Patents Represented by Attorney William C. Townsand

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  • Method of producing cumulus clouds
    Patent number: 4653690
    Abstract: The disruption of a thermal inversion and formation of cumulus clouds is duced by the ignition of a pyrotechnic composition containing an alkali earth metal. The combined heats of hydration, condensation and combustion of the composition disrupt the thermal layer allowing the passage of warm moist air into a zone of cooler air. The formation of cumulonimbus or cumulus clouds results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Pierre St. Amand, Larry A. Mathews