KR101573200B1

KR101573200B1 - Water drain apparatus of a water tank for faming red-sea cucumber

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Publication number: KR101573200B1
Application number: KR1020140005499A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이종석; 김인
Original assignee: 이종석
Priority date: 2014-01-16
Filing date: 2014-01-16
Publication date: 2015-12-04
Also published as: KR20150085629A

Abstract

The present invention is characterized in that the main water pipe connected to the bottom water outlet of the aquaculture tank and one end connected to the side of the main water pipe and the water inlet port include a water level adjusting pipe positioned at a predetermined height from the bottom of the aquarium, And the water level is adjusted by rotating the water level adjusting pipe so that the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is immersed in the water in the aquaculture water tank.
According to the present invention, since the operator can adjust the water level of the aquarium by one operation of rotating the water level adjusting pipe, the efficiency of the aquaculture work can be improved because the user can perform other operations while the water is discharged.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a water drainage apparatus,

The present invention relates to a drainage apparatus, and more particularly, to a drainage apparatus that does not affect the aquaculture product when draining water in aquaculture tank in a water-returning operation for supplying new water after drainage of water in aquaculture tank, The present invention relates to a drainage system for aquaria,

Generally, in the case of the aquaculture tank set up in the aquaculture farm for the aquaculture such as various fishery products or sea cucumbers, in order to maintain the growth environment of the aquaculture that is raised in the aquaculture tank, the water containing two or three times a day is drained New water supply work is needed. By returning water from these aquaculture tanks, it is possible to supply the aquaculture with oxygen and improve water quality in the aquaculture tank. Therefore, the number of daily water-returning operations is very important for aquaculture, and it takes a lot of time to recycle the water in these aquariums.

Meanwhile, in order to drain the water in the aquaculture tank, it is generally necessary to remove the plug that closes the drain hole formed at the substantially central portion of the bottom of the tank and insert a drain pipe having a drainage network to prevent the aquatic products in the aquaculture tank from escaping through the drain hole Drain the water in the water tank. Alternatively, one end of the rubber hose may be inserted into the aquaculture tank by using a rubber hose or the like, and the other end may be placed outside the aquaculture tank and drained by using a pressure difference.

A prior art related to the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-0071619 entitled " The present invention relates to a water supply and drainage system for supplying water in a water tank to a drainage port of a fish culture tank and connecting the upper and the lower funnel discharge port with a plurality of supports, A plurality of filters which are installed in the body of the main body with the escape wings attached thereto, a support pipe positioned in the funnel-shaped discharge portion of the main body, and a plurality of filters installed in the guide grooves of the support, And is a cover which is detachably attached to the outer surface of the seat portion of the main body.

However, when draining the water from the aquaculture tank through the drain hose with the drainage pipe and the rubber hose using the pressure difference in the bottom drainage hole, the operator must clog the stopper in the drain hole to adjust the water level of the aquarium, It is necessary to continuously monitor the drainage of the water in the aquaculture tank, thereby lowering the working efficiency.

1. Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0071619

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a water level adjustment system capable of easily adjusting a water level by a single operation without having to constantly observe the water level of an aquarium, And to provide a water drainage apparatus for water.

In order to solve the above problems, a drainage apparatus for aquaria according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main drain pipe connected to a bottom drain port of a culture water tank, one end connected to a side surface of the main drain pipe, And a water level adjusting pipe located at a predetermined height from the bottom of the aquaculture tank and rotating the water level adjusting pipe by a desired level by the operator so that the entrance of the water level adjusting pipe is immersed in the water in the aquarium.

The drainage device for aquaria according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first main drain pipe connected to a bottom drain port of the aquarium, a second main drain pipe connected vertically through a first main drain pipe and a T- And a water level adjusting pipe connected to a horizontal pipe of the T pipe elbow at one end and connected to a first pipe connecting port of the L pipe elbow and a second pipe connecting port of the L pipe elbow, The water inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is located at a predetermined height from the bottom of the aquaculture tank and the water level adjusting pipe is rotated by a desired level by the operator so that the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is immersed in the water in the aquarium.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a first rotation stopper is formed on the outside of the connection pipe connected to the first connection port of the L-shaped pipe elbow, and a second rotation stopper is formed on the inside of the L- And a detent projection is formed to maintain the position of the rotated level control tube.

