Bubble generating device

• US 6,390,456 B1
• Filed: 11/30/2000
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hsin-Mao Hsieh, Sen-Yung Lee, Sheng-Jye Hwang, Shueei-Muh Lin
• Original Assignee: Hsin-Mao Hsieh, Sen-Yung Lee, Sheng-Jye Hwang, Shueei-Muh Lin
• Inventors: Lee, Sen-Yung, Lin, Shueei-Muh, Hsieh, Hsin-Mao, Hwang, Sheng-Jye
• Primary Examiner(s): BUSHEY, CHARLES S
• Application Number:
  US09/725,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20020063347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 261/120, 261/122.1, 261/122.2, 210/242.2
• US Class Current: 261/120
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/23124 consisting of flexible porous or perforated material, e.g. fabric
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/23125 characterised by the way in which they are assembled or mounted; Fabricating the parts of the diffusers
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/231262 having disc shape
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/231264 being in the form of plates, flat beams, flat membranes or films
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/503 Floating mixing devices

Abstract

A bubble generating device includes a central tube having a hollow interior and a float is connected to the central tube. The central tube extends through a disk and a porous film is fixedly mounted to a peripheral wall of the disk A U-shaped tube is connected to the disk and communicates with the hollow interior of the central tube. Two ends of the U-shaped tube respectively communicate with a space between the disk and the porous film. Air enters from the central tube and flows out from two ends of the U-shaped tube to generate bubbles via the porous film.

Claims

1. A bubble generating device comprising:

a central tube having a hollow interior and a float connected to said central tube, a pipe connected to said central tube and communicating with said hollow interior of said central tube, said pipe adapted to be connected to a source of air;

said central tube extending through a disk and a peripheral wall extending from said disk, a porous film fixedly mounted to said peripheral wall of said disk and adapted to be submerged into water, and

at least one passage communicating between said hollow interior of said central tube and a space between said disk and said porous film.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a hole defined in a top of said central tube so that a cable tied with said hole.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a frame extending from said disk and a weight connected to said frame.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one passage is defined by a U-shaped tube which is connected to said disk and communicates with said hollow interior of said central tube, two ends of said U-shaped tube respectively communicating with said space between said disk and said porous film.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 further comprising two uni-direction valves respectively received in said two ends of said U-shaped tube.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a uni-direction valve is received in said hollow interior of said central tube.