EP3328513A1 - Method and device for producing low lying fog - Google Patents

Method and device for producing low lying fog

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EP3328513A1
EP3328513A1 EP16777889.3A EP16777889A EP3328513A1 EP 3328513 A1 EP3328513 A1 EP 3328513A1 EP 16777889 A EP16777889 A EP 16777889A EP 3328513 A1 EP3328513 A1 EP 3328513A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
    • A63J5/00—Auxiliaries for producing special effects on stages, or in circuses or arenas
    • A63J5/02—Arrangements for making stage effects; Auxiliary stage appliances
    • A63J5/025—Devices for making mist or smoke effects, e.g. with liquid air
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/21—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing liquids into gaseous media
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
    • B05B17/04—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods
    • B05B17/06—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations
    • B05B17/0607—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for producing ground fog as an effect, for example in the field of stage technology, with a fog fluid, e.g. Glycol-based fog machine evaporating.
  • a fog fluid e.g. Glycol-based fog machine evaporating.
  • Known fog machines evaporate a fog fluid which in different composition meets the requirements together with the setting parameters of the machines. For example, the service life and the density as well as the flow rate can be adjusted and varied. Even in fire-fighting exercises, stage fog is used to simulate smoke, so that the handling of respiratory protection equipment can be trained in a realistic way.
  • stage fog is used to simulate smoke, so that the handling of respiratory protection equipment can be trained in a realistic way.
  • dry ice namely solid frozen C0 2
  • This evaporates at room temperature a very nice, uniform and long-lasting fog layer forms on the floor, which can be even better staged by light effects.
  • the procurement and cooling of sufficient quantities of dry ice is problematic and also expensive. It has also been used for this purpose, liquid nitrogen, which, however, must also be cooled.
  • Mist of evaporating dry ice displaces the oxygen in the air, causing breathing difficulties and headaches in humans. This mist also has an influence on the voice, which is adversely affected by prolonged contact with dry ice mist due to dehydration in the throat. Neither C0 2 nor nitrogen are good for your health.
  • the effect that can be achieved with dry ice can also be approximately produced with evaporator fog machines, which are followed by a cooling stage.
  • hazers are known for cooling on hot days, so fans with fine water droplets in the air stream. These cool down the airflow and positively influence the sensation of humans in high heat.
  • the invention aims to provide a method and a device for the production of an effective ground fog which is long-lasting, in no way healthy. Harmful and is perceived as pleasant by singers, actors, musicians and the public. This is achieved by enriching the mist in or out of the fog machine with water. It is particularly useful to guide the mist of a fog machine under pressure flowing mist for water enrichment through a water bath from which the mist rises again and is blown out. It has proved to be particularly effective if water droplets, preferably finely atomized water with a droplet size of 2 ⁇ to 10 ⁇ are added to the mist from the fog machine for enrichment with water, which keep the mist on the ground.
  • An apparatus for carrying out the method is characterized in that the misting machine is arranged downstream of a mixing zone for mixing the mist with water droplets from a water atomizer, in particular from a Ultraschallzerstäuber. These finest water droplets adhere to the nebulae, stabilize them and hold them to the ground. Even if such a ground fog flows in an orchestra pit and then further into the audience, no unpleasant odor is felt. This fog is perceived as refreshing. Also on the vocal chords of singers this fog has a positive influence.
  • a particular embodiment of the device is characterized in that the mist formed in the fog machine is guided into the intake region of a fan, in whose overpressure air flow the water atomizer or sprays, in particular one or more ultrasonic atomizers, are provided in the center of the fan or in the vicinity thereof are. Due to the water already contained in the air stream mixing is accelerated and the mist exits immediately with a correspondingly adjustable speed. If the individual parameters such as amount of mist, flow rate and water content to be set separately, it is advantageous if the mixing zone is designed as a mixing chamber and each has an input for the smoke machine and a forced air flow from a fan and if the air flow and the Fog in the mixing chamber over the water atomizer and at least one downstream baffle for water separation are performed.
  • the mixing chamber contains a baffle before the mist leaves the mixer. This acts as a water separator, must be overflowed and deprives the mist of excess water. Height and inclination are adjustable to achieve the desired water content in the fog. The excess water passes directly to the atomizer and is used in this way again useful.
  • the water atomizer can be assigned directly to the fan arranged at the outlet of a fog machine, from which the finished ground fog then emerges.
  • the fan with atomizer can also blow the water-enriched air into a mixing chamber, into which the mist of a fog machine passes.
