US255161A

US255161A - Skate

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Publication number: US255161A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 1899-03-21

Description

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s. 0. GA'ULTI.

I SKATE. No. 255,161.

Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL O. GAULT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SKATE.

SPECIFIC ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,161, dated March 21, 1882.

Application filed August 22, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, SAMUEL C. GAULT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Giucinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters or figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of skates.

The object, purpose, and scope of my invention will appear in the following description and claims.

My device is illustrated as follows in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, the foot-plate being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on theline av 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 1 y in Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 show details of construction. Fig. 6 shows variousforms which may be given to the bearing-edge of the runners.

The parts are as follows:

A is the foot-plate. B B are the posts by which the runners are attached to the footplate. I) D are clips, riveted to the runners, by which the connection is made with the posts B B by means of the pin 1), passing through the hole I, in the post. 0 O are blocks of'india-rubber interposed between the posts and the clips. E E and E E are the runners.

It will be seen thatthe runners of my skate are like those of a bob-sledviz., two pairs of short runners, one under the heel and the other under the ball of the foot. These runners are connected with the foot-plate by a double joint or universal joint, which, however, is limited in its movement. The hole I), through which the pin 1) passes, is flaring, so as to give a. horizontal movement to the pin, the vertical movement of the joint being upon the pin b as a pivot. The vertical movement is limited by the elasticity of the rubber block 0.

It will be seen by Figs. 1 and 5 that the vertical and horizontal movements of the joint .-are not strictly so, but are within a plane at an angle to the plane of the runners. The result of this construction is that a pressure from the foot of the skater which is not positively ver- (No model.)

tical will depress the rubber block 0 at one side and in a line at an angle to the plane of the runner, and hence in a direction to move thejoint horizontally also, and thus turn the points of the runnersin another or oblique direction. The result of this is that the skater can by a change of direction of his weight guide himself over the ice.

I will here remark that the same construction may be applied to a coasting-sled,'and the occupant by swaying his body can guide the sled.

I have provided the following means for regulating the elasticity of the rubber blocks: Plates 0 0 rest upon the top of the rubber, and set-screws c c, passing through the lateral arms of the post, bear upon the plates. The necessary or desirable degree of tension is effected by the movementof these screws. In place of the rubber C, any other form of spring which may be found sufficient may be used.

What I claim as new is- 1. Ina skate, the combination, with thefootplate A, of a pair of double runners, E E and E E, connected to said plate by a universaljoint connection which has its vertical movement limited by an interposed spring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a skate, the combination, with the footplate A, of a pair of double runners connected to said plate by auniversaljoint, which has its vertical and horizontal movements in planes inclined to the plane of said runners and has its vertical movement limited by an interposed spring, substantially as shown.

3. In a skate, ajointfor connecting the runners to the foot-plate, consisting ot'the clip D, with pin 1), post B, with flared opening I), rubber block 0, plates 0 c, and set-screws c c, substantially as shown.

4. A skate having a pairof runners, one under the heel and the other under the ball of the foot, and each composed of two blades lying parallel with each other.

In testimony that I claim-the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of July, 1881.

SAMUEL O. