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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2001
Jack Buck, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Pentair Pool Products, Inc., Moorpark, CA (US);
Abstract
A spa jet for delivering water from an upstream source of water under pressure to the interior of a spa, the spa jet having a housing with an inlet tube communicating with the source of water and a chamber wall defining a generally cup shaped chamber. A retaining ring is connected to and inside of the chamber wall. A form having an annular upstream portion is fixed against axial movement between the chamber wall the retaining ring. The form has a downstream portion extending from the annular portion in the form of a shaft aligned with the axis. The spa jet also has a rotor with a generally cylindrical body concentric with the axis, the body having a bearing surface extending around the shaft which supports the body for rotating. At least one nozzle passage extends through the rotor which collects water from the inlet tube and directs the water as a water jet into the spa at an angle sufficient to impart a turning moment to the rotor about the axis. A keeper is fixedly secured to a free end of the shaft overlapping portions of at least one of the body and the bearing, the keeper retaining the body on the shaft.