Snowmaking machine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6334327
  • Patent Number
    6,334,327
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, November 30, 2000
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 1, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
Artificial snow making equipment includes an air-blowing pulverizer which prevents fluctuation in the size of ice pieces by eliminating fluctuation in the amount of ice blocks being supplied also eliminates blocking by the ice blocks, as a result utilizing air effectively such that the ice pieces are blown out as artificial snow the requisite distance. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced blowing includes ice block supplier 1 to supply ice blocks at a constant rate and air-blowing pulverizer 11. The ice block supplier 1 has ice block supply opening 4 through which ice blocks 2 are supplied, casing 3 which has ice block supply opening 4; rotary blades 8 which supply ice blocks 2 at a constant rate while rotating in casing 3; and exit for ice blocks 5 which is positioned under casing 3. The air-blowing pulverizer 11 has air duct 9 which receives air 12 as well as ice blocks 2 that are supplied from an ice block supplier 1; casing 13 which has opening 10 of air duct 9 on the side surface; rotary blades 17 which pulverize ice blocks 2 into ice pieces 18 and which is placed in casing 13; and air exhaust 19 which is formed on the side of casing 13 opposite from opening 10 of the air duct to blow ice pieces 18 as artificial snow 20. An exit for ice blocks 5 of an ice block supplier 1 to supply ice blocks at a constant rate is connected to ice block receiving slot 14 of air-blowing pulverizer 11 via air duct 9.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to an artificial snow making equipment for an artificial ski slope wherein a block of ice is pulverized and blown away.




RELATED ART




A conventional air-blowing pulverizer such as an ice crusher generates artificial snow


49


by pulverizing ice block


48


into sleet-like small pieces as shown in

FIGS. 11 and 12

. The equipment in

FIG. 11

has rotary blades


45


for pulverizing which are arranged at an equal distance from each other in the radial direction around the rotational shaft in casing


44


on the top of rigid substrate


47


. Air supply opening


41


, through which air to glow artificial snow


49


is supplied, and ice supply opening


42


, through which ice blocks are supplied, are placed at one end of substrate


47


under the lower end of casing


44


. The other end of substrate


47


under casing


44


, opposite from supply opening


42


, has exhaust opening


43


through which artificial snow


49


made of pulverized ice is blown. Ice blocks


48


are supplied, together with air through air supply opening


41


on the substrate at the right side in the figure and are pulverized into sleet-like pieces by crushing them against substrate


47


with the rotational force of rotary blades


45


, which are arranged around rotational shaft


46


and rotate at




Another example of a conventional air-blowing pulverizer is shown in FIG.


12


. Herein, the positions of supply opening


42


for ice blocks and air supply opening


41


are different from ones in

FIG. 11

wherein they are arranged at separate positions on casing


44


. Supply opening


42


for ice blocks


48


is placed at the top of casing


44


. Supplied ice blocks, while passing through casing


44


by rotary blades


45


for pulverizing which are rotated by rotational shaft


46


at a high speed, are crushed with rotary blades


45


and reach the air supply opening at the bottom of casing


44


. The crushed ice is further pulverized between substrate


47


and rotary blades


45


to be artificial snow


49


which is blown with air through exhaust opening


43


at the other end of the bottom of casing


44


.




However, the above air-blowing pulverizer has drawbacks. With the pulverizer of

FIG. 11

, the size of ice pieces pulverized by rotary blades


45


may vary depending on the amount of ice blocks


48


supplied to casing


44


through supply opening. Also, once the supply of ice blocks


48


becomes excessive, the path between air supply opening


41


and exhaust opening


43


may become blocked with snow. Therefore, excess drive is required to rotate rotary blades


45


at a high speed. With the pulverized of

FIG. 12

, in addition to the drawbacks discussed about the pulverizer in

FIG. 11

, when one intensifies the air flow through air supply opening


41


to blow the pulverized ice pieces further, not all the air reaches exhaust opening


43


, but some air flows backward and tends to leak from supply opening


42


. As a result, the air flow to blow artificial snow


49


from exhaust opening


43


is weakened such that artificial snow


49


cannot be blown far enough. Consequently, further drive is required.




