JP4530908B2 - Saltwater fish tank with salt dripping prevention tool - Google Patents

Description

The present invention aquarium to breed marine fish, and to prevent the salt from dripping into the outer wall surface, about saltwater fish water tank having a salt dripping preventer.

  In recent years, it has become widespread to breed and enjoy lovely seawater fish in aquarium, rich in colors such as cobalt sparrows and anemone fish.

  By the way, in order to breed seawater fish well in the aquarium, when the seawater purified by the filtration device is ejected into the aquarium, the seawater surface swells by the ejected seawater and a relatively large amount of air (oxygen) It is said that it is good to mix the water into the seawater. However, if this is done, the surface of the seawater in the aquarium will increase, and a part of the seawater will travel along the upper edge of the aquarium 1 as shown in FIG. The seawater that flows out into the outer wall surface is dried and becomes salt dripping S, which significantly impairs the appearance of the aquarium 1, and the salt dripping S is stuck to the outer wall surface of the aquarium 1. There is a problem that it is cumbersome to remove.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, the seawater is prevented from flowing out of the water bath and allow the solution to the problem, provides a saltwater fish water tank having a novel salt dripping preventer For the purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that unpurified seawater in a water tank is circulated and filtered by a filtration device, and the seawater surface is ejected from the seawater outlet of the filtration device into the water tank. A tank for saltwater fish equipped with salt dripping prevention equipment,
A receiving member is detachably provided on the upper edge of the water tank whose upper surface is open, and a salt dripping prevention body is placed on the receiving member. The salt dripping prevention body includes a top plate covering the open upper surface of the water tank, It consists of a wave receiving wall that hangs down from the inner surface of the plate. The lower end of this wave receiving wall is immersed in seawater in the aquarium, and the seawater in the aquarium is received by the top plate and the wave receiving wall. Te, it is characterized in that so as to prevent scattering of the seawater outside.

According to the invention of claim 1, the outer wall surface of the seawater fish tank is prevented from adhering salt dripping due to dripping seawater, and the outer wall surface of the seawater fish tank is not soiled by salt dripping, The aesthetic appearance of the water tank is not impaired.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below based on the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a top view of a seawater fish tank equipped with the salt dripping prevention device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the salt dripping prevention device of the present invention. FIG.

In order to breed saltwater fish, a saltwater fish tank 1 in which seawater is stored is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped, and a salt dripping prevention tool is detachably placed on the open top surface of the tank. Is provided with a backside filtration device F for circulating and filtering the seawater in the water tank 1.

  Next, the structure of the salt dripping prevention tool used in the saltwater fish tank according to the present invention will be described. The salt dripping prevention tool is detachably supported on the open upper surface of the saltwater fish tank 1. And a salt dripping prevention main body 20 placed on these receiving members 10.

Said plurality of receiving members 10 is made of a synthetic resins material, as clearly shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, becomes more and a pair of corner receiving member 11, a pair of intermediate support member 12, the corner support member 11 is formed in an angle shape so as to be detachably supported by the corner portion 2 of the water tank 1, and has an engaging groove 11a on its lower surface and receives a corner portion of the salt dripping prevention main body 20 on its upper surface. A concave receiving portion 11b is formed. The intermediate receiving member 12 is formed in a straight shape so as to be detachably supported by the intermediate upper edge 3 of the water tank 1, and is slidable and detachable on the intermediate upper edge 3 of the water tank 1. In order to be supported, an engagement groove 12a is formed on the lower surface, and a concave receiving portion 12b for receiving a side edge of the salt dripping prevention body 20 is formed on the upper surface.

  The salt dripping prevention body 20 is made of a transparent synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic plate, a glass plate, and the like, and is suspended integrally with the top plate 21 and the inner surface (back surface) of the top plate 21. It comprises a wave receiving wall 22. As shown in FIG. 1, the top plate 21 is formed in a rectangular shape that fits within the upper surface of the opening of the water tank 1, and its horizontal width is shorter than the horizontal width of the water tank 1. It leaves | separates from the type | formula filter F and it mounts on the opening upper surface of the water tank 1 through the said receiving member 10. Further, the wave receiving wall 22 is formed in a U-shape in plan view, and the wave receiving wall 22 is connected to the inner surface of the other three sides except the one side close to the back-type filtration device F with respect to the receiving member 10. It is drooped together leaving the allowance 14.

