FR2628292A1 - APPARATUS FOR BREEDING AND CULTIVATION OF ANIMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS - Google Patents

Abstract

This apparatus comprises a basin 10 containing water and the interior walls of which in steps 12l to 12n surround a flat bottom 120 located at its center. A system 30 captures the solar rays and transmits them through a fiber optic cable 40 to any point in the pool 10 and at any desired intensity.

Description

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  Apparatus intended for the breeding and the culture of animals and aquatic plants. The present invention relates to an apparatus for the breeding and cultivation of aquatic animals and plants in

  the device, and more precisely it relates to a basin which can simu-

ler an environment of a shore.

  In recent years, 'Diotechnology has made remarkable progress in the field of terrestrial animals and plants, but with regard to beings and creatures living in aquatic areas, i.e. plants and marine animals, biotechnological research and developments in

  life size has just started and, as a result, there is a de-

  increasing demand for a device that can simulate a living area

  marine, and in particular an aquatic area on shore in the-

  which can live a great quantity of animals and plants aqua-

ticks.

  There is, in fact, no known ecological system for creating

  aquatic tures. However, it can be assumed that these are governed by a mixture of ambient conditions, including light, currents, waves, tides, water quality (temperature, nutrients, adequate sanitation, etc ... ). In the past, aquatic animals and plants were usually bred and

  cultivated in round or square tanks and basins, cons-

  concrete, plastic, glass, metal trout, etc. However

  less, all these conventional means of culture and breeding in an aqueous medium cannot act simultaneously on all the important ambient factors, necessary for the breeding and the culture of animals and plants of the shore area, such as light , water currents, tides, waves, etc. If we refer in particular to

  the breeding and cultivation of marine animals and plants, the pro-

  yielded current of culture in aqueous medium consists in surrounding part of the zone of the shore by artificial means so as to raise there

  and grow a large number of fish, shellfish or plan-

  using natural currents of seawater.

  The above-mentioned process creates several kinds of undesirable side effects such as water pollution, the death of living creatures resulting from attack by germs or by natural predators existing in seawater, and this process raises

  legal problems in connection with the use of coastal waters

  vage in relation to customary fishing rights and to jurists

official dictions.

  In addition, in the case of the use of natural shore waters

  As mentioned above, certain varieties of aquatic life and plants living in particular waters of the shore may be limited. Growing and raising all varieties

  selected plants or marine animals is therefore impossible.

  The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for

  putting to cultivate and to raise, in sea water, plants and

  (or) marine animals placed in a tank installed on land.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus

  reil which is able to create the appropriate environmental conditions for the cultivation and rearing of several species of plants and marine animals generally living in different kinds of environments in the

nature.

  Yet another object of the present invention is to provide

  a device for conducting hydro-biotechnolo-

  gics. The present invention will be clearly understood on reading the

  following description made in relation to the attached drawings, in

which:

  - Figure 1 is an explanatory overview of construction -

  tion of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; - Figure 2 (a) is a plan view of the basin shown in Figure 1; - Figure 2 (b) is a schematic illustration explaining the operating principle of a device for concentrating the sun's rays, shown in Figure 1;

  - Figures 3 (a) to 3 (d) are respectively explanatory views

  catives of a system for creating water currents and tides; - Figure 4 is an explanatory view of a device for

to create waves.

  - Figure 5 is an explanatory view of an exemplary embodiment

  water quality control system; - Figures 6 (a) to 6 (c) are respectively modified examples of embodiment of the basin; FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of an example of an apparatus for concentrating the sun's rays usable as an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

  - Figure 8 is an explanatory view of an exemplary embodiment

  tion used to guide sunlight in a fiber optic cable.

  Figure 1 is an explanatory overall view of construction of an embodiment of the apparatus for cultivating and

  to raise marine plants and animals in accordance with this

  the invention. In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 10 designates a basin or reservoir whose interior walls are in steps and

  surrounding a flat bottom in its center, 20 indicates the sun, 30 indicates a

  positive to focus the sun's rays through a system of

  lenses, or the like, and to guide the light rays

  neux concentrated in a fiber optic cable, 40 is a fiber cable

  optical to transmit the concentrated solar rays by the dispo-

  concentration of the sun's rays, 50 a service crane, a mobile roof with a means to adjust the degree of penetration of the sun's rays, 70 a water tank of the same capacity as the pool 10, 80 a device for controlling the water quality, 90 a first aqueduct connecting basin 10 to reservoir 70, 100 a second aqueduct connecting basin 10 to reservoir 70, 110 a pump intended to create water circulation and tides in the first aqueduct, a pump intended to create water circulation and tides

  in the second aqueduct, 130 a conical buoy to create vessels

  gues, and 140 a device for controlling the conical buoy 130, created

waves.

