Snow making apparatus and method

Abstract

The snow making apparatus includes an air tube and a water tube disposed in parallel relation and spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The air tube has a first end and a second end, the first end having an air inlet for receiving an air hose connected to an air compressor, the second end having a plug with a small diameter orifice defined therein for the egress of compressed air. The water tube has a first end and a second end, the first end having a water inlet for receiving a hose connected to a pressure washer which delivers water at 1200 p.s.i., and a second end coupled to a length of flexible copper tubing, the copper tubing being bent in order to discharge water into the stream of air discharged from the orifice at the second end of the air tube. The end of the copper tubing is compressed or crimped in order to discharge the water into the air stream in droplets or thin sheets. The water freezes upon exposure to cold, ambient air, the compressed air atomizing the water and prolonging the duration of the water droplets' exposure to the cold atmosphere, resulting in a blowing fog of snow.

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