JP3135528U - Brine shrimp egg incubator - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a hatching apparatus for brine shrimp eggs that can be conveniently hatched with or without shells.
A brine shrimp egg incubator 3 according to the present invention includes a main body 31 and a base 33. The main body 31 has a hole H1 at a position near its bottom. The hole H1 is for connecting the air tube 32. The base 33 has an opening H2, the main body 31 is installed on the base 33, and the opening H2 corresponds to the hole H1.
Furthermore, the brine shrimp egg incubator 3 according to the present invention has an air tube 32 connected to the hole H1 in the bottom of the main body 31, so that air is sent into the incubation solution in the main body 31, and the bottom of the main body 31 has a circular arc. Due to the shape or hemispherical shape, the brine shrimp eggs are uniformly distributed in the hatching solution, and various problems that occur when the brine shrimp eggs harden and settle at the bottom of the main body are avoided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an incubator, and more particularly to an incubator for brine shrimp eggs.

In the method of raising ornamental fish, larvae of brine shrimp are often used as fry feed.
For this reason, the traders have developed a brine shrimp incubator for hatching shrimp egg eggs.

This will be described with reference to FIG.
A conventional brine shrimp egg incubator 1 includes a main body 11 and a pipe 12.
The main body 11 is a bottle-shaped container, and the pipe 12 is connected to the hole h at the bottom of the main body 11.
In the method of using the brine shrimp egg hatcher 1, first, the shelled brine shrimp egg and the hatching solution are put into the main body 11.
When a brine shrimp egg hatches, its larva has a high specific gravity, so it settles at the bottom of the hatching solution, and its shell has a low specific gravity, so it floats on top of the hatching solution, and the brine shrimp larva and egg shell are separated.
For this reason, the brine shrimp larvae flow out of the bottom hole h of the main body 11 via the pipe 12, and the egg shells are discarded when the hatching solution is replaced.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 2, in other conventional brine shrimp egg incubators 2, air is sent into the main body 21 by the air tube 22, so that the shellless brine shrimp eggs harden and settle. To avoid.

However, the conventional brine shrimp egg incubator 1 is designed to separate shelled brine shrimp eggs into larvae and shells.
If a shellless brine shrimp egg is used, when the shell shrimp egg is removed, the specific gravity increases and static electricity is generated between the larvae and the shell, causing both to solidify and cause precipitation. .
As a result, some brine shrimp eggs are deficient and the hatching rate is poor.
When the brine shrimp hatches, it is necessary for the eggs to mix well, so it is not good for egg hatching to settle and settle.

Further, the brine shrimp egg incubator 2 fixes the brine shrimp incubator 2 in a manner of being hung by the hanger 23.
For this reason, the apparatus for hanging is needed at the time of use.
However, in an environment where the brine shrimp egg incubator 2 is used, there is usually no device for suspending it, so that it is necessary to install it separately, which is inconvenient in use.
Further, the installation of the hanging hand 23 causes the main body 21 to shake, and the solution overflows and a loss occurs.

  Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a brine shrimp incubator that can conveniently hatch a brine shrimp regardless of whether it is shelled or shellless.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a brine shrimp egg hatcher that can conveniently hatch a brine shrimp regardless of whether it is shelled or unshelled.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the brine shrimp egg incubator according to the present invention includes a main body and a base on which the main body is installed.
The main body has a hole near its bottom.
The hole is for connecting an air tube.
The base has an opening, the body is placed on the base, and the opening corresponds to the hole.

As described above, the brine shrimp egg incubator according to the present invention has an air tube connected to the hole at the bottom of the main body so that air is sent into the incubation solution in the main body, and the main body bottom has an arc shape. Alternatively, because of the hemispherical shape, the brine shrimp eggs are uniformly distributed in the hatching solution, and various problems that occur when the brine shrimp eggs harden and settle at the bottom of the main body are avoided.
For this reason, the hatching apparatus for brine shrimp eggs of the present invention can be applied not only to hatching and breeding of shelled brine shrimp eggs, but also to hatching and breeding of shellless brine shrimp eggs.
Further, by fixing the main body by combining the base, loss due to the main body tilting and the solution flowing out is avoided.
Furthermore, it is not necessary to consider the presence or absence of a hanging device in the surrounding environment, which is convenient for use.
And that a main body has high translucency has the effect that it is easy to observe and the light ray is sufficient and the hatching rate is increased.

