JPH075352U - Aquarium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The water can be easily replaced, and the gravel and pebbles that form the cobblestones can be easily replaced and cleaned. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a water tank 1 for accommodating an ornamental aquatic animal such as a goldfish is provided with a drain valve 2 near the bottom of the water tank 1 for discharging water therein. In claim 2, the water tank 1 has a water passage portion 3 of a size that does not allow aquatic animals to pass therethrough, and the water tank 1 is divided into two partitions 4 in the vertical direction and in the partition direction. It was detachably attached to the water tank 1 so as to be slidable. In claim 3, the bottom in the water tank 1, the upper surface of the plate-shaped substrate 5, gravel,
A mat 6 to which pebbles and the like were adhered was laid. In the fourth aspect, the mat 6 having the protrusions in the shape of gravel, pebbles or the like made of resin or the like is laid on the bottom of the water tank 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an aquarium for breeding aquatic animals (particularly fish) such as goldfish and tropical fish.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, an aquarium A as shown in FIG. 4 has been used as an aquarium for breeding and watching aquatic animals such as goldfish and tropical fish. The entire surface of this aquarium A is composed of a glass plate B, and it is possible to watch the swimming of goldfish and tropical fish, which are aquatic animals. Also, in this aquarium A, gravel and pebbles are laid on the bottom of the aquarium A, and plants and stones with holes are placed so as to be a playground or hideaway for aquatic animals.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 It is very enjoyable to breed and watch aquatic animals such as goldfish and tropical fish in tank A like this, but on the other hand, it took a lot of time and care to maintain them. The specific problems are listed below.

[0004] The water in tank A is contaminated with sowing bait and excrement of aquatic animals, so it must be replaced regularly. Usually, in order to exchange the water in the water tank A, the water tank A is transported to a place where the water can be discarded, and then the water tank A is tilted to the side so that the water in the water tank A is discarded and the empty water is discharged. Replace tank A with fresh water. However, the tank A containing water is quite heavy and cannot be easily carried, and even if it can be carried, it is heavy and should be dropped by mistake, since the tank A is made of glass and is very dangerous. Also, some stores have a fairly large aquarium A as an interior, but in this case the aquarium A cannot be carried, so the water in the aquarium A must be scraped with a cup or the like and discharged. I won't. However, scraping out all the water in tank A, which has a large volume, is a difficult task and takes time.

[0005] When tilting the water tank A to the side and discharging the water in it, unless the water in the water tank A is drained with great care, the aquatic animals in the water tank A are also discharged out of the water tank A together with the water. Will be done. In this case, it is possible to transfer the aquatic animals to another container in advance, but it is not easy to catch the aquatic animals that swim fast, and if there are many aquatic animals, the transfer is difficult. Difficult to do.

[0006] Since the food and excrement left over by aquatic animals settle on the gravel and pebbles laid in tank A, they must be replaced with new ones or washed regularly. However, in order to take out fine gravel and pebbles from the water tank A, the water tank must be laid sideways and scraped from the inside, or the water tank should be inverted and taken out, which is troublesome. Also, if the gravel and pebbles taken out of the water tank A are not put in a colander, etc., the gravel and pebbles will scatter and the subsequent handling will be troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water tank in which water can be easily replaced, and gravel and pebbles that are paving stones can be easily replaced and cleaned.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 As shown in FIG. 1, the water tank of claim 1 of the present invention is a water tank 1 in which ornamental aquatic animals such as goldfish are placed, and a drain valve for discharging the water inside the water tank 1 toward the bottom of the water tank 1 to the outside. 2 is provided.

A water tank according to a second aspect of the present invention has a water passage portion 3 in the water tank 1 having a size that prevents water from passing therethrough, and the water tank 1 is divided into two partitions. 4 is detachably attached to the water tank 1 so as to be vertically slidable in the partition direction.

The water tank according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the bottom of the water tank 1 is provided with a mat 6 in which gravel, pebbles, etc. are bonded to the upper surface of a plate-shaped substrate 5. Is.

The water tank according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that the bottom of the water tank 1 is laid with a mat 6 having a protrusion made of resin or the like in the shape of gravel or pebbles. is there.

[0012]

[Action]

 In the water tank according to claim 1 of the present invention, the water in the water tank 1 can be easily drained to the outside simply by operating the drain valve 2 provided near the bottom of the water tank 1 to open the valve 2. Can be made.

In the water tank of claim 2 of the present invention, the partition 4 is inserted from above the water tank 1 along one wall surface of the water tank 1 as shown by the phantom line in FIG. It is possible to keep the aquatic animals in the aquarium 1 closer to the wall surface of the partition 4 in the sliding direction by laterally sliding it toward the wall surface opposite to the wall surface into which 4 is inserted (direction of arrow a in the figure). it can. In particular, when the aquatic animal is a fragile organism, or when the aquatic animal has a harmful poison to the human body or is aggressive, the aquatic animal is placed on one side of the aquarium 1 by the partition 4. It is convenient to do this because it is possible to do cleaning and other work on the side opposite to the person who came. Further, when the water in the aquarium 1 is drained, the aquatic animals will not be drawn into the drainage valve 2 together with the water and scratched if the aquatic animals are brought closer to the drainage valve 2 by the partition 4. .

