JP4929024B2 - Aquarium cleaning tool - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an aquarium cleaning tool capable of sucking up and draining stored water in an aquarium used for breeding and breeding ornamental fish such as goldfish, tropical fish, and saltwater fish, particularly dirty stored water at the bottom thereof together with filth. About.

In general, in order to breed and nurture goldfish, tropical fish, saltwater fish and other ornamental fish in an aquarium, it is necessary to always keep the water stored in the aquarium clean. It is necessary to cultivate and cultivate ornamental fish with such a purification means, although it is possible to purify the stored water in the aquarium by forcibly circulating it into the filtration device by driving the pump. Since sufficient water quality cannot be obtained, it has been necessary to periodically change the water in the water tank, and as such a water changing means, for example, a water tank cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 described below is known. .
JP 2000-209978 A

By the way, the water tank cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a suction pipe P, a flexible water guide pipe 17 connected to the suction pipe P, and a suction pipe P provided from the suction pipe P. The first and second one-way valves V ₁ and V ₂ permitting the flow of water to the water guide pipe 17 are provided, and the water in the water tank T is drained out of the water tank T using a siphon action. ing.

  However, in this case, since a plurality of one-way valves are provided in the suction pipe, dirt such as feces, residual bait, and aquatic plants mixed in the water flowing in the suction pipe is added to the one-way valve. In this case, in order to establish the water wicking action by siphon action, the longitudinal direction of the wicking pipe entered into the water tank There is another problem that the reciprocating operation needs to be repeated a plurality of times, and the operation is not only troublesome but also requires some experience.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this situation, and it aims at providing the novel cleaning tool in a water tank which solved the said conventional problem.

In order to achieve the object, the invention of claim 1 is a water tank cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the water tank and drains it out of the water tank.
A commercially available PET bottle that can be elastically deformed by applying external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity, a stopper that seals the entrance of the PET bottle in a water-tight manner, a straight main body portion, a suction pipe more a handle portion which is communicatively connected to one end of the body portion, the lower end portion, through said plug member is open in the pET bottle, the handle upper end of the suction pipe A flexible water pipe connected in communication with the free end of the part, and an air pipe provided in the stopper and communicating with the air chamber at the top of the PET bottle to the outside,
The plug body is formed with a tapered surface whose upper outer peripheral surface is expanded upward, and has a partition wall therein, and the water pipe and a connection pipe having a smaller diameter than the water pipe are penetrated and supported by the partition wall, The connection pipe is connected to the lower end of the air pipe .

In order to achieve the object, the invention of claim 2 is a water tank cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the water tank and drains it out of the water tank.
A commercially available PET bottle that can be elastically deformed by applying external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity, a stopper that seals the entrance of the PET bottle in a water-tight manner, a straight main body portion, a suction pipe more a handle portion which is communicatively connected to one end of the body portion, the lower end portion, through said plug member is open in the pET bottle, the handle upper end of the suction pipe A flexible water pipe connected in communication with the free end of the portion; an air pipe provided in the stopper; and communicating with the outside of the air chamber at the top of the PET bottle ; and provided in the stopper, When the stored water in the PET bottle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, the valve body closes the air pipe,
The plug body is formed with a tapered surface whose upper outer peripheral surface is expanded upward, and has a partition wall therein, and the water pipe and a connection pipe having a smaller diameter than the water pipe are penetrated and supported by the partition wall, The connection pipe is connected to the lower end of the air pipe .

In order to achieve the object, the invention of claim 3 is an aquarium cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the aquarium and drains it out of the aquarium,
A commercially available PET bottle that can be elastically deformed by applying external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity, a stopper that seals the entrance of the PET bottle in a water-tight manner, a straight main body portion, a suction pipe more a handle portion which is communicatively connected to one end of the body portion, the lower end portion, through said plug member is open in the pET bottle, the handle upper end of the suction pipe a flexible water guide pipe is communicatively connected to the free end portion, provided on the plug body, the open end of the lower is communicated with the air chamber at the top of the bottles, the upper open end communicating with said water tank With an air pipe having a possible length,
The plug body is formed with a tapered surface whose upper outer peripheral surface is expanded upward, and has a partition wall therein, and the water pipe and a connection pipe having a smaller diameter than the water pipe are penetrated and supported by the partition wall, The connection pipe is connected to the lower end of the air pipe.

