Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Wave generation or enhancement
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-01
2010-10-19
Bagnell, David J (Department: 3672)
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Wave generation or enhancement
C004S491000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07815396
ABSTRACT:
A wave generating apparatus and method in which a chamber is at least partially submerged beneath a body of water in a pool and is connected to a gas supply for at least partially filling the chamber with gas, displacing water in the vicinity of the chamber. A vent valve is arranged to vent gas rapidly from the chamber so that the water level in the vicinity of the chamber falls, forming a wave trough. A wave reflecting wall is positioned in the pool adjacent the chamber and in the vicinity of the wave trough formation so as to reflect the wave away from the chamber and across the body of water. The chamber may have a flexible wall for displacing water or may be a rigid chamber communicating with the water through a submerged passageway. This apparatus forms a wave trough followed by a wave peak which travels across the pool.
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Harrington Steven M
McFarland Bruce C.
American Wave Machines, Inc.
Bagnell David J
de la Cerra Manuel F.
Fiorello Benjamin
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