Two-wheel actuator steering system and method for pool cleaner

• Main Authors: MAURYA, Om Prakash, SANWAL, Narender, KUMAR, Satheesh
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.11.2017
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MASTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

TWO-WHEEL ACTUATOR STEERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POOL CLEANER There is disclosed a pool cleaner (10) comprising: a housing (14); a first drive wheel (16) positioned along a first side of the housing (14); a second drive wheel (18) positioned along a second side of the housing (14); and a steering system (12) engaged with the first drive wheel (16) and the second drive wheel (18), the steering system (12) including a rotating cam (70) with a first cam profile (76) and a second cam profile (78) different from the first cam profile (76), the steering system (12) driving the housing in a cycle of forward and turn movements by rotating the first drive wheel (16) based on the first cam profile (76) and rotating the second drive wheel (18) based on the second cam profile (78).