Pool cleaning apparatus with active emptying and method for controlling such an apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9708826
APP PUB NO 20130341284A1
SERIAL NO

13904048

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The invention relates to a pool cleaning apparatus and a method for controlling such an apparatus comprising a body, a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a drive device, a pumping device, a hydraulic circuit between a liquid inlet and a pumping outlet and via a cleaning device, a monitoring device providing electronic signals which are representative of a state of the apparatus, an electronic signal processing unit receiving and analyzing the signals of the monitoring device and controlling the pumping device, wherein, on detection of a removal event of the body from the liquid, the processing unit stops the pumping device after a predetermined emptying time in order to allow active emptying of the hydraulic circuit.

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ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPEZA DE LA BALME BELBERAUD 31450

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Favie, Louis Colomiers, FR 24 27
Michelon, Thierry Toulouse, FR 15 180

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