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US RE49,215 E1Granted
Wave generating apparatus and method
AssigneeAmerican Wave Machines, Inc.
InventorBruce McFarland
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Abstract
A wave forming apparatus has a channel for containing a flow of water with an inlet end connected to a water supply, a floor, and spaced side walls, a first bed form or weir at the inlet end of the channel, and a second bed form in the channel downstream of the first bed form. Also disclosed is a wave forming apparatus has a channel for containing a flow of water, the channel having an inlet end connected to a water supply for supplying a flowing stream of water, a floor, and spaced side walls, and at least one oblique foil member adjustably mounted in the floor of the channel. The foils, weirs or bed form, form a standing wave.
Claims26
A wave forming apparatus for producing a rideable barreling wave, comprising:
- a wave forming channel which contains a flow of water, the channel comprising:
- a floor, side walls, an inlet end and an exit end;
- and
- a wave guide comprising;
- a pivot or hinge connected to the floor;
- a surface having a leading edge connected to the pivot or hinge and an edge opposite to the leading edge and the opposite edge is not connected to the channel floor, the surface forming a pitch angle with the channel floor;
- and
- an actuator connected to the surface adapted to adjust the pitch angle;
- a pump adapted to pump water into the inlet end of the channel, over the leading edge and over the wave guide, wherein the pump, during operation, is adapted to produce a water level in the channel sufficient to enable the formation of the rideable barreling wave;
- wherein the opposite edge rotates about the pivot by the pitch angel adjustment;
- a passageway connected to the pump with an opening downstream of the wave guide, the passageway constructed to deliver water through the opening in a direction that is not parallel to the flow of water in the channel, said delivery assisting in the formation of the rideable barreling wave.
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A wave forming apparatus for producing a rideable barreling wave, comprising:
- a wave forming channel which contains a flow of water, the chnnel comprising:
- a floor, side walls, an inlet end and an exit end;
- and
- a wave guide comprising;
- a pivot or hinge connected to the floor;
- a surface having a leading edge connected to the pivot or hinge, the surface forming a pitch angle with the channel floor;
- and
- an actuator connected to the surface adapted to adjust the pitch angle;
- a pump adapted to pump water into the inlet end of the channel, over the leading edge, and over the wave guide, wherein the pump, during operation, is adapted to produce a water level in the channel sufficient to enable the formation of the rideable barreling wave;
- a passageway adapted to return water from the exit end to the pump;
- wherein a portion of the actuator is disposed of in the passageway;
- and
- a secondary passageway connected to the pump with an opening downstream of the wave guide, the secondary passageway constructed to deliver water through the opening in a direction that is not parallel to the flow of water in the channel, said delivery assisting in the formation of the rideable barreling wave.
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A wave forming apparatus for producing a wave, comprising:
- a wave forming channel which contains a flow of water, the channel comprising:
- a floor, side walls, an inlet end and an exit end;
- and
- a wave guide comprising;
- a pivot or hinge connected to the floor;
- a surface having a leading edge connected to the pivot or hinge, the surface forming a pitch angle with the channel floor;
- and
- an actuator connected to the surface adapted to adjust the pitch angle;
- a pump adapted to pump water into the inlet end of the channel and over the wave guide, wherein the pump, during operation, is adapted to produce a water level in the channel sufficient to enable the formation of the rideable wave;
- a passageway adapted to return water from the exit end to the pump;
- wherein a portion of the actuator is disposed of in the passageway;
- and
- wherein the passageway comprises a passageway floor and the actuator is fixed to the passageway floor.
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An artificial surfing facility for producing a standing wave comprising:
- a return channel;
- a wave pool, an inclined ramp, a lower end of which discharges into the wave pool;
- a flow section connected at an outlet end thereof to an upper end of the ramp;
- at least one pump connected to an inlet end of the flow section by means of which water is conveyed from the return channel to the flow section;
- at least one adjustable guide device in the wave pool at a distance downstream from the lower end of the ramp;
- an overflow via which water is able to flow back from the wave pool into the return channel;
- wherein the wave pool is positioned higher than the return channel;
- wherein the at least one pump unit, during operation, being adapted to produce a liquid level in the wave pool sufficient to produce a defined resistance to water flowing down the ramp which will enable formation of the standing wave at the at least one adjustable guide device by a change of the flow velocity of the water.
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An artificial surfing facility for producing a standing wave comprising:
- a return channel;
- a wave pool, an inclined ramp, a lower end of which discharges into the wave pool;
- a flow section connected at an outlet end thereof to an upper end of the ramp;
- at least one pump connected to an inlet end of the flow section by means of which water is conveyed from the return channel to the flow section;
- at least one adjustable guide device in the wave pool at a distance downstream from the lower end of the ramp;
- an overflow via which water is able to flow back from the wave pool into the return channel;
- wherein the at least one pump unit, during operation, being adapted to produce a liquid level in the wave pool sufficient to produce a defined resistance to water flowing down the ramp which will enable formation of the standing wave at the at least one adjustable guide device by a change of the flow velocity of the water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.