According to the invention of each claim, in the aquarium cleaning tool that sucks and discharges the stored water in the aquarium using a siphon action, the stored water in the aquarium is removed from the feces and residual feed by pressing the plastic bottle. It can be sucked up and discharged together with filth, etc., and anyone can easily and accurately perform drainage work. Also, in the suction pipe that sucks up the stored water in the water tank and in the conduit pipe connected to this In addition, the wicking action of water can be continuously continued smoothly and reliably without stagnation of stool and residual food sucked up with water. In addition, the amount of water discharged from the water tank can be easily known. Furthermore, even if the diameter of the entrance / exit of the PET bottle 1 changes, the stopper having a tapered surface with the upper outer peripheral surface extending upward can seal the entrance / exit in a watertight manner.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 2, there is no fear that the water stored in the PET bottle leaks to the outside through the air pipe.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 3, the water stored in the PET bottle may flow through the air pipe and return it to the water tank .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

First, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. 1 is an overall side view of the aquarium cleaning tool, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion surrounded by an imaginary line 3 in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a line 5-5 in FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which the water tank cleaning tool is set in the water tank, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the action of the plastic bottle , and FIG. 8 is a water filled in the plastic bottle . It is a fragmentary sectional view of a plastic bottle .

The water tank cleaning tool of the present invention includes a plastic bottle 1 disposed outside the water tank T, a suction pipe 20 immersed in the water tank T, and a water guide pipe 10 connecting the plastic bottle 1 and the suction pipe 20. , the air pipe 12 for communicating the plastic bottle 1 top of the air chamber 9 to the outside air, more composed and float valve 16 of the air pipe 12 as closing a valve member, a stopper 5 for closing the entrance 3 of the bottles 1.

First, the configuration with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 and 5, the description will be given of a structure of the plastic bottle 1, the plastic bottle 1 is made form a flexible synthetic resin material of the transparent, the main portion The body portion 2 is formed to be thin and easily elastically deformed by applying a pressing force from the outside, and can be immediately restored to its original state when the pressing force is released. The plastic bottle 1 is configured to be elastically deformed inward by pressing the body portion 2 from the outside to reduce its storage volume and to suck water into the inside.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper part of the PET bottle 1 is formed in a reverse funnel shape, and a cylindrical entrance / exit 3 is provided at the upper end thereof. The plug body 5 is inserted into the entrance / exit 3 so as to be freely insertable / removable, and is closed watertight.

Plug 5 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape by a synthetic resin material, the outer peripheral surface of the upper half is formed to expand wants tapered surface 6 upward, the tapered surface 6, The doorway 3 is tightly inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the doorway 3 to close the waterway 3 in a watertight manner.

2, the stopper body 5 having the tapered surface 6 can seal the entrance / exit 3 in a watertight manner even if the diameter of the entrance / exit 3 of the PET bottle 1 changes.

A partition wall 7 provided in the middle of the inside of the stopper 5 penetrates a lower portion of a water guide pipe 10 described later in a watertight manner, and a lower end of the water guide pipe 10 is opened at an upper portion in the plastic bottle 1. Further, a connecting pipe 8 having a smaller diameter than that of the water conduit 10 is penetrated and supported in the partition wall 7, and the lower end of the connecting pipe 8 is opened to the air chamber 9 in the upper part of the PET bottle 1. In addition, a lower end of an air pipe 12 having a smaller diameter than that of the water guide pipe 10 and opened to the outside air is connected to the upper portion of the connection pipe 8. The air chamber 9 at the upper end in the PET bottle 1 communicates with the outside air through the air pipe 12. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a pair of rod-shaped guides 14 are integrally suspended from the partition wall 7 in the plug body 5, and a float valve 16 is supported by the guides 14 so as to be movable up and down. A locking portion 15 is integrally formed at the lower end of the guide 14, and the float valve 16 is engaged with the locking portion 15 and held at the lower limit position (see FIG. 4). The float valve 16 includes a float 17 and a needle valve 18 provided integrally therewith, and when the water level of the stored water in the PET bottle 1 rises, the connection pipe 8, that is, the air pipe 12 is closed. .

