JP5242602B2 - Wall-mounted aquarium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a wall-mounted water tank that can be installed on a wall surface.

In recent years, wall-mounted aquariums have been proposed as aquariums for raising ornamental fish such as goldfish and tropical fish. Since this wall-mounted water tank can be arranged along the indoor wall, the indoor space can be used more effectively than a conventional stationary water tank.
The wall-mounted aquarium can be installed freely along the wall, so it can be easily installed at a high position in the room, which obstructs other furniture in the room compared to the conventional stationary aquarium. You can enjoy watching the aquarium fish without being caught.
As such a wall-mounted water tank, a wall-mounted water tank in which stones having a function of releasing oxygen are put into the water tank has been proposed (Patent Document 1). Since it is not necessary to supply oxygen into the water tank from the outside with this wall-mounted water tank, it is said that the maintenance of the wall-mounted water tank is relatively easy.
However, in the case of a wall-mounted water tank in which stones having a function of releasing oxygen are put inside the water tank, there is a problem that the water quality inside the wall-mounted water tank and the water quality of the sea water easily deteriorate because the water and sea water inside the water tank do not circulate. This problem becomes more pronounced as the ornamental fish to be bred grows.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-103716

In order to prevent deterioration of the water quality inside the wall-mounted water tank, purify the water inside the wall-mounted water tank or supply air using a filtration device or air supply device as in the case of conventional stationary water tanks. Is also possible.
However, when a filtration device and an air supply device are separately prepared, the water inside the wall-mounted water tank is filtered from outside the space, and air is supplied from the outside into the wall-mounted water tank, for example, the filtration device and the air supply device are When it moves unexpectedly or falls, a large tension is applied to a part of the wall-mounted water tank by a pipe connected to the filtration device or an air supply hose for sending air to the wall-mounted water tank. Due to this tension, the wall-mounted water tank sometimes tilts due to the fixing principle of the wall-mounted water tank being damaged due to the principle of the insulator.
If the wall-mounted water tank tilts, the water inside the wall-mounted water tank will leak into the room. If water leaking into the room comes into contact with indoor household electrical appliances, etc., not only will there be a problem of damaging these household electrical appliances, etc., but if a wall-mounted water tank is used on the apartment building floor, other residences downstairs May cause serious troubles due to water leakage.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a wall-mounted water tank having a structure in which the deterioration of water quality inside the water tank is small and the internal water leakage accident due to the inclination of the water tank is small.

  As a result of intensive studies by the inventor in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have found that a wall-mounted water tank equipped with a filtration tank having a flow path passing through both the outer side surfaces and the outer bottom surface of the water tank body meets the object of the present invention. It came to complete.

That is, the present invention
[1] A tank body,
A filtration tank having a flow path passing through one outer side surface of the water tank body, an outer bottom surface of the water tank body and the other outer side surface of the water tank body,
Drain means for the filtration tank from the water tank body, installed on the upper part of one outer side surface of the water tank body,
Filtration means installed inside the filtration tank;
Water injection means installed on the other external side upper part of the water tank body, from the filtration tank to the water tank body,
A wall-mounted water tank is provided.

The present invention also provides
[2] The wall-mounted water tank according to the above [1], wherein at least one of a heating means and an air supply means is provided inside at least one of the water tank body and the filtration tank.

The present invention also provides
[3] The wall-mounted water tank according to the above [1] or [2] provided with a frame that covers the filtration tank from the outside.

The present invention also provides
[4] The tank body,
A filtration tank having a flow path passing through one outer side surface of the water tank body, the outer bottom surface of the water tank body and the other outer side surface of the water tank body;
A water purification method for a wall-mounted aquarium equipped with
Sending the internal water to the filtration tank by draining the internal water of the tank body from the upper part of one side surface of the water tank body to the filtration tank;
Obtaining filtered water by bringing the internal water sent to the filtration tank into contact with a filter medium installed inside the filtration tank;
Sending the filtered water to the aquarium body by pouring the filtered water obtained in contact with the filter medium into the aquarium body from the upper part of the other external side surface of the aquarium body;
A water quality purification method for a wall-mounted water tank is provided.

