Water on fire appearing water displays
AssigneeWet Enterprises, Inc.
InventorJames Doyle
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Abstract
Water on fire appearing water displays characterized by a burning fuel/air mixture entrained in a stream of water. The display uses a self entraining nozzle disposed at a proper level in a body of water, with a source of flammable gas provided a flow of gas to the lower pressure portion of the air entraining region of the nozzle and with the proper flow rate to obtain a combustible mixture of fuel/air entrained in the air stream. Coordinated variation of the water and gas flow under computer control provided a dynamic display while maintaining the flame throughout the variations. Other features are disclosed.
Claims8
A water display comprising:
- a self entraining nozzle disposed in a body of water for entraining air in a water stream emitted by the nozzle;
- a water supply coupled to the self entraining nozzle for delivering water under pressure to the nozzle;
- a combustible gas supply coupled to the self entraining nozzle to deliver combustible gas to the self entraining nozzle at a rate selected to mix with the air being entrained by the self entraining nozzle to form a combustible mixture.
A method of providing a water display comprising:
- providing a self entraining nozzle disposed in a body of water for entraining air in a water stream emitted by the nozzle;
- supplying water under pressure to the self entraining nozzle;
- supplying combustible gas to the self entraining nozzle at a rate selected to mix the gas with the air being entrained in the water by the self entraining nozzle to form a combustible fuel/air mixture entrained in the water emitted by the nozzle;
- and,
- igniting the fuel/air mixture entrained in the water emitted by the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.