US1351925A - Skate - Google Patents

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G. H. RIC'KE.

SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15. 1919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

lJltllTrDf STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SKATE.

Application filed December 15, 1919.

To all '2c/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that hflnonen I-l. Brenn, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city of Cincinnati, in tl e county of Hamilton and State of Ghio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention belongs to that class of skates which can be used as ice skatesor as roller skates. y l A i rlhe essential feature of my invention consists in combining elements, to form an ice er roller skate, in a novel" and unique conn bination, so that the skate will possess great utility when used for either purpose.

Another feature consists in combining its parts, to form a cheap and simple skate, which can be changed for either skating purpose and use, very quickly and efliciently.

Another feature consists in forming a bread, wide runner so that the skate can be used on ice, hard snow and even on slush as a uniform, steady and non slipping hold is secured on the skating surface.

Another feature consists in providing means for allowing the foot piece of the skate, to yield or rock to a certain degree, and thus relieve the foot from jars, bumps and the like.

Its features and advantages will readily become apparent from the following specification.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specication:

Figure l, is a side Yview of my skate, one of the wheels partly broken away to show construction.

Fig. 2, is a. sectional view cn the line 2 2 of Fig'. l,

Fig. 3, is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,

F l, .is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 1, and'showing the invention as an ice skate,

The body or runner ofthe skate is marked l, preferably, made of rectangular shape and rounded at the front end, and usually made of wood. To this body part or runner 1, I attach and support a foot piece 2, preferably in the following manner, to wit; I provide guide or supporting brackets as. 3, 3, one on each site of the runner l, and riveted to the foot-piece as shown at 4l; these brackets or support guides 3, 3, extend down Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920. serial No. 345,130.

to the lower part of the runner l, and are provided with elongated slots as 5, through which a headed pin 6, passes said pin also' passing through the runner l; the axles 7 of the wheels 8 are also passed through the brackets or guide supports 3, 3, and through the runner 1.

It will be seen that the brackets or guide supports 3, 3, hold the foot piece 2 some distance above the runner 1, so that a space 9 is provided. In'the runner 1, I provide recesses 12, into which I place spiral springs l0, which abut against the bottom of the recess and the bottom of the skate foot piece 2, so that a certain degree of resiliency is given the foot piece 2, relieving the footfrom jars and the like and giving a cushion like effect to the foot. At the bottom of recess 12, I provide a small passage way 13, through which water can pass out of the recess 12, so that the sprines can act freely.

rEhe foot piece 2 has slots 14 for receiving the skate straps. The wheels 8 are held on the axle T, by cotter pins 15. The face of the skate runner 1 is marked 16. The ru `.ner of the skate is beveled at 17 on one e and on this side I attach an iron cutter or edfe piece of metal 1.8, which keeps the skate from slipping and gives a purchasel on the `ice or snow. The cutter 18 is held in place on the runner 1, by pins or bolt connections 19, and the axles 7 also pass through this cutter 1S.

l use two sets of the guide brackets 3 3, one set at each end of the skate.

I also provide slots as 20 iu the lower part of the body or runner 1, for the play of the axles 7.

lllhen the springs are compressed shafts 'T work upward in slots 20 and the pins G work upward in the slots 5, because when the foot is carrying a skater a certain amount of weight is placed upon the springs l() and by. the slots, the upward and downward depression is compensated.

lll hen the skate is to be used as an ice skate, the cotter pins are removed, and thus the wheels 8 and shafts 7 can be entirely removed, thus enabling the skate to be used on ice, snow and slush. The runner l., having a broad surface 16, and the runner being held from slipping by the cutter 18, it will be readily understood that this skate can not only be used on hard ice or frozen surfaces, but also on packed snow or slippery side-walks,l or in slush, because the surface being so AWide it will not out through the less rozensurface upon which the skate is used. -I the skate is to bemadewintoa roller skate the axles 7 and the Wheels 8 are placed in position and the cotter pins l5 inserted, this making the device usable as a .roller skate.

The ice skate is shaped as shown in Fig. 4L,`

the other figures showing the 'rollers in position.` It desired the springs and connections'k may be omitted in order to 'make a cheaper skate. I wish to' beY understood 'as Vclaiming modified forms of this skate, which will not depart from the spirit of the invention. What I claim as new and my invention and Vdesire to secure by Letters Patentis: l. In a skate of the class described, an ice skating .runner supporting a foot piece, a metal cutterattached on one side oi said runner at the*v bottom thereof, Wheels and a metal cutter attached on the runner axles and means for attaching and removing same to and'from skate runner.

,2. In a skate of the class described, an ice skating-runner, supporting a foot piece, one lower edge of said runner being beveled, at said beveled edge, Wheels and axles, and means fory attaching and removing the same to and from the skate runner.

8. In a skate of the class described, an ice skating runner formed of Wood and being materially wide, said runner supporting a foot piece, a metal 'cutter attached to said Wood ruimer at the bottom edge thereof, Wheels and axles, and means for attaching and removing the saine to and from the skate runner.v V

yIn testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 3d day of December, 1919. V

GEORGE H. Broun.

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