The present disclosure relates to the technical field of tank bodies, and for example, relates to an aquarium.
To enable a water body in a tank to flow and circulate or filter the water body in the tank, an individual water pump is generally adopted in an aquarium for pumping water. The water pump can be installed in the following two modes. 1. A submersible pump is adopted as the water pump. The submersible pump is installed in the tank of the aquarium. This installation mode has a problem that a pump body and a power line are soaked in water for a long time. When electric leakage occurs in the pump body or the power line, the water body in the entire aquarium have a potential safety hazard of electrification, and the power line needs to enter the tank from an upper opening of the aquarium, influencing a beautiful appearance of the aquarium. 2. The water pump is installed outside the tank. The water body in the tank is connected through a pipe. This installation mode has a defect of complicated pipe connection, influencing the appearance of the aquarium.
The present disclosure provides an aquarium which can ensure that a stator and a power line and other electrified components of a water pump, are not soaked in water, thereby effectively avoiding electric leakage and improving an entire appearance of the aquarium.
An embodiment provides an aquarium. The aquarium includes: a tank body and a water pump, wherein the water pump includes a stator and a rotor and the tank body includes a tank wall; a rotor chamber arranged at one side of the tank wall close to inside of the tank body and configured to accommodate the rotor; a rotation shaft configured to support the rotor and arranged in the rotor chamber; an impeller configured to connect with the rotor and arranged in the rotor chamber; and a stator chamber configured to accommodate the stator, arranged at one side of the tank wall close to outside of the tank body and arranged at a position corresponding to a position of the rotor chamber so that the stator drives the rotor.
In an embodiment, the rotor chamber is arranged on a bottom wall of the tank body.
In an embodiment, an accommodating groove is formed concavely towards the inside of the tank body at a part of the bottom wall of the tank body; the rotor chamber is formed concavely towards inside of the accommodating groove at a part of a bottom plate of the accommodating groove; an opening of the rotor chamber faces to the inside of the tank body; and the accommodating groove is not communicated with the rotor chamber.
In an embodiment, the aquarium further includes a pumping house arranged on the bottom plate of the accommodating groove and located in the tank body; the pumping house is communicated with the inside of the tank body and the rotor chamber respectively; and a water inlet and a water outlet are formed on the pumping house.
In an embodiment, the aquarium further includes a base arranged under a bottom of the tank body; the stator chamber is fixedly arranged on the base; and when the base is installed under the bottom of the tank body, the stator chamber is located in the accommodating groove.
In an embodiment, a power line channel for accommodating a power line of the water pump is arranged on the base; a first end of the power line channel is communicated with the stator chamber; and a second end of the power line channel extends to outside of the base.
In an embodiment, the pumping house includes a pumping house side wall and a pumping house cover; the pumping house side wall is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate of the accommodating groove to form a space for accommodating the impeller; and the pumping house cover is arranged at one end of the pumping house side wall facing away from the bottom plate of the accommodating groove and is configured to block the space.
In an embodiment, the aquarium further includes a pumping house accommodating groove; the pumping house accommodating groove is disposed at one side of the rotor chamber along a horizontal direction and is communicated with the rotor chamber; one side of the pumping house is connected with a rotor seat; the rotor is arranged in the rotor seat; the impeller is arranged in the pumping house; the rotor seat is arranged in the rotor chamber; and the pumping house is arranged in the pumping house accommodating groove.
In an embodiment, the aquarium further includes a connecting seat circularly arranged in the tank body and located on the bottom plate; an opening of the connecting seat faces to an opening of the tank body; the pumping house accommodating groove and the rotor chamber are arranged in the connecting seat; a lower water inlet is formed at a lower end of the connecting seat; a connecting plate is arranged at the opening of the connecting seat; the connecting plate is detachably connected with the rotor seat; a water guiding cylinder is fixedly connected with one side of the connecting plate facing away from the rotor seat; and openings are respectively formed at both ends of the water guiding cylinder.
In an embodiment, the water outlet is formed on a top of the pumping house; the water outlet is connected with a drain pipe; the pumping house is provided with a pumping house cover at one side of the pumping house facing away from the rotor seat; and the water inlet is formed on the pumping house cover.
