The first swimming pool vacuum cleaner was invented by Ferdinand Chauvier in South Africa, a hydraulics engineer who came to South Africa from the Belgian Congo in 1951 and marketed his product under the name Kreepy Krauly.
The first swimming pool vacuum cleaner was invented by Ferdinand Chauvier in South Africa, a hydraulics engineer who came to South Africa from the Belgian Congo in 1951. In 1974 he finished work on the first automatic pool cleaner and marketed his product under the name Kreepy Krauly.