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US 12,083,488 B2Granted
Mount for water circulator
AssigneeKasco Marine, Inc.
InventorsTrevor Johnson, Travis Hilden
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Abstract
A mount for a water circulator is described that is configured to control vertical adjustment and angular (or horizontal) adjustment of a water circulation assembly using independent mechanisms on the mount that mounts the water circulator to a support structure.
Claims4
A water circulator mount of a water circulator, comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to mount to a support structure;
- a shaft mount bracket fixed to the mounting plate, the shaft mount bracket is configured to be disposed around a support shaft of the water circulator;
- a first releasable lock mechanism associated with the shaft mount bracket that is directly engageable with the support shaft;
- a collar disposed above the shaft mount bracket and resting on an upper edge of the shaft mount bracket;
- a second releasable lock mechanism associated with the collar that is directly engageable with the support shaft.
2 more elements
A liquid circulator for creating liquid circulation in a body of liquid, comprising:
- a support tube having an upper end and a lower end;
- a liquid circulation assembly mounted to the support tube at the lower end, the liquid circulation assembly includes a rotatable liquid propeller, and an electric drive motor connected to the rotatable liquid propeller to rotate the rotatable liquid propeller;
- a mount structure located between the upper end and the liquid circulation assembly and configured to secure the support tube to a support structure, the mount structure includes a first mechanism directly engaged with the support tube that controls rotation of the support tube relative to the mount about a longitudinal axis of the support tube, and the mount structure includes a second mechanism separate from the first mechanism and directly engaged with the support tube that controls vertical movement of the support tube relative to the mount structure in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.