Patent ID: 6824125
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A01K,A63J,B01F,F15D,G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing a simple and direct means of creating vortex ring bubbles of gas in a liquid medium, comprising:a source of high pressure gas connected to an inlet of a regulator valve; an accumulator volume having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, said gas inlet of the accumulator volume being connected to the outlet of said regulator valve; a gas conduit extending from said accumulator volume gas outlet to a nozzle outlet; an electrically operated solenoid valve arranged along said gas conduit to control the flow of gas out of the accumulator volume; an electrical circuit operable to open and close said solenoid valve for a predetermined period; and wherein said nozzle outlet may be circular, or may have a flattened outlet, or said outlet may be covered with a fine wire mesh, through which the flow of gas from the solenoid valve passes and which is installed protruding through a floor of a tank of liquid.