(19)
(11) EP 0 826 428 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/10

(21) Application number: 97305559.3

(22) Date of filing: 24.07.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B05B 17/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.08.1996 GB 9617810

(71) Applicant: Hortus Group Limited
Burnley, Lancashire BB12 0NA (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hartwell, Alec Whitaker
    Penn, Buckinghamshire, HP10 8PQ (GB)

(74) Representative: White, Martin David 
MARKS & CLERK, 57/60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) Water fountain aparatus


(57) A recirculating water fountain apparatus (10) comprises a hollow-walled bowl (12) adapted to hold a pool (14) of water and fitted with a pump (28) which pumps water from the pool (14) into a completely enclosed chamber (26) formed within the hollow walls (16, 18) of the bowl (12), whence the water is ejected through a ring of outlets (36) around the rim (20) from the enclosed chamber (26) due to the pump pressure, in a fountain (38) such that the water fountain (38) falls back under gravity into the pool (14) of water in the bowl (12).






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