METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REPAIRING ICE OF ICE FIELD

    公开(公告)号:US20240052587A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18448728

    申请日:2023-08-11

    申请人: Vepe-Icepro Oy

    发明人: Leo PESONEN

    IPC分类号: E01H4/02

    CPC分类号: E01H4/023

    摘要: A method for repairing an ice of an ice field comprising drilling, by an ice repairing apparatus, at least one hole to the ice of the ice field to remove, at least partly, a damaged ice, providing a solid ice insert having substantially the same size as the at least one hole, and inserting the ice insert into the at least hole such that a top surface of the ice insert is substantially on the same level with a surface of the ice of the ice field. An ice repairing apparatus comprising a rotating blade configured to drill a hole to an ice of an ice field, a rotating shaft configured to rotate the blade, wherein the shaft comprises a first end coupled with the blade, and a second end configured to be coupled with a power source for rotating the shaft; and a limiter coupled with the shaft configured to set against a surface of the ice and to prevent drilling of the blade into the ice when a desired depth of the hole is achieved. An ice repairing arrangement comprising an ice repairing apparatus, a mould for producing at least one ice insert, and freezer configured to freeze and/or to keep frozen at least one ice insert.

    Support for a snow bucket on ice resurfacing machines

    公开(公告)号:US11821579B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17750446

    申请日:2022-05-23

    申请人: Peter McHugh

    发明人: Peter McHugh

    IPC分类号: F16M13/02 E01H4/02

    CPC分类号: F16M13/022 E01H4/023

    摘要: The present invention is defined by having a bucket support configured to support a snow bucket on an ice resurfacing machine. The support includes a plate welded to an intermediate portion of a rod. A handle formed into an upper portion of the rod. A top bracket defined to include a notch sized to receive, for rotation therein, the intermediate portion of the rod. The top bracket further including machine openings to secure the top bracket to a first portion of the ice resurfacing machine. A base bracket configured to secure against a base portion of the ice resurfacing machine. The base bracket including a base opening sized to receive the lower portion of the rod, permitting rotation of the rod therein.

    Crawled vehicle for the preparation of ski pistes

    公开(公告)号:US11473514B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16652308

    申请日:2018-10-23

    申请人: PRINOTH S.P.A.

    摘要: A crawled vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; an engine compartment wherein the internal combustion engine is housed; an air inlet opening to catch air from the outside of the crawled vehicle; a first channel, for cold air, connected and fed by the air inlet opening with air coming from outside the crawled vehicle; a second channel to be fed with hot air coming from the internal combustion engine; a third channel for air, coupled to the internal combustion engine to feed the internal combustion engine with air; an air filter arranged along the third channel and upstream of the internal combustion engine; a connection element connected to the first channel, to the second channel and third channel; and an air adjusting device to adjust the air temperature in the third channel and comprising a shutter coupled to the first channel and/or to the second channel and/or to the connection element; and a control device controlling a position of the shutter to adjust the temperature of the air entering the third channel.

    SNOW GROOMER VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SNOW GROOMER VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220002958A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17292930

    申请日:2019-05-03

    申请人: PRINOTH S.P.A.

    IPC分类号: E01H4/02

    摘要: A snow groomer vehicle includes a frame, a tool connected to the frame through a front connecting device equipped with an actuator assembly operable to determine a relative position of the tool with respect to the frame, a satellite navigation device and a control system. The control system includes a processing unit and a memory device, containing a target map representing a desired surface to be obtained by processing the snowpack over a region. The processing unit determines a position and orientation of the frame from the data provided with satellite navigation device and determines a configuration of the tool as a function of the position and orientation of the frame and of the target map, so that the passage of the tool causes a removal of the snowpack that conforms the snowpack to the target map. The actuator assembly is operated so as to bring the tool into the determined configuration.

    METHOD FOR HANDLING INSULATION MATERIALS USED FOR STORING SNOW

    公开(公告)号:US20200276491A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16347350

    申请日:2017-10-05

    申请人: Snow Secure Oy

    发明人: Mikko Martikainen

    IPC分类号: A63C19/10 E01H4/02

    摘要: A method for handling insulating materials used for storing snow, wherein the insulating materials covering a heap of snow stored through the summer are taken off the heap of snow before the snow in the heap of snow is transferred to a selected use. In the method, the insulating materials used for covering the heap of snow stored through the summer are transferred to such another use, in which the insulating materials have at least one function other than mere storage of the insulating materials.

    Trail grooming method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10590617B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US15822134

    申请日:2017-11-25

    申请人: Bruce Vruwink

    发明人: Bruce Vruwink

    IPC分类号: E01H4/00 E01H4/02

    摘要: Apparatus for hardening the surface of a snow and ice covered trail which includes apparatus for travel over the snow and/or ice covered terrain that includes means to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles proximate to the apparatus; means for redistribution of the dispersed snow and ice laterally and axially with respect to the apparatus incident to movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred; and means for compacting snow and ice redistributed in the means for redistributing to increase the hardness of the snow and ice that has been redistributed.

    Snow tiller for preparing ski slopes

    公开(公告)号:US10167597B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-01

    申请号:US15037608

    申请日:2014-11-20

    申请人: PRINOTH S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: E01H4/02

    摘要: A ski slope snow tiller configured to travel in a travelling direction along the ski slope; the snow tiller having two supporting structures hinged to each other about a hinge axis; two shafts housed respectively in the supporting structures and configured to rotate about respective rotation axes crosswise to the travelling direction; tools fitted to the shafts; and at least one further tool connected at least to a shaft and located between the two supporting structures.