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Method and apparatus for generating artificial waves in a body of water

  • US 3,350,724 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1964
  • Issued: 11/07/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WAVES IN A BODY OF WATER, COMPRISING:

  • A PAIR OF SPACED, NORMALLY UPRIGHT WALLS TO BE PLACED IN SAID BODY OF WATER, SAID WALLS BEING VERTICALLY DIMENSIONED TO PROJECT A DISTANCE ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE, A WAVE-GENERATING UNIT INCLUDING WAVE-GENERATING MEANS BETWEEN SAID WALLS ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF FOR GENERATING IN SAID WATER A WAVE MOTION WHICH TRAVELS OUTWARDLY FROM SAID GENERATING MEANS BETWEEN SAID WALLS, WHEREBY SAID WALLS CONFINE SAID WAVE MOTION IN THE LENGTHWISE DIRECTION OF THE WAVES THEREOF, AND SAID WALLS BEING FLAT AND DIVERGING AT A CONSTANT ANGLE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID WAVE MOTION.

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