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US 12,569,400 B2Granted
Multidirectional hydrotherapy tub coplanar flow
AssigneeSaratoga Spa & Bath Co., Inc.
InventorAnthony Brennan
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Abstract
A hydrotherapy tub coplanar flow device includes a body mounted onto an inner surface of the hydrotherapy tub. The body includes at least one set of oppositely faced coplanar flow nozzles allowing coplanar flow to occur in opposite directions from the device. The device includes a hollow internal channel therein extending continually from a first slotted nozzle at one end of the body to a second slotted nozzle at a second end of the body that water from a water supply inlet can flow in both directions within the hollow channel towards both slotted nozzles.
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A hydrotherapy tub coplanar flow device comprising:
- a body adapted for mounting on an inner surface of a hydrotherapy tub;
- a hollow internal channel within said body extending continually from a first slotted nozzle at a first end of said body to a second slotted nozzle at a second end of said body, said first slotted nozzle and said second slotted nozzle being coplanar with a portion of said internal channel;
- a first fluid supply conduit connected to said body and defining a singular flow path that is in fluid communication with said internal channel via directly intersecting an opening in a portion of said internal channel of said body to direct a singular flow of water from said first fluid supply conduit through said opening and into a first portion of the internal channel leading from a first side of the opening to the first slotted nozzle and into a second portion of the internal channel leading from a second side of the opening to the second slotted nozzle, wherein the internal channel extends directly across the entire opening between the first side of the opening at the first portion of the internal channel and the second side of the opening at the second portion of the internal channel without interruption;
- a second fluid supply conduit located between said first slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit to allow air to flow into said internal channel between said first slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit;
- a first interior dam located within said internal channel between said first fluid supply conduit and said second fluid supply conduit, said first interior dam forming a reduced cross sectional flow area for water in said interior channel relative to a flow area of water through the first inlet;
- a third fluid supply conduit located between said first fluid supply conduit and said second slotted nozzle to allow air to flow into said internal channel between said second slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit;
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- a second interior dam located within said internal channel between said first fluid supply conduit and said third fluid supply conduit, said second interior dam forming a reduced cross sectional flow area for water in said interior channel relative to a flow area of water through said first inlet.
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A hydrotherapy tub comprising:
- a body mounted for mounting on an inner surface of a hydrotherapy tub;
- the body comprising a hollow internal channel within said body extending exclusively along a first portion comprising a first slotted nozzle at a first end of the internal channel, a second portion comprising a second slotted nozzle at a second end of the internal channel, and an intermediate portion that extends between the first and second portions and comprises an opening, wherein the intermediate portion comprises an unobstructed open area of the internal channel that extends fully between the first and second portions and across the opening, and wherein said first slotted nozzle and said second slotted nozzle are coplanar with a third portion of said internal channel;
- a first fluid supply conduit connected to said body and in fluid communication with said opening configured to direct a single flow path of water from said first fluid supply conduit through said opening directly into said intermediate portion of said internal channel where the water is allowed to flow into said first and second portions of said internal channel and through both said first slotted nozzle and said second slotted nozzle;
- a second fluid supply conduit located between said first slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit to allow air to flow into said internal channel between said first slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit;
- a first interior dam located within said internal channel between said first fluid supply conduit and said second fluid supply conduit, said first interior dam forming a reduced cross sectional flow area for water in said interior channel relative to a flow area of water through the first inlet;
- a third fluid supply conduit located between said first fluid supply conduit and said second slotted nozzle to allow air to flow into said internal channel between said second slotted nozzle and said first fluid supply conduit;
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- a second interior dam located within said internal channel between said first fluid supply conduit and said third fluid supply conduit, said second interior dam forming a reduced cross sectional flow area for water in said interior channel relative to a flow area of water through said first inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.