water interface, heat transfers are comparatively inefficient. Typically ASP – America's Swimming Pool Company of Central Texas pools are heated. First, the pool cover present thermal insulation. These AZ Premium Pool Services covers perform a number of helpful functions. Finally, pool covers serve the aim of maintaining debris out of the pool in hours when the pool just isn't in use. Secondly, many covers are adapted to obtain heat from the sun and transfer it to the floor of the AZ Pool Service. A disadvantage of such covers has been their tendency to develop and foster algae on their below floor. For the reason that water interface under the cover is typically undisturbed for lengthy intervals of time, such locations present superb incubation and progress areas for algae.
As in most typical fairings, roller 16 is mounted upon a rotational axis 17. This axis is at an elevation so that roller sixteen is exposed from a recess 70 within the fairing. The upwardly uncovered recess 70 is supplied with a debris port 72 and a spatial interval between the top of float A and the underside seventy three of the fairing. Thus it is in a great place for debris to accumulate. The description of float E2 is not going to be repeated. Caster E2 is centrally positioned over rear portion B on a vertical axis (not shown). Its development and operation is equivalent to that of caster E1. Accumulated debris between the roller 16 and the recess 70 can pass out port seventy two around the higher floor of the housing A and hence to the bottom of the pool for standard sweeping. Since caster E1 is inverted, recess 70 can be inverted.
An advantage of the ramp is that folds, rips and even cowl borders might be encountered without interruption of the pool cleaning motion. This rear peripheral wheel and housing enables the rear inverted caster to encounter and thereafter roll around vertical obstructions, including pool steps, pool sides, pool ladders and the like. Yet one more object of this invention is the conformance of the pool cleaning system to avoid the elevated tendency of such units to foul when touring beneath the constraints of a pool cowl. In response to this aspect of the invention, the disclosed prior art Arneson Products "Pool Sweep" is provided with a stream lined housing between the respective inverted casters in place and as a substitute of having the 2 floats linked by a pipe. Yet an extra object of this invention is to disclose a stream lined fairing for both containing the caster of this invention and the buoyant portions of the pool cleaning device. Moreover, the rear float now comprises an inverted caster circumscribed by a peripheral wheel.
This being the case I have found that it is essential that encountered discontinuities be accounted for in the operation of such devices. A ramp at the main finish of the caster on the upward edge of the inverted fairing permits encountered cover discontinuities to move smoothly over the fairing to the upwardly uncovered caster. The caster is provided with a fairing to scale back drag. At the very least one and ideally two inverted casters are utilized, the casters each ideally becoming the positive buoyancy portion of the cleaning gadget. Overall constructive buoyancy of the cleaning device causes the caster to trip on the overlying cover at the cover pool interface. The pool cleaning device is of the kind that has two constructive buoyancy portions, these parts usually being positioned fore and aft. A optimistic buoyancy programmed motion pool cleaning machine is tailored for rolling operation under a floating pool cover in order that encountered cowl discontinuities comparable to folds, borders and tears do not interrupt and stop the operation of the machine.
Of late, floating pool covers haven't solely confirmed useful but additionally are often occasions required. During cool hours of the day much heat power can escape--the best loss occurring at the atmospheric interface of the pool. By inserting a ASP – America's Swimming Pool Company of Central Texas pool cowl on the surface, such losses could be retarded because the cover offers great resistance to heat flow. These covers have the problem that on their lower surface on the pool water interface, heat transfers are comparatively inefficient. Typically ASP – America's Swimming Pool Company of Central Texas pools are heated. First, the pool cover present thermal insulation. These AZ Premium Pool Services covers perform a number of helpful functions. Finally, pool covers serve the aim of maintaining debris out of the pool in hours when the pool just isn't in use. Secondly, many covers are adapted to obtain heat from the sun and transfer it to the floor of the AZ Pool Service. A disadvantage of such covers has been their tendency to develop and foster algae on their below floor. For the reason that water interface under the cover is typically undisturbed for lengthy intervals of time, such locations present superb incubation and progress areas for algae.
As in most typical fairings, roller 16 is mounted upon a rotational axis 17. This axis is at an elevation so that roller sixteen is exposed from a recess 70 within the fairing. The upwardly uncovered recess 70 is supplied with a debris port 72 and a spatial interval between the top of float A and the underside seventy three of the fairing. Thus it is in a great place for debris to accumulate. The description of float E2 is not going to be repeated. Caster E2 is centrally positioned over rear portion B on a vertical axis (not shown). Its development and operation is equivalent to that of caster E1. Accumulated debris between the roller 16 and the recess 70 can pass out port seventy two around the higher floor of the housing A and hence to the bottom of the pool for standard sweeping. Since caster E1 is inverted, recess 70 can be inverted.
An advantage of the ramp is that folds, rips and even cowl borders might be encountered without interruption of the pool cleaning motion. This rear peripheral wheel and housing enables the rear inverted caster to encounter and thereafter roll around vertical obstructions, including pool steps, pool sides, pool ladders and the like. Yet one more object of this invention is the conformance of the pool cleaning system to avoid the elevated tendency of such units to foul when touring beneath the constraints of a pool cowl. In response to this aspect of the invention, the disclosed prior art Arneson Products "Pool Sweep" is provided with a stream lined housing between the respective inverted casters in place and as a substitute of having the 2 floats linked by a pipe. Yet an extra object of this invention is to disclose a stream lined fairing for both containing the caster of this invention and the buoyant portions of the pool cleaning device. Moreover, the rear float now comprises an inverted caster circumscribed by a peripheral wheel.
This being the case I have found that it is essential that encountered discontinuities be accounted for in the operation of such devices. A ramp at the main finish of the caster on the upward edge of the inverted fairing permits encountered cover discontinuities to move smoothly over the fairing to the upwardly uncovered caster. The caster is provided with a fairing to scale back drag. At the very least one and ideally two inverted casters are utilized, the casters each ideally becoming the positive buoyancy portion of the cleaning gadget. Overall constructive buoyancy of the cleaning device causes the caster to trip on the overlying cover at the cover pool interface. The pool cleaning device is of the kind that has two constructive buoyancy portions, these parts usually being positioned fore and aft. A optimistic buoyancy programmed motion pool cleaning machine is tailored for rolling operation under a floating pool cover in order that encountered cowl discontinuities comparable to folds, borders and tears do not interrupt and stop the operation of the machine.