JP5574353B1 - Water flow tank - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a water flow-type water tank capable of generating a desired water flow in each section according to the type of fish to be bred.
A water tank body 11 has an inner section 25a and an outer section 25b. In each of the sections 25a and 25b, the outer section 25b surrounds the inner section 25a. A pump 26 is provided so as to suck water in the compartments 25 a and 25 b and discharge the sucked water to the compartments 25 a and 25 b through the nozzle 27. The nozzle 27 has a plurality of water outlets 27a and 27b arranged for each of the sections 25a and 25b. The nozzle 27 can change the water discharge angle of each of the water discharge ports 27a and 27b.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a water flow type water tank.

  Conventionally, there are ornamental water tanks having two water tanks provided concentrically with respect to the center line and two pumps provided corresponding to each water tank so as to circulate the water in each water tank (for example, Patent Document 1).

No. 8-8607

  The ornamental aquarium described in Patent Document 1 can breed different kinds of fish in one ornamental aquarium, but cannot generate a water flow in each compartment (aquarium). ) Has a problem that it is not possible to generate a water flow according to the kind of fish or the like being reared.

  This invention was made paying attention to such a subject, and it aims at providing the water flow type | mold tank which can generate a desired water flow in each division according to the kind of fish etc. to breed. .

To achieve the above object, a water flow type water tank according to the present invention has a water tank body and a circulation means, the water tank body has an inner compartment and an outer compartment, and the outer compartment surrounds the inner compartment. The water tank main body has a cylindrical container, a partition plate, an inner cylinder, and a suction pipe, the cylindrical container has a transparent side surface, and the partition plate has a plurality of water passage holes and the cylinder. It is arranged inside the cylindrical container so as to divide the inside of the container into a bottom section and an upper section, the inner cylinder has a transparent side surface, and the cylindrical container is disposed above the partition plate inside the cylindrical container. Arranged at the same center line, the suction pipe is arranged at the same center line as the cylindrical container inside the inner cylinder, penetrates the partition plate and communicates with the bottom section, and sucks water inside by the pump The inner compartment is connected to the inner cylinder of the upper compartment and the inner compartment. The outer section is formed between the cylindrical container and the inner cylinder of the upper section, and is communicated with the water passage hole. The circulation means has a pump and a nozzle, and the pump is provided so as to suck water inside the inner compartment and the outer compartment, and to discharge the sucked water to each compartment through the nozzle. The nozzle has a plurality of water outlets arranged in each section, each water outlet can change the water discharge angle, and each nozzle can change the amount of water discharged from each water outlet. A water mouth is arranged above the inner compartment and the outer compartment .

  The water-flow type water tank according to the present invention is used for pouring water into the inner compartment and the outer compartment of the water tank main body, and mainly raising and breeding different kinds of fish in each compartment. The fish and the like raised in the inner compartment and the outer compartment can be viewed simultaneously. The water flow type water tank according to the present invention can cause a desired water flow separately in each section by the circulation means. Thereby, a different kind of fish etc. can be put into an inner side division and an outer side division, and the optimal water flow environment for breeding of each fish etc. can be prepared.

  The water flow type water tank according to the present invention can be bred, for example, by putting crayfish in the inner compartment and putting the medaka in the outer compartment or vice versa. Thereby, predation by a different kind can be avoided. Each compartment may contain different kinds of fish, etc., or the same kind of fish with different degrees of growth, or the same kind of fish divided into males and females. This makes it possible to observe the growth of parents and eggs / fry in the same environment. In addition, cannibalism due to body size and struggle between strength and weakness due to territory can be avoided. The number of inner compartments and outer compartments may be two or more than two. In the water flow type water tank according to the present invention, each section may be provided concentrically, and the center line of each section may be shifted. Moreover, the boundary of each section may not be circular, but may have an elliptical shape, a polygonal shape, a shape having more complicated unevenness, or the like.

In the water-flow type water tank according to the present invention, the circulating means has a pump and a nozzle, and the pump sucks water inside the inner compartment and the outer compartment, and sucks the sucked water through the nozzle. Each nozzle is provided so that water can be discharged, and the nozzle has a plurality of water outlets arranged for each section, and each water outlet can change a water discharge angle . For this reason , a desired flow can be generated in each section by discharging water from each water outlet.

The nozzle can change the amount of water discharged from each water outlet . For this reason , the flow rate of water in each section can be adjusted by changing the amount of water discharged from each water outlet.

