Patents Assigned to Vencraft Corp.
  • Snowmaking method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4345439
    Abstract: The invention resides in a method of producing artificial snow directly from ice, for ski slopes. Ice is formed on a surface exposed to an ambient temperature at or below the freezing temperature of water by flowing water onto the surface. The rate of water deposition is controlled such that all of the water deposited on the surface freezer before additional water is deposited thereon. The ice is then comminuted into snow-like particles and distributed onto the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Vencraft Corp.
    Inventor: Robert W. Gundlach