JP3236166U - Aquarium water purification device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently purify and filter water in an aquarium by using a commercially available material and easily producing it according to the size of the aquarium. Provided is a water tank water purification device which does not require replacement of the filter material for a long period of time, does not cause the water in the water tank in the purification device to drip when replaced, and can keep the production cost low.
SOLUTION: The water tank water purification device 1 is installed in a water tank in which water in the water tank is stored, and the water tank water purification device is attached to a container main body 2 and an opening of the container main body, and has a plurality of through holes 4. A lid 3 provided on a flat plate-shaped base surface and an air supply member having an air supply pipe 5 for supplying air into the container body were provided. In the container body, the air supply is formed so that the tip opening of the air supply pipe is arranged on the bottom surface side of the container body to send the air from the air supply member to the outside of the container body, and the air supply pipe tip opening is internally provided. The discharge member 6 was embedded in a filtration layer formed of a plurality of types of filter media.
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Description

The present invention relates to, for example, an aquarium water purification device that purifies water in an ornamental aquarium.

For example, ornamental aquariums such as ornamental fish and tropical fish need to be regularly replaced and cleaned with water in the aquarium. If the aquarium water in the aquarium is left unchanged, the food left over by organisms such as ornamental fish and tropical fish and the excreted excrement will pollute the aquarium, and the water quality in the aquarium will deteriorate, and organisms such as ornamental fish and tropical fish. In the worst case, it will die.

Therefore, conventionally, a purification device for purifying the aquarium water in the aquarium is provided in order to remove excrement and food residue excreted by organisms such as ornamental fish and tropical fish bred in the aquarium.

However, with the conventional purification equipment, it is necessary to replace the dedicated filter material in the purification equipment in a short period of time, or to purchase a new purification equipment again, which requires a large amount of labor and cost for the owner. It is a burden. In addition, when replacing the dedicated filter material, the water in the purifier drips, and it takes time and effort to clean the filter material after replacing it.

Utility Model Registration No. 3209951

The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and can be easily manufactured from a commercially available material, and the size can be freely adjusted, so that the present invention can be adjusted to the size of the aquarium. It is possible to efficiently purify the aquarium water in the aquarium, and it is not necessary to replace the filter material for filtering for a long period of time compared to the conventional purification device, and when it is replaced. Is an object of the present invention to provide an aquarium water purification device in which the aquarium water in the purification device does not drip and the production cost can be suppressed at low cost.

The present invention is
It is an aquarium water purification device installed in the aquarium where the aquarium water is stored.
The water tank water purification device includes a container body, a lid body attached to an opening of the container body and provided with a plurality of through holes on a flat plate-shaped base surface, and an air supply pipe for supplying air into the container body. With an air supply member,
In the container body, the tip opening of the air supply pipe is arranged on the bottom surface side of the container body and is formed so as to send air from the air supply member to the outside of the container body, and the tip opening of the air supply pipe. The air supply / discharge member installed inside is embedded in a filtration layer formed of multiple types of filter media.
Air is introduced into the air supply / discharge member from the air supply pipe, the water in the water tank is taken into the main body of the container, the water in the water tank taken in passes through the filtration layer, and the bottom opening of the air supply / discharge member. Is filtered through
Characterized by that
or,
The filtration layer was formed by laminating a first layer made of sand and gravel, a second layer made of a porous material, and a third layer made of a fiber material.
It is characterized by that.

According to the aquarium water purification device according to the present invention, it can be easily produced from a commercially available material, and the size can be freely adjusted, so that it can be produced according to the size of the aquarium. As a result, the aquarium water in the aquarium can be efficiently purified, and it is not necessary to replace the filter material for filtering for a long period of time as compared with the conventional purification device. It has excellent effects such as the fact that it does not drip and the production cost can be kept low.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the aquarium water purification apparatus by this invention.

Hereinafter, the implementation configuration of the aquarium water purification device 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 indicates a container body. As can be understood from FIG. 1, the container body 2 has a cylindrical shape, and the upper surface of the container body 2 is open. The shape of the container body 2 is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and may be a triangular tubular shape. If it is made into a triangular cylinder, it can be installed at the corner of the aquarium. The shape of the aquarium in which the aquarium water purification device 1 is used is also selected.

A lid 2 is attached to the opening of the container body 1. The lid body 2 is provided with a plurality of through holes 4 on a flat plate-shaped base surface, and the water tank water in the water tank is taken into the container body 2 from the through holes 4. The specific mechanism by which the aquarium water in the aquarium is taken into the container body 2 will be described later.

Then, the air from the air supply member (not shown) configured by the air delivery pump or the like is sent and supplied by the air supply pipe 5 into the air supply / discharge member 6 installed in the container main body 2. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 1, the air supply pipe 5 passes through the through hole 4 of the lid 3 and penetrates the wall surface of the air supply / discharge member 6, so that air is introduced into the air supply / discharge member 6. Will be supplied.

Here, the air supply / discharge member 6 is configured in the shape of a funnel, and is used by tilting it upside down.
Therefore, the air introduced into the air supply / discharge member 6 rises from the tip opening and is discharged, but at that time, the water in the water tank is discharged by the introduction hole 7 provided on the side wall surface and the bottom opening provided on the bottom surface. It passes through the filtration layer and enters the air supply / discharge member 6.

Then, the water in the aquarium that has entered is discharged from the tip opening together with the air. That is, the tip opening on the upper side of the air supply / discharge member 6 is configured to penetrate the lid 3 and protrude from the lid 3.

The tip opening 12 of the air supply pipe 5 is inserted from one of the introduction holes 7 of the air supply / discharge member 6, and the supplied air is sent out from the upper tip opening of the air supply / discharge member 6. It has already been mentioned that it is configured to be.

