Patent ID: 8440073
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An aquarium detritus removal system used for removing detritus from an aquarium tank having a tank bottom, a first tank width side, a second tank width side, a first tank length side and a second tank length side, said tank length sides are not shorter than said tank width sides, said aquarium detritus removal system comprising: (a) a lift pump having a lift pump inlet and a lift pump outlet for delivering water from said tank to a filtering device; (b) a flow generating device for generating directed flows on said tank bottom comprising: (c) a flow guiding means for redirecting all flows coming out from said width flow nozzles and said length flow nozzles right to said lift pump inlet, said flow guiding means comprising at least one flow guiding wall that having a first end and a second end, said flow guiding wall can be constructed from a thin strip placed on said tank bottom, or can be formed from one of said tank width side or one of said tank length side; (d) a screen plate smaller than said tank bottom but a little bigger than said flow generating device, said screen plate having a number of small holes all over it, said small holes allow water and detritus move through said screen plate but prevent other objects like aquarium substrate from moving through said screen plate; (e) a tubing having a first end and a second end for connecting said lift pump to said filtering device; whereby when said tank is filled with water and said aquarium detritus removal and filtration system works, said flow pump intake water from said tank and deliver said water to said width flow pipe and said length flow pipe, since no water can come out from said sealed ends of said width flow pipe and length flow pipe, said water is forced out of said width flow nozzles and said length flow nozzles and move either directly toward said lift pump inlet or toward said flow guiding structure, flows move toward said flow guiding structure will be redirected by said flow guiding structure and move along said flow guiding structure toward said lift pump inlet, such that all flows generated by said flow generating device are guided toward and pass said lift pump inlet, such that water containing detritus can be taken in by said lift pump and delivered to said filtering device for filtration and returning to said tank.