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    From where comes the word Zamboni?

    Question #22869. Asked by Hokey Ice. (Sep 28 02 4:51 PM)


    mibmob

    		http://www.dochertyfamily.com/zamboni.htm
    says that is a machine that evens out the surface of ice-rinks, named after the inventor.

    Sep 28 02, 5:11 PM
    Brainy Blonde

    		Quite right mibmob. It is another classic case where the brand name of the product becomes commonly used as the name of the product itself.
    Frank Zamboni invented a machine called an ice resurfacer. He is the founder of the Frank J. Zamboni Company started in the 1940?s. See:
    http://www.zamboni.com


    Sep 29 02, 2:01 AM

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