In an embodiment, a connecting plate water inlet and a connecting plate water outlet are formed in the connecting plate.
In an embodiment, the rotor chamber is arranged at one side of the side wall of the tank body close to the inside of the tank body; the stator chamber is arranged at one side of the side wall of the tank body close to the outside of the tank body; and a position of the rotor chamber corresponds to a position of the stator chamber so that the stator drives the rotor.
In an embodiment, an accommodating groove is formed by partially concaving a side wall of the tank body towards the inside of the tank body; the rotor chamber is formed by partially concaving a bottom plate portion of the accommodating groove towards inside of the accommodating groove; an opening of the rotor chamber faces to the inside of the tank body; and the accommodating groove is not communicated with the rotor chamber.
In an embodiment, the stator is encapsulated in the stator chamber.
In an embodiment, the stator chamber and the tank body are integrally formed.
The present disclosure not only can enable the stator located outside of the tank body to drive the rotor located inside of the tank body to ensure normal operation of the water pump, but also can prevent the stator and other electrified components from coming into contact with water in the tank body, thereby effectively preventing electric leakage of the electrified components.
In the figures:
1. Tank body;
11. Rotor chamber;
12. Bottom wall;
13. Accommodating groove;
131. Bottom plate;
14. Pumping house accommodating groove;
15 Connecting seat;
151. Lower water inlet;
16. Stator iron core accommodating groove;
17. Side wall;
2. Water pump component;
23. Rotation shaft;
231. First rotation shaft end part;
232. Second rotation shaft end part;
25. Pumping house;
251. Water inlet;
252. Water outlet;
253. Pumping house side wall;
254. Pumping house cover;
26. Drain pipe;
27. Water guiding cylinder;
28. Connecting plate;
281. Connecting plate water inlet;
282. Connecting plate water outlet;
29. Rotor seat;
31. Stator chamber;
32. Power line channel;
33. Base body;
34. Base side wall;
35. Encapsulating chamber;
36. Isolation chamber;
4. Limiting mechanism;
41. Limiting sheath;
42. Limiting groove;
43. Limiting clamping spring;
431. Clamping spring body;
432. Clamping hole;
433. Clamping spring opening;
44. Limiting hole; and
45. Limiting bolt.
In description of the present embodiment, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, terms such as “connected”, “connection” and “fixed” shall be understood in a broad sense, and for example, may refer to fixed connection or detachable connection or integral connection; may refer to mechanical connection or electrical connection; may refer to direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediary; and may refer to internal communication between two elements or interaction relationship between two elements. For those ordinary skilled in the art, specific meanings of the above terms in the present embodiment may be understood according to specific conditions.
As shown in
In an embodiment, the stator 21 is encapsulated in the stator chamber 31. Since the stator 21 is encapsulated in the stator chamber 31, the water outside the tank body 1 can be effectively prevented from entering the stator chamber 31, thereby avoiding any possibility that the stator 21 contacts the water and reducing possibility of the electric leakage. In the present embodiment, the stator 21 is encapsulated in the stator chamber 31 through insulating resin.
In an embodiment, an encapsulating chamber 35 is arranged in the stator chamber 31. The stator 21 is encapsulated in the encapsulating chamber 35. This design can reduce dosage of encapsulating materials such as the insulating resin to a great extent.
In an embodiment, an isolating chamber 36 matched with the rotor chamber 11 is arranged in the encapsulating chamber 35, so as to avoid affecting the matching between the stator chamber 31 and the rotor chamber 11 caused by that the insulating resin enters a space in the isolating chamber 36 when the stator 21 is encapsulated.
In an embodiment, the rotor chamber 11 is arranged on a bottom wall 12 of the tank body 1.
In an embodiment, an accommodating groove 13 is formed concavely towards the inside of the tank body 1 at a part of the bottom wall 12 of the tank body 1; the rotor chamber 11 is formed concavely towards inside of the accommodating groove 13 at a part of a bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13; an opening of the rotor chamber 11 faces to the inside of the tank body 1; the accommodating groove 13 is not communicated with the rotor chamber 11; and a height of the rotor chamber 11 is less than a height of the accommodating groove 13.
