KR20180012944A - Purifier of saltwater tank - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a seawater purifier of an aquarium. The seawater purifier of an aquarium according to the present invention comprises: a water tank including an inner space for accommodating water; a motor filter housing installed on a floor of the water tank, including an inner space thereof divided into a motor installation space and a filtering space by a partition erected longitudinally, and having an inflow hole for interconnecting the filtering space and the inner space of the water tank; a filter installed to come in contact with the surface having the inflow hole in the filtering space, and filtering a foreign substance contained in the water which is fed through the inflow hole; a penetration hole formed at the partition to interconnect a space except for a space occupied by the filter from the filtering space, and the motor installation space; an underwater motor installed at the inside of the motor installation space, and pumping water which has come into the motor installation space through the penetration hole; and a pumping tube connected to the underwater motor, and containing a part extended from the outside to the upper side of the motor filter housing. Excellent convenience in an operation is ensured.

Description

{PURIFIER OF SALTWATER TANK}

The present invention relates to an aquarium seawater purification apparatus, and more particularly, to an aquarium seawater purification apparatus capable of performing foreign matter removal, foam removal, moss formation prevention and sterilization in seawater.

Conventionally, in order to keep live fish in aquarium for a long time, there is a technique of keeping the seawater clean by placing a filter structure that puts cotton and sand bags under the aquarium and circulating the water to filter the secretions of live fish.

However, in order to keep the aquarium water free from bubbles, this method requires frequent watering and cleaning of cotton and sand at the same time. It is inconvenient to work for a long time at low temperature, and it takes considerable labor to remove fish and remove moss. Despite the time, effort and seawater cost of maintaining clean water, only one or two days are clear, and some restaurants use defoamers that are harmful to the human body to make their water appear clean to customers .

On the other hand, if there are many live fish in the aquarium, the more bubbles accumulate due to the excrement and the secretions of the live fish. In order to remove the bubbles, the raw or box can be installed in an intermediate path for circulating water, The bubbles are configured to discharge the bubbles that accumulate in the water and accumulate more than a certain amount of the box or box by using the property of the bubbles absorbing the float or the impurities, thereby causing the contamination of the aquarium and the unhygienic There is a seawater purification device that eliminates the environmental pollution factors.

However, these devices have the problem that the bubbles in the aquarium are reduced, but the bubbles are always left, which is not clean.

In addition, the conventional aquarium seawater purification plant is constructed such that an underwater motor is installed in an aquarium in a state where it is not separated from seawater in the water tank, and then the sea water is drawn into the filtration device through an underwater motor. There is a disadvantage in that foreign substances (such as fishing needles, fallen leaves, cigarette butts, string, cotton) are sucked into the motor and the motor function is impaired or the dead of the inhaled live fish proceeds as mass mortality.

In order to sterilize seawater in a conventional aquarium, ultraviolet lamps and ozone lamps may be stored in an aquarium. However, there is a problem in that an ultraviolet lamp and an ozone lamp are placed in an aquarium, .

In the conventional aquarium seawater purifier, a gas-liquid suction pipe, a buoyant body, and a buoyancy control port are formed in an underwater motor to remove bubbles from the surface of the aquarium with water and remove the bubbles to the outside. .

However, as the bubbles of the surface water of the aquarium are sucked together with water, foreign substances are often trapped in the motors such as fishing needles, fallen leaves, cigarette butts, strings and cotton, so that the water purification equipment is stopped and the motor is frequently replaced Which causes the increase of the management cost and the main cause of the after-sales service.

Korea Patent No. 0957173

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a water treatment apparatus, The present invention provides an aquarium seawater purification apparatus that keeps the aquarium seawater purification apparatus clean at all times.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for purifying an aquarium water according to the present invention comprises a water tank having an internal space for receiving water, and a motor filter housing installed on the bottom of the water tank, A motor filter housing which is divided into a motor installation space and a filtration space by barrier ribs formed therein and in which an inlet hole is formed to allow the filtration space and the water tank internal space to communicate with each other; A through hole formed in the partition wall such that the space excluding the space occupied by the filter in the filtration space and the motor installation space communicate with each other; And the water introduced into the motor installation space through the through hole is installed in the installation space. Motor connected to the water and the water motor and is configured to include a pump tube includes a portion extending upwardly from the outside of the motor filter housing.

The inlet pipe may be a tubular member communicating with the inlet hole. The inlet pipe may be coupled to an outer surface of the motor filter housing and protrude outward from the motor filter housing. A plurality of water inlet holes may be formed in a side surface of the protruded portion. .