Hence, the present invention intends to provide an efficient air-blowing pulverizer in which:




variance in the size of pulverized ice pieces is eliminated by stabilizing the amount of ice blocks to be supplied such that the resulting artificial snow is more desirable for skiing;




operation of the pulverizer is smoothly continued by preventing ice blocks from blocking inside the casing; and




all supplied air can be utilized to blow the pulverized ice pieces far enough without requiring excess drive.




DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




To serve the above purpose, the present invention provides, according to the first invention, an artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing, comprising:




an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate including:




a casing


3


having, on a upper side of the casing, an ice block supply opening


4


through which ice blocks


2


are supplied, and on a lower side of the casing, an exit for ice blocks


5


which is positioned under the casing


3


;




a rotary blades


8


which are arranged at an equal distance from each other around a rotational shaft


6


, formed at the center of the casing


3


, to supply the ice blocks


2


at a constant rate; and




an air-blowing pulverizer


11


including:




an air duct


9


which receives the ice blocks


2


and air


12


being supplied from an ice block supplier


1


;




a casing


13


having an opening


10


of the air duct


9


on the side surface;




rotary blades


17


radially arranged at an equal distance from each other around periphery


16


of rotational shaft


15


, formed at the center of the casing


13


, to pulverize ice blocks


2


into ice pieces


18


; and




an air exhaust


19


formed on the opposite side of the casing


13


from the opening


10


of the air duct to blow ice pieces


18


as artificial snow


20


,




wherein the exit for ice blocks


5


of the ice block supplier


1


is connected to an ice block receiving slot


14


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


by the air duct


9


.




According to the second invention in reference to artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing of the first invention, the ice block supplier


1


is such that space


22


between the periphery of casing


3


and edge


21


of rotary blade


8


is formed to be very narrow to prevent a back flow of air


12


from exit for ice blocks


5


into the ice block supplier


1


.




According to the third invention in reference to artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing of the first or second invention, the rotary blades


17


of the air-blowing pulverizer


11


have width


24


equal to the length


23


of rotational shaft


15


, and the rotary blades


17


are radially arranged at an equal distance from each other around the periphery


16


of the rotational shaft such that rotary blades


17


are parallel to axis


39


.




According to the fourth invention in reference to artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing of the first or second invention, the rotary blades


17


in the air-blowing pulverizer


11


are radially arranged in two rows at an equal distance from each other around the periphery


16


of the rotational shaft, wherein one side of the rotary blades


17


, at the central periphery


26


of the shaft, is positioned behind the other side of the rotary blade


17


, on an edge


25


of the shaft, in the direction opposite from direction of rotation


27


such that rotary blade


17


is oblique to axis


39


.




According to the fifth invention in reference to artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing of the second or fourth invention, edge portion


31


is a portion of rotary blade


17


in air-blowing pulverizer


11


between edge


29


of the blade and bending line


30


which is located between base


28


and edge


29


of the blade wherein edge portion


31


is bent in the direction opposite from direction or rotation


27


.




In other words, the means of the present invention has an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks as a raw material at a constant rate to air-blowing pulverizer


11


. In this an ice block supplier


1


, a plurality of rotary blades


8


are arranged at an equal distance from each other around rotational shaft


6


which rotates inside casing


3


. Exit for ice blocks


5


of an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate is placed facing air duct


9


through which air is forced to air-blowing pulverizer


11


such that ice blocks can be supplied to air-blowing pulverizer


11


at a constant rate by adjusting the speed of rotation of rotary blades


8


in relation to the volume of the space between rotary blades


8


. Additionally, space


22


between the [inner] periphery of casing


3


and edge


21


of rotary blade


8


is established to be a minimum yet does not cause any disturbance in the rotation of rotary blades


8


. This configuration prevents the force of air to air-blowing pulverizer


11


from declining, which is caused by a backflow of air to be supplied to air-blowing pulverizer


11


into ice block supplier


8


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate via exit for ice blocks


5


of an ice block supplier


1


as an opening to supply ice blocks to air-blowing pulverizer


11


.




In air-blowing pulverizer


11


, a plurality of rotary blades


17


are arranged in the radial direction around rotational shaft


15


which rotates in cylindrical casing


13


at a high speed. Air duct


9


is placed facing the side of casing


13


to form ice block receiving slot


14


which receives ice blocks


2


to be pulverized, as well as forced air. The side of casing


13


opposite from ice block receiving slot


14


is air exhaust


19


through which artificial snow made of pulverized ice pieces


18


is blown out.




