Electrically heated touring ski base wax applicator device

Claim 1

A touring ski base wax applicator device comprising, in combination, a housing having front and rear walls formed with bottom recessed portions, a pair of side walls, a top wall and an open bottom, an electrical radiant heating source in said housing for applying heat to a ski base, means for displacing said housing on a ski base, the recessed portions of the front and rear walls being of a width and depth sufficient to allow the side walls to overlap the sides of a ski when the device is placed thereon, said means for applying heat comprising an electrical resistance element mounted in said housing beneath said top wall and non-conductive spacers insulating said electrical resistance element from said housing/,/ , said means for displacing said housing comprising a pair of shafts secured to the side walls of said housing and a plurality of ski base engaging wheels rotatable on said shafts said wheels being located interiorly of the housing and positioned to engage the surface of the ski portion within the housing, the wheels having their outmost peripheral surfaces spaced above the lower edge of the side walls a distance greater than the thickness of the ski but less than the depth of the recessed portion of the front and rear walls, and a handle on the housing for manipulating the device.