The apparatus may further include a suction pipe connected to the through hole and configured to be coupled to a surface of the partition facing the filtration space and protrude in the direction of the filtration space and having a plurality of suction holes formed in a side portion of the protruded portion .

Preferably, the motor filter housing is installed such that its bottom surface contacts the bottom surface of the water tank, and the inlet hole is formed on a side surface of the motor filter housing.

And a water purifier installed on the water tank and connected to the pump tube to purify the water supplied from the pump tube and then send the purified water to the inside of the water tank.

Also, the water purifier may be divided into a foam space and a purified water space by a partition formed up and down, and the foam space and the purified water space are configured to communicate with each other only through a gap between the bottom surface and the lower end of the partition, A purifier housing having a foam outlet at an upper surface of the housing and communicating with the foam space, and a purifying water outlet communicating with the water tank is formed on a bottom surface of the purifier housing in a lower surface of the purifier housing; A foam discharge pipe connected to an upper surface of the purifier housing so that a lower end hole communicates with the foam outlet, and a purified water discharge pipe installed inside the purified water space, The lower hole of the discharge pipe And a lower end communicating with the purified water discharging port is coupled with the bottom surface of the purifier housing and extends upward so that water in the purified water discharging space can be discharged into the water tank only through the upper hole of the purified water discharging pipe And a purified water discharge pipe.

In addition, it is preferable that a sterilizing lamp is installed in the purified water space.

In addition, it is preferable that a portion of the pump tube located in the outside atmosphere is formed with a narrow-band passageway relative to other portions of the pump tube and a venturi pipe having a fine air inflow passage connecting the narrow- Do.

Preferably, the fine air inflow passage is provided with an air control valve for controlling an inflow amount of air.

It is preferable that the purified water discharge pipe has an extension pipe structure capable of adjusting the vertical length by pulling out or pushing down.

Preferably, the sterilizing lamp is provided with a hole for checking the light on the upper surface of the purified water space of the purified water housing.

It is preferable that a part of the pump tube located in the foam space extends horizontally in a lower part of the foam space and a plurality of the discharge holes are formed on the pump tube with left and right spacing therebetween.

As described above, according to the aquarium seawater purifying apparatus of the present invention, the core parts for filtering the foreign substances damaging the motor are housed in the integral motor filter housing to safely protect the motor, the filter replacement is very convenient, and the water purifier It has the advantage of compact design and excellent convenience of aquarium work.

In addition, by constructing a repeating circulation structure in which separated seawater is dropped into a water tank through a photocatalytic ozone sterilizing lamp, it is possible to decompose the remaining invisible organic pollutants into seawater by supplying a large amount of active oxygen, It has the effect of maintaining clear and clean environmentally friendly seawater that maximizes the natural purification function without generating secondary pollution sources that generate bubbles.

According to the aquarium seawater purifying apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the expense of expenses by reducing the number of times of running the car, that is, the number of visits to the wholesale market, and reduce the mortality rate due to clean seawater. It is possible to reduce the purchase cost of seawater by increasing the securing and sales increase and the watering period longer than two times, and the use of cooler and heater for adjusting seawater temperature is reduced and the electricity cost is reduced, and labor cost, water tax, There is an effect that the bubble of the tank disappears and it is freed from the aquarium management and cleaning labor, the image of the store is raised by the clean management, and trust with the customer that the fresh tank is always provided due to the transparent water tank is possible.

In addition, since the sterilizing lamp is installed in the water purifier, not in the water tank, the sterilizing effect is not limited to a specific area within the water tank but can be even and the replacement and replacement of the lamp is convenient.

1 is a perspective view of an aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of an aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a perspective view illustrating a motor filter housing of an aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention.
4A and 4B are a side view and a sectional view showing a venturi pipe of an aquarium water purifying apparatus 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 an aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention.

The aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention mainly comprises a filtering and pumping device installed in the motor filter housing 200, a water purifier installed in the purifier housing 600, and a pump pipe 500 connecting the purifier and the water purifier .

1, the motor filter housing 200 is installed on a corner portion of the bottom surface of the water tank 100, which means a portion containing seawater, so that the bottom surface of the motor filter housing 200 is connected to the bottom of the water tank 100 So that the side surfaces and the upper surface of the motor filter housing 200 are in contact with the seawater in the water tank 100.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the motor filter housing 200 is a box having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the inside of the motor filter housing 200 is partitioned into a motor installation space 220 and a filtration space 230 by partition walls 210, . An inlet hole 240 is formed in a portion of the wall surface of the motor filter housing 200 that contacts the seawater and communicates with the filter space 230.

