Dispensing assembly for a snow generator and snow generator comprising said dispensing assembly
AssigneeDemaclenko It S.R.L.
InventorsFlorian Stuffer, Achim Frontull
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Abstract
A dispensing assembly for a snow generator has a fixed structure having a circular opening extending along the longitudinal axis; a rotor extending along the longitudinal axis, which has one free end at the circular opening, and is configured to rotate around a rotational axis, preferably coinciding with the longitudinal axis; and a water supply assembly, configured to supply water at a given pressure within the fixed structure, at the free end of the rotor; the free end of the rotor being coupled to the circular opening of the fixed structure so as to delimit, together with the fixed structure, an annular gap configured to guide a jet of atomized water towards the outside of the dispensing assembly.
Claims16
A snow generator dispensing assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising:
- a fixed structure extending along the longitudinal axis, the fixed structure defining a circular opening;
- a rotor extending along the longitudinal axis and rotatable around a rotational axis, the rotor having a free end associated with the circular opening of the fixed structure to delimit, together with the fixed structure, an annular gap configured to guide a jet of atomized water towards an outside of the snow generator dispensing assembly, wherein the rotor is moveable, relative to the fixed structure, along a direction coincident with the longitudinal axis;
- a water supply assembly configured to supply water at a designated pressure within the fixed structure towards the free end of the rotor;
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- a moving assembly configured to move the rotor, the moving assembly defining a hollow shaft and comprising:
- an actuator configured to drive the hollow shaft in a direction coincident with the longitudinal axis, wherein the rotor is inserted at least partially inside the hollow shaft, coupled to the hollow shaft and configured to:
- rotate about the longitudinal axis independent of the hollow shaft, and move in the direction coincident with the longitudinal axis together with the hollow shaft;
- an annular body fixed to the fixed structure and having a threaded inner surface;
- a first gear wheel fixed to the hollow shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis together with the hollow shaft;
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- a second gear wheel engageable with the first gear wheel and controllable by the actuator to control a rotation of the second gear wheel, wherein a portion of an outer surface of the hollow shaft is threaded to be coupled with the threaded inner surface of the annular body.
A snow generator comprising:
- a dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a fixed structure extending along a longitudinal axis, the fixed structure defining a circular opening;
- a rotor extending along the longitudinal axis and rotatable around a rotational axis, the rotor having a free end associated with the circular opening of the fixed structure to delimit, together with the fixed structure, an annular gap configured to guide a jet of atomized water towards an outside of the dispensing assembly, wherein the rotor is moveable, relative to the fixed structure, along a direction coincident with the longitudinal axis;
- a water supply assembly configured to supply water at a designated pressure within the fixed structure towards the free end of the rotor;
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- a moving assembly configured to move the rotor, the moving assembly defining a hollow shaft and comprising:
- an actuator configured to drive the hollow shaft in a direction coincident with the longitudinal axis, wherein the rotor is inserted at least partially inside the hollow shaft, coupled to the hollow shaft and configured to:
- rotate about the longitudinal axis independent of the hollow shaft, and move in the direction coincident with the longitudinal axis together with the hollow shaft;
- an annular body fixed to the fixed structure and having a threaded inner surface;
- a first gear wheel fixed to the hollow shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis together with the hollow shaft;
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- a second gear wheel engageable with the first gear wheel and controllable by the actuator to control a rotation of the second gear wheel, wherein a portion of an outer surface of the hollow shaft is threaded to be coupled with the threaded inner surface of the annular body;
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- an emission assembly configured to emit a jet of a mixture composed of compressed air and a drop of water at the jet of atomized water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.