That is, the air from the air supply member is supplied into the air supply / discharge member 6 from the tip opening 12 of the air supply pipe 5, and the outside of the container body 2 is supplied from the upper tip opening of the air supply / discharge member 6. It is formed to be sent to.

A filtration layer 8 is formed on the outer peripheral side of the air supply / discharge member 6 with a plurality of types of filter media. The filter layer 8 of the present invention has a three-layer structure, and first, a filter material such as sand or gravel that settles in water is used for the first layer 9. Next, in the second layer 10, a porous material such as activated carbon is used as a filter material, and in the third layer 11, a fiber material having fine fibers such as cotton and wool and having excellent permeability is used as a filter material. Used as. Since the filter material is manufactured by using a commercially available filter material that can be purchased at a low cost, it can be manufactured by oneself and the production cost can be suppressed.

Here, the role of each filter medium will be briefly described.
Since the second layer 10 uses a porous material such as activated carbon, it has a role of adsorbing yellowing and turbidity of aquarium water and also suppressing an odor. Further, since the third layer 11 has fine fibers, it can catch fine dust, residual food, excrement, floating matter and the like in the water tank.
Then, the first layer 9 is laminated to a height at which the introduction hole 7 of the air supply / discharge member 6 is in an embedded state. This has a role of preventing the air supply / discharge member 6 and the tip opening 12 of the air supply pipe 5 from floating.

Next, a mechanism in which the aquarium water in the aquarium is taken into the container body 2 will be briefly described.
By introducing air into the air supply / discharge member 6 from the tip opening 12 of the air supply pipe 5, the water in the water tank is taken into the container body 2 from the plurality of through holes 4 of the lid 3. Will be. The aquarium water taken in from the through hole 4 passes through the filtration layer and is filtered, and the filtered aquarium water is discharged to the outside of the container body 2 together with air from above the air supply / discharge member 6. Will be.

As a result, the aquarium water in the aquarium is circulated, and the constantly filtered aquarium water is discharged into the aquarium, so that the inside of the aquarium can be efficiently purified. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, since only the upper surface of the container body 2 of the present invention is open, the container is used when the filter material constituting the filtration layer 8 is replaced or when the container body 2 is cleaned. It has the feature that the water in the water tank in the main body 2 does not drip and it does not take time to clean.

Next, an example of the process of manufacturing the aquarium water purification device 1 of the present invention will be briefly described.
First, a reverse funnel-shaped air supply / discharge member 6 is arranged substantially in the center of the container body 2. Then, the tip opening 12 of the air supply pipe 5 that supplies the air from the air supply member into the container body 2 is inserted through the introduction hole 7 of the air supply / discharge member 6. The air supply pipe 5 is provided so as to penetrate the through hole 4 of the lid 2.

Then, the air supply / discharge member 6 and the air supply / discharge member 6 are supplied / discharged to a height at which the introduction hole 7 of the air supply / discharge member 6 is embedded so that the air supply / discharge member 6 and the air supply pipe 5 do not move and rise. The first layer 9 formed of sand, gravel, or the like is laminated around the member 6. Subsequently, a porous material such as activated carbon is laminated as the second layer 10 from above the first layer 9. By the second layer, yellowing and turbidity of aquarium water can be adsorbed, and at the same time, odor can be suppressed. Then, a fiber material having fine meshes such as cotton and wool and having excellent permeability is laminated as the third layer 11 from above the second layer 10. As a result, it is possible to catch fine dust, residual food, excrement, floating matter, etc. in the aquarium. The first layer 9, the second layer 10, and the third layer 11 are sequentially laminated to form the filtration layer 8.

Then, after forming the filtration layer 8, a lid 3 having a plurality of through holes 4 provided on a flat plate-shaped base surface is attached to the upper opening of the container body 2. In addition, it is installed so that the tip opening provided above the air supply / discharge member 6 protrudes from the lid body 3.

By installing the aquarium water purification device 1 produced by this example in the aquarium, the aquarium water in the aquarium can be purified. In addition, since it can be made by oneself according to the size of the aquarium, the water in the aquarium can be efficiently purified, and the aquarium water purification device of the present invention is compared with the filter material of the conventional purification device. 1 has the feature that it does not need to be replaced for a long period of time. Further, when the filter medium is replaced, the water in the purification device does not drip, so that the labor of cleaning after the replacement can be saved.

1 Water tank water purification device 2 Container body 3 Lid body 4 Through hole 5 Air supply pipe 6 Air supply / discharge member 7 Introduction hole 8 Filtration layer 9 First layer 10 Second layer 11 Third layer 12 Tip opening

Claims (2)

It is an aquarium water purification device installed in the aquarium where the aquarium water is stored.
The water tank water purification device includes a container body, a lid body attached to an opening of the container body and provided with a plurality of through holes on a flat plate-shaped base surface, and an air supply pipe for supplying air into the container body. With an air supply member,
In the container body, the tip opening of the air supply pipe is arranged on the bottom surface side of the container body and is formed so as to send air from the air supply member to the outside of the container body, and the tip opening of the air supply pipe. The air supply / discharge member installed inside is embedded in a filtration layer formed of multiple types of filter media.
Air is introduced into the air supply / discharge member from the air supply pipe, the water in the water tank is taken into the main body of the container, the water in the water tank taken in passes through the filtration layer, and the bottom opening of the air supply / discharge member. Is filtered through
An aquarium water purification device characterized by this.
The filtration layer was formed by laminating a first layer made of sand and gravel, a second layer made of a porous material, and a third layer made of a fiber material.
The aquarium water purification device according to claim 1.

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