  • the mixing chamber i contains at least one baffle wall for the separation of excess water. Following the baffle, the finished ground fog exits. It is expedient if a cooling device is integrated in the mixing zone or in the mixing chamber or is connected downstream of the mixing chamber. This measure supports the formation of ground fog.
  • a particularly effective embodiment is characterized in that Peltier elements are provided following at least one baffle wall, in particular between a plurality of mutually spaced baffles, which form a labyrinth with opposite, immersed in the interstices baffles as a cooling device.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second variant
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a third variant
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of an alternative embodiment of FIG. 2 in plan view.
  • All embodiments are based on a commercial fog machine 1. These devices are mostly evaporator-based and have a tank for a fog fluid. According to FIG. 1, the output of the smoke machine 1 is followed by a fan 2, which accelerates the fog from the smoke machine 1 as needed and in the overpressure region of which a water atomizer 3 is arranged. The latter is fed via a tube 4 from a water tank 5.
  • the water atomizer 3 may be formed as a spray nozzle when the water is supplied or sucked out at elevated pressure. However, it is particularly expedient if the water atomizer 3 operates on an ultrasound basis, as is known in humidifiers.
  • the mist picks up the very fine water droplets in a mixing zone 6, which is formed by a mixing chamber 7, and leaves the device designed as an accessory to the smoke machine 1 at a mouthpiece 8 as water-enriched, heavy ground mist.
  • Both the fan speed and the amount of atomized water are adjustable so that the ground fog can be adapted to the requirements. The adjustments are made such that the ground fog leaves no traces of moisture on a stage or the like.
  • the fog generator is 1 ⁇ already be equipped with a fan at the output, then omitted the fan 2 and it can be turned on immediately the atomizer 3 in the ejected mist flow.
  • the positioning of the atomizer 3 in the center of the mist-air flow is expedient.
  • atomizers 3 may also be provided in a ring shape in the mist-air flow.
  • FIG. 2 shows a variant of one of the fog machine 1 nachgeord ⁇ Neten device.
  • This device has a housing with an inlet 9 for the fog of the fog machine 1 and a second inlet 10 for the intake of air through a Variable-speed fan 11.
  • an atomizer 12 is provided, which is in communication with a water tank (not shown). According to FIG. 2, the atomizer 12 sprays upward, ie directly into the mixing zone with the inflowing mist and the blown-in air from the fan 11.
  • the area of the housing is referred to as the mixing chamber 13.
  • the water-enriched mist passes into a water separator 14 before it exits a mouthpiece 15.
  • the water separator 14 here comprises a plurality of baffles 16, which form a labyrinth for the flowing mist and remove excess water from the mist. The latter flows back to the atomizer 12.
  • a cooling device 17 for the flowing mist which may be formed for example by Peltier elements.
  • Fig. 3 relates to an embodiment in which the atomizer 18 is not arranged downstream of the mixing chamber 13 (Fig. 2), but as in Fig. 1 directly downstream of a fan 19 for fresh air.
  • the mist is combined with the water droplets from the fan flow.
  • a baffle 21 for ⁇ bscheidung of excess water. The enriched, heavy mist must exceed this baffle 21, does not lose sufficient water bound to the nebulas and passes behind the baffle 21 to a lower-lying outlet 22, which may be surrounded by a cooling sleeve.
  • Fig. 4 refers to Fig. 2, but may apply mutatis mutandis to other embodiments.
  • the two inputs 9 and 10 lead the fog flow and the air flow not parallel, but at an acute angle to each other - here with crossing point in the cloud of sprayed from the atomizer 12 water droplets. It comes to a particularly good mixing and connection of the very fine water droplets to the fog.
  • the water separator 14 ensures that the exiting mist remains enriched with water, but does not lose excess water, so as not to wet the stage, the actors, the spectators or objects.
  • mist and water droplets are also possible in countercurrent. It can, for example, wise in Fig. 4, the water atomizer 12 be directed obliquely against the oncoming mist and against the air flow of the fan 11. As a result, an increase in efficiency and an even better connection of the water droplets to the mist occur.

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Abstract

A method for producing low lying fog as a special effect, for example in stagecraft, comprises the step of enriching the fog that emerges from a fog machine with water. The fog is wetted with water, mixed and approximately saturated. For this purpose, finely atomized water having a droplet size of 2μ to 10μ can be used. A corresponding device comprises a mixing zone (6), in particular a mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) connected to the fog machine (1), and a fan (2, 11, 19) having a downstream atomizer (3, 12, 18), e.g. an ultrasonic atomizer for water. The fog is mixed with the enriched air stream, if necessary in a counter-current, and reaches the open air as a heavy low lying fog via a water separator (14) and possibly a cooling unit (17).

