Patents Assigned to Rothe Welding and Fabrication, Inc.
  • Nucleator assembly for snowmaking apparatus
    Patent number: 5379937
    Abstract: A nucleator assembly for snowmaking apparatus wherein body elements or vanes are disposed in a tubular housing, preferably radially, downstream from an air displacement mechanism and define mixing chambers in which air and water are mixed and then ejected from nozzles on the body elements or vanes radially spaced from the housing axis directly in the air stream flow, and portions of the body elements or vanes are heated to prevent freezing of the water in and adjacent to the mixing chambers and nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Rothe Welding and Fabrication, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Rothe