The present invention is defined by having a bucket support configured to support a snow bucket on an ice resurfacing machine. The support includes a plate welded to an intermediate portion of a rod. A handle formed into an upper portion of the rod. A top bracket defined to include a notch sized to receive, for rotation therein, the intermediate portion of the rod. The top bracket further including machine openings to secure the top bracket to a first portion of the ice resurfacing machine. A base bracket configured to secure against a base portion of the ice resurfacing machine. The base bracket including a base opening sized to receive the lower portion of the rod, permitting rotation of the rod therein.

A pull-behind device to resurface an ice rink. The device includes a rotating brush to sweep the ice anterior to a blade used to the scrape the ice. Collected snow is moved into a water reservoir where it is stored and melted for redeposit onto the skating surface.

A profiling machine includes an inclinometer and a displacement sensor. The inclinometer is configured to sense an incline of the profiling machine on a surface relative to the acceleration vector of gravity. The displacement sensor is configured to sense the distance that profiling machine has traversed along the surface. The profiling machine is configured to calculate and generate a surface profile of the surface based on incline data from the inclinometer and displacement data from the displacement sensor.

An ice leveling system involves a laser receiver mountable on an ice conditioning head of an ice resurfacing machine below a top-most portion of the ice resurfacing machine and at least two laser projectors that project laser light in a plane below a level of the top-most portion of the ice resurfacing machine. The at least two laser projectors are mountable adjacent to an ice surface and are positionable around the ice surface so that the laser receiver when mounted on the ice resurfacing machine always receives the laser light from at least one of the at least two laser projectors during an ice leveling operation. At least one of the at least two laser projectors is height adjustable to align the laser light plane projected by the height adjustable laser projector with the laser light plane of others of the at least two laser projectors.

The present invention is defined by having a bucket support configured to support a snow bucket on an ice resurfacing machine. The support includes a plate welded to an intermediate portion of a rod. A handle formed into an upper portion of the rod. A top bracket defined to include a notch sized to receive, for rotation therein, the intermediate portion of the rod. The top bracket further including machine openings to secure the top bracket to a first portion of the ice resurfacing machine. A base bracket configured to secure against a base portion of the ice resurfacing machine. The base bracket including a base opening sized to receive the lower portion of the rod, permitting rotation of the rod therein.

An ice resurfacing sled adapted to be displaced over an ice surface for resurfacing the ice surface is disclosed. The ice resurfacing sled includes an enclosure adapted to slide over the ice surface. The enclosure includes a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end. The ice resurfacing sled also includes a torch mounted on the enclosure and extending partially inside the enclosure and adapted to heat an air inside the enclosure by burning a combustible gas to partially melt ice of the ice surface into water. Additionally, the ice resurfacing sled includes an absorbent pad attached to the enclosure and adapted to absorb the water from the ice surface. The ice surface is resurfaced due to melting of ice present on the ice surface as the enclosure is displaced over the ice surface.

A profiling machine includes an inclinometer and a displacement sensor. The inclinometer is configured to sense an incline of the profiling machine on a surface relative to the acceleration vector of gravity. The displacement sensor is configured to sense the distance that profiling machine has traversed along the surface. The profiling machine is configured to calculate and generate a surface profile of the surface based on incline data from the inclinometer and displacement data from the displacement sensor.

An ice re-conditioning assembly includes a vehicle that is driven on ice in an ice skating rink. A drive unit is coupled to the vehicle for driving the vehicle around the ice skating rink in a pre-determined route. A plurality of resurfacing units is each movably coupled to the vehicle. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a deployed position to engage the ice for reconditioning the ice for skating. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a stored position has each of the resurfacing units being contained within the vehicle and being spaced from the ice. A plurality of displays is provided and each of the displays is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the displays displays indicia comprising words and images for advertising purposes.

An ice re-conditioning assembly includes a vehicle that is driven on ice in an ice skating rink. A drive unit is coupled to the vehicle for driving the vehicle around the ice skating rink in a pre-determined route. A plurality of resurfacing units is each movably coupled to the vehicle. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a deployed position to engage the ice for reconditioning the ice for skating. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a stored position has each of the resurfacing units being contained within the vehicle and being spaced from the ice. A plurality of displays is provided and each of the displays is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the displays displays indicia comprising words and images for advertising purposes.

A method for repairing an ice of an ice field comprising drilling, by an ice repairing apparatus, at least one hole to the ice of the ice field to remove, at least partly, a damaged ice, providing a solid ice insert having substantially the same size as the at least one hole, and inserting the ice insert into the at least hole such that a top surface of the ice insert is substantially on the same level with a surface of the ice of the ice field. An ice repairing apparatus comprising a rotating blade configured to drill a hole to an ice of an ice field, a rotating shaft configured to rotate the blade, wherein the shaft comprises a first end coupled with the blade, and a second end configured to be coupled with a power source for rotating the shaft; and a limiter coupled with the shaft configured to set against a surface of the ice and to prevent drilling of the blade into the ice when a desired depth of the hole is achieved. An ice repairing arrangement comprising an ice repairing apparatus, a mould for producing at least one ice insert, and freezer configured to freeze and/or to keep frozen at least one ice insert.