Patents by Inventor Karlheinz TERRABONA

Karlheinz TERRABONA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for producing artificial snow, and method for producing artificial snow
    Patent number: 9599390
    Abstract: A device for producing artificial snow includes: elements (100) for producing a central jet (101) consisted by a first fluid chosen among air or water; elements (110) for producing a peripheral jet (111) consisted by a second fluid chosen among water or air and different from the first fluid; and nucleation elements (120) for the production of at least one nucleation jet (121). The elements for producing the central jet and the elements for producing the peripheral jet are arranged in such a manner that the opposite contours (103, 114) of their respective jets each define a generating line, which opposite generating lines extend parallel or at least approximately parallel to each other; moreover, the nucleation elements (120) are distributed over the external periphery of the elements (110) for producing the peripheral jet (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNOALPIN FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Michel Galvin, Eric David, Karlheinz Terrabona
  • DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL SNOW, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL SNOW
    Publication number: 20150053785
    Abstract: A device for producing artificial snow includes: elements (100) for producing a central jet (101) consisted by a first fluid chosen among air or water; elements (110) for producing a peripheral jet (111) consisted by a second fluid chosen among water or air and different from the first fluid; and nucleation elements (120) for the production of at least one nucleation jet (121). The elements for producing the central jet and the elements for producing the peripheral jet are arranged in such a manner that the opposite contours (103, 114) of their respective jets each define a generating line, which opposite generating lines extend parallel or at least approximately parallel to each other; moreover, the nucleation elements (120) are distributed over the external periphery of the elements (110) for producing the peripheral jet (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: TECHNOALPIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Michel GALVIN, Eric DAVID, Karlheinz TERRABONA