JP3379011B2 - Multiple tank equipment for middle breeding - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multiple aquarium device for intermediate breeding and breeding, which has a novel structure. More specifically, among aquaculture products, "abalone" and "uni"
The present invention relates to an aquarium device used for growing and rearing (in the following, referred to as "breds") during the growing process, that is, those having a diameter of about 15 mm to 70 mm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The following is a conventional breeding apparatus 15 for carrying out this work. In a rectangular water tank 15A that is long in the lateral direction and has an open upper surface, a breeding basket 15B is provided in which only the upper surface is open and the other surface is mesh-shaped and accommodates trapezoidal breeding animals through which water can flow. However, the depth is set so that there is a slight gap from the bottom surface of the water tank, and the upper end portion is detachably arranged so as to be received by the upper end portions on both side surfaces of the water tank.

A cover 15C called a "shelter", which is formed in a wave shape on each bottom surface of the cage and has a large number of holes for passing the breeding animals on each of its slopes, is placed below the cover 15C from the outside. An aeration air stone 15E communicating with the hose 15D is placed, and air is pressure-fed to this to supply oxygen to the breeding basket.

In this structure, water is supplied from the upper part of the water tank by a pump or the like, while a pipe communicating with the water tank is provided from the bottom of one end of the water tank, and the pipe is raised upward to keep the water level in the water tank constant. Overflow pipe 15 to keep
F and discharge excess water. In other words, the same pipe is used to discharge waste and secure the water level.
A filter 15G is provided at the tip of the overflow pipe, and the water after filtering the remaining feed, faeces and the like of the breeding mixed in the discharged water is sequentially supplied to another aquarium. In the figure, 15H is a water spray pipe, and 15I is a water spray hole.

[0005]

The problems described in the prior art have the following problems. 1) Since the bottom of the water tank is horizontal, it is difficult for the overflow pipe to sufficiently discharge residual food, feces and the like. 2) An extra space is required to install a filter outside the water tank. 3) Even if filtered with a filter, it is difficult to remove fine residues and contaminants, and the quality of water to the next water tank to be delivered is gradually reduced. The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional technology, and an object of the present invention is to provide the following things.
First, the water tanks are arranged in a row in the vertical direction, placed on a pedestal and held at that position. The number of stages that are vertically arranged is freely set according to the conditions such as the scale of breeding. Therefore, from the water supply source, through the water supply pipe, send the water to the watering pipe arranged above one side surface parallel to the longitudinal direction in each water tank, and the water is supplied into the water tank from the many watering holes provided in the watering pipe. Supply. The end of the sprinkling pipe is connected to the water supply pipe communicating with the sprinkling pipe by a swivel joint so that the angle of the sprinkling can be freely adjusted.

[0006] The water tank is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped whose upper surface is open, and the bottom plate has a structure in which an appropriate downward slope is provided from one end to the other end in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. Breeding cages are arranged in series in the longitudinal direction of the aquarium, and the cages are placed so that the protrusions on the upper ends of the cages are held by the upper ends of both sides of the aquarium. The bottom of the cage and the bottom of the aquarium will be appropriately spaced.

A shelter, which is formed in a wave shape on the bottom of the cage and is provided with a large number of holes for the passage of breeding animals, is placed on each of the slopes, and the bottom of the shelter is connected to an external air supply hose. An air stone for aeration is placed, and air is pumped to this to supply oxygen to the cage. In this breeding basket, breeding products are kept for a certain growth period.

At the position of the water level to be held on the side surface of the water tank opposite to the sprinkling pipe, as many overflow pipes as the number of breeding baskets are provided to communicate with the inside of the water tank. Each overflow pipe should be configured to be centered in each cage. The overflow pipe horizontally goes out of the water tank and then hangs down to make it communicate with a secondary water collection pipe parallel to the longitudinal direction of the water tank, and connect this to the sprinkling pipe of the lower water tank.
It is configured to supply water to the lower water tank.

With this configuration, since the supplied water is successively transferred from the upper water tank to the lower water tank, the breeding animals located in the upper water tank of the water tank are always clean water. Being bred inside, a good breeding environment is maintained.