The hatching apparatus for brine shrimp eggs of the present invention can be applied not only to hatching and breeding of shelled brine shrimp eggs, but also to hatching and breeding of shellless brine shrimp eggs.
Further, by fixing the main body by combining the base, loss due to the main body tilting and the solution flowing out is avoided.
Furthermore, it is not necessary to consider the presence or absence of a hanging device in the surrounding environment, which is convenient for use.
And that a main body has high translucency is easy to observe, and there exists an effect which a light ray is enough and raises a hatching rate.

  Below, the hatching apparatus of the brine shrimp egg of this invention is demonstrated, referring a figure.

This will be described with reference to FIG.
The brine shrimp egg incubator 3 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 31, an air tube 32 and a base 33.

The main body 31 is, for example, a cup-shaped, cylindrical or bottle-shaped container, and the bottom of the main body 31 has an arc shape such as an arc shape or a hemispherical shape.
And it has the hole H1 in the position adjacent to the bottom part of the main body 31. FIG.

The projection portion P is provided at a position adjacent to the bottom portion of the main body 31, and in this embodiment, the projection portion P is described as being installed at the bottom portion of the main body 31 as an example.
The hole H1 is installed in the protruding portion P, and has at least one hook P1 on the periphery of the protruding portion P.
In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of hooks P1 are provided on the periphery of the protruding portion P will be described.

The air tube 32 is connected to the hole H1.
In the present embodiment, the air tube 32 and the protruding portion P are connected.
Further, the presence of the hook P1 on the protruding portion P makes it difficult for the air tube 32 to fall off.
Naturally, it is possible to avoid the air tube 32 from falling off by another structure such as a rough structure on the periphery of the protrusion P, for example.

The bottom of the main body 31 further has a first joint portion J1.
This is integrally formed with the main body 31, and the first joint portion J1 can be, for example, a protrusion, a hook, or a spiral pattern.

The base 33 has an opening H <b> 2, and the main body 31 is installed on the base 33.
The opening H2 corresponds to the hole H1, and the air tube 32 penetrates the opening H2.
In the base 33, the carrier portion 331 on which the main body 31 is placed corresponds to the shape of the bottom of the main body 31.
That is, the carrier portion 331 of the base 33 is substantially the same as the shape of the bottom of the main body 31.
In this case, substantially the same means that a difference caused by a difference in materials, an error in a manufacturing process, or the like is allowed.

The base 33 further has a second joint portion J2, which is integrally formed with the base 33.
Furthermore, the second joint portion J2 corresponds to the first joint portion J1, and has a groove, a hook, or a spiral pattern.
For this reason, the first joint portion J1 of the main body 31 is connected to the second joint portion J2 by a method such as meshing, catching, screw-like connection, or fitting, and the main body 31 and the base 33 are fixed.
Of these, the base 33 can also have a frame structure (not shown).
The base 33 has a hole H3 on the periphery.
The position of the air tube 32 is fixed by the hole H3, passes through the hole H3, and is connected to the air pump (not shown).

Next, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.
The connection method of the air tube 42 and the hole H1 ′ can be made by installing a block portion B1 having a spiral pattern at one end of the air tube 42 in addition to the method using the protruding portion.
Similarly, the hole H1 ′ is also provided with a spiral pattern.
For this reason, the air tube 42 is connected to the hole H1 ′ in a screw-like manner by the block portion B1.
Further description will be made with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.
The block portion B2 installed at one end of the air tube 52 is made of an elastic material, so that the block portion B2 is directly pushed into the hole H1 ″ and connected to avoid leakage of the solution in the main body 51.

