Portable evaporative snow apparatus
View Patent ↗An apparatus for producing evaporative snow having a snow generation unit including a fluid reservoir, a fluid delivery line and a snow generation tip; and a compressed gas unit including at least one container of compressed gas, a source of electric power, and a gas regulator valve.
1. An apparatus for producing evaporative snow comprising:
(a) a snow generation unit consisting essentially of a fluid reservoir, a fluid delivery line and a snow generation tip;
(b) a compressed gas unit having at least one container of compressed gas, a source of electric power, and a gas regulator valve.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said fluid reservoir contains evaporative snow solution.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said compressed gas is carbon dioxide, atmospheric air, nitrogen, helium, or mixtures thereof.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said compressed gas is in two containers.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said source of electric power is delivered to the unit by batteries.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said source of electric power delivers between 3-24 volts.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the snow generation tip includes a membrane that provides a surface for the formation of evaporative snowflakes.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein snow generation tip comprises a telescoping portion.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the snow generation tip is movable along the air inlet on the second end of a said telescoping tip.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the gas regulator valve is an electronically activated solenoid.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the gas regulator valve is an electronically activated solenoid controlled by a tilt switch actuator.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the tilt switch actuator activates the solenoid when oriented at an angle 45° or greater relative to the horizontal plane.