Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. (/zæmˈboʊni/, 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.

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 the Los Angeles suburb of Hynes (now part of Paramount).

[4] 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.

[8] Demand for the machine proved great enough that his company added a second plant in Brantford, Ontario and a branch office in Switzerland.

[9] He died of cardiac arrest at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in July 1988 at the age of 87,[4] about two months after his wife's death.

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.