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VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON BODENNEBEL  METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SOIL MIST
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Bodennebel als Effekt beispielsweise im Bereich der Bühnentechnik, mit einer ein Nebelfluid z.B. auf Glykolbasis verdampfenden Nebelmaschine.  The invention relates to a method and a device for producing ground fog as an effect, for example in the field of stage technology, with a fog fluid, e.g. Glycol-based fog machine evaporating.
Bekannte Nebelmaschinen verdampfen ein Nebelfluid welches in unterschiedlicher Zusammensetzung den Ansprüchen zusammen mit den Einstellparametern der Maschinen gerecht wird. So können etwa die Standzeit und die Dichte wie auch die Fließgeschwindigkeit eingestellt und variiert werden. Auch bei Feuerlöschübungen wird Bühnennebel eingesetzt, um Rauch zu simulieren, damit der Umgang mit einer Atemschutzausrüstung realitätsnahe trainiert werden kann. Für Bodennebel, der wie ein Schaumteppich besondere Bühneneffekte herbeiführt oder unterstützt, wird Trockeneis, nämlich festes tiefgekühltes C02, eingesetzt. Wenn dieses bei Raumtemperatur verdampft, bildet sich eine sehr schöne, gleichmäßige und lang anhaltende Nebelschicht auf dem Boden, die durch Lichteffekte noch besser in Szene gesetzt werden kann. Die Beschaffung und Kühlung ausreichender Mengen von Trockeneis ist jedoch problematisch und auch teuer. Man hat für diesen Zweck auch flüssigen Stickstoff eingesetzt, der jedoch ebenfalls gekühlt werden muss. Nebel aus verdampfendem Trockeneis verdrängt den Luftsauerstoff, sodass es zu Atembeschwerden und zu Kopfschmerzen beim Menschen kommen kann. Dieser Nebel hat auch Ein- fluss auf die Stimme, die bei längerem Kontakt mit Trockeneisnebel durch Austrocknung im Hals nachteilig verändert wird. Weder C02 noch Stickstoff sind der Gesundheit förderlich. Der mit Trockeneis erzielbare Effekt lässt sich annähernd auch mit Verdampfer-Nebelmaschinen herstellen, welchen eine Kühlstufe nachgeschaltet ist. Known fog machines evaporate a fog fluid which in different composition meets the requirements together with the setting parameters of the machines. For example, the service life and the density as well as the flow rate can be adjusted and varied. Even in fire-fighting exercises, stage fog is used to simulate smoke, so that the handling of respiratory protection equipment can be trained in a realistic way. For ground fog, which causes or supports special stage effects like a foam carpet, dry ice, namely solid frozen C0 2 , is used. When this evaporates at room temperature, a very nice, uniform and long-lasting fog layer forms on the floor, which can be even better staged by light effects. The procurement and cooling of sufficient quantities of dry ice, however, is problematic and also expensive. It has also been used for this purpose, liquid nitrogen, which, however, must also be cooled. Mist of evaporating dry ice displaces the oxygen in the air, causing breathing difficulties and headaches in humans. This mist also has an influence on the voice, which is adversely affected by prolonged contact with dry ice mist due to dehydration in the throat. Neither C0 2 nor nitrogen are good for your health. The effect that can be achieved with dry ice can also be approximately produced with evaporator fog machines, which are followed by a cooling stage.
Unabhängig von der Nebelbildung sind zur Abkühlung an heißen Tagen sogenannte Hazer bekannt, also Ventilatoren mit feinsten Wassertröpfchen im Luftstrom. Diese kühlen den Luftstrom ab und beeinflussen das Empfinden des Menschen bei großer Hitze positiv. Regardless of the mist formation so-called hazers are known for cooling on hot days, so fans with fine water droplets in the air stream. These cool down the airflow and positively influence the sensation of humans in high heat.
