JPH0227028B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a fountain device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional fountain devices are stationary types that are fixed in water or on the ground, so installation requires foundation pouring with concrete, burying of piping, fountain mechanism, etc.
Installation of the drive pump, electrical wiring, and other incidental work requires a lot of effort, time, and construction costs, especially when it becomes large.
Since the work is extensive, the construction period is long and a large amount of cost is required.

Also, if you try to change the installation location, construction work equivalent to new installation will be required.

In addition, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional fountain devices, in addition to those in which the amount of water per unit time is fixed and the water is emitted in a certain height, direction, and shape, there are also methods in which the amount of water per unit time is changed. Various changes have been made to the taste of fountains, such as changing the height, direction, shape, water color, time difference, lighting, etc. of the fountain.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional fountain device, since the fountain device only changes the shape of the fountain and the color due to illumination, etc., there is a problem that other changes and decorative effects cannot be obtained.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Therefore, as a result of studies in view of the circumstances of the conventional fountain device described above, the present invention has been developed by equipping a float with a fountain mechanism and all other incidental equipment so that it can float on the water surface and move on the water surface. It can be installed by simply fixing it in any position with an anchor, etc., and by making it possible to place or assemble a product manufactured in advance at a factory on site, it is easy to inspect it on site. The first objective is to provide an inexpensive product that eliminates the need for foundation laying work, can be constructed in a short period of time and at low cost, and can also be repositioned at any time.

Furthermore, the present invention does not limit itself to changes in the fountain, but seeks objects other than fountains that move in relation to the changes, such as fish such as carp or a human body model. ,
The second method is to make one or more models of mermaids and other animals and plants move separately from the fountain movement, and to harmonize the movement with the fountain movement to provide a rich variety of interest. It is a purpose.

[Means for solving problems]

That is, the present invention provides a guiding means, an enclosing means, and one or more types of fountain means on a float and sequentially facing outward, and the fountain means is equipped with a spout pipe having a nozzle and a pump, and a fountain and the fountain can be freely controlled by a controller so as to be able to stop the fountain, and the guide means has a fish, mermaid, or other ornamental object that can be moved in and out of the enclosure means by the driving means, and the ornamental object can be moved into and out of the fountain and the fountain. The fountain can be made to appear and disappear at will by the controller in synchronization with the stoppage of the fountain, thereby solving the above-mentioned problems.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the fountain device in a plan view and a longitudinal side view.

In the figure, 1 is a float 1 that is made hollow and capable of floating on the water surface a by providing sufficient buoyancy, and on top of the float 1, a guide means 2 for raising and lowering is equipped in the center. An ornamental object 3 such as a fish such as a carp, a human body model, a mermaid, or other animals or plants is supported by the guiding means 2 so that it can be moved up and down, and a driving means 4 is disposed beside the guiding means 2. , the ornamental object 3 is movable up and down by the same means 4.

Further, on the float 1 and outside the guide means 2 and drive means 4, a surrounding means 5 is provided.

This enclosing means 5 may be made of, for example, a large number of thin rods, spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, or a punched metal, wire mesh, etc. wound up in a cylindrical shape, with the upper part open. Similarly to the guiding means 2 and driving means 4, the ornamental object 3 is also shielded from view from the outside viewer when it is in the lowered state as shown by the two-dot broken line in FIG. As shown by the solid line in the figure, the ornamental object 3 can be seen from the outside only when it is raised.

Further, on the float 1, on the outside of the enclosure means 5, at an appropriate interval in the radial direction,
An inner fountain means 6 and an outer fountain means 7 are provided, respectively.

The illustrated inner and outer fountain means 6 and 7 have a circular planar arrangement and are arranged concentrically, but of course the shape is not limited to this, and the inner and outer fountain means 6 and 7 emit water from the inner and outer fountain means 6 and 7. The fountain b and the outer fountain c may be designed to have a cylindrical shape, an elliptical shape, or any other polygonal shape.

