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45-603: The machines are made in Paramount, California, and in Brantford, Ontario. The first ice-resurfacer was the brainchild of Frank J. Zamboni , who was originally in the refrigeration business. He provided services to businesses such as dairy farms and produce vendors. Zamboni created a plant for making ice blocks that could be used in refrigeration techniques. As the demand for ice blocks waned, Zamboni looked for another way to capitalize on his expertise with ice. In 1939, Zamboni created

90-420: A Lego brick design in celebration of the interlocking Lego block's 50th anniversary. Some Google Doodles are limited to Google's country-specific home pages while others appear globally. Since the first Thanksgiving Doodle in 1998, many Doodles for holidays, events and other celebrations have recurred annually. These include: Doodlers is Google's name for the illustrators, engineers and artists who design

135-419: A blind date with a Zamboni driver; Kat is intrigued by that skill set. Frank Zamboni Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. ( / z æ m ˈ b oʊ n i / , Italian: [dzamˈboːni] ; January 16, 1901 – July 27, 1988) was an American businessman and inventor whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer , with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices. Zamboni

180-443: A detailed page about Easter customs. Google's official Doodle archive page originally contained an unlisted entry for the 2019 Easter Doodle, which has since been removed. Notably, the 2019 Easter-themed homepage was not visible from mobile devices unless the "Desktop mode" option was triggered on the mobile browser, leading to the majority of users not ever seeing the "Doodle". Danny Sullivan , technologist with Google involved with

225-602: A doodle honoring author Roald Dahl on the anniversary of his birth, but this date coincided with the first day of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah , and Google was immediately criticized by some groups for this decision, mainly because Dahl has been accused of anti-Semitism. Google removed the Doodle by 2:00 p.m. that day, and there remains no evidence of its existence in Google's official Doodle archive to this date. In 2007, Google

270-522: A job driving the Zamboni at the ice rink. In the 2014 film Dumb and Dumber To , Harry ( Jeff Daniels ) and Lloyd ( Jim Carrey ) steal a modified Zamboni-brand ice resurfacer. In the 2019 film ”Wine Country”, while playing a different paths game Catherine wishes she was a Zamboni driver as it would always be cool and she would get to have 2 hour long breaks. The 2021 " Double Date " episode of Call Me Kat ends Kat's mother announcing she has set up Kat on

315-494: A logo for Bastille Day . Since then, a team of employees called Doodlers have organized and published the Doodles. Initially, Doodles were neither animated nor hyperlinked —they were simply images with tooltips describing the subject or expressing a holiday greeting. Doodles increased in both frequency and complexity by the beginning of the 2010s. On October 31, 2000, the first animated Doodle celebrated Halloween. On May 21, 2010,

360-475: A machine that shaved, washed, and squeegeed the ice. He mounted this machine on an army surplus vehicle chassis. A blade mounted on the machine shaved the ice, which then received a thin layer of water to create a smooth sheet of ice. The prototype had a tank that held the ice shavings, which it carried to the tank via a conveyor belt . This machine was powered by a Jeep engine and transmission. Zamboni abandoned this model in late 1947 because of deficiencies with

405-483: A new hydraulic snow-dumping system. This meant that drivers no longer had to shovel the ice shavings out of the holding tank. This design has been the industry standard ever since. Frank J. Zamboni & Co. has taken a strong stance against its trademark dilution , the Zamboni name being used as a genericized trademark for ice resurfacers. On March 2, 1964, Frank J. Zamboni & Co. applied for its first trademark, which

450-457: A one-man, 15-minute job. 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. 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." Zamboni did not expect to make more but, after seeing the machine, Sonja Henie immediately ordered two, and then

495-442: A public apology from Google. Not like the anteriorly cited times, Google did not respond to any criticism, nor did it alter the presentation of the Doodle on its homepage or on the Doodle's dedicated page. In 2014, a report published by SPARK Movement, an activist organization, stated that there was a large gender and race imbalance in the number of Doodles shown by Google, and that most Doodles were honoring white males. The report

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540-626: A series of links to images of the invasion of Normandy . On May 19, 2016, Google honored Yuri Kochiyama , an Asian-American activist and member of the Maoist -based black nationalist group Revolutionary Action Movement , with a Doodle on its main American homepage. This choice was criticized by conservative commentators due to some Kochiyama's controversial opinions, such as admiration for Osama bin Laden and Mao Zedong . U.S. Senator Pat Toomey called for

585-471: A themed homepage in 2019). Christmas is not specifically celebrated by name, although a Doodle with a seasonally festive and/or winter theme has always been present on December 25 since 1999. Since the mid-2010s, Google has also repeated their December 25 doodle on January 7, which is the date for Christmas in the Eastern Orthodox Church , but the word "Christmas" has never explicitly been used;

630-516: The Chicago Blackhawks placed an order. Zamboni applied for a patent in 1949, obtained it 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. In the early 1950s, Zamboni built them on top of Jeep CJ -3Bs, then on stripped Jeep chassis from 1956 through 1964. Demand for

