Floating aerator

Claim 1

A floating aerator comprising a float body having a central through opening and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses in its top face, said recesses having substantially level bottom walls and spaced substantially vertical side walls rising from the bottom walls of the recesses, a motor and deflector cone assembly including circumferentially spaced substantially vertical suspension rods corresponding in number to the recesses and being disposed in the through opening of the float body and projecting above and below the float body, a deflector cone fixedly secured to the tops of the suspension rods and disposed at least in part above the top of the float body, a motor and impeller unit secured to the bottom of the suspension rods in coaxial relationship with the deflector cone and being spaced a predetermined distance therefrom, a plurality of substantially L-shaped support feet for said assembly corresponding in number and circumferential spacing to said recesses and suspension rods and being received removably in the recesses and resting on the bottom walls of the recesses between the vertical side walls of the recesses, the vertical side walls preventing relative rotation of said assembly and float body around a vertical axis, and U-bolts embracing the interior sides of said suspension rods and having outer ends secured to vertical webs of the L-shaped support feet within said recesses, whereby said feet are clampingly locked to said suspension rods and able to bear the weight of said assembly and to transmit such weight to the float body through the bottom walls of the recesses.