Die Erfindung zielt darauf ab, ein Verfahren sowie eine Vorrichtung für die Herstellung eines effektvollen Bodennebels zur Verfügung zu stellen, der lang anhaltend, in keiner Weise gesund- heitsschädlich ist und als angenehm von Sängern, Schauspielern, Musikern sowie vom Publikum empfunden wird. Dies wird dadurch erreicht, dass der Nebel in oder aus der Nebelmaschine mit Wasser angereichert wird. Es ist besonders zweckmäßig, den von einer Nebelmaschine unter Druck ausströmenden Nebel zur Wasseranreicherung durch ein Wasserbad zu führen, aus dem der Nebel wieder aufsteigt und ausgeblasen wird. Als besonders wirksam hat es sich erwiesen, wenn dem Nebel aus der Nebelmaschine zur Anreicherung mit Wasser Wassertröpfchen, vorzugsweise fein zerstäubtes Wasser mit einer Tröpfchengröße von 2μ bis 10μ zugesetzt werden, die den Nebel am Boden halten. Eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Nebelmaschine eine Mischzone zur Vermischung des Nebels mit Wassertröpfchen aus einem Wasserzerstäuber, insbesondere aus einem Ultraschallzerstäuber nachgeordnet ist. Diese feinsten Wassertröpfchen haften an den Nebelmolekülen, stabilisieren diese und halten sie am Boden. Selbst wenn ein solcher Bodennebel in einem Orchestergraben fließt und dann weiter ins Publikum, wird keinerlei unangenehmer Geruch verspürt. Dieser Nebel wird als erfrischend empfunden. Auch auf die Stimmbänder von Sängern hat dieser Nebel einen positiven Einfluss. The invention aims to provide a method and a device for the production of an effective ground fog which is long-lasting, in no way healthy. Harmful and is perceived as pleasant by singers, actors, musicians and the public. This is achieved by enriching the mist in or out of the fog machine with water. It is particularly useful to guide the mist of a fog machine under pressure flowing mist for water enrichment through a water bath from which the mist rises again and is blown out. It has proved to be particularly effective if water droplets, preferably finely atomized water with a droplet size of 2μ to 10μ are added to the mist from the fog machine for enrichment with water, which keep the mist on the ground. An apparatus for carrying out the method is characterized in that the misting machine is arranged downstream of a mixing zone for mixing the mist with water droplets from a water atomizer, in particular from a Ultraschallzerstäuber. These finest water droplets adhere to the nebulae, stabilize them and hold them to the ground. Even if such a ground fog flows in an orchestra pit and then further into the audience, no unpleasant odor is felt. This fog is perceived as refreshing. Also on the vocal chords of singers this fog has a positive influence.
Eine besondere- Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der in der Nebelmaschine gebildete Nebel in den Ansaugbereich eines Ventilators geführt ist, in dessen Überdruck-Luftströmung der oder die Wasserzerstäuber, insbesondere ein oder mehrere Ultraschallzerstäuber, im Zentrum des Ventilators oder im Umkreis desselben vorgesehen sind. Durch den bereits im Luftstrom enthaltenen Wasseranteil wird das Vermischen beschleunigt und der Nebel tritt unverzüglich mit entsprechend einstellbarer Geschwindigkeit aus. Wenn die einzelnen Parameter wie Nebelmenge, Fließgeschwindigkeit und Wassergehalt separat eingestellt werden sollen, dann ist es zweckmäßig, wenn die Mischzone als Mischkammer ausgebildet ist und über je einen Eingang für die Nebelmaschine und für eine forcierte Luftströmung von einem Ventilator verfügt und wenn die Luftströmung und der Nebel in der Mischkammer über den Wasserzerstäuber und über mindestens eine nachgeordnete Prallwand zur Wasserabscheidung geführt sind. Hier kommen also drei Strömungen in der Mischkammer zusammen, nämlich der klassische Nebel aus einer Verdampfer-Ne- belmaschine mit nach Menge und Größe einstellbaren Wassertröpfchen in einer aufsteigenden Wolke etwa aus einem Ultraschallzerstäuber und schließlich der drehzahlregelbare Luftstrom des Ventilators. Diese Ströme werden besonders gut und wirksam gemischt, wenn sie in spitzen Winkeln in der Mischkammer aufeinander treffen, gegebenenfalls im Gegenstrom mit den Wassertröpfchen des Zerstäubers in Berührung kommen und aus der Mischkammer dann als homogener mit Wasser angereicherter Bodennebel austreten. Die Mischkammer enthält eine Prallwand, bevor der Nebel die Mischka mer verlässt. Diese wirkt als Wasserabscheider, muss überströmt werden und entzieht dem Nebel überschüssiges Wasser. Höhe und Neigung sind einstellbar, um den erwünschten Wassergehalt im Nebel zu erreichen. Das überschüssige Wasser gelangt unmittelbar zum Zerstäuber und wird auf diese Weise wieder nutzbringend eingesetzt. A particular embodiment of the device is characterized in that the mist formed in the fog machine is guided into the intake region of a fan, in whose overpressure air flow the water atomizer or sprays, in particular one or more ultrasonic atomizers, are provided in the center of the fan or in the vicinity thereof are. Due to the water already contained in the air stream mixing is accelerated and the mist exits immediately with a correspondingly adjustable speed. If the individual parameters such as amount of mist, flow rate and water content to be set separately, it is advantageous if the mixing zone is designed as a mixing chamber and each has an input for the smoke machine and a forced air flow from a fan and if the air flow and the Fog in the mixing chamber over the water atomizer and at least one downstream baffle for water separation are performed. So here are three flows in the mixing chamber, namely the classic fog from an evaporator with a water droplet that can be adjusted in terms of quantity and size in an ascending cloud, for example, from an ultrasonic atomizer, and finally the fan speed-controlled airflow. These streams are particularly well and effectively mixed when they meet at acute angles in the mixing chamber, possibly in countercurrent contact with the water droplets of the atomizer in contact and then emerge from the mixing chamber as a homogeneous water-enriched ground fog. The mixing chamber contains a baffle before the mist leaves the mixer. This acts as a water separator, must be overflowed and deprives the mist of excess water. Height and inclination are adjustable to achieve the desired water content in the fog. The excess water passes directly to the atomizer and is used in this way again useful.
