Aquarium and removable filter box

Abstract

The invention provides an aquarium and a removable filter box, which are used for solving the problem of poor back filtration effect of the existing aquarium. The aquarium comprises an aquarium body, the interior of the aquarium body is divided into a culture space and a back filtering space through a partition plate, the back filtering space is divided into a plurality of liquid chambers which are sequentially communicated through at least one partition piece, and a plurality of positioning parts are located in the liquid chambers respectively; the water inlet blocking pieces are detachably combined to the corresponding positioning parts respectively, a buffer chamber is formed between the water inlet blocking pieces and the partition pieces located on the water inlet direction side or between the water inlet blocking pieces and the partition plates, and the buffer chamber can only communicate with the liquid chamber on the rear portion through at least one water inlet penetrating hole of the water inlet blocking pieces. The invention further provides a removable filter box for the aquarium.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to an aquarium product, in particular to an aquarium box and a removable filter box. Background Art

[0002] Existing aquariums often use external filters, but the filters and their pipes often make the aquarium look cluttered. To this end, there are currently back-filter aquariums, which can place filters and other objects on the back of the aquarium to improve the simplicity and aesthetics of the entire aquarium.

[0003] In some existing back-filter aquariums, the back filtration space can be separated by several plates into several spaces connected to the bottom, so as to accommodate different types of filter materials respectively, so as to achieve the effect of removing dirt and cultivating bacteria in the process of layer-by-layer filtration, hoping to create healthier and more stable water quality. Summary of the invention

[0004] However, when the known rear filter aquarium is used, most of the water entering the rear filter space will directly flow through the several spaces along the bottom connection, and fail to pass through the filter materials at the upper part of each space, making the filtration path shorter than expected, resulting in a significant reduction in the effectiveness of filtration and bacterial cultivation.

[0005] In view of the above shortcomings of the prior art, the applicant felt that it was not perfect, so he devoted his mind to carefully research and overcome it, and successfully developed an aquarium, which is expected to lengthen the path of water in the back filtering space, and make the water flow to the next space after filtering through the filter material in the current space. And a removable filter box that can be used in the aquarium.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose or other purposes, the present invention provides an aquarium, which includes: a cylinder body, the interior of which is divided into a breeding space and a back filtering space by a partition, the back filtering space is separated by at least one partition into a plurality of liquid chambers connected in sequence, and a plurality of positioning parts are respectively located in the plurality of liquid chambers; and a plurality of water inlet baffles, which are respectively detachably combined with the corresponding positioning parts, and form a buffer chamber with the partition located on the water inlet direction side or between the baffles, and the buffer chamber can only be connected to the rear liquid chamber through at least one water inlet through hole of the water inlet baffle; wherein the positioning part has a through groove, the through groove extends in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface of the cylinder body, and the water inlet baffle penetrates into the through groove from its side edge.

[0007] In the above-mentioned aquarium, the positioning portion may be a guide rail provided on the inner wall of the cylinder body, the partition plate or the partition plate, and the through groove is located in the guide rail.

[0008] In the above aquarium, the surface of the through groove may have a leakproof layer, and the leakproof layer may contact the side edge of the water inlet baffle.

[0009] In the above-mentioned aquarium, the water inlet baffle can be combined with a porous cage to form a removable filter box, the porous cage has a filter material chamber inside, the water inlet baffle is combined with the positioning part and the porous cage is located in the liquid chamber.

[0010] In the above aquarium, the two extractable filter boxes respectively located in the two liquid chambers can make the water inlet perforation position of the water inlet baffle of the previous extractable filter box higher than the water inlet perforation position of the water inlet baffle of the next extractable filter box according to the filtering order.

[0011] In the above-mentioned aquarium, an upper filter assembly can be assembled on the top of the cylinder body, and a water pumping motor can be provided in the liquid chamber at the end of the back filter space. The water pumping motor can send the water in the liquid chamber at the end of the back filter space to the upper filter assembly for filtration and then flow back to the breeding space.

[0012] The present invention further provides a removable filter box, which includes: a porous cage body, which has a filter material chamber inside, and the porous cage body has a first connecting portion; and a water inlet baffle, which is connected to the first connecting portion of the porous cage body by a second connecting portion, and the water inlet baffle has at least one water inlet perforation, and the water inlet perforation is connected to the filter material chamber. The water inlet baffle has an assembling portion for assembling to a positioning portion in a liquid chamber located in the back filter space of the aquarium, and the assembling portion is located at the periphery of the water inlet perforation.

[0013] In the above-mentioned extractable filter box, the porous cage body may have a side opening, the water inlet baffle may cover the side opening, and the water inlet perforation may be located within the range of the side opening.

[0014] In the above-mentioned extractable filter box, the porous cage body may have two porous shells, and the two porous shells may be connected to each other to form the filter medium chamber and the side opening together, and the water inlet baffle is preferably detachably combined with the two porous shells.

[0015] Accordingly, the aquarium of the present invention can ensure that the water from the front space (the front liquid chamber or the breeding space) can flow to the rear space (the rear liquid chamber or the breeding space) through the mutually coordinated positioning part and the water inlet baffle; that is, it can effectively lengthen the path of the water in the back filter space and control the waterway to flow in an expected manner, thereby improving the filtering and bacterial cultivation effects, and achieving the effect of maintaining stable and healthy water quality. The removable filter box can be used in the aquarium, and it is convenient to place the block or granular filter material in the predetermined position in the back filter space or take it out. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

[0017] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional exploded schematic diagram of an aquarium according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a tank body of an aquarium according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic top view of a tank body of an aquarium according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 4 is a top view schematic diagram of an aquarium according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the upper filter assembly and filter material are omitted;

[0021] Figure 5 yes Figure 4 A partial enlarged view of area A in the middle;

[0022] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional exploded schematic diagram of a removable filter box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 7 1 is a diagram showing the flow of water in an aquarium according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the upper filter assembly and filter material are omitted.

[0024] Reference numerals:

[0025] 1 cylinder block;

[0026] 11 partition;

[0027] 111 communication hole;

[0028] 12 septa;

[0029] 13 fluid chamber;

[0030] 14 connecting port;

[0031] 15 positioning unit;

[0032] 151 grooving;

[0033] 152 Leak-proof layer;

[0034] 2 Water entry baffle;

[0035] 21 Water penetration;

[0036] 22 Assembly Department;

[0037] 23 second junction;

[0038] 3. Pumping motor;

[0039] 4. Extractable filter box;

[0040] 41 porous cage;

[0041] 42 filter material chamber;

[0042] 43 side opening;

[0043] 44 first joint;

[0044] 45 porous shell;

[0045] 5. Upper filter assembly;

[0046] F: Main viewing surface;

[0047] M filter material;

[0048] P buffer chamber;

[0049] S1 breeding space;

[0050] S2 back filter space;

[0051] S21 primary filter chamber;

[0052] S22 pumping room;

[0053] S23 Bacteria culture room. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] The aquarium and the extractable filter box according to the embodiment of the present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0055] The aforementioned and other technical contents, features and effects of the invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. It is worth mentioning that the directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., are only with reference to the directions of the attached drawings. Therefore, the directional terms used are for illustration rather than limitation of the invention; among them, the description related to water is "front" according to the direction through which the water flows first, and "back" according to the direction through which the water flows later. In addition, in the following embodiments, the same or similar components will be labeled with the same or similar numbers.

[0056] refer to Figure 1 , is a preferred embodiment of the aquarium of the present invention, which includes a cylinder body 1 and a plurality of water inlet baffles 2, wherein the plurality of water inlet baffles 2 are located in the cylinder body 1.

[0057] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The cylinder body 1 can be, for example but not limited to, a single or composite material such as glass or acrylic, and the present invention does not limit the shape of the cylinder body 1. Although the cylinder body 1 is presented in the form of a roughly rectangular parallelepiped in this embodiment, in other embodiments, the cylinder body 1 can also be, for example, roughly spherical or cylindrical.

[0058] The interior of the tank body 1 is divided into a breeding space S1 and a back filtering space S2 by a partition 11. The breeding space S1 is a space for breeding aquatic animals and plants, and the back filtering space S2 is generally located on the opposite side of the main viewing surface F of the tank body 1, and the partition 11 is preferably non-transparent, such as a plain plate or a plate with pictures or patterns, so that the viewer cannot see the back filtering space S2 and its internal components from the main viewing surface F, so as to form a simple and beautiful aquarium. Among them, the user can also select or replace the partition 11 of a suitable color to set off the color of the aquatic animals and plants to be raised.

