| US 7,491,323 B2 | ||
| Water distributor device for aquariums, ponds and the like provided with a possible biological filter | ||
| Valerio Bresolin, Vicenza (Italy); Giancarlo Baron, Vicenza (Italy); and Luigi Signori, Vicenza (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to Hydor SRL, Vicenza (Italy) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/512,764 PCT Filed Jun. 05, 2003, PCT No. PCT/IT03/00354 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 28, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/006661, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 22, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. VE2002A0023 (IT), filed on Jul. 10, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0150042 A1, Jul. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 63/04 (2006.01); C02F 3/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 210—150 [210/167.22; 210/619; 119/260] | 21 Claims |
| 1. Distributor device for water of aquariums and the like, comprising:
a main body containing motor means kinematically connected to a mobile water nozzle,
the motor means including an impeller—which is rotated by the kinetic energy of the water entering into the distributor device—and
a gear mechanism—designed to kinematically connect the impeller—with the nozzle, so as -to move the nozzle, characterized
in that said nozzle—is rotatably mounted on said main body—so as to rotate around a rotational axis—and said gear mechanism—continuously
rotates said nozzle;
wherein a biological aerobic filter is mounted on the rotating nozzle, so that said biological filter rotates together with
the nozzle.
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