The wall-mounted water tank of the present invention is provided with a filtration tank having a flow path that passes through both the outer side surfaces and the outer bottom surface of the water tank body.
For this reason, unlike conventional wall-mounted water tanks provided with a separate filtration device or air supply device separately from the wall-mounted water tank, it is also necessary to connect piping, air supply hoses, etc. between the filtration device or air supply device and the wall-mounted water tank. Therefore, there is no problem that the external filtration device or the air supply device moves or falls unexpectedly. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a water leakage accident caused by the inclination of the wall-mounted water tank due to the breakage of the fixing jig of the wall-mounted water tank.

  In addition, since the wall-mounted water tank of the present invention does not require a separate filtration device or air supply device separately from the wall-mounted water tank, the installation position relative to the wall depends on the installation position of the filtration device, air supply device, etc. The wall-mounted water tank can be installed at a desired position with respect to the wall.

  In the wall-mounted water tank of the present invention, since the filtration tank is installed in a balanced manner on both outer side surfaces and the outer bottom surface of the water tank body, it is possible to avoid weight concentration on one end of the wall-mounted water tank. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a water leakage accident due to the inclination of the wall-mounted water tank.

  Moreover, since the wall-mounted water tank of this invention has a structure which can circulate an internal water, it can prevent the water quality deterioration inside the water tank main body by the water inside a wall-mounted water tank retaining.

  Moreover, since the wall-mounted water tank of this invention can take out the water inside a water tank main body from a water tank main body, and can return to a water tank main body after filtering with a filtration tank, it can keep the water inside a water tank main body in a clean state.

  Moreover, since the wall-mounted water tank of this invention has a heating means and an air supply means, it can provide the breeding environment suitable for ornamental fish.

  In addition, the wall-mounted water tank of the present invention is a non-transparent frame covering the filtration tank from the outside, and when the wall-mounted water tank of the present invention is observed from the front, the frame body installed around the water tank body and the water tank body is viewed. I can, but I can't see the filter tank directly. For this reason, it is excellent in affinity with other furniture and decorations in the room because the observer is not conscious of the existence of the filtration tank. For this reason, the freedom degree of installation of the wall-mounted water tank with respect to an indoor wall spreads.

It is the model front view which illustrated the wall hanging water tank of the present invention. It is a partial model perspective view for demonstrating the drainage means used for Example 1. FIG. It is a model principal part perspective view for demonstrating the installation condition of a cover body. It is a model front view for demonstrating the state which installed the wall hanging water tank of Example 1 in the wall. It is a model front view for demonstrating the wall hanging water tank of Example 2. FIG. It is a front view for demonstrating the wall hanging water tank of Example 3. FIG. It is a front view for demonstrating the wall hanging water tank of Example 4. FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view illustrating a wall-mounted water tank of the present invention.
The wall-mounted water tank of Example 1 includes a water tank body 100 and a filtration tank 200.
Although there will be no limitation in particular if the raw material which forms the water tank main body 100 and the filtration tank 200 will be normally used for a water tank, For example, organic transparent materials, such as inorganic transparent materials, such as a tempered glass, etc. are mentioned. It is done. In the case of Example 1, a transparent acrylic plate is used as a material for forming the water tank body 100 and the filtration tank 200.

The water tank main body 100 has one water tank main body side plate 101, a water tank main body bottom plate 102, the other water tank main body side plate 103, a water tank main body front plate 104, and a water tank main body back plate (not shown).
The water tank main body front plate 104 and the water tank main body back plate are respectively adhered to the side surfaces of one water tank main body side plate 101, the water tank main body bottom plate 102, and the other water tank main body side plate 103 with an adhesive. Thereby, it has the structure which can hold | maintain water inside the said water tank main body 100. FIG.

A filtration tank 200 is installed outside the water tank main body side plate 101, the water tank main body bottom plate 102 and the other water tank main body side plate 103.
The filtration tank 200 has one filtration tank side plate 201, a filtration tank bottom plate 202, the other filtration tank side plate 203, a filtration tank front plate, and a filtration tank back plate (not shown).
The filter tank front plate and the filter tank back plate are respectively adhered to the side surface of one filter tank side plate 201, the side surface of the filter tank bottom plate 202, and the side surface of the other filter tank side plate 203 with an adhesive. Thereby, the said filtration tank 200 also has a structure which can hold | maintain water similarly.

