Snow distribution system
AssigneeEtudes Techniques et Realisations (E.T.R.)
InventorArmand Rene Pasquier
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for handling snow and a device for carrying out same, in which the snow is drawn from a systematically exploited heap into the inlet in a pneumatic conveying line, to which a spraying line is connected.
Claims10
Apparatus for distributing snow from a storage area to a ski track comprising a motor assembly, a air lock manifold operated by said motor assembly and having a pair of inlets and an outlet, snow intake means operated by said motor assembly connected to one of said inlets for delivering snow to said manifold, an air blower operated by said motor assembly and connected to the other of said manifold inlets for ejecting said snow from said manifold outlet, an elongated main duct arranged at least in part to extend along the ground in association with said ski track, means connecting said main duct to said manifold outlet, a plurality of outlet mouths formed in said main duct, at least one secondary duct connected to selected ones of said outlet mouths of said main duct and extending away therefrom, a flexible distribution hose connected to said secondary duct, and a nozzle connected to said distribution hose, said nozzle being mounted on a movable support and having at least two degrees of freedom of movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.