Portable leaf trap for swimming pools

Claim 1

A ROTARY LEAF SWEEPER ADAPTED TO SWEEP UP LEAVES FROM THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE MAIN DRAIN LINE OF A SWIMMING POOL AND TO ENTRAP SAID LEAVES COMPRISING A DOME-LIKE COVER HAVING AN ANNULAR BOTTOM WALL, A RELATIVELY SMALL OPENING IN SAID BOTTOM WALL DISPOSED IN LATERALLY OFFSET RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID COVER, AN OPEN-ENDED TUBE DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID INLET, SAID TUBE HAVING ITS LOWER END SUPPORTED BY THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID POOL IN SURROUNDING RELATION TO THE INLET OF SAID DRAIN LINE AND HAVING ITS UPPER END EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE WITHIN SAID COVER PAST SAID ANNULAR BOTTOM WALL OF SAID COVER, SHAFT AND SHAFT BEARING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID TUBE AND SAID COVER ENABLING ROTATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID INLET, SCREEN MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID TUBE OPERABLE TO REMOVE LEAVES AND OTHER POOL DEBRIS FROM WATER FLOWING BETWEEN SAID OPENING AND SAID INLET, AND IMPELLER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT MEANS AND DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF FLOW OF THE WATER PASSING BETWEEN SAID OPENING AND SAID INLET OPERABLE TO EFFECT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES IN SAID FLOW AND THEREBY IMPART ROTARY MOVEMENT TO SAID COVER.