Patent ID: 9193616
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A mobile buoyant aerator designed and configured for floating in, and for aerating at least an upper strata of a body of water, comprising: a toroidally configured buoyant capture tray having a floor, an outer wall, and an inner wall, the inner wall being concentric with the outer wall, and the capture tray having an open top; means for filtering disposed on the open top of the capture tray; a propulsion and guidance system coupled to the outer wall of the capture tray, the propulsion and guidance system being designed and configured for selectively moving the floating aerator in the body of water, the propulsion and guidance system including means for self-propelling; wherein the means for self-propelling selectively chosen from the group consisting of remote control actuation and preprogrammed autonomous actuation; a fluid entrainment tube extending downward from the capture tray, the fluid entrainment tube having an open upper end, an open lower end, and a hollow interior; the open upper end having an opening with the center of the opening located on the central axis of the fluid entrainment tube; wherein the upper end of the fluid entrainment tube being surrounded by the inner wall; a fluid delivery device communicating with the interior of the fluid entrainment tube; and a drain passage extending through the floor of the capture tray.