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US 8,251,405 · App. 12/053,557 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Pressurized water container

Assignee: OASE GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,251,405
App. No.
12/053,557
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressurized water container for water fountains, ponds, swimming pools, and aquariums has at least two housing parts and at least one seal arranged between the at least two housing parts, wherein the at least two housing parts are connectable to one another in a lockable way. The at least two housing parts have projections and matching recesses, wherein the projections engage the recesses and, by a displacement of the at least two housing parts relative to one another in opposite directions, they are lockable on one another and releasable from one another when reversing the displacement.

Claims (24)

1. A pressurized water container for water fountains, ponds, swimming pools, and aquariums, comprising:

a housing comprising a first and a second housing parts and at least one seal arranged between the first and second housing parts, wherein the first and second housing parts are connectable to one another in a lockable way;

wherein the first and second housing parts have projections and matching recesses, wherein the projections engage the recesses and, by a displacement of the first and second housing parts relative to one another in opposite directions, the projections and recesses pull the first and second housing parts toward one another and clamp the first and second housing parts against one another in a clamped position and when reversing the displacement the first and second housing parts are released;

wherein the housing comprises a separate third housing part that is a sealing plate disposed between the first and second housing parts and is provided with holes through which the projections extend;

wherein the third housing part in the clamped position acts on the at least one seal and forces the at least one seal circumferentially against one of the first and second housing parts.

2. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the projections are arranged on the first housing part and the recesses are arranged on the second housing part.

3. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the projections have terminal widened portions and the recesses partially have tapering portions.

4. The pressurized water container according to claim 3 , wherein the projections are pins with terminal spherical heads and the spherical heads form the terminal widened portions.

5. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses have guides that determine a displacement direction of the at least two housing parts relative to one another.

6. The pressurized water container according to claim 5 , wherein the guides engage terminal widened portions of the projections.

7. The pressurized water container according to claim 5 , wherein the guides are formed as an ascending ramp.

8. The pressurized water container according to claim 5 , wherein the guides in the area in which the projections are positioned when the housing is closed are at least slightly recessed relative to the projections.

9. The pressurized water container according to claim 5 , wherein the recesses are in the form of a slotted hole, respectively.

10. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the projections and the recesses are arranged about a housing axis of the housing at an identical spacing, respectively.

11. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the holes in the third housing part have a size allowing at most a minimal displacement of the third housing part relative to the first housing part that is provided with the projections.

12. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing part is at least of a two-part configuration and comprises a base and a lid, wherein the recesses, the projections, or the recesses and the projections are formed in or on the base.

13. The pressurized water container according to claim 12 , wherein the lid and the base can be connected to each other by at least one separate fastening element.

14. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second housing parts are securable by at least one safety element against displacement relative to one another.

15. The pressurized water container according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one safety element connects the first housing part to the second housing part or to the third housing part arranged between the first and second housing parts.

16. The pressurized water container according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one safety element connects the first housing part to the second housing part and to the third housing part arranged between the at least two housing parts.

17. The pressurized water container according to claim 15 , wherein the first housing part comprises at least a base and a lid, wherein the at least one safety element connects the lid with the second housing part or the third housing part arranged between the first and second housing parts.

18. The pressurized water container according to claim 15 , wherein the first housing part comprises at least a base and a lid, wherein the at least one safety element connects the lid with the second housing part and the third housing part arranged between the first and second housing parts.

19. The pressurized water container according to claim 1 , comprising a receiving space for filter elements.

20. A fountain jet generator comprising a pressurized water container according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2008
From: BRUNE, DOMINIK
To: OASE GMBH
Reel/Frame 020688/0779 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 014 570 · Mar 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080230538A1 · Sep 25, 2008