Wave generating apparatus
OwnerPer F. Anderseninventor
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Abstract
A machine for making (gravity) waves on the free surface of a body of water comprises a platform for machinery having a deck level which is raised above the surface of the water, driving machinery located on the platform for generating reciprocating hoist action, a weighted paddle blade suspended below the surface of the water in a horizontal attitude alongside the machinery platform, suspension means extending from the driving machinery to the weighted paddle blade for imparting vertical oscillations to the paddle blade while maintaining the generally horizontal attitude of the paddle blade.
Claims17
Wave making apparatus for deployment adjacent a body of water and for generating wave motions in the body of water, comprising:
- shore-mounted means for generating a vertical reciprocating motion above the body of water;
- horizontally oriented paddle means for complete immersion in the body of water adjacent the generating means;
- ballast means attached to the horizontally oriented paddle means;
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- means for freely suspending the paddle means and the ballast means from the generating means, whereby generation of the generation means causes vertical travel of the paddle means and the ballast means to generate wave motion, the motion of the paddle means being moderated by the complete immersion in the body of water.
A machine for making waves on the surface of a body of water comprising:
- a platform for machinery having a deck level which is raised, above the surface of the water, and driving means located on the platform for generating reciprocating hoist action;
- a backboard adjacent the platform and extending into the water;
- a weighted paddle blade freely suspended and totally immersed below the surface of the water in a horizontal attitude alongside the backboard;
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- suspension means extending from the driving means to the weight paddle blade for imparting vertical oscillations to the paddle blade while maintaining the generally horizontal attitude of the paddle blade, said suspension means including a joint freely suspending the weighted paddle blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.