| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 210167210 | For aquarium | 33 |
| 20080202998 | Sewage treatment system for breeding system - A sewage treatment system for a breeding system able to guide sewage out of the breeding system to be purified and fed back to breeding ponds for reusing, it can be applied for one breeding pond or applied simultaneously for multiple breeding ponds, and it comprises: a purifying tank, at least a dirt discharging tube to lead sewage in the breeding ponds into a purifying tank; and at least a water take-in tube for feeding purified sewage from the purifying tank back to the breeding ponds. Wherein each dirt discharging tube has a dirt collecting portion; by multiple deposition and purification treatments on the sewage in the breeding ponds with the dirt discharging tubes and the purifying tank, the quality of water in the breeding system can be elevated, and environment pollution during breeding can be effectively reduced. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080290014 | Power Aquarium Cleaning and Gravel Vacuum - A gravel vacuum, including a pump, a detachable suction base connected to the pump to which a suction tube can be attached, a filter connected to the suction base, a return assembly, at least one valve, and an alternate flow path. The pump impels a flow of water from the suction base, through the filter, and out the return assembly. The valve permits adjustment of volume of the flow for different sizes of fish aquariums. The alternate flow path reduces back pressure on the pump when the valve is used to adjust the volume of the flow. Also, a method of using the gravel vacuum. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080314811 | Water filtration system - A filtration system for an aquarium is provided. The filtration system includes a gate chamber with a gate conduit positioned therein that transports unprocessed water from the aquarium. The gate chamber includes filtering media. The filtration system also includes a siphon chamber that is fluidly coupled to the gate chamber. There is a siphon conduit having a siphon conduit inlet at a first elevation within the siphon chamber, a siphon conduit outlet at a second elevation below the first elevation, and a crest at a third elevation above the first and second elevations. The siphon conduit empties into a catch basin, where the processed water is transported back to the aquarium. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090045111 | Filter with self-positioning cartridge arrangement - An aquarium filter arrangement including a filter housing and a filter cartridge having self-spacing structure. The self-spacing structure being designed to automatically space the filter cartridge in an operable filtering position. The operable filtering position being a position at which the filter cartridge is seated against a single rib formed in the housing. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090045112 | Aquarium filter housing with rounded bottom - An aquarium filter having a filter housing with a rounded bottom. The filter housing including a housing input that directs water into an interior chamber such that the water sweeps across the rounded bottom to reduce or eliminate dead spots and reduce particulate settlement. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090127175 | Water aerating device for aquarium - A water aerating device for an aquarium includes a pumping device having an impeller for pumping a water, a receptacle attached to the pumping device, a tube disposed on the pumping device for forming an annular space between the receptacle and the tube which has a bore for supplying the water toward the impeller, a tubular member extended in the receptacle for forming an annular chamber between the tubular member and the receptacle and an annular passageway between the tubular member and the tube, and for allowing the carbon dioxide to be drawn into the tube and to be recycled and to be minimized into a large amount of smaller air bubbles. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090289001 | Filtering Unit for an Aquarium - A filtering unit ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110147288 | Integrated Aquarium Filter Assembly Including Filter Media Components and an Upstream Water Pump - Disclosed are filter assemblies for an aquarium tank. The disclosed assemblies include a filter basket assembly in which one or more filter baskets are connected, either directly or indirectly, to a filter pump basket. The filter pump basket typically is located upstream of the one or more filter baskets and pumps water upwards through the filter basket assembly. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20140061109 | OIL FILM CLEANER - An oil film cleaner includes a connected assembly connected to a buoy tube. The connected assembly has a first connected pipe and a second connected pipe. The first connected pipe is connected to the second connected pipe. The buoy tube is assembled to the second connected pipe and having a plurality of floating blocks and drainage openings defined thereon. Under this arrangement, when the bottom of each drainage opening is lower than a water level, dust and oil films which are floating on the surface of water are guided by the drainage openings and are ejected out by the buoy tube so as to maintain a cleanness of the surface of water. | 03-06-2014 |
