Adaptive control artificial wavemaking device

• US 5,226,747 A
• Filed: 08/24/1992
• Issued: 07/13/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tianjin University
• Original Assignee: Tianjin University
• Inventors: Shi, Hong, Chen, Hui, Chen, Shaohong, Wang, Yichang, Yuan, Jianping, Mu, Chengdong
• Primary Examiner(s): CORBIN, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US07/934,408
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• Field of Search: 405/52, 405/79, 405/80, 4/491, 4/492
• US Class Current: 405/79
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/10 Wave-producers or the like , e.g. with devices for admitting gas, e.g. air, in the bath-water baths with gas-containing liquids A61H33/02; for swimming-pools E04H4/0006
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/0006 Devices for producing waves in swimming pools generating current of water in swimming pools A63B69/125

Abstract

An adaptive control artificial wavemaking device comprises an air blower as shock wave source. According to the invention, the device further comprises a control system consisted of a float, a sensor, a control circuit and electromagnetic actuators; butterfly valves; and air chamber for generating shock wave. When the sensor receives signals from the flaot, the signals are transferred through the control circuit to actuate the electromagnetic actuators to control opening and closing of said butterfly valves to enable the air chamber to generate a shock wave which is in resonance with the water wave. The device may further comprises an oscillator for generating shock wave of a given frequence during starting. The device according to the invention has the advantage of similified structure, low mangufacture cost and low energy consumption, thus it may be widely used for aquatic breeding, sport, recreation and medical facilities.

Claims

1. An adaptive control artificial wavemaking device, comprising an air blower (9), four butterfly valves (5, 6, 7, 8), air pipes, and an adaptive control system which comprises a float (10) disposed on the water surface, a sensor (1), a control circuit (2), a first and a second electromagnetic actuators (3, 4) and a polarity switch (11) of the sensor, said float (10) being disposed at a distance 1 from the air chamber (12), wherein said control circuit (2) comprises a signal amplifier (13), a shaper (14), a first and a second power amplifiers (16, 18), a phase inverter (17) and an oscillator (15), said oscillator (15) being switched on when starting to generate a certain exciting frequency transferred to the control circuit (2) until the water wave excites feedback signals, and said oscillator (15) being cut off once the device is started, and said sensor (1) receiving the signals of the water wave from the float (10), and translating them to the singal amplifier (3) and the shaper (4) via the polarity switch (11) of the sensor, the amplified and shaped signals being further transferred to the first power amplifier (16), and to the second power amplifier (18) via a phase inversor (17), said first and second power amplifiers (16, 18) respectively actuating the first and the second actuators 3, 4 to control said four butterfly valves (5, 6, 7, 8) to open or close according to the rhythem of the water wave to form a shock wave being in resonance with the water wave, said first and second valves (5, 6) being provided in the pipe at the discharge side of the air blower, and the third and the fourth valves (7, 8) being provided in the inlet side of the air blower, and said first and fourth valves (5, 8) being respectively communicated with the atmosphere, and said second and third valves (6, 7) being respectively communicated with the chamber (12), therefore the four valves forming the following four operation modes based on the rhythem of the water wave and according to the moving direction of the float being from a higher position to a lower position or in reverse, and the position of the polarity switch of the sensor:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ No of the Moving Polarity Actuator direction switch of being State of valves Mode of the floot the senser operated No. 5 6 7 8 ______________________________________ 1 High→

Low + 3 1 0 1 0 2 Low→

High + 4 0 1 0 1 3 High→

Low - 4 0 1 0 1 4 Low→

High - 3 1 0 1 0 ______________________________________

wherein;

"1" means open;

"0" means closed.

2. Adaptive control artificial wavemaking device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a reflector (19), which is provided beneath said air chamber (12), to strength the amplitude of the shock wave.