Patent ID: 7874548
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B01F,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing a flotatable aerator system for aerating fluid in a reservoir or pond, comprising: a) a hollow chamber supported by floats, said hollow chamber having a top wall, a front wall, and a pair of end baffle walls on opposite sides of said top wall, said end baffle walls extending beyond a rear end of said top wall, each of said floats comprising an extended, exterior float member spaced from an end baffle wall with supports extending out from each end baffle wall connected to front and rear ends of each said float member; b) a downwardly extending fluid uptake chamber having a fluid inlet port at a bottom thereof located between front and rear ends of said end baffle walls, and extending a full width of said hollow chamber between said end baffle walls; c) a plurality of spaced elongated tubular members located within said fluid uptake chamber adjacent said fluid inlet port and extending the full width of said fluid uptake chamber, said tubular members extending out through said end baffle walls and communicating with each other outside of said fluid uptake chamber, each said tubular member having spaced apart apertures for injecting air into said fluid; d) means for supplying air to said tubular members for aerating said fluid; and e) a concaved back wall of said hollow chamber located at an upper end of said fluid uptake chamber for directing flowing fluid back directly into said reservoir or pond, said flowing fluid being directed into a semi-enclosed pool formed between said end baffle walls extending beyond said rear end of said top wall.