In the case of air-blowing pulverizer


11


where rotary blades


17


are alternated in two rows around rotational shaft


15


, blade


32


is positioned between one edge


25


of rotational shaft


15


and central periphery


26


of the shaft while blade


33


is positioned between central periphery


26


and the other edge


25


. This plurality of blades is alternated in two rows on periphery


16


of the rotational shaft. As a result, ice blocks


2


to be pulverized move between rotary blades


17


from left to right and vice versa as they are transferred to air exhaust


19


such that ice pieces


18


will not block the space between rotary blades


17


. This configuration does not require extra drive [as a counter force against the blocked path]. Further, ice blocks


2


are pulverized by rotary blades


17


while moving between rotary blades


17


, resulting in more uniformed small ice pieces


18


as artificial snow


20


, more appropriate for skiing. Moreover, the side of rotary blades


17


in two rows at central periphery


26


of the shaft is positioned to form an angle alpha in relation to rotational shaft


15


in the direction opposite from the direction of rotation. Consequently, ice blocks


2


can more easily move between two rows of rotary blades


17


such that the pulverizing performance is improved. Additionally, a backflow of the air in casing


13


, which would cause a decline in the air pressure, is prevented such that artificial snow


20


can be blow further away.











BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a schematic configuration showing artificial snow making equipment with constant forced blowing of the present invention.





FIG. 2

is an oblique view of one row of rotary blades in an air-blowing pulverizer according to the present invention.





FIG. 3

is an oblique view of two rows of rotary blades in an embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a plan view of the rotary blades in FIG.


3


.





FIG. 5

is an profile view of FIG.


3


.





FIG. 6

is an expanded plan view of a rotational shaft and rotary blades.





FIG. 7

is an oblique view of another embodiment of

FIG. 2

wherein the edge portion of the rotary blades are bent.





FIG. 8

is an oblique view of another embodiment of

FIG. 3

wherein the edge portion of the rotary blades are bent.





FIG. 9

is a plan view of the rotary blades in FIG.


7


.





FIG. 10

is an profile view of the rotary blades in FIG.


7


.





FIG. 11

is a side view of a schematic configuration of conventional air-blowing artificial snow making equipment.





FIG. 12

is a side view of a schematic configuration of another conventional air-blowing artificial snow making equipment.











In these figures, following symbols are used:






1


: ice block supplier to supply ice blocks at a constant rate;






2


: ice blocks;






3


: casing;






4


: ice block supply opening;






5


: exit for ice blocks;






6


: rotational shaft;






7


: periphery of rotational shaft;






8


: rotary blades;






9


: air duct;






10


: opening of air duct;






11


: air-blowing pulverizer;






12


: air;






13


: casing;






14


: ice block receiving slot;






15


: rotational shaft;






16


: periphery of rotational shaft;






17


: rotary blades;






18


: ice pieces;






19


: air exhaust;






20


: artificial snow;






21


: edge;






22


: space;






23


: length of shaft;






24


: width;






25


: edge of shaft;






26


: central periphery of shaft;






27


: direction of rotation;






28


: base of rotary blade;






29


: edge of rotary blade;






30


: bending line;






31


: edge portion of rotary blade






32


-


38


: blade;






39


: axis;






40


: shifting direction;






41


: air supply opening






42


: ice supply opening;






43


: exhaust opening;






44


: casing;






45


: rotary blades






46


: rotational shaft;






47


: substrate;






48


: ice blocks;






49


: artificial snow






50


: angle alpha;






51


: angle beta;




EMBODIMENTS




The following describes embodiments of the present invention in reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1

is a schematic configuration of the present invention showing artificial snow making equipment with constant forced blowing wherein the front wall is removed to show the inside configuration. Number


1


is an ice block supplier to supply ice blocks at a constant rate, placed on the upstream side of air-blowing pulverizer


11


. An ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate has funnel-shaped ice block supply opening


4


, which receives ice blocks


2


as a raw material, on the top of steel cylindrical casing


3


. In casing


3


, rotational shaft


6


is positioned at the center and is rotated by a drive (not show in the figure) in the direction indicated by an arrow. With rotary blades


8


comprised of six steel blades, the width of each blade is equal to the width of rotational shaft. Additionally, the blades reach the inner wall of casing


3


and are arranged at an equal distance from each other in the radial direction around periphery


7


of rotational shaft


6


. Exit for ice blocks


5


, having a width equal to the distance between blades, is positioned at the bottom of casing


3


.




