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Method of and equipment for snow production

US5445320A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 1994
Grant dateAug 29, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25C2303/048
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of and equipment for producing snow in a closed circuit, including blowing air with a turbine into a tunnel having an air cooling member, a member for the relative reheating of the air, one or several snow guns and a snow depositing chamber, the method and equipment being usable for testing the behavior of materials in a snowy atmosphere.

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