Pet fountain assembly with cord conduit and disconnectable power cord

摘要

A pet drinking fountain assembly having a pump forming part of a fountain mounting arrangement that includes a lift tube coupling a cover to the pump coupled to a lower basin by a mount. The mount and lift tube attenuate pump noise and vibration by providing isolation from the basin and cover and can function as dampeners. In a preferred embodiment the pump is part of a pump module that includes a module housing to which the pump is attached by another noise-attenuating mount. Each mount is formed by one or more suction cups with the cups and lift tube made of vibration dampening material, such as a resilient vibration dampening or isolating material that can be an elastomeric material. The module includes a lift tube coupling discharge that registers in fluid flow communication with a pump outlet and can include a ring or bushing therebetween providing additional noise attenuation.

主权项

1. A pet fountain assembly comprising:
a basin of a pet fountain holding water; a pump arranged within the basin and delivering water through the pet fountain and having a cord connecting the pump to a power source, the cord connected to a transformer disposed between the power source and the pump; and a cord conduit defining a passage that connects a space inside of the basin to a space outside of the basin and arranged so that the cord extends through the cord conduit from the space inside of the basin to the space outside of the basin; and wherein the cord conduit has an opening that is smaller than the transformer, and wherein the transformer is disposed on a side of the cord conduit opposite that of the pump.