This will be described with reference to FIG.
By connecting the air tube 32 to the air pump, air is sent into the main body 31, and the hatching solution in the main body 31 is injected with air, thereby causing a convection effect on the solution.
Thus, the brine shrimp eggs in the hatching solution flow with the hatching solution, move and evenly distribute in the hatching solution, thereby preventing the brine shrimp eggs from clumping to the bottom of the body 31 and settling.
In addition, the brine shrimp eggs are evenly distributed in the hatching solution to avoid hitting each other and damaging the brine shrimp eggs as they move.

Moreover, since the surface 311 in the main body 31 has a smooth surface, the brine shrimp egg is prevented from sticking to the inner surface 311.
Brine shrimp eggs usually have a high hatching rate by obtaining sufficient light.
Therefore, the main body 31 must be, for example, transparent or translucent and highly translucent.

In order to enhance the convenience of the present invention, the main body 31 further includes a capacity scale 312, a spout 313 and a handle 314.
With the volume scale 312, it is possible to accurately measure the amount of solution to be injected.
The spout 313 is convenient for pouring out the solution of the main body 31 in use.
Further, the presence of the handle 314 makes it easy to hold it during operation.

As described above, the brine shrimp egg incubator according to the present invention has an air tube connected to the hole at the bottom of the main body so that air is sent into the incubation solution in the main body, and the main body bottom has an arc shape. Alternatively, because of the hemispherical shape, the brine shrimp eggs are uniformly distributed in the hatching solution, and various problems that occur when the brine shrimp eggs harden and settle at the bottom of the main body are avoided.
For this reason, the hatching apparatus for brine shrimp eggs of the present invention can be applied not only to hatching and breeding of shelled brine shrimp eggs, but also to hatching and breeding of shellless brine shrimp eggs.
Further, by fixing the main body by combining the base, loss due to the main body tilting and the solution flowing out is avoided.
Furthermore, it is not necessary to consider the presence or absence of a hanging device in the surrounding environment, which is convenient for use.
And that a main body has high translucency is easy to observe, and is characterized by sufficient light rays and increasing the hatching rate.

  As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and there are design changes and the like without departing from the scope of the present invention. However, it is included in the present invention.

It is the figure which showed the hatcher of the conventional brine shrimp egg. It is the figure which showed the hatcher of the other conventional brine shrimp egg. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a brine shrimp egg hatcher according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where an air tube and a hole of a hatched egg shrimp egg are connected in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where an air tube and a hole of a hatched egg shrimp egg are connected in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the state which the other air tube and hole connect the hatching apparatus of the brine shrimp egg in the suitable Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the state which the other air tube and hole connect the hatching apparatus of the brine shrimp egg in the suitable Example of this invention. FIG. 4 is an assembly diagram of the brine shrimp egg hatcher of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2, 3, Brine Shrimp Egg Incubator 11, 21, 31, 51 Main Body 12 Pipe 22, 32, 42, 52 Air Tube 23 Hanging Hand 311 Inner Surface 312 Volume Scale 313 Spout 314 Handle 33 Base 331 Carrier Part B1 , B2 Block part h, H1, H1 ′, H1 ″ hole H2 opening H3 hole J1 first joint part J2 second joint part P projecting part P1 hook

Claims (10)

A body having a hole connected to the air tube at a position adjacent to the bottom;
A base on which the main body is installed;
An incubator for brine shrimp eggs, wherein the base includes an opening corresponding to the hole of the main body. Having a protruding portion at a position adjacent to the bottom of the body,
The hole is located in the protruding portion;
The brine shrimp egg hatcher according to claim 1, wherein the air tube is connected to the protruding portion. 3. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 2, further comprising at least one hook on a peripheral edge of the protruding portion. 4. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein a carrier portion on which the main body of the base is mounted corresponds to a shape of the bottom of the main body. 5. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 4, wherein the shape of the bottom of the main body is an arc shape or a hemispherical shape. A first joint part installed in the body;
A brine shrimp egg incubator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a second joint portion installed on the base. The first joint part is integrally molded with the main body,
The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 6, wherein the second joint part is integrally formed with the base. 8. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the first joint part is connected to the second joint part by a meshing, catching, screw-like connection or inset system. 9. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the main body is a flat and smooth surface. The brine shrimp egg incubator according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the main body has high translucency.

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