Patent ID: 9395113
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: F25C

Claim Text:
1. A nucleator for generating ice crystals for seeding water droplets used in a snow-making system, the nucleator comprising: a hollow mixing chamber housing comprising an outer surface and an inner surface formed by a cylindrical mixing chamber passing axially along a mixing chamber axis from a proximate end to a distal end, the mixing chamber further comprising: a nucleator block for receiving the mixture and configured for dividing and directing the mixture into a plurality of radially directed nozzle channels; and a plurality of nucleator nozzles, each of the plurality of nucleator nozzles configured with a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet, each of the plurality of nucleator nozzles further configured for receiving one of the plurality of nozzle channels at the nozzle inlet and continuously pressurizing the mixture along a convergent portion of the nozzle, thereby creating a pressurized mixture until the pressurized mixture reaches a core diameter of the nozzle, the pressurized mixture passing through the core diameter and directed through a divergent portion of the nozzle channel where the pressurized mixture depressurizes until exiting the nozzle outlet as tiny ice crystals.