KR101287421B1 - Auto water change apparatus for water aquarium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic water change device for an aquarium is provided to automatically discharge water delivered by a water pump. CONSTITUTION: An automatic water change device for an aquarium comprises a main body (100) and a pressure protrusion (220). The main body is formed with an inlet valve part (110) for supplying clean water from the outside to an aquarium on one side thereof, and is formed with a discharge valve part (120) which is provided with water discharged by a water pump installed within the aquarium and discharges the water to the outside on the other side thereof. A connector (300) for detaching a fastener (130) is installed on one side of the main body. A hinge joint hole is formed on the bottom surface of an inlet valve part. One lower side of the inlet valve part is rotationally connected to the hinge joint hole of the main body through a hinge pin (114), and the other lower side thereof is connected to a buoy (210). The supply of clean water from the outside to the aquarium can be controlled by compressing or releasing a moving packing (116) inserted into the outlet of the inlet valve part.

Description

Auto water change apparatus for water aquarium

The present invention relates to an automatic water splitting device for an aquarium, and more particularly, to be connected and installed in an aquarium, and when the contained water maintains a constant level, water that is delivered by an underwater pump installed in the aquarium is automatically transferred to the outside of the aquarium. When the water contained in the aquarium is reduced below a certain level, it is possible to supply clean water from the outside to the aquarium and to automatically block external discharge of the water delivered by the underwater pump. The present invention relates to an automatic water changer device for an aquarium that can be improved to an aquarium that can safely and automatically implement water change that is discharged to the outside by a capacity corresponding to the supply.

Generally, an aquarium is used to store live fish, shellfish, crustaceans, etc. in a living state and to store it in a living state filled with water. Since harmful substances such as excretion and ammonia discharged from seafood are accumulated inside the fish, And the water needs to be exchanged.

In order to overcome such difficulties, attempts have been made to purify, filter and reuse water in a water tank, and various methods such as filtering, sterilization using ultraviolet rays, and biodegradation using microorganisms have been adopted.

However, the above-described conventional methods have a problem in that a large amount of maintenance is required for maintenance, and a large power plant is required to periodically perform maintenance and maintenance of the power plant.

In addition, as the water in the water tank is purified by the purification and filtration means installed at a specific location, the larger the water tank is, the more difficult it is to structure the purification and filtration means, and the purification and filtration means are often replaced or cleaned There arises a problem that maintenance management costs are increased and maintenance is very inconvenient as a result.

Therefore, most users who use an aquarium have a problem that, as described above, the aquarium having a filter purifying device such as a general bubble generator and a nonwoven fabric rather than an aquarium having a cleaning and filtration device, And is also using a partial watering method that changes about one-third of the water in the aquarium every week to maintain good water quality in the aquarium.

For reference, the partial water change method, which has been widely used until recently, is very convenient to manage the water quality in the aquarium compared to the water change in the aquarium as a whole, and maintains the quality of the water in the aquarium for a long time. It is possible to extend the replacement time drastically and to minimize the stress of live fish, shellfish and crustaceans that are raised by not changing the water temperature and water quality rapidly during the water change process. It is an aquarium change method being used.

However, such a partial water gauge has a problem that the water in the aquarium is manually handled and discharged to a certain extent, and the new water must be filled in the aquarium, which is very inconvenient and time consuming.

Accordingly, in recent years, a technique proposed by the present inventors has been filed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

In order to help the understanding of the technology proposed by the present applicant (application number 10-2013-0007575) will be described as follows.

When the water contained in the aquarium maintains a certain water level, the inlet and outlet holes formed in the main body are automatically shut off by the buoys connected to the other side to stop the supply of clean water from the outside in the aquarium. The discharge hole connected through the discharge pipe and the connecting pipe allows the water in the aquarium to be discharged to the outside,

When the water contained in the aquarium is reduced below a certain level, the blocking state of the inlet and outlet holes formed in the main body is automatically released by the buoys connected to the other side, and clean water is supplied from the outside in the aquarium. The discharge hole connected through the discharge pipe and the connection pipe of the submersible pump is composed of a safety change device for stopping the discharge of water in the aquarium to the outside.

However, when the water contained in the aquarium decreases below a certain level and is automatically stopped to be discharged to the outside, a part of the discharge water flowing from the discharge import hole of the discharge hole is transferred to the discharge drainage hole. There was a structural problem that the discharge of water is not blocked.

In other words, when the discharge is automatically stopped, the discharge pressure is lowered through the lower part of which is blocked by the rubber repacking, and the discharged water flowing into the discharge import hole is not delivered to the discharge drainage hole but has to be recycled into the aquarium. This is because a part of the structure is transferred to the discharge drainage hole in the process of being recycled to the inside of the aquarium, causing a leak.

