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US4522535:
Surf wave generator
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Bastenhof, Dirk; Langerak, Netherlands
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| Assignee: |
Ecopool Design Limited United Kingdom
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| Published / Filed: |
1985-06-11
/ 1983-08-08
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| Application Number: |
US1983000521113
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| IPC Code: |
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E04H 4/00;
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IPC-7:
F04D 35/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
405/079;
004/491;
Original:
405/079;
004/491;
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| Field of Search: |
405/079,52
004/491,492
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| Priority Number: |
| 1983-08-08 |
US1983000521113 |
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| Abstract: |
A surf wave generator which can repeatedly produce and launch singular waves across the surface of a swimming pool. The waves are produced in the swimming pool by an adjacent water-filled caisson which is coupled into the swimming pool at the base of the pool and caisson. Except for the opening into the pool, the caisson is sealed, and a charge of high-pressure air is vented into the upper portion, forcing the water from the chamber into the swimming pool in a single forceful motion. Through the use of a baffle, the expelled water is directed within the swimming pool to produce a surf wave propagating across the surface of the swimming pool away from the wave-generating caisson. The surf wave may be repeatably generated without synchronization to the previously generated waves. The surf wave generator can also be used in combination with other wave-generating systems to produce a complete repertoire of wave motions.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Weingarten, Shurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Taylor, Dennis L.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. For use with a swimming pool, a surf wave generator comprising:
- one or more air chamber extending at least partially along one side of said swimming pool, having an opening allowing the lower portion of the chamber to communicate with the lower portion of the swimming pool;
- a reservoir of compressed air; and
- means to rapidly induce said compressed air from said reservoir into said air chamber, displacing water therein into said swimming pool;
- said reservoir having sufficient volume of compresed air to propagate a single travelling wave within said pool.
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