Versatile vacuum cleaner for cleaning swimming pools

Abstract

A submersible vacuum cleaner for cleaning an artificial basin such as a swimming pool, the vacuum cleaner including a main body, a suction turbine or impeller coupled to an electric motor, a battery, a suction mouth, a pre-filter ensuring a first filtering, and a discharge outlet. The vacuum cleaner including a connector, which can be attached on the discharge outlet to connect thereto a hose for evacuating the sucked water out of the basin, and a removable filtering element which can be attached on the discharge outlet to ensure a second filtering finer than the first filtering. The discharge outlet being designed so as to receive, one at a time, the hose or the filtering element.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A submersible vacuum cleaner for cleaning an artificial basin such as a swimming pool, comprising a main body, a suction turbine or impeller coupled to an electric motor, a battery, a suction mouth, a pre-filter ensuring a first filtering, and a discharge outlet, said vacuum cleaner being characterised in that it includes a connector, allowing connecting any hose to the discharge outlet to evacuate the sucked water out of the basin, and a removable filtering element which can be attached on the discharge outlet to ensure a second filtering finer than the first filtering, and in that said discharge outlet is designed so as to receive, one at a time, the hose or the filtering element. 
     
     
         2 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , wherein the connector is removable and the discharge outlet is designed so as to receive, one at a time, said connector or the filtering element. 
     
     
         3 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , wherein the filtering element is a pleated cartridge. 
     
     
         4 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , wherein the connector includes a base, which can be attached on a neck of a discharge pipe crossing the discharge outlet, and a fitting allowing connecting the hose. 
     
     
         5 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , wherein the discharge outlet is eccentric with respect to the axis of the main body. 
     
     
         6 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , further comprising a grill for protecting the suction turbine or impeller. 
     
     
         7 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , further including a locking lever to rigidly hold the filtering element on the discharge outlet. 
     
     
         8 . The submersible vacuum cleaner according to  claim 1 , wherein the filtering element is placed in a protective grill or cage.