JPH0140877Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] (Industrial application field) This invention relates to assembled aquarium panels.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, assembled aquarium panels have been limited to those in which the panel surface and the outer peripheral flange are integrally molded from fiber reinforced resin (FRP) or steel plate.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The FRP panel described above is excellent as a unit panel for on-site construction of an aquarium, but the mold for molding it is extremely expensive. For this reason, the types of panel shapes and dimensions are limited to a small number, and the shapes and dimensions of the aquariums that can be made are also thereby limited.

This idea does not use expensive molds and can be made into any shape.
The aim was to develop an assembled aquarium panel that could be made to any size.

(Means for solving the problem) This invention is a flat panel that forms an arbitrary polygon in assembled aquarium panels that constitute the aquarium shell by connecting the adjacent surfaces of the outer peripheral flanges of each panel with bolts. A board, an outer peripheral flange with one leg side of an angle-shaped lumber along the entire periphery of this panel board, and the other leg face perpendicular to the panel board, and approximately half of the width on one side of the panel board is sandwiched between the outer peripheral flange. , a packing plate whose other side is adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral flange, and the panel plate sandwiching the packing plate and the outer peripheral flange are fixed by bolting or riveting. It is.

(Function) The panel of this invention is made by bolting the chevrons that will become the outer periphery flange to a flat panel plate through the packing plate, and about half of one side of the packing plate is sandwiched between the panel plate and the chevrons, and the other half is bent and glued to the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral flange, so even if water enters the bolt holes of the panel board, it will be stopped by the packing plate and will not leak out to the angle-shaped material side, that is, to the outside of the water tank. Further, at the boundary between adjacent panels, the bent packing plates are sandwiched and the outer flanges are bolted together, so there is no risk of water leaking.

(Embodiments) Figures 1 to 5 show four embodiments of this invention. P for the entire panel, 1 for the outer flange, 2 for the panel plate,
The packing plate is labeled 3, the bolt hole is labeled 4, and the bolts and nuts are labeled 4a and 4b. Needless to say, the outer peripheral flange 1 also serves as a reinforcing bone for the panel board 2.
In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, dedicated reinforcing bones 5 are added.

The outer peripheral flange 1 and the reinforcing ribs 5 may be made of any material that can be used as an external material for the aquarium for many years, such as plated, baked or other surface-treated steel, stainless steel, aluminum, or hard resin. The panel board 2 that comes into direct contact with water may be made of hard resin such as vinyl chloride or FRP flat plate, as well as the surface-treated steel plate mentioned above,
Corrosion-resistant metal plates can also be used.

Since the packing plate 3 plays an important role in this invention, it needs to be made of a flexible material that maintains watertight properties for many years, and rubber and foamed resin are suitable. In the case of foamed resin, there is the convenience of being able to push the tip of the bolt on-site and drill the hole, without having to drill the bolt hole in advance.

In FIG. 6, a foamed resin packing plate 3 is sandwiched between the outer peripheral flange 1 and the panel plate 2 of this invention.
Shows the state before and after bolt tightening. The upper figure shows a state in which packing plates 3 are bent and bonded to both leg surfaces of the angle-shaped members of the outer peripheral flange 1, and a state in which packing plates 3' are particularly bonded to the side plate edges of the panel plate 2. The figure below shows the two stacked together and bolted together, making the panel complete. As shown in FIG. 2, the head of the bolt 4a protrudes above the panel board 2 and comes into contact with water, so it is coated with rubber or plastic. When the nut 4b (FIG. 6) is tightened, the coating acts as a seal between the head of the bolt 4 and the panel plate 2, and prevents water in the tank from flowing into the bolt hole of the panel plate 2.

The panel P of this invention thus assembled can be watertightly connected to the same panel P or to a conventional FRP panel P'. FIG. 7 shows the latter connected to panel P'. In FIG. 6, the half width of the thick packing plate 3, which was glued to the outer surface of the outer peripheral flange 1, is crushed by the connection of the panels P and P', creating a completely watertight connection.

All bolt heads that enter the tank are coated with rubber or plastic, and the same applies to the bolts that fix the reinforcing ribs 5 to the panel plate 2 in Figures 3 and 5. Tighten.

The panel board 2 in Figures 1 and 3 is triangular, and the 4th and 5th
Although it has a pentagonal shape in the figure, the shape of the panel board 2 can be made into any polygonal shape according to the design convenience such as storing the assembled aquarium in the space under the stairs. It may be made convex or concave if necessary. A new type of assembled aquarium, as shown in FIG. 8, developed by the present inventor at the same time as this idea, made it possible to use such a specially shaped panel P in an assembled aquarium.

In this case, only the front and rear walls of the aquarium are assembled with outer peripheral flanged panels P and P', and the ceiling, side walls, and floorboards are, in principle, all made of flat plates Q. Even if specially shaped panels are used for the front and rear walls, it is easy to watertightly seal the space between the outer flanges with a flat plate.
In the case of Figure 8, use the triangular panel of Figure 1,
The water tank was designed to fit well under the stairs in the basement, with A being the manhole cover and B being the pedestal.

Although a small number of embodiments have been shown above, it goes without saying that the assembled aquarium panel of this invention can be varied and applied in various ways according to design conditions without changing its gist.

(Effects of the invention) This invention breaks the conventional fixed concept that assembled aquarium panels are limited to FRP or steel plate panels made using expensive molds.

The panel of this invention, like the FRP panel, has an outer flange around the entire circumference, so the shape of the panel plate can be matched to that of the conventional panel to create a tank wall with a mixture of both types as shown in Figure 6. However, it is also possible to construct a tank wall using only the panels of this invention.

The panel of this invention does not have the panel surface and outer flange integrated like FRP panels, but the outer flange is bolted to the panel board. However, not only did we put a packing plate between the bolted parts, but we also bent half the width of the same packing plate and turned it to the outside of the outer flange, so the packing plates in two directions were integrated without any seams. Eliminates the possibility of water leaking from the seams. As a result, it achieved the same watertightness as an integrally molded FRP panel.

With this invention, it has become possible to create polygonal panels of any shape at any time without using a mold, which gives great freedom in the design of assembled aquariums, and is also useful in the field of small aquariums that can fit in limited spaces. , paved the way for the use of assembled aquariums.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view with a part of the internal surface facing upward, and Fig. 3 -
Figure 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment, Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram of the outer flange, packing plate, and panel plate before and after bolt tightening, Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram of the state of connection with adjacent panels, and Figure 8 is an illustration of the state of connection with adjacent panels. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an assembled water tank in which Example P of FIG. 1 is inserted into a part of the front and rear walls. P...Panel, 1...Outer flange, 2...Panel plate, 3...Packing plate, 4...Bolt hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In an assembled aquarium panel that constitutes an aquarium outer shell by connecting adjacent surfaces of outer peripheral flanges of each panel with bolts, a flat panel plate forming an arbitrary polygon; An outer peripheral flange with one leg side of the angle-shaped timber along the entire periphery of the board, and the other leg side perpendicular to the panel board, and approximately half of the width on one side is sandwiched between the above panel board and the outer peripheral flange, and the other side is placed above the outer peripheral flange. An assembled aquarium panel comprising a packing plate adhered to the outer peripheral surface of an outer periphery flange, the panel plate sandwiching the packing plate, and the outer periphery flange being fixed with bolts or rivets.