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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Paul G Fox, Novi, MI (US);
Louis H Fox, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A portable and ice resurfacing device including an integrally constructed body having a first upper reservoir capable of storing a volume of water. A water dispensing bar extends in a generally horizontal and lengthwise fashion and is mounted within an open and lower-most location of the body proximate an ice-covered surface. A handle extends from the body and is capable of being grasped by a user to translate the body across the ice-covered surface in a drag-along fashion. The water dispensing bar is in fluid communication with the stored volume of water and is separated by a flow valve. The flow valve is actuated by a lever secured to the handle and a cable extending from the lever to the flow valve to dispense the volume of water at a specified flow rate upon the ice-covered surface. A planar shaped and flexible mat is secured to the body in a spaced apart and lengthwise extending fashion and drapes over the ice-covered surface to which the water is applied by the dispensing bar so as to evenly spread the water across the ice surface.