The inner and outer water fountain means 6, 7 include jet pipes 6b, 7b each having a desired number of nozzles 6a...7a attached vertically or upwardly at an arbitrary angle, and each of the jet pipes 6b, 7b. Pumps 6c and 7c are respectively connected to the pumps 6c and 7c, and each pump 6c and 7c is controlled by a timer of a controller 8 installed at a desired land, etc., and thereby alternately starts and stops the fountain at a desired time difference. It is designed to be repeated.

That is, for example, the pumps 6c and 7c are controlled by the controller 8 so that when the inner fountain b is spouting, the outer fountain c is stopped, and when the outer fountain c is spouting, the inner fountain is stopped. be done.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, each of the pumps 6 is connected so that water can be taken in with the device floating on the water surface a.
Water intake ports 6d and 7d are opened in the water intake ports 6d and 7c, and the pump control described above may be performed by on/off control of the pump itself or by opening/closing control of a solenoid valve (not shown).

Here, the float 1 is preferably molded from a synthetic resin material, and in that case, it may be molded integrally in advance, but it can be molded into a desired number of parts, and the divided constituent members 1a and 1b may be molded in the same manner. Flanges 1c, 1 provided integrally at the butting ends of the members 1a, 1b
d may be integrated by a fixing means such as bolting.

Further, as described above, since the float 1 is equipped with the above-mentioned means 2 to 7, it is given buoyancy so that it can float on the water surface a in the attached state, and the above-mentioned means 2 to 7 are attached to the float 1. In order to provide sufficient mounting strength to the device 7 and to facilitate the attachment of the means 2 to 7, for example, as shown in the figure, the central portion is penetrated to form a planar approximately donut shape, and the bottom portion is provided with a frame formed with a frame. It is preferable to attach the body 9 and integrate it.

Further, as the guide means 2, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 to 7, a main pillar 2a is erected from the center of the float 1, and the ornamental body 3 is The sliding plate 2b to which is fixed is attached to the main pillar 2a,
The ornamental body 3 can be raised and lowered by fitting it in such a way that it can be raised and lowered freely, or the float 1 can be inserted so that it can be raised and lowered freely.
At the center of the upper part, a link means 2 is formed to be expandable and contractible.
c is fixedly installed, and the ornamental body 3 is attached to the upper end of the link means 2c.
The body 3 is supported by the expansion and contraction of the link means 2c.
It may be formed so that it can be moved up and down.

Further, as the driving means 4, the one described below is used.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on the float 1 and near the guide means 2,
The ornamental object 3 is connected to one end of the chain 4c using a fixed pulley means 4d formed by rotatably supporting the pulleys 4a, 4a on a support column 4b and hanging a chain 4c around the pulleys 4a, 4a. At the same time, a tank 4e is connected to the other end, and a spout pipe 6b of the inner fountain means 6 is connected to the tank 4e via a flexible hose 4f so that water can be supplied. Therefore, water is stored in the tank 4e in synchronization with the spouting of the inner fountain b, and the tank 4e is lowered by the weight of the stored water, which allows the water to be enjoyed through the chain 4c. The body 3 is configured to be able to rise.

The above example shows an example of a tank system, and the tank 4e is a water supply port 4g to which the hose 4f is connected, as shown in FIG.
A drainage port 4h smaller than the diameter of the tank 4e is provided at the bottom, and the amount of drainage is smaller than the amount of water supplied to the tank 4e. When the tank 4e is stopped, the water in the tank 4e is discharged to the outside from the drain port 4h.

Here, the weight of the tank 4e is set smaller than the weight of the ornamental body 3 including the sliding plate 2b, and the capacity of the tank 4e is set larger than the weight of the ornamental body 3.

Therefore, when the tank 4e is empty, the ornamental object 3
Due to its own weight, it is confined within the enclosure means 5 as shown by the two-dot broken line in FIG. 2, so that it is no longer visible from the outside.

The above embodiment is a one-tank system, but the one shown in FIG. 4 is a two-tank system, in which the tank 4e is connected to one end of the chain 4c in the fixed pulley 4d, and the other end is is connected to another tank 4i together with the ornamental body 3, one tank 4e is connected to the spouting part 6b of the inner fountain means 6 with a hose 4f, and the other tank 4i is connected to the spout pipe of the outer fountain means 7. 7b and is connected by a hose 4j.

