There is provided an apparatus for manufacturing powdered ice with salinity includes a water supply unit configured to supply a salted water; a spraying unit connected to the water supply unit and configured to generate a pressurized salted water-air mist; an ice generating unit connected to the spraying unit and configured to generate ice nuclei; a collecting unit connected to the ice generating unit and configured to grow the size of the powdered ice and to collect the powdered ice; and a reserving unit connected to the collecting unit and configured to transfer and store the powdered ice.

A vehicle climate system configured to generate a snow effect inside of a vehicle, the vehicle climate system includes: a liquid container configured to contain a liquid for generating artificial snow; an air inlet configured to supply air to the inside of the vehicle for generating artificial snow; and at least a first cooler outlet in fluid communication with the liquid container and the air inlet and configured to output artificial snow inside of the vehicle.

A liquid cooling system for an outdoor ice forming surface provides a geothermal heat pump that has a refrigeration circuit with a compressor that is disposed between a cold tube section and a hot tube section. An outdoor structure has an upward facing ice forming surface that is configured to retain a body of ice, where a coolant line is provided at or near the ice forming surface. A fluid pump is coupled with the coolant line and is configured to circulate liquid through the coolant line and over the cold tube section of the geothermal heat pump to dispense heat before being recirculated to the ice forming surface of the outdoor structure.

A method of discharging artificial snow (S) from a snow making facility (20) including an evaporator vessel (1) and producing snow by means of the technique of freezing water under vacuum pressure by maintaining a vacuum pressure in the evaporator vessel and producing water vapor that absorbs the latent heat of vaporization from the water, whereby the water temperature drops until it freezes and reaches the super cooling temperature that corresponds to the existing vacuum pressure, wherein produced snow is withdrawn from a bottom portion (1A) of the evaporator vessel by means of a first pipe screw conveyor (4), the withdrawn snow is conveyed from the first screw conveyor through a controlled first valve (6) and into a second pipe screw conveyor (5) and snow is discharged to the atmosphere from the second screw conveyor through a controlled second valve (7). A facility for producing artificial snow as well as a method for controlling the quality of produced artificial snow are also provided.

A molding system for forming a snowman structured and arranged to stack in tier form, to enable users to create the perfect snowman comprising a straight and sturdy guide to keep the tier in line, users would pack snow into the three-sphere shaped, hinged molds, then open each sphere, revealing three, connected, perfectly sized balls of snow thereby forming a perfectly shaped and symmetrical snowman

A snow mould comprises a foldable sheet wherein the sheet has first and second edges provided with an arrangement of complementary fastening elements configured to releasably connect together the first and second edges in a connected configuration. In the connected configuration, the snow mould has a base portion that narrows towards a base opening, the first and second edges extend to the base opening, and there is a filling opening remote from the base opening for use when putting snow into the mould.

A snow mold includes a front snow mold portion and a back snow mold portion. The back mold portion is operable to be coupled to the front mold portion by inserting protrusions disposed on a flange of the back mold portion into receptacles disposed on a flange of the front mold portion. The front and back mold portions may be coupled by rotation of a rotatable fastener.

A system for molding and forming ice. The ice mold system for forming ice molds includes a mold housing, a mold column, and mold inserts. The mold column includes a tubular member configured to be inserted into the mold housing for forming a longitudinal bore in an ice mold. The mold inserts can be inserted around the mold column and between the mold housing. An annular base on the mold inserts is sized to friction fit into the base of the mold housing. When mounted into the mold housing, the mold inserts and mold column form reservoirs between the mold housing and the mold column that can receive liquid therein for forming ice molds. An annular base on the mold column in conjunction with a handle disposed on the mold column facilitates the removal of a resulting ice mold.

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).

A method of building ice structures using guidelines attached to posts to form a framework. Water is sprayed on the frame from sprinklers. Ice forms on the guidelines and grows until the ice supports itself. The structures are built higher as guidelines are added above each previous row of ice. As the ice continues to build up over time, the structures grow in height and thickness to be strong, freestanding structures. The method for creating ice pillars involves the following: Installing vertical posts, positioned around a sprinkler; attach guidelines from post to posts, creating a framework; and spraying water at low temperatures causing ice to form on framework. If desired height of pillar has not been reached, raise sprinkler and attach new guidelines above previous guidelines to existing posts. If desired height has been reached but desired thickness has not, continue spraying water at low temperatures.