Battery water circulation decoration

Abstract

A battery water circulation decoration comprises a receptacle to load the water, a pumping mechanism installed in the receptacle, a filtration device to filtrate the water and a drive mechanism to drive the pumping mechanism. The filtration device and the drive mechanism are embedded in the pumping mechanism. The drive mechanism connects to the battery or solar battery that needs no conducting wire. Therefore, there is no conducting wire in the chamber of the receptacle where is full of water to start such safety issue as electric leakage and no conducting wire exposed on the decoration itself or the object to be decorated. With the battery water circulation decoration, the user is free from any safety issue and can enjoy a complete visual entertainment without any eyesore.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of the battery water circulation decoration of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the details of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the decoration structure of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the bonsai of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the solar battery installed on the bottom of the receptacle.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the structure of a prior art.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the structure of another prior art.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the structure of a third prior art.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Further structure, installation, and desirable features of the present invention will be better understood from the detailed description and drawings that follow, in which various embodiments of the disclosed invention are illustrated by way of example.

The battery water circulation decoration 10 of the present invention is a device for the circulation and filtration of water that comprises a receptacle 20 to load the water and a pumping mechanism that comprises a filtration device 30 and a drive mechanism 40 so as to filtrate the water while pumping. The drive mechanism 40 connects to the battery 50 or solar battery 51 (FIGS. 2 and 5), the battery water circulation decoration 10 of the present invention thus needs no traditional AC ( alternating current) drive mechanism with a conducting wire. Under the circumstances, the present invention that has no conducting wire in the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20 is free of the danger of electric leakage in the water and can assure the safety in use. Furthermore, the present invention has no conducting wire exposed on the aquarium to spoil the appearance of the aquarium.

Wherein the filtration device 30 and the drive mechanism 40 are installed in and outside the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20. The drive mechanism 40 in this embodiment comprises the electric machinery 41 and cylinder-shaped magnet 42 fixed on the output shaft of the electric machinery.

The receptacle 20 in this embodiment is transparent and a right circular cylinder; however, it may be of any cuboids or other shapes, i.e. a rectangular box. The installation base may be of any cubic structure, however, it is a cylinder 24 in this embodiment that is raised from the bottom wall 22 of the receptacle 20. Under certain circumstances, the cylinder 24 can be raised from the sidewall 23 to the bottom wall 22 or to the center of the chamber 21. The preferred embodiment for the cylinder 24 is a cone-shaped cylinder narrowing to the top from the bottom and lies on the bottom wall 22.

An installation surface 241 is horizontally installed on the top of the cylinder 24 and a ladder hole 242 inside the cylinder: the filtration device 30 is erected on the installation surface 241 and the electric machinery 41 and the cylinder-shaped magnet 42 are embedded in the ladder hole 242 from the bottom to the top. The electric machinery 41 is powered by the battery 50 via a conducting wire 411 (FIG. 2).

The magnet rotor impellor 60, which is a moving element of magnetism and may be replaced by other element such as magnetic membrane, is hitched to the top of the cylinder 24 and rotates to drain the water.

As shown in FIG. 1 and 2 that the filtration device 30 that is erected on the installation surface 241 comprises a cylinder-shaped housing 31, a filtration material 32 accommodated in the housing and a diversion device 33, which seals the bottom of the housing 31 to enclose the filtration material 32 inside the housing 31. The magnet rotor impellor 60 is installed in the diversion device 33. The housing 31 has an absorbent mouth on the sidewall 311 that penetrates the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20 to absorb the water. A channel 321 vertically penetrates into the filtration material 32. The cylinder-shaped diversion device 33 comprises a nozzle 3321, which juts out from the center of top wall 332 of the lumen 331, and a porthole, which is on the bottom to sleeve the magnet rotor impellor 60. The sidewalls 311, 333 of the housing 31 and the diversion device 30 have overflow holes 3112, 3331 horizontally installed or the drainpipe 34 connected to. Movement of the magnet rotor impellor 60 or magnetic membrane (driven by the intermittent magnetic absorption to absorb/drain the water) drains the water in the lumen 331 of the diversion device from the overflow holes 3112, 3331 or the drainpipe 34.

The drive mechanism 40 connects to the battery 50, which can be installed in any place that is close to the drive mechanism 40. In this embodiment, the bottom wall 22 of the receptacle 20 bulges toward the chamber to form a box 221 for embedding the battery 50 that powers the electric machinery 41.

To use the battery water circulation decoration 10 of the present invention for the circulation and filtration of water, just place the battery 50 inside so as to power the electric machinery 41, wherein the magnet 42 drives the magnet rotor impellor 60 to rotate so as to absorb the water into the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20 via the absorbent mouth 3321 on the housing 31. The water absorbed into the chamber 21 would be filtrated while passing through the channel 321 of the filtration material 32. The filtrated water would be guided via the nozzle 3321 into the diversion chamber where it would be drained via the overflow holes 3112, 3331 or a drainpipe 34. The water in the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20 is thus filtrated in circulation.

Furthermore, a lighting element 29 can be installed inside the box 221 on the bottom wall 22 of the receptacle 20, and is powered by the battery 50 or solar battery 51 via a conducting wire 52.

