KR20150048584A - A water cleaning and sterilizing device for aquarium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sterilizing and purifying device for an aquarium and, more specifically, a sterilizing and purifying device for an aquarium, which firstly sterilizes and purifies water in the aquarium with use of plasma and secondly sterilizes and purifies gas diluted in water, comprising a case; a pump which is installed in the case to pull up water; and a plasma sterilizing tool which is installed on an extra space of the inside of the case and turns water of the aquarium into sterilized and purified water with use of the plasma.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an aquarium sterilization apparatus,

The present invention relates to an aquarium sterilization and purification apparatus, and more particularly, to an aquarium sterilization purification apparatus capable of primarily sterilizing and purifying water in an aquarium using plasma, and secondarily sterilizing and purifying gas diluted in water .

In general, an aquarium is used as a container for temporarily storing fish for food use in a sushi bar or for raising an ordinary person for ornamental purposes. In order to keep the fish alive, it is easy to propagate bacteria because water is always used. Therefore, various purification methods have been developed in the past.

For example, there is a method for purifying an aquarium water using a plasma module. Plasma is generated to accelerate generation of OH radicals having higher oxidizing power than ozone and chlorine to combine hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet rays to purify the water quality in the aquarium.

However, the plasma-based purifying method has a problem that a small amount of ozone and OH radicals are diluted in water and evaporates to the outside, causing air pollution.

In addition, the plasma purification method has a problem that hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia diluted in contaminated water can not be completely removed.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1108198 (February 20, 2012) Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0957173 (May 03, 2010)

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide an aquarium sterilization purification apparatus capable of effectively separating ozone and a small amount of polluted gas generated by a plasma sterilization purification method with water, The purpose is to provide.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an aquarium disinfection apparatus capable of decomposing ozone and a small amount of polluted gas.

The aquarium sterilization purification apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a case; A pump provided inside the case for drawing water from the aquarium; A plasma sterilizer provided in the case to form a separate internal space and converting the aquarium water drawn up by the pump into sterilized and sterilized water using plasma; A gas-liquid separator provided adjacent to the plasma sterilizer and separating ozone and polluted gas diluted in sterilized water purified by the plasma sterilizer; And an air purifying filter provided adjacent to the gas-liquid separator and configured to purify the ozone and the polluted gas separated by the gas-liquid separator, wherein the gas- A water inflow portion provided adjacent to a side surface of the inner upper surface for introducing the sterilized water sterilized by the plasma sterilizer into the interior of the gas-liquid separator; A water discharging portion for discharging the sterilizing water into the external aquarium when the sterilizing water flowing through the water inflow portion reaches a predetermined position; And a separation gas discharging portion provided on the upper surface of the separator to allow the ozone and the polluted gas to flow to the air purifying filter, wherein the water inlet includes a gas-liquid separator for separating the gas- The sterilizing water flows into the inner wall of the gas-liquid separator so that the ozone and the polluted gas are separated from the odoriferous water so that the separation effect can be maximized.

The plasma sterilizer further includes a first flow path portion for receiving the aquarium water drawn from the pump and a second flow path portion for transferring the sterilizing water sterilized and purified to the gas-liquid separator, do.

The water discharge unit may include a first member provided with a pipe extending upward from an inner bottom surface of the gas-liquid separator, a second member provided with a pipe extending laterally from the middle of the upper and lower walls of the first member, Liquid separator, a third member provided with a pipe extended to the lower surface of the gas-liquid separator, and a pipe extending from an upper end of the first member to an upper end of the gas-liquid separator, wherein the water- And further comprising:

The air purifying filter may further include a second air inflow portion for introducing the air discharged from the separation side gas discharging portion into the air purifying filter and a second air inflow portion provided inside the second air inflow portion, A sponge portion provided below the first squeezing portion for absorbing moisture filtered by the first squeezing portion and a sponge portion provided below the sponge portion, And a water discharging portion which discharges moisture falling downward beyond an absorption amount of the sponge portion to the outside, An activated carbon portion provided above the first filtering portion and purifying the ozone and the polluted gas filtered by the filtering portion by the filtering portion and a filter portion provided further above the activated carbon portion and cleaned by the activated carbon portion And a filter side gas discharging portion provided in a second sieve portion for separating the contained water once more and a tube through which one end and the other end are passed and discharging the gas purified by the second sieve portion to the outside .

