JP2506888Y2 - Plant and water aquarium water purification device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for purifying water in an aquarium for ornamental animals and plants, which is used for observing animals such as tropical fish, plants such as aquatic plants, or both.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a water purifying apparatus for a water tank of this type, there has been representatively the following type. It intended to be used by placing the opening of the purifier aquarium upper end of the upper every type, e.g.
As taught in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-22556 , a filter material is laid on the bottom of a box placed in the opening, and water in the aquarium pumped by a pump is poured from above into the filter material directly or through an appropriate water guide member. The filtered water that has passed through the filter medium is returned to the water tank from the bottom of the box. External type purification device The filter case is loaded in several stages in a cylindrical case placed under the water tank,
The water in the water tank is dropped to the bottom of the case to raise the inside of the filter medium, and the ascending water passing through the filter medium is returned to the water tank by a pump.

Further, recently, before or after the aquarium water is passed through the filter medium for filtration, or after the filtration, the water is dropped and passed through an aeration device containing a large number of aeration materials to perform aeration.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned top-mounted type purifying device uses the head of water to pass water through the filter medium, it has to be upsized in order to obtain the head. However, there is a problem that it is unsightly when used in an ornamental aquarium. Further, in the case of the above-mentioned external type purifying device, since the purifying device is arranged under the water tank or the like, there is a problem that it is difficult to use when it is difficult to obtain a space for it, and the purifying device is separated from the water tank. Therefore, there is a problem that both cannot be compactly integrated.

Further, in the above-mentioned and the purification devices, among the filter media laid on the bottom of the box and the filter media loaded in several stages in the cylindrical case, the first contact portion with the water to be filtered tends to cause the first clogging. When that part becomes clogged, the passage of water through the filter medium mainly depends on the water drop, so even if the part after the clogging part still has the filtering capacity, it is difficult for the water to flow there, and the overall filtering capacity is reduced. There is also the problem of lowering.

Further, in the aeration apparatus, a box normally placed under a water tank or the like is loaded with an aeration material, and the water in the aquarium is guided into the box so as to pass through the box, and the aerated water is returned to the water tank by a pump. Therefore, a space for disposing the aeration device separately from the water tank is necessary, and there is a problem that it is difficult to use when such a space is difficult to obtain.
Since the conventional aeration device is provided separately from the water filtration device, it is difficult to configure the whole including the water filtration device and the aeration device in a compact size.

Therefore, the present invention is a purification apparatus for aquarium water for ornamental animals and plants, comprising both a portion for filtering water with a filter material and a portion for aerating water with an aeration material, and the portion for filtering water is Even if the portion of the filter material that first comes into contact with the water to be filtered begins to be clogged, the water filtration capacity does not immediately decrease, and in the portion that aerates water, sufficient aeration can be performed, Yet, it is an object of the present invention to provide a water purification device which is compact as a whole.

[0008]

According to the above object, the present invention comprises a base placed on the upper frame of a water tank, and a filter medium container and an aeration material container which are horizontally arranged side by side on the base. Pushes the aquarium water pumped by the pump to one end
The water inlet to let in and the filtered water to flow out to the other end
That a tubular container sealed with a water outlet are arranged long in the aquarium lateral direction on said base, said aeration member container, water inlet which is caused to communicate with the water outlet of the filter medium container on top and when each comprise a water outlet in the lower portion DOO
Inside the container, the height between the water inlet and the water outlet
A sprinkler plate with a large number of water drop holes
It is configured so that the aeration material is stored below the sprinkler plate,
An apparatus for purifying animal and plant aquarium water, wherein an upper part is arranged on the base in a vertical direction so that a lower part projects below the base. . The sprinkler plate in the aeration material container has water on it.
If there is too much water, it will not leak from the top of the container
As shown in the figure below, provide a water outlet to the bottom of the container that contains the aeration material.
May be released.

The "horizontal arrangement" of the container includes not only the completely horizontal arrangement but also the substantially horizontal arrangement.

[0010]

