序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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21 | DISPLAY SYSTEM USING PROJECTION SCREENS FORMED OF FLOWING SNOW | US12782758 | 2010-05-19 | US20110285964A1 | 2011-11-24 | Mark A. Reichow |
A display system for use in winter and other low temperature venues. The system includes a projection screen generation assembly that includes a snow making machine. The snow making machine receives an input flow of a liquid, such as water plus one or more additives to increase opacity and/or reflectivity of the snowflakes. The machine forms snow from the input flow and discharges a volume of flowing snow as a sheet or curtain providing a projection screen. The system includes a high-brightness projector directing light onto the projection screen to provide an image on surfaces of the flowing snow. In some embodiments, the snow making machine includes a nozzle configured such that the flowing snow is output in a substantially planar sheet, e.g., with the use of a diffuser or the like for increasing the laminar nature of the flow and the sheet may be relatively thin. | ||||||
22 | Snowman mold | US11634758 | 2006-12-06 | US07963500B1 | 2011-06-21 | Angela C. Holiday |
A mold for forming a snowman includes lower, intermediate and upper generally spherical, hollow members comprised of clear plastic. Each plastic member includes an upper aperture for filling the member with snow. The lower member includes a generally flat base portion for positioning stability and an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the intermediate member. The intermediate member also includes an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the upper member. The three connected members form a hollow, vertical structure which when filled with snow provides a snowman of classic shape, symmetry and proportions. The individual spherical hollow members are easily connected and disconnected, with the intermediate and upper members having apertures for receiving eye, nose, mouth and arm indicia, with the upper member further including a hat mounting arrangement in one embodiment. | ||||||
23 | Instant snowman | US10921426 | 2004-08-19 | US07178342B1 | 2007-02-20 | Cory Knapp |
An artificial snowman system for to allow a user to enjoy a snowman in climates that may not support snow. The artificial snowman system includes a form assembly being for resting on a support surface. A conduit is coupled to the form assembly whereby the conduit is coiled around an exterior of the form assembly. A refrigeration assembly is coupled to the conduit whereby the refrigeration assembly is in fluid communication with the conduit. The refrigeration assembly is for pumping refrigerant through the conduit whereby the conduit is cooled by the refrigerant to cool air around the conduit and freeze the moisture in the air to the conduit to provide the form assembly with the appearance of being made of snow. | ||||||
24 | Method and apparatus for molding a reinforced, attachable ice block | US11161261 | 2005-07-28 | US20070022762A1 | 2007-02-01 | Scott Ireland |
A method and apparatus for molding a block or sheet of ice that is resistant to breakage and can be readily attached to an external object such as a ski, sled, or other device for the purpose of sliding said objects down or along non-snowy or non-icy terrain. The ice molding apparatus consists of three, typically plastic, parts: a container, a lid, and a grate, all just large enough to fit horizontally into the freezer portion of a standard home side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. The grate is suspended from the container edges down into the container and below the lid, with a portion of the grate extending outside of the container. The lid is mounted on the grate, with the container, grate, and lid all forming a seal to prevent water from easily spilling from the mold apparatus during the ice making and freezing process. The ice that is formed encapsulates the grid that provides structural reinforcement to the ice block and makes it more resistant to breakage than comparably sized ice blocks when impacted by external physical forces. Additionally, a portion of the grate extends outside of the mold (container and lid) and contains a snap latch or other mechanism of similar purpose for attachment to a mating feature on a sled, ski, or other device. | ||||||
25 | Method and device for preserving snow | US09674499 | 2001-01-24 | US06418733B1 | 2002-07-16 | Ralf Morent |
The invention relates to a method and device for preserving snow. A cooling mat device (2) is laid out on predetermined areas of a subbase (1) on which snow should be preserved. A coolant is fed to said cooling mat device via a coolant supply line (21), and the coolant is removed via a coolant return line (22). | ||||||
26 | Apparatus for freeze concentration | US14968761 | 1961-11-02 | US3158004A | 1964-11-24 | SIEGFRIED KLENCKE |
27 | SNOW MOULD | EP17201161.1 | 2017-11-10 | EP3321608A1 | 2018-05-16 | Cooper, Robert |
