FLOATING ROTATABLE FOUNTAIN DECORATION
A floating rotatable fountain decoration having a basin, an agitator, a water pump, and an ornament wherein the water pump is employed to suck water within the basin for creating a circulating flow of water that passes through the agitator to impart rotational motion to its blades, thereby producing an eddy that brings the ornament floating on the surface of water within the basin in rotation. Meanwhile, the flow of water passing through the agitator is finally spouted out through nozzles upwardly to the ornament, thereby creating a fountain effect. Moreover, the fountain spouted to the ornament flows back to the basin, thereby producing a dynamic visual effect. Accordingly, three effects of floating rotation, fountain and flow of water can be combined in a body by simple mechanical means.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a floating rotatable fountain decoration, and more particularly, to a decoration employing a pump to create a circulating stream of water wherein a fountain can be spouted onto an ornament. Meanwhile, the ornament is floatable on the surface of water within a basin and rotatable on an inner tube.
2. Description of the Related Art
Most of conventional interior decorations are situated in a static state for beautifying rooms and creating an appealing visual effect. In order to improve the monotone feature in their design, a decoration with locally dynamic effect has been developed to increase its attraction.
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It is a primary object of the invention to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks and to provide a floating rotatable fountain decoration having a basin, an agitator, a water pump, and an ornament wherein the water pump is employed to suck water within the basin for creating a circulating flow of water that passes through the agitator to impart rotational motion to its blades, thereby producing an eddy that brings the ornament floating on the surface of water within the basin in rotation. Meanwhile, the flow of water passing through the agitator is finally spouted out through nozzles upwardly to the ornament, thereby creating a fountain effect. Moreover, the fountain spouted to the ornament flows back to the basin, thereby producing a dynamic visual effect. Accordingly, three effects of floating rotation, fountain and flow of water can be combined in a body by simple mechanical means.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe accomplishment of this and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the following descriptions and its accompanying drawings of which:
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The basin 20 is used for containing water 22. A plurality of support bases 21 is provided at the bottom thereof.
The ornament 30 is provided at the top of the basin 20. The ornament 30 includes a plurality of nozzles 34 for creating a fountain 35.
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Accordingly, the flow of water issues through the first pipe 44 into the water inlet 55 of the case 54 so as to rotating the driving blades 53, thereby imparting rotational motion to the rotating shaft 52 that brings the agitating blades 51 on the surface of the basin 20 in rotation (see
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Based on the above-mentioned configuration, the ornament of the invention creates a dynamic visual and a floating rotatable effect only by utilizing a water pump 40, thereby beautifying the appearance of the ornament.
Many changes and modifications in the above-described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claim.
Claims
1. A floating rotatable fountain decoration comprising:
- a) a basin for containing water supported on a base;
- b) an agitator installed within the basin, the agitator having a set of agitating blades disposed on an internal surface of the basin, a rotating shaft of the agitating blades being movable with a set of driving blades within a case, the case having a water inlet and a water outlet;
- c) a pump positioned at a bottom end of the basin for sucking the water within the basin and spouting it up to the surface of the ornament, thereby forming a circulating flow of water, the pump further having a suction pipe and a discharge pipe so that the water sucked through the suction pipe 41 can be discharged to the discharge pipe, the discharge pipe having a stopper at the rear end thereof for driving the flow of water to pass through a first pipe to the water inlet of the case, a second pipe being extended from the water outlet to an upper position above the stopper of the discharge pipe whereupon the flow of water issues through an upright extension pipe; and
- d) an ornament having a float resting on the surface of water within the basin, the float further having an inner tube that is insertable into the upright extension pipe of the discharge pipe and on which the ornament is rotatable, the inner tube movable with the float being extended thereinto, a plurality of branch pipes being radially extended from the inner tube, the branch pipes each having a nozzle that rises above the float and is inclined in the direction to the surface of the ornament to create a jet of water.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 6, 2004
Publication Date: Jan 12, 2006
Inventor: Chin-Chiang Wu (Chutung Town)
Application Number: 10/883,665
International Classification: A47G 1/12 (20060101);