Patent ID: 7587843

Claim:
An apparatus for resurfacing an ice surface, comprising: a chassis; a handle attached to said chassis and adapted to be grasped by an operator for manually maneuvering said apparatus over the ice surface; a reservoir on said chassis for holding water to be dispensed; a dispensing tube extending transversely relative to said chassis, said dispensing tube in fluid communication with said reservoir and having a plurality of spaced-apart apertures; a scraper assembly attached to said chassis, said scraper assembly including a scraper blade extending transversely relative to said chassis and adapted to engage the ice surface; a first thrower rotatably mounted to said chassis adjacent to said scraper blade and rotatable about a first axis extending transversely relative to said chassis; a second thrower rotatably mounted to said chassis adjacent to said first thrower and rotatable about a second axis parallel to said first axis; a snow storage compartment having an opening adjacent said second thrower; said first thrower adapted to remove ice or snow accumulated by said blade from the ice surface and to deliver such ice or snow to said second thrower; said second thrower positioned to receive ice and snow delivered by the first thrower and to deliver such ice or snow to said snow storage compartment; a motor coupled to the chassis; a drive linkage coupled to said motor for rotatably driving said first and second throwers; and each of said first and second throwers including a central roller member rotatably mounted on said chassis and two or more elongate, transversely extending blades projecting outwardly from said central roller, the blades of said first roller including a first layer formed of a resilient material attached to and extending outwardly from the central roller and a second layer having a surface contacting a facing surface of the first layer, said second layer formed of a rigid material attached to and extending outwardly from the central roller, wherein a portion of the resilient layer protrudes beyond the rigid layer.