KR20160130566A

KR20160130566A - An aquarium

Info

Publication number: KR20160130566A
Application number: KR1020150062463A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 최윤석
Original assignee: 최윤석
Priority date: 2015-05-04
Filing date: 2015-05-04
Publication date: 2016-11-14

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aquarium. The present invention relates to a water tank in which aquatic organisms are inhabited; A filter installed on one side of the water tank, filled with a filter medium therein and having one end penetrating the water tank; A cap for selectively opening and closing one end of the filter exposed to the outside of the water tank; A suction pipe having a through hole formed at one side thereof and sucking water inside the water tank; An inlet pipe connected to the filter and delivering water in the suction pipe to the filter; A connection pipe installed outside the water tank and connecting the suction pipe to the inlet pipe and having a valve installed at one side thereof; An extraction pipe connected to the filter and extracting purified water from the filter and transferring the purified water to the inside of the water tank; And a circulation motor connected to one side of the take-out tube. According to the present invention, the filter material inside the filter can be cleaned or replaced without water scarcity or fish movement.

Description

An aquarium

The present invention relates to an aquarium, and more particularly to an aquarium in which a purification device is installed.

An aquarium is made to grow various kinds of fish and aquatic plants indoors, and it is mainly installed in homes, offices, restaurants and the like. When an aquarium is installed, the water in the aquarium is contaminated by the excretion of fish inhabiting the water, and the turbidity increases, making it difficult for aquatic organisms to survive, as well as unsanitary. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the inside of the aquarium frequently and change the water. In order to clean the inside of the large aquarium, it is very troublesome to remove some water from the tank and move the fish.

Particularly, when a filter bag made of a sand bag and a cotton material is installed on the bottom surface of an aquarium for natural purification of the aquarium water, it is inconvenient to remove the sand bag and the cotton filter medium from the aquarium, I had to move it.

According to Korean Patent No. 10-1187278 (a water purification device for aquarium), although an invention has been proposed in which a separate water purification device is connected to the outside of an aquarium, there is a disadvantage that a water purification device is separately installed outside the aquarium.

Korean Patent Publication No. KR1187278 B1 (title of invention: aquarium water purification apparatus)

It is an object of the present invention to replace filters installed inside an aquarium without discarding or transferring fish and water therein.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an aquarium with a minimized volume by incorporating a water purification apparatus.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water tank in which aquatic organisms are inhabited; A filter installed on one side of the water tank, filled with a filter medium therein and having one end penetrating the water tank; A cap for selectively opening and closing one end of the filter exposed to the outside of the water tank; A suction pipe having a through hole formed at one side thereof and sucking water inside the water tank; An inlet pipe connected to the filter and delivering water in the suction pipe to the filter; A connection pipe installed outside the water tank and connecting the suction pipe to the inlet pipe and having a valve installed at one side thereof; An extraction pipe connected to the filter and extracting purified water from the filter and transferring the purified water to the inside of the water tank; And a circulation motor connected to one side of the take-out tube.

Wherein the filter is cylindrical and is vertically installed on the bottom of the bottom of the water tank, the suction pipe is vertically installed on the right side of the filter, and the inlet pipe is vertically installed on the left side of the filter, And the connection pipe is installed on the lower front surface of the water tank so as to be horizontally elongated to connect the suction pipe and the lower end of the inlet pipe, and the outlet pipe is connected to the upper portion of the filter.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water tank in which aquatic organisms are inhabited; A filter installed on one side of the water tank and filled with a filter medium therein; And a circulation line for drawing contaminated water into the filter, filtering the filtered water by the filter material, drawing water purified outside the filter, and returning the water to the inside of the water tank, wherein an inner space of the filter, And is open to the outside.

And an air discharge pipe for discharging the air in the internal space of the filter to the outside in order to remove air pockets formed in the filter internal space, wherein an end of the air discharge pipe is installed to penetrate through a lower front surface of the water tank .

According to the present invention, a worker can open a plug exposed to the outside of the aquarium to directly take out the filter medium installed inside the filter from the outside of the aquarium. Therefore, it is possible to easily clean or replace the filter material of the filter without moving the fish like the conventional aquarium or throwing away water in the water tank. Therefore, there is no need to move fish or remove water, so that cleaning is easy and economical, water purification performance is improved, fish mortality is remarkably reduced, and freshness of fish is maintained for a long time.

According to the present invention, since the water purification device is integrally installed in the aquarium, the portion protruding to the outside of the aquarium is minimized, and the aquarium is neat and does not take up much installation space.

