CN218724860U

CN218724860U - Fish tank thermometer

Info

Publication number: CN218724860U
Application number: CN202221959260.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈云; 任涛; 李孟霖
Original assignee: Sun Yat Sen Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Sun Yat Sen Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-27
Filing date: 2022-07-27
Publication date: 2023-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-07-27

Abstract

The utility model provides a fish bowl thermometer, which comprises an outer shell, transparent inner shell, shell mouth sealing member, main circuit module and temperature probe, main circuit module sets up inside transparent inner shell, temperature probe sets up outside transparent inner shell, transparent inner shell has the opening sealed by shell mouth sealing member, main circuit module passes through opening and shell mouth sealing member and links to each other with temperature probe with sealing connection's mode, transparent inner shell and shell mouth sealing member are installed in the shell, the shell has the connector, temperature probe installs on connector and shell mouth sealing member, the shell has the transparent window, main circuit module includes the control unit and temperature monitor, the control unit links to each other with temperature probe and temperature monitor, temperature monitor shows the temperature reading that temperature probe surveyed through the transparent window. The fish tank thermometer can be soaked in water for use, the accuracy of temperature measurement and the convenience of use are improved, and the problems of temperature measurement faults, thermometer damage and the like caused by the fact that a temperature probe accidentally falls out of the fish tank or a thermometer host falls into the fish tank can be effectively prevented.

Description

Fish tank thermometer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a fish tank thermometer.

Background

Some current fish bowl digital display thermometers are used by being pasted on the outer wall of a fish bowl, and the water temperature in the fish bowl can not be accurately measured under the condition that the fish bowl glass is thicker, especially when the fish bowl digital display thermometers meet the environment with cold weather. Some fish tank thermometers adopt a design that a temperature probe with a wire is placed in water in a tank, and a thermometer host is placed outside the tank, but the fish tank thermometer is inconvenient and unattractive, and is easy to cause temperature measurement failure or thermometer failure because the temperature probe is brought out of the water surface or the thermometer host is brought into the water by carelessness of a user (such as when the fish tank is cleaned).

It is to be noted that the information disclosed in the above background section is only for understanding the background of the present application and thus may include information that does not constitute prior art known to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the above-mentioned defect that exists among the background art, the utility model provides a fish bowl thermometer, waterproof nature is good, can soak the use in aqueous completely, improves the accuracy of temperature measurement and the convenience of use to can prevent effectively that temperature probe accident from falling out the fish bowl or the thermometer host computer falls into the fish bowl and the temperature measurement trouble, the thermometer damage scheduling problem that lead to.

A fish tank thermometer comprises an outer shell, a transparent inner shell, a shell opening sealing piece, a main circuit module and a temperature probe, wherein the main circuit module is arranged inside the transparent inner shell, the temperature probe is arranged outside the transparent inner shell, the transparent inner shell is provided with an opening sealed by the shell opening sealing piece, the main circuit module is connected with the temperature probe in a sealing connection mode through the opening and the shell opening sealing piece, the outer shell is provided with an inner shell installation cavity, the transparent inner shell and the shell opening sealing piece are installed in the inner shell installation cavity, the outer shell is provided with a connecting port, the temperature probe is installed on the connecting port and the shell opening sealing piece, the outer shell is provided with a transparent window made of a transparent material, the main circuit module comprises a control unit and a temperature display, the control unit is connected with the temperature probe and the temperature display, and the temperature display is used for displaying a temperature reading measured by the temperature probe.

Further, the method comprises the following steps:

the shell opening sealing element is a sealing soft plug, and an access hole for accessing the temperature probe is formed in the sealing soft plug.

The sealing soft plug is a rubber plug, and the rubber plug is filled and sealed with a sealant.

The housing includes an upper case and a lower case, which are detachably assembled together.

The main circuit module further comprises a photosensitive sensor and an illuminating light source, the photosensitive sensor and the illuminating light source are respectively connected with the control unit, the photosensitive sensor detects the intensity of external light through the transparent window, and the control unit controls the illuminating light source to be turned on when the detected light intensity is lower than a preset threshold value.

The photosensitive sensor is a photosensitive resistor, and the illumination light source is an LED lamp.

The main circuit module further comprises an infrared receiver, and the infrared receiver is connected with the control unit and used for receiving signals sent by an infrared remote controller to set the thermometer.

The sucker assembly comprises a first sucker, a first sucker fixing ring, a second sucker and a second sucker fixing ring, wherein the first sucker is fixed on the first sucker fixing ring, and the second sucker is fixed on the second sucker fixing ring; the two ends of the shell are respectively provided with a first ring groove and a second ring groove, and the first sucker fixing ring and the second sucker fixing ring are respectively installed in the first ring groove and the second ring groove in a rotatable mode.

The first sucker fixing ring and the second sucker fixing ring are made of flexible materials.

