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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100071123 | AUTOMATIC WATER LEVELER An apparatus for automatically maintaining the water level of a body of water, such as a pool, is described herein. The present invention comprises a float body contained within a float housing chamber and selectively coupled to a float valve, a ball check valve employe... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20090260149 | Automatic Top-Up Tap For Pools A pool top-up tap comprises a conduit from a rain water supply which tops up the pool and a valve assembly which closes off the conduit when the water in the pool reaches a predetermined level. The conduit may supply rain water to an intermediate pool side reservoir whi... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090165202 | Water level control system Systems for controlling the level of water with in reservoir, such as in a catch basin for an infinity pool. One embodiment of such a water level control system comprises a system housing having a removable front plate with front plate openings, and a water inlet into t... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20080307576 | Pools Arrangement The invention relates to a pool arrangement (1) preferably filled with water and consisting of a first pool (10) embodied in the form of a swimming pool (11) and provided with a first side wall (12), a first bottom (13) and a first edg... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20060192679 | Plant low water alerting apparatus A self-contained apparatus detects the absence of water in a cut plant container and signals an audible alert. The alert sounds periodically until an attendant refills the water. The apparatus is a slender rigid structure that can easily fit inside a narrow vase of cut ... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060070175 | Swimming pool overflow device and method A pool overflow device controls water level in a swimming pool. The swimming pool includes an interior wall having an upper end. An overflow port passes through the interior wall at an elevation below the upper end of the interior wall. A drain member has a drain passag... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050235408 | Pool skimmer A skimmer system is provided which includes a reservoir, an inlet, a reservoir pump and a weir. The skimmer system may be attached to a tank having fluid therein. The fluid in the tank defines a tank fluid surface, and the fluid in the reservoir defines a reservoir flui... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050167345 | Management arrangement The invention discloses a management arrangement for a swimming pool. The arrangement includes a number of sensors being adapted to measure variables and generate input data relating to a swimming pool. The input data is processed by a processing unit to generate output... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050044618 | Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same A solid-state imaging device comprises a housing in which a base and ribs forming a rectangular frame are formed in one piece by a resin; a plurality of metal lead pieces embedded in the housing, each of which has an internal terminal portion facing an internal space of... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050000012 | Pool skimmer A skimmer system is provided which includes a reservoir, an inlet, a reservoir pump and a weir. The skimmer system is attached to a tank having fluid therein. The fluid in the tank defines a tank fluid surface. The reservoir receives fluid from the tank. The fluid in th... | 01/06/2005 |