Der Wasserzerstäuber kann, wie erwähnt, unmittelbar dem am Ausgang einer Nebelmaschine angeordneten Ventilator zugeordnet sein, aus dem dann der fertige Bodennebel austritt. Der Ventilator mit Zerstäuber kann aber auch die mit Wasser angereicherte Luft in eine Mischkammer blasen, in die auch der Nebel einer Nebelmaschine gelangt. Die Mischkammeri enthält mindestens eine Prallwand zu Abscheidung überschüssigen Wassers. Im Anschluss an die Prallwand tritt der fertige Bodennebel aus . Es ist zweckmäßig, wenn in die Mischzone bzw. in die Mischkammer eine Kühleinrichtung, integriert bzw. der Mischkammer nachgeschaltet ist. Diese Maßnahme unterstützt die Bodennebelbildung. Ein besonders wirkungsvolles Ausführungsbeispiel ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass als Kühleinrichtung Peltierelemente im Anschluss an mindestens eine Prallwand, insbesondere zwischen mehreren im Abstand zueinander angeordneten Prallwänden vorgesehen sind, die mit gegenüber liegenden, in die Zwischenräume eintauchenden Prallwänden ein Labyrinth bilden. As mentioned, the water atomizer can be assigned directly to the fan arranged at the outlet of a fog machine, from which the finished ground fog then emerges. However, the fan with atomizer can also blow the water-enriched air into a mixing chamber, into which the mist of a fog machine passes. The mixing chamber i contains at least one baffle wall for the separation of excess water. Following the baffle, the finished ground fog exits. It is expedient if a cooling device is integrated in the mixing zone or in the mixing chamber or is connected downstream of the mixing chamber. This measure supports the formation of ground fog. A particularly effective embodiment is characterized in that Peltier elements are provided following at least one baffle wall, in particular between a plurality of mutually spaced baffles, which form a labyrinth with opposite, immersed in the interstices baffles as a cooling device.
In den Zeichnungen sind Ausführungsbeispiele zum Erfindungsge¬ genstand schematisch dargestellt. In the drawings, embodiments for Erfindungsge ¬ subject matter are shown schematically.
Fig. 1 zeigt eine Prinzipdarstellung einer ersten Variante, 1 shows a schematic representation of a first variant,
Fig. 2 eine Prinzipdarstellung einer zweiten Variante, Fig. 3 eine Prinzipdarstellung einer dritten Variante und 2 is a schematic diagram of a second variant, Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a third variant and
Fig. 4 eine Prinzipdarstellung einer alternativen Ausführungsform nach Fig. 2 im Grundriss. Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of an alternative embodiment of FIG. 2 in plan view.
