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Abstract

A debris skimmer (10, 91) is designed to float adjacent the surface of a pool (14) to entrap floating debris including leaves (99). The skimmer defines a floway (20, 180) having a front (18) and a rear (28), with an entrance lip (36) at the front, and a receptacle receiver (30) at the rear. This novel floway is bounded by side members (24, 26) and one or more holes (40, 80, 107) are utilized in a manifold (38, 78, 106) located in the vicinity of the entrance lip such that at least one rearwardly-directed jet of water can be supplied to the floway. This jet of water serves to establish a rearward flow of water through the floway, such rearward flow of water serving to carry floating debris toward the receptacle receiver means (30) located at the rear of the skimmer. The jet or jets of water may be supplied from a common manifold (38) extending along the underside of the entrance lip, or the jet or jets of water may be supplied from a manifold (78, 106) extending from side to side in an elevated position above the entrance lip. In each instance the manifold is adapted to be connected to a supply of water, preferably to the return line (46) of the pool. In this way the skimmer can function to remove floating debris such as leaves from the surface of a pool without entailing any operating expense over and above the usual expense for operating the pool.

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