Has anyone ever driven a street sweeper?

[Tstigz]

Looks like it would be fun. Keep any zamboneknee talk out of this thread. If you want to talk ZBKs you can make your own thread. This thread is about street sweepers

[F.F Woodycooks]

Frank Zamboni

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Frank Zamboni

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Born Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr.

January 16, 1901

Eureka, Utah, U.S.

Died July 27, 1988 (aged 87)

Paramount, California, U.S.

Nationality American

Known for Invention of ice resurfacer and founder of Zamboni Company

Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. (/zæmˈboʊni/, eyetalian: [dzamˈboːni]; January 16, 1901 – July 27, 1988) was an American inventor and engineer whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices.[1][2][3]





Contents

1 Biography

2 Patents

3 References

4 External links

Biography

Zamboni was born in 1901 in Eureka, Utah, to eyetalian immigrants. His parents soon bought a farm in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho near Pocatello, Idaho, where he grew up. In 1920, he moved with his parents to the harbor district of Los Angeles, where his older brother George was operating an auto repair shop. After Frank attended a trade school in Chicago, he and his younger brother Lawrence opened an electrical supply business in 1922 in the Los Angeles suburb of Hynes (now part of Paramount). The following year he married and eventually had three children, a son and two daughters.[4] In 1927, he and Lawrence added an ice-making plant and entered the block ice business. They continued their ice business in 1939, but saw little future in that business with the advent of electrically operated refrigeration units. They decided to use their excess refrigeration equipment to open an ice rink nearby.



In 1940, the brothers, along with a cousin, Pete Zamboni, opened the Iceland rink, which proved very popular, in no small part because Frank had devised a way to eliminate rippling caused by the pipes that were laid down to keep the rink frozen. (The rink still operates and is still owned by the Zamboni family.) He obtained a patent for that innovation in 1946. Then, in 1949, he invented a machine that transformed the job of resurfacing an ice rink from a five-man, 90-minute task to a one-man, 15-minute job.[4] The initial machine included a hydraulic cylinder from an A-20 attack plane, a chassis from an oil derrick, a Jeep engine, a wooden bin to catch the shavings, and a series of pulleys.[5][6] His son, Richard, said, "It took him nine years. One of the reasons he stuck with it was that everyone told him he was crazy."[6] Zamboni did not expect to make more but, after seeing the machine, Sonja Henie immediately ordered two, and then the Chicago Blackhawks placed an order.[6][7] Zamboni applied for a patent in 1949 – obtained in 1953 – and set up Frank J. Zamboni & Co. in Paramount to build and sell the machines.



The machine shaves ice off the surface, collects the shavings, washes the ice, and spreads a thin coat of fresh water onto the surface.[5] In the early 1950s, Zamboni built them on top of Jeep CJ-3Bs, then on stripped Jeep chassis from 1956 through 1964.[8] Demand for the machine proved great enough that his company added a second plant in Brantford, Ontario and a branch office in Switzerland. Though the term Zamboni was (and remains) trademarked by his company, the name is sometimes generically used for any brand of ice resurfacing machine.





Zamboni's famous invention was the ice resurfacer; he created it in 1949.

In the 1970s, he invented machines to remove water from outdoor artificial turf surfaces, remove paint stripes from the same surfaces, and roll up and lay down artificial turf in domed stadiums. His final invention, in 1983, was an automatic edger to remove ice buildup from the edges of rinks.



He died of cardiac arrest at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in July 1988 at the age of 87,[4] about two months after his wife's death. He also had lung cancer.[9] The Zamboni company has sold more than 10,000 units of its signature machine, the Zamboni Ice Resurfacer, commonly known as a "Zamboni." The 10,000th machine was delivered to the Montreal Canadiens in April 2012 for use at the Bell Centre.[10] The company is still owned and operated by the Zamboni family, including Frank's son and grandson. His remains are buried at All Souls Cemetery in Long Beach.



Zamboni was inducted into the Ice Skating Institute's Hall of Fame in 1965, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Clarkson University in 1988. Frank was posthumously inducted into the NEISMA Hall of Fame in 1988, the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000, the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2006, the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007, the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009,[11] and into the United States Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 2013.[12]



The Frank J. Zamboni School, in Paramount, is named after him.[13]



Patents

Early patents:

Country - U.S. #1,655,034 Title: Adjustable Reaction Resistance (Electrical) Date Issued: Jan 3, 1928

Country - U.S. #1,710,149 Title: Reactance Coil (Electrical) Date Issued: Mar 11, 1930

Country - U.S. #1,804,852 Title: Circuit Controlling Reactance Coil (Electrical) Date Issued: May 12, 1931

Country - U.S. #2,411,919 Title: Ice Rink Floor Date Issued: Dec 3, 1946

Country - U.S. #2,594,603 Title: Refrigerated Liquid Storage Tank Date Issued: Apr 29, 1952

Country - U.S. #2,738,170 Title: Refrigerated Milk Storage Tank and Pasteurizer Date Issued: Mar 13, 1956



Ice resurfacers:

Country - U.S. #2,642,679 Title: Ice Resurfacer Date Issued: Jun 23, 1953

Country - U.S. #2,763,939 Title: Ice Resurfacer Date Issued: Sep 25, 1953

Country - U.S. #3,044,193 Title: Ice Resurfacer Date Issued: Jul 17, 1962

Country - U.S. #3,622,205 Title: Down Pressure Date Issued: Nov 23, 1971



Ice resurfacer-related products:

Country - U.S. #4,372,617 Title: Ice Edger Date Issued: Feb 8, 1983



Machine for Astro-Turf:

Country - U.S. #3,736,619 Title: Turf Water Remover Date Issued: Jun 5, 1973

Country - U.S. #3,835,500 Title: Turf Water Remover Date Issued: Sep 17, 1974

Country - U.S. #4,069,540 Title: Turf Paint Remover Date Issued: Jan 24, 1978

Country - U.S. #4,084,763 Title: Turf Handling Machine Date Issued: Apr 18, 1978

[theboobox]

I've driven to see Street Sweeper back when they were active

[escapedfromthevalley]

In before borntodie




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[(some berries is ok)]

Came to post street sweeper band

NEIGHBORHOOD STOMP

[pisswizard]

They have little ones for the paths that seem fun because you get to push everyone out of the way with it.

[Percussionist Foster Grant]

I want one.

[Tstigz]

When I was a janitor we had a few of these bad boys 😍

[NUKE THE INTERNET]

Probably they're really fun to tip over.

[Jack Hard]

Bought a street sweeper to clean up the street. Coupe like a creature, new shoes on the feet.

[Thin Lizzy Gulag Graduate]

Jul 14, 2021 7:51:46 GMT -5 Tstigz said:

Looks like it would be fun. Keep any zamboneknee talk out of this thread. If you want to talk ZBKs you can make your own thread. This thread is about street sweepers

I drove a sweep sweeper once. It’s about how I’d imagine driving a hummer feels. Shitty, loud, slow. Probably doesn’t off-road well.

Fun fact: street sweeper bristles can be used to pop open a selection of padlocks

[Chili’s Defence force (CDF)]

I got a zamboner rn

[Osama Vinladen Jiménez López]

Love a SS. I also like those water trucks that just blast a shit load of concentrated water at the curb to flush everything out

[Osama Vinladen Jiménez López]

Let’s get one 

[Tstigz]

Jul 14, 2021 11:08:21 GMT -5 Thin Lizzy Gulag Graduate said:

Jul 14, 2021 7:51:46 GMT -5 Tstigz said:

Looks like it would be fun. Keep any zamboneknee talk out of this thread. If you want to talk ZBKs you can make your own thread. This thread is about street sweepers

I drove a sweep sweeper once. It’s about how I’d imagine driving a hummer feels. Shitty, loud, slow. Probably doesn’t off-road well.

Fun fact: street sweeper bristles can be used to pop open a selection of padlocks

Fuuuuck I’m so glad someone is dropping SS fun facts. Love it!

[Thin Lizzy Gulag Graduate]

This is the shit I drove, also forgot to mention it has two steering wheels:


And the street sweeper we deserve:

[Tstigz]

Ok I am rock hard!!

[meatballmaniac]

Jul 14, 2021 10:10:38 GMT -5 Tstigz said:

When I was a janitor we had a few of these bad boys 😍

You had a lil ginger cutie janitor co-worker? Nice.

[Thin Lizzy Gulag Graduate]

Jul 14, 2021 12:25:41 GMT -5 meatballmaniac said:

Jul 14, 2021 10:10:38 GMT -5 Tstigz said:

When I was a janitor we had a few of these bad boys 😍

You had a lil ginger cutie janitor co-worker? Nice.

My grandmother said red heads are all bitches. Mainly because my grandfather seems to have been weak for them and she knew it. Turns out it must be a genetic complex

[patdog]

BREEEEEEED

LIKE RAAAAAATS

[queserasera]

Nope but probably paid the city of Los Angeles $1000 in tickets for this dumb thing to do nothing but blow around dust and make everyone move cars at 7am. Friends dad was the Zamboni guy at the local ice rink, oddly satisfying watching it do it’s job and then stepping on fresh ice.

[NUKE THE INTERNET]

"You stole a streetsweeper!? What were you thinking!?"

"That it would go faster."

[Tstigz]

UGH 😍

[Hotdogscominurway]

Jul 14, 2021 9:45:49 GMT -5 escapedfromthevalley said:

In before borntodie




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Came to post

[hayley]

Jul 14, 2021 15:15:01 GMT -5 Hotdogscominurway said:

Jul 14, 2021 9:45:49 GMT -5 escapedfromthevalley said:

In before borntodie




edit: but not theboobox 

Came to post

Came hoping no one posted

[borntodie]

Jul 14, 2021 9:45:49 GMT -5 escapedfromthevalley said:

In before borntodie




edit: but not theboobox 

every time I post I throw a dart at board with the words "pun, photoshop" and "MAHC bands 2010-2015" written on it

[pisswizard]

The wire bits that come off street sweeper brushes make good lock picks.

[Deleted]

i have not driven a street sweeper but i would like to sorry OP

[Tstigz]

Jul 15, 2021 13:49:44 GMT -5 @noflyzone said:

i have not driven a street sweeper but i would like to sorry OP

Damn that sucks I haven’t either. If you ever do please update everyone in this thread how it wen't and I will do if I am ever so blessed to SS

[Tstigz]

www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2013-09/03/content_16941126.htm


Tehe so quirky 🥰