The air purifying filter is provided to extend from the lower end of the water discharge portion and is provided with a hose filled with a predetermined amount of water so as to prevent the ozone and the polluted gas or the like from being discharged through the water discharge passage portion, And a water discharge channel part which is provided in a form of being wound once into a room.

According to the solution of the above-mentioned problems, the aquarium sterilizing and purifying apparatus according to the present invention has an effect of maximizing the gas-liquid separation by the water inflow portion for flowing sterilizing water along the inner wall of the gas-liquid separator.

In addition, the aquarium sterilization purification apparatus according to the present invention is equipped with an air purification filter capable of decomposing and separating ozone generated in the plasma sterilization process and a small amount of contaminated gas and protein foam, It is effective.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating an aquarium disinfection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a cross-sectional view of a gas-liquid separator of an aquarium purification apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air purification filter of an aquarium purification apparatus according to the present invention.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an aquarium sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view of a gas-liquid separator of an aquarium purification apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air purification filter of an aquarium purification apparatus according to the present invention.

1 to 3, an aquarium sterilizing and purifying apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a case 110, a pump 120, a plasma sterilizer 130, a gas-liquid separator 140, and an air filter 150 ) May be included.

The aquarium sterilization and purification apparatus 100 includes the case 110. Inside the case 110, there are provided a pump 120 for drawing up water in the aquarium, a plasma sterilizer 130 for sterilizing and purifying water drawn by the pump 120 and converting the water into sterilized water, The gas-liquid separator 140 separating water and air from the water, and the air-filtering filter 150 separating the sterilizing water from the water are independently provided.

The plasma sterilizer 120 may be formed in a cylindrical shape and a rectangular shape formed by six sides by forming a separate space in the case 110. The plasma sterilizer 120 includes a first flow path 131 connected to the pump 110.

The first channel part 131 serves to introduce the aquarium water drawn up from the pump 110 into the plasma sterilizer 120. The second channel part 131 serves to introduce the aquarium water sterilized and purified by the plasma sterilizer 120 into the gas-liquid separator 140.

The pump 110 and the plasma sterilizer 120 are well known in the art and will not be described in detail. The configuration of the gas-liquid separator 140 and the air-cleaning filter 150 will be described in detail.

At this time, the aquarium water sterilized and purified by the plasma sterilizer 120 is arbitrarily termed sterilized water. In the process of purifying the aquarium water, the plasma sterilizer generates ozone, ozone gas, radical ion, and other polluted gas dissolved in the water by a certain pressure and becomes diluted with the sterilizing water.

The gas-liquid separator 140 may be formed in a rectangular shape having a cylindrical shape and six sides by forming a separate space in the case 110. The gas-liquid separator 140 receives the sterilized water purified by the plasma sterilizer 130 therein.

At this time, a water inflow portion 141 is provided at a position adjacent to one side of the inner upper surface of the gas-liquid separator 140. One end of the water inlet 141 is connected to the first flow channel 131. The water inlet 141 is connected to the first flow channel 131 and the water inlet 141 is connected to the first flow channel 131.

That is, the sterilized water sterilized and cleaned by the plasma sterilizer 120 flows into the gas-liquid separator 140 through the water inlet 141.

At this time, the other end of the water inflow portion 141 is bent so as to be adjacent to the inner wall surface of the gas-liquid separator 140 so that the sterilizing water flows down through the inner wall of the gas-liquid separator 140.

That is, when the sterilization water descends vertically into the gas-liquid separator 140, the ozone and the polluted gas diluted in the sterilization water are mixed without being properly separated, 142 to the water tank.

Therefore, the water inlet 141 slowly flows down the sterilized water on the inner wall of the gas-liquid separator 140, thereby separating ozone, polluted gas, etc., which are diluted in the sterilization water, from water.

The water discharge portion 142 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the gas-liquid separator 140.

The water discharge portion 142 includes a first member 145 extending upward from an inner bottom surface of the gas-liquid separator 140 and a second member 146 extending laterally from the upper and lower sides of the first member 145, And a third member 147 extending downward from the second member 146. [

At this time, the upper end of the first member 145 is shielded and the lower end of the first member 145 is provided through the lower surface of the gas-liquid separator 140. The third member 147 is extended from the second member 146 in proximity to the lower surface of the gas-liquid separator 140.

