Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Wave generation or enhancement
Patent
1992-03-04
1993-12-21
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Wave generation or enhancement
405 52, 472 13, A63B 6900
Patent
active
052716929
ABSTRACT:
Sheet wave generators have recently been hailed as the new generation of simulated wave generating water rides. The present invention relates to a sheet wave generator with a riding surface appended to a single container of water, i.e., a swimming pool, wave pool, or any existing or new water facility. Because the riding surface of the present invention is contained along its outer periphery, the water ride can be compact so that is suitable for placement in a relatively small area of land. The ride surface itself has an inclined surface, a transition turn area, and a downward declining surface which feeds back into the pool. This butterfly configuration is relatively compact, and can be situated such that the flow of water comes from and returns to the pool area. The invention also has a unique nozzle outlet area which is at or slightly below the elevation of the water surface in the pool, so that riders may skim over the nozzle area and onto the riding surface directly from the pool area.
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Light Wave Ltd.
Taylor Dennis L.
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