Ice resurfacer
Pulidora de hielo
- Date
- 1949 · confidence high
- Place
- Paramount, California, United States
- Credited to
- Frank Zamboni
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A vehicle that scrapes, collects and renews the surface layer of ice on a skating rink in a single pass, replacing manual resurfacing by several workers. Its brand name, Zamboni, became the generic name for the device.
What it led to
- Standardised maintenance of hockey and skating rinks
- The economic viability of year-round indoor ice rinks