In the aquarium according to claims 3 and 4 of the present invention, the gravel or pebbles to be the paving stones, or the shape of them is a plate-like mat 6 as shown in FIG. At times, as shown in FIG. 3, by pulling up the mat 6 from the water tank 1, a paving stone or a paving stone-like object can be easily taken out. The mat 6 taken out can be easily washed with water using a brush or the like. Furthermore, the mat 6 after cleaning can be easily set by placing it on the bottom of the water tank 1.

[0015]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the water tank of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 1 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a rectangular parallelepiped water tank, and four side surfaces of the water tank 1 are constituted by glass plates 10. The upper part of the water tank 1 is open, and a glass plate or the like may be placed on the water tank 1 to cover the water tank 1 if necessary.

Reference numeral 2 shown in FIG. 1 is a drain valve for discharging water in the water tank 1. The valve 2 is provided with a hole in a glass plate 10 forming a peripheral wall of the water tank 1 and is attached to the hole. Has been. A rubber pipe 12 is attached to the tip end of the drain valve 2, and when the handle 11 at the upper part of the drain valve 2 is rotated to open the drain valve 2, the water in the water tank 1 passes through the rubber pipe 12. Water is drained from the tip of the rubber tube 12. The tip of the rubber tube 12 can be inserted into a bucket or the like to store water in the bucket. However, if there is a water outlet near the water tank 1, insert the rubber tube 12 directly into the outlet. You can leave it. In addition, a net may be attached to the mouth of the drain valve 2 on the side of the water tank 1 so that aquatic animals cannot pass through.

Reference numeral 4 shown in FIG. 1 is a partition for partitioning the water tank 1 into two parts. This partition 4 is made by sticking a mesh 16 (having a water passage 3 of a size that does not allow aquatic animals to pass through) to a plastic square frame 15 with pins 14 to completely cover the water tank 1. The size is such that it can be divided into two. Specifically, the width of the frame 15 is about the same as the width of the inside of the water tank 1, the height of the frame 15 is about 3/4 of the height of the inside of the water tank 1, and the net 16 is used. The width of the net 16 is about the same as the width of the inside of the aquarium 1, and the height of the net 16 is such that the net 16 is attached to the bottom of the aquarium 1.

The height of the frame body 15 is set to about 3/4 of the inner height of the water tank 1 because the hard frame body 15 made of plastic is placed on the bottom of the water tank 1. This is to prevent collision.

Key-like hooks 17 for locking the frame 15 to the edge 19 of the water tank 1 are provided at both upper ends in the width direction of the frame 15 so as to project. The hook 17 allows the partition 4 to be slidable in the depth direction of the water tank 1 (the direction of arrow a in FIG. 2 or the opposite direction), and can also be pulled out upward. A large number of weights 18 are attached to the lower portion of the net 16 so that the lower portion of the net 16 not fixed by the frame 15 does not float.

Reference numeral 6 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a mat laid on the bottom of the water tank 1. In this mat 6, an adhesive 20 is applied to the upper surface of a base material 5 such as a rubber mat cut in a rectangular shape, and gravel, pebbles, etc. are scattered on the base material 5 to adhere these gravel, pebbles, etc. to the upper surface of the base material 5. It is a thing. It should be noted that a seaweed imitation 21 or an item that serves as a playground for fish may be adhered to the upper surface of the base material 5. The mats 6 are evenly divided into three pieces, and as shown in FIG. 3, the mats 6 can be attached to and removed from the water tank 1 one by one.

The mat 6 may be integrally formed with a resin such as plastic so as to form a protrusion in the shape of gravel or pebbles on the surface of the mat 6.

[0022]

[Effect of device]

 According to the water tank of claim 1 of the present invention, the water in the water tank 1 can be discharged from the valve 2 to the outside only by operating the drain valve 2, so that the water exchange is very easy. .

According to the aquarium of claim 2 of the present invention, the aquatic animals such as fish are moved to one side of the aquarium 1 by the partition 4, and the aquarium of the aquarium 1 is arranged at the side opposite to the side where the aquatic animals are moved. You can also clean it.

According to the aquarium of claims 3 and 4 of the present invention, the gravel and the pebbles that form the paving stones of the aquarium 1 are integrated as the plate-like mat 6, so that they can be easily attached to and detached from the aquarium 1. Also, the mat 6 can be easily cleaned.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a water tank of the present invention.

2 (a) and 2 (b) are explanatory views showing how to use the water tank of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a mat laid on the water tank of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a conventional water tank.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Water Tank 2 Drain Valve 3 Water Passing Section 4 Partition 5 Base Material 6 Mat

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An aquarium containing ornamental aquatic animals such as goldfish, characterized in that a drain valve for draining the water therein is provided near the bottom of the aquarium. 2. A partition that divides the water tank into two parts is vertically slidable in the partition direction, having a water passage portion in the water tank that has a size that does not allow water to pass through even if water passes through. The water tank according to claim 1, wherein the water tank is detachably attached to the water tank. 3. The water tank according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a mat in which gravel, pebbles, etc. are adhered to the upper surface of a plate-shaped base material is laid on the bottom of the water tank. 4. The aquarium according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a mat having a protrusion in the shape of gravel, pebbles or the like made of resin or the like is laid on the bottom of the aquarium.