In the present embodiment, as shown in
A pumping house 25 is arranged on the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13 and located in the tank body 1; the pumping house 25 is respectively communicated with the inside of the tank body 1 and the rotor chamber 11; and a water inlet 251 and a water outlet 252 are formed on the pumping house 25. In addition, the rotor chamber 11 and the pumping house 25 are disposed from bottom to top along a vertical direction.
The pumping house 25 includes a pumping house side wall 253 fixedly arranged on the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13. A space for accommodating the impeller 24 is formed by the pumping house side wall 253. A pumping house cover 254 configured to block the space is arranged at one end of the pumping house side wall 253 facing away from the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13. The pumping house cover 254 is detachably installed on the pumping house side wall 253. The water inlet 251 and the water outlet 252 are formed on the pumping house cover 254. A drain pipe 26 is arranged at the water outlet 252.
A base 3 is arranged under a bottom of the tank body 1; the stator chamber 31 is fixedly arranged on the base 3; and when the base 3 is installed under the bottom of the tank body 1, the stator chamber 31 is located in the accommodating groove 13. In an embodiment, the stator chamber 31 and the base 3 are integrally formed. In an embodiment, the stator chamber 31 and the base 3 are formed by plastics through integrated injection molding.
A power line channel 32 for accommodating a power line of the water pump is arranged on the base 3; a first end of the power line channel 32 is communicated with the stator chamber 31; and a second end extends to outside of the base 3. By installing the power line channel 32 on the base 3, the power line can be hidden in the power line channel 32, thereby preventing the power line from directly contacting the water inside and outside the tank body 1 and reducing a possibility of electric leakage.
The base 3 includes a base body 33 and a base side wall 34 arranged at a periphery of the base body 33. When the tank body 1 is installed on the base 3, the base side wall 34 is sleeved outside the side wall 17 of the tank body 1. The power line channel 32 is arranged concavely in the base body 33, and the first end of the power line channel 32 is communicated with the stator chamber 31 located at the center of the base body 33 and the second end is communicated with the outside of the base 3.
In an embodiment, the rotor 22, the rotation shaft 23, the impeller 24 and the pumping house cover 254 are assembled into a whole. The four components are assembled into a whole, thereby reducing difficulty during disassembly, assembly or maintenance and facilitating cleaning and maintenance.
In another embodiment, as shown in
A connecting seat 15 is circularly arranged in the tank body 1 and located on the bottom plate 131; an opening of the connecting seat 15 faces to the opening of the tank body 1; the pumping house accommodating groove 14 and the rotor chamber 11 are arranged in the connecting seat 15; a lower water inlet 151 is formed at a lower end of the connecting seat 15; a connecting plate 28 is arranged at the opening of the connecting seat 15; the rotor seat 29 and the connecting plate 28 are detachably connected; a water guiding cylinder 27 is fixedly connected with one side of the connecting plate 28 facing away from the rotor seat 29; and openings are respectively formed at both ends of the water guiding cylinder 27. The connecting plate 28 and the rotor seat 29 are detachably connected, while the water guiding cylinder 27 and the connecting plate 28 are fixedly connected, so that the water guiding cylinder 27 is directly pulled out of a water surface to conduct disassembly and maintenance work when the rotor 22 of the water pump needs to be maintained, without a need of disassembling in the tank body 1 and avoiding a limit of a narrow space, thereby reducing maintenance and disassembly difficulty, facilitating production and installation and reducing production cost.
The water outlet 252 is formed at a top of the pumping house 25; the water outlet 252 is connected with a drain pipe 26; the pumping house 25 is provided with a pumping house cover 254 which is facing away from one side of the rotor seat 29; and the water inlet 251 is formed on the pumping house cover 254. The water pumped by the water pump through the drain pipe 26 is led to the water surface and then flows back into the aquarium, so as to realize flow of the water body in the aquarium and facilitate filtration, oxygen adding and the like.
