Wave cannon
US5833393A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04D35/00
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wave forming generator which can repeatedly produce and launch singular waves across the surface of a body of water. The wave generator includes an air compressor interconnected with are a large air pressure holding tank. A hydraulic actuated valve is fitted onto the air pressure tank. Piping is then connected to the valve and ran out and down to join and connect to several main water tubes, cannons, pipes, or anything that can take the form of a long round elongated chamber. The elongated chambers are submerged just under the surface of the water, being anchored on an angle with the opened ends of the water chambers pointing upwardly. The opened ends of the elongated chambers face towards the artificial reef, shoreline, or the opposite end of the pool. To generate waves the control valve herein is opened and closed in short intervals and sequences which create sets of waves by allowing bursts of pressurized air from the air tank to be released into the water chambers forcing the water out the opened ends of the water chambers and into the body of water in a single forceful motion. The air then escapes out the opened ends of the water chambers following the water it just shot out…
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