Swim spa with plenum arrangement at head end
AssigneeMaster Spas, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Ferriss, Adam C. Riley
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Abstract
A swimming pool with a circulating water flow includes a plurality of side walls adjacent a swimming compartment, one of the side walls including an outlet, at least one inlet positioned at each lateral side of the outlet, and a plenum arrangement on a side of the one wall opposite the swimming compartment. The plenum arrangement is in communication with each inlet and the outlet. A water propulsion device is positioned within the plenum arrangement and effects a pair of circuitous water flow paths within the swimming compartment.
Claims8
A swimming pool with a circulating water flow, comprising a plurality of side walls adjacent a swimming compartment, one of said side walls including an outlet, at least one inlet positioned at each lateral side of said outlet, and a plenum arrangement on a side of said one wall opposite said swimming compartment, said plenum arrangement in communication with each said inlet and said outlet, and a water propulsion device positioned within said plenum arrangement and effecting a pair of circuitous water flow paths within said swimming compartment, the swimming pool having an absence of a separate return flow plenum arrangement extending along the length of the swimming compartment, placement of said inlets on each lateral side of said outlet are configured to displace return flow paths of the water in said circuitous water flow paths laterally from a primary flow of the water in said circuitous water flow paths that issues from said outlet.
A method of operating a swimming pool with a circulating water flow, comprising the steps of:
- discharging a jet of water from an outlet at a head end of the swimming pool into a swimming compartment, whereby the jet of water flows in a primary flow path toward a swimmer within the swimming compartment;
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- splitting the flow of water past the swimmer to define two circuitous flow paths, each said flow path having a return flow path flowing within said swimming compartment in a direction opposite to said primary flow path back toward said head end, the swimming pool having an absence of a separate return flow plenum arrangement extending along the length of the swimming compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.