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Title:
FLOWING WATER DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3727142
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable even a beginner to surf stably by providing an inclined surface for flowing water disposed adjacent to a water source and having both sides not substantially closed with side walls and generating an independent sheet-like water flow having a uniform thickness on the inclined surface.
SOLUTION: An inclined container-less part 1 has an underground structure support and a slide surface 3 bordered by the downstream elevated end 4, the upstream end and side ends 6a, 6b. The slide surface 3 is provided as an outer cover for covering the underground structure support. Also, the slide surface 3 is formed such that the curvature is gradually changed to help a smooth water flow if necessary. A proper flow source (for example, a pump, high dam/ water tank 16) forming an supercritical sheet water flow 8 on the slide surface 3 in the single flow direction 9, while a water receptacle 19 is disposed in the downstream elevated end 4 so that water collected in the water receptacle 19 is circulated to the water tank 16 by a pump 13b.


Inventors:
Rochfeld Thomas J.
Application Number:
JP17556897A
Publication Date:
December 14, 2005
Filing Date:
July 01, 1997
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Light Wave, Limited.
International Classes:
A63C19/10; A63G21/18; A63G31/00; A63G31/16; E04H4/00; (IPC1-7): A63G31/00; A63C19/10; A63G21/18; A63G31/16; E04H4/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP3258280A
JP257170U
JP51103565A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yukio Ono