Sämtliche Ausführungsbeispiele gehen von einer handelsüblichen Nebelmaschine 1 aus. Diese Geräte arbeiten zumeist auf Verdampferbasis und besitzen einen Tank für ein Nebelfluid. Gemäß Fig. 1 ist dem Ausgang der Nebelmaschine 1 ein Ventilator 2 nachgeschaltet, der den Nebel aus der Nebelmaschine 1 bedarfsgerecht beschleunigt und in dessen Überdruckbereich ein Wasserzerstäuber 3 angeordnet ist. Letzterer wird über ein Röhrchen 4 von einem Wasserbehälter 5 gespeist. Der Wasserzerstäuber 3 kann als Sprühdüse ausgebildet sein, wenn das Wasser mit erhöhtem Druck zugeführt bzw. herausgesaugt wird. Besonders zweckmäßig ist es jedoch, wenn der Wasserzerstäuber 3 auf Ultraschallbasis arbeitet, wie dies bei Luftbefeuchtern bekannt ist. Der Nebel nimmt die hauchfeinen Wassertröpfchen in einer Mischzone 6 auf, die von einer Mischkammer 7 gebildet wird und verlässt die als Zusatzgerät zur Nebelmaschine 1 ausgebildete Vorrichtung an einem Mundstück 8 als mit Wasser angereicherter, schwerer Bodennebel. Sowohl die Ventilatordrehzahl, als auch die Menge des zerstäubten Wassers sind regelbar, damit der Bodennebel den Erfordernissen angepasst werden kann. Die Einstellungen erfolgen derart, dass der Bodennebel keine Feuchtigkeitsspuren auf einer Bühne oder dergleichen hinterlässt. Wenn die Nebelmaschine 1 be¬ reits mit einem Ventilator am Ausgang ausgestattet ist, dann entfällt der Ventilator 2 und es kann unmittelbar der Zerstäuber 3 in den ausgestoßenen Nebelstrom eingeschaltet werden. Gemäß Fig. 1 ist die Positionierung des Zerstäubers 3 im Zentrum der Nebel-Luftströmung zweckmäßig. Es können alternativ oder zusätzlich Zerstäuber 3 auch ringförmig im Nebel-Luftstrom vorgesehen sein. All embodiments are based on a commercial fog machine 1. These devices are mostly evaporator-based and have a tank for a fog fluid. According to FIG. 1, the output of the smoke machine 1 is followed by a fan 2, which accelerates the fog from the smoke machine 1 as needed and in the overpressure region of which a water atomizer 3 is arranged. The latter is fed via a tube 4 from a water tank 5. The water atomizer 3 may be formed as a spray nozzle when the water is supplied or sucked out at elevated pressure. However, it is particularly expedient if the water atomizer 3 operates on an ultrasound basis, as is known in humidifiers. The mist picks up the very fine water droplets in a mixing zone 6, which is formed by a mixing chamber 7, and leaves the device designed as an accessory to the smoke machine 1 at a mouthpiece 8 as water-enriched, heavy ground mist. Both the fan speed and the amount of atomized water are adjustable so that the ground fog can be adapted to the requirements. The adjustments are made such that the ground fog leaves no traces of moisture on a stage or the like. When the fog generator is 1 ¬ already be equipped with a fan at the output, then omitted the fan 2 and it can be turned on immediately the atomizer 3 in the ejected mist flow. According to FIG. 1, the positioning of the atomizer 3 in the center of the mist-air flow is expedient. Alternatively or additionally, atomizers 3 may also be provided in a ring shape in the mist-air flow.
Fig. 2 zeigt eine Variante einer der Nebelmaschine 1 nachgeord¬ neten Vorrichtung. Diese Vorrichtung verfügt über ein Gehäuse mit einem Eingang 9 für den Nebel der Nebelmaschine 1 sowie über einen zweiten Eingang 10 zur Ansaugung von Luft durch einen drehzahlregelbaren Ventilator 11. Im Inneren des Gehäuses ist ein Zerstäuber 12 vorgesehen, der mit einem Wasserbehälter (nicht dargestellt) in Verbindung steht. Nach Fig. 2 sprüht der Zerstäuber 12 nach oben, also direkt in die Mischzone mit dem zuströmenden Nebel und die eingeblasene Luft vom Ventilator 11. Der Bereich des Gehäuses wird als Mischkammer 13 bezeichnet. Der mit Wasser angereicherte Nebel gelangt in einen Wasserabscheider 14, bevor er aus einem Mundstück 15 austritt. Der Wasserabscheider 14 umfasst hier mehrere Prallwände 16, die ein Labyrinth für den durchströmenden Nebel bilden und überschüssiges Wasser aus dem Nebel entnehmen. Letzteres rinnt zurück zum Zerstäuber 12. Im Wasserabscheider 14 befindet sich ferner eine Kühleinrichtung 17 für den durchströmenden