Amusement devices – Body slide – Water slide
Patent
1996-09-18
1998-07-14
Nguyen, Kien T.
Amusement devices
Body slide
Water slide
104 73, A63G 2118
Patent
active
057795533
ABSTRACT:
For managing water flow in a waterslide, drains are provided at one or more points between a top and bottom of a course, coupled to conduits providing gravity flow paths bypassing portions of the course. The course is defined by a sluice with a generally downhill gradient and can have at least one point of relatively lower elevation leading into a subsequent uphill run. A water supply is provided to the top of the course and optionally to other points along the course, for example being pumped from a lowermost splashdown pool. The water flows downward toward low points, flowing in the direction of waterslide riders or opposite thereto. The water is collected at one or more of the drains and fed to a lower elevation water emitter in the sluice of the same course or another course, especially at a slope leading or trailing a peak. This reduces pumping requirements because the water is used more than once along the course, and can be used to prevent intermediate pools that would reduce the riders' speed. A number of gravity paths can be provided pairing valleys with subsequent peaks or slopes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4484739 (1984-11-01), Kreinbihl et al.
patent: 5011134 (1991-04-01), Langford
patent: 5213547 (1993-05-01), Lochtefeld
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