Method of supplying air masses and producing jets of water
First Claim
1. A method of using an apparatus having a water diffuser tube and a cylindrical air chamber in communication with and extending around a lower peripheral portion of the water diffuser tube adjacent a bottom open end of the tube, said method comprising:
- disposing the diffuser tube and the cylindrical air chamber below the surface of a water source with the diffuser tube oriented vertically;
supplying a group of individual air bodies from the cylindrical air chamber into the diffuser tube;
forming said group into an air mass that has a volume between 0.75 and 1.25 times the volume of a sphere having a diameter equal to that of the diffuser tube within the diffuser tube so as to rise through the tube over a given distance to draw water through the diffuser tube from the bottom open end of the diffuser tube; and
boostering the drawn water through the diffuser tube and diffusing the water out of the top end of the tube by supplying successive groups of said individual air bodies from the cylindrical air chamber into the diffuser tube and forming each of said successive groups into a said air mass,the forming of the air masses consisting of forming the air masses in succession according to the following conditions;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">0.5L≦
T≦
4L to 6L, when L≧
10 meters (1)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">0.5≦
T≦
10L, when 2 meters≦
L<
10 meters (2)L(meters) being a length corresponding to said distance over which the air masses rise through the diffuser tube, and T (seconds) being the time interval between the formation of successive of air masses.
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Abstract
A method is provided for use with an apparatus which produces jets of water through a vertical water diffuser tube by supplying individually formed air bubble masses at regular intervals, which are followed by the water being drawn under the action of the air bubble masses. The method improves the water processing efficiency and ability of the apparatus by defining the volumetric quantity of a formed air mass in relation to the diameter of the particular air diffuser tube and defining a certain relationship between the length L (m) of the tube through which the rises and the time interval T (sec) at which the individual air bubble masses are produced.
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4 Claims
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1. A method of using an apparatus having a water diffuser tube and a cylindrical air chamber in communication with and extending around a lower peripheral portion of the water diffuser tube adjacent a bottom open end of the tube, said method comprising:
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disposing the diffuser tube and the cylindrical air chamber below the surface of a water source with the diffuser tube oriented vertically; supplying a group of individual air bodies from the cylindrical air chamber into the diffuser tube; forming said group into an air mass that has a volume between 0.75 and 1.25 times the volume of a sphere having a diameter equal to that of the diffuser tube within the diffuser tube so as to rise through the tube over a given distance to draw water through the diffuser tube from the bottom open end of the diffuser tube; and boostering the drawn water through the diffuser tube and diffusing the water out of the top end of the tube by supplying successive groups of said individual air bodies from the cylindrical air chamber into the diffuser tube and forming each of said successive groups into a said air mass, the forming of the air masses consisting of forming the air masses in succession according to the following conditions;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">0.5L≦
T≦
4L to 6L, when L≧
10 meters (1)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">0.5≦
T≦
10L, when 2 meters≦
L<
10 meters (2)L(meters) being a length corresponding to said distance over which the air masses rise through the diffuser tube, and T (seconds) being the time interval between the formation of successive of air masses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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