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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2000
Pinhas Paul Koren, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);
Oasis Waterfalls LLC, Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A water feature provided with both water and an illuminating optical fiber through a single tube. The tube is sealingly connected to a housing having separate inlets for water and the fiber optic cable. A fitting connected between the tubing and the housing allows water to flow through the annulus between the fiber outside diameter and the tubing inside diameter. Water provided to the fitting from a water source passes through the tubing into a fixture where it then exits to form a waterfall or other water display. Light emitted from an end of the fiber optic cable illuminates the water display. By using a transparent or translucent tube, light emitted from along the length of the cable may be used to illuminate the translucent fixture itself.