This is also because the discharge drainage hole is formed at a lower position than the discharge import hole of the discharge hole.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

(Patent Document 0001) (1) Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0007575

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the purpose is to connect the installation in the aquarium, when the water contained in the water maintains a certain level, the water delivered by the water pump installed in the aquarium to the outside of the aquarium If the water contained in the aquarium is reduced below a certain level, it can supply clean water from the outside and automatically shut off the water discharged by the submersible pump. The new water is supplied from the outside, the contained water is discharged to the outside by the capacity corresponding to the supply, to provide an automatic water change device for the aquarium that can be improved to an aquarium that can implement the water change automatically and safely.

The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following means.

(1) An inlet valve portion for supplying clean water from the outside to the aquarium is formed on one side, and a discharge valve portion for receiving and discharging water discharged by an underwater pump installed in the aquarium is discharged to the outside. And, one outer surface is formed with a fastener for attaching and detaching the connector can be connected to the aquarium, the bottom surface of the inlet valve portion is formed with a hinge connection hole; And

On the lower portion of the inlet valve portion, one side is rotatably connected to the hinge connecting hole of the main body through a hinge pin, the other side is connected to the mouth is installed, the upper portion located in the lower portion of the inlet valve portion, in the hinge rotation process Pressurizing or releasing the up and down packing is inserted into the inlet bottom portion of the inlet valve portion by pressing or releasing the pressurized protrusions that can be introduced into the aquarium and block the clean water supplied from the outside is integrally formed,

In the front part located in the lower part of the discharge valve portion, the communication hole of the up and down weight connected to the inside by the tension spring in the hinge rotation process is moved downward or in communication with the discharge water inlet hole and the discharge water drain hole located in the front and rear. Connect the clip installed at the bottom of the up and down weight so that the discharged water delivered by the submersible pump through the discharge water inlet hole can be discharged to the inside of the aquarium or delivered to the discharge water drain hole. Characterized in that it consists of a lever arm formed with a long hole.

(2) In the above (1), the discharge water inlet hole and the discharge water drainage hole are formed at the same point before and after the main body.

(3) In the above (1), the rising and falling weights are formed in the upper and lower angular angular shape.

(4) In the above (1), the connector is characterized in that the horizontal connection clip portion and the vertical connection clip portion is provided to be fixed to the aquarium in a horizontal or vertical direction.

(5) In the above (1), characterized in that the front portion of the lever arm located in the lower portion of the discharge valve portion is further formed with a short hole for connecting the connecting clip.

As described above, the present invention,

When the water contained in the aquarium maintains a certain level, the water delivered by the submersible pump installed in the aquarium is automatically discharged to the outside of the aquarium, and when the water contained in the aquarium decreases below a certain level, In addition to supplying clean water from the outside of the aquarium and at the same time it can automatically block the external discharge of water delivered by the submersible pump. It can be improved to an aquarium that can implement safe and automatic water change to the outside, there is an effect that can greatly increase the user's management convenience by greatly extending the entire water change cycle of the aquarium.

1 is a side view showing an automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view showing an automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention,
Figure 3 is a bottom view showing an automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention,
Figure 4a is a side view showing the connector of the automatic water changer for an aquarium according to the present invention,
Figure 4b is a rear view showing the connector of the automatic water changer for the aquarium according to the present invention
Figure 4c is a plan view showing a connector of the automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention,
5 is a plan view showing an installation state of the automatic water changer for an aquarium according to the present invention,
Figure 6a, Figure 6b is a side view showing the operating state of the automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention,
Figure 7a, Figure 7b is a plan view showing an operating state of the automatic water change device for an aquarium according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings.

In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator.

Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 5,

One inside is formed with an inlet valve 110 for supplying clean water from the outside into the aquarium 10, the other inside receives the water discharged by the water pump 20 installed in the aquarium (10) Discharge valve portion 120 that can be discharged to the formed is formed, the outer surface is formed with a fastener 130 for attaching and detaching the connector 300 that can be installed connected to the aquarium 10, the inflow The main body 100 having the hinge connection hole 112 is formed on the bottom of the valve unit 110.

