Water filtration system
AssigneeChris Hammond
InventorDean Smith
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Abstract
A filtration system for an aquarium is provided. The filtration system includes a gate chamber with a gate conduit positioned therein that transports unprocessed water from the aquarium. The gate chamber includes filtering media. The filtration system also includes a siphon chamber that is fluidly coupled to the gate chamber. There is a siphon conduit having a siphon conduit inlet at a first elevation within the siphon chamber, a siphon conduit outlet at a second elevation below the first elevation, and a crest at a third elevation above the first and second elevations. The siphon conduit empties into a catch basin, where the processed water is transported back to the aquarium.
Claims16
A filtration system for an aquarium having an aquarium inlet for processed water and an aquarium outlet for unprocessed water, the filtration system comprising:
- a gate chamber including filtration media;
- a gate conduit defining a gate conduit outlet positioned within the gate chamber and a gate conduit inlet in fluid communication with the aquarium outlet;
- a siphon chamber fluidly coupled to the gate chamber;
- an siphon conduit having a siphon conduit inlet at a first elevation within the siphon chamber, a siphon conduit outlet at a second elevation below the first elevation, and a crest at a third elevation above the first elevation and the second elevation;
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- a catch basin in fluid communication with the siphon conduit for collecting the processed water from the siphon chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.