  The water tank main body front plate 104 and the water tank main body back plate also serve as a filtration tank front plate and a filtration tank back plate, respectively. Accordingly, the water tank main body front plate 104 covers the front surface of the water tank main body 100 and the front surface of the filtration tank 200. A water tank body back plate (not shown) covers the back surface of the water tank body 100 and the back surface of the filtration tank 200.

  In addition, one water tank main body side plate 101, water tank main body bottom plate 102, and the other water tank main body side plate 103 in the water tank main body 100 have a function as a partition plate that partitions the water tank main body 100 and the filtration tank 200. Yes.

The size of the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1 in FIG. 1 is as follows.
One water tank main body side plate 101 of the water tank main body 100 is 630 mm long, 70 mm deep and 15 mm thick, and the water tank main body bottom plate 102 is 1897 mm wide, 70 mm deep and 10 mm thick. The size of the other water tank body side plate 103 is the same as that of the one water tank body side plate 101.
One filtration tank side plate 201 of the filtration tank 200 has a length of 730 mm, a depth of 70 mm, and a thickness of 10 mm, and the filter tank bottom plate 202 has a width of 1960 mm, a depth of 70 mm, and a thickness of 10 mm. The size of the other filtration tank side plate 203 is the same as that of the one filtration tank side plate 201.

Although there is no limitation in the shape of the wall-mounted water tank of this invention, the thing of a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole is preferable in consideration of a handleability, transportability, etc.
The size of the wall-mounted water tank can be appropriately determined in consideration of the indoor arrangement.

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic perspective view for explaining the drainage means used in the first embodiment.
A drainage hole 1 is provided in the upper part of one water tank main body side plate 101 in the water tank main body 100 as a draining means from the water tank main body 100 to the filtration tank 200. The drain hole 1 passes through the one water tank body side plate 101, and the water inside the water tank body 100 is sent to the filtration tank 200 through the drain hole 1.
The water level inside the water tank body 100 can be adjusted by the position of the drain hole 1 with respect to the one water tank body side plate 101.
In order to increase the water level inside the water tank main body 100, the position of the drain hole 1 relative to the one water tank main body side plate 101 may be increased, and in order to decrease the water level inside the water tank main body 100, the one water tank. What is necessary is just to make the position of the drain hole 1 with respect to the main body side plate 101 low.
The drain hole 1 can be set as appropriate within a range that is smaller than the size of the ornamental fish put in the aquarium body 100 and does not hinder drainage into the filtration tank 200.

In FIG. 2, the circular drainage hole 1 provided in the upper part of one water tank main body side plate 101 was illustrated as a drainage means, However, The shape of this drainage hole 1 is a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a hexagon etc., for example. The shape may be a polygon, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or the like.
Also, the drainage means can be provided by cutting the upper part of one water tank body side plate 101 and providing a net or a lattice.

Next, returning to FIG. 1, the structure of the water tank main body 100 and the filtration tank 200 of the wall-mounted water tank of the first embodiment will be described.
The filtration tank 200 includes one filtration tank side plate 201, one water tank body side plate 101, a water tank body bottom plate 102, a filtration tank front plate, and a filtration channel 301 surrounded by a filtration tank back plate,
Filtration tank bottom plate 202, one filtration tank side plate 201, water tank body bottom plate 102, filtration channel 302 surrounded by a filtration tank front plate and a filtration tank back plate,
Moreover, it has the filtration flow path 303 enclosed by the other water tank main body side plate 103, the other filtration tank side plate 203, the filtration tank front plate, and the filtration tank back plate.

  The bottom surface of the filtration channel 301 is also used as the water tank body bottom plate 102. The water tank main body bottom plate 102 in the filtration flow path 301 is provided with a plurality of filtration holes 2. Further, the inside of the filtration channel 301 is filled with a filter medium 311 made of a wool mat. The filter medium 311 is supported by the water tank body bottom plate 102. Further, the water inside the filtration channel 301 flows through the filtration hole 2 and into the filtration channel 302.

Next, the filter medium 312 made of a ceramic ring is also filled in the filtration channel 302.
Water that has flowed from the water tank body 100 through the drain hole 1 into the filtration channel 301 is filtered by the filter medium 311, and then flows through the filtration hole 2 to the filtration channel 302. The filter medium 311 such as a wool mat can physically remove uneaten food from the aquarium body 100, excrement of ornamental fish, and the like. Thus, physical filtration is first performed to remove relatively large foreign substances.

