Pond aerator

• US 5,510,022 A
• Filed: 05/16/1994
• Issued: 04/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jerry W. Mullis
• Original Assignee: Jerry W. Mullis
• Inventors: Mullis, Jerry W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gluck, Richard E.
• Application Number:
  US08/243,262
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 417/81, 210/242.25, 210/747, 210/170, 239/20, 239/390
• US Class Current: 210/170.06
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/234 Surface aerating
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/23413 using nozzles for projecting the liquid into the gas atmosphere
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/23421 the stirrers rotating about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/503 Floating mixing devices
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/24 using free-fall aeration or spraying
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 10/10 Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

Abstract

A pond aerator for aerating and circulating water in a body of water comprising a pump having an inlet adapted for receiving water and an outlet adapted for transmitting pumped water; a power transmission mechanism coupled between the pump and an external power source for energizing the pump; a spraying mechanism coupled to the outlet of the pump for generating a variety of spray configurations; a floating mechanism adapted to float on the surface of a body of water; a coupling mechanism coupled between the pump and floating mechanism for keeping the inlet of the pump submerged in a body of water and the spraying mechanism raised above the body of water; an anchor adapted to be positioned at the bottom of a body of water; and an anchor line connected between the anchor and the pump.

Claims

1. A pond aerator for aerating and circulating water in a body of water comprising, in combination:

an electric and submersible sump pump having an inlet adapted for receiving water external thereto and an outlet adapted for transmitting pumped water therefrom;

an electrical power cable having one end coupled to the sump pump for transmitting energy thereto for pumping and the other end extended from the sump pump and adapted to be connected to an external power source for receiving energy;

a rigid spraying tube having a first end coupled to the outlet of the sump pump and a second end extended upwards therefrom;

a spray nozzle removably coupleable to the second end of the spraying tube for generating a spray configuration;

a bracket assembly further comprising;

two rigid rails perpendicularly disposed across each other and coupled together to define a point of intersection, each rail having symmetrically opposed segments disposed about the point of intersection, each segment having a tip end, a first intermediate location between the tip end and point of intersection, and a second intermediate location between the tip end and the first intermediate location, a first section laterally extended from the point of intersection to the first intermediate location, a second section upwardly extended from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location, and a third section upwardly extended in curvature to define an essentially C-shaped and outwardly extended holder section;

four hooks, each hook having a bottom end coupled to the first section of a segment of a rail and an upwardly extended and inwardly curved top end adapted to be secured to the sump pump such that the hooks in combination hold the sump pump in a stationary position on the bracket assembly at the point of intersection;

four C-shaped and inwardly extended complimentary holder sections, each complimentary holder section coupled to a holder section of the bracket assembly to create a loop; and

an anchor point extended downwards from the point of intersection;

a generally annular and tubular float disposed through and coupled within loops of the bracket assembly with the float adapted for keeping the inlet of the sump pump submerged in a body of water and the nozzle raised above the body of water;

an anchor having a generally semi-circular foot at one end, a ring at the other end, and a tapered cylindrical leg extended therebetween with the anchor adapted to be positioned at the bottom of a body of water below the sump pump; and

an anchor line having a snap swivel on one end connected to the ring of the anchor and a snap swivel on the other end extended upwards and connected to the anchor point of the bracket assembly for keeping the sump pump from drifting from a given location.