Exit for ice blocks


5


of an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate is connected to the side of air duct


9


through which air


12


is sent into air-blowing pulverizer


11


at the bottom of an ice block supplier


1


and functions as ice block receiving slot


14


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


. After obtaining ice blocks


2


through ice block receiving slot


14


, ice blocks are transferred together with air


12


via air duct


9


through opening


10


of air duct, connected to the side of cylindrical steel casing


13


, into air-blowing pulverizer


11


. Rotational shaft


15


is placed at the center of casing


13


and is driven by a drive (not shown in the figure) at a high speed in the direction indicated by the arrow. Rotary blades


17


composed of steel are arranged at an equal distance around periphery


16


of rotational shaft


15


in the radial direction. Air exhaust


19


, through which ice pieces


18


pulverized in casing


13


are blown with forced air as artificial snow, is placed at the side of casing


13


opposite from opening


10


of the air duct.




In an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate, space


22


between edge


21


of rotary blades


8


and the inside wall of casing


13


is established to be a minimum without disturbing the rotation of the blades. As a result, air


12


is prevented from flowing from exit for ice blocks


5


to an ice block supplier


1


via space


22


.




There are various modifications of rotary blades


17


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


. The following describes those modifications in reference to drawings of rotary blades


17


.

FIG. 2

illustrates rotary blades


17


that have width


24


equal to length


23


, between edge


25


and another edge


25


of rotational shaft


15


wherein six rotary blades


17


are arranged at an equal distance from each other around periphery


16


of rotary shaft


15


in parallel to axis


39


. In this case, ice blocks


2


, which are supplied from opening


10


of the air sending duct on the side of casing


13


, are pulverized by being crushed by one of rotary blades


17


in rotation. The ice blocks are further pulverized by friction against each other to become ice pieces


18


. Ice pieces


18


are pushed by rotary blades


17


during the rotation and blown out through air exhaust


19


.




The following describes rotary blades


17


of another embodiment in reference to FIG.


3


. Two rows of rotary blades, which have a width equal to the distance from one edge


25


of the shaft to central periphery


26


of the shaft, are arranged at an equal distance from each other in parallel to axis


39


wherein positions of rotary blades


17


in the left row and the right row are alternated. Herein, rotary blade


17


is not adjacent to the center of another rotary blade


17


on periphery


16


. Therefore, ice blocks


2


, which are inserted from opening


10


of the air duct on the side of casing


13


, are placed in front of rotating rotary blade


17


and crushed therewith. Ice blocks


2


are then pushed by rotary blade


17


to the space on periphery


16


of the shaft in the adjacent row. Accordingly, ice blocks shift between rotary blades


17


in the left and right rows during the rotation such that the ice blocks are further pulverized by the blades. Together with pulverization due to the friction among the ice blocks, ice pieces


18


with uniform small particles result.





FIGS. 3 through 6

show rotary blades


17


of yet another embodiment. Herein, the center sections of rotary blades


17


in two rows are shifted backward in relation to the sides on edges


25


of the shaft in the direction opposite from the direction of rotation


27


with angle alpha in relation to axis


39


of rotational shaft


15


while rotary blades


17


of two rows are arranged parallel to axis


39


in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4

is a plan view of rotary blades


17


in

FIG. 3

while

FIG. 5

is an profile view of rotary blades


17


in

FIG. 3. A

dotted line in

FIG. 4

indicates rotational shaft


15


. In

FIG. 5

, blades


32


,


35


and


36


are positioned on the closer side of rotary shaft


15


as shown in

FIG. 3

wherein the side of the blades at central periphery


26


is shifted backward in relation to the side of edge


25


with angle alpha in relation to axis


39


. Similarly, blades


33


,


34


,


37


and


38


are positioned on the further side of rotary shaft


15


wherein the side of the blades at central periphery


26


is shifted backward in relation to the side of edge


25


with angle alpha in relation to axis


39


. Blades on either side are angled at the center section in the direction opposite from direction of rotation


27


.

FIG. 6

is an expanded plan view of rotational shaft


25


and rotary blades


17


.




