DECORATIVE FOUNTAIN (OPTIONS) Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: color-jet fountains. SUBSTANCE: in first option, multijet fountain has device feeding water through outlet pipes and illuminator built up of fibrous bundled light conductors and groups of light sources. Light sources of each group are arranged so that their optical axes are inclined through equal angles to axis of input end of bundled light conductors different from angles of other groups. Fountain can be provided with color light sources or light filters. In second option, color light sources are used and placed on moving bases with drives displacing them in plane perpendicular to axis of input end of bundled light conductors. Decorative effect is attained by sequential connection of light sources having different input apertures and also by computer-aided connection of light sources of different colors. EFFECT: improved decorative effect. 6 cl, 4 dwg