  In order to set the salt dripping prevention tool on the upper surface of the water tank 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pair of corner receiving members 11 and a corner portion 2 and an intermediate upper edge portion 3 on the upper surface of the opening of the water tank 1 are provided. After supporting the pair of intermediate receiving members 12, the receiving allowance 14 of the top plate 21 of the salt dripping prevention main body 20 is placed on the receiving portions 11 b and 12 b of the receiving members 11 and 12. At this time, the intermediate receiving member 12 is adjusted by sliding so that the receiving member 10 supports the four corners of the salt dripping prevention main body 20. The salt dripping prevention main body 20 is arranged so as to be biased toward the front side of the water tank 1 and away from the filtering device F. Thereby, as will be described later, the seawater ejected from the filtering device F is directed into the salt dripping prevention main body 20. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower end of the wave receiving wall 22 is immersed in the seawater in the water tank 1.

  On the other hand, the back surface type filter F is adsorbed and held on the back surface in the water tank 1 via a plurality of suction cups 33. The filtration case 30 constituting the main part of the filter F is formed in a square and flat hermetically sealed shape with a hard synthetic resin material. A motor chamber 35 is formed in the lower part of the filter case 30 and a filter chamber 36 occupying a relatively large volume is formed above the filter case 30. Further, the filter chamber 36 and the motor chamber 35 are arranged on one side of the filter chamber 36 and the motor chamber 35. A long water absorption path 37 is formed. A submersible motor 39 is accommodated in the motor chamber 35, and a square plate-shaped filtration element 40 is accommodated in the filtration chamber 36. A large number of water passage holes 45 are opened in the partition wall 42 that partitions the motor chamber 35 and the filtration chamber 36, and an inlet 46 is opened in the partition wall 43 that partitions the filtration chamber 36 and the water absorption path 37. Yes. The suction port 39a of the submersible motor 39 is opened to the motor chamber 5, and the discharge port 39b is connected to an elbow-shaped discharge pipe 47 that penetrates the partition wall 44 that partitions the motor chamber 35 and the suction passage 37. A lower end of the water supply pipe 48 is connected to the outlet of the discharge pipe 47. The water supply pipe 48 runs vertically in the water absorption passage 37 in the vertical direction, and a shower pipe 49 is connected to the upper end thereof. The shower pipe 49 is disposed on the outer side of the filtration case 30 along the upper wall. The shower pipe 49 has a plurality of seawater jets 50 directed into the water tank 1 in the longitudinal direction. It is provided along. A large number of water absorption holes 31 are opened in the lower side surface of the water absorption path 37. The driving cord 32 of the submersible motor 39 passes from the motor chamber 35 through the water absorption path 37 and extends to the outside from the upper part thereof.

  If the submersible motor 39 is driven, unfiltered seawater in the water tank 1 is sucked into the water absorption passage 37 from the water absorption hole 31 and then passes through the inflow hole 46 from there as shown in FIG. As shown in b, after flowing into the filtration chamber 36, after passing through the filtration element 40 and being filtered, it is sucked into the motor chamber 35 through the water passage hole 45 as shown by the arrow c in FIG. The filtered water pressurized by the submersible motor 39 flows upward in the water supply pipe 48 as shown by an arrow d in FIG. 4, and enters a shower pipe 49 from there, and a plurality of water as shown by an arrow e in FIG. From the seawater spout 50 of the water tank 1.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  The salt dripping prevention tool is set on the upper surface of the opening of the water tank 1 as described above, and the lower end portion of the wave receiving wall 22 of the salt dripping prevention tool is immersed in the seawater in the water tank 1.