According to the present invention, the operator can adjust the water level of the aquarium by one operation of rotating the water level adjusting pipe, so that the efficiency of the aquaculture work can be improved because the user can perform other operations while the water is discharged .

In case of shellfish or sea cucumber in aquaculture, since the entrance of the water level control pipe into which water is introduced is located at a predetermined height of the aquaculture tank, the water pressure So that there is no possibility that external scratches or sucking will occur at all.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show a culture water tank equipped with a water drainage device capable of adjusting the water level according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining the process of adjusting the water level of the aquarium according to the rotation of the water level adjusting pipe according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate a water tank for aquaria according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description is merely an example, and is merely an example of the present invention. Further, the principles and concepts of the present invention are provided for the purpose of being most useful and readily explaining.

Accordingly, it is not intended to provide a more detailed structure than is necessary for a basic understanding of the present invention, but it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in various forms.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B illustrate a culture water tank provided with a water drainage device capable of water level adjustment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figs. 1A and 1B, the aquaculture drainage device is installed in the aquaculture tank 1 and supplies aquaculture (for example, sea cucumbers, etc.) growing in the aquaculture shelter 2, The operator can easily set the water level within the aquarium of the user in discharging the water in the water tank 1.

Referring to Fig. 1A, the aquarium drainage apparatus includes a main drain pipe 10 and a water level adjusting pipe 20 connected to the main drain pipe to form a drain water channel. The main drain pipe (10) is connected to the bottom drain port (3) formed at the bottom surface of the aquarium. One side of the main drain pipe 10 is connected to the water level adjusting pipe 20 so that when the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe 20 into which the water is introduced by the rotation of the water level adjusting pipe 20 is submerged in the water in the aquarium 1, A drainage channel can be formed so that the water flowing from the inlet of the regulation pipe 20 can be discharged to the bottom drainage port 3 (see FIG. The water in the aquaria tank above the level at which the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe 20 is located is all exhausted to the outside through the inner passage of the water level adjusting pipe 20, the inner passage of the main drain pipe 10 and the bottom drain port 3 .

Meanwhile, when the water in the aquarium is completely drained to clean the bottom of the aquaculture tank, the main drain pipe 10 connected to the bottom drain can be simply separated. The position of one side of the main drain pipe (10) connected to one end of the water level adjusting pipe (20) is preferably a position close to the bottom surface of the water tank. That is, the water level adjusting pipe 20 is rotated up to 90 degrees so that the adjustable water level range within the aquarium can be adjusted by the operator to the tank bottom surface. Meanwhile, when the worker adjusts the rotation angle of the water level adjusting pipe 20, the water level adjusting pipe 20, in which the water is introduced, It can be adjusted appropriately to prevent external damage caused by the aquaculture being sucked.

Hereinafter, the process of adjusting the water level of the aquarium of the desired height by the operator by rotating the water level adjusting pipe in the side view as viewed from the direction A in FIG. 1A will be described.

2 is a view for explaining the process of adjusting the water level of the aquarium according to the rotation of the water level adjusting pipe according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 (a), when the operator intends to adjust the water level in the aquarium to a height of h2, the operator simply rotates the water level adjusting pipe 20 connected to the main water pipe 10 by X1, Simply adjust the end of the adjustment tube to the height of h2.

2 (b), when the operator intends to adjust the water level in the aquarium to a height of h3, the operator simply rotates the water level adjusting pipe 20 connected to the main water pipe 10 by X2 Simply adjust the end of the water level control tube to the height of h3.

