Abstract 1. A PURIFICATION AND AERATION APPARATUS, ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN AN AQUACULTURE POOL, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CONTAINER MEANS HAVING ELONGATE WALL MEANS AND A BOTTOM WALL MEANS CLOSING SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS THEREBY DEFINING AN ELONGATE CONTAINER CHAMBER CLOSED ON THREE SIDES AND OPEN AT THE TOP, CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS GENERALLY ADJACENT TO SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS FOR SUPPLYING CONTAMINATED WATER TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER; CONTAINER AIR SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN AIR STREAM TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AT A POINT ABOVE SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS; AN AIR DISTRIBUTION MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR DISPERSEING AND DISTRIBUTING AIR SUPPLIED VIA SAID CONTAINER AIR SUPPLYING MEANS; A SUMP MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING PURIFIED WATER; A FILTER BED OF AGGREGRATE LOCATED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS THROUGHOUT THE HERETOFORE UNOCCUPIED SPACE IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AND GENERALLY SURROUNDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SUMP MEANS TO A LWVEL NEAR THE TOP OF SAID ELONGATE CONTAINER WALL, SAID AGGREGATE BEING COMPOSED OF A MATERIAL HAVING A HARD SMOOTH SURFACE HAVING RELATIVELY FEW SURFACE PORES AND LOW ABSORPTION CAPACITY; SUMP INLET MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PURIFIED WATER TO SAID SUMP MEANS; WHEREBY CONTAMINATED WATER IS DRAWN THROUGH SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS INTO SAID FILTER BED AND IS AIR LIFTED THERETHROUGH WHEREBY SMALL PARTICLE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS ARE ENTRAPPED BY SAID FILTER BED AND AEROBICALLY BIODEGRADED AND EXCESS AIR AND GASEOUS PRODUCTS OF THE GIODEGRADATION ARE VENTED FROM THE WATER AND WHEREBY THE WATER PASSING THROUGH SAID SUMP MEANS VIA S BED IS PURIFIED AND PASSES INTO SAID SUMP MEANS VIA SAID SUMP INLET MEANS; SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED WATER FROM SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED SUPPLYING AIR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF SAID SUMP MEANS WHEREBY SAID PURIFIED WATER IN SAID SUMP MEANS IS AERATED AND AIR LIFT AIR LIFTED THROUGH SAID SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS SAID DISCHARGE THEREFROM.
Inventors
👤 J Bennett
👤 G Bliss
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
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Last Synchronized2026-11-01 20:15
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K63/00; A01K63/04; A01K63/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
338 words
A PURIFICATION AND AERATION APPARATUS, ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN AN AQUACULTURE POOL, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CONTAINER MEANS HAVING ELONGATE WALL MEANS AND A BOTTOM WALL MEANS CLOSING SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS THEREBY DEFINING AN ELONGATE CONTAINER CHAMBER CLOSED ON THREE SIDES AND OPEN AT THE TOP, CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS GENERALLY ADJACENT TO SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS FOR SUPPLYING CONTAMINATED WATER TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER; CONTAINER AIR SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN AIR STREAM TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AT A POINT ABOVE SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS; AN AIR DISTRIBUTION MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR DISPERSEING AND DISTRIBUTING AIR SUPPLIED VIA SAID CONTAINER AIR SUPPLYING MEANS; A SUMP MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING PURIFIED WATER; A FILTER BED OF AGGREGRATE LOCATED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS THROUGHOUT THE HERETOFORE UNOCCUPIED SPACE IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AND GENERALLY SURROUNDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SUMP MEANS TO A LWVEL NEAR THE TOP OF SAID ELONGATE CONTAINER WALL, SAID AGGREGATE BEING COMPOSED OF A MATERIAL HAVING A HARD SMOOTH SURFACE HAVING RELATIVELY FEW SURFACE PORES AND LOW ABSORPTION CAPACITY; SUMP INLET MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PURIFIED WATER TO SAID SUMP MEANS; WHEREBY CONTAMINATED WATER IS DRAWN THROUGH SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS INTO SAID FILTER BED AND IS AIR LIFTED THERETHROUGH WHEREBY SMALL PARTICLE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS ARE ENTRAPPED BY SAID FILTER BED AND AEROBICALLY BIODEGRADED AND EXCESS AIR AND GASEOUS PRODUCTS OF THE GIODEGRADATION ARE VENTED FROM THE WATER AND WHEREBY THE WATER PASSING THROUGH SAID SUMP MEANS VIA S BED IS PURIFIED AND PASSES INTO SAID SUMP MEANS VIA SAID SUMP INLET MEANS; SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED WATER FROM SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED SUPPLYING AIR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF SAID SUMP MEANS WHEREBY SAID PURIFIED WATER IN SAID SUMP MEANS IS AERATED AND AIR LIFT AIR LIFTED THROUGH SAID SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS SAID DISCHARGE THEREFROM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
338 words
A PURIFICATION AND AERATION APPARATUS, ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN AN AQUACULTURE POOL, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CONTAINER MEANS HAVING ELONGATE WALL MEANS AND A BOTTOM WALL MEANS CLOSING SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS THEREBY DEFINING AN ELONGATE CONTAINER CHAMBER CLOSED ON THREE SIDES AND OPEN AT THE TOP, CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID ELONGATE WALL MEANS GENERALLY ADJACENT TO SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS FOR SUPPLYING CONTAMINATED WATER TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER; CONTAINER AIR SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN AIR STREAM TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AT A POINT ABOVE SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS; AN AIR DISTRIBUTION MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR DISPERSEING AND DISTRIBUTING AIR SUPPLIED VIA SAID CONTAINER AIR SUPPLYING MEANS; A SUMP MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING PURIFIED WATER; A FILTER BED OF AGGREGRATE LOCATED IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL MEANS THROUGHOUT THE HERETOFORE UNOCCUPIED SPACE IN SAID CONTAINER CHAMBER AND GENERALLY SURROUNDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SUMP MEANS TO A LWVEL NEAR THE TOP OF SAID ELONGATE CONTAINER WALL, SAID AGGREGATE BEING COMPOSED OF A MATERIAL HAVING A HARD SMOOTH SURFACE HAVING RELATIVELY FEW SURFACE PORES AND LOW ABSORPTION CAPACITY; SUMP INLET MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PURIFIED WATER TO SAID SUMP MEANS; WHEREBY CONTAMINATED WATER IS DRAWN THROUGH SAID CONTAINER PASSAGE MEANS INTO SAID FILTER BED AND IS AIR LIFTED THERETHROUGH WHEREBY SMALL PARTICLE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS ARE ENTRAPPED BY SAID FILTER BED AND AEROBICALLY BIODEGRADED AND EXCESS AIR AND GASEOUS PRODUCTS OF THE GIODEGRADATION ARE VENTED FROM THE WATER AND WHEREBY THE WATER PASSING THROUGH SAID SUMP MEANS VIA S BED IS PURIFIED AND PASSES INTO SAID SUMP MEANS VIA SAID SUMP INLET MEANS; SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED WATER FROM SAID SUMP MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED SUPPLYING AIR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF SAID SUMP MEANS WHEREBY SAID PURIFIED WATER IN SAID SUMP MEANS IS AERATED AND AIR LIFT AIR LIFTED THROUGH SAID SUMP DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS SAID DISCHARGE THEREFROM.