High pressure snow gun and battery of such snow guns
Abstract
Abstract Translated from French L'invention concerne un canon à neige. Le canon comporte un corps cylindrique creux (1) logeant une tuyère d'injection d'air comprimé (8) et dans lequel débouche une tubulure d'arrivée d'eau sous pression (11), ledit corps (1) comportant un fond tronconique percé d'un orifice central (2) prolongé par l'alésage (3) d'une buse principale (4) servant de chambre de mélange, ladite chambre se terminant en sortie par un divergent (5), la section de sortie (9) de la tuyère d'injection (8) d'air comprimé ainsi que la section d'écoulement de l'eau sous pression dans la chambre de mélange étant réglables. Application notamment à la production de neige artificielle pour les pistes de stations de sports d'hiver. The invention relates to a snow cannon. The barrel comprises a hollow cylindrical body (1) housing a compressed air injection nozzle (8) and into which opens a pressure water inlet pipe (11), said body (1) having a frustoconical bottom pierced with a central orifice (2) extended by the bore (3) of a main nozzle (4) serving as a mixing chamber, said chamber terminating at the outlet by a divergent (5), the outlet section (9 ) of the compressed air injection nozzle (8) as well as the flow section of the pressurized water in the mixing chamber being adjustable. Application in particular to the production of artificial snow for the tracks of winter sports resorts.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Girardin
- 👤 Max Duplan
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