Frank J Zamboni

43726178, Feb 8, 1983

Jan 5, 1981

6/222482

Frank J. Zamboni - Paramount CA

Frank J. Zamboni & Co. - Paramount CA

E01H 512

299 24

An edging apparatus for an ice resurfacing machine includes a guide operatively attaching to one of the side edges of the machine which is capable of being extended from the side of the machine such that it can contact an upright surface as, for example, a rink wall or a dasher board extending around the perimeter of an ice rink. Associated with the guide is an ice shaving blade which is capable of extending in a vertical direction upwards and downwards between a shaving position wherein it can contact the ice surface and shave the surface and a non-shaving position wherein it is lifted upwards from the ice surface. The guide is interposed between the end of the edge of the blade and the dasher board or the rink wall such that it is impossible to catch the end of the blade in the wall or dasher board yet it is possible to correctly position the end of this blade very close to the wall or dasher board allowing shaving of the ice surface to a point almost immediately adjacent to the wall or dasher board. The apparatus includes appropriately connecting members allowing for pivotally connecting the guide and ice blade to the machine such that they can be extended away from the side edge of the machine during edging but retracted back to the machine during other operations of the machine.

40695409, Jan 24, 1978

Jul 14, 1976

5/705023

Frank J. Zamboni - Paramount CA

Frank J. Zamboni & Co. - Paramount CA

A47L 700

15320

A machine for removing painted stripes from artificial turf, comprising an automotive vehicle carrying an engine-driven blower, water pump, water tank, and a conditioner head that is flexibly connected to the vehicle and slides on the turf. The conditioner head includes an open-bottom housing that is spring-pressed down against the turf so that there is virtually no clearance under the bottom edges of the housing. The blower pulls a vacuum inside the water tank, and the latter is connected by hoses to the conditioner housing. A rotary brush inside the housing scrubs the turf to scour away previously-softened stripe paint. Behind the brush is a nozzle that directs a high pressure spray of water down into the turf to wash away the loosened paint particles, and this is followed by a roller that presses down against the turf and rolls water ahead of it. A baffle just ahead of the roller provides restricted clearance under its bottom edge for the water to flow under it, and this baffle forms the front wall of a chamber enclosing the roller, to which the vacuum suction hoses are connected. Water is sucked up by the vacuum and discharged into the water tank, where it is filtered and returned to the water pump.

40847632, Apr 18, 1978

Apr 5, 1976

5/673449

Frank J. Zamboni - Paramount CA

Frank J. Zamboni & Co. - Paramount CA

B65H 1746

242 8652

A machine for laying down and taking up strips of artificial turf comprising a self-powered, highly maneuverable carrier having means for transporting, picking up and winding or unwinding a roll of turf strip. Means are provided to shift the roll axially relative to the carrier to precisely lay down each strip in side-by-side relation with a previously laid strip.