| 210167220 | Separator using living organism | 8 |
| 20080217225 | AQUARIUM HAVING IMPROVED FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SUBSTRATE, PUMP AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL SYSTEM - An aquarium which includes a tank having a pump and an under gravel filter disposed in the tank below the pump and a sediment removal system for collecting and removing sediment which passes through the under gravel filter. The under gravel filter includes a hollow bubble dispersing base plate having a perforated top surface and an overlying substrate. An air conduit is provided for introducing air into the pump. The pump is connected to the plate such as to pump water and air into the interior of the plate to thereby cause oxygenated water and bubbles to exit upwardly through the perforated top surface of the plate and into and through the substrate. The pump includes a free floating magnetic impeller. A rotational torque generating unit is provided to rotate the impeller. The rotational torque generating unit includes a magnetic drive disk and a motor for rotating the magnetic drive disk. The pump and rotational torque generating unit are aligned with each other such that a magnetic field is established between the magnetic drive disk and the magnetic impeller, the magnetic field rotating upon rotation of the magnetic drive disk to thereby rotate the impeller. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090211958 | DOMESTIC AQUAPONIC RECREATION SYSTEM DARS2007 - The construct of DARS described by (FIG—A) which incorporates by reference all assemblies and sub assembly drawings outlined in the DARS master drawing list (FIG—1) will result in a portable recirculating aquaculture system or fish farm that will provide the user with the following capabilities;
| 08-27-2009 |
| 20100224542 | Filter Device for Water Tank - A filtering device for an aquarium which can easily perform maintenance, inspection and repair of a pump is provided. The present invention is directed to a filtering device for an aquarium to be installed outside an aquarium | 09-09-2010 |
| 20130313175 | Portable Aquarium Filter Structure - An improved portable aquarium filter structure has a box body, wherein its inside has a submersible pump externally connected to an air pipe. Air enters the submersible pump through the air pipe to mix with water flow pumped by the submersible pump so as to produce bubbles. Accordingly, water flow can be treated with bubble removing and purification. A bubble collection box is disposed on the box body to collect filth that is treated with bubble removing, wherein an opening is disposed on the bubble collection box. A converged taper section is disposed at the opening wall of the opening extended toward the box body therein. The filth is decomposed to produce carbon dioxide and acid gas by a protein decomposition unit disposed in the bubble collection box to attract mosquitoes entering the Trap through the tapered opening so as to achieve a goal of catching mosquitoes. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140238914 | AQUARIUM FILTER ASSEMBLY, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS - An aquarium filter cartridge includes a frame and a media pack attached to the frame. The frame includes recessed sections along the sides. The filter cartridge can be part of dual filter cartridge, also including a biological host media filter element. The filter cartridge or the dual filter cartridge can be mounted in a filter housing by sliding within receiving grooves in the filter housing. Methods of servicing are included. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150027938 | HANG ON GLASS UPFLOW ALGAE SCRUBBER EMBODIMENTS - An apparatus for aquarium water filtration comprising a macroalgal growth means defining a first macroalgal attachment material and a first bubbling means; and a containment means including a housing defining a first water inlet and a gas outlet; a docking means defining a first docking surface configured to complement a shape of an aquarium wall; the first docking surface defining a first illumination port to enable illumination to pass through the illumination port to illuminate the macroalgal attachment material; and a first coupling means to secure the macroalgal growth means to the containment means such that a first portion of gas bubbles emitted by the macroalgal growth means is confined to the housing. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150060340 | AQUARIUM FILTRATION SYSTEM - A filtration system and filtration unit are disclosed herein. The filtration system can include an aquarium and the filtration unit. The filtration unit can attach to the aquarium. The filtration unit can include a pump that circulates water through the filtration unit and a plurality of chambers. The plurality of chambers of the filtration unit can include a sterilization chamber, a pre-filtration chamber, and a root chamber. The sterilization chamber can include a sterilization feature that sterilizes the water circulating through the filtration unit, the pre-filtration chamber can remove large objects from the water, and the root chamber can contain a root network of a plant. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150315051 | UPFLOW ALGAE SCRUBBER EMBODIMENTS: GAS BUBBLE DIVIDER - An apparatus for gas bubble division and distribution to an upflow algae scrubber, an embodiment of which comprises a gas bubble divider edge and a set of gas bubble corridors open on either their bottom or sides. | 11-05-2015 |
