Cleaning apparatus for selected small areas of a swimming pool

Claim 1

Cleaning apparatus for a swimming pool comprising an elongated air chamber, said air chamber having a bellows as an integral part thereof, means for venting the air from said air chamber, a spring within said air chamber for maintaining said air chamber in an elongated condition, at least one length of tubing having water-tight means for connecting one end of said tubing to said air chamber, means extending upwardly from said tubing to limit movement of said air chamber in said elongated condition, said spring and said bellows expelling air through said air chamber venting means and said tubing by operating said spring in conjunction with said air chamber, flap means within said tubing for the passage of air and water away from said air chamber and allowing the passing of debris only in the direction toward said air chamber, preventing and retaining said debris from passing away from said air chamber through said tubing when air is expelled through said tubing from the air chamber, and allowing the passage of said air being expelled from said air chamber, and a water-tight, spring loaded sliding trap door on said tubing between said air chamber and said flap means proximate to said/flap means for selectively retaining said debris passing through said tubing.