US155015A - Improvement in skates - Google Patents

Description

y Skates,

, size of the boot.

PATENT OFFICE. e

REGINALD H. EARLE, OF ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN sKATEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 155,015, dated Septembcr15, 1874; application filed June 19, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REGINALD H. EARLE, of St. J ohns, in Newfoundland, have invented a new, and useful Improvement in of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a bottom view of one of my improved skates, part of the blade being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail crosssection of the same taken through the line .fr w, Fig. l. y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My inventionV has for its object to furnish improved skates, which shall be so constructed 4that they may be readily and quickly attached to and detached from the boots without the use of a key or wrench, which will be held securely, and may be readily adjusted to the The invention consists in the combination of the adjustable arms, the slotted plates, the pin-blocks, and the slotted sliding plate with the foot-plate and the skate-blade; in the combination of the movable heelplate and its arm, and the swiveled screw with the stationary heel-plate, the skate-blade, and the movable plate; and in the combination of the pivoted bent lever with the foot-plate and with the movable plate and its attachments, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the blade or ru'ner of the skate, to the upper edge of the forward part of which is secured a plate, B, upon which the forward part of the skaters foot rests. To the upper edge of the rear partof the blade A is attached a plate, C, the forward part of which is turned upward, or has an upwardlyprojecting ange formed upon it, upon the up- -per edge of which are formed rearwardly-projccting prongs c, to enter the front edge of the boot-heel. Upon the under side of the foot-plate B is formed a transverse dovetailed or T groove, in the middle part of which are placed two small blocks, D, one upon each side of the blade A, and to which are attached pins d', which pass through holes in the inner ends of the small plates E. In the outer parts of the 'transverse groove` in the plate B are placed two sliding arms, F, the outer ends of which are bent upward, and are corrugated to clasp the side edges of the boot-sole. The

outer parts of the plates E rest upon the in- Iier parts of the arms F, and are slotted 1ongitudinally to receive the screws G, which pass through the said slots, and screw into the said arms F, to connect the said arms F adjustably with the pin-blocks D. This construction allows the arms F to be readily adjusted to the width of the boot-sole, to which the skate is to be attached. H is a narrow plate, interposed between the blade A and the foot-plate B, and which has short longitudinal slots formed in its forward part, to receive the studs by which said blade A and plate B are secured to each other. In the side parts of the forward end of the plate H are formed inclined slots, to receive the pins d', so that the arms F may be drawn inward to clasp the boot-sole, and pushed outwardvto release said sole by the longitudinal movement of the plate H. rIhe rear end of the plate H is bent downward at right angles, and has a screw, I, swiveled to it, which screw is provided with a small hand-wheel, and passes through a screw-hole in the turned-down forward end of the arm J formed upon or attached to the plate K, which rests upon the plate C, and is connected with it by screws or rivets, which pass through 1ongitudinal slots in the said plate C. The rear end of the plate K is turned upward, or has upwardly-projecting lugs or flanges formed upon or attached to it, and corrugated or roughened to clasp the rear side of the boot-heel, and press it against the prongs or teeth of the plate C. By this construction, by turning the screw I, the skate may be readily adjusted to t boot heels of different sizes. L is a bent lever, which is pivoted at its angle to the rear part of the plate B, and the end of its short arm is pivoted to the plate H, so that by moving the lever L the arms F will be drawn inward, and the plate K will be drawn forward to clasp the boot sole and heel, securing the skate firmly. The skate is released by mov- .ingl the lever L in the opposite direction.

The lever L is so arranged that it may be parallel with, and close to, the side of the bladeA when the skate is secured tothc boot, where it is secured in place by a catch attached to the stationary heel-plate C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim movable plate H, all constructed and arranged as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the adjustable arms F, the slotted plates E, the pin-blocks D, and the slotted plate H with the foot-plate B and the blade A, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the movable heelplate K, arm J, and swiveled screw I With the stationary heel-plate C, the blade A, and the substantiallyas herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the pivoted bent lever L with the foot-plate B and with the movable plate H and itsattachments, constructed and arranged to operate as herein shown and described.

REGINALD H. EARLE. Witnesses P. F. CARBERY, A. G. SMITH.

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