That is, when the sterilized water in which the ozone and the polluted gas are separated is heated up inside the gas-liquid separator 140, the sterilizing water increases in the inside of the third member 147 to the inside of the second member 146 And the sterilizing water is discharged to the outside through the inside of the first member 145.

When the sterilizing water is heated up to the inside of the second member 146, ozone gas, radical ions, contaminated gas, and protein foam, which are diluted to a certain pressure with sterilized water, , And then to the gas discharge unit 143.

The sterilizing water may be discharged from the upper end of the first member 145 so that the sterilizing water can be discharged into the water discharging part 142 through the water discharging part 142, Liquid separator 140, and a first air inflow part 144 is provided to allow air to pass therethrough.

At this time, the sterilized water discharged into the aquarium is water separated from the ozone and the polluted gas by gas-liquid separation.

On the other hand, the ozone and the polluted gas separated from the sterilized water float upward in the gas-liquid separator 140. At this time, the ozone and the polluted gas are circulated to the air purification filter 150 by the gas discharge unit 143 provided at the gas-liquid separator 140.

That is, the separation-side gas discharge unit 143 is provided as a pipe through which one end and the other end of the separation-side gas discharge unit 143 pass, and penetrates the upper end of the gas-liquid separator 140.

One end of the gas discharging portion 143 is extended and coupled to the second air inflow portion 151, which will be described below.

Therefore, the ozone and the polluted gas are flowed into the air purifying filter 150 by the gas discharging part 143.

In addition, an air filter 150 may be provided in the case 110, and the air filter 150 may be formed as a cylinder having a space therein or a rectangular shape having six sides.

That is, the air purifying filter 150 serves to receive and purify the ozone and the polluted gas.

A water discharge unit 154 for discharging water at the lower end of the air purifying filter 150 is provided at the upper end of the air purifying filter 150, 157 are provided.

A second air inlet 151 is provided on one side of the air purifying filter 150. The second air inlet 151 is formed as a tube having one end and the other end penetrated to allow the ozone and the polluted gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 140 to flow into the air purifying filter 150 .

At this time, a first filtering unit 152 for filtering moisture contained in the ozone, the polluted gas or the like is provided in the air purifying filter 150 above the second air inflow unit 151, A sponge portion 153 is provided below the first filtering net 152.

That is, the ozone, the contaminated gas, the protein foam residue, and the like are introduced into the air purifying filter 150 in a state of containing water. At this time, the first filtering unit 152 serves to filter the moisture contained in the gas, and the fragile state of the foam such as foam drops to the sponge at the lower end.

 The sponge portion 153 serves to absorb moisture that is filtered by the ozonized and polluted gas by the first filtering portion 152 and falls downward.

In addition, an activated carbon portion 155 is provided in the air purifying filter 150. The activated carbon part 155 is disposed above the first filtering part 152 in the air filtering filter 150. Then, the ozone, the polluted gas, and the like, which have passed through the first sieve portion 152 and are filtered out of the water, float upward. The ozone and the polluted gas are decomposed by the activated carbon part 155 to become a purified gas state.

In addition, a second filtering unit 156 is provided inside the air filtering filter 150. At this time, the second filtering unit 156 is disposed above the activated carbon unit 155, and functions to secondarily filter a small amount of water contained in the purified gas.

The purified gas filtered by the second filtering unit 156 is discharged to the outside through the filter-side gas discharging unit 157.

On the other hand, the moisture filtered by the first filtering part 152 and the second filtering part 156 is absorbed by the sponge part 153 while falling down below the air filtering filter 150. At this time, if the amount of water to be absorbed by the sponge unit 153 is exceeded, the moisture is dropped below the sponge unit 153. The moisture falling downward beyond the absorption amount of the sponge unit 153 is discharged to the outside through the water discharge unit 154 provided at the lower end of the air filter 150.

At this time, a water discharge channel portion 158 is provided extending from the lower end of the water discharge portion 154 to the outside.

The moisture discharge passage portion 158 is wound in the upper and lower chambers to prevent the ozone and the polluted gas from being discharged through the water discharge passage portion 158. The water discharge passage portion 158 is filled with water lower than the winding height.

That is, the moisture discharge passage portion 158 prevents the outside air from flowing backward, and the ozone and the polluted gas, etc., which flow through the gas-liquid separator 140 are discharged through the water discharge passage portion 158 .

