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AssigneePioneer Pet Products, LLC
InventorsQing He, Tao Huang, Dong Zhao, Wei Chao, Ke Li, Yingchun Mao, John M. Lipscomb
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A fountain is capable of directing liquid into an underlying basin as an at least generally laminar column to minimize the noise and splashing associated with recirculating a liquid about the fountain. The fountain includes a basin, a faucet mounted on the basin and including an apex and a spout opening that is located beneath the apex and that discharges liquid into the basin, a pump in fluid connection with the basin and the faucet, and an uplift hose that connects the pump to the faucet, Fountain characteristics that can be selected, controlled, and/or altered to achieve these effects may include the inclination of the spout opening of the faucet relative to the vertical and/or the horizontal, the linear flow rate of liquid out of the spout opening, the vertical distance between the apex of the faucet and the surface of the liquid and/or the bottom of the basin, and the characteristics of uplift hose and pump.
A recirculating fountain that creates a column of iquid comprising:
A method of using a recirculating fountain comprising the steps of:
A recirculating fountain comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.