The inlet hole 240 is formed on the upper surface or the side surface of the motor filter housing 200. In the case where the inflow hole 240 is formed on the upper surface of the motor filter housing 200, seawater at the lower end of the water tank may be difficult to flow into the inflow hole 240. Therefore, It is preferable that the inlet hole 240 is formed on the side surface of the motor filter housing 200.

When the motor filter housing 200 is largely bored with only one inflow hole 240 and does not cover the inflow hole 240 at all, the fish is seated on the inflow hole 240 while blocking the inflow hole 240 Something can happen. In order to solve such a problem, a tube-shaped inflow pipe 260 having one end opened at its one end and a plurality of inflow holes 261 at its other end and sidewalls is connected to the inflow end of the inflow pipe 260, The entire end of the inlet pipe 260 is coupled with the periphery of the inlet hole 240 so that the inlet hole 240 and the inlet pipe 260 communicate with each other with the hole 240 aligned therewith, 260 to the motor filter housing 200. At this time, it is preferable that the inflow pipe 260 and the motor filter housing 200 are configured to be detachable from each other.

The inflow pipe 260 protrudes outward from the motor filter housing 200 and has the structure in which the inflow holes 261 are opened and opened in various directions so that the fish in the water tank can be part of the inflow pipe 260 The inflow hole 261 is closed and the remaining inflow holes 261 are kept open so that the inflow hole 240 is prevented from being clogged.

On the other hand, an underwater motor 400 is installed in the motor installation space 220.

The filter 300 is a sponge-like filter having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The filter 300 is installed so as to abut the surface of the filtration space 230 on which the inlet hole 240 is provided, It is for filtering the foreign matter contained in the inside. The lid of the motor filter housing 200 is configured to be opened and closed so that when the lid is opened and the filter 300 is inserted, the filter 300 is fixed to the one side wall of the filter space 230, In order to keep the filter in a fixed state on the inner side wall, a protruding tuck is provided around the inner side wall of the motor filter housing 200.

 After the filter 300 has been used for a predetermined period of time, the lid of the motor filter housing 200 is opened and separated from the filtration space 230, then taken out of the water tank 100 to clean the filter 300, Can be used repeatedly.

A through hole 250 is formed in the partition 210 so that the motor installation space 220 and the filtration space 230 can communicate with each other. The through hole 250 is formed in a position where the filter 300 installed in the filter space 230 of the barrier 210 does not block or cover.

In this case, the foreign matter, which may be present in the seawater in the filtration space 230, is excessively rapidly passed through the through-hole 250 and flows into the underwater motor 400, The suction holes 271 are formed in the suction pipe 270 so that the seawater in the filtration space 230 does not directly enter the through holes 250. Therefore, And then enters the through-hole 250. [0052] As shown in FIG.

The suction pipe 270 has one end closed and the other end opened. The open end of the suction pipe 270 is engaged with the perimeter of the through hole 250, and the open end of one end of the suction pipe 270 And the suction pipe 270 is fixedly installed so as to protrude horizontally from the partition 210 toward the filter space 230. In the side wall of the suction pipe 270, a plurality of suction holes 271 in the form of a long hole are arranged side by side at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suction pipe 270. The shape and size of the suction hole 271 may be variously configured.

One end of the pump tube 500 is engaged with the underwater motor 400 and extends upwardly through the upper surface portion or the side surface portion of the motor filter housing 200.

The water purifier is installed on the water tub 100 and the pump pipe 500 is connected to the water purifier so that the seawater pumped from the underwater motor 400 is transferred to the water purifier through the pump pipe 500 However, the present invention can be used as a completed device capable of performing a seawater filtration function even if the pump pipe 500 is extended upward to a certain height without installing a water purifier. At this time, it is preferable that the upper end of the pump tube 500 is opened and the height of the upper end thereof is higher than the water surface of the seawater filled in the water tank. This is because the seawater discharged into the upper end hole of the pump tube This is because it helps to maintain the oxygen dissolution rate.

In this embodiment, a water purifier is installed on the water tub 100. When the pump pipe 500 is extended upwards and reaches the side of the purifier housing 600 of the water purifier, the water pipe is bent at a right angle and horizontally extended. The venturi tube 1000 is formed at a portion of the pump tube 500 that extends horizontally and is located outside the purifier housing 600.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the venturi pipe 1000 is a tube having a narrow central portion to obtain a venturi effect. One end of the pipe communicates with the narrowed pipe portion of the venturi pipe 1000, The fine air inflow passage 1010 through the outside atmosphere is integrally coupled with the venturi pipe 1000 so as to maximize bubble generation by mixing water and air using the venturi effect.

 In addition, the fine air inflow passage 1010 is provided with an air control valve 1020 which can control the degree of opening of the passage, so that the amount of air flowing into the venturi pipe 1000 can be adjusted.