| 210167230 | Separator or part thereof associated with bottom of aquarium (e.g., means positioned under gravel, etc.) | 4 |
| 20120145613 | Aquarium detritus removal system - An aquarium detritus removal and filtration system of the present invention is different from the conventional aquarium filtration system which are not able to deliver detritus settle in an aquarium bottom right to a lift pump for removal. The present invention is mainly comprised of a flow generating device, a flow guiding structure, a screen plate and a lift pump. The flow generating device generate directed flows across the bottom of the aquarium and the flow guiding structure guide these directed flows right to the inlet of a lift pump, so that the lift pump can in take water containing all detritus in the aquarium and deliver these water to a filtering device for filtration | 06-14-2012 |
| 20140231325 | Aquarium Filter - A media reactor aquarium filter incorporates a simple design and allows simple media replacement. The filter includes co-axial inner and outer tubes. The outer tube includes a mounting feature and the inner tube holds the media and is removable without disturbing the outer tube. A pump at the base of the filter pumps water into the inner tube through ports at the base of the inner tube and up through the inner tube, and this through the media. The filtered water then flows though the top wall of the inner tube and down between the inner and outer tubes, and back into the aquarium. The inner tube is rotatable to vary the alignment of the ports to adjust the water flow rate through the filter. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150373955 | Aquarium Filter - A media reactor aquarium filter incorporates a simple design and allows simple media replacement. The filter includes co-axial inner and outer tubes. The outer tube includes a mounting feature and the inner tube holds the media and is removable without disturbing the outer tube. A pump at the base of the filter pumps water into the inner tube through ports at the base of the inner tube and up through the inner tube, and thus through the media. The filtered water then flows through the top wall of the inner tube and down between the inner and outer tubes, and back into the aquarium. The inner tube is rotatable to vary the alignment of the ports to adjust the water flow rate through the filter. | 12-31-2015 |
| 210167240 | Having solid sorbent | 1 |
| 20140339142 | STANDALONE AQUARIUM FILTER - A standalone aquarium filter with a filter cage having a hinged or detachable top cover and a filter bag. The filter bag is adapted to be filled with a filtering medium. The filter cage has sides with openings sized to allow water to flow substantially transversely through the at least one filter cage and through the at least one filter bag. The filter cage is adapted to stand alone on the bottom of an aquarium tank while the filled filter bag remains substantially vertical within the at least one filter cage. A bottom portion of the filter cage further includes a ballast to stabilize the position of the at least one filter cage. The plastic material is selected to be strong enough to prevent most aquarium fish from accessing the filter media bag and scattering filter media throughout the tank. | 11-20-2014 |
| 210167250 | Particulate filter or particulate sorbent | 3 |
| 20090045113 | Filter cartridge construction with carbon profile - A filter cartridge including a filtering body having first and second porous filter walls. The second porous filter wall having a density that is different than the first porous filter wall. The density of the second porous filter wall being defined by interstitial spaces. The filter cartridge further including discrete chemically filtering particles that are captured within the interstitial spaces of the second porous filter wall when the filtering body is in a vertical filtering orientation. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090218265 | Instant Reverse-Flush Aquarium and Fish-Pond Filter - This self contained, add-on, self cleaning, instant reverse flush aquarium and/or fish-pond filter system is designed to capture all aquarium and/or pond solid detritus and to deposit them in the spaces between a heavy marbles-like filter substrate in such a way that these detritus can then be often and regularly evacuated by reverse-flush action from the filter-body and the vessel containing this filter-body, very fast, very easily, without any in-tank manual intervention and with a minimal amount of water wastage. This instant reverse-flush aquarium and/or fish-pond filter system will be available in many various sizes, shapes or models that can be added at any time to any aquatic life containing vessel of any shape or size, with the purpose of easily evacuating pollution causing debris as often as possible, hereby minimising the need for biological and/or chemical filtration stages and also drastically reducing other stress causing maintenance. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20130213867 | FILTER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL FILTER FOR AN AQUARIUM - An external filter for an aquarium includes a canister filter having a filter assembly removably oriented therein. The filter assembly includes at least two stacked trays releasably secured together in series. The stacked trays include a compartment for holding filter media. In one embodiment, the trays are releasably secured together with a strap. In one embodiment, the filter assembly also includes a handle. In one example, the strap forms a portion of the handle. | 08-22-2013 |
