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US 2019/0056103 A1Published application
System and method for generating flame effect
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsSteven C. Blum, Benjamin Robert Clark
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Abstract
Present embodiments are directed to a system and method for generating a flame effect. An embodiment includes a nozzle assembly with an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle. At least a portion of the inner nozzle is nested within at least a portion of the outer nozzle. The system also includes a fuel source with two or more separate types of fuel.
Claims12
A system for generating an aestheti flame effect, the system comprising:
- a fuel source having two or more separate types of fuel;
- and
- a nozzle assembly, comprising:
- an outer nozzle configured to receive a first fuel from the fuel source;
- and
- an inner nozzle configured to receive a second fuel from the fuel source, wherein at least a portion of the inner nozzle is nested within at least a portion of the outer nozzle;
- an ignition feature configured to receive the first fuel, the second fuel, or both to generate the aesthetic flame effect;
- at least one input device configured to determine environmental factors of an environment in which the nozzle assembly is disposed;
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- an automation controller configured to receive data indicative of the environmental factors determined by the at least one input device, and to operate, based on the data, one or more actuators to provide the first fuel to the outer nozzle, and to provide the second fuel to the inner nozzle.
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A method of operating a nozzle system to generate a flame effect, the method comprising:
- determining environmental factors of an environment around the system;
- fluidly coupling a first type of fuel from a fuel source comprising two or more separate fuel types with a first nozzle and a second type of fuel from the fuel source with a second nozzle, wherein the first type of fuel and the second type of fuel are selected from the two or more separate types of fuel based on an analysis, by an automation controller, of data indicative of the environmental factors;
- passing the first type of fuel through the first nozzle at a first pressure and the second type of fuel through the second nozzle at a second pressure;
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- passing the first type of fuel and the second type of fuel over an ignition feature, such that the first type of fuel and the second type of fuel ignite to generate the flame effect which is visible from an exterior of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.