The rotor seat 29 is fixedly connected with two connecting columns. The connecting columns are connected with one side of the connecting plate 28 facing away from the water guiding cylinder 27. In an embodiment, blind threaded holes are formed in the connecting columns along the vertical direction. Through holes corresponding to the blind threaded holes are formed in the connecting plate 28. Screws penetrate through the through holes and are tightened into the blind threaded holes, so that the connecting plate 28 is connected with the connecting columns. The rotor 22, the impeller 24, the rotation shaft 23 and the pumping house 25 form a pump core component. The pump core component, the water guiding cylinder 27 and the connecting plate 28 form the water pump component 2.
A connecting plate water inlet 281 and a connecting plate water outlet 282 are formed in the connecting plate 28. The connecting plate 28 closes an upper opening of the rotor chamber 11 and an upper opening of the pumping house accommodating groove 14. The water that enters the connecting seat 15 from the lower water inlet 151 of the connecting seat 15 enters the water guiding cylinder 27 through the connecting plate water inlet 281. Filtering material can be arranged in the water guiding cylinder 27. Treated water flows to the water inlet 251 of the pumping house 25 from the connecting plate water outlet 282.
In an embodiment, as shown in
In an embodiment, a rear limiting apparatus configured to prevent the rotor 22 and the impeller 24 from separating from the rotation shaft 23 is arranged around the rotation shaft 23.
As shown in
In an embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, the limiting sheath 41 is a rubber sheath. The limiting sheath 41 and the second rotation shaft end part 232 of the rotation shaft 23 are connected with an interference fit. The limiting sheath 41 of rubber material and the rotation shaft 23 are connected with an interference fit, so that the limiting sheath 41 is fixed to the second rotation shaft end part 232 of the rotation shaft 23, so as to limit movement of the rotor 22 and the impeller 24 towards the second rotation shaft end part 232 along an axial direction of the rotation shaft 23 and avoid slide or drop of the rotor 22 and the impeller 24.
In another embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, outside diameter of the limiting clamping spring 43 is greater than a diameter of a rotor shaft hole of the rotor 22.
In an embodiment, as shown in
In an embodiment, the clamping spring body 431 is in a shape of a circular ring, and the clamping hole 432 is formed in a middle of the clamping spring body 431.
In another embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, the limiting hole 44 is a through hole formed along the radial direction of the rotation shaft 23. The limiting bolt 45 penetrates through the limiting hole 44, and both ends of the limiting bolt 45 extend to outside of the limiting hole 44.
A length of the limiting bolt 45 is greater than the diameter of the rotor shaft hole.
In an embodiment, an internal thread is arranged in the limiting hole 44; an external thread matched with the internal thread is arranged correspondingly at a periphery of the limiting bolt 45; and the limiting bolt 45 is screwed with the limiting hole 44 through the threads.
In other embodiments, the limiting hole 44 is a blind hole formed along the radial direction of the rotation shaft 23. One end of the limiting bolt 45 is inserted into the limiting hole 44, and the other end extends to the outside of the limiting hole 44.
A distance from an outer end of the limiting bolt 45 that extends out of the limiting hole 44 to an axis of the rotation shaft is greater than a radius of the rotor shaft hole.
In an embodiment, an internal thread is arranged in the limiting hole 44; an external thread matched with the internal thread is arranged correspondingly at a periphery of one end of the limiting bolt 45 inserted into the limiting hole 44; and the limiting bolt 45 is screwed with the limiting hole 44 through the threads.
In addition, the above rotor 22, the rotation shaft 23 and the impeller 24 can also be connected in other modes, and can be better matched and connected with a front shaft seat and a rear shaft seat to realize corresponding functions. As shown in
In one connection mode, the rear shaft seat is arranged on one end of the rotor seat 29; the front shaft seat is arranged on the pumping house cover 254; shaft holes or bearings are arranged on the front shaft seat and the rear shaft seat; both ends of the rotation shaft 23 are respectively installed in the shaft holes or bearings of the front shaft seat and the rear shaft seat; and the rotor 22, the impeller 24 and the rotation shaft 23 are fixedly connected into a whole, and can rotate around the shaft holes or bearings of the front shaft seat and the rear shaft seat along the rotation shaft 23.
