Submergible terrarium
AssigneeAquadomehome Ontario Ltd.
InventorTheodorus Jozef Goossen
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Abstract
A terrarium adapted to be immersed in an aquarium containing water, the terrarium comprising a shaft means having a first end and second end and a receptacle defining at least one wall, the at least one wall having a length, presenting at least one opening, an air exhaust and an interior wherein the receptacle is connected to the shaft means at the first end wherein the shaft means at the second end is adapted to anchor the receptacle in the aquarium and wherein the interior of the receptacle is adapted to receive air from an air supply means so as to define a dry zone in the interior.
Claims12
A terrarium adapted to be immersed in an aquarium containing water, the terrarium comprising:
- (a) a shaft means having a first end and a second end;
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- (b) a receptacle defining at least one wall, the at least one wall having a length, presenting at least one opening, an air exhaust and an interior;
- wherein the receptacle is connected to the shaft means at the first end the shaft means extends completely through the interior to the exterior of the receptacle;
- and the shaft means defines an air passageway therethrough;
- wherein the opening is disposed such that the opening permits entry into the interior of the receptacle along substantially the length of the at least one wall;
- wherein the air supply means and the air exhaust are operable to create an airflow in the interior of the receptacle, and wherein the airflow exists the receptacle by means of the air exhaust;
- wherein the shaft means at the second end is adapted to anchor the receptacle in the aquarium;
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- wherein the interior of the receptacle is adapted to receive air from an air supply means so as to define a dry zone in the interior.
A terrarium adapted to be immersed in an aquarium containing water, the terrarium comprising:
- (a) a hollow shaft having a lower end and an upper end;
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- (b) a receptacle having an interior and defining at least one surface having:
- (i) a lower edge defining at least one opening to said interior;
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- (ii) an upper edge connected to said upper end of said hollow shaft, so as to define an air exhaust;
- wherein the interior of said receptacle is operable to receive air from an air supply means so as to define a dry zone in the interior;
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- wherein said hollow shaft includes an aperture adjacent to said lower end for communicating air from said interior to said air exhaust.
A method of installing a terrarium in an aquarium containing water, said terrarium presenting a hollow shaft having a lower end and an upper end, said upper end connected to a dome defining an interior and lower edge, comprising the steps of:
- (a) anchoring said lower end of said hollow shaft to said aquarium;
- (b) introducing air from an air supply means to the interior of said dome adjacent to said lower edge, so as to define a dry zone in said dome;
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- (c) exhausting said air from said dome through a first aperture adjacent to said lower end of said hollow shaft and out through said upper end of said hollow shaft to said water in said aquarium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.