External tank filter, in particular for an aquarium
AssigneeRena GmbH
InventorJacques Jean Chauquet
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Abstract
The invention concerns a filter comprising a sealed vessel containing various filtering components and consisting of a vessel (2) closed with a lid (3) equipped with a removable connector (7) for a pipe (9) supplying water from the tank and a pipe (12) returning water to the tank, each of the connecting elements of the two pipes on the connector being provided with a valve allowing or preventing water to flow through, and the connector is equipped with means to be fixed on the lid. The connector (7) is equipped with a single means (19) for simultaneously actuating the valves mounted on the two pipes and the means fixing the connector (7) on the lid (3).
Claims8
A filter external to a tank, particularly to an aquarium, of the type comprising a sealed vessel containing various filtration components and consisting of a vessel (2) closed by a lid (3) equipped with a removable connector (7) for a pipe (9) for conveying water from the tank and a pipe (12) for returning water to the tank, each of the couplings for connecting the two pipes to the connector being equipped with a valve which either does or does not allow water to pass, and the connector being equipped with means of fixing to the lid, characterized in that the connector (7) is equipped with a single means (19) allowing, on the one hand, simultaneous actuation of the valves mounted on the two pipes and, on the other hand, actuation of the means of fixing the connector (7) to the lid (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.