In one connection mode, the rear shaft seat is arranged on one end of the rotor seat 29; a bearing is arranged on the rear shaft seat; a middle shaft seat is arranged between the pumping house 25 and the rotor seat 29; a bearing is arranged on the middle shaft seat; an axis of the rotor 22 is fixedly connected with the rotation shaft 23; both ends of the rotation shaft 23 respectively extend out of both ends of the rotor 22; one end of the rotation shaft 23 penetrates through the bearing of the middle shaft seat and extends out by a section; the impeller 24 is fixedly connected at the end part; and the other end of the rotation shaft 23 is sleeved in the bearing of the rear shaft seat. Namely, the rotor 22, the impeller 24 and the rotation shaft 23 are fixedly connected into a whole, and the rotor 22, the impeller 24 and the rotation shaft 23 integrally rotate around the middle shaft seat and the rear shaft seat.
In one connection mode, the rear shaft seat is arranged on one end of the rotor seat 29 facing away from the pumping house 25; one end of the rotation shaft 23 is fixedly connected to the rear shaft seat, and the other end of the rotation shaft 23 is hung in the air; one end of the rotor 22 is connected with the impeller 24; shaft holes are respectively formed at axes of the rotor 22 and the impeller 24; and the shaft holes of the rotor 22 and the impeller 24 are sleeved around the rotation shaft 23 and rotate around the rotation shaft 23.
In an embodiment (by referring to
In an embodiment, an accommodating groove 13 is formed concavely towards the inside of the tank body 1 at a part of a side wall 17 of the tank body 1; the rotor chamber 11 is formed concavely towards inside of the accommodating groove 13 at a part of a bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13; an opening of the rotor chamber 11 faces to the inside of the tank body 1; and the accommodating groove 13 is not communicated with the rotor chamber 11.
A pumping house 25 is arranged on the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13 and located in the tank body 1; the pumping house 25 is communicated with the inside of the tank body 1 and the rotor chamber 11 respectively; and a water inlet 251 and a water outlet 252 are formed on the pumping house 25.
A side surface sealing cover is arranged outside the side wall 17 of the tank body 1 in a position corresponding to the rotor chamber 11. The stator chamber 31 is fixedly arranged on the side surface sealing cover; and when the side surface sealing cover is installed on the side wall 17 of the tank body 1, the stator chamber 31 is located in the accommodating groove 13.
A power line channel 32 for accommodating a power line of the water pump is arranged on the side surface sealing cover; a first end of the power line channel 32 is communicated with the stator chamber 31; and a second end extends to outside of the side surface sealing cover.
The pumping house 25 includes a pumping house side wall 253 fixedly arranged on the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13. A space for accommodating the impeller 24 is formed in the pumping house side wall 253. A pumping house cover 254 configured to block the space is arranged at one end of the pumping house side wall 253 facing away from the bottom plate 131 of the accommodating groove 13.
In another embodiment, the rotor chamber 11 and the tank body 1 are integrally formed. Integral forming may be integrated injection molding by transparent plastics, and may also be realized by that the rotor chamber 11 is directly formed on the tank body 1 when the tank body 1 is manufactured by transparent glass material.
In the explanation of the Description, explanation of reference terms such as “an embodiment”, “an example” and the like means that specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in combination with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example. In the Description, schematic expressions for the above terms do not necessarily refer to identical embodiments or examples. Moreover, described specific features, structures, materials or characteristics can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a proper mode.
The aquarium provided by the present disclosure not only can enable the stator located outside of the tank body to drive the rotor located inside of the tank body to ensure normal operation of the water pump, but also can prevent the stator and other electrified components from coming into contact with the water in the tank body, thereby effectively preventing electric leakage of the electrified components.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201720485488.0 | May 2017 | CN | national |
201720945709.8 | Jul 2017 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2018/085492 | 5/3/2018 | WO | 00 |