Methods and apparatuses to relieve excessive suction within swimming pool skimmers
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Jan 23, 2018
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Dec 28, 2015
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Sep 25, 2013
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A pool skimmer including a skimmer housing and a venturi system is disclosed. The skimmer housing includes a pool throat opening, a deck throat opening, a basket opening within the skimmer housing, a skimmer rim, a skimmer bottom distal the deck throat opening, one or more pump suction ports on the skimmer bottom, and a pool return port. The venturi system includes a pump inlet port extending through the skimmer bottom and a first venturi nozzle in fluid communication with the pump inlet port and directed towards the pool return port. The venturi system may include at least a second nozzle in fluid communication with the pump inlet port and directed to a lower portion of the pool return port, with the first nozzle being directed to a center of the pool return port. The pump suction ports and the pump inlet port may be offset from one another.
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