Patent ID: 6435422
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
In a floating fountain having a sealed housing with a lower housing element (2) and an upper housing element (3), and having an electrical pump unit (10) with energy furnished by solar cells (4) attached to the fountain, the improvement comprising;the upper housing element (3) designed as a cover which passes light at least in partial areas and is applied to the lower housing element (2) with a watertight seal, and the solar cells (4) arranged in an interior of the sealed housing so that the solar cells (4) absorb light entering through the partial areas of the upper housing element (3), the lower housing element (2) being one of cup-shaped and pot-shaped and open toward a top, and the upper housing element (3) embodied as a flat disk, and the watertight seal including an upper circumferential edge (2.1) of the lower housing element (2) having a receptacle for a circumferential sealing section (3.1) formed on the upper housing element (3).