Apparatus for waxing skis

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings in detail, there is illustrated in FIG.
1 apparatus for waxing skis constructed in accordance with this invention and designated generally by the numeral 10.
The apparatus 10 includes a burner assembly 12 having a controllable valve element 14 by means of which the apparatus 10 may be attached to a canister of gas C, such as propane or the like.
The valve element 14 is of a conventional type known to those skilled in the art and is thus not described in detail herein.
The burner assembly 12 includes a first tube 16 extending from the valve element 14 and connected to a second tube 18 by means of a threaded coupling 20.
The second tube 18 preferably includes apertures 22 for the intake of air.
A conventional fish-tail type burner head 24 having a flared outlet 26 is connected to the second tube 18 in a known manner.
The burner head 24 further includes a peripherally-extending flange 28 and a transverse rib 30 spaced from and extending parallel to the outlet opening 26.
The ski waxing apparatus 10 also includes a waxing iron 32 having a leg portion 34 for receiving the burner head 24, and a base portion 36 for spreading wax W over the surface of a ski S.
The base portion 36 includes a plate 38 having an upper surface 40 and a lower surface 42.
An upstanding flange 44 extends about the perimeter of the base portion 36 defining a trough therein.
In operation, as seen most clearly in FIG.
2, the flames F emanating from the outlet 26 of the burner head 24 spread out over the upper or top surface 40 of the plate 38, thus heating the waxing iron 32.
Wax W, which may be applied to the surface of the ski S in liquid form or melted thereover from a solid cake by contact with the waxing iron 32, is spread over the surface of the ski S by the convex lower or bottom surface 42 of the waxing iron 32.
Inasmuch as the suface 42 is curved in the direction of travel D of the apparatus 10, only a limited portion of the surface area of the waxing iron 32 will contact the wax W or the surface of the ski S