According to the aquarium water purification device of the present invention, the filter medium
The container is loaded with a suitable water filter material and the aeration material container is
A suitable water aeration material is loaded below the sprinkler plate inside.
The aquarium water is pumped up by the pump and flows into the filter media container.
It is pushed from the mouth into the filter medium container, passes through the filter medium inside, and is filtered.
After being discharged, it flows out from the water outlet and continues to contain the aeration material.
A large number of sprinkling plates flow into the container through the water inlet on the top of the vessel.
From the water drop holes of the aerator to the aerating material uniformly and collide with the aerating material to ensure sufficient aeration.
And then drop into the water tank from the water outlet at the bottom of the container.
It If the sprinkler plate is provided with an overflow port, spray water on the sprinkler plate.
If too much water accumulates, the water will come out of the aeration material from the overflow port of the water spray plate.
It is released to the bottom of the container. According to this water purification device, filtration
The aquarium water to be pumped is pumped up by a pump and is a closed cylindrical filter.
Since it is pushed into the material container, the first filter material in the container
The part that comes into contact with the filtered water and the part that follows
Even if it starts to clog, the water flow does not stop and the
As a whole, the water filtration ability is exhibited for a long time.
In this respect, it is pumped up like a conventional filtration device.
Once the water is released to the atmosphere and dropped on the filter medium,
Even if water is passed through the filter media placed below the tank
So let's let the filtered water pass through the filter medium just by dropping the water.
Therefore, the first part of the filter media that comes into contact with the water to be filtered is the eye.
As soon as it begins to become clogged, the water flow immediately drops or stops.
Where it stops and the overall filtration capacity drops significantly,
The purification device of the present invention avoids such problems. Ma
Moreover, in the purifying device of the present invention, as described above, the closed cylindrical filter is used.
Since a material container is used, this container is used for aeration of aquarium water.
If it is difficult to perform the above, install a separate aeration material container
The filtered water flowing out of the vessel is made to flow into this.
Therefore, aeration can be performed before returning the filtered water to the water tank. Only
Also, the aeration material container is a base on which the filter material container is mounted.
In addition, as with the container, it may not be simply mounted on the base.
Mounted so that it penetrates the base vertically.
This allows the aeration material to be stored in the lower part of the aeration material container.
It is possible to drop and collide filtered water with a sufficient head.
In addition, a large number of water drops on the aeration material container above the aeration material.
A sprinkler plate with holes is provided so that the aerating material is sprayed with water as evenly as possible.
There because are so as to fall, Ru can sufficient aeration.
There are also two containers, a filter media container and an aeration material container.
Well, the aeration material container can drop water with a sufficient head.
Despite being a thing, the filter media container is pumped up
Since it pushes in water that has been passed through,
Can be made smaller than conventional purification devices without lowering
Also, this is placed on the base in a horizontal direction in the water tank.
The aeration material container is placed on the base in parallel with the filter material container.
And is arranged so as to vertically penetrate the base.
Therefore, the purification device of the present invention is compact as a whole
It is organized.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each of the drawings shows one embodiment of the present invention,
1 is an overall plan view, FIG. 2 is an overall front view, FIG. 3 is a right side view, FIG. 4 is a left side view, FIG. 5 is an overall rear view, FIG. 6 is an overall bottom view, and FIG. It is a top view of the state where it did. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a use state in which the pump is connected to the upper frame of the water tank.

As can be seen from these figures, this water purifying apparatus comprises a base 1 made of synthetic resin, a rear part of the base 1 (front and rear of the water tank).
A closed type filter medium container 2 which is arranged in the rear side) and extends horizontally horizontally, and an aeration material container 3 which is horizontally arranged in parallel with the container 1 in the left part of the front part of the base 1. There is. Further, it is provided with left and right symmetrical synthetic resin covers 4 and 4 detachably attached to both ends of the base 1. As can be seen from FIG. 9, a box 5 integrated with the base 1 is formed on the right side of the front of the base 1. The box 5 is used for accommodating electric parts such as a thermostat and an electric cord, and a lid 51 having an arc-shaped cross section is detachably covered at the upper end. The lid 51 is made of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin material, and has a plurality of ornamental long holes 511 at the top.

As can be seen from FIG. 8, the filter medium container 2 has a cylindrical container body 21 having openings at both ends, a lid 22 detachably covered on the right end of the body, and a detachable cover on the left end of the body. And a lid 23. The container body 21 is detachably mounted and supported by a plurality of body supporting ribs 11 provided on the upper surface of the base. The lid 22 is integrally provided with a water inlet 221, and this inlet is fitted to the pumping pump connecting portion 12 provided on the base in a substantially water honey. The lid 23 is also shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the water outlet 231 is integrally formed, and the outlet is substantially horizontal and faces forward.

The container body 21 is made of transparent synthetic resin,
As shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of filter medium cartridges 25 are provided inside.
Can be loaded in series, and a plurality of positioning members 24 projecting from the inner bottoms of the lids 22 and 23 come into contact with the loaded cartridges at both ends, whereby the plurality of cartridges as a whole are It is prevented from moving left and right in the main body 21.

Each filter medium cartridge 25 is provided with a short cylindrical body 251 made of transparent synthetic resin and a detachable lid body 252 at both ends thereof, and each lid body 252 is provided with a large number of water passage holes (not shown). Each cartridge has a suitable filter medium 26
Is loaded. The filter medium 26 in each cartridge may be the same or different. It should be noted that the filter medium container body 21 is directly used without using a cartridge.
You may load a filter medium.

As can be seen from FIG. 9 and the like, the aeration material container 3 has a quadrangular main body 31 and a lid 32 thereof, and has a water sprinkling plate 33 inside. Each of these parts is made of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin material like the box lid 51 on the right side of the base. The main body 31 penetrates through the hole 13 provided in the base 1 and has an upper part protruding above the base and a lower part protruding below the base, which is deeply formed. The main body 31 is suspended from the base 1 by the ribs 311 (see FIGS. 1, 2, and 7) provided on the outer side surface thereof contacting the base top surface 14. A water outlet 312 is provided on the left side of the lower end of the main body 31. As shown in FIG. 9, the main body 31 is loaded with a large number of ball-shaped aerating materials 310 made of, for example, synthetic resin having irregularities on the surface.

