Water show creators since 1928The Archive
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Photographs
Patents
Every entry below was found in Google Patents, and each number links to its record. Dates are priority or filing / publication or grant. German titles are given in English translation.
Otto Przystawik (Berlin, later Rheinsheim/Baden): 25 records
| Number | Country | Years | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE669175C | DE | 1937 / 1938 | Mouthpiece for a fountain (Mundstück für Springbrunnen) (Spelled 'Prystawik' in the record; co-inventor Paul Baatz) |
| DE1006940B | DE | 1952 / 1957 | Dependency control for electric pump drives of water-show systems |
| DE1741993U | DE | 1953 / 1957 | Device for demonstrating water shows (utility model) (Gebrauchsmuster) |
| DE1007703B | DE | 1954 / 1957 | Water-show system and method of operating it |
| DE940161C | DE | 1954 / 1956 | Fountain lighting with suspended framework for light fixtures |
| DE1010916B | DE | 1955 / 1957 | Water-show system with water coloured by granular insoluble dye |
| DE1833991U | DE | 1961 / 1961 | Nozzle with insert body (utility model) (Gebrauchsmuster; Rheinsheim/Baden) |
| DE6600822U | DE | 1968 / 1969 | Waterproof lockable headlight (utility model) (No inventor named in the record; same invention as DE1800664A1) |
| DE1800664A1 | DE | 1968 / 1970 | Waterproof lockable headlight (Application) |
| DE1913114A1 | DE | 1969 / 1970 | Fully automatic control device with magnetic-tape control, esp. for water shows (Application) |
| US2787495A | US | 1952 / 1957 | Fountain installation and an electric circuit for operating same (Assignor to Dancing Waters Inc.) |
| US2794674A | US | 1952 / 1957 | Fountain installation disassembling features |
| US2794675A | US | 1952 / 1957 | Fountain installation |
| US2922582A | US | 1953 / 1960 | Fountain installation (divisional) (Inventor field blank on Google Patents; name is on the PDF) |
| US2970771A | US | 1956 / 1961 | Nozzle arrangement for fountain displays |
| CA550835A | CA | 1957 | Fountain installation and electric circuit for operating same |
| CA573102A | CA | 1959 | Fountain installation |
| CA578132A | CA | 1959 | Fountain installation disassembling features |
| CA610161A | CA | 1960 | Fountain installation |
| CA613334A | CA | 1961 | Nozzle arrangement for fountain displays |
| FR1088403A | FR | 1952 / 1955 | Fountain installation |
| FR1089568A | FR | 1952 / 1955 | Electric fountain control installation |
| FR1101928A | FR | 1953 / 1955 | Water jet |
| GB733396A | GB | 1952 | Fountains (Publication date not shown in the record) |
| ES215906A1 | ES | 1954 / 1955 | Fountain installation with colour effects (Inventor field blank on Google Patents) |
Gunter Przystawik (Cape Coral, FL): 4 records
| Number | Country | Years | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US3907204A | US | 1973 / 1975 | Musical display fountain |
| US4269352A | US | 1979 / 1981 | Water pump arrangement and electric circuitry for a fountain display |
| US4826079A | US | 1988 / 1989 | Moving means for fountain nozzle |
| US4948046A | US | 1989 / 1990 | Three water pump arrangement for fountain display |
Michael Przystawik (Waltzing Waters, Inc.): 3 records
| Number | Country | Years | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| WO1993013868A1 | WO | 1992 / 1993 | Mechanism for oscillating fountain nozzles (PCT application; AU family member AU1986592A) |
| AU1986592A | AU | 1992 / 1993 | Mechanism for oscillating fountain nozzles (Same family as the WO application) |
| US5836522A | US | 1997 / 1998 | Water nozzle apparatus (Assignee Waltzing Waters, Inc.) |
Family accounts mention many more of Otto's patents. Records not yet indexed online, for example in DEPATISnet or the pre-war German registers, are not listed until they are found.
Press archive
The company archive holds more than 2,400 newspaper pages from 1846 to the present that mention Dancing Waters or Waltzing Waters. A searchable index could live here. The venue map is built from them.
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