In order to discharge the water of the conventional aquarium, one end of the rubber hose is immersed in water in the aquaculture tank and the other end is located outside the aquaculture tank, and the operator sucks the other end of the rubber hose through the mouth and drains water using the pressure difference . In this case, the operator must continuously adjust the position of the rubber hose in order to drain the water level in the aquarium to the desired height, which makes the work efficiency considerably lower because the worker can not do other work during the water drain time. However, in the case of the aquaculture water tank having the aqua drainage device of the present invention, the operator can easily adjust the desired water level by rotating the water level adjusting pipe, and perform other operations during the water drainage time.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate a water tank for aquaria according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the aquarium water drainage device 300 capable of adjusting the water level includes a first main drain pipe 11 connected to a bottom drain pipe, a first main drain pipe 11 and a second main drain pipe 11 through a T- And the other end is connected to the first connection port 41 of the L-shaped pipe elbow 40. The second pipe 12 is connected to the first connection port 41 of the L-shaped pipe elbow 40, And a water level adjusting pipe 20 connected to the connection pipe 50 and the second connection port 42 of the L-shaped pipe elbow 40.

Here, the T-shaped pipe elbow 30 and the L-shaped pipe elbow 40 are described as an example in connecting the main drain pipe 10 and the water level adjusting pipe 20, but the present invention is not limited thereto, An L-shaped water level adjusting pipe 20 may be connected to one side of the main drain pipe 10 so as to be rotatable. Also, one end of the water level adjusting pipe connected to the main water pipe may be connected in a straight line, but one end of the water level adjusting pipe connected to the main water pipe may be connected to the main water pipe after rotating the spiral along the side of the main water pipe. When one end of the water level adjusting pipe is rotated in a helical shape and then formed with a side surface and a side surface of the main drain pipe, the discharged water is discharged along the spiral passage, so that water can be discharged quickly. Accordingly, It is possible to improve the growth environment of aquacultural products by increasing the amount of oxygen supplied by rapid circulation of water. It is to be understood that the diameters of the main drain pipe 10 and the water level adjusting pipe 20 may be variously selected as needed.

4, the drainage device 300 for aquaria control capable of adjusting the water level includes a water level adjusting pipe 20 which is rotated after the water level adjusting pipe 20 is rotated to adjust the water level of the aquarium, A first rotation stopping protrusion 51 may be formed on the outer side of the connection pipe 50 so that the L-shaped pipe 50 may be fixed to the L- A second rotation stopping protrusion may be formed inside the elbow 40. The water level control pipe 20 at the entrance of the water introducing line 20 is provided with a screen 25 to prevent the aquatic products such as young sea cucumbers from escaping to the outside of the aquarium through the bottom drain pipe 20 can do.

That is, the operator rotates the water level adjusting pipe 20 in order to adjust the level in the desired water tank, and then, after the rotation of the water level adjusting pipe 20 by using the first rotating stopper 51 and the second rotating stopper 45 The position of the level adjusting pipe 20 is not changed.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

1: Water Tank 2: Forms Shelter
3: Floor drain 10: Main drain
11: first main water pipe 12: second main water pipe
20: Water level adjustment pipe 25:
30: T-shaped pipe elbow 31, 32, 33: Connector
40: L-shaped pipe elbow 41, 42:
45: second rotation stop projection 50: connector
51: first rotation stop projection 100: drainage device

Claims

A main drain pipe 10 connected to a bottom drain of the aquarium,
And a water level adjusting pipe (20) located at a predetermined height from the bottom of the aquarium,
Wherein the water level adjusting pipe (20) is rotated by a desired level by an operator so that the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is immersed in the water in the aquarium, thereby draining the water.

A first main drain pipe 11 connected to a bottom drain of the aquarium,
A second main drain pipe 12 vertically connected through the first main drain pipe 11 and the T pipe elbow 30,
A connecting pipe 50 which is connected to the horizontal hole of the T-shaped pipe elbow 30 at one end and to the first connecting hole of the L-shaped pipe elbow 40,
And a water level adjusting pipe (20) connected to a second connection port of the L-shaped pipe elbow (40)
Wherein the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is located at a predetermined height from the bottom of the aquaculture tank and the water level adjusting pipe is rotated by a desired level by the operator so that the inlet of the water level adjusting pipe is immersed in the water in the aquarium, Water drainage system with adjustable water level.

3. The method of claim 2,
A first rotation stopper (51) is formed on an outer side of a connection pipe connected to a first connection port of the L-shaped pipe elbow,
And a second rotation stopping projection (45) is formed inside the L-shaped pipe elbow on the side of the first connection port to maintain the position of the rotated water level adjusting pipe.