When rotary blades


17


of

FIG. 5

rotate in the direction of rotation


27


as in

FIG. 6

, ice blocks


2


shift between the blades in two rows (top and bottom rows in the figure) in shifting direction


40


, as indicated with an arrow. Ice blocks


2


are crushed by the blades every time they are shifted therebetween, resulting in ice pieces


18


which move in the direction of rotation


27


and are blown out from air exhaust


19


. In other words, after being crushed by blade


37


, ice blocks


2


shift along the arrow and are further pulverized by blade


35


. The pulverized ice blocks are shifted to blade


33


, then blade


32


to be further pulverized resulting in ice pieces


18


which moves in shifting direction


27


and are blown out from air exhaust


19


.




Yet another embodiment is shown in

FIGS. 7 through 10

.

FIG. 7

is a modification of rotary blades


17


of FIG.


2


.

FIG. 8

is a modification of rotary blades


17


in two rows of FIG.


3


. In these embodiments, bending line


30


is established from base


28


to edge


29


of rotary blade


17


wherein edge section


31


of rotary blade


17


nearest the edge is bent at bending line


30


with angle beta in direction of rotation


27


.

FIG. 9

is a plan view of the rotary blades of

FIG. 7

while

FIG. 10

is an profile view of FIG.


7


. By bending edge portion


31


of the rotary blades in direction of rotation


27


, ice blocks


2


supplied from opening


10


of the air duct into air-blowing pulverizer


11


are crushed by rotary blades


17


with more force to produce finer ice pieces


18


. As a result, artificial snow


20


, which is more suitable for skiing, can be obtained.




The following further describes the artificial snow making equipment and its operation. Ice blocks to be used with an ice block supplier


1


to supply ice blocks at a constant rate are plate ice prepared with an ice machine in advance and have a size of 7 mm thickness×50 mm×100 mm. The speed of rotation of rotary blades


8


in an ice block supplier


1


is established at 25 rpm such that the ice blocks are supplied to air-blowing pulverizer


11


together with forced air from air duct


9


. The force of the forced air from air duct


9


is established to be strong enough to blow out artificial snow


20


made of ice pieces


18


, which are pulverized with air-blowing pulverizer


11


, through air exhaust


19


at the wind speed of 30 m/sec. In other words, the speed of rotation of rotary blades


17


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


is established to be a high speed of 1500 to 1600 rpm. The performance of air-blowing pulverizer


11


to process artificial snow


20


is 20 m


3


/min. Additionally, rotary blades


17


in two rows between edge


25


of the shaft and central periphery


26


of the shaft are angled in relation to axis


39


by 10 to 15 degree. The diameter of rotary blades


17


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


is 700 mm, and length


23


is 190 mm. In the case of rotary blades


17


which have their edge


31


bent at bending line


30


, the radius between the center of the shaft to bending line


30


of the rotary blades


17


is established to be 250 mm. In addition, the number of rotary blades


17


in each row on the shaft periphery is 6. The size of ice pieces


18


produced by air-blowing pulverizer


11


is sleet-like ice used for snow-cones. Ice pieces


18


are blown out through a hose of about 50 m at air exhaust


19


of air-blowing pulverizer


11


onto a ski slope as artificial snow


20


.




Application in the Field




As described above, the present invention of the artificial snow making equipment with constant forced blowing has an ice block supplier which supplies ice blocks to an air-blowing pulverizer at a constant rate at the upstream of the air-blowing pulverizer. As a result, pulverization by rotary blades of the air-blowing pulverizer is uniformly performed such that the size of pulverized ice pieces is uniform. Additionally, ice blocks are supplied at a constant rate, preventing any blocking of the space between the rotary blades due to excess supply, such that a sudden stop of the air-blowing pulverizer is preventable. Further, any excess drive is not required to rotate the rotary blades against the force. In addition, a decline in the force of air, due to a back flow of forced air into the ice block supplier to supply ice blocks at a constant rate, can be prevented. In the air-blowing pulverizer, an ice block supply opening is placed to connect to an opening of an air duct. Therefore, the air, forced together with ice blocks from the opening of the air duct, is used only for blowing the artificial snow through the air exhaust. Consequently, a loss in air-pressure is minimized such that the artificial snow can be blown to the requisite distance. Additionally, two rows of the rotary blades are alternated around a rotational shaft such that ice blocks are strongly pulverized by a plurality of rotary blades while shifting between the alternated rotary blades, resulting in high pulverization performance. Hence, a large amount of excellent artificial snow with uniform particles can be produced. Further, the rotary blades are angled in relation to the axis of the rotational shaft such that the center side of the rotary blades are shifted backward such that the ice blocks can be shifted among the rotary blades more smoothly. As a result, the ice blocks are efficiently crushed by the rotary blades which increases the pulverization performance. Moreover, since the edge of the blades are bent in the direction of rotation, the blades can pulverize the ice blocks with more force. Therefore, finer and more uniformed ice pieces can be effectively produced. These effects are not obtained by conventional technology.