Nebel, die beispielsweise von Pel- tierelementen gebildet sein kann. Fig. 3 betrifft eine Ausführungsform, bei der der Zerstäuber 18 nicht am Boden der Mischkammer 13 (Fig. 2), sondern wie bei Fig. 1 unmittelbar einem Ventilator 19 für Frischluft nachgeordnet ist. In einer Mischkammer 20 erfolgt die Vereinigung des Nebels mit den Wassertröpfchen aus der Ventilatorströmung. Hier ist symbolhaft nur eine Prallwand 21 zur Äbscheidung von überschüssigem Wasser dargestellt. Der angereicherte, schwere Nebel muss diese Prallwand 21 übersteigen, verliert dabei nicht ausreichend an die Nebelmoleküle gebundenes Wasser und gelangt hinter der Prallwand 21 zu einem tiefer liegenden Ausgang 22, der allenfalls von einer Kühlmanschette umgeben sein kann. FIG. 2 shows a variant of one of the fog machine 1 nachgeord ¬ Neten device. This device has a housing with an inlet 9 for the fog of the fog machine 1 and a second inlet 10 for the intake of air through a Variable-speed fan 11. Inside the housing, an atomizer 12 is provided, which is in communication with a water tank (not shown). According to FIG. 2, the atomizer 12 sprays upward, ie directly into the mixing zone with the inflowing mist and the blown-in air from the fan 11. The area of the housing is referred to as the mixing chamber 13. The water-enriched mist passes into a water separator 14 before it exits a mouthpiece 15. The water separator 14 here comprises a plurality of baffles 16, which form a labyrinth for the flowing mist and remove excess water from the mist. The latter flows back to the atomizer 12. In the water separator 14 is also a cooling device 17 for the flowing mist, which may be formed for example by Peltier elements. Fig. 3 relates to an embodiment in which the atomizer 18 is not arranged downstream of the mixing chamber 13 (Fig. 2), but as in Fig. 1 directly downstream of a fan 19 for fresh air. In a mixing chamber 20, the mist is combined with the water droplets from the fan flow. Here is symbolically shown only a baffle 21 for Äbscheidung of excess water. The enriched, heavy mist must exceed this baffle 21, does not lose sufficient water bound to the nebulas and passes behind the baffle 21 to a lower-lying outlet 22, which may be surrounded by a cooling sleeve.
Fig. 4 bezieht sich auf Fig. 2, kann aber sinngemäß auch für andere Ausführungsformen gelten. Die beiden Eingänge 9 und 10 führen den Nebelstrom und den Luftstrom nicht parallel, sondern in einem spitzen Winkel aufeinander zu - hier mit Kreuzungspunkt in der Wolke der vom Zerstäuber 12 hochgesprühten Wassertröpfchen. Es kommt zu einer besonders guten Durchmischung und Anbindung der hauchfeinen Wassertröpfchen an den Nebel. Der Wasserabscheider 14 sorgt dafür, dass der austretende Nebel zwar angereichert mit Wasser bleibt, jedoch kein überschüssiges Wasser verliert, um weder die Bühne, noch die Akteure, die Zuschauer oder Gegenstände zu benetzen. Fig. 4 refers to Fig. 2, but may apply mutatis mutandis to other embodiments. The two inputs 9 and 10 lead the fog flow and the air flow not parallel, but at an acute angle to each other - here with crossing point in the cloud of sprayed from the atomizer 12 water droplets. It comes to a particularly good mixing and connection of the very fine water droplets to the fog. The water separator 14 ensures that the exiting mist remains enriched with water, but does not lose excess water, so as not to wet the stage, the actors, the spectators or objects.
Ergänzend sei vermerkt, dass ein Vermischen von Nebel und Wassertröpfchen auch im Gegenstrom möglich ist. Es kann beispiels- weise in Fig. 4 der Wasser-Zerstäuber 12 schräg gegen den heranströmenden Nebel und gegen die Luftströmung des Ventilators 11 gerichtet sein. Auch dadurch tritt eine Wirkungsgraderhöhung und eine noch bessere Anbindung der Wassertröpfchen an den Nebel ein. In addition, it should be noted that a mixing of mist and water droplets is also possible in countercurrent. It can, for example, wise in Fig. 4, the water atomizer 12 be directed obliquely against the oncoming mist and against the air flow of the fan 11. As a result, an increase in efficiency and an even better connection of the water droplets to the mist occur.

