Musical water tank

• US 7,617,624 B1
• Filed: 12/03/2008
• Issued: 11/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tsan-Yao Chen
• Original Assignee: Tsan-Yao Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tsan-Yao
• Primary Examiner(s): DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE
• Application Number:
  US12/326,896
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• Field of Search: 40406-410, 404/26
• US Class Current: 40/406
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/02 incorporating moving display members

Abstract

The musical water tank contains, from top to bottom, a tank filled with different fluids, a nozzle member, a washer, a partitioning platform having physically insulated top and bottom halves, and a base having musical sound and light generation mechanism. A pump member and a driving member are aligned and positioned in the top and bottom halves of the partitioning platform, respectively. A motor of the driving member spins a first disc which indirectly and magnetically engages a second disc on an axle of the pump member to spin. The axle of the pump member drives a vane wheel to pump fluid upward into the nozzle member. The fluid is then ejected out of a number of nozzles of the nozzle member into the tank to create visually appealing streams and bubbles, accompanied by the musical sound the lighting effects from the base.

Claims

1. A musical water tank, comprising:

a hollow and transparent tank filled with at least a fluid, said tank having a bottom opening;

a nozzle member having an internal chamber and a plurality of nozzles pointing upwards and connected to said internal chamber;

a washer;

a partitioning platform sealing said bottom opening of said tank with said ring washer and supporting said nozzle member inside said tank, said partitioning platform having physically insulated top and bottom halves;

a hollow base supporting said partitioning platform and said tank, said base containing a control circuit board, a light generation element, and a speaker inside, said light generation element and said speaker connected to and controlled by said control circuit board to provide audio and visual effects;

a driving member in said bottom half of said partitioning platform, said driving member having a motor connected to and controlled by said control circuit board and a first coupling disc perpendicularly at a front end of an axle of said motor; and

a pump member in said top half of said partitioning platform having an axle perpendicularly threading through a vane wheel, a driving gear, and a second coupling disc from front to back;

said axle of said pump member aligned with said axle of said motor so that said second and first coupling discs are adjacent to each other, said vane wheel housed in a tubular shell having a tangential outlet pipe extending upward into said internal chamber of said nozzle member;

wherein said first and second coupling discs'"'"' interfacing sides have a plurality of magnetically elements of reversed polarities, respectively, so that, when said first coupling disc is turned by said motor, said second coupling disc is turned as well by magnetic force between said magnetic elements;

said axle of said pump motor is turned along with said second coupling disc which in turn drives said vane wheel to spin; and

said spinning vane wheel drives a heavier fluid upward into said internal chamber of said nozzle member through said outlet pipe and then to eject out of said nozzles into said tank to create streams and bubbles.

2. The musical water tank according to claim 1, wherein said pump member further comprises a gear assembly engaged by said driving gear to transmit a rotational force to a character inside said tank.

3. The musical water tank according to claim 2, wherein said gear assembly further engages a gear wheel which in turn engages a plurality of transmission gears beneath said nozzles, respectively;

each nozzle is joined to said nozzle member by a flexible ring; and

each transmission gear has an eccentric axle extended into a nozzle to push said nozzle to point to different directions.

4. The musical water tank according to claim 1, wherein said control circuit board provides synchronized and rhythmic control of said speaker, said motor, and said light generation element.