675-440: The desktop version of their homepage only. Unlike what is seen in virtually all other Doodles, the Google logo itself was unaltered in the presentation of the Doodle, and users had to click on the " I'm Feeling Lucky " button where "Lucky" is replaced with an anthropomorphic Easter egg, which triggered a falling array of Easter-themed items such as eggs, bunnies, and hot cross buns . Some of these items were hyperlinked, leading to

720-519: The "Zomboni" in-game. Used with permission from the "Game of the Year" re-release onward. A 1989 episode of Cheers , entitled " Death Takes a Holiday on Ice ", features the off-screen death of Carla Tortelli 's ice show performing husband, Eddie LeBec , who is said to have been run-over by a Zamboni. In 1990, the Gear Daddies recorded a song called " I Wanna Drive the Zamboni " about a person who wanted

765-691: The Doodle4Google website, where the public can vote for the winner, who wins a trip to the Googleplex and the hosting of the winning doodle for 24 hours on the Google website . The competition originated in the United Kingdom, and has since expanded to the United States and other countries. The competition was also held in Ireland in 2008. Google announced a Doodle 4 Google competition for India in 2009 and

810-432: The Doodles. They have included artists like Ekua Holmes , Jennifer Hom, Sophia Foster-Dimino , Ranganath Krishnamani, Dennis Hwang, Olivia Fields, Nate Swinehart, Lynnette Haozous , and Eric Carle . In May 2010, on the 30th anniversary of the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man , Google unveiled worldwide their first interactive logo , created in association with Namco . Anyone who visited Google could play Pac-Man on

855-462: The Easter-themed homepage, responded to an inquiry about its absence on mobile by saying it was "hard to do the interactivity dependably [on mobile]". In 2020, Google once again celebrated Easter atypically on its homepage, but not as a Doodle. An Easter egg was placed below the "Google Search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons, with hovertext indicating "Happy Easter". When clicked, the egg led to

900-550: The Iceland Skating Rink in Paramount, California . To resurface the skating rink, three or four workers scraped, washed, and squeegeed the ice. Then they added a thin layer of water to make fresh ice. This process was extremely time consuming, and Zamboni wanted to find a more efficient method. From 1942 to 1947, Zamboni tried, fruitlessly, to develop a vehicle that could cut down on resurfacing time. In 1947, Zamboni decided on

945-578: The Iceland rink, is now on permanent display at the still-operating rink. Zamboni's next resurfacer was the Model B. This machine differed significantly from the Model A. Instead of using a Jeep engine and transmission, Zamboni decided to build the necessary parts directly onto a Jeep body. Zamboni model C was also built on a Jeep body, but with more design changes. Zamboni raised the driver's position for better visibility, and increased snow-holding tank capacity. From

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990-532: 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. 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,

1035-444: The TV special She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown . The Zamboni Company's ice resurfacing machine and Frank Zamboni were honored with a Google Doodle on 16 January 2013, for Frank Zamboni's 112th birthday. Google provided a playable doodle, where a Zamboni machine can be driven around a rink. The video game Plants vs. Zombies has a zombie driving a Zamboni-brand ice resurfacer, called

1080-512: The United States. Early patents: Ice resurfacers: Ice resurfacer-related products: Machine for Astro-Turf: Google Doodle A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google 's homepages intended to commemorate holidays , events, achievements, and historical figures. The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and

1125-807: 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 . The company is still owned and operated by the Zamboni family. 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

1170-663: The arrows as used by Player 1. Pressing it for a third time performed an I'm Feeling Lucky search. It was then removed on May 23, 2010, initially replacing Pac-Man with the normal logo. Later on that day, Google released a permanent site to play Google Pac-Man (accessed by clicking on top icon) , due to the popular user demand for the playable logo. Pac-Man Doodle drew an estimated 1   billion players worldwide. Since that time, Google has continued to post occasional interactive and video doodles: Google holds competitions for school students to create their own Google doodles, referred to as Doodle 4 Google . Winning doodles go onto

1215-432: The blade and handling. A new machine used another army surplus vehicle chassis. This machine had four wheel drive and front and back wheel steering. By 1949, "'The Model A Zamboni Ice-Resurfacer' became a working reality." Further modification to the Model A included the addition of a wash water tank and a cover for the snow-holding tank. The front and back steering feature was removed in favor of front-wheel steering because

1260-412: 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. 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

1305-504: The company does not include "religious imagery or symbolism" as part of those Doodles. Google has been criticized for what has been perceived as its inconsistency regarding the implementation of its religious holiday policy, notably its lack of Doodles for major Christian holidays. Critics have pointed to its yearly recognition of the Jewish and Hindu festivals of Tu B'av and Holi, while Easter only received an official Doodle once in 2000 (and

1350-499: The first interactive Doodle appeared later celebrating Pac-Man , and hyperlinks also began to be added to Doodles, usually linking to a search results page for the subject of the Doodle. By 2014, Google had published over 2,000 regional and international Doodles throughout its homepages, often featuring guest artists, musicians , and personalities. By 2024, the Doodlers team had created over 5,000 Doodles for Google's homepages around