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1. Verfahren zur Herstellung von Bodennebel als Effekt, beispielsweise im Bereich der Bühnentechnik, mit einer ein Nebelfluid z.B. auf Glykolbasis verdampfenden Nebelmaschine, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Nebel aus der Nebelmaschine mit Wasser angereichert wird. 1. A method for producing ground fog as an effect, for example in the field of stage technology, with a fog fluid, e.g. glycol-based vaporising fog machine, characterized in that the mist from the fog machine is enriched with water.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dem2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the
Nebel aus der Nebelmaschine zur Anreicherung mit Wasser Wassertröpfchen, vorzugsweise fein zerstäubtes Wasser mit einer Tröpfchengröße von 2μ bis 10μ, zugesetzt werden, die den Nebel am Boden halten. Mist from the fog machine to enrich with water, water droplets, preferably finely atomized water with a droplet size of 2μ to 10μ, are added, which hold the fog on the ground.
3. Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Nebelmaschine (1) eine Mischzone (6) zur Vermischung des Nebels mit Wassertröpfchen aus einem Wasserzerstäuber (3, 12, 18), insbesondere aus einem Ultraschallzerstäuber, nachgeordnet ist. 3. A device for carrying out the method according to claim 1, characterized in that the fog machine (1) is arranged downstream of a mixing zone (6) for mixing the mist with water droplets from a water atomizer (3, 12, 18), in particular from a Ultraschallzerstäuber.
4. - Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der in der Nebelmaschine (1) gebildete Nebel in den Ansaug- bereic eines Ventilators (2, 11, 19) geführt ist, in dessen Überdruck-Luftströmung der oder die Wasserzerstäuber (3, 12, 18) , insbesondere ein oder mehrere Ultraschallzerstäuber, im Zentrum des Ventilators (2, 11, 19) oder im Umkreis desselben vorgesehen sind. 4. - Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the mist formed in the smoke machine (1) in the intake of a fan (2, 11, 19) is guided in the overpressure air flow of the or the water atomizer (3, 12, 18), in particular one or more ultrasonic atomizers, in the center of the fan (2, 11, 19) or in the vicinity thereof are provided.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mischzone (6) als Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) ausgebildet ist und über je einen Eingang (9, 10) für die Nebelmaschine (1) und für eine forcierte Luftströmung von einem Ventilator (2, 11, 19) verfügt und dass die Luftströmung und der Nebel in der Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) über den Wasserzer¬ stäuber (3, 12, 18) und über mindestens eine nachgeordnete Prallwand (16, 21) zur Wasserabscheidung geführt sind. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Luft- und die Nebelströmungen in einem spitzen Winkel in die Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) einmünden, gegebenenfalls im Gegenstrom auf die Wassertröpfchen des Zerstäubers (3, 12, 18) treffen und in der Symmetrieachse der Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) als Bodennebel aus dieser austreten. 5. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the mixing zone (6) as a mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) is formed and each have an input (9, 10) for the fog machine (1) and for a forced air flow of a Fan (2, 11, 19) and that the air flow and the mist in the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) on the Wasserzer ¬ atomizer (3, 12, 18) and at least one downstream baffle (16, 21) for Water separation are performed. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the air and the mist flows at an acute angle into the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20), optionally in countercurrent to the water droplets of the atomizer (3, 12, 18) meet and in the Symmetryeachse the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) emerge as ground fog from this.
Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Wasserzerstäuber (3, 12, 18) , insbesondere Ultraschallzerstäuber im Zentrum eines Ventilators (2, 11, 19) angeordnet ist, der die mit Wasser angereicherte Luft in die als Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) ausgebildete Mischzone (6) bläst, aus der der Nebel nach Überwinden einer Prallwand (16, 21) austritt. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the water atomizer (3, 12, 18), in particular ultrasonic atomizer in the center of a fan (2, 11, 19) is arranged, the water enriched with the air in the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) formed mixing zone (6) blows, from which the mist exits after overcoming a baffle wall (16, 21).
Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in die Mischzone (6) bzw. in die Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) eine Kühleinrichtung (17) integriert bzw. der Mischkammer (7, 13, 20) nachgeschaltet ist. Device according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that in the mixing zone (6) or in the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) a cooling device (17) integrated or the mixing chamber (7, 13, 20) is connected downstream ,
Vorricfc^ng nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass als Kühleinrichtung (17) Peltierelemente im Anschluss an mindestens eine Prallwand (16, 21), insbesondere zwischen mehreren im Abstand zueinander angeordneten Prallwänden (16, 21) vorgesehen sind, die mit gegenüber liegenden, in die Zwischenräume eintauchenden Prallwänden (16, 21) ein Labyrinth bilden. Vorricfc ^ ng according to claim 7, characterized in that as a cooling device (17) Peltier elements following at least one baffle wall (16, 21), in particular between a plurality of spaced-apart baffles (16, 21) are provided, with opposite, in the interspaces dipping baffles (16, 21) form a labyrinth.
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