Patent ID: 8443530

Claim:
A portable ice resurfacer for resurfacing a sheet of ice, the resurfacer comprising: a sled having a top plate and a pair of opposed parallel runners, wherein said sled defines a volume between said opposed runners that cooperatively with the sheet of ice defines a melting chamber having as front entry and a rear exit; a bracket for mounting at least one tank containing a combustible fuel to said top plate; a manifold disposed at a forward end of said sled, wherein said manifold is configured to be fluidly connected to said at least one tank; and a plurality of nozzles fluidly connecting said manifold to said front entry of said melting chamber, such that ignition of combustible fuel exiting said nozzles will direct combustion gases into said melting chamber front entry, wherein the plurality of nozzles are configured to be angled with respect to the sheet or ice, such that the combustion gasses are directed to flow from the front entry toward the rear exit of the melting chamber; wherein said melting chamber slopes downwardly from said front entry to said rear exit such that said rear exit has a smaller area than said front entry of said melting chamber.