Patents by Inventor Philip L. Tropeano

Philip L. Tropeano 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).

  • Patent number: 3964682
    Abstract: A mixture of compressed air and pressurized water is ejected from snow-making nozzle means in a cold ambient atmosphere and the mixture is expanded and cooled to form a stream of falling snow particles. Into this stream, high velocity jets of chilled water droplets are discharged at points ahead of the nozzle means along generally converging paths of travel. Water droplet portions adhering to the snow particles undergo progressive freezing to produce a cumulative crystallization and growth in the size of the snow particles. The water droplets are jetted at a velocity greatly exceeding the velocity of the snow particles in the stream, and these particles are accelerated and caused to travel over greatly extended distances for a given flow of compressed air supplied, for example, at a rate customarily utilized of one hundred cubic feet per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Inventors: Philip L. Tropeano, Joseph C. Tropeano
  • Patent number: D255378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Larchmont Engineering and Irrigation, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Tropeano
  • Patent number: D271039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Larchmont Engineering and Irrigation, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Tropeano
  • Patent number: D282099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Larchmont Engineering and Irrigation, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Tropeano