[0059] The back filter space S2 is separated by at least one spacer 12 into a plurality of liquid chambers 13 connected in sequence. In the present embodiment, the number of the spacers 12 may be, for example, three, to separate four liquid chambers 13. Each spacer 12 may be fixedly or detachably combined with the inner wall of the cylinder body 1 and the partition 11 from both sides, and the bottom edge of each spacer 12 may not contact the bottom surface of the cylinder body 1 to form a connecting port 14, so that the plurality of liquid chambers 13 may be connected by the plurality of connecting ports 14; in other embodiments, the connecting port 14 may also be a hole opened in the spacer 12, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0060] The breeding space S1 can be connected to one of the liquid chambers 13 by at least one connecting hole 111 of the partition 11, so that the water in the breeding space S1 can flow into the back filter space S2 for filtration; or it can be connected by pipes to transport water, and the present invention is not limited. For example, when the aquarium of this embodiment is in use, the water in the back filter space S2 passes through the four liquid chambers 13 from right to left in sequence when viewed from the main viewing surface F of the cylinder body 1. Therefore, the connecting hole 111 of the partition 11 of this embodiment can connect the liquid chamber 13 located on the far right with the breeding space S1, and the liquid chamber 13 located on the far left can be provided with a pumping motor 3 to extract the water in the end liquid chamber 13 of the back filter space S2 (that is, the liquid chamber 13 located on the far left), so that the water can flow back to the breeding space S1 directly or indirectly. Alternatively, in other embodiments, at least one hole can be provided in the partition 11 to connect the liquid chamber 13 located on the far left with the breeding space S1, so that the water can flow back to the breeding space S1. In addition, in other embodiments, when viewed from the main viewing surface F of the cylinder body 1, the water in the back filter space S2 can also be changed to pass through the several liquid chambers 13 in sequence from left to right, and the water pumping motor 3 is corresponding to the liquid chamber 13 on the far right. This can be configured according to needs by those with ordinary knowledge in the field, so the present invention is not limited to the form disclosed in the figure.

[0061] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 The aquarium has several positioning parts 15 respectively located in the several liquid chambers 13, and each positioning part 15 can position the water-entry baffle 2 so that the water-entry baffle 2 can be accurately fixed at the expected position in the cylinder body 1. The shape of the positioning part 15 is not limited, for example, it can be a buckle, a clamp or other forms; in this embodiment, the positioning part 15 can have a through groove 151, and the through groove 151 can be used to guide the water-entry baffle 2 to be inserted from the top of the cylinder body 1, and pass downward to be positioned in the cylinder body 1. Preferably, the through groove 151 can extend in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface of the cylinder body 1, so that the water-entry baffle 2 can be inserted in an upright manner, and the installation space can be saved by inserting it in a more oblique manner.

[0062] In addition, the positioning portion 15 can be, for example, a guide rail as shown in the diagram of this embodiment, and the through groove 151 is located in the guide rail. The guide rail can be fixedly connected (such as bonding, welding or 3D printing to be integrally connected with the cylinder body 1, etc.) or detachably combined (such as bonding, magnetism or snapping, etc.) to the inner wall of the cylinder body 1, the partition 11 or the partition 12, etc., so as to enable the water entry baffle 2 to be roughly orthogonal to the water entry direction; alternatively, the positioning portion 15 can also be in the form of a long groove recessed in the inner wall of the cylinder body 1 or the partition 11, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0063] Among them, in the liquid chamber 13 having the positioning portion 15, the number of the positioning portion 15 can be only one, so that the corresponding water inlet baffle 2 can be assembled by guiding it from a single side; or the number of the positioning portions 15 is preferably two, and the two positioning portions 15 can be arranged opposite to each other, so that the corresponding water inlet baffle 2 can be assembled by guiding it from both sides, which helps to improve the operational convenience when the two are disassembled and assembled and the stability after the combination.

[0064] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 4 The shapes of the water-entry baffles 2 may vary according to the requirements of the desired locations, and each water-entry baffle 2 has at least one water-entry through hole 21. Each water-entry baffle 2 has an assembly portion 22, and the water-entry baffles 2 are respectively located in the liquid chambers 13, and can be detachably combined with the corresponding positioning portion 15 by the assembly portion 22, and the assembly portion 22 is located at the periphery of the water-entry through hole 21, so as to prevent the positioning portion 15 from blocking the water-entry through hole 21.

[0065] Please refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the several water-entry baffles 2 are respectively located in the several liquid chambers 13, and can be detachably combined with the corresponding positioning parts 15 by their assembly parts 22; that is, after the water-entry baffles 2 are combined with the corresponding positioning parts 15, a buffer chamber P can be formed between the baffle 12 or the baffle 11 located on the water-entry direction side, and the buffer chamber P can only communicate with the rear liquid chamber 13 through the water-entry perforations 21 of the water-entry baffles 2. In this way, the buffer chamber P can temporarily store water from the previous space (the previous liquid chamber 13 or the breeding space S1), and ensure that the water can only flow backward through the water-entry perforations 21 of the water-entry baffles 2.

