Spa and pool step vacuum

Abstract

A Spa and Pool Step Vacuum is disclosed. The vacuum device incorporates a submersible pump. The device is lightweight and portable and does not require a hardwired electrical supply. The device further includes a removable external filter sack or bag to provide maximum filtration capacity with the minimum of weight and drag. The vacuum further provides a tapered nozzle having a roller to create the desired air gap between the tip of the nozzle and the surface being cleaned.

1 . A spa and pool step vacuum device, comprising: 
 a handle assembly defining a first and a second end;    a control module attached to said first end of said handle assembly;    a head assembly attached to said second end of said handle assembly, said head assembly further defined by a mouth and a discharge stem; and    a filter bag attached to said discharge stem.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said head assembly is further defined by a nozzle, said nozzle forming a throat therein and further defined by said mouth at a leading end, said head assembly further defined by a bell extending from a rear end opposing said leading end.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein: 
 said head assembly is further defined by a housing, said housing defined by a collar; and    said bell has a plurality of tabs extending outwardly therefrom for engagement with said collar.    
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising a roller rollably attached to said head assembly in said throat, adjacent to said mouth.  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein: 
 said roller defines a generally elongate ovoid shape having a pair of ends, each said end comprising a peg extending therefrom; and    said nozzle is further defined by a pair of apertures formed therein adjacent to said mouth, said apertures design to cooperatively accept said pegs therein.    
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein said handle assembly comprises a battery compartment and an extension member detachably interconnected by a coupling.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein said battery compartment comprises an elongate tube having a first and second end, said coupling attached to said first end and said control module attached adjacent to said second end; and 
 said device further comprising at least one battery housed within said tube.    
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein said extension member defines an axis along its length, and said mouth defines a plane, said plane being at an angle of less than ninety degrees and more than zero degrees to said extension member axis.  
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said control module further comprises a socket for accepting at least a portion of a solid-state battery pack therein.  
   
   
       10 . A device, comprising: 
 an extension member defining a first and second end;    a submersible head assembly attached to said first end, said head assembly comprising: 
 a housing, within which are located a motor and a pump impeller;  
 a bell attached to said housing;  
 a nozzle extending from said bell and terminating in a mouth and further defining a throat, said mouth defining an edge;  
 a roller attached to said nozzle in said throat in close proximity to said edge.  
   
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein: 
 said roller defines a generally elongate ovoid shape having a pair of ends, each said end comprising a peg extending therefrom; and    said nozzle is further defined by a pair of apertures formed therein adjacent to said mouth, said apertures design to cooperatively accept said pegs therein.    
   
   
       12 . The device of  claim 11 , further comprising a discharge stem extending from said housing and a filter bag attached to said filter stem.  
   
   
       13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein: 
 said bell has a plurality of tabs extending outwardly therefrom for engagement with said collar.    
   
   
       14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said handle assembly comprises a battery compartment and an extension member detachably interconnected by a coupling.  
   
   
       15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein said battery compartment comprises an elongate tube having a first and second end, said coupling attached to said first end and said control module attached adjacent to said second end; and 
 said device further comprising at least one battery housed within said tube.    
   
   
       16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein said extension member defines an axis along its length, and said mouth defines a plane, said plane being at an angle of less than ninety degrees and more than zero degrees to said extension member axis.  
   
   
       17 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said control module further comprises a socket for accepting at least a portion of a solid-state battery pack therein.  
   
   
       18 . A portable pool step and spa vacuum comprising: 
 a battery compartment defining a first and second end;    control module adjacent to said first end;    an extension member defining a first and second end attached to said battery compartment, said first end of said extension member attached to said second end of said battery compartment;    a motor/pump assembly attached to said second end of said extension member and defining an extension member end and a nozzle end; and    a nozzle extending from said nozzle end.