JP2002000115A - Aquarium for fancy fish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aquarium fir fishes not spilling water stored in the aquarium even on breaking the glass wall and also not scattering the pieces of glass to the outside of the aquarium. SOLUTION: This aquarium is provided by adhering with a sticky transparent film 14 over the whole surface of the outer surface of a transparent plate glass 13 of the glass wall of the aquarium G. The peripheral edges of the transparent film 14 are at the inside of an upper part frame 3, a lower part frame 1 of an aquarium frame F and supporting poles 5 for connecting them and not exposed to its outside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an aquarium for ornamental fish such as goldfish and tropical fish.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a transparent glass plate is used on the side wall of an aquarium for ornamental fish such as goldfish and tropical fish because of its high transparency, low scratch resistance, and low cost. ing.

[0003]

By the way, the plate glass of the water tank is formed relatively thin in order to reduce the weight and cost, so that even if a slight impact is applied, the plate glass may be cracked. There is a problem that the water is broken, the pool water in the water tank leaks to the outside, soiling the surroundings, killing the ornamental fish, and breaking glass fragments to the outside.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a new structure in which even if the glass wall of the water tank is broken, the accumulated water does not leak out and does not scatter outside. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ornamental fish tank.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an aquarium-shaped aquarium fish tank having four side walls formed by flat glass walls. In the glass wall, an adhesive transparent film is adhered over the entire outer surface of the transparent plate glass,
The periphery of the transparent film is characterized by being embedded in the inside of four pillars connecting the upper frame, the lower frame, and the corners of both frames of the water tank frame. Therefore, even if the transparent sheet glass breaks, there is no fear that the stored water in the water tank leaks out, and the pieces of sheet glass do not scatter outside the water tank,
Furthermore, the outer edge of the transparent film is embedded in the edge of the water tank, so that the outer edge does not peel or cut off, and not only has a good appearance in appearance,
The desired function is achieved over a long period of time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the object, in the first aspect,
The embedding of the periphery of the transparent film into the inside of the upper frame, the lower frame, and the four pillars connecting the corners of both frames of the aquarium frame is performed during the assembling work of the aquarium. According to this feature, in addition to the above-described effects, the production cost of the water tank does not increase.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an aquarium for an ornamental fish of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1, and FIG.
And FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the water tank when the glass wall of the water tank is broken.

[0009] The water tank has a water tank frame F constituting the skeleton thereof,
The water tank frame F is constituted by a glass wall G fixed to the front, rear, left and right opening side surfaces.

The aquarium frame F is formed of a rigid rectangular synthetic resin material in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and has a bottom frame 1 having a bottom wall 2, an upper frame 3 having an opening 4, and a bottom frame 1.
And columns 5 connecting the four corresponding corners of the upper frame 3 to each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom frame 1 is formed by integrally forming a bottom wall 2 on an inner peripheral surface of a bottom edge frame 1a having a grounded leg 1b integrally formed at a lower end thereof. 2, a bottom glass 7 is integrally bonded via a buffer plate 6.
On the other hand, the upper frame 3 has an upper edge frame 3a having an angled cross section.
The upper edge frame 3a is formed in a frame shape with a receiving surface 3b of a glass lid on an upper surface thereof, and an entrance 4 is defined by an inner peripheral edge of the upper edge frame 3a. At the four corners of the bottom frame 1, four pillars 5, each having an angled cross section, are integrally erected, and the upper edge frame 3 a of the upper frame 3 is provided at the upper ends of these pillars 5. Four corners are fixed. As described above, the water tank frame F that forms the framework of the water tank is configured.

The front and rear and left and right opening side surfaces 8, 9, 10, 11 of the water tank frame F are provided with glass walls G according to the present invention.
Is fixed. This glass wall G is made of a transparent plate glass 13.
A transparent adhesive film 14 (thickness: about 50 μm, trade name: LUMITEC) is adhered to the entire outer surface of the substrate. Thus, the glass wall G is formed by the transparent film 14.
Bonding does not reduce its transparency,
Even if the sheet glass 13 is broken, the fragments are not scattered in all directions.

The glass walls G are fixed to the opening side surfaces 8, 9, 10, 11 on the front, rear, left and right sides of the water tank frame F, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each glass wall G has the outer surface to which the transparent film 14 is bonded facing outward and the outer peripheral edges of the four sides thereof are aligned with the upper edge frame 3 a and the bottom frame 1 of the upper frame 3. Are respectively applied to the inner surface of the bottom edge frame 1a and the inner surfaces of the pillars 5.
And join them together. In this case, the periphery of the transparent film 14 is embedded together with the periphery of the plate glass 13 inside the upper frame 3 and the bottom frame 1 and the columns 5.
There is no exposure to the outside.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Now, when a shock is applied to the glass wall G of the water tank and the glass plate 13 of the glass wall G breaks as shown in FIG. The transparent film 14 can cover the broken portion in a water-tight manner while keeping the plate glass 13 in the current state, so that there is no fear that the pool water in the water tank leaks to the outside. Further, since the transparent film 14 is bonded to the plate glass 13, particularly on the outer surface, the plate glass 1
The fragments of No. 3 are safe because they do not scatter outside the water tank even if they scatter in the water tank. Also, since the entire periphery of the transparent film 14 is embedded in the edge of the aquarium frame F, that is, inside the upper frame 3 and the bottom frame 1 and the pillars 5..., The transparent film 14 is not exposed to the outside. Transparent film 1
The outer edge of 4 does not peel off or break,
Not only the appearance is good, but the desired function is achieved for a long time.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the water tank frame is formed of a hard synthetic resin has been described. However, the water tank frame may be formed of a metal material such as stainless steel.

[0017]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the aquarium for aquarium fish, even if the transparent plate glass is broken, there is no fear that the pool water in the aquarium leaks out. Also, the fragments of the sheet glass do not scatter outside the water tank, and furthermore, the outer edge of the transparent film is peeled off by being embedded in the edge of the water tank and not exposed to the outside. , Not only does not cause a cut, and the appearance is good, but also the desired function is achieved for a long time.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the manufacturing cost of the water tank does not increase.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an aquarium for an ornamental fish of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the water tank when the glass wall of the water tank is broken.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... bottom frame 3 ... top frame 5 ... support 13 ... plate glass 14 ... transparent Film F ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Aquarium frame G ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Glass wall

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular parallelepiped ornamental fish tank in which four side walls of an aquarium frame (F) are formed by a flat glass wall (G), wherein the glass wall (G) is a transparent plate glass. An adhesive transparent film (14) is adhered over the entire outer surface of (13), and the periphery of the transparent film (14) is formed on the upper frame (3) and the lower frame (1) of the water tank frame (F). And an aquarium for aquarium fish, which is embedded inside four columns (5) connecting the corners of both frames (3, 1). 2. Four pillars (4) connecting the corners of the upper frame (3), the lower frame (1), and both frames of the water tank frame (F) on the periphery of the transparent film (14). 5)
The aquarium fish tank according to claim 1, wherein the embedding into the inside of the fish tank is performed at the time of assembling the water tank.