[0066] It should be noted that the term "only" in the present invention does not mean "one hundred percent"; that is, the water from the previous space mostly flows backward through the water inlet perforation, but it cannot be ruled out that a very small amount of water will leak from the periphery of the water inlet baffle 2. Therefore, in the embodiment where the positioning portion 15 has the aforementioned through groove 151, the assembling portion 22 can be formed by the side edge of the water inlet baffle 2, and preferably a leakproof layer 152 is provided on the surface of the through groove 151. The leakproof layer 152 can be made of materials such as silicone or rubber, so that the leakproof layer 152 contacts the side edge of the water inlet baffle 2, thereby achieving the effect of improving the leakproofness, and further effectively reducing the amount of water leaking from the periphery of the water inlet baffle 2.

[0067] Please refer to Figure 3For the sake of illustration, in this embodiment, the rightmost liquid chamber 13 is referred to as the primary filtration chamber S21, the leftmost liquid chamber 13 is referred to as the pumping chamber S22, and the two middle liquid chambers 13 are respectively the bacterial culture chambers S23; however, in other embodiments, the number of the liquid chambers 13 and their respective functions can also be adjusted according to needs, and the present invention is not limited to the disclosure of this embodiment. Also, please refer to Figure 4 In the primary filtration chamber S21 of the present embodiment, the buffer chamber P can be formed between the water inlet baffle 2 and the partition 11; in the two bacterial culture chambers S23 and the pumping chamber S22, the buffer chamber P can be formed between the water inlet baffle 2 and the partition 12 located on the water inlet direction side.

[0068] Please refer to Figure 4 and Figure 6 Since the filter material suitable for the bacterial culture chamber S23 is often in block or granular form, in order to facilitate the placement of the block or granular filter material into or out of the bacterial culture chamber S23, the present invention further provides a removable filter box 4, which can be composed of a porous cage body 41 combined with an aforementioned water inlet baffle 2, so that the removable filter box 4 can be combined with the positioning portion 15 located in the bacterial culture chamber S23 through the water inlet baffle 2, and the porous cage body 41 is located in the liquid chamber 13 (the bacterial culture chamber S23).

[0069] In more detail, the porous cage body 41 has a filter material chamber 42 inside for accommodating block or granular filter materials. The removable filter box 4 may have a side opening 43 and a first joint portion 44. The water inlet baffle 2 is connected to the first joint portion 44 by the second joint portion 23, so that the water inlet baffle 2 can cover the side opening 43, and the water inlet perforation 21 can be located within the range of the side opening 43, so that the water inlet perforation 21 is connected to the filter material chamber 42, so that the water passing through the water inlet perforation 21 can flow into the filter material chamber 42. Among them, the first joint portion 44 and the second joint portion 23 can be, for example, relative hooks and buckles and other snap-on structures. In addition, the present invention does not limit the shape of the porous cage body 41. For example, the porous cage body 41 can be an integral type, or as shown in the diagram of this embodiment, the filter material chamber 42 and the side opening 43 are formed by two porous shells 45 connected to each other. The water inlet baffle 2 is preferably detachably combined with the two porous shells 45, so that the removable filter box 4 can be more convenient to disassemble and wash or replace the filter material therein.

[0070] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 4When using the aquarium of this embodiment, a water baffle 2 can be assembled in the primary filter chamber S21, and filter materials M such as white cotton can be placed therein; two extractable filter boxes 4 respectively equipped with filter materials M such as high-porosity ceramics and biochemical cotton blocks can be assembled in the two culture chambers S23; filter materials M such as biochemical cotton blocks can be placed in the buffer chamber P of the pumping chamber S22; the pumping motor 3 can be placed in the pumping chamber S22 and located behind the buffer chamber P, and the water outlet of the pumping motor 3 can be located opposite to the breeding space S1.

[0071] Accordingly, please refer to Figure 4 and Figure 7 The water in the culture space S1 can flow into the buffer chamber P in the primary filter chamber S21 through the connecting hole 111 of the partition 11, and flow through the filter material M in the primary filter chamber S21 through the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 in the primary filter chamber S21, and then flow into the buffer chamber P in the next bacterial culture chamber S23 through the connecting port 14 of the partition 12, continue to flow through the filter material M in the porous cage 41 through the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 of the extractable filter box 4, and flow out of the bacterial culture chamber S23 through the holes of the porous cage 41, and then flow into the buffer chamber P in the next bacterial culture chamber S23 through the connecting port 14 of the rear partition 12. The water passes through the subsequent extractable filter box 4 in the same manner, and the water from the last bacterial culture chamber S23 can flow into the buffer chamber P in the pumping chamber S22 through the connecting port 14 of the last spacer 12, flow through the filter material M located in the buffer chamber P, and then flow into the place where the pumping motor 3 is provided through the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 in the pumping chamber S22, thereby being extracted by the pumping motor 3 to leave the liquid chamber 13 (i.e., the pumping chamber S22) at the end of the back filter space S2, and flow back to the culture space S1.