The sealing soft plug is provided with an access hole for accessing the power line.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model discloses a fish bowl thermometer adopts the dual parcel of ectotheca and the design of cooperation shell mouth sealing member, good waterproof function has, directly put into the fish bowl during use inside soaking in water and carry out the temperature measurement and see through the transparent window of the transparent material of inner shell and show the temperature reading, not only can realize accurate temperature measurement, and also need not to establish temperature probe and thermometer host computer branch inside the fish bowl with the mode of lead-out wire, the structure has been simplified, also thoroughly avoid temperature probe to be pulled out aquatic or thermometer host computer by accident to be brought into aquatic and lead to the temperature measurement inefficacy even thermometer trouble, the risk of damage.

In preferred scheme, the main circuit module of fish bowl thermometer sets up photosensitive sensor, its accessible transparent material with the transparent window detects the power of external light, detects through the power of light, can survey the fish bowl environment and be in daytime or night, controls light source and gives the corresponding illumination of fish bowl when detecting to be in night, prevents that some fishes can take place to jump out the problem of overexcitation reactions such as fish bowl owing to see clearly the fish bowl environment at night and receive the surprise of environmental abnormal sound.

In a preferred scheme, the main circuit module of the fish tank thermometer is provided with an infrared receiver which can receive a remote control signal of an infrared remote controller through the transparent material and the transparent window, and a user can use the infrared remote controller to perform out-of-tank adjustment setting on the fish tank thermometer.

In the preferred scheme, two sets of sucking discs of the sucking disc assembly can utilize the matching design of the sucking disc fixing ring and the shell ring groove to adsorb the thermometer on any one surface of the inner wall of the fish tank, and the adsorption installation angle of the fish tank thermometer can be adjusted at will.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a fish tank thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of a fish bowl thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of an aquarium thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of an aquarium thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is an exploded view of a thermometer for a fish bowl according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a side view of an aquarium thermometer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in detail. It should be emphasized that the following description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention or its application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element. In addition, the connection can be for fixation or for coupling or communication.

It is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a fish tank thermometer, which includes an outer housing (e.g., an upper housing 1 and a lower housing 2), a transparent inner housing 3, a housing mouth sealing member 5, a main circuit module and a temperature probe 4, wherein the main circuit module is disposed inside the transparent inner housing 3, the temperature probe 4 is disposed outside the transparent inner housing 3, the transparent inner housing 3 has an opening sealed by the housing mouth sealing member 5, the main circuit module is connected to the temperature probe 4 through the opening and the housing mouth sealing member 5 in a sealing manner, the outer housing has an inner housing installation cavity 11, the transparent inner housing 3 and the housing mouth sealing member 5 are installed in the inner housing installation cavity 11, the outer housing has a connection port, the temperature probe 4 is installed on the connection port and the housing mouth sealing member 5, the outer housing has a transparent window 9 made of a transparent material, the main circuit module includes a control unit (e.g., an MCU) and a temperature display 12 (e.g., an LCD display screen), the control unit is connected to the temperature probe 4 and the temperature display 12, and the temperature display 12 displays temperature reading through the transparent window 9. In a specific embodiment, the respective electronic components of the main circuit module may be mounted on one PCB board 8.

Through the design that adopts the dual parcel of ectotheca and cooperate shell mouth sealing member 5, the utility model discloses a fish bowl thermometer has good waterproof nature, directly during the use with it puts into the fish bowl inside soaking in water and carries out the transparent material of temperature measurement and permeable inner shell and the transparent window 9 display temperature reading of shell, not only can realize accurate temperature measurement, and also need not to divide temperature probe 4 and thermometer host computer with the mode of lead-out wire and establish inside and outside the fish bowl, the structure of product has been simplified, user's use has been made things convenient for, also thoroughly avoided the user to pull out the aquatic with temperature probe 4 accident or bring the thermometer host computer accident into the aquatic and lead to temperature measurement failure even thermometer trouble, the risk of damage when clearing up operations such as fish bowl.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, in a preferred embodiment, the housing port seal 5 is a soft sealing plug having an access hole for accessing the temperature probe 4.

In a more preferred embodiment, the sealing soft plug is a rubber plug, and the rubber plug is filled with a sealing glue, such as silica gel.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in some embodiments, the housing includes an upper case 1 and a lower case 2, and the upper case 1 and the lower case 2 are detachably assembled together. Of course, other configurations of the housing are possible.

Referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, the main circuit module further includes a photosensitive sensor 6 and an illumination light source, the photosensitive sensor 6 and the illumination light source are respectively connected to the control unit, the photosensitive sensor 6 detects the intensity of external light through the transparent window 9, and the control unit controls the illumination light source to be turned on when the detected light intensity is lower than a predetermined threshold value. Set up photosensor 6 and the light source of illumination that detects light intensity through main circuit module, can survey the fish bowl environment and be in daytime or night, can be given the corresponding illumination of fish bowl (for example be suitable for the weak ambient lighting of fish) by the control unit control light source when detecting to be in night, prevent some fishes because see at night clearly the fish bowl environment and receive the problem that the surprise reaction such as fish bowl can take place to jump out by the environmental abnormal sound frightening. In one embodiment, the light-sensitive sensor 6 is a light-sensitive resistor and the illumination source is an LED lamp.

Referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, the main circuit module further includes an infrared receiver 7, and the infrared receiver 7 is connected to the control unit and configured to receive a signal from an infrared remote controller to perform thermometer setting.