The lid 32 has a circular arc-shaped cross section and is formed symmetrically with the box lid 51. The lid 32 has a long hole 321 for decoration and ventilation at the top and a water inlet 322 on the left wall. Is equipped with. The water inlet 322 is connected to the water outlet 231 of the filter medium container lid 23 by the pipe 6. The water sprinkling plate 33 has a large number of water drop holes 331 on its substantially entire surface and a cylindrical overflow port 332 at the center. The water sprinkling plate 33 is supported by a plurality of ribs 313 formed on the left and right inner surfaces of the main body 31 and is installed inside the main body.

The main body 21 of the filter medium container 2 and the aeration container 3
Lid 32 of the box 5, the lid 5 of the box 5 for housing electrical components and the like
The tops of each of the 1's are placed at approximately the same height. In the water purification device described above, as described above, the filter medium container 2 is loaded with the water filter medium, and the aeration medium container 3 is charged with the aeration medium.
As illustrated in FIG. 0, it can be used by mounting it on the upper frame of the water tank 7 and connecting the pumping pump 8 to the pump connecting portion 12 of the base 1.

The water in the water tank 7 is supplied to the water inlet 221 of the filter medium container 2 by the pump 8, passes through the filter medium 26 in the container body 21, is filtered, and flows out from the water outlet 231. Subsequently, the direction is changed by the connecting pipe 6 in the substantially same horizontal plane, enters the container from the water inlet 322 of the aeration material container 3, and spreads to almost the entire aeration material 310 from the water drop hole 331 of the water spray plate 33. The entire surface falls, is aerated while colliding with the aeration material, and drops from the water outlet 312 into the water tank. Thus, the aquarium water is purified by repeating this water flow.

Since the water flow in the filter medium container 2 is forced by the pump 8, even if the portion of the filter medium 26 in the container 2 that first comes into contact with the water to be filtered begins to be clogged, the water flow immediately decreases and the filtering ability decreases. There is nothing to do. When the filter medium 26 becomes dirty and needs to be replaced or washed, the covers 4 and 4 at both ends of the base 1 are removed and the filter medium container 2 is attached to the base 1.
And remove one or both of the lids 22 and 23,
The cartridge 25 may be taken out from the inside of the container body 21 and replaced, or the filter medium 26 in the cartridge may be taken out, washed and reloaded.

When the amount of water flowing into the water spray plate 33 in the aeration material container 3 is too large, the overflow port 32 of the water spray plate 32.
Water falls from 2 and water leakage to the outside of the container is prevented. Since the aeration material container 3 is formed relatively deep, a sufficient water drop for aeration can be obtained. When the aeration material 310 becomes dirty, it can be taken out of the container 3, washed, reloaded and used.

The purifying device has both a water filtering portion and a water aeration portion, but is compact in its entirety, has a good appearance, and is suitable for an ornamental water tank.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plant / aquarium aquarium water purification apparatus is provided with both a portion for filtering water with a filter material and a portion for aerating water with an aeration material. In the part that filters water, even if the part of the filter material that first comes into contact with the water to be filtered begins to become clogged,
It is possible to provide a water purification device in which the water filtration capacity does not immediately deteriorate and sufficient aeration can be performed in the portion where the water is aerated, and yet the whole is compact.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

5 is an overall rear view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

6 is an overall bottom view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with both end covers removed.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a usage state of the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Base 2 Filter medium container 21 Filter medium container body 22, 23 Lid 221 Water inlet 231 Water outlet 25 Filter medium cartridge 26 Water filter medium 3 Aeration material container 31 Aeration material container 312 Water outlet 32 Lid 322 Water inlet 33 Water spray plate 331 Water drop hole 332 Overflow port 310 Aeration material 6 Connection pipe 7 Water tank 8 Pump

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A base placed on an upper frame of a water tank, and a filter medium container and an aeration material container horizontally arranged side by side on the base, wherein the filter medium container has water pumped at one end thereof.
The water inlet for pushing the tank water in and the filtered water at the other end
Is a closed type cylindrical container having a water outlet for discharging the water, and is longly arranged in the water tank left-right direction on the base, and the aeration material container is connected to the water outlet of the filter material container at the upper part. the water inlet, respectively water outlet at the lower end portion
The water inlet and the water outflow inside the container
A sprinkler plate with many water drop holes is installed at a height between the mouths.
So that the aeration material is stored below the water spray plate.
An animal and plant ornamental aquarium water purification device , which is configured such that the upper portion is arranged above the base and the lower portion is vertically penetrated through the base so as to project below the base. 2. The sprinkler plate in the aeration material container is an overflow port.
The purifying device according to claim 1, further comprising: