Pump and pump assembly
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1. An aquarium pump, comprising:
- a housing having a top portion, an open bottom, a side portion extending between said top portion and said open bottom, at least one air inlet vent, and at least one air outlet vent;
a casing disposed in said housing and having an exterior surface, a plurality of cooling fins disposed on the exterior surface, and a top endcap and a bottom endcap enclosing an interior of the casing;
a drive motor disposed in the casing, the drive motor comprising a rotatable shaft extending through the bottom end cap;
a magnet non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft proximate the open bottom and rotatable with the rotatable shaft;
a fan operably associated with the magnet and rotatable with the magnet and configured to draw air through the at least one air inlet vent, along the plurality of fins, and to be discharged through the at least one air outlet vent, wherein said fan comprises a ring having a flat surface and a plurality of spaced blades arranged around the ring on the flat surface, said blades extending away from the flat surface in an axial direction relative to said shaft; and
a bottom cover closing the open bottom, and configured to mount on an outside of an aquarium.
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Abstract
Provided is a fluid pump assembly. The pump has a pair of housings magnetically coupled to each other. The first housing contains a drive motor and a magnetic assembly. The second housing contains a magnetic assembly and a blade for imparting movement to a fluid. As the first magnetic assembly is rotated by the drive motor, the magnetic connection to the assembly in the second housing causes the second magnet to rotate, driving the blade.
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19 Claims
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1. An aquarium pump, comprising:
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a housing having a top portion, an open bottom, a side portion extending between said top portion and said open bottom, at least one air inlet vent, and at least one air outlet vent; a casing disposed in said housing and having an exterior surface, a plurality of cooling fins disposed on the exterior surface, and a top endcap and a bottom endcap enclosing an interior of the casing; a drive motor disposed in the casing, the drive motor comprising a rotatable shaft extending through the bottom end cap; a magnet non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft proximate the open bottom and rotatable with the rotatable shaft; a fan operably associated with the magnet and rotatable with the magnet and configured to draw air through the at least one air inlet vent, along the plurality of fins, and to be discharged through the at least one air outlet vent, wherein said fan comprises a ring having a flat surface and a plurality of spaced blades arranged around the ring on the flat surface, said blades extending away from the flat surface in an axial direction relative to said shaft; and a bottom cover closing the open bottom, and configured to mount on an outside of an aquarium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An aquarium pump, comprising:
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a dry side portion and a wet side portion, a spacer disposed between said wet side and dry side portions and maintaining said portions in spaced relation; a. said dry side portion a housing having a top portion, an open bottom, a side portion extending between said top portion and said open bottom, at least one air inlet vent, and at least one air outlet vent; a casing disposed in said housing and having an exterior surface, a plurality of cooling fins disposed on the exterior surface, and a top endcap and a bottom endcap enclosing an interior of the casing; a drive motor disposed in the casing, the drive motor comprising a rotatable shaft extending through the bottom end cap; a magnet non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft proximate the open bottom and rotatable with the rotatable shaft; a fan operably associated with the magnet and rotatable with the magnet and configured to draw air through the at least one air inlet vent, along the plurality of fins, and to be discharged through the at least one air outlet vent, wherein said fan comprises a ring having a flat surface and a plurality of spaced blades arranged around the ring on the flat surface, said blades extending away from the flat surface in an axial direction relative to said shaft; and a bottom cover closing the open bottom, and configured to mount on an outside of an aquarium; b. said wet side portion comprising a rotatable magnet and an operatively associated blade rotatable therewith; wherein said wet side magnet and said dry side magnet have sufficient magnetic attraction therebetween to maintain said dry side portion and said wet side portion in fixed position when oriented in juxtaposed relation on opposite sides of the aquarium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An aquarium pump, comprising:
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a housing having a top portion, an open bottom, a side portion extending between said top portion and said open bottom, at least one air inlet vent, and at least one air outlet vent; a casing disposed in said housing and having an exterior surface, a plurality of cooling fins disposed on the exterior surface, and a top endcap and a bottom endcap enclosing an interior of the casing, wherein the housing is made from a first material having a first thermal conductivity and the casing is made from a second material having a second thermal conductivity, the first thermal conductivity is lower than the second thermal conductivity; a drive motor disposed in the casing, the drive motor comprising a rotatable shaft extending through the bottom end cap; a magnet non-rotatably connected to said rotatable shaft proximate the open bottom and rotatable with said rotatable shaft; a fan operably associated with said magnet and rotatable with said magnet and configured to draw air through the at least one air inlet vent, along the plurality of fins, and to be discharged through the at least one air outlet vent, wherein the fan is configured to provide laminar air flow, wherein said fan comprises a ring having a flat surface and a plurality of spaced blades arranged around the ring on the flat surface, said blades extending from the flat surface in an axial direction relative to said shaft; and a bottom cover closing the open bottom, and configured to mount on an outside of an aquarium.
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