| 210167260 | Separator with aerator | 3 |
| 20090120859 | Water aerating and dirt collecting assembly for aquarium - A water aerating and dirt collecting device for an aquarium includes a pumping device having a paddle device for pumping and circulating the water contained within the aquarium, a receptacle having an entrance coupled to the pumping device for receiving the water from the pumping device and for agitating the water and for generating an eddy current, and a casing having an inlet port coupled to the receptacle for receiving a filtered dirt from the receptacle and having a mouth coupled to the pumping device for allowing an air in the casing to be drawn into the pumping device. The receptacle includes a tubular member for collecting the filtered dirt. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090120860 | Water aerating and dirt collecting assembly for aquarium - A water aerating and dirt collecting device for an aquarium includes a pumping device having a paddle device for pumping and circulating the water contained within the aquarium, a receptacle having a three housing members coupled to the pumping device, a vessel disposed on an upper housing member and having a tubular member for forming a peripheral chamber and for allowing an air bubble and a dirt to flow upwardly through the tubular member and to be collected in the peripheral chamber of the vessel, a cap attached to the vessel and having an exit coupled to a dirt collector for collecting the dirt, and having a mouth coupled to the pumping device for vacuuming purposes. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20160113249 | LIQUID BUBBLE SEPARATOR OF CIRCULATING WATER SYSTEM - A liquid bubble separator of a circulating water system contains: a cylindrical tank, a pump, a bubble collection tank, and at least one micro bubble generating unit. The cylindrical tank included a water chamber defined by an inner wall, an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, at least one air orifice, and a bubble discharging hole. The pump is coupled with the inlet pipe to pump treated water into the inlet pipe via the nitrification tank. The bubble collection tank is mounted on one side of the cylindrical tank and includes a collecting tube. Each micro bubble generating unit is disposed in the water chamber and includes a body, a first mixing room, an inlet, at least one air tube coupling with the at least one air orifice and corresponding to the inlet, and a plurality of backflow apertures formed around the body and communicating with the first mixing room. | 04-28-2016 |
| 210167270 | Separator mounted on top edge of aquarium wall | 6 |
| 20080210612 | AQUARIUM FILTER CARTRIDGE AND FILTRATION SYSTEM - An aquarium filter cartridge including activated carbon or the like and a housing wherein the water traces an S-shaped path is disclosed. In the S-shaped path the water flows horizontally through a floss type filter, downward to the bottom of the housing, horizontally into the bottom of the carbon cartridge, up through the carbon filter, and out the top or upper side of the housing back into the aquarium. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090045114 | Filter cartridge assembly with water collection - A filter cartridge assembly including a carrier and a filter element. The carrier including a water collection cup that collects water from the filter element when the filter cartridge assembly is held in an inverted orientation. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090071886 | Aquarium Filter Assembly and Filter Element - An aquarium filter assembly includes a housing having a filter cartridge and a water pump and defining a flow path therethrough from upstream to downstream from an inlet to an outlet. A replaceable filter element is mounted in one or more designated orientation positions. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090107900 | Aquarium Filter - An aquarium filter assembly is mounted to an aquarium tank and defines a water flow path therethrough from upstream to downstream from an inlet to an outlet. A replaceable filter element is mounted in a filter chamber. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090114581 | Aquarium Filter - An aquarium filter assembly is mounted to an aquarium tank and defines a water flow path therethrough from upstream to downstream from an inlet to an outlet. A replaceable filter element is mounted in a filter chamber. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100101987 | Filter with self-positioning cartridge arrangement - An aquarium filter arrangement including a filter housing and a filter cartridge having self-spacing structure. The self-spacing structure being designed to automatically space the filter cartridge in an operable filtering position. The operable filtering position being a position at which the filter cartridge is seated against a single rib formed in the housing. | 04-29-2010 |