A snow mould (100) comprising a foldable sheet (102), wherein the sheet has first and second edges (104A, 104B) provided with an arrangement of complementary fastening elements (106) configured to releasably connect together the first and second edges in a connected configuration, wherein, in the connected configuration, the snow mould has a base portion that narrows towards a base opening, the first and second edges extend to the base opening, and there is a filling opening (114) remote from the base opening for use when putting snow into the mould. |
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28 | Method and device for generating frost | EP98901362.8 | 1998-01-23 | EP0960310B1 | 2005-11-09 | LAIJOKI-PUSKA, Ritva |
An apparatus for a space study generates visually impressive fluffy frost effects from the controlled freezing of water. This apparatus has transparent side walls and contains thermal elements and electrodes that can be either round or planar. The thermal elements can be Peltiers. Applying a DC voltage across the electrodes controls the generation of the artful frost effects. The apparatus can also contain, displays, illuminators and other components for enhancing the visual effect. | ||||||
29 | EISKLETTERTURM | EP02740449.0 | 2002-04-04 | EP1377348A2 | 2004-01-07 | GRASSL, Anton |
The ice climbing tower consists of a frame which is made up of individual elements (5) and provided with several interconnected arms (2, 3, 4; 21-26). Refrigerating elements (6) are fixed to the arms. A water feed line (16, 17) leads to the refrigerating elements or arms. | ||||||
30 | VERFAHREN ZUR HALTBARMACHUNG VON SCHNEE | EP99950363.4 | 1999-05-11 | EP1078209B1 | 2003-07-16 | Morent, Ralf |
The invention relates to a method and device for preserving snow. A cooling mat device (2) is laid out on predetermined areas of a subbase (1) on which snow should be preserved. A coolant is fed to said cooling mat device via a coolant supply line (21), and the coolant is removed via a coolant return line (22). | ||||||
31 | SNOW MOLD | US15265571 | 2016-09-14 | US20180071649A1 | 2018-03-15 | Kevin Randall FEDRICK |
A snow mold includes a front snow mold portion and a back snow mold portion. The back mold portion is operable to be coupled to the front mold portion by inserting protrusions disposed on a flange of the back mold portion into receptacles disposed on a flange of the front mold portion. The front and back mold portions may be coupled by rotation of a rotatable fastener. | ||||||
32 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SLED FOR ICE BLOCKING | US15400952 | 2017-01-06 | US20170341675A1 | 2017-11-30 | Max James-Jolly |
Ice block mold for ice blocking which integrally mates to a handled surface giving rise to an ice blocking sled. The ice mold is filled with water. The seat is placed on top and the mold filled with water and the seat on top are placed in a freezer and frozen together. The ice mold is shaped like a sled. The components work together by the user filling the ice mold with water and places the seat on top and freezes both objects together. Once frozen, the mold is removed and what is left is the seat attached to the ice block via the ice anchors built into the seat. The seat and frozen ice can then be used to slide down hills with the seat providing a barrier between the ice and user as well as providing handles for the use. | ||||||
33 | Ice Mold System | US15401758 | 2017-01-09 | US20170198957A1 | 2017-07-13 | Kristen Barrett |
A system for molding and forming ice. The ice mold system for forming ice molds includes a mold housing, a mold column, and mold inserts. The mold column includes a tubular member configured to be inserted into the mold housing for forming a longitudinal bore in an ice mold. The mold inserts can be inserted around the mold column and between the mold housing. An annular base on the mold inserts is sized to friction fit into the base of the mold housing. When mounted into the mold housing, the mold inserts and mold column form reservoirs between the mold housing and the mold column that can receive liquid therein for forming ice molds. An annular base on the mold column in conjunction with a handle disposed on the mold column facilitates the removal of a resulting ice mold. | ||||||
34 | MOLDS AND MOLD SECTION APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF MAKING A SCULPTURE WITH NATURAL MATERIALS | US15226690 | 2016-08-02 | US20170050118A1 | 2017-02-23 | Brian LaDuke; Oscar Meyer |
The present application discloses a mold having a base section having a base width, a base first opening, and a base second opening, and at least one intermediate section having an intermediate width, and an intermediate second opening, wherein the intermediate width is less than the base width and the at least one intermediate section is detachably attached to the base section with one or more fastening structures. | ||||||
35 | Apparatus to warm plastic side of mold | US13713176 | 2012-12-13 | US09470448B2 | 2016-10-18 | Brian K. Culley; Lindsey Ann Wohlgamuth |
