Method and apparatus for cooling swimming pool water
OwnerRick Martin Argovitzinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for cooling swimming pool water includes diverting a stream of swimming pool water to a distribution header. The distribution header includes a plurality of dispersing apertures for converting the stream of swimming pool water into a plurality of smaller streams. Positioned immediately beneath the distribution header is a fill medium through which the smaller streams of water pass where they are atomized into smaller droplets. An electric fan is positioned above the distribution header for forcing ambient air through the fill medium to invoke evaporative cooling of the atomized water. The resulting evaporatively cooled water is collected in a reservoir and returned to a swimming pool.
Claims8
In combination with a swimming pool having a swim basin with water therein, a suction line extending from the basin to a filtering system and a return line extending from the filtering system to the basin, an apparatus for cooling water within the basin comprising:
- a hollow tower having an upper end, a lower end and an interior;
- a motorized fan positioned at the upper end of said tower;
- a water distribution header positioned beneath said fan, said distribution header in fluid communication with said return line, said header having a plurality of dispensing apertures thereon;
- a fill medium received within said tower interior and positioned beneath said header, said medium configured to atomize streams of water coming in contact therewith;
- a reservoir positioned beneath said medium, said reservoir in fluid communication with said basin whereby said fan pulls ambient air upwardly through said atomized streams of water to invoke evaporative cooling thereof allowing cooled water to be collected in said reservoir and redirected to said basin.
A swimming pool cooling system comprising:
- a swimming pool having a swim basin with water therein;
- a suction line extending from the basin to a filtering system;
- a return line extending from the filtering system to the basin;
- a recirculating pump connected to said suction line and said return line for transferring water from said swim basin to a filtering system and back to said basin;
- a hollow tower having an upper end, a lower end and an interior;
- a motorized fan positioned at the upper end of said tower;
- a water distribution header positioned beneath said fan, said distribution header in fluid communication with said return line, said header having a plurality of dispensing apertures thereon;
- a fill medium received within said tower interior and positioned beneath said header, said medium configured to atomize streams of water coming in contact therewith;
- a reservoir positioned beneath said medium, said reservoir in fluid communication with said basin whereby said fan pulls ambient air upwardly through said atomized streams of water to invoke evaporative cooling thereof allowing cooled water to be collected in said reservoir and redirected to said swim basin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.