According to the water-flow type aquarium according to the present invention, a desired water flow can be generated in the inner compartment and the outer compartment according to the type of fish to be bred, and in particular, the same in the inner compartment and the outer compartment around the suction pipe. It is possible to generate a water stream that rotates in the direction or in the opposite direction, and see how the swimming directions of the inner compartment and the outer compartment of fish or the like are aligned in the same direction or in opposite directions.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the water flow type water tank which can generate a desired water flow in each division according to the kind of fish etc. to breed can be provided.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the water flow type water tank of embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the state which removed the lid | cover of the water flow type water tank shown in FIG. It is the (a) perspective view and (b) side view which show the nozzle of the water flow type water tank shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 3 show a water flow type water tank according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the water flow type water tank 10 is a tank for ornamental fish, and has a water tank body 11, a circulation means 12, and a lid 13.

  The water tank body 11 includes a cylindrical container 20, a partition plate 21, a suction pipe 22, and an inner cylinder 23. The cylindrical container 20 has a cylindrical shape, has a transparent side surface, and is open at the top. The partition plate 21 has a large number of water passage holes 21a penetrating in the thickness direction. The partition plate 21 is detachably attached to an inner lower portion of the cylindrical container 20 so as to divide the inside of the cylindrical container 20 into a bottom section 24 and an upper section 25 above it.

  The suction tube 22 has an elongated cylindrical shape, is entirely transparent, and is disposed on the same center line as the cylindrical container 20. The suction pipe 22 passes through the center of the partition plate 21, communicates with the bottom section 24, and extends to the same height as the cylindrical container 20. The lower part of the suction tube 22 is detachably attached to the partition plate 21. The inner cylinder 23 has a cylindrical shape, is entirely transparent, and has a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the suction tube 22 and smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical container 20. The inner cylinder 23 is disposed on the upper part of the partition plate 21 along the same center line as the cylindrical container 20 inside the cylindrical container 20, and extends to the same height as the cylindrical container 20. The inner cylinder 23 is detachably attached to the partition plate 21. The suction tube 22 is provided inside the inner cylinder 23.

  As a result, in the water tank body 11, the upper section 25 is divided into an inner section 25 a between the suction tube 22 and the inner cylinder 23 and an outer section 25 b between the cylindrical container 20 and the inner cylinder 23. The suction tube 22 and each of the compartments 25a and 25b are arranged on the outer side from the center line of the cylindrical container 20 so that the cross sections are concentric in the order of the suction tube 22, the inner compartment 25a, and the outer compartment 25b. It surrounds the periphery of the compartment 25a. Each of the compartments 25 a and 25 b communicates with the bottom compartment 24 through the water passage hole 21 a of the partition plate 21.

  The circulation means 12 has a pump 26 and a nozzle 27. The pump 26 is disposed at the upper part of the suction pipe 22, sucks water inside the suction pipe 22, and sucks water in the bottom section 24 through the suction pipe 22, so that each of the sections 25 a and 25 b passes through the water passage holes 21 a. The internal water is sucked. The nozzle 27 is attached to the side surface of the pump 26 and is disposed so as to extend from the pump 26 to above the sections 25a and 25b. The nozzle 27 has a plurality of water outlets 27a and 27b. The water outlets 27a and 27b are provided in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the nozzle 27 extends. Each water outlet 27a, 27b is provided for each section 25a, 25b, and is disposed above each section. The nozzle 27 discharges the water sucked by the pump 26 from the water outlets 27a and 27b to the sections 25a and 25b, and can separately generate a water flow inside each section.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the nozzle 27 is provided with a portion 28 a having a water outlet 27 a and a portion 28 b having a water outlet 27 b so as to be rotatable about the center line in the length direction of the nozzle 27. The water discharge angle of each water outlet 27a, 27b can be changed separately. As shown by a broken line in FIG. 3B, the nozzle 27 is configured such that the water outlets 27a and 27b rotate within a predetermined angle range from directly below, and the water discharge angle can be changed. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the nozzle 27 has a water discharge angle from each of the water discharge ports 27 a and 27 b in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction around the center line of the cylindrical container 20. It can be changed between angles.

  The lid 13 is detachably attached to the aquarium body 11 so as to close the upper opening of the aquarium body 11 except for the pump 26. The lid 13 has water discharge holes 13a and 13b below the water outlets 27a and 27b, respectively, so that water discharged from the water outlets 27a and 27b of the nozzle 27 enters the sections 25a and 25b.

Next, the operation will be described.
The water-flow type water tank 10 is used for raising water in the inner compartment 25a and the outer compartment 25b of the water tank main body 11, and mainly feeding different kinds of fish in each of the compartments 25a and 25b. The fish and the like bred in the inner compartment 25a and the outer compartment 25b can be viewed simultaneously. The water-flow-type water tank 10 operates the pump 26 so that the water in the compartments 25a and 25b is supplied to the water passage hole 21a, the bottom compartment 24, the suction pipe 22, the pump 26, the nozzle 27, the water outlets 27a and 27b, It can be made to circulate again to each division 25a, 25b through the water discharge holes 13a, 13b.