And, the lower side of the main body 100, one side is rotatably connected to the hinge connecting hole 112 of the main body 100 through a hinge pin 114, the other side is connected to the buckle 210 is installed The upper part located below the inflow valve part 110 is supplied from the outside by pressing or releasing the pressurizing or descending packing 116 inserted into the lower part of the outlet side of the inlet valve part 110 during the hinge rotation process. Pressurized protrusions 220 are formed integrally to allow the clean water to be introduced and blocked into the aquarium 10,

A communication hole 123 of the up and down weights 122 connected to the front portion located at the lower portion of the discharge valve part 120 by a tension spring 121 installed inside the discharge valve part 120 in a hinge rotation process. ) Is moved forward or backward to the discharge water inlet hole 124 and the discharge water drain hole 125 located in the front and rear, or to return to the original position, through the discharge water inlet hole 124 by the submersible pump 20 Longitudinal opening can be connected to the connection clip 126 installed in the lower and lower weight 122 so that the discharged water to be delivered to the inside of the aquarium 20 or delivered to the discharge water drain hole 125 to be discharged The lever arm 200 in which the 230 is formed is connected.

Meanwhile, the discharge water inlet hole 124 and the discharge water drain hole 125 of the discharge valve unit 120 are formed at the same point before and after the main body 100.

In addition, the rising and falling weight 122 is formed in the upper and lower light angle (上 狹 下 廣) angled shape.

In addition, the connector 300 is a horizontal connection clip 310 and the vertical connection clip 320 is formed to be fixed to the aquarium 20 in a horizontal or vertical direction.

In addition, the front portion of the lever arm 200 located in the lower portion of the discharge valve 120 is further formed with a short hole 240 for connecting the connection clip 126.

In the drawing, reference numeral 21 denotes a discharge tube through which the discharge water is transferred from the submersible pump 20, 118 denotes a supply tube for supplying clean water from the outside, and 127 denotes a discharge tube 21 and a discharge water inlet hole. A connection pipe 124 is connected, and “128” is a discharge pipe for discharging water in the aquarium 10 delivered from the submersible pump 20 to the outside.

Hereinafter, the operation according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 6a, Figure 6b is a side view showing the operating state of the automatic water changer for the aquarium according to the present invention, Figure 7a, Figure 7b is a plan view showing the operating state of the automatic water changer for the aquarium according to the present invention.

In the present invention, when the water contained in the aquarium 10 is maintained at or below a certain level, the operation relationship is clearly shown, so the operation of the two situations described above will be described as an example.

First, when the water contained in the aquarium 1 is maintained at a certain level ,

The supply of clean water from the outside is interrupted by the following blocking operation, and the external discharge of the water contained in the inside is automatically made.

Maintaining the lever arm 200 in a horizontal state by the buoy 210 → Pressing and lowering of the inlet valve part 110 by the pressing protrusion 220 of the lever arm 210 116 Lower pressure & discharge valve part 120 Discharge water aquarium delivered from the submersible pump 20 to the water inlet and outlet valve unit 120 that is supplied from the outside to the inlet valve unit 110 of the main body 100 → the up, down weight 122) (10) Exhaust to the outside.

That is, the inlet valve part 110 side which is continuously supplied with clean water by the supply pipe 118, the lower part of the lifting and lowering packing 116 is pressed by the pressurizing protrusion 220 of the lever arm 200 and transmitted from the upper part. Source is to block the external clean water is delivered to the aquarium 10,

The discharge valve portion 120 side in which the water in the aquarium 10 is continuously transmitted by the connection pipe 127 connected to the discharge pipe 21 of the submersible pump 20 has a lift and lower weight 122 positioned at its original position. The discharged water delivered by the smoothly delivered to the outside of the aquarium 10 to be discharged.

At this time, the communication hole 123 of the up and down weight 122, the discharge water inlet hole 124 and the discharge water drain hole 125 and the centrifugal of the hole is located in the same position in the front and rear, and the lower connection is connected The lower portion of the installed connection clip 126 is located above the long hole 230 of the lever arm 200.

When the water contained in the aquarium 1 is reduced to a certain water level or lower,

The supply of clean water from the outside is resumed by the following blocking release operation, and the external discharge of the water contained in the inside is automatically cut off.

One side lowering of the lever arm 200 by the sub-ball 210 → Pressurizing protrusion 220 of the lever arm 210 that presses the lower and lower packing 116 of the inlet valve unit 110 and the pressure release & discharge valve Up and down of the unit 120, the lower weight 122 is moved downward by the weight of the buoy 210 descends → water inlet & outlet valve unit 120 that is supplied from the outside to the inlet valve unit 110 of the main body 100 Re-supply into the discharge water aquarium 10 which is delivered from the submersible pump 20.

That is, the side of the inlet valve unit 110, which is continuously supplied with clean water by the supply pipe 118, the pressurized state of the up and down packing 116, which has been pressurizing the lower part of the up and down packing 116, is released. External water supplied from the upper portion is delivered to the lower portion along the outer surface of the up and down packing 116 to be delivered to the aquarium 10,

The discharge valve unit 120 side in which water in the aquarium 10 is continuously transmitted by the connection pipe 127 connected to the discharge pipe 21 of the submersible pump 20 has the upward and downward weights 122 moved downward. The discharged water pulled by the lever arm 200 and delivered is recycled into the aquarium 10.