In the aquarium sterilization and purification apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the ozone and the polluted gas are diluted in the water during sterilization of water using plasma. At this time, The water is flowed along the inner wall surface of the gas-liquid separator 140 to maximize the gas-liquid separation effect, thereby separating the ozone, the polluted gas, and the like diluted in the water from the water.

Also, the aquarium sterilizing and purifying apparatus 100 according to the present invention can purify the ozone, the polluted gas, and the like by the air purifying filter 150, thereby preventing air pollution.

In the aquarium sterilizing apparatus 100 according to the present invention, the plasma sterilizer 120, the gas-liquid separator 140, and the air purification filter 150 are separately configured, It is economical in terms of operation cost because it can be replaced.

As described above, it is to be understood that the technical structure of the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, All changes or modifications that come within the scope of the equivalent concept are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: aquarium sterilization purifier
110: Case 120: Pump
130: Plasma sterilizer 131:
132: second flow portion 140: gas-liquid separator
141: Water inlet part 142: Water outlet part
143: separating side gas discharge part 144: first air inlet part
145: first member 146: second member
147: third member 150: air purifying filter
151: second air inflow part 152: first drawing part
153: sponge part 154: water discharge part
155: activated carbon section 156: second drawing section
157: filter side gas discharge part 158: water discharge flow path part

Claims (5)

case;
A pump provided inside the case for drawing water from the aquarium;
A plasma sterilizer provided in the case to form a separate internal space and converting the aquarium water drawn up by the pump into sterilized and sterilized water using plasma;
A gas-liquid separator provided adjacent to the plasma sterilizer to separate ozone and polluted gas diluted in the sterilized water sterilized and purified by the plasma sterilizer;
And an air purifying filter provided adjacent to the gas-liquid separator and configured to purify the ozone and the polluted gas separated by the gas-liquid separator,
The gas-
A water inflow portion provided adjacent to a side surface of the inner upper surface for introducing the sterilized water sterilized by the plasma sterilizer into the interior of the gas-liquid separator;
A water discharging portion for discharging the sterilizing water into the external aquarium when the sterilizing water flowing through the water inflow portion reaches a predetermined position;
And a separating side gas discharging portion provided on the upper surface of the separating side gas discharging portion for passing the ozone and the contaminated gas to the air purifying filter,
Wherein the water inflow part separates the ozone and the polluted gas from the supernatant water by flowing the sterilizing water through the inner wall of the gas-liquid separator to maximize the gas-liquid separation effect of the sterilizing water by the gas-liquid separator Aquarium sterilization purification device. The method according to claim 1,
The plasma sterilizer includes:
A first flow path portion for receiving the aquarium water drawn up from the pump,
And a second flow path portion for transferring the sterilized water sterilized and purified to the gas-liquid separator. The method according to claim 1,
The water-
A first member provided with a pipe extending upward from a bottom surface of the gas-liquid separator;
A second member provided with a tube extending laterally from the middle of the upper and lower walls of the first member,
A third member provided in the second member, the third member being provided as a tube extending to the lower surface of the gas-liquid separator;
Further comprising a first air inflow portion provided in a tubular shape penetrating from the upper end of the first member to the upper end of the gas-liquid separator so that water can be discharged from the water discharge portion. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the air-
A second air inflow part for introducing the air discharged from the separation side gas discharge part into the inside of the air purifying filter,
A first filtering unit provided at a position higher than the second air inflow part in the interior of the second air inflow part to filter moisture contained in the ozone and the polluted gas,
A sponge portion provided below the first squeezing portion and absorbing moisture filtered by the first squeezing portion,
A water discharge portion provided below the sponge portion and provided with a tube penetrating one end and the other end to discharge moisture falling downward beyond an absorption amount of the sponge portion to the outside,
An activated carbon part provided above the first filtering part to purify the ozone and the polluted gas filtered by the filtering part,
A second sieve portion provided above the activated carbon portion and separating the moisture contained in the gas purified by the activated carbon portion once more,
And a filter-side gas discharging portion provided at one end and the other end for discharging the gas purified by the second filtering portion to the outside. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the air-
A hose which is provided to extend from a lower end of the water discharge portion and is filled with a predetermined amount of water so as to prevent the ozone and the polluted gas from being discharged through the water discharge passage portion, Further comprising a water discharge channel.

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