  Next, the suction pipe 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The suction pipe 20 is made of a transparent hard synthetic resin material, can be inserted into the stored water of the water tank T from the outside of the water tank T, and has a straight cylindrical main body portion 21 having an open end. The elbow-shaped handle portion 22 is connected to the base end, that is, the downstream end in a water-tight manner so that it can be inserted and removed. The handle portion 22 connects the elbow pipe 22a and the straight pipe 22b in a water-tight manner. The middle part of the elbow pipe 22a is bent at an obtuse angle so that the operator can easily grasp it. A small-diameter portion 22c that enters into the elbow pipe 22a is integrally formed at the inner end of the straight pipe 22b. Connected so that it can be inserted and removed. A tapered male taper surface is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the joint 23, while a female taper surface which is widened toward the end is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 22c. By sandwiching and connecting the upstream end of the water guide pipe 10, the water guide pipe 10 is prevented from coming out of the suction pipe 20.

The water guide pipe 10 is composed of a flexible and elastic transparent pipe made of a vinyl chloride pipe or the like, and its length is longer than the height of the water tank T, and its upper end (downstream end). Is connected to the suction pipe 20 as described above, and its lower end (upstream end) is connected to the stopper 5 of the PET bottle 1 as described above.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, a procedure for sucking up and draining dirty water in the water tank T, particularly the bottom thereof, using the cleaning tool will be described.

(1) As shown in FIG. 6, the PET bottle 1 and the suction pipe 20 are connected to each other through the water guide pipe 10, and the empty PET bottle 1 is installed at a lower position than the water tank T. Then, by grasping the handle portion 22 of the suction pipe 20, its suction pipe 20 is inserted into the water tank T, is advanced water in the water tank T to the intake on the pipe 20, the open end, It is located in the dirty part of the bottom in the water tank T.

(2) Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (A) the white arrow F, pressing with a pressing force inwardly to grip the body portion 2 of the plastic bottle 1. Thus, the air in the plastic bottle 1, as shown in FIG. 7 (A) dotted arrow a, is discharged to the outside air through the water guide pipe 10, the volume within the plastic bottle 1 is reduced. Here, when releasing the pressing force, the body portion 2 of the plastic bottle 1, as shown in FIG. 7 (b) the white arrow F ', and restored by its own elastic force, the volume of the plastic bottle 1 is returned to the original because, while releasing air in the plastic bottle 1 to the outside air through the air pipe 12, the water stored in the water tank T is Sakanakuso by siphoning through the water guide pipe 10 from the suction pipe 10 together with the dirt, such as Zan'esa pet The bottle 1 is continuously sucked up.

(3) As shown in FIG. 8, when the water level reaches the upper level in the PET bottle 1, the float 17 rises and the connection pipe 8, that is, the air pipe 12 is closed, and water is sucked into the PET bottle 1. Is stopped.

(4) As described above, when the plastic bottle 1 is filled with water, the suction pipe 20 is removed from the water tank T, the stopper 5 is removed, and the water in the plastic bottle 1 is discarded.

  (5) As described above, by repeating the operations (1) to (4), a predetermined amount of water in the water tank T can be collected together with the filth, and the water tank T can be cleaned.

In addition, in this 1st Example, since the upper outer peripheral surface of the stopper 5 is formed in the taper surface 6 which spreads upwards, as shown to the chain line of FIG. 2, it respond | corresponds to the difference in the diameter of the entrance / exit 3 of the PET bottle 1 can do. Moreover, since the water storage capacity of the plastic bottle 1 is substantially constant, the flow rate of the water sucked up from the water tank T can be known.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  9 is an overall side view of the aquarium cleaning tool, FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the portion surrounded by the phantom line 10 in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11-11 in FIG. In the figure, the same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  In the second embodiment, the air pipe 12 is extended long by omitting the float valve 16 in the first embodiment. The air pipe 12 connected to the connection pipe 8 is integrally formed with the water guide pipe 10 so as to be long, and as shown in FIG. Let it face the upper part of the tank T.

Thus, according to the second embodiment, as described above, when the water in the water tank T is sucked into the plastic bottle 1 by the siphon action, the residual air in the plastic bottle 1 is discharged from the connection pipe 8. Although it is discharged to the outside air through the air pipe 12, even if the water stored in the PET bottle 1 may be discharged to the outside through the air pipe 12, this waste water can be returned to the water tank T. .

  In the second embodiment, since no float valve is required, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

On more than has been described for the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to that embodiment, and various embodiments within the scope of the present invention.

For example, although the case where the float valve is used as the valve body has been described in the first embodiment, other valve bodies such as a flap valve may be used instead. Moreover, in the said 2nd Example, although the water conveyance pipe and the air pipe are integrally arranged in parallel, you may form these separately .

