Hotel Fountain

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I am hoping that there are some folks in this group who might be well
versed in the construction of commerical fountains. We were in Las
Vegas last weekend at the Embassy Suites Hotel next to the Convention
Center. In the lobby of the hotel was a very interesting fountain with
a feature that I would like to be able to copy in my own fountains.

That sounds very similar to Epcot's danceing fountains. They are very
expensive high pressure computer controlled commercial fontain setups, and
the cost is VERY high for the setup and equipment. If I recall, they were
talking $20,000 for a small setup, and up from there.

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I am hoping that there are some folks in this group who might be well
versed in the construction of commerical fountains. We were in Las
Vegas last weekend at the Embassy Suites Hotel next to the Convention
Center. In the lobby of the hotel was a very interesting fountain with
a feature that I would like to be able to copy in my own fountains.

That sounds very similar to Epcot's danceing fountains. They are very
expensive high pressure computer controlled commercial fontain setups, and
the cost is VERY high for the setup and equipment. If I recall, they were
talking $20,000 for a small setup, and up from there.


Check out www.wetdesign.com . The main person developed the jumping
fountains at Epcot and then left to form this company. If you do a patent
(www.freepatentsonline.com ) search with the words "laminar flow fountain"
it gets a lot of hits. Also, do a search with the inventor as Mark Fuller
and you get the patents that he has for his company as well. Also look at
patents that reference his and you should get a good idea of how to attempt
it in a backyard way. I also did a google on the same terms and found
someone attempting it as well on this site.

http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Imagineering/LeapFrog.html

The Discovery Channel show I believe was on Wet Enterprises and the work
that they do. I have always wanted to try it, just never had the time. Let
us know if anything works.

T

A quick google search of "laminar flow fountains" gets to a page with
the following description:

"Dave Ayer, Mark Fuller, and Lee Sim, seniors in the Department of
Civil Engineering at the University of Utah in 1976, designed a
fountain nozzle that produced a coherent and laminar stream of water.
The water jet thus produced looks like a glass rod flying through the
air. Similar fountains have been installed in several theme parks,
including Epcot Center."

That "glass rod" look is a great way to describe what I saw at the
Embassy Suites Hotel.
Thanks for the leads, everyone. Very helpful.