The purifier housing 600 is fixed on the water tub 100 and the inner space of the purifier housing 600 is partitioned into a foam space 620 and a purified water space 630 by a partition 610 erected up and down, The purified water space 620 and the purified water space 630 communicate with each other only through the gap 640 between the bottom surface of the purifier housing 600 and the lower end of the partition 610, A purified water discharge port 631 communicating with the water tank 100 is formed on the bottom surface of the purified water space 630 in the lower surface of the cleaner housing 600.

The pump tube 500 extending in the horizontal direction beyond the portion of the venturi tube 1000 passes through the side wall of the purifier housing 600 and passes through the interior of the foam space 620. The end of the pump tube 500 then passes through the partition 610, Lt; / RTI >

A plurality of discharge holes 510 are formed at predetermined intervals along the horizontal direction in the portion of the pump pipe 500 located inside the foam space 620 and the discharge hole 510 is directed upward desirable. With this configuration, the seawater that has passed through the pump tube 500 is discharged into the purifier housing 600 only through the discharge hole 510.

The foam discharge pipe 700 is connected to the upper surface of the purifier housing 600 so that the lower end hole communicates with the foam discharge port 621. The foam discharge pipe 700 is extended to the foam storage container for receiving the foam installed outside the water tank, The bubbles adsorbing the foreign substances in the container can be stored and then discarded.

The foam inside the foam space 620 immediately flows into the foam discharge pipe 700 and moves even in the foam discharge pipe 700. Therefore, it is not necessary to configure the foam space 620 to be large, So that the appearance of the device is improved.

The purified water discharging pipe 800 is installed inside the purified water space 630. The lower end of the purified water discharging pipe 800 communicates with the purified water discharging port 631 and the lower end thereof is coupled with the bottom surface of the purifier housing 600, The water inside the purified water space 630 can be discharged through the purified water outlet 631 only through the upper hole of the discharge pipe 800 and fall into the water tank.

The purified water discharge pipe 800 has an extension and contraction tube structure that can be adjusted by vertically adjusting the length by being pulled out or downward from the upper side. A projecting piece 810 having a plate shape capable of being held by two fingers is coupled And the protruding piece 810 passes through the protruding piece through hole 632 formed in the upper surface of the purifier housing 600 so that the upper end of the protruding piece 810 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the purifier housing 600 do. Accordingly, when the user holds the projecting piece 810 and pulls it up or downwards, the position of the upper hole of the purified water discharge pipe 800 is adjusted, whereby the level of the seawater inside the purifier housing 600 is adjusted, The sterilization purification amount by the sterilization lamp is also controlled.

The sterilizing lamp 900 is fixedly installed by hanging vertically on the ceiling of the purifier housing 600 in contact with the purified water space 630 of the ceiling of the purifier housing 600. The sterilizing lamp 900 is preferably a photocatalytic ozone sterilizing lamp Do.

A hole for confirming the light of the sterilizing lamp 900 is formed on the upper surface of the purified water space 630 of the purified water housing 600. The hole for inspecting light may be formed on the upper surface of the purified water space 630, Can be used.

The sterilization lamp 900 is intended to sterilize harmful bacteria in seawater that are invisible after visible pollutants are removed.

The operation of the aquarium water purifying apparatus according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described below.

Seawater has a characteristic of bubble generation well, lighter than water and excellent in adsorption, so that foreign matter in seawater is adsorbed by a large amount of bubbles to float on the water, The principle of elimination by specific gravity separation is applied to the water purifier of the present invention.

The apparatus for purifying the aquarium water according to the present invention performs purification in three stages in addition to application of the conventional general filtration method in which the circulation pipe, the filter medium and the cotton are laid in order from the bottom on the bottom of the aquarium, A large solid matter and floating matters such as a fishing needle, a dead leaf, a cord and a cotton are severely damaged by the filter 300 of the motor filter housing 200 to protect the underwater motor 400 , And the water purifier safely draws seawater.

The seawater is allowed to pass through the venturi pipe 1000 and then discharged into the foam space 620 through a plurality of discharge holes 510 formed in the pump pipe 500 to generate bubbles, Secondary purification is carried out by separating the specific gravity after adsorbing foreign matter and the like.

The most important factor in utilizing the characteristics of the bubbles is that the maximum bubbles can be generated with a minimum amount of seawater. Therefore, the seawater drawn into the underwater motor 400 flows through the venturi pipe 1000, And the air control valve 1020 is mounted on the venturi pipe 1000 to generate a large amount of bubbles.