1395-444: The late 1950s to 1964, the company made minimal changes to the ice-resurfacer design. Model C to Model F changed only slightly. The introduction of the HD series in 1964, however, represented a shift in Zamboni ice-resurfacer design. Instead of a conveyor belt moving ice shavings into the snow-holding tank, a vertical auger system did the task. Along with the vertical auger, the new model had

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1440-478: The logo, which featured the letters of the word Google on the Pac-Man maze. The logo also mimicked the sounds the original arcade game made. The I'm Feeling Lucky button was replaced with an Insert Coin button. Pressing this once enabled the user to play the Pac-Man logo. Pressing it once more added a second player, Ms. Pac-Man , enabling two players to play at once, controlled using the W, A, S, D keys, instead of

1485-530: The machine constantly got wedged against the boards. The Model A did not have the visual appeal of modern ice-resurfacers. A journalist from the Brantford Expositor observed that "[t]he original [Model A] looks like the offspring of a field tractor and a warehouse crate." In May 1949, Frank Zamboni filed a patent application for the Model A. In 1953, after more than four years, U.S. Patent No. 2,642,679 finally issued. The first built Model A Zamboni, used for

1530-510: 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. In the 1970s, he invented machines to remove water from outdoor artificial turf surfaces, remove paint stripes from

1575-542: 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. And yet, according to one recent report, Zamboni “didn’t even like to skate. He died of cardiac arrest at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in July 1988 at the age of 87, about two months after his wife's death. He also had lung cancer. The Zamboni company has sold more than 10,000 units of its signature machine,

1620-463: The terminology "holidays" and "Eastern Europe" are used instead of "Christmas" or "Eastern Orthodox Church". Google first created a Doodle for Easter in 2000, and did not acknowledge the holiday on its homepage again until 2019. In March 2013, Google was criticized for celebrating American activist Cesar Chavez on Easter Sunday with a Doodle instead of Easter. In 2019, after an 18-year hiatus, Google presented an atypical "Doodle" for Easter, for

1665-401: The terms of a licensing agreement from the Zamboni corporation. Another band, Two Man Advantage , was sent a cease-and-desist letter in 2004 involving its song, "Zamboni Driving Maniac", with the company claiming it "implies an unsafe activity." From 1980 until the strip's end, Charles Schulz often included references to Zamboni in his Peanuts comic strip. It was also mentioned by name in

1710-678: The winning doodle was displayed on the Google India homepage on November 14 . A similar competition held in Singapore based on the theme "Our Singapore" was launched in January 2010 and the winning entry was chosen from over 30,000 entries received. The winning design was shown on Singapore's National Day on Google Singapore's homepage. It was held again in 2015 in Singapore and was themed 'Singapore: The next 50 years'. On September 13, 2007, Google posted

1755-435: The world. In addition to celebrating many well-known events and holidays, Google Doodles celebrate artists and scientists on their birthdays. The featuring of Lowell's logo design coincided with the launch of another Google product, Google Maps . Doodles are also used to depict major events at Google, such as the company's own anniversary. The celebration of historic events is another common topic of Google Doodles including

1800-502: Was also criticized for not featuring Doodles for American patriotic holidays, such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day . In that year, Google featured a logo commemorating Veterans Day. In 2014, Google received some criticism for not honoring the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with a Doodle and instead honoring Japanese Go player Honinbo Shusaku . In response to the criticism, Google removed that logo from their homepage and added

1845-594: Was born in 1901 in Eureka, Utah , to Italian 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

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1890-463: Was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed. Early marketing employee Susan Wojcicki then spearheaded subsequent Doodles, including an alien landing on Google and additional custom logos for major holidays. Google Doodles were designed by an outside contractor, cartoonist Ian David Marsden until 2000, when Page and Brin asked public relations officer Dennis Hwang to design

1935-447: Was granted on May 4, 1965. This registration (Reg. No. 789,009) is for the mark "Zamboni" used in connection with "ice resurfacing machines and dump attachments therefor." Frank J. Zamboni & Co. owns several other trademark registrations covering the Zamboni mark in relation to various other goods including toys and clothing. There is a musical group by the name of The Zambonis (who write ice hockey-themed songs) which they use under

1980-740: 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, and into the United States Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 2013. The Frank J. Zamboni School, in Paramount, is named after him. All patents are in

2025-712: Was widely reported in the media, and Google made a commitment to increase the proportion of women and racial minorities. Google typically abstains from referencing or celebrating religious holidays specifically in Doodles, or in cases when they do, religious themes and iconography are avoided. Google has acknowledged this as an official policy, stating in April 2018 that they "don't have Doodles for religious holidays", according to "current Doodle guidelines". Google further explained that Doodles may appear for some "non-religious celebrations that have grown out of religious holidays", citing Valentine's Day (Christianity), Holi (Hinduism), and Tu B'Av (Judaism) as examples, but that

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