  The filter medium 311 can be replaced by pulling out from the upper end of the filter flow path 301 with a jig such as tweezers and filling with a new filter medium. For this reason, the inside of the wall-mounted water tank of this invention can be maintained in a clean state by replacing | exchanging the filter medium 311 suitably.

  Next, the filtered water is filtered again by the filtering material 312 inside the filtering channel 302 and then flows into the filtering channel 303. Microorganisms adhere to the ceramic ring or the like of the filter medium 312, and harmful components such as ammonia generated from the excrement of ornamental fish can be changed to nitrite or the like. In this way, by performing biological filtration after physical filtration, harmful components that cannot be treated by physical filtration can be rendered harmless.

  Next, a submersible pump 10 is installed in the filtration channel 303 as a means for injecting water into the water tank body 100. The submersible pump 10 can supply filtered water to the water tank body 100 through the pipe 11 by supplying electric power (not shown) from the outside.

  As described above, the water in the wall-mounted water tank of the first embodiment is filtered through the water tank body 100 and the filtration channels 301, 302, and 303 of the filter tank 200 to the filter media 311 and 312 of the filter tank 200, and then the water tank body. Returned to 100. As a result, the water inside the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1 circulates between the water tank body 100 and the filtration tank 200. Thereby, since the water filtered always is poured into the water tank main body 100, it is hard to produce stagnant water, and the water tank main body 100 inside can be maintained in a clean state.

  Moreover, by the water injection from the submersible pump 10 to the water tank main body 100, the filtered water that has come out from the water injection port 12 of the submersible pump 10 falls into the water tank main body 100 while entraining air. Thereby, it is also possible to supply air to the water inside the water tank main body 100.

  A detachable lid 400 is attached to the upper part of the water tank body 100 and the filtration tank 200. The lid 400 is an acrylic transparent plate, and the inside can be observed.

  The lid 400 is supported by a support member 410 having a width of 150 mm fixed to the water tank main body front plate 104 and the water tank main body back plate.

  In addition, a wooden frame 500 having a thickness of 20 mm is installed around the filtration tank 200.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a main part for explaining the installation state of the lid 400.
The lid 400 is detachably installed. Usually, the lid 400 is installed and a wall-mounted water tank is used. Thereby, indoor dust etc. can be prevented from entering the inside of the aquarium body 100, and evaporation of water inside the aquarium body 100 can be suppressed.
Further, the lid 400 is provided with a bait input window 420 that can be opened and closed by a hinge 421, and bait can be introduced into the aquarium body 100 while the lid 400 is installed. Furthermore, fresh air can be fed into the aquarium body 100 by opening the bait input window 420 as necessary.
If necessary, external air can be introduced into the water tank body 100 by providing a through hole or a slit in the lid 400.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view for explaining a state in which the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1 is installed on the wall.
An L-shaped metal fixing member 520 is fixed to the wall 20 using fixing means such as embedded bolts 510. The wall-mounted water tank is installed on the wall 20 by fixing the frame 500 to the L-shaped metal fixing member 520 using fixing means such as a wood screw 530.
There is no limitation on the means for fixing the wall-mounted water tank to the wall. For example, fixing means such as embedded bolts 510 are installed on the wall 20, and the wall-hanging tanks are suspended from the embedded bolts 510 using suspension means such as metal chains. You may implement by means, such as hanging a water tank.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view for explaining the wall-mounted water tank of the second embodiment.
Compared with the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1, the wall-mounted water tank of Example 2 is built in the electric heater 600 as a heating means at the bottom of the water tank main body 100 and a control means for controlling the electric heater 600. The difference is that a thermostat 601 connected to a temperature measuring means such as a thermocouple is provided.
Since electric power is supplied to the electric heater 600 and the thermostat 601 from the outside (not shown in the wiring diagram), when the water temperature rises above a certain value, an electric signal that indicates that the temperature has been exceeded by the temperature measuring means Is sent to the thermostat 601, and the energization of the electric heater 600 is stopped. This lowers the water temperature. On the other hand, when the water temperature falls below a certain value, an electric signal indicating that the temperature has fallen below the certain temperature is sent to the thermostat 601 and the electric heater 600 is resumed. This increases the water temperature. By performing this control, the water temperature inside the water tank body 100 can be maintained at a desired temperature.