1 is an external perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an aquarium according to the present invention;
2 is a plan view showing the structure of a water purification apparatus installed inside an aquarium according to the present invention.
3 is a water flow diagram showing the purification process in an aquarium according to the present invention.
4 is a perspective view showing a process of replacing a filter medium in an aquarium according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front part of an aquarium according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a water purification apparatus installed inside an aquarium of the present invention.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, there is an aquarium 10 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. In the upper part of the aquarium 10, a water tank 10a in which a fish or the like can live is formed. A pedestal 10b is formed below the aquarium 10. The pedestal 10b is provided with a water purification apparatus.

The water purification apparatus will be described in more detail.

An installation space 12 is formed on the bottom surface 11 of the water tank 10a. 2 shows an open view of the installation space 12. The upper part of the installation space 12 is covered with a lid (not shown), and the upper surface of the lid 11 forms a part of the bottom surface 11.

2, a cylindrical filter 40 is vertically installed at the center of the installation space 12. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, two filters 40 are installed side by side, but the number of the filters 40 is not limited thereto.

The filter 40 has a hollow cylindrical shape and a filter medium 45 for filtering foreign matter contaminating water is contained in the filter 40. In the present embodiment, the filter material 45 may be of any material or shape that is made of a cylindrical material such as cotton and aggregated to form a cylindrical shape, or has a function of filtering foreign matter.

The upper end of the filter 40 is clogged. The lower end of the filter 40 is open and a stopper 46 is coupled so that an operator can selectively open and close the stopper 46. A handle 47 is formed on the front surface of the stopper 46 so as to easily rotate the stopper 46.

Here, the lower end of the filter 40 is installed to pass through the front surface of the aquarium 10, and the cap 46 is exposed to the outside of the front surface of the aquarium 10. Therefore, the operator can open / close the cap 46 from the outside of the aquarium 10. When the plug 46 is opened, the inner space of the filter 40 is opened to the outside, and the operator can easily replace the filter material 45 filled in the inner space of the filter 40.

An air discharge pipe 43 for discharging the air inside the filter 40 is connected to one side of the filter 40 to remove air pockets generated inside the filter 40. And the cold air can be discharged to the outside through the air discharge pipe (43) inside the filter (40). One end of the air discharge pipe 43 communicates with the inner space of the filter 40 and the other end of the air discharge pipe 43 is drawn out of the aquarium 10. A valve for controlling the opening and closing of the air discharge pipe 43 is installed at the other end of the air discharge pipe 43 extended to the outside.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, two filters 40 are installed to maximize the filtration function, and the air discharge pipe 43 connected to each filter 40 is integrated into one hose so that only one hose is connected to the outside of the aquarium 10 Lt; / RTI > This is to minimize the number of holes formed in the aquarium 10.

The suction pipe 15 having a plurality of through holes 16 for absorbing water is vertically formed on the right side of the installation space 12. As shown in FIG. The upper end of the suction pipe 15 is closed and the lower end of the suction pipe 15 communicates with one end of the connection pipe 18 horizontally installed on the outer surface of the aquarium 10.

The connection pipe 18 connects the suction pipe 15 with a take-in pipe 20 to be described later. 2, the connection pipe 18 is exposed to the outside of the aquarium 10, and a valve 19 is provided at a central portion of the connection pipe 18 to selectively block the left and right communication of the connection pipe 18 have. The reason why the connecting pipe 18 is provided outside the aquarium 10 is that when the filter medium 45 in the filter 40 is replaced, water is drawn into the filter 40 from outside the aquarium 10 For example.

The lower end of the inlet pipe 20, which is a passage through which water enters into the filter 40, is connected to the other end of the connection pipe 18 at the other end. The upper end of the inlet pipe 20 is connected to the upper end of the filter 40 by a T-shaped pipe 25. Dirty water of the water tank introduced into the suction pipe 15 through the inlet pipe 20 and the T pipe 25 enters into the filter 40.

The take-out tube 50 is connected to the upper portion of the filter 40, that is, above the T-shaped tube 25. The take-out tube 50 includes a circulation pump 60 installed on the lower right side of the aquarium 10, Lt; / RTI > According to the operation of the circulation pump 60, dirty water that has entered the filter 40 is purified as it passes through the filter medium 45, and the purified water is discharged to the outside of the water tank through the extraction pipe 50 Is fed into the water tank again.

FIG. 3 shows the process of purification in the aquarium of the present invention.

