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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Kenneth James Hintz, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth James Hintz, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 (2006.01); A01K 63/04 (2006.01); B01F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 63/042 (2013.01); B01F 3/04531 (2013.01); B01F 11/0002 (2013.01); B01F 2003/04673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buoyant force pump and surge apparatus is disclosed. A material which is buoyant relative to a non-solid material is used to cause a movable surface to move thereby causing the non-solid material to be pumped in surges. One use of the device is to create water surges in aquariums through the use of conventional low pressure, low volume air pumps and without the need for mechanical pumps or control electronics. A second use of the device is to move non-solid material in hazardous conditions.