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US3298612A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Snow-making unit

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-18
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1984-08-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert L Torrens

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 15:39
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25C; F25C3/00; F25C3/04; F25C2303/00; F25C2303/048; F25C2303/0481

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 184 words
AN IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL SNOW-MAKING UNIT COMPRISING (A) AN INNER CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE AND AN INNER SURFACE AND AN END WALL; (B) A TWO PIPE JOINDER JUNCTION SECURED TO THE END WALL, ONE OF THE PIPES RECEIVING A STREAM OF WATER AND THE OTHER OF THE PIPES RECEIVING A STREAM OF COMPRESSED AIR; (C) A VALVE LOCATED IN THE PIPE RECEIVING THE STREAM OF WATER TO VARY THE RATE OF FLOW ACCORDING TO HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; (D) A DISH WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED DIMPLE THEREON SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER CHAMBER AND HAVING AN OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE SPACED THEREFROM, THE DIMPLE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE JOINDER JUNCTION; (E) AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF ELLIPTICAL BAFFLES ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO EACH OTHER, AND SECURED TO AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER CHAMBER; (F) EXIT MEANS SECURED TO THE INNER CHAMBER, COMPRISING NOZZLE WITH MEANS TO VARY THE DIAMETER OF THE NOZZLE OPENING ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND (G) A THERMAL JACKET SECURED TO THE PIPING AND NOZZLE AND ENCLOSING THE PIPING, JOINDER JUNCTION, AND NOZZLE SECTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 184 words
AN IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL SNOW-MAKING UNIT COMPRISING (A) AN INNER CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE AND AN INNER SURFACE AND AN END WALL; (B) A TWO PIPE JOINDER JUNCTION SECURED TO THE END WALL, ONE OF THE PIPES RECEIVING A STREAM OF WATER AND THE OTHER OF THE PIPES RECEIVING A STREAM OF COMPRESSED AIR; (C) A VALVE LOCATED IN THE PIPE RECEIVING THE STREAM OF WATER TO VARY THE RATE OF FLOW ACCORDING TO HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; (D) A DISH WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED DIMPLE THEREON SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER CHAMBER AND HAVING AN OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE SPACED THEREFROM, THE DIMPLE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE JOINDER JUNCTION; (E) AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF ELLIPTICAL BAFFLES ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO EACH OTHER, AND SECURED TO AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE INNER CHAMBER; (F) EXIT MEANS SECURED TO THE INNER CHAMBER, COMPRISING NOZZLE WITH MEANS TO VARY THE DIAMETER OF THE NOZZLE OPENING ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND (G) A THERMAL JACKET SECURED TO THE PIPING AND NOZZLE AND ENCLOSING THE PIPING, JOINDER JUNCTION, AND NOZZLE SECTION.

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