An ice producing mold has a first mold portion having a top surface and a second mold portion having a bottom surface. When the mold is in a closed position, a bottom surface of the first mold portion abuts a top surface of the second mold portion and when the mold is in an open position, the bottom surface of the first mold portion is separated from the top surface of the second mold portion. Each mold portion also includes a concave depression such that when the mold is in the closed position, the concave depression on the bottom surface of the first mold portion and the concave depression on the top surface of the second mold portion form a cavity adapted to form an ice structure. The depression is warmed by flowing warm water into a cavity located adjacent to the concave depression and the ice is released. | ||||||
36 | Ice display device | US12963537 | 2010-12-08 | US08783046B2 | 2014-07-22 | James Doyle; Mark Fuller; Karl Nettmann |
An ice display device includes a chill tube and a piston that slides within the chill tube providing a fluidtight seal against the interior. The tube is filled with water and cooled to form an ice column. A shutter may selectively close the upper end of the chill tube with a fluidtight seal while the ice column is formed. The tube is warmed and the piston is lifted to an upper end of the tube to display the ice column. A plurality of water nozzles may selectively discharge streams of high pressure water inwardly to sculpt the ice column. An armature may extend upwardly from the piston to support and cool an interior of the ice column. The tube and armature may be cooled and warmed by a thermal transfer fluid. A device may be provided to induce turbulence in the thermal transfer fluid. | ||||||
37 | Systems and methods of artificial snow dispersal | US13468018 | 2012-05-09 | US08776413B2 | 2014-07-15 | Michael Willett |
Systems and methods of artificial snow dispersal are disclosed in which rapid evaporating snow is produced from a fluid. Two lines, an air line and a fluid line, are configured to substantially reach the top of or near the top of the tree. The respective lines may be configured to move air and fluid to the top of the tree. At the top of the tree there may be a nozzle with air escape holes configured around the exterior of the component. An output membrane may attach to the middle of the nozzle. The fluid line emits a small amount of fluid into the fabric. The air that passes into the fabric causes small foam bubbles. The air that passes through the external section of the output membrane may then peel the foam bubbles off thereby creating artificial snow. | ||||||
38 | Apparatus and method for producing and storing more ice over ocean | US12704956 | 2010-02-12 | US08695366B2 | 2014-04-15 | Hi Ryong Byun |
An apparatus and method for producing and storing ice on the sea using sub-zero cold air of the winter season, to achieve an earlier freezing period, and increasing the area and thickness of the ice layer, to suppress the melting of ice sheets and glaciers and suppress and overcome global warming as well as its side effects. The apparatus and method involve compressing cold air; injecting the compressed cold air into a storage tank; supercooling water using the injected cold air; forming an ice layer by misting the supercooled water into the sea; and increasing a thickness of the ice layer by additionally misting water onto the ice layer formed at water level. | ||||||
39 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SNOW | US13394861 | 2010-09-09 | US20120193440A1 | 2012-08-02 | Meinhard Breiling; Michael Bacher; Sergey Sokratov; Frederick George Best |
A method for producing substantially dendritic snow includes: a) supplying a flow of humid air (1) and a flow of cold air (9) into a substantially closed space (15, 16, 17) to mix the two air flows and create an atmosphere oversaturated with water within the space; b) forming ice crystals and allowing snowflakes to grow from the oversaturated atmosphere, keeping the ice crystals and growing snowflakes floating within the space and allowing them to grow over a predetermined period of time sufficiently long to obtain snowflakes having a predefined size, the floating condition being achieved by moving the ice crystals and growing snowflakes, on average, along a substantially helical trajectory by the air flow, which results in the snowflakes being distributed according to their size along the substantially helical trajectory; and c) thereafter releasing the predefined size snowflakes via a release opening (7) of the space by a carrier air flow (3). | ||||||
40 | Portable Evaporative Snow Apparatus | US11945674 | 2007-11-27 | US20080120992A1 | 2008-05-29 | Frank Levy; Francisco Javier Guerra |
An apparatus for producing evaporative snow having a snow generation unit including a fluid reservoir, a fluid delivery line and a snow generation tip; and a compressed gas unit including at least one container of compressed gas, a source of electric power, and a gas regulator valve. |