Therefore, water is stored in one tank 4e in synchronization with the spouting of the inner fountain b, and water is stored in the other tank 4i in synchronization with the spouting of the outer fountain c, so that when the inner fountain b spouts out, water is stored in the other tank 4i. , the ornamental body 3 moves upward, and when the outer fountain c is spouted, the ornamental body 3 descends.

Here, it is a matter of course that both the tanks 4e and 4i are provided with a drain port 4h as described above.

Further, the capacity of the tank 4e is set to be larger than the sum of the weights of the other tank 4i and the ornamental object 3, and the weight of the tank 4e itself is set larger than the sum of the weights of the other tank 4i and the ornamental object 4. It is formed small, and when both tanks 4e and 4i are empty, the tank 4i and the ornamental body 3 are maintained in a lowered state.

FIG. 5 shows still another embodiment, in which one tank 4i and one weight 4 are used for raising and lowering.
We have adopted a seesaw method with

That is, the swing bar 4l is pivotally attached to the support column 4b erected on the float 1, and the swing bar 4l
A tank 4i is supported along with the ornamental body 3 at one end thereof, and the weight 4k is suspended from the other end, and the tank 4i is connected to the spout pipe 7b of the outer fountain means 7 via a hose 4j.

Here, the tank 4i is also provided with a drain port 4h as in the above embodiment, and the weight of the weight 4k is greater than the sum of the weight of the tank 4i itself and the weight of the ornamental body 3, and It is set smaller than the sum of the weight of the tank 4i, the ornamental object 3, and the amount of water in the tank 4i.

Therefore, when the outer fountain c is spouting, the tank 4
Since water is stored in the tank 4i, the ornamental body 3 is lowered, and when the outer fountain c is stopped and the inner fountain b is in a spouting state, the water in the tank 4i is discharged, and the weight 4k is The ornamental object 3 rises due to the weight.

Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a weight (not shown) may be connected to one end of the chain 4c to which the ornamental body 3 is connected, and in this case as well, the weight of the weight and the ornamental body 3 is The sum is set to be smaller than the sum of the dead weight of the tank 4e and the amount of water in the tank 4e.

Although the tank method and the tank and weight method have been described above, it is also possible to use a method in which the ornamental body 3 is pushed up by jetting water, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

That is, in the one shown in FIG. 6, a bowl-shaped member 4m is opened downward and fixed to the sliding plate 3b of the ornamental body 3, which is supported by the guide means 2 so as to be able to rise and fall freely, and on the other hand, Directly below the bowl-shaped member 4m, an injection pipe 4 is installed upright from the injection pipe 6b of the inner water fountain means 6.
n, and injects water from the injection pipe 4n toward the bowl-shaped member 4m in synchronization with the spouting of the inner fountain b, and pushes up the bowl-shaped member 4m by the hydraulic force of the injection, thereby creating an ornamental display. The ornamental body 3 and the bowl-shaped member 4m are lowered by their own weight when the outer fountain c is spouted.

In the system shown in FIG. 7, the ornamental body 3 is connected to one end of the chain 4c in the fixed pulley means 4d, and the bowl-shaped member 4 mentioned above is connected to the other end of the chain 4c.
On the other hand, the injection pipe 4n is erected from the injection pipe 7b of the outer fountain means 7.

Here, the weight of the ornamental body 3 is set smaller than the weight of the bowl-shaped member 4m, and when the inner fountain b is ejected, the weight of the bowl-shaped member 4m causes
The ornamental body 3 is held in a raised position as shown by the solid line in the figure, and when the outer water fountain c is ejected in this state, the bowl-shaped member 4m is pushed up by the water force ejected from the injection pipe 4n. By this, ornamental body 3
is held in the lowered position as shown by the two-dot broken line in the figure.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the ornamental body 3 is moved up and down using jetted water, but the driving means 4 for the ornamental body 3 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, for example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to employ cylinder means 4o as shown in FIG.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the link means 2c is used as the guide means 2 as described above, and as shown in the figure, the links 2d and 2f are pivotally connected to each other at one end.
One end of a cylinder 4p is pivotally connected to one of the links 2e, and its output shaft 4q is pivotally connected to the other link 2e.
c is configured to extend and contract in the vertical direction, thereby raising and lowering the ornamental body 3.

