Snow making apparatus and method for operating the same
AssigneeNivis, LLC
InventorWilhelm Stofner
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Abstract
A snow making apparatus comprises at least one water/air nozzle for ejecting a water/air mixture. The snow making apparatus comprises at least one jet pump which operates with water as a driving medium and mixes air with the water and compresses the water/air mixture in order to form the water/air mixture which is supplied to the at least one water/air nozzle. A method of operating a snow making apparatus comprises corresponding features. The snow making apparatus and method enables unused energy to be used in a particularly effective manner.
Claims22
A snow making apparatus, comprising at least one water/air nozzle which is adapted to eject a water/air mixture, wherein the snow making apparatus comprises at least one jet pump which operates with water as the primary driving medium and air as the primary driven medium, and which mixes the air with the water and compresses the water/air mixture in order to form the water/air mixture which is supplied to the at least one water/air nozzle, wherein the air is drawn in by the at least one jet pump and is essentially uncompressed ambient air, and wherein at least one of the at least one jet pump comprises at least one driving nozzle for the water, at least one suction nozzle for the air, a mixing chamber for mixing the water issuing from the at least one driving nozzle with the air flowing through the at least one suction nozzle, and a diffuser for compressing the water/air mixture.
method of operating a snow making apparatus, comprising:
- producing a water/air mixture using at least one jet pump which operates with water as the primary driving fluid and air as the primary driven fluid, and which compresses the air and mixes the air with the water, wherein the air drawn in by the at least one jet pump is essentially uncompressed ambient air, and wherein at least one of the at least one jet pump comprises at least one driving nozzle for the water, at least one suction nozzle for the air, a mixing chamber for mixing the water issuing from the at least one driving nozzle with the air flowing through the at least one suction nozzle, and a diffuser for compressing the water/air mixture;
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- ejecting the water/air mixture through at least one water/air nozzle.
A method of operating a snow making apparatus, comprising:
- producing a water/air mixture using at least one jet pump which operates with water as the primary driving fluid and air as the primary driven fluid, and which mixes the air with the water and compresses the water/air mixture, wherein the air drawn in by the at least one jet pump is essentially uncompressed ambient air, and wherein at least one of the at least one jet pump comprises at least one driving nozzle for the water, at least one suction nozzle for the air, a mixing chamber for mixing the water issuing from the at least one driving nozzle with the air flowing through the at least one suction nozzle, and a diffuser for compressing the water/air mixture;
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- ejecting the water/air mixture through at least one water/air nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.