  When water is discharged from the nozzle 27 to each of the compartments 25a and 25b, by changing the water discharge angle from each of the water outlets 27a and 27b from directly below, the flow that rotates around the center line of the cylindrical container 20 is caused to the compartments 25a and 25b. Can be generated. Further, by rotating the water outlets 27a and 27b to change the water discharge angle, the flow rate of water in each of the sections 25a and 25b can be adjusted and the direction of the flow can be changed.

As described above, the water flow type water tank 10 can rotate the water inside each of the compartments 25a and 25b at a desired flow velocity around the center line of the cylindrical container 20 by the circulation means 12, and Depending on the type, a desired water flow can be generated separately in each of the compartments 25a, 25b. Thereby, according to the kind of fish etc. to breed, the optimal water flow environment for breeding can be prepared.
In addition, depending on the type of fish to be bred, the inner compartment 25a and the outer compartment 25b generate a water stream that rotates in the same direction or in the opposite direction, and the direction of swimming in the inner compartment 25a and the outer compartment 25b is the same direction. You can enjoy watching the state of being arranged in or in the opposite direction.

  The water-flow-type aquarium 10 can avoid predation by different species by breeding different types of fish, for example, crayfish and medaka in separate compartments 25a and 25b. In addition, the sections 25a and 25b are not limited to different types of fish, but may include the same kind of fish with different growth degrees, the same kind of fish divided into males and females, and the like. This makes it possible to observe the growth of parents and eggs / fry in the same environment. In addition, cannibalism due to body size and struggle between strength and weakness due to territory can be avoided. The water-flow-type aquarium 10 may be used not only for breeding freshwater fish, saltwater fish, tropical fish, shrimp, other fish and turtles, but also for aquatic plants.

  It is preferable that the water flow type water tank 10 has a filtering means for filtering the circulating water in the middle of the water circulation path such as the inside of the suction pipe 22 and the pump 26 and the bottom section 24. Further, a hot water heater may be provided in the bottom section 24 or the like. Further, the nozzle 27 may be able to change the amount of water discharged from each of the water outlets 27a and 27b. In this case, the flow rate of water in each of the sections 25a and 25b can be adjusted by changing the amount of water discharged from each of the water outlets 27a and 27b. Inside the suction pipe 22, a decoration which is larger than the diameter of the water passage hole 21 a and dances in a water flow may be accommodated as long as the water absorption of the pump 26 is not hindered. Further, the bottom section 24 may be provided with a waterproof lighting device that illuminates the inner section 25a and the outer section 25b from the water passage hole 21a, and a waterproof lighting apparatus that illuminates the inside of the suction tube 22.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Water flow type tank 11 Water tank main body 20 Cylindrical container 21 Partition plate 21a Water flow hole 22 Suction pipe 23 Inner cylinder 24 Bottom part 25 Upper part 25a Inner part 25b Outer part 12 Circulation means 26 Pump 27 Nozzle 27a, 27b Water outlet 13 Lid 13a , 13b Water discharge hole

Claims (1)

Having a water tank body and circulation means,
The water tank main body has an inner compartment and an outer compartment, the outer compartment surrounds the inner compartment, the water tank main body has a cylindrical container, a partition plate, an inner cylinder, and a suction pipe, and the cylindrical container Has a transparent side surface, the partition plate has a plurality of water passage holes, and is arranged inside the cylindrical container so as to divide the inside of the cylindrical container into a bottom section and an upper section, It has a transparent side surface, and is arranged at the same center line as the cylindrical container at the upper part of the partition plate inside the cylindrical container, and the suction pipe is arranged at the same center line as the cylindrical container inside the inner cylinder. The inner partition is formed between the inner cylinder of the upper section and the suction pipe, and communicates with the bottom section through the partition plate and is sucked in by the pump. Communicating with the water flow hole, and the outer section is the cylinder of the upper section. Vessel and in communication with said water passage hole is formed between said inner cylinder,
The circulating means includes a pump and a nozzle, and the pump sucks water inside the inner compartment and the outer compartment, and is provided so that the sucked water can be discharged to each compartment through the nozzle. The nozzle has a plurality of water outlets arranged for each section, each water outlet can change the water outlet angle, respectively, the nozzle can each change the amount of water discharged from each water outlet, A water- flow-type water tank, wherein a water outlet is disposed above the inner compartment and the outer compartment .

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