The second purified seawater is introduced into the aquarium from the water purifier. The second purified water is introduced into the aquarium through the sterilizing lamp 900 and sterilized by invisible harmful components, thereby successfully performing the third purification.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the accompanying drawings. And modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

The aquarium seawater purifying apparatus according to the present invention primarily segregates foreign substances in a water tank, separates and discharges contaminants in the water tank through a secondary separation of floating specific gravity, and thirdly, a sterilizer is used to inhibit and sterilize harmful bacteria It is possible to remarkably improve turbidity, odor and contamination of water quality in the water tank.

According to the product according to the present invention, since bubbles and moss are eliminated, clean seawater is maintained, so that the number of visits to wholesalers for purchase of clean seawater and live fish is reduced, and the cleaning cycle is doubled, This makes it easier to save fish and shellfish and to benefit consumers.

100: Water tank 200: Motor filter housing
210: bulkhead 220: motor installation space
230: Filtration space 240: Inflow hole
250: through hole 260: inlet pipe
261: inlet passage 270: suction pipe
271: Suction through hole 300: Filter
400: Underwater motor 500: Pump tube
510: exhaust hole 600: purifier housing
610: partition 620: foam space
621: Bubble outlet 630: purified water space
631: purified water outlet port 632: protrusion hole
640: crevice 700: bubble discharge pipe
800: purified water discharge pipe 810:
900: sterilization lamp 1000: venturi tube
1010: Micro air inlet passage 1020: Air regulating valve

Claims (12)

A water tank having an internal space in which water is accommodated;
Wherein the inner space of the motor filter housing is divided into a motor installation space and a filtration space by partition walls erected up and down, A motor filter housing in which the motor housing is formed;
A filter disposed in contact with a surface of the filtration space provided with the inlet hole to filter foreign substances contained in the water flowing through the inlet hole;
A through hole formed in the partition wall such that the space excluding the space occupied by the filter in the filtration space and the motor installation space communicate with each other;
An underwater motor installed inside the motor installation space and pumping water that has entered the motor installation space through the through holes; And
And a pump tube connected to the underwater motor and extending upward from the outside of the motor filter housing. The method according to claim 1,
And an inlet pipe connected to the inlet hole and connected to an outer surface of the motor filter housing to protrude outward from the motor filter housing and having a plurality of water inlet holes formed in a side portion of the protruded portion Wherein the aquarium water is purified by the aquarium. The method according to claim 1,
And a suction pipe coupled to the surface of the partition facing the filtration space and protruding in the direction of the filtration space and having a plurality of suction holes formed in a side portion of the protruded portion Aquarium seawater purifier. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The motor filter housing is installed such that its bottom surface contacts the bottom surface of the water tank,
Wherein the inlet hole is formed in a side surface of the motor filter housing. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
And a water purifier installed on the water tank and connected to the pump tube to purify the water supplied from the pump tube and then send the purified water to the inside of the water tank. 6. The method of claim 5,
The water purifier has:
Wherein the inner space is divided into a foam space and a purified water space by upper and lower partitions, and the foam space and the purified water space communicate with each other only through a gap between the bottom surface and the lower end of the partition, A purifier housing formed with a foam outlet at a position to communicate with the foam space, and a purifying water outlet communicating with the water tank is formed on a bottom surface of the purifying water space of the lower surface of the purifier housing;
An exhaust hole formed in a part of the pump tube which penetrates through the purifier housing and is located inside the foam space;
A foam outlet pipe having a lower end hole connected to the upper surface of the purifier housing to communicate with the foam outlet; And
A lower end of the purified water discharge pipe is connected to the bottom surface of the purifier housing so as to communicate with the purified water discharge port, and extends upward, and only through the upper hole of the purified water discharge pipe, And a purified water discharge pipe configured to discharge the water of the aquarium through the purified water discharge port and drop into the water tank. The method according to claim 6,
And a sterilizing lamp is installed inside the purified water space. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein a portion of the pump tube that is positioned in the outside atmosphere is formed with a narrow channel passage relative to other portions of the pump channel and a venturi pipe having a fine air inlet passage for connecting the narrow channel and the outside air is formed Aquarium seawater purifier. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the fine air inflow passage is provided with an air control valve for controlling an inflow amount of air. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the purified water discharge pipe has an extension pipe structure capable of adjusting a vertical length by pulling out or pushing down from above. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein a hole for confirming the light of the sterilizing lamp is formed on the upper surface of the purified water space of the purified water housing. The method according to claim 6,
A portion of the pump tube located inside the foam space extends horizontally in a lower portion of the foam space,
Wherein a plurality of the discharge holes are formed in the pump tube at left and right intervals.

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