When the circulation pump (60) is activated, the drawing tube (50) continues to suck the water inside the filter (40). The contaminated water in the water tank 40a enters the suction pipe 15 through the through hole 16 of the suction pipe 15 due to the suction force of the circulation pump 60. [ The water in the suction pipe 15 flows along the connection pipe 18 exposed to the outside of the aquarium 10 and then flows into the inlet pipe 20 installed in the inside of the aquarium, The water contaminated with water is drawn in.

The contaminated water flowing into the filter 40 flows to the lower end of the filter 40 and passes through the filter medium 45 installed in the filter 40 to filter out foreign matter, 40 to the outside of the aquarium 10 through the take-out tube 50 at the top of the aquarium 10.

Subsequently, according to the operation of the circulation pump 60, the water inside the take-out pipe 50 is supplied again into the water tank, and water in the water tank is purified and circulated in this manner.

Next, a cleaning process of the aquarium according to the present invention, that is, a method of replacing the filter medium with a filter will be described with reference to FIG.

According to the present invention, the filter material of the filter installed in the aquarium can be cleaned or replaced without discarding the water inside the aquarium or moving the fish.

First, the operation of the circulation pump 60 is stopped. Then the water will no longer circulate. In this state, the valve 19 of the connection pipe 18 is closed. And opens the cap (46) of the filter (40) exposed to the front of the aquarium (10). When the cap 46 is opened, the inner space of the filter 40 is opened and the filter medium 45 filled in the filter 40 can be taken out of the aquarium 10. At this time, the water inside the filter 40 and the inlet pipe 20 may flow out through the lower end of the filter 40.

The operator can wash the removed filter medium 45 to remove the foreign matter and reuse it. Of course, the filter medium 45 may be replaced.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the connection pipe 18 and the lower part of the filter 40 are installed outside the aquarium 10, the operator can directly place the filter material 45 provided inside the filter 40 outside the aquarium 10 You can take it out. Therefore, if the circulation pump 60 is stopped and only the valve of the connection pipe 18 is locked without moving the fish like the conventional aquarium or discarding the water in the water tank, the filter member 45 in a state of adsorbing the foreign substance can be easily cleaned And can be replaced.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the water purification apparatus is installed in the aquarium 10, not only a large space for installing the aquarium 10 is occupied, but also a protruded portion is minimized to provide a clean, Can be made.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but may be defined by the scope of the claims, and those skilled in the art may make various modifications and alterations within the scope of the claims It is self-evident.

The circulation line described in the claims expresses the constructions of the purification process for extracting the filtered water from the inside of the filter into the inside of the filter and feeding it back into the water tank in other terms.

10a: water tank 10b: pedestal
11: Floor surface 12: Installation space
15: suction pipe 18: connecting pipe
19: valve 20: inlet pipe
25: T-tube 40: filter
43: air discharge pipe 45: filter medium
50: outlet pipe 60: circulation pump

Claims

A water tank in which aquatic organisms are inhabited;
A filter installed on one side of the water tank, filled with a filter medium therein and having one end penetrating the water tank;
A cap for selectively opening and closing one end of the filter exposed to the outside of the water tank;
A suction pipe having a through hole formed at one side thereof and sucking water inside the water tank;
An inlet pipe connected to the filter and delivering water in the suction pipe to the filter;
A connection pipe installed outside the water tank and connecting the suction pipe to the inlet pipe and having a valve installed at one side thereof;
An extraction pipe connected to the filter and extracting purified water from the filter and transferring the purified water to the inside of the water tank;
And a circulation motor connected to one side of the take-out tube.

The water treatment system according to claim 1, wherein the filter is cylindrical and is vertically provided on a lower portion of the bottom of the water tank,
The suction pipe is vertically installed on the right side of the filter,
Wherein the inlet pipe is vertically installed on the left side of the filter and communicates with an upper portion of the filter,
Wherein the connection pipe is installed on the lower front surface of the water tank so as to be horizontally elongated to connect the suction pipe and the lower end of the inlet pipe to each other,
Wherein the extraction tube is connected to an upper portion of the filter.

A water tank in which aquatic organisms are inhabited;
A filter installed on one side of the water tank and filled with a filter medium therein;
And a circulation line for drawing contaminated water into the filter, filtering the filtered water, drawing purified water to the outside of the filter,
Wherein an inner space of the filter to be filled with the filter medium is opened outside the water tank.

The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an air discharge pipe for discharging air in an inner space of the filter to the outside in order to remove air pockets formed in the filter inside space,
And an end of the air discharge pipe is installed to pass through a lower front surface of the water tank.