Snow making method and apparatus
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1. A method for manufacturing snow, including:
- driving at least one impeller, having at least one blade, rotatably mounted within a snow-making chamber of a snow-making apparatus;
feeding ice from a supply to at least one inlet of the snow-making chamber;
wherein the snow-making chamber is separated into a plurality of sub-chambers by respective dividing walls between each pair of sub-chambers;
wherein each sub-chamber has a respective inlet and outlet; and
each sub-chamber has a respective impeller containing a plurality of the blades,impacting the ice with the at least one blade to convert the ice to snow; and
discharging the snow from at least one outlet from the snow-making chamber.
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Abstract
A system for producing snow incorporates a snow-making machine with ice supplied externally or manufactured on-site. The snow-making machine has one or more multi-bladed impellers fitted blades which impact ice blocks, pieces or tubes fed to the inlet of a snow-making chamber. The impact of the blades with the ice in a velocity range 150-300 Km/h produces artificial snow, with characteristics very similar to natural snow, suitable for ski-fields or other applications for snow. The blades may incorporate serrated or jagged cutter portions the break the latter ice pieces to sizes suitable for conversion to snow.
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1. A method for manufacturing snow, including:
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driving at least one impeller, having at least one blade, rotatably mounted within a snow-making chamber of a snow-making apparatus; feeding ice from a supply to at least one inlet of the snow-making chamber;
wherein the snow-making chamber is separated into a plurality of sub-chambers by respective dividing walls between each pair of sub-chambers;
wherein each sub-chamber has a respective inlet and outlet; and
each sub-chamber has a respective impeller containing a plurality of the blades,impacting the ice with the at least one blade to convert the ice to snow; and discharging the snow from at least one outlet from the snow-making chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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