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US 5,269,338 AGranted
Aquarium siphon apparatus
OwnerDolores B. Figasinventor
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Abstract
A siphon structure includes a hose having an inlet housing whose cylindrical side wall includes a lower portion formed of a mesh web, with the mesh web having openings and the openings including further intersecting filaments therebetween to minimize siphoning force against the inlet cylinder, having a cylinder diameter greater than a siphon tube diameter of the organization preventing drawing of fish thereagainst during siphoning of an associated aquarium.
Claims3
An aquarium siphon apparatus arranged for siphoning of fluid from an aquarium tank, wherein the aquarium tank includes side wall panels and a floor frame, wherein the apparatus comprises,
- a flexible siphon hose, the siphon hose having a first end and a second end, the second end having a second end coupling, and
- a cylindrical inlet housing, the inlet housing having a housing first end wall spaced from a housing second end wall, and a cylindrical side wall, wherein the cylindrical side wall includes a first side wall portion extending into the first end wall, and a second side wall portion extending into the second side wall, the first side wall portion formed of a fluid impermeable material, and the second side wall portion formed of a fluid permeable material, and
- the first end wall having a first end wall coupling arranged for mounting to the second end coupling, and
- the second side wall portion includes a rigid mesh web, the rigid mesh web having a matrix of openings directed therethrough, and each of the openings having a plurality of flexible intersecting filaments, with the filaments intersecting medially of each opening.
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