As shown in FIG. 1 and 3, a decoration structure 28, which comprises a decoration element 281 that is driven to sway by the fluidity, is installed in the receptacle 20 so as to embellish the battery water circulation accessory 10. In this embodiment, the decoration element 281 is a tree-like holder with several pinwheels. The pinwheels are hanged at the end of a duct 282. The water drained from the diversion device 34 passes through the ducts 282 to form the flows that drive the pinwheels to sway. The flow rate coming from the duct dominates the movement speed of the decoration element. To adjust the movement speed of the decoration element, it only needs to change the caliber of the duct that controls the flow rate.

As show in FIG. 1 and 4 that the decoration structure is a bonsai 27 that includes the water plants 271. To maintain the growth of the water plants, the duct 272 is connected to the diversion device 34 so as to irrigate the water plants with water drained from the diversion device 34. The flow rate coming from the duct is dominated by the caliber of the duct. To control the flow rate for irrigation, it only needs to change the caliber of the duct.

The receptacle 20 may also have the pervious laminated board that comprises holes or grid grooves. The preferred embodiment is to install the pervious laminated board between the absorbent mouth 3111 on the filtration device 30 and the overflow hole 3112, and to install the interface 25, 26 connecting to the decoration element on the bottom wall 22 of the receptacle 20.

Besides, the battery 50 and solar battery 51 can be used simultaneously or alternately. Where the solar battery 51 stops supplying the power for absorbing the light energy, the battery 50 works instead. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 that the solar battery 51 is installed around the bottom of the receptacle 20 so as to be exposed to the sun light for absorbing the solar energy that can be transferred into the electric power. The electric power is transmitted to the electric machinery 41 to drive the filtration device 30 for the circulation and filtration of water. Both of the solar battery 51 and the battery 50 share the same principle to supply the electric power. Therefore, the power supply by the solar battery 51 hereby will not go into details. To fix the solar battery 51 around the bottom of the receptacle 20, the bottom wall 22 of the receptacle 20 bulges in the center to form a box 221 so as to embed the fitting of the solar battery 51 that locks the solar battery in a fix position.

According to the foregoing description, the drive mechanism 40 is removed of the traditional conducting wire for AC electric power supply. Under the circumstances, the present invention that has no conducting wire in the chamber 21 of the receptacle 20 is free of the danger of electric leakage in the water and can assure the safety in use. Furthermore, no exposed conducting wire would spoil the appearance of the present invention.

New characteristics and advantages of the present invention covered by this document have been set forth in the foregoing description. Understanding is sought however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and not intended to be a definition of the limits of the present invention. Changes in methods, shapes, structures or devices may be made in details without exceeding the scope of the invention by those who are skilled and knowledgeable in the field.

To sum up, in view no conducting wire in the chamber of the receptacle to cause electric leakage and no exposed conducting wire to spoil the appearance, the “battery water circulation decoration” of the present invention assures the safety in use and a tidy appearance to the decoration itself and the object to be decorated so as to possess the “practicability” and the “advancement” of the industry. Furthermore, in view the structure of the present invention has never been disclosed in any publication or for any application, the present invention conforms to the requirements of the new utility model. This document is, therefore, submitted for applying the patent registration pursuant to the Patent Act.

Claims

1. A battery water circulation decoration comprises a receptacle, a pumping mechanism installed in the receptacle and a drive mechanism to drive the pumping mechanism. The characteristic lies in: the drive mechanism connects to the battery or solar battery.

2. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the pumping mechanism has the absorbent mouth and overflow hole.

3. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the pumping mechanism has magnetic moving element installed in a diversion device.

4. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the wall of the receptacle bulges toward the chamber to form a cylinder, where a magnet rotor impellor is hitched on the top and a drive mechanism is embedded inside to drive the magnet rotor impellor.

5. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the wall of the receptacle bulges outwardly to form a cylinder on the wall, where a magnet rotor impellor surrounds outside and a drive mechanism is embedded inside to drive the magnet rotor impellor.

6. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: a magnet membrane device is installed on the wall of the receptacle and a drive mechanism is installed outside the chamber of the receptacle to drive the magnet membrane device.

7. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: a circuit control device is installed between the battery and the drive mechanism.

8. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 2, the characteristic lies in: the absorbent mouth or overflow holes of the pumping mechanism connect to a filtration device with filtration material or a diversion device.

9. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 2, the characteristic lies in: the overflow holes of the pumping mechanism connect to a pipe that has one or more than one overflow hole.

10. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: a pervious laminated board, which comprises the holes or grid grooves and an interface to the object to be decorated, is installed near the bottom of the receptacle.

11. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: an interface to the pervious laminated board or the object to be decorated is installed on the wall of the receptacle.

12. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 10, the characteristic lies in: the pervious laminated board is installed between the absorbent mouth and the overflow hole of the pumping mechanism.

13. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the wall of the receptacle bulges toward the chamber to form a box to embed the lighting element or battery or solar battery.

14. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: the decoration element, which is driven to sway by the flow, is installed in the receptacle.

15. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 1, the characteristic lies in: an irrigation device is installed on the receptacle for irrigate the water plants.

16. The battery water circulation decoration of claim 11, the characteristic lies in: the pervious laminated board is installed between the absorbent mouth and the overflow hole of the pumping mechanism.