MULTIPURPOSE PIPETTING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING SUCH A DEVICE

• US 20130216705A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Julian Sprung
• Original Assignee: Julian Sprung
• Inventors: SPRUNG, JULIAN
• Application Number:
  US13/398,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20130216705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 427/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 29/00 Root feeders; Injecting fertilisers into the roots
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/006 Accessories for aquaria or terraria
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/10 Cleaning bottoms or walls of ponds or receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/027 of the syringe type

Abstract

A multipurpose pipetting device may include a pump, a flexible hose, at least one substantially rigid tube, a removable pipette tip, and a valve element. The hose has a first end coupled to the pump and a second end coupled to a first end of the at least one substantially rigid tube. The pipette tip is removably coupled to the second end of the at least one substantially rigid tube. The valve element may be disposed proximate the second end of the at least one substantially rigid tube and arranged to prevent liquid backflow from the pipette tip into the substantially rigid pipe. Methods of using the device include feeding or applying a solution to an aquatic plant or animal, to a non-aquatic plant or animal, removing materials and substances from an aquarium bed, and/or applying an adhesive to affix an item, plant, or sessile invertebrate to a surface.

Claims

19-1. A method, comprising:

utilizing the multipurpose pipetting device of claim 1 to remove or dislodge materials and substances from an aquarium bed.