Claims
  • 1. An artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing, comprising:an ice block supplier (1) to supply ice blocks at a constant rate including: a first casing (3) having, on a upper side of the casing, an ice block supply opening (4) through which ice blocks (2) are supplied, and on a lower side of the casing, an exit for ice blocks (5) which is positioned under the first casing (3); a rotary blades (8) which are arranged at an equal distance from each other around a rotational shaft (6), formed at the center of the first casing (3), to supply the ice blocks (2) at a constant rate; and an air-blowing pulverizer (11) including: an air duct (9) which receives air (12) and the ice blocks (2) being supplied from the ice block supplier (1); a second casing (13) having an opening (10) of the air duct (9) on the side surface; rotary blades (17) radially arranged at an equal distance from each other around periphery (16) of rotational shaft (15), formed at the center of the second casing (13), to pulverize ice blocks (2) into ice pieces (18); and an air exhaust (19) formed on the opposite side of the second casing (13) from the opening (10) of the air duct to blow ice pieces (18) as artificial snow (20), wherein the exit for ice blocks (5) of the ice block supplier (1) is connected to an ice block receiving slot (14) of air-blowing pulverizer (11) by the air duct (9).
  • 2. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 1, wherein the ice block supplier (1) is such that space (22) between the inner periphery of casing (3) and edge (21) of rotary blade (8) is formed to be very narrow to prevent a back flow of air (12) from the exit for ice blocks (5) into the ice block supplier (1).
  • 3. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 2, wherein the rotary blades (17) of the air-blowing pulverizer (11) have width (24) equal to the length (23) of rotational shaft (15), and the rotary blades (17) are radially arranged at an equal distance from each other around the periphery (16) of the rotational shaft such that rotary blades (17) are parallel to axis (39).
  • 4. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 2, wherein the rotary blades (17) in the air-blowing pulverizer (11) are radially arranged in two rows at an equal distance from each other around the periphery (16) of the rotational shaft, wherein one side of the rotary blades (17), at the central periphery (26) of the shaft, is positioned behind the other side of the rotary blade (17), on an edge (25) of the shaft, in the direction opposite from direction of rotation (27) such that rotary blade (17) is oblique to axis (39).
  • 5. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 4, in which edge portion (31) is a portion of rotary blade (17) in air-blowing pulverizer (11) between edge (29) of the blade and bending line (30) which is located between base (28) and edge (29) of the blade wherein edge portion (31) is bent in the direction opposite from direction or rotation (27).
  • 6. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 1, wherein the rotary blades (17) of the air-blowing pulverizer (11) have width (24) equal to the length (23) of rotational shaft (15), and the rotary blades (17) are radially arranged at an equal distance from each other around the periphery (16) of the rotational shaft such that rotary blades (17) are parallel to axis (39).
  • 7. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 1, wherein the rotary blades (17) in the air-blowing pulverizer (11) are radially arranged in two rows at an equal distance from each other around the periphery (16) of the rotational shaft, wherein one side of the rotary blades (17), at the central periphery (26) of the shaft, is positioned behind the other side of the rotary blade (17), on an edge (25) of the shaft, in the direction opposite from direction of rotation (27) such that rotary blade (17) is oblique to axis (39).
  • 8. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced-blowing according to claim 3, in which edge portion (31) is a portion of rotary blade (17) in air-blowing pulverizer (11) between edge (29) of the blade and bending line (30) which is located between base (28) and edge (29) of the blade wherein edge portion (31) is bent in the direction opposite from direction or rotation (27).
PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/JP99/06892 WO 00
Publishing Document Publishing Date Country Kind
WO01/42725 6/14/2001 WO A
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Number Date Country
P2000-18783 Jan 2000 JP