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Abstract

A spreader attachment is provided for an ice resurfacing machine of the type having a front and rear, a laterally extending conditioning housing with a rigid frame portion to be positioned in close proximity to a subjacent surface to be treated and having associated means for delivering water from a supply against a subjacent surface, and structure for propelling the housing across a subjacent surface to be treated. The spreader attachment consists of an elongate support bar secured to the rigid frame portion so that the length of the support bar is substantially horizontally situated along the lateral extent of the housing with the support bar having a laterally extending support surface, a spreader element with an attachment surface for engagement with a subjacent surface to distribute water from the supply evenly on a subjacent surface across the lateral extent of the housing as the housing is moved, and cooperating structure on the spreader element and support bar for releasably attaching the spreader element to the support bar in operative position thereon by movement of the attachment surface on the spreader element towards and against the support surface on the support bar and for releasing the spreader element and separating the spreader element from the support bar by movement of the attachment surface on the spreader element away from the support surface on the support bar.

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