On the other hand, as described above, the bottom plate of the water tank has a downward slope from one end to the other end in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the lowermost end portions of the bottom plate in the longitudinal direction are
A drainage port and a drainage pipe connected to it are provided, and a removable stopcock can be used to efficiently discharge residual food and feces accumulated in the lower part from the drainage pipe by opening the stopcock. The configuration.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is as follows. That is,
According to the present invention, a rectangular water tank 1 having a horizontal upper surface and only the upper surface opened, and a breeding basket 11 continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction of the water tank is vertically arranged continuously, and one side of the upper water tank is provided. Water is supplied from a sprinkling pipe 5 provided in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the water tank, and an overflow pipe 7 is provided at the position of the water level to be held on the upper side surface of the other side of the water tank in correspondence with the number and position of each breeding basket 11. The overflow pipes 7 are provided so as to communicate with the inside of the water tank, each overflow pipe 7 is guided to the lower side outside the water tank, and communicates with the secondary water collecting pipe 8 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the water tank at the lower side, which is the sprinkling pipe of the lower water tank. 5 is a multiple water tank device for intermediate breeding and breeding, which is configured to communicate with 5 and sequentially supply water to the lower water tank 1. In this case, it can be configured as follows. The bottom plate 1C of the water tank 1 has a gradient in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and drain ports 1D are provided at both ends of the longitudinal direction of the water tank at the lower end of the gradient. It is configured to be able to discharge the dirt accumulated in the lower part.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will now be described based on examples with reference to the drawings. (B) is the multiple aquarium device for intermediate breeding and breeding of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a water tank, which is vertically arranged in a plurality of stages while being placed and held on the gantry 12. The water tank 1 is formed in a horizontal rectangular parallelepiped having an open top surface, and has a longitudinal side plate 1A, end side plates 1B, and a bottom plate 1.
It is configured in a state surrounded by C. The bottom plate 1C has a downward slope from one end to the other end in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the water tank 1, and the side plates 1 at both ends of the lowermost end thereof.
B has a drain port 1D. 1E is a detachable stopcock. The drainage ports 1D at both ends communicate with the drainage pipe 1G outside the water tank to discharge the sewage. Reference numeral 1H is an opening / closing valve, which is for preventing dirty water from the upper water tank from flowing into the lower water tank. 1F is a stand for keeping the upper surface of the water tank 1 horizontal.

Reference numeral 2 is a water supply pipe from a water source, which is supplied to a water spray pipe 5 through an on-off valve 3 and a water supply pipe 4.
In the figure, 4A is an auxiliary water supply pipe. The watering pipe 5 is
A large number of water sprinkling holes 5A for supplying water to the water tank 1 are provided in the water sprinkling pipe 5 arranged above one side surface parallel to the longitudinal direction of each water tank. The water sprinkling pipe 5 is rotatably attached to the water supply pipe 4 with a swivel joint 6, so that the direction of water sprinkling can be freely adjusted. 2A is a water supply pipe for supplying water to the lower water tank 1 as needed, 10 is an auxiliary water supply hose for supplying water to the lower water tank 1 as needed,
For example, it is used for cleaning the inside of the lower water tank. 10A
Is a water supply pipe to be used when auxiliary water supply is required when there is a lower water tank 1.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an overflow pipe for keeping the water level in the water tank 1 arranged on the side surface opposite to the one side surface of the water tank in which the sprinkling pipe is arranged, and of the breeding basket 11 fixed in the water tank. The center of each overflow pipe 7 is provided so as to match the center of the breeding basket 11 in correspondence with the number and position. The overflow pipe 7 is communicated horizontally with the inside of the water tank, and is then lowered to a secondary water collecting pipe 8 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the water tank to receive all the overflow water and receive the overflow water. The lower water tank 1 is configured to communicate with the water sprinkling pipe 5 of the lower water tank via 9 and 9A. Even if the number of stages of the water tank 1 is larger, water is sequentially sent to the lower stage with the same configuration as described above.

In the water tank 1, a large number of breeding cages 11 are arranged in series in the longitudinal direction of the water tank. A large number of holes 13 formed in the breeding basket 11 and formed on the respective slopes for passage of breeding items.
A cover 13 called a shelter provided with A is placed, and an aeration air stone 14 communicating with an air supply hose 14A from the outside is placed therein, and air is pumped to this to supply oxygen to the breeding basket 11. It is configured to replenish. In addition,
In the figure, 11A is a side surface of the breeding basket, 11B is a bottom surface, and 11C is an upper end frame. The upper-end frame extension portion 11D of the breeding basket 11 is configured to be fixed by being placed on the upper end portion of the side plate 1A of the aquarium.

Next, the mount 12 for receiving the water tank will be described. (See FIG. 6) An example of the gantry shown here is a state in which the water tanks 1 are vertically arranged in two stages and arranged in parallel in two rows in the horizontal direction. 12A is an upper water tank pedestal and 12B is a lower water tank pedestal. 12C is a column for connecting and fixing the upper and lower water tank pedestals.

