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US 9,724,592 B2Granted
Snow sport equipment waxing device and method
AssigneeSkiquicky, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Hart, Naeem Rahim, Devin Owen Howells, Chris Witham, Fahim Rahim
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Abstract
The invention includes an automated device and method for applying wax to snow sporting equipment. This includes skis and snowboards and provides kiosks where skiers and boarders can deposit their equipment in a track and have appropriate wax for current snow conditions applied to the equipment.
Claims24
An automated device, comprising:
- a mounting mechanism for securing at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a cleaning device for cleaning the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a waxing mechanism for depositing wax on at least a portion of a sole of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a scraping mechanism for removing excess wax deposited by the waxing mechanism;
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- at least one motor for displacing the cleaning device, the waxing mechanism, and the scraping mechanism along at least a portion of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- wherein the mounting mechanism comprises an upper track portion for securing one end of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard during cleaning, waxing, and scraping of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- wherein the automatic device is configured to enable the cleaning, waxing and scraping of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard without requiring a user to be wearing the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard when the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard is cleaned, waxed and scraped.
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A method performed by an automated device,
- wherein the automated device, comprising:
- a mounting mechanism for securing at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a cleaning device for cleaning the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a waxing mechanism for depositing wax on at least a portion of a sole of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- a scraping mechanism for removing excess wax deposited by the waxing mechanism;
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- a carriage whereon the cleaning device, the waxing mechanism, and the scraping mechanism are disposed;
- at least one motor for displacing the cleaning device, the waxing mechanism, and the scraping mechanism along at least a portion of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- wherein the mounting mechanism comprises an upper track portion for securing a first end of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard during cleaning, waxing, and scraping of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- wherein the automatic device is configured to enable the cleaning, waxing and scraping of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard without requiring a user to be wearing the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard when the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard is cleaned, waxed and scraped;
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- wherein the method comprising:
- securing the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard on the mounting mechanism;
- displacing the carriage at least once along the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard for at least the purpose of:
- cleaning at least a portion the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- applying wax to at least a portion of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- and
- removing excess wax deposited on at least a portion of the at least one pair of skis or at least one snowboard;
- and
- releasing the at least on pair of skis or at least one snowboard from the mounting mechanism when the wax is substantially cooled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.