Patent ID: 9139988
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
1. An aerator for generating bubbles in a flow of water comprising an aerator body, a diverter having an upper portion and a lower portion attached to said aerator body, said diverter including a plurality of orifices for receiving said flow of water, each of said plurality of orifices including a decreasing pore size in a direction from said upper portion of said diverter towards said lower portion of said diverter, and a lower body portion including a water chamber having an inner surface and an outer surface for receiving and aerating said flow of water from said plurality of orifices in said diverter, wherein said inner surface of said water chamber includes a plurality of baffles interrupted by a corresponding plurality of trenches therebetween, said plurality of baffles and said plurality of trenches curved inward in the distal direction, and wherein said plurality of baffles are configured to strike said flow of water exiting from said plurality of orifices to increase the aeration of said flow of water.