FR2814376A1 - Self moving fountain contains pump, necessary liquids, driving system, motor and wheels - Google Patents

Abstract

The fountain contains in its structure the pump system (E), the liquids (D) necessary for its water display. It has an operating and driving system (A) for the apparatus and an integral motor (B) and wheels (C).

Description

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 The present invention relates to a device (machine or toy) the whole of which forms a self-moving fountain.

a)-soit sur ou dans un point fixe tel que jardin, lieu public ou privé, voirie, ou immeuble etc... b)-soit sur ou dans un bâtiment mobile circulant sur terre, sur ou sous mer, dans les airs etc... (ex : voiture, aéroplane, transport en commun, navire etc...), c) - soit comme éléments ajoutés à des structures mobiles dans un but artistique, décoratif, d'information, de publicité (ex : chars élaborés à l'occasion de manifestations ludiques). Traditionally, fountains are made from a source, pipe or closed or open circuit pump system. They are not intended to be moved. They are placed or fixed on a floor or a support. Generally, they are arranged in a non-removable manner:

a) - either on or in a fixed point such as a garden, public or private place, roads, or building etc ... b) - either on or in a mobile building circulating on land, on or under sea, in the air etc ... (ex: car, airplane, public transport, ship etc ...), c) - either as elements added to mobile structures for artistic, decorative, information or advertising purposes (ex: elaborate tanks during fun events).

 Traditionally, there are also pumps that are not fountains, because their purpose is to project a liquid towards the outside of their structure.

 However, there are no auto-moving fountains that can move using energy stored in their own structure (or energy from sensors, such as solar panels) and operate at the same time by reusing the same pre-liquid. stored in its structure.

That is to say that, by a system of reservoir (s), pump (s) and accumulator (s) installed in its own structure, the invention functions and moves without resorting to the naked eye to any external power supply: - either at the energy source it contains

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 sum: it is not supplied by an external connection visible to the naked eye providing it with energy produced by a source located outside its structure, - either at the level of the liquid or liquids which supply its jet (s) , these liquids are stored in its own tanks.

cité etc...) stockée dans sa structure (réservoir de source énergétique, accus etc...), - se meut de façon auto-mobile, - peut être dirigé par un conducteur situé soit à l'intérieur, soit (par télécommande) à l'extérieur de sa structure, soit par tout autre système (automatisme), - utilise pour ses jets un même liquide stocké en son sein dans ses réservoirs, - crée par un système de pompes un ou plusieurs jets de liquide, ce liquide circule donc en circuit fermé, - fonctionne tout en se déplaçant ou en stationnant. The invention therefore relates to a machine or a toy forming an autonomous whole which, by itself, - consumes a source of energy (petrol, electric-

city etc ...) stored in its structure (energy source tank, batteries etc ...), - moves in an auto-mobile way, - can be directed by a conductor located either inside, or (by remote control ) outside its structure, either by any other system (automation), - uses the same liquid stored within it in its tanks for its jets, - creates by a pump system one or more jets of liquid, this liquid therefore circulates in a closed circuit, - operates while moving or parking.

 According to the invention, the device makes it possible to develop this type of self-moving fountain. It forms a machine or toy capable (thanks to its tanks containing its energy sources and its liquids or energy collectors like solar panels) to move by its own means (on the ground, on water, in the air ) while moving the liquid by means of its own closed system.

 The assembly can include elements such as a) - a system (self-controlled, automatic, self-protective or other, interior or remote-controlled),

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 for controlling, maneuvering and driving the machine or toy: - either with a driver's cabin fitted inside the machine or toy, - or controlled remotely, - or randomly controlled, - or reacting by contact with an element external to itself, - either moved by external or internal stimulation, b) - an integrated self-traction system (engine) or towing system (tractor tractor, trailer, cable car system or other), c) -an energy source stored in one or more tanks, any system for accumulating an energy source or or any other system for collecting energy (example solar panel), d) -a system allowing the whole to move independently. On the ground-on railway-suspended-on the water-in the air etc ... e) -one or more tanks or basins, f) -one or more pumping systems, g) -one or more systems of open or closed pipes, h) -one or more jet systems, i) -one or more fall, elevation, balance, wheel, noria, drive, fixed or mobile decorative elements systems, vegetation, collection or emission of information or objects etc ... j) - one or more systems of circulation of objects.

une réserve d'eau-des systèmes de conduite, de guidage et d'auto-guidage-les éléments de pompages et de locomotion-les conduites des liquides, According to particular embodiments: 1-the shell of the machine or of the toy can contain-

a water reserve-piping, guidance and self-guiding systems-pumping and locomotion elements-liquids pipes,

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 air, electricity and other various pipes and all the mechanisms necessary for its operation, etc.

 2-the hull of the machine or toy can be supported by the self-traction system, (ex: wheels, skates or hovercraft).

- en D un réservoir-bassin contenant le liquide, - en E le système de pompe du liquide en circuit The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:
FIG. 1 represents in section, the device of the invention provided with: - at A a system for maneuvering and driving the machine which can optionally house a driver, a steering system by remote control or any other system which can maintain or change the direction taken by the machine or toy, - at B an integrated self-traction system (motor), a collection system (example solar panel) or storage containing an energy source or the liquid necessary for its movement and its operation, - in C a system (wheels, skids, tracks, hovercrafts etc ...) allowing the assembly to move independently - in D an open or closed tank containing the or the liquids necessary for the operation of the jet, - at E a pumping system, - at F a jet,
FIG. 2 represents in section, a toy, variant of this device - in A a driving system connected to feelers G and stimulated by them, - in B the electric motor actuating the toy, more teries, - in C the wheels,

- at D a tank-basin containing the liquid, - at E the liquid pump system in circuit

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r fermé, - en F le jet, - en G des palpeurs détectant les obstacles afin de faire changer de direction le jouet à chaque contact extérieur.

r closed, - in F the jet, - in G of the probes detecting obstacles in order to change the direction of the toy at each external contact.

Claims (3)

 1 / Device, the assembly of which is a self-moving fountain independent of any external power supply during the operation, characterized in that it contains in its structure the pump system, the liquid or liquids D necessary for its water play F, the elements A necessary for its conduct and its system B and C necessary for its movements. 2 / Device according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises at A a system for maneuvering and driving the machine or toy and at B an integrated self-traction system (motor), 3 / Device according to the 'any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises a storage system, solar panel or reservoirs containing an energy source or the liquid necessary for its movement and its operation, 4 / Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises a system allowing the assembly to move independently. 5 / Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises in D one or more reservoirs containing the liquid serving for the fountain, in E one or more closed circuit pumping systems, in G and H a systems of pipes, at F one or more systems of jets, 6 / Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises one or more systems of falls, elevation, balance, wheel, noria, drive, fixed or mobile decorative elements, vegetation, one or more systems for the circulation of objects.