In this case, the communication hole 123 of the up and down weights 122 is located at the same point before and after the discharge water inlet hole 124 and the discharge water drain hole 125 and the centrifugation of the hole does not coincide, and is connected to the lower part. The lower portion of the installed connection clip 126 is located at the central portion of the long hole 230 of the lever arm 200.

The above is only a separate description of each situation as a separate situation in order to clearly understand the operational relationship, the operation of each situation described above in the actual use is made in conjunction with the change in water level, as described above, 10) The water supply and the external discharge are continuously maintained within.

Therefore, even in the general aquarium 10, through the simple connection installation of the present inventors, the new water is supplied from the outside, the contained water is discharged to the outside by the capacity corresponding to the supply, to automatically implement the water change The aquarium 10 can be easily improved.

In addition, the new water is supplied from the outside, the contained water is discharged to the outside by the capacity corresponding to the supply, in the automatic implementation of the water change, the water supply from the outside, or due to the abnormal situation that the discharge is rapidly developed When the water level in the water (10) is below a certain state, the water discharge in the aquarium 10 is not made to the outside, it is possible to automatically maintain the water level in the aquarium 10 by automatically coping with the internal circulation.

On the other hand, the lifting and lowering weight 122 is formed in the upper and lower light (上 狹 下 廣) angular shape, the lever arm 200 to smoothly implement the raising and lowering operation inside the discharge valve unit 120. It becomes possible.

In addition, the connector 200 is provided with a horizontal connection clip 310 and a vertical connection clip 320 to be fixed to the aquarium 20 in a horizontal or vertical direction, the aquarium 10 of various forms The connection of the main body 100 can be implemented.

In addition, the front portion of the lever arm 200 located at the lower portion of the discharge valve 120 is further formed with a short hole 240 to connect the connecting clip 126, into the aquarium 10 by the user's selection This allows for faster selection of water supply and discharge time intervals.

In other words, it is possible to implement a water change to relatively reduce the supply and discharge time of clean water from the outside than when connecting the connection clip to the long hole (230).

10: aquarium 20: submersible pump
21: discharge tube
100: main body 110: inlet valve
112: hinge connector 114: hinge pin
116: up and down packing 118: supply pipe
120: discharge valve 121: tension spring
122: up, down 123: communication hole
124: discharge water inlet hole 125: discharge water drainage hole
126: connecting clip 127: connector
128: discharge pipe 130: tightening hole
200: lever arm 210: ball
220: pressing projection 230: long hole
240: single hole
300: connector 310: horizontal connection clip
320: vertical connection clip

Claims (5)

One inside is formed with an inlet valve portion for supplying clean water from the outside into the aquarium, the other inside is formed with a discharge valve portion for receiving water discharged by the water pump installed in the aquarium to discharge to the outside, The outer surface is formed with a fastener for attaching and detaching the connector can be connected to the aquarium, the bottom surface of the inlet valve portion is formed with a hinge connection hole; And
The lower side of the inlet valve portion, one side is rotatably connected to the hinge connecting hole of the main body through the hinge pin, the other side is connected to the mouth is installed, the upper portion located in the lower portion of the inlet valve portion, in the hinge rotation process Pressurizing or releasing the up and down packing is inserted into the inlet bottom portion of the inlet valve portion by pressing or releasing the pressurized protrusions that can be introduced into the aquarium and block the clean water supplied from the outside is integrally formed,
In the front part located in the lower part of the discharge valve portion, the communication hole of the up and down weight connected to the inside by the tension spring in the hinge rotation process is moved downward or in communication with the discharge water inlet hole and the discharge water drain hole located in the front and rear. Connect the clip installed at the bottom of the up and down weight so that the discharged water delivered by the submersible pump through the discharge water inlet hole can be discharged to the inside of the aquarium or delivered to the discharge water drain hole. An automatic water splitting device for an aquarium, characterized in that consisting of a lever arm formed with a long hole. The automatic water change device for an aquarium according to claim 1, wherein the discharge water inlet hole and the discharge water drainage hole are formed at the same point before and after the main body. The automatic water change device for an aquarium according to claim 1, wherein the rising and falling weights are formed in an angled shape with upper and lower beams. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector is provided with a horizontal connection clip and a vertical connection clip to be fixed to the aquarium in a horizontal or vertical direction. [2] The automatic water change device for an aquarium according to claim 1, wherein a short hole for connecting a connection clip is further formed at a front portion of the lever arm positioned below the discharge valve portion.

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