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Details
Inventors: Pearce, Arthur;
Assignee: Artaro & Company (Shirley, NY)
Primary Examiner: Mancene; Gene
Assistant Examiner: Price; Thomas
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Walker; Alfred

A decorative A-frame type water transfer bridge is provided for selectively siphoning water from one or more aquarium fish tanks. A siphon pump evacuates the desired amount of air to cause the water to enter and fill the bridge. A bleeder valve with a visually perceptible air lock permits the user to control the exact amount of air to be evacuated without spillage of water or retention of unwanted air bubbles.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Referring to FIG.
1, there is provided a generally A-frame configuration arched water transfer bridge 1 with two bottom openings represented by reference numerals 2 and 3, and two passageways 4 and 5 connecting together, which passageways 4 and 5 fill with water through respective bottom openings 2 and 3 to create a passage for fish.
Water transfer bridge 1 has a built in bleeder valve 6 with an air loop 6a on top for opening to allow air to be exhausted during water fill-up, and closing before removing ball siphon unit 7.
Reference number 8 describes the connecting tube for the siphon hose 7a to connect siphon unit 7 to a fish tank during installation.
Siphon hose 7a connects a manually squeezable ball type siphon 7b with a one way air check valve 7c in its end, to the fish tank 13.
FIG.
2.
shows a front view of the A-frame water transfer bridge 1 with bleeder valve 6 and air loop 6a positioned at the top center of bridge 1.
Passageways 2 and 3 are partially separated by an abutment end 9 with recess 9a, which recess 9a is defined by upright walls 10 and 11, which walls 10 and 11 are connected to horizontal wall 12.
The recess 9a enables a user to place the A-frame water transfer bridge over two conventional aquarium tanks 13 and 14, as shown in FIG.
4, so that the bottom openings 2 and 3 of passageways 4 and 5 respectively are submergable below the horizontally extending water levels 15 and 16 of tanks 13 and 14.
Passageways 4 and 5 have converging walls 17 and 18, to form a peaked configuration for directing any air bubbles up to bleeder valve 6 of water transfer bridge 1, to facilitate the removal of air from the A-frame bridge 1.
As shown in FIG.
2 there is described openings 2 and 3, each opening 2 and 3 providing an entrance for water to fill passageways 4 and 5.
Recess 9a of abutment 9 in the center of water transfer bridge is for resting the bridge 1 on top of the tanks 13 and 14.
As shown in FIG.
4 there is alternatively provided a conventional bridge-holding member center bracket 19 for a single tank option



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