Referring to fig. 2, 5 and 6, in a preferred embodiment, the fish tank thermometer further comprises a suction cup assembly, the suction cup assembly comprises a first suction cup 15, a first suction cup fixing ring 16, a second suction cup 17 and a second suction cup fixing ring 18, the first suction cup 15 is fixed on the first suction cup fixing ring 16, and the second suction cup 17 is fixed on the second suction cup fixing ring 18; the two ends of the housing are respectively provided with a first ring groove 13 and a second ring groove 14, and the first suction cup fixing ring 16 and the second suction cup fixing ring 18 are respectively rotatably installed in the first ring groove 13 and the second ring groove 14. In various embodiments, the first suction cup 15 can be either a single suction cup or a group of suction cups. Similarly, the first suction cup 15 may be a single suction cup or a group of suction cups. Through the sucking disc of sucking disc subassembly, utilize the cooperation design in sucking disc retainer plate and shell circle groove, can adsorb the thermometer on one arbitrary face of fish bowl inner wall, and the fish bowl thermometer adsorbs the installation angle on the fish bowl and can carry out 360 arbitrary rotation regulation, and the mounted position has very high flexibility, has greatly made things convenient for the use of user to the fish bowl thermometer.

In a more preferred embodiment, the first suction cup retaining ring 16 and the second suction cup retaining ring 18 are flexible materials that are elastically deformable to fit the shape and size of the first ring groove 13 and the second ring groove 14.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in some embodiments, the fish tank thermometer is powered by an external power supply, and further includes a power line 10 connected to the main circuit module, and an access hole for accessing the power line 10 is further disposed on the sealing soft plug. Of course, in other embodiments, the aquarium thermometer may be powered by a rechargeable battery, or both.

The background section of the present invention may contain background information related to the problems or the environment of the present invention and is not necessarily descriptive of the prior art. Accordingly, the inclusion in the background section is not an admission of prior art by the applicant.

The foregoing is a more detailed description of the present invention, taken in conjunction with the specific/preferred embodiments thereof, and it is not intended that the invention be limited to the specific embodiments shown and described. For those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, a plurality of alternatives or modifications can be made to the described embodiments without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these alternatives or modifications should be considered as belonging to the protection scope of the present invention. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "preferred embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Those skilled in the art will be able to combine and combine features of different embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification without contradiction. Although the embodiments of the present invention and their advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A fish tank thermometer is characterized by comprising an outer shell, a transparent inner shell, a shell opening sealing element, a main circuit module and a temperature probe, wherein the main circuit module is arranged inside the transparent inner shell, the temperature probe is arranged outside the transparent inner shell, the transparent inner shell is provided with an opening sealed by the shell opening sealing element, the main circuit module is connected with the temperature probe in a sealing connection mode through the opening and the shell opening sealing element, the outer shell is provided with an inner shell installation cavity, the transparent inner shell and the shell opening sealing element are installed in the inner shell installation cavity, the outer shell is provided with a connecting port, the temperature probe is installed on the connecting port and the shell opening sealing element, the outer shell is provided with a transparent window made of a transparent material, the main circuit module comprises a control unit and a temperature display, the control unit is connected with the temperature probe and the temperature display, and the temperature display displays temperature readings measured by the temperature probe through the transparent window.

2. The fish bowl thermometer of claim 1 wherein the housing port seal is a sealing plug having an access hole disposed therein for accessing the temperature probe.

3. The fish tank thermometer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the soft sealing plug is a rubber plug, and the rubber plug is filled with sealing glue.

4. An aquarium thermometer as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper and lower housings being releasably assembled together.

5. A fish bowl thermometer as defined in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said main circuit module further comprises a photosensitive sensor and an illumination light source, said photosensitive sensor and said illumination light source are respectively connected to said control unit, said photosensitive sensor detects the intensity of external light through said transparent window, said control unit controls said illumination light source to be turned on when the detected light intensity is lower than a predetermined threshold value.

6. A fish bowl thermometer according to claim 5 wherein said light sensitive sensor is a light sensitive resistor and said illumination source is an LED light.

7. A fish bowl thermometer as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said main circuit module further includes an infrared receiver connected to said control unit for receiving signals from an infrared remote control for thermometer setting.

8. A fish bowl thermometer according to any one of claims 1 to 3 further comprising a suction cup assembly, said suction cup assembly comprising a first suction cup, a first suction cup retaining ring, a second suction cup and a second suction cup retaining ring, said first suction cup being secured to said first suction cup retaining ring and said second suction cup being secured to said second suction cup retaining ring; the two ends of the shell are respectively provided with a first ring groove and a second ring groove, and the first sucker fixing ring and the second sucker fixing ring are respectively installed in the first ring groove and the second ring groove in a rotatable mode.

9. An aquarium thermometer as defined in claim 8, wherein said first suction cup retainer ring and said second suction cup retainer ring are of flexible material.

10. A fish tank thermometer as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 3, further comprising a power cord connected to the main circuit module, wherein the sealing cork is provided with an access hole for accessing the power cord.