[0072] Thus, the aquarium can ensure that the water from the previous space (the previous liquid chamber 13 or the breeding space S1) can flow to the next space (the next liquid chamber 13 or the breeding space S1) through the filter material M arranged in the current space by means of the positioning portion 15 and the water inlet baffle 2 that cooperate with each other; that is, it can effectively control the waterway to flow in an expected manner, improve the filtering and bacterial cultivation effects, and achieve the effect of maintaining stable and healthy water quality.

[0073] It is worth mentioning that please refer to Figure 1When there are two or more extractable filter boxes 4 in the back filter space S2 of the aquarium, it is preferred to make the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 of the previous extractable filter box 4 higher than the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 of the next extractable filter box 4 according to the filtering order. In this way, the water can flow into the extractable filter box 4 at the rear at a lower position, which can avoid the phenomenon of overflowing forward and help improve the smoothness of the water flowing backward. In addition, the position of the water inlet perforation 21 of the water inlet baffle 2 of each extractable filter box 4 can be selected to be higher than the connecting port 14 of the front partition 12, so that the water can form an S-shaped flow in the back filter space S2, so as to increase the contact area and time between the water and each filter material M, so as to further improve the filtering and bacterial cultivation effect. In addition, a cover may be provided on the top of the cylinder body 1 to prevent aquatic animals from jumping out, or a lamp may be installed to provide lighting, or an upper filter assembly 5 may be assembled to receive the water pumped out by the water pump motor 3, so that the water pumped out from the end of the back filter space S2 can be sent to the upper filter assembly 5, and then flow back to the breeding space S1 after enhanced filtration.

[0074] The above descriptions are merely embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An aquarium, characterized in that: The aquarium comprises: A cylinder body, the interior of which is divided into a breeding space and a back filtering space by a partition, the back filtering space is divided into a plurality of sequentially connected liquid chambers by at least one partition, and a plurality of positioning parts are respectively located in the plurality of liquid chambers; and A plurality of water inlet baffles are detachably coupled to the corresponding positioning parts, and form a buffer chamber with the baffle or the baffle located on the water inlet direction side, and the buffer chamber can only be connected to the rear liquid chamber through at least one water inlet through-hole of the water inlet baffle; Wherein, the positioning portion has a through groove, the through groove extends in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the cylinder body, and the water inlet baffle penetrates into the through groove from its side edge.

2. The aquarium according to claim 1, characterized in that: The positioning portion is a guide rail arranged on the inner wall of the cylinder body, the partition plate or the partition sheet, and the through groove is located in the guide rail.

3. The aquarium according to claim 1, characterized in that: The surface of the through groove is provided with a leakproof layer, and the leakproof layer contacts the side edge of the water inlet baffle.

4. The aquarium according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water inlet baffle is combined with a porous cage to form a removable filter box. The porous cage has a filter material chamber inside. The water inlet baffle is combined with the positioning part and the porous cage is located in the liquid chamber.

5. The aquarium according to claim 4, characterized in that: The two extractable filter boxes are respectively located in the two liquid chambers. According to the filtering sequence, the water inlet perforation position of the water inlet baffle of the first extractable filter box is higher than the water inlet perforation position of the water inlet baffle of the second extractable filter box.

6. The aquarium according to claim 1, characterized in that: An upper filter assembly is assembled on the top of the cylinder body, and a pumping motor is provided in the liquid chamber at the end of the back filter space. The pumping motor sends water in the liquid chamber at the end of the back filter space to the upper filter assembly for filtration and then flows back to the breeding space.

7. A removable filter box, characterized in that: The extractable filter box comprises: A porous cage body having a filter material chamber inside, wherein the porous cage body has a first connecting portion; and The water inlet baffle is connected to the first connecting portion of the porous cage body by a second connecting portion, and the water inlet baffle has at least one water inlet through-hole, and the water inlet through-hole is connected to the filter material chamber. The water inlet baffle has an assembling portion for assembling to the positioning portion in the liquid chamber located in the back filter space of the aquarium, and the assembling portion is located at the periphery of the water inlet through-hole.

8. The extractable filter cartridge according to claim 7, characterized in that: The porous cage body has a side opening, the water inlet baffle covers the side opening, and the water inlet perforations are located within the range of the side opening.

9. The extractable filter cartridge according to claim 8, characterized in that: The porous cage body has two porous shells, which are connected to each other to form the filter material chamber and the side opening, and the water inlet baffle is detachably connected to the two porous shells.

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