Laminar flow water jet with illumination enhancer
View Patent ↗A laminar flow water jet having a housing with a water channel flowing therethrough. A water input admits water into the housing and the water channel. One or more filter member(s) is provided along the water channel. One or more jetting element in communication with the housing jets a laminar flow tube or segment from the jet. One or more lighting element(s) emits light and communicates with the laminar flow tube or segment. An additive supply element communicates with the laminar flow tube or segment, where a laminar water flow is jetted through the jetting element to form the laminar flow tube or segment which is lit by the light emitted by the lighting element and receives an additive stream from the additive supply element to produce wave effects within the laminar flow tube or segment.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing with a water channel flowing there through;
an at least one filter member;
an at least one jetting element in communication with the housing and jetting an at least one laminar flow tube or segment;
an at least one lighting element emitting light and communicating with the at least one laminar flow tube or segment; and
an at least one additive supply element communicating with the at least one laminar flow tube or segment, wherein a laminar water flow is jetted through the at least one jetting element to form the at least one laminar flow tube or segment which is lit by the light emitted by the at least one lighting element and receives an additive stream from the at least one additive supply element.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the additive supply stream is one of a liquid or gas pressurized and admitted by the at least one additive supply element.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the additive supply stream is pressurized water.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the additive supply stream is pressurized air.
5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the wave effects are produced by capillary action of the additive supply stream of water in the laminar flow tube or segment.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the additive supply stream of pressurized air causes wave effects in the form of small bubbles within the laminar flow tube or segment.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additive supply element is contained at least in part within the housing.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additive supply element is outside the housing.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lighting element is contained at least in part within the housing.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lighting element is outside the housing.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a controller and a control input, wherein the controller is in communication with the at least one lighting element and changes the color emitted by the at least one lighting element in response to the control input.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller changes the color emitted by the at least one lighting element in response to a control input in conjunction with a segmenting apparatus that segments the at least one laminar flow tube into discrete segments.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an at least one pliant member wherein the pliant member surrounds an interior of the housing.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an adjustment member that permits for easy adjustment of the additive stream pressure.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additive supply element is a needle valve and the additive stream is a stream of water being pumped through the valve into the laminar flow.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additive supply element is located protrudes from within the housing and the laminar flow tube forms around the additive supply element.