SG11201809825QA - Mechanical snow and ice removal for impinger - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\" WO 2018/034764 Al 22 February 2018 (22.02.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: COHEN, Joshua, L.; Linde LLC, 200 Somerset F25D 13/06 (2006.01) Corporate Boulevard, Suite 7000, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (21) International Application Number: (US). PCT/US2017/042479 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (22) International Filing Date: kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 18 July 2017 (18.07.2017) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (25) Filing Language: English DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (26) Publication Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (30) Priority Data: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, 15/237,020 15 August 2016 (15.08.2016) US OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (71) Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. [DE/DE]; Klosterhofstr. 1, 80331 Munich (DE). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (72) Inventor; and kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant (for US only): BOYLES, Scott [US/US]; 812 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, Rising Sun Road, Telford, PA 18969 (US). UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, = (54) Title: MECHANICAL SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FOR IMPINGER = iD = 18 il = l - _ 12 = - eargirinerigreir ArireAreAlareilp _ till = = = 21 = sW = 4 & , N-30 51 28 35 80 3f 8 27 # 0 = = = 40 42 t 44 4 OA r 11 2 Arantot ,—, Eta 1 7r N (57) : An impingement apparatus associated with a conveyor includes: (a) a shell supporting an impinger; and (b) a coolant 7r delivery apparatus enclosed by the shell, the coolant delivery apparatus including a gas circulation device for directing a coolant to the \"'I impinger; the impinger including: (i) an impingement plate including openings for directing impingement jets toward the conveyor; 0 -.. (ii) at least one non-circular cam in mechanical communication with the at least one conveyor and rotatable when the conveyor is in GC , I motion; and (iii) at least one connector in mechanical communication with the at least one cam and the impingement plate, the connector © displaceable during rotation of the at least one cam to elevate and lower the impingement plate. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/034764 Al 1111111111111111111011111111111011111010111111111001110111111001111111110111111111111 EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, SK, SM, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))