Filtering system for fish bowls with separated stand, drive and

Details Filtering system for fish bowls with separated stand, drive and Filtering system for fish bowls with separated stand, drive and

1999-04-30

2000-03-28

Poon, Peter M.

Animal husbandry

Aquatic animal culturing

Aquarium

119253, A01K 6300

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060417404

ABSTRACT:
A filtering system for fish bowls and aquariums is held in a specifically formed cavity formed integrally at the bottom of the fish bowl or aquarium, which is held in a stand that supports and conceals the specifically shaped cavity and also hides an electric motor therein. The electric motor is magnetically coupled through a drive magnet held against the flat bottom of the bowl or aquarium to a driven magnet, having an impeller attached thereto, for recirculating water through the filter. A perforated top plate covers the filtering element, and includes a porous filter material therein to allow water to pass from a main body of water through the porous filter material and through the specifically-shaped cavity into a tubular central portion and out the tubular central portion back into the body of water. The stand both supports the bowl and conceals the motor, as well as a possible light source therein. In the assembled position, visually the bowl or aquarium will show nothing of any tubes, air stones, or the like, and will provide an aesthetically-pleasing bowl.

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