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公开(公告)号:US11473822B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US16600635
申请日:2019-10-14
申请人: Alfio Bucceri
发明人: Alfio Bucceri
摘要: A method and apparatus to create falling snow for use at ski resorts, theme parks and test and training facilities for use with drones, motor vehicles, autonomous vehicles and aircraft components.
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公开(公告)号:US11118824B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16635342
申请日:2018-12-13
发明人: Vittorio Pareto , Peter Stein
摘要: A water gathering and distribution system and related techniques for operating in freezing environmental conditions are disclosed. The system may include a water diverter unit or a water flow regulation unit configured to receive water from a water source situated at a location that is remote, inaccessible (or difficult to access), and/or experiences freezing environmental conditions and to deliver a controlled volume of that water for downstream use. The system further may include a water supply unit configured to receive that water and to supply it to downstream snowmaking equipment. In some instances, the supply unit also may cool the water to a temperature suitable, for example, for snowmaking. In a general sense, the disclosed system may be considered modular, in that multiple system components may be placed in flow communication with one another, as desired, to provide a distributed network of water collection and distribution elements.
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公开(公告)号:US11105548B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-31
申请号:US16077959
申请日:2017-02-10
发明人: Walter Rieder
摘要: A nucleation nozzle for forming freezing nuclei for devices for making artificial snow, starting from a jet of pressurised liquid, comprising a compressed air duct having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A first stretch of the compressed air duct has a cross section which decreases in the flow direction of the compressed air, from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The first stretch is followed by a second stretch having a cross section which increases in the flow direction of the compressed air from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. There is provided at least one water duct having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The water duct is separate from the compressed air duct. The outlet opening of the water duct is positioned close to the outlet opening of the compressed air duct.
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公开(公告)号:US11092373B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-17
申请号:US16082516
申请日:2017-03-07
发明人: Louis Handfield
摘要: A snow conveying assembly for use with a snow making machine includes an impeller for receiving snow from the snow making machine and accelerating the snow; and an ejector tube, which receives the snow from the impeller, further accelerates the snow and discharges the snow from the assembly. The ejector tube contains a venturi throat. Snow from the impeller is conveyed via a snow inlet tube into the ejector tube immediately upstream of a venturi throat and air under pressure is blown into the ejector tube upstream of the venturi throat to further accelerate the snow.
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公开(公告)号:US20210102739A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-08
申请号:US16077959
申请日:2017-02-10
发明人: Walter RIEDER
摘要: A nucleation nozzle for forming freezing nuclei for devices for making artificial snow, starting from a jet of pressurised liquid, comprising a compressed air duct having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A first stretch of the compressed air duct has a cross section which decreases in the flow direction of the compressed air, from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The first stretch is followed by a second stretch having a cross section which increases in the flow direction of the compressed air from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. There is provided at least one water duct having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The water duct is separate from the compressed air duct. The outlet opening of the water duct is positioned close to the outlet opening of the compressed air duct.
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公开(公告)号:US10906050B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-02
申请号:US16004424
申请日:2018-06-11
申请人: Snow Logic, Inc.
发明人: Mitchell Joe Dodson
摘要: Various embodiments of modular dual vector fluid spray nozzles are disclosed. Embodiments of the nozzles are characterized by specially shaped fluid channels, impingement surfaces and exit orifices used to generate atomized mists of fluid under pressure. Embodiments of the nozzles are generally characterized by composite fluid spray density patterns having horizontal and vertical components, i.e., dual vector in nature. The nozzles disclosed are modular and may be easily installed or removed from a given fluid spray system, nozzle head, or fixture as dictated by any given application.
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公开(公告)号:US20200149795A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16714761
申请日:2019-12-15
申请人: Benjamin Kim , Melanie Kim
发明人: Benjamin Kim , Melanie Kim
IPC分类号: F25C3/04
摘要: The Situational Atmospheric Vectoring Equipment (abbreviated in this document as equipment) provides a system to disperse an aqueous liquid in a solid or gaseous form. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the equipment comprises: a pressure vessel or external source for the aqueous liquid, a mechanical pump if required, a pressure vessel for the cryogen, mechanical lines connecting the aqueous liquid and cryogen allowing for flow control, a nozzle for fluid acceleration and, optionally, a mechanical fan for dispersal. Previous inventions of this category require the proper environmental conditions are present whereas the equipment, as described in this text, does not have this limitation.
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公开(公告)号:US10557658B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-11
申请号:US15716166
申请日:2017-09-26
申请人: Snow Logic, Inc.
发明人: Mitchell Joe Dodson
摘要: The invention is a dual auto hydrant configured to interface independent pressurized water and compressed air sources with snowmaking equipment, such as a snowmaking gun and methods of using same.
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公开(公告)号:US10161534B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-25
申请号:US15047754
申请日:2016-02-19
申请人: Charles N. Santry
发明人: Charles N. Santry
IPC分类号: F16K11/074 , E03B9/04 , F25C3/04
摘要: A hydrant for selectively valving and delivering fluid under pressure to a plurality of different fluid outlets. The hydrant housing has at least one fluid inlet and multiple fluid outlets. A valve operating shaft is mounted for axial rotation in the hydrant housing and positioned transversely to a valve seat having a first set of valve ports therethrough annularly arranged on a first circumference about the shaft, and a second set of valve ports are provided through the valve seat and annularly arranged on a concentric second circumference of different diameter than the first circumference about the shaft. A valve actuator disk secured for rotation with the operating shaft slidably engages the valve seat in a rotary fashion to selectively valve the valve ports open and closed in selected combinations with rotation of the shaft to preselected positions of rotation.
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公开(公告)号:US20170336122A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-23
申请号:US15487105
申请日:2017-04-13
发明人: Tad Beaulac
IPC分类号: F25C3/04
CPC分类号: F25C3/04 , F25C2303/046 , F25C2303/048 , F25C2303/0481
摘要: Disclosed is a fan gun snowmaker that utilizes an external nucleation device to create atomized water mist that is broken apart and frozen by a transverse air jet to create frozen nuclei, or snow seed. Further, flat spray nozzles that are normally used for spray washing and power washing are used that create a flat fan spray at the opening of the fan gun, rather than typical cone-shaped sprayers. The fan spray better disperses the water molecules into the cold, ambient air, which then combine with the frozen nuclei to create snowflakes. The fan gun is portable and lightweight and has anchors at each end that also function as jacks.
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