In this case as well, the controller 8 controls a unit (not shown) of the cylinder means 2c so that the ornamental body 3 is raised when the inner fountain b is spouted, and lowered when the outer fountain c is spouted.

Furthermore, as the driving source for the driving means 4, it is also possible to use a motor or the like in addition to the above-mentioned embodiments.

Furthermore, since the fountain device of the present invention is configured so that the main body is formed into a float 1 and floats on the water surface a, in order to fix it at a desired position, it is necessary to use the float 1.
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 2, it is preferable to insert an anchor 10 connected to the frame 9 or the like and fix the position using the anchor 10.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the fountain device according to the present invention is constructed so that it can float on the water surface a, so it can be freely and easily moved and installed at a desired position, and it can also emit water. and stopping the fountain, changing the spouting form such as the amount of water, the height of the fountain, or the spouting angle, changing the color due to lighting, etc., and synchronizing with the spouting of the fountain, and viewing it within the enclosure. The body 3 can be raised to the top of the fountain. Therefore, for example, if a model of a carp is used as the ornamental body, the carp hidden in the enclosure means 5 will rise together with the fountain, making it look great. It can also give the feeling of carp climbing a waterfall, and by automatically repeating this, it can create a dynamic decorative effect and add even more interest to the fountain's charm.

Furthermore, since jet water can be used as the drive source for the ornamental body, a special drive source is not required and the ornamental body can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the fountain device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view thereof, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a tank of the driving means, Fig. 4;
FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 are side views showing different embodiments of the guide means and drive means in the same embodiment, respectively. 1... Float, 2... Guide means, 2a... Main pillar, 2c... Link means, 3... Ornamental body, 4...
Drive means, 4d... fixed pulley means, 4k... weight,
4o...Cylinder means, 5...Enclosure means, 6,7
... Fountain means, 6a, 7a... Nozzle, 6b, 7
b...Gouting pipe, 6c, 7c...Pump, 8...Controller, b, c...Fountain.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. On the float, guiding means, enclosing means, and one or more types of fountain means are provided in order toward the outside, and the fountain means is equipped with a jet pipe having a nozzle and a pump, and The fountain can be freely controlled by a controller so that the fountain can be stopped, and the guide means has a fish, mermaid, or other ornamental object that can be moved in and out of the enclosure means by the driving means, and the ornamental object can be moved in and out of the enclosure means by the driving means. A fountain device characterized in that the controller allows the fountain to appear and disappear in synchronization with the fountain and when the fountain stops. 2. The fountain device according to claim 1, wherein the guide means is formed by inserting and supporting the ornamental body into a main pillar erected on the float so that the ornamental body can be moved up and down. 3. The drive means for the ornamental body supports the ornamental body and the tank on the fixed pulley means so as to be able to move up and down, and is capable of storing water in the tank in synchronization with the water being ejected from the fountain means, depending on the weight of the water stored in the tank. The fountain device according to claim 1, wherein the ornamental body is formed to be movable upwardly. 4. The driving means for the ornamental body is formed such that the ornamental body is directly moved upward by the fountain force of the water jetted out in synchronization with the jetting from the fountain means. fountain device. 5. The driving means for the ornamental object is equipped with a tank attached to the guiding means together with the ornamental object so as to store water in synchronization with the fountain operation from the fountain means, and the driving means is arranged in a seesaw manner using the tank and a weight as a main pillar. The fountain device according to claim 1, wherein the fountain device is adapted to be attached. 6. The fountain device according to claim 1, wherein the drive means for the ornamental object is such that the ornamental object is attached to a link means so as to be movable up and down, and the link means is made to be extendable and retractable by means of a cylinder means. .