Overall side view of cleaning tool in aquarium (first embodiment) Enlarged sectional view of the phantom line encircled portion in FIG. Enlarged cross section of the phantom line encircled portion shown in FIG. Sectional view along line 4-4 in FIG. Sectional view along line 5-5 in FIG. The figure which shows the state which set the cleaning tool in the water tank to the water tank Sectional view showing the action of a plastic bottle Partial cross-sectional view of the bottle when the water is full in the PET bottle Overall side view of the aquarium cleaning tool (second embodiment) 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion surrounded by an imaginary line 10 in FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the 11-11 line of FIG.

1 ........... PET bottle 3 ........... entrance 5 ........... plug 6 ........・ ・ ・ Tapered surface 9 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Air chamber 10 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Water guide pipe 12 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Air pipe 16 ・ ・ ・... Valve (float valve)
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Claims (3)

A water tank cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the water tank (T) and drains it out of the water tank (T).
A commercially available PET bottle (1) that can be elastically deformed by applying an external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity ;
A stopper (5) for watertightly sealing the entrance (3) of the plastic bottle (1) ;
A suction pipe (20) comprising a straight body portion (21) and a handle portion (22) connected to one end of the body portion (21);
Lower end, through said plug body (5) is opened in the plastic bottle (1) within the upper end is communicatively connected to the free end of the handle portion (22) of the suction pipe (A) A flexible water conduit (10),
An air pipe (12) provided on the stopper (5) and communicating with the air chamber (9) at the top of the PET bottle (1) to the outside;
The plug body (5) has an upper outer peripheral surface formed as a tapered surface (6) extending upward, and has a partition wall (7) therein, and the partition pipe (7) includes the water guide pipe (10). A water pipe cleaning tool characterized in that a connection pipe (8) having a smaller diameter than that of the water pipe (10) is penetrated and supported, and the lower end of the air pipe (12) is connected to the connection pipe (8) . A water tank cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the water tank (T) and drains it out of the water tank (T).
A commercially available PET bottle (1) that can be elastically deformed by applying an external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity ;
A stopper (5) for watertightly sealing the entrance (3) of the plastic bottle (1) ;
A suction pipe (20) comprising a straight body portion (21) and a handle portion (22) connected to one end of the body portion (21);
Lower end, through said plug body (5) is opened in the plastic bottle (1) within the upper end is communicatively connected to the free end of the handle portion (22) of the suction pipe (A) A flexible water conduit (10),
An air pipe (12) provided in the stopper (5) and communicating with the air chamber (9) at the top of the PET bottle (1) to the outside;
A valve body (16) provided in the plug body (5) and closing the air pipe (12) when the stored water in the plastic bottle (1) reaches a predetermined level or more;
The plug body (5) has an upper outer peripheral surface formed as a tapered surface (6) extending upward, and has a partition wall (7) therein, and the partition pipe (7) includes the water guide pipe (10). A water pipe cleaning tool characterized in that a connection pipe (8) having a smaller diameter than that of the water pipe (10) is penetrated and supported, and the lower end of the air pipe (12) is connected to the connection pipe (8) . A water tank cleaning tool that sucks up the stored water in the water tank (T) and drains it out of the water tank (T).
A commercially available PET bottle (1) that can be elastically deformed by applying an external force from the outside and has a continuously variable storage capacity;
A stopper (5) for watertightly sealing the entrance (3) of the plastic bottle (1);
A suction pipe (20) comprising a straight body portion (21) and a handle portion (22) connected to one end of the body portion (21);
Lower end, through said plug body (5) is opened in the plastic bottle (1) within the upper end is communicatively connected to the free end of the handle portion (22) of the suction pipe (A) A flexible water conduit (10),
Provided in the stopper (5), the lower open end communicates with the upper air chamber (9) of the plastic bottle (1), and the upper open end has a length capable of communicating with the water tank (T). An air pipe (12) having
The plug body (5) has an upper outer peripheral surface formed as a tapered surface (6) extending upward, and has a partition wall (7) therein, and the partition pipe (7) includes the water guide pipe (10). A water pipe cleaning tool characterized in that a connection pipe (8) having a smaller diameter than that of the water pipe (10) is penetrated and supported, and the lower end of the air pipe (12) is connected to the connection pipe (8) .

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