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AssigneePsi-Ets
InventorsWillard Tormaschy, Gary Kudma, Tait Obritsch, Joel Bleth, Corey Simnioniw
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Circulation systems for ponds, lakes, or other bodies of water using a flotation platform, dish, and impeller. One embodiment has a connecting arrangement between the drive motor and the impeller that permits the two to be easily and quickly coupled and uncoupled. The connecting arrangement also is designed to accommodate slight misalignments between the shafts. An arrangement to adjust and calibrate the depth of the inlet to the draft tube is disclosed. The system further includes solar panels that can be pivotally swung outwardly to open positions, angularly adjusted about a horizontal axis, and mounted to face toward the central axis of the flotation platform rather than away from it. Arrangements are further provided to monitor and control the components of the system including remotely from shore.
A circulation system for a body of water, said system including a flotation platform, a dish, an impeller, a drive motor, and a connecting arrangement (100) between said drive motor (17) and said impeller (21),
A circulation system for a body of water, said system including a flotation platform, a dish, an impeller, a drive motor, and a connecting arrangement (100) between said drive motor (17) and said impeller (21),
A water circulation system for drawing water from the depths of a body of water to the surface for exposure to the atmosphere and creating a circulation pattern in the body of water, said system including a flotation platform, a dish, an impeller, and a draft tube with an adjustable length, said draft tube having a lower end portion and said system further including an arrangement (130) to adjust the depth of the lower end portion of the draft tube in the water, said adjusting arrangement including a plurality of substantially linear members (132), each linear member having a lower portion (132′) fixedly attached adjacent the lower end portion of the draft tube and an upper portion adjustably securable to said flotation platform at different locations along said upper portion to thereby vary the distance between the affixed lower portion of the linear member and the secured location of the upper portion thereof.
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