Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface disruptor for laminar jet fountain
- Patent Title (中): 层流喷泉的表面破碎机
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Application No.: US13279968Application Date: 2011-10-24
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Publication No.: US08523087B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: John T. Hagaman
- Applicant: John T. Hagaman
- Applicant Address: US CA Vista
- Assignee: Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Vista
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: B05B17/08
- IPC: B05B17/08 ; B05B17/04 ; B05B1/26 ; F21S8/00

Abstract:
A fluid handling device, for example, a laminar jet fountain, includes a jet emanating a first stream of substantially laminar fluid. The jet fountain also includes a surface disruptor that includes a body, a water inlet, a valve, a fluid outlet, and a trajectory adjuster emanating a second stream of fluid from the fluid outlet. The second stream of fluid may be positioned to intersect the first stream of fluid and perturb its laminarity. By adjusting a valve controlling the force and volume of flow of the second stream and/or by adjusting the trajectory adjuster, the intersection of the first and second streams may be modified and, therefore, the laminarity of the first stream may be modified. By disrupting the laminar surface of the first stream, light introduced into the first stream may be caused to refract outward from the first stream and thus enhance illumination of the first stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120037235A1 Surface Disruptor for Laminar Jet Fountain Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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