  Here, if the filtering device F is operated, as described above, unpurified seawater in the water tank 1 is circulated through the filtering device F and filtered, and then ejected from the seawater outlet 50 into the water tank 1. . As shown by arrows e and f in FIG. 1, the ejected seawater flows toward the salt dripping prevention main body 20 generally along the surface of the seawater. Thereby, although the seawater in the aquarium 1 is greatly waved, the waved seawater is received by the wave receiving wall 22 and the top plate 21 of the salt dripping prevention body 20 and is prevented from being scattered outside. . Therefore, it is prevented that the rippling seawater drops over the outer wall of the aquarium 1 and drops on the outer wall surface, and salt dripping due to drying of the seawater dripping does not occur on the outer wall surface. There is no loss of aesthetics.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a seawater tank equipped with a salt dripping prevention tool. In the figure, the same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The second embodiment is a case where a wall-hanging type external filtration device F ′ is used instead of the back-type filtration device F of the first embodiment, and the other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment. .

  The wall-mounted external filtration device F ′ includes a filtration case 130 that can be wall-mounted on the wall surface of the water tank 1, and a conventionally known filtration means that is operated by a motor 139 is provided in the filtration case 130. The suction pipe 137 connected to the suction side of the filtering means is immersed in seawater, and the seawater outlet 150 of the water discharge pipe 149 connected to the discharge side of the filtering means is along the seawater surface. When the motor 139 is driven, the seawater is sucked into the filtration case 130 through the suction pipe 137 and filtered by the filtering means, and then the seawater is discharged from the seawater outlet 150 of the water discharge pipe 149 along the seawater surface in the tank 1. It is ejected toward the drooping prevention main body 20. Thereby, although the seawater in the aquarium 1 is greatly waved, the waved seawater is received by the wave receiving wall 22 and the top plate 21 of the salt dripping prevention body 20 and is prevented from being scattered outside. . Therefore, the undulating seawater is prevented from dripping onto the outer wall surface beyond the upper edge of the water tank 1, and salt dripping due to drying of the sea water dripping cannot be performed on the outer wall surface. There is no loss of aesthetics.

  The wall-hanging type external filtration device F ′ is conventionally known and will not be described in detail.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the Example, A various Example is possible within the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the wave receiving wall 22 is formed in a plane U shape, but may be formed in another shape. In this case, the salt dripping prevention main body 20 includes the filtering device F; F ′. An opening is provided to receive the rippling seawater from the sea.

Top view of a seawater tank equipped with a salt dripping prevention tool (first embodiment) Sectional drawing which follows the 2-2 line of FIG. 1 (1st Example). Sectional drawing which follows the 3-3 line of FIG. 1 (1st Example). Sectional view along line 4-4 in FIG. 1 (first embodiment) Perspective view of salt dripping prevention device (first embodiment) Sectional view of a seawater tank equipped with a salt dripping prevention device (second embodiment) Perspective view of a conventional saltwater fish tank

1 .... Water tank 10 .... Receiving member 20 .... Salt dripping prevention body 22 .... Wave wall 50 ... Seawater spout 150 ... Seawater spout F ... Filtration device (rear-type filtration device)
F '... Filtration equipment (external filtration equipment)

Claims (1)

Unpurified seawater in the aquarium (1) is circulated and filtered by the filtration device (F, F ′), and then into the aquarium (1) from the seawater outlet (50, 150) of the filtration device (F, F ′). A seawater fish tank equipped with a salt dripping prevention device that makes the sea surface rippling by the erupting seawater.
A receiving member (10) is detachably provided on the upper edge of the water tank (1) whose upper surface is opened, and a salt dripping prevention main body (20) is placed on the receiving member (10). ) Is composed of a top plate (21) that covers the open upper surface of the water tank (1) and a wave receiving wall (22) that hangs down integrally from the inner surface of the top plate (21), and the lower end of the wave receiving wall (22). Is immersed in the seawater in the aquarium (1), and the undulating seawater in the aquarium is received by the top plate (21) and the wave receiving wall (22) to prevent the seawater from splashing outside. characterized in that as, saltwater fish water tank having a salt dripping preventer.

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