The number of the pedestals 12 is set at an appropriate pitch according to the length of the water tank 1. Adjacent water tank pedestals which are adjacent to each other are detachably connected by a connecting member 12D. It also has the effect of holding the bottom surface of 1. Reference numeral 12E is a water tank guide for keeping the water tank 1 in a fixed position. 12F is a brace for reinforcing the entire gantry 12, and is provided in an X shape between the upper and lower sides of the opposing columns 12C.

[0018]

[Example] Since the material of the water tank handles salt water, it is absolutely necessary that chemical deterioration such as rust does not occur. From this point of view, it is appropriate to use a resin material such as FRP. The size of the breeding basket depends on the breeding thing, but in plan view it is formed into a trapezoid that is approximately 750 mm in length and width, with the bottom side slightly narrowed, the depth is approximately 200 mm, the upper surface is open, etc. The surface is knitted and water can flow freely,
The mesh used is about 8 mm. The diameter of the hole provided in the corrugated cover placed in the cage is 4 m
Those having a diameter of from m to 10 mm are used, and the ones having a larger diameter are sequentially replaced according to the growth of the breeding material. As the material, resin such as tricarnet is generally used. The size of the aquarium in the longitudinal direction is usually about 10 m, but the size is determined by the conditions such as the breeding amount and cannot be specified.

[0019]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The water supplied to the uppermost aquarium 1 is provided in the same number as each breeding basket 11 near the upper end of the aquarium 1 facing the sprinkling side, and the position also flows out from the overflow pipe 7 arranged in the center of each breeding basket, This is collected in the secondary water collecting pipe 8, and the clean water is sequentially sent to the lower water tank 1 via the water sending pipes 9 and 9A, so that the clean water is sent regardless of the upper and lower sides of the water tank, Breeding is carried out under a good environment.

Further, as described above, since the bottom plate 1C of the water tank is formed in a downward slope from one end to the other end in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, residual food, feces and the like gather at the lowest position. By opening the water stop plugs 1E provided in the drain ports 1D provided at the lower ends of the end side plates 1B on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the water tank, filth can be discharged through the drain pipe 1G. Further, by arranging the aquariums 1 in the vertical direction, a large amount of breeding can be carried out in a small space, which greatly contributes to the breeding business. In addition, it has advantages that it can be manufactured at low cost, it is easy to assemble because it has a small number of parts, and it is economical.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a main part.

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

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a breeding basket.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of the relationship between the gantry and the water tank.

FIG. 7 is a partially broken side view showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

B Intermediate water breeding and breeding multiple water tank device 1 Water tank 1A Side plate 1B End side plate 1C Bottom plate 1D Drainage port 1E Water stopcock 1F stand 1G Drain pipe 1H Open / close valve 2,2A Water supply pipe 3 Open / close valve 4 Water supply pipe 4A Auxiliary water supply pipe 5 Watering pipe 5A Watering hole 6 Swivel joint 7 Overflow pipe 8 Secondary water collecting pipe 9, 9A Water supply pipe 10 Auxiliary water supply hose 10A Water supply pipe 11 Breeding basket 11A Side 11B Bottom 11C Top frame 11D Top frame extension 12 Stand 12A Top water tank receiver Stand 12B Lower water tank cradle 12C Strut 12D Connecting member 12E Water tank guide 12F Brace 13 Cover 13A Hole 14 Air stone 14A Air supply hose

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A horizontal upper surface having an open upper surface only,
A rectangular water tank (1) in which breeding cages (11) are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the water tank is vertically arranged, and a sprinkling pipe (5) provided in one side of the upper water tank in parallel with the longitudinal direction. ), And an overflow pipe (7) is provided at the position of the water level to be held on the upper side surface of the other side of the aquarium, corresponding to the number and position of each breeding cage (11), to communicate with the aquarium. However, each overflow pipe (7) is guided to the lower side outside the water tank, and communicates with the secondary water collecting pipe (8) parallel to the longitudinal direction of the water tank at the lower side, and this is the sprinkling pipe (5) of the lower water tank.
A multiple water tank device for intermediate breeding and breeding, characterized in that the water tank is connected to the water tank and the water is sequentially supplied to the lower water tank (1). 2. The bottom plate (1C) of the water tank (1) has a gradient in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and drain ports (1D) are provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the water tank at the lower end of the gradient. The multiple water tank device for intermediate breeding and breeding according to claim 1, wherein the detachable stopcock (1E) is configured to discharge the sewage accumulated in the lower part as needed.