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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6789278 | Portable device for generating a current in a vessel A portable device is provided for generating a current in a vessel having a side-wall, the vessel containing a fluid. The device includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a motor attached to the housing. A propeller, driven by the motor, is positioned in... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6233754 | Swimming pool A swimming pool includes a swimming tank, which stores water for swimming; and an upstream tank, which stores water to be supplied into the swimming tank. The pool further includes a downstream tank, which stores the water streamed from the upstream tank ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6151726 | Swimming pool A swimming pool includes a swimming tank, which stores water for swimming; and an upstream tank, which stores water to be supplied into the swimming tank. The pool further includes a downstream tank, which stores the water streamed from the upstream tank ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6024792 | Method for producing monocrystalline structures In the method for manufacturing monocrystalline structures, parts or workpieces of metallic super-alloys on substrates with a monocrystalline structure or monocrystalline structures, the surface of the substrate is melted with an energy beam of high energ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5758369 | Bathtub having bath water activating apparatus A bathtub comprises: a tub body (1) for accumulating bath water; a bath water treating section for activating the bath water; and a water circulating section (2) for forcedly circulating the bath water between the tub body and the bath water treating sect... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5597288 | Screw type water flow generating apparatus A screw driving device is loaded within a box-shaped casing, straightening plates are disposed on the front surface of the casing so as to face to the front surface of screw vanes, and water holes are bored in a rear portion and side portions of the casin... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5503597 | Method and apparatus for injected water corridor attractions A method and apparatus for controllably injecting high velocity jets of water at an elevation at or above water level towards a buoyant object (e.g., a boat or participant in an inner tube) that is floating in a deep water recreation attraction, and causi... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5478208 | Submersed jet pump method for generating a stream of water An apparatus for generating a stream in a body of water has at least one cylinder installed under water, and a water-jet pump housed in the cylinder. The pump draws water in through one end of the cylinder and produces a stream of water accelerated by a d... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5379467 | Deep water exercise and therapy pool A water exercise device made up of a closed loop track, a soaking pool and a channel providing a walking path therebetween. The water depth is generally uniform in depth to provide running and walking exercise but deeper areas may be provided to require s... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5367719 | Tank having fluid flow controlling apparatus A swim tank slightly longer than a human and slightly wider than the maximum spread between fingertips is divided into upper and lower channels by polycarbonate or members extending across the width of the tank and having a rectangular outlet at the top f... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5315720 | High flow, low turbulance swim-in-place pool A swim-in-place pool has horizontal inner and outer circulating waterways arranged in such manner that a portion of the inner waterway coincides with a portion of the outer waterway. The non-coincident portion of the inner waterway then provides a swimmin... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5207729 | Cirulating type water flow pool A circulating type water flow pool having a tank portion and a circulating passage formed in a lower portion thereof. The circulating passage has a riser portion at one end which extends to an upper portion of the tank portion. A delivery port is formed i... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5010605 | Body massaging apparatus of water current type A body massaging apparatus of a circulated water current type to be used for lean figure beauty, comprises bathtub for storing therein water and accomodating therein at least one patient in a state close to a lying attitude with the face upward. The batht... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4197815 | Aquatic exercise facility for animals An aquatic exercise facility for animals including a pool of water having an animal entry area and an animal exit area in alignment with a portion of the pool therebetween of a depth sufficient to require the animal to swim thereacross, mechanism for pump... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4001899 | Combined swimming and therapy pool Combined swimming pool and therapy pool comprising vertically directed walls forming a single pool having a swimming pool area and an adjacent contiguous therapy pool area. Jet water outlets are directed inwardly from one wall of the swimming pool area, w... | 01/11/1977 |