  Figure 2 (a) is a plan view of the basin 10 shown in Figure 1. In Figure 2 (a), the basin 10 is designed so that the lowest plane 1Z0, or ground plane is in its central part while staircase walls 121, 122, ... 12n surround the bottom plane. A flight of stairs is inclined at an angle (e) of approximately, to allow the sunlight 20 to reach the bottom 120 of the pool 10. This amounts to saying that the light rays L coming from the sun 20 fall into the basin 10 as shown in Figure 1,

  but at the same time a significant amount of rays are also

  ment reflected on the surface of the water contained in the basin.

  When the incident angle (e) of sunlight becomes

  below 45, sunlight is mainly reflected on the surface

  face of the water, and hardly admitted in the water of the basin 10. If the interior walls of the basin 10 are formed of vertical planes, the cleaning of the interior of the basin requires a great work and, moreover, a gas toxic can easily accumulate at the bottom of the basin 10, presenting

a possible health hazard.

  In this respect, like the basin proposed by the present invention

  tor has a large upper opening and staircase walls, the water contained therein can be well aerated by the atmosphere so as to eliminate the possibility of accumulation of toxic gas in the bottom of the pelvis, and cleaning the inside of the

  pool can be done easily, given its ease of access.

  The basin thus designed is excellent for its ease of maintenance and for

  create safe operating conditions.

  In addition, the basin 10 is also designed to collect, from the bottom of the sea, relatively purified sea water in order to ensure the control of the quality of the water. In particular, when a large number of basins of the kind mentioned above, are arranged

  in rows on a given location, many species of ani-

  evils and marine plants can be raised and cultivated simultaneously

  nement. Many experiences can be effectively carried out there.

  born. You can also purify the water used for animal husbandry

  sea sickness and send it back into the sea without causing contamination

  nation. For example, in the case where the cultivation of sea ears is practiced in the apparatus proposed by the present inventor,

  can also introduce seawater into this device through the

  through a filter allowing passage only of algae

  flées, thus ensuring an effective breeding of the ears of sea using natural blown algae. When the pool has a movable roof 60, you can close the pool on a stormy day or overnight, and reopen the pool in good weather to let in light

  or to adjust the interior temperature of the pool and the temperature

  strikes water on the surface. You can also use a roof made of transparent and variable transparency elements to adjust the

  amount of light to guide in the basin.

  Figure 2 (b) is an illustration explaining the principle of

  operation of the apparatus 30, mentioned above, of concentra-

  tion of the sun's rays. In FIG. 2 (b), the reference numeral 31 designates a transparent dome 31, and 32 a lens which is placed in this transparent dome and is controlled by a position detector of the

  sun, not shown in figure 2 (b) so as to be constam-

  directed towards the sun. The sunlight collected by the len-

  tille 32 is guided in a fiber optic cable 40, so as to be

brought into tank 10.

  The device for concentrating the sun's rays, mentioned above, has already been proposed by the present inventor from different

  manners and it will be described later in detail.

  As mentioned above, in the present invention

  tion, the elements of sunlight directly collected by a lens optical system such as a fresnel lens or the like,

  are guided in the fiber optic cable 40, composed of optic fibers

  so that these elements are brought to any point

  desired from pool 10 and with any desired density, allows

  both raising and effectively cultivating animals and aquatic plants in the basin 10. In the present invention, the lowest plane 120 of the basin 10 is in the center and the basin is provided with stepped walls 121, 122. 12 surrounding the central plane of the bottom. The basin 21 'n is also designed to allow sunlight 20 to reach the lowest plane of the bottom of the basin 10 and to reach all the stairs at different intensities. Consequently, in basin 10, all the living aquatic creatures to be cultivated can

  choose a location where the light supply is appropriate.

  Figure 3 is a main construction view to explain

  quer a system for creating water currents, tides, etc ... in the basin 10. Figure 3 (a) is an explanatory view of a system of

  creation of water currents and tides.

  Figure 3 (b) is a detailed view of part A shown in Figure 3 (a), illustrating nozzles for creating a stream of water. Figure 3 (c) is a view showing a high tide. Figure 3 (d) is a view showing low tide. A pump 110 is used to pass the water from inside a tank

  of water reserve in basin 10, and a pump 120 is used to supply

  see the water from the basin 10 in the water reserve tank 70.

  In this case, the intensity of the water currents and their direction are automatically adjusted by the action of baskets B and B and the

1 2

  tides are automatically adjusted by the action of a valve B3. The adjustment of the water currents takes place as follows: the basin 10 provided with staircase walls and the water reserve tank 70 of the same capacity are put in place and connected to each other by means of of them

  independent 90 and 100 aqueduct systems including respective

  pumps 110 and 120, and water jet nozzles are available

  located at the wall staircase locations. ' A current of water is created by spraying water from the nozzles into the basin 10 and it can be

  controlled by adjusting the speed of the water and the angle of the pipes

  res. We can create tides by passing water from the reservoir

  in basin 10 and reversing the operation at any frequency

quence desired.

  Figure 4 is an explanatory view of a means of creating waves in the basin 10. In Figure 4, a conical buoy

  130, placed at the center of the surface of the water in the basin 10, is

  placed from top to bottom and bottom to top by a drive unit controlled by a computer-controlled device for the purpose of causing waves of a specified height, for example for biotechnical experiments, at a frequency and with a length of

  stroke of the buoy in accordance with the water level.

  FIG. 5 is a construction view for explaining an exemplary embodiment of a quality control system for a

water basin 10.

  In FIG. 5, two independent aqueducts and pumping systems, connecting the water basin 10 to the reservoir 70 of water reserve, are provided with a device 80 intended to regulate the temperature, the dissolved gases, the materials nutrients (nutrient salts, etc.) and metabolic materials (such as droppings). The control device 80

  of quality is used to adjust the water temperature, the content of ma-

  dissolved solids and floating matter content when water currents and tides are created by means of pumps. Figures 6 (a), 6 (b), 6 (c) are respectively views of another embodiment of the basin with stepped walls in accordance with the present invention. The hatched portion 1Oa is a

  filling piece. As can be seen in these figures, the figure

  re 6 (a) represents a shallow basin, Figure 6 (b) represents

  feels a basin located in the middle and deep, and Figure 6 (c) represents a corridor type basin. The use of filling pieces that can be assembled allows to build a basin of any

desired shape.

  Figure 7 is a fully perspective view shown

  as a device 30 for capturing the sun's rays, intended to guide

  sunlight in the fiber optic cable 40 mentioned above

  above. In FIG. 7, a capsule intended to be used in the device for collecting solar rays is composed of a transparent head 31 in the form of a dome and of a cylindrical body. As shown in Figure 7, the device for collecting solar rays

  is housed in the capsule, during use of the device. The availability

  solar capture device includes a lens, several

  lenses or possibly a large number of lenses 32, one deted-

  tor 33 of the position of the sun to locate the position of the sun, a body 34 forming a support frame to fully maintain the

  lens 32 and detector 33, a first rotary shaft 35 for driving

  ner the support frame 34 in a rotational movement, a first

  motor 36 for rotating the first rotary shaft 35, an arm-

  support 37 to support the lens 32 or the motor 36, a second

  rotary shaft 38 arranged so as to cut perpendicularly the first

  mier rotary shaft 35, and a second motor, not shown in the

  Figure 7, to rotate the second rotary shaft 38.

  The direction of the sun is detected by means of the solar position detector 33 and its detection signal controls the first and second motors so as to permanently direct the lens 32 towards the sun, and the sunlight concentrated by the lens 32 is guided in the fiber optic cable 40, not shown in FIG. 7,

  through its end surface placed at the focal point of the lens. The lu-

  guided solar matter is brought by fiber optic cable to all

  points where this light is needed.

  With regard to the device for collecting solar rays

  res, mentioned above, several types of this device have been pro-

  posed by the present inventor. There are devices with one or more lenses respectively (2 to 4 lenses) or a large number of lenses (for example 7, 19, 61, 196 or 1600 lenses)

  depending on how you want to use it.

  Figure 8 is a view explaining how to guide in

  a fiber optic cable 40 the light rays corresponding to the

  posants of the visible spectrum of sunlight. In Figure 8, 32 is Z0 a lens system composed of a Fresnel lens or the like, and the sunlight concentrated by the lens system 32 is guided

  in a fiber optic cable, as previously mentioned.

  In the case where the sunlight is concentrated through the lens system, the solar image has a central part composed of light

  almost white and a part ci: conference containing a large quan-

  tity of light components whose wavelengths correspond to the focal point of the lens system. This is tantamount to saying that, in the case of the concentration of sunlight through the

  lenses, focus and size of the solar image will vary depending on

  tion of the wavelengths of the components of light. For example-

  full, the light of blue color having a short wavelength gives an image of the sun of diameter Dl at point P1 In addition, the light of green color gives an image of the sun of diameter D2 at point P2 and the light of red color gives an image of the sun of diameter D3 at point P3 'Consequently, as shown in Figure 8, when the

  receiving end surface of the lurmiere of the fiber optic cable 40

  that is fixed at point Pl, we can capture the sunlight containing

  a large quantity of blue-colored components at its circumference

  ferential. When the receiving end surface of the light of the fiber optic cable 40 is fixed at point P., it is possible to collect the solar light containing a large quantity of component of green color at its circumferential part. When the light receiving end surface of the fiber optic cable 40 is fixed at point P3, it is possible to

  collect the solar light containing a large amount of component

  red-colored tee at its circumferential part. In each case, the diameter of the optical fiber cable can be chosen according to the components of light rays to be picked up. For example, the required diameters of the optical fiber cables are respectively D1, D2 and D3, as a function of the colors of the light rays to be accentuated, that is to say the colors blue, green and red. In this way, we can save the

  required quantity of fiber optic cable and therefore the light is

  area containing a large amount of color component

  can be picked up very effectively. And moreover, as the

  feel Figure 8, if the diameter of the end which receives the light, is brought to the diameter DO, one can capture rays of visible light

  containing all the wavelength components.

  As is apparent from the foregoing description, conform-

  ment to the present invention, it is possible to completely control the main

  main ambient factors such as "light", "currents", "tides", "waves", water quality (temperature, dissolved substances, dissolved gases, metabolism, excrements, etc.) "for the home in which the largest kinds of aquatic animals and plants can live and in which water allows sunlight to reach them. Furthermore, when a large number of devices offered by the present inventor are arranged in rows on the site, it becomes possible to create ecological and environmental factors allowing any desired species of aquatic animals or plants

  to live on the same site without polluting the sea water and we can cons-

  truire an installation of the type all seasons in order to create the environment-

  necessary for the breeding and mass cultivation of selected varieties of animals or aquatic plants based on

experimental data obtained.

  The present invention is not limited to the examples of

  reading which have just been described, it is on the contrary susceptible

  variants and modifications which will appear to those skilled in the art.

Claims (7)

CLAIMS R E V E N D I C A T I 0 N S   1. Apparatus for raising and cultivating aquatic animals and plants, comprising a basin (10) containing water and whose interior walls in steps (121 to 12n) surround a flat bottom (120) located in its center, characterized in that the sun's rays can pass through the pool water (10) and reach the bottom (120) of the latter.   2. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and aquatic plants according to claim 1, characterized in that the internal staircase walls (121 to 12n) have a tilt angle of about 45.   3. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and   aquatic plants according to either of Claims 1 and 2, charac-   téris6 in that the basin (10) is provided with a roof (60) allowing   adjust the amount of sunlight passing through it.   4. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and aquatic plants, comprising a basin (10) containing water and whose interior walls in steps (121 to 12n) surround- a flat dish (120) located in its center, and a system (30) for capturing and transmitting solar rays in order to capture and guide sunlight in a fiber optic cable (40.), characterized in that the solar rays transmitted by this cable (40) to fiber optic can be supplied at any desired intensity in any plane desired basin (10).   5. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and aquatic plants comprising a basin (10) containing water and whose interior walls in steps (121 to 12n) surround a flat bottom (120) located in its center , characterized in that it further comprises a water tank (70) of the same capacity as the basin (10)   containing water and two aqueducts (90, 100) connecting independently   lie the basin (10) and the tank (70) between them and in which   separate pumps (110, 120) are incorporated.   6. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and aquatic plants according to claim 5, characterized in that the two aqueducts (90, 100) connecting the basin (10) and the 13 2628292   tank (70) are provided with a system (80) for adjusting and controlling the quality of the water, making it possible to adjust the temperature of the water,   the dissolved gas content, - the nutrients and the m9tabo- lique, etc ...   7. Apparatus for raising and cultivating animals and aquatic plants comprising a basin (10) containing water and whose interior walls in steps (121 to 12n) surround a flat bottom (120) located in its center , characterized in that a vertically movable conical element (130) is provided in the center of this basin (10).