FIG. 6 is a front view for explaining the wall-mounted water tank of the third embodiment.
Compared with the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1, the wall-mounted water tank of Example 3 is provided with an air pump 700, an air supply hose (not shown), and an air diffusion hollow porous glass 701 as air supply means. The point is different.
The air pump 700 is attached to the upper part of the filtration tank side plate 203 with a double-sided adhesive tape. By supplying electric power to the air pump 700 from the outside, air can be sent from the air pump 700 to the water 800 of the air porous hollow glass 701 through the air supply hose. As a result, air can be supplied into the water tank body 100.

FIG. 7 is a front view for explaining the wall-mounted water tank according to the fourth embodiment.
The wall-mounted water tank of Example 4 is different from the wall-mounted water tank of Example 1 in that a wooden frame 900 covers the filtration tank 200 from the outside.
The wooden frame 900 is divided into frame parts 901, 902, 903 and 904, respectively. The frame parts 901, 902 and 903 are fixed to the frame 500 by fixing means such as screws. . The outer periphery of the wooden frame 900 is in contact with the wall.
The frame portion 904 can be installed by combining the protrusion 910 with the fixing holes 920 provided in the frame portions 901 and 903, respectively.
Similarly, protrusions are provided at the lower portions of the frame parts 901 and 903, and these protrusions are combined with the fixing holes of the frame part 902 (not shown).
On the other hand, the frame portion 904 is provided with a slit 930 so that external air can contact the water tank body 100.
Further, the aquarium body 100 is covered with pebbles 810 at the bottom, and water 800 is placed inside, so that ornamental fish such as goldfish can be observed.
When the wall-mounted water tank of Example 4 is observed from the front toward the wall, the wooden frame 900 covers the outer periphery of the wall-mounted water tank of Example 4, so that the filtration tank cannot be seen, The inside of the aquarium body 100 is visible from the outside.
For this reason, since the wall-mounted water tank of Example 4 does not make an observer aware of the existence of the filtration tank 200, it is excellent in affinity with other furniture and decorations in the room. For this reason, since it can arrange | position freely indoors, it is excellent in visibility.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drain hole 2 Filtration hole 10 Submersible pump 11 Piping 12 Water injection port 20 Wall 100 Water tank main body 101 One water tank main body side plate 102 Water tank main body bottom plate 103 The other water tank main body side plate 104 Water tank main body front plate 105 Water tank main body back plate 200 Filtration Tank 201 One filtration tank side plate 202 Filtration tank bottom plate 203 Other filtration tank side plate 301, 302, 303 Filtration flow path 311, 312 Filter material 400 Lid 410 Support material 420 Feeding window 421 Hinge 500 Frame 510 Buried Insertion bolt 520 Metal fixing member 530 Wood screw 600 Electric heater 601 Thermostat 700 Air pump 701 Hollow porous glass for air diffusion 800 Water 810 Pebbles

Claims (4)

The tank body,
A filtration tank having a flow path passing through one outer side surface of the water tank body, an outer bottom surface of the water tank body and the other outer side surface of the water tank body,
Drain means for the filtration tank from the water tank body, installed on the upper part of one outer side surface of the water tank body,
Filtration means installed inside the filtration tank;
Water injection means installed on the other external side upper part of the water tank body, from the filtration tank to the water tank body,
A wall-mounted water tank, characterized by comprising:   The wall-mounted water tank according to claim 1, comprising at least one of a heating means and an oxygen supply means inside at least one of the water tank body and the filtration tank.   The wall-mounted water tank of Claim 1 or 2 provided with the frame which covers the said filtration tank from the outside. The tank body,
A filtration tank having a flow path passing through one outer side surface of the water tank body, the outer bottom surface of the water tank body and the other outer side surface of the water tank body;
A water purification method for a wall-mounted aquarium equipped with
Sending the internal water to the filtration tank by draining the internal water of the tank body from the upper part of one side surface of the water tank body to the filtration tank;
Obtaining filtered water by bringing the internal water sent to the filtration tank into contact with a filter medium installed inside the filtration tank;
Sending the filtered water to the aquarium body by pouring the filtered water obtained by contact with the filter medium into the aquarium body from the upper part of one outer side surface of the aquarium body;
A water purification method for a wall-mounted aquarium, characterized by comprising: