Dynamic artificial wave facility for surfing practice
OwnerLaurent Hequilyinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a facility including an artificial wave generator having an element for driving moving water along a predetermined path, including a first body profiled as a hydrofoil, orientated upright, having a leading edge towards the front, a trailing edge towards the rear, first and second main faces extending respectively on a first side and a second side, between the leading and trailing edges, and being configured with respect to the path so that when the generator is in service, a lift force directed towards a wave development zone is applied on the first body; and a second body profiled as a hydrofoil, orientated horizontally, having a leading edge towards the front, a trailing edge towards the rear, first and second main faces extending respectively on a first side and a second side.
Claims20
Artificial wave facility for the practice of surfing, comprising:
- a support (11;
- 55) having an upper surface (14) comprising an edge zone (15), a wave progression zone (16) and a culminating zone (17), the wave progression zone (16) extending, in an upwards slope, from the edge zone (15) to the culminating zone (17);
- water situated over said edge zone (15) and said wave progression zone (16);
- an artificial wave generator (12), comprising at least one water driving member movable over the edge zone (15) along a predetermined path (21), said wave generator (12) and said upper surface (14) of the support (11;
- 55) being configured such that when the wave generator (12) is in use, the movable member is laterally followed by a wave (22) moving in the water towards the wave progression zone (16) in contact with which the generated wave (22) breaks towards the culminating zone (17);
- wherein said movable member (20′) of the wave generator (12) comprises:
- a first body (60) shaped with a cross-section of a lift-generating wing, oriented upright, having a leading edge (62) facing forward, a trailing edge (63) facing rearward, a first main face (64) extending on a first side between the leading edge (62) and the trailing edge (63), and a second main face (65) extending on a second side, which is an opposite side to the first side, between the leading edge (62) and the trailing edge (63), the first main face (64) facing towards the wave progression zone (16), said first body (60) being configured in relation to said predetermined path (21) such that when the wave generator (12) is in use, a lift force directed towards the wave progression zone (16) acts on the first body (60);
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- a second body (61) shaped with a cross-section of a lift-generating wing, having a lying-down orientation, mechanically connected to the first body (60), projecting at least partly from the first main face (64) of the first body (60), having a leading edge (68) facing forward, a trailing edge (69) facing rearward, a first main face (70) extending on a first side between the leading edge (68) and the trailing edge (69), and a second main face (71) extending on a second side, which is an opposite side to the first side, between the leading edge (68) and the trailing edge (69), the second main face (71) facing downward, said second body (61) being configured in relation to said predetermined path (21) such that when the wave generator (12) is in use, an upwardly directed lift force acts on the second body (61).
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