Patent ID: 6126747
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
Apparatus for impregnation, in a single operation, of an applied wax into the entire running surface of a snowboard, ski or like workpiece, comprising first supporting structure adapted to support the workpiece in a first substantially horizontal plane, with the running surface facing upward and with a wax-laden layer in gravitationally retained coverage of the running surface; said apparatus further comprising second supporting structure adapted to establish a second horizontal plane of area at least corresponding to that of the running surface and in vertically spaced register above the running surface; selectively operable means for vertically positioning one of said structures with respect to the other of said structures; an electrically powered heater strip mounted to the underside of said second structure and in substantially said second horizontal plane, said heater strip having a heat-radiating surface area at least corresponding to the area of the running surface and in register with and above the running surface; and controller means connected to said heater strip for performing a program of heat irradiation to the wax-covered workpiece, wherein said program has been predetermined to achieve a desired extent of wax-impregnation of the running surface of the workpiece.