Non-permanent whitewater water course
AssigneeHydrostadium
InventorsGilles Bernard, Pascal Simon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a white-water river, comprising a river bed capable of guiding a current of water between an upper inlet of the bed and a lower outlet of the bed, and including water-feeding means for injecting a stream of water at the upper inlet of the bed. The river bed is made up of a series of individual bed modules, adjacent to one another, and assembled via respective transverse contact surfaces. The individual bed modules are supported via a lower surface by a modular lattice bearing structure.
Claims17
An assembly for forming a white water river having a river bed for guiding a flow of water, the assembly comprising;
- a modular lattice support structure;
- a plurality of bed modules each bed module having a lower surface adapted to be supported by the lattice support structure, each bed module having at least one contact surface disposed adjacent to a contact surface of another of the plurality of bed modules when in an assembled position on the lattice support structure, the plurality of bed modules defining an upper bed inlet and a lower bed outlet;
- wherein the lattice support structure includes:
- a plurality of lower components which, when assembled, form a load distribution base designed to rest on the ground;
- a plurality of upper groundways, distributed under the lower surface of the bed modules;
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- a lattice structure that connects the plurality of lower components to the plurality of upper groundways;
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- a water supply for delivering a flow of water at the upper bed inlet which flows to the lower bed outlet.
An assembly for forming a white water river having a river bed for guiding a flow of water, the assembly comprising;
- a modular lattice support structure;
- a plurality of bed modules each bed module having a lower surface adapted to be supported by the lattice support structure, each bed module having at least one contact surface disposed adjacent to a contact surface of another of the plurality of bed modules when in an assembled position on the lattice support structure, the plurality of bed modules defining an upper bed inlet and a lower bed outlet;
- a water supply for delivering a flow of water at the upper bed inlet which flows to the lower bed inlet;
- an upper basin positioned at the upper inlet to receive the supply water;
- two lateral bed branches which are generally parallel to each other and apart from one another, and which connect the upper basin to an intermediate basin located at an intermediate level between the level of the upper bed inlet and the level of the lower bed outlet;
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- a central bed branch, which connects, between the lateral bed branches the intermediate basin to a lower basin that forms the lower bed outlet.
An assembly for forming a white water river having a river bed for guiding a flow of water, the assembly comprising;
- a modular lattice support structure;
- a plurality of bed modules each bed module having a lower surface adapted to be supported by the lattice support structure, each bed module having at least one contact surface disposed adjacent to a contact surface of another of the plurality of bed modules when in an assembled position on the lattice support structure, the plurality of bed modules defining an upper bed inlet and a lower bed outlet;
- wherein the individual bed modules include lateral individual bed modules, with a transverse L-shaped profile, and occupy all or part of a half-width of the riverbed, and having a lower branch having two opposing transverse contact surfaces and a longitudinal contact surface, and having a lateral branch having two opposing transverse contact surfaces;
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- a water supply for delivering a flow of water at the upper bed inlet which flows to the lower bed outlet.
An assembly for forming a white water river having a river bed for guiding a flow of water, the assembly comprising;
- a modular lattice support structure;
- a plurality of bed modules each bed module having a lower surface adapted to be supported by the lattice support structure, each bed module having at least one contact surface disposed adjacent to a contact surface of another of the plurality of bed modules when in an assembled position on the lattice support structure, the plurality of bed modules defining an upper bed inlet and a lower bed outlet;
- the bed modules each form a bed segment that occupies the width of the river bed, and whose length is no greater than a width of a ground transport vehicle;
- each individual bed module being selected from at least one lateral bed branch individual module shape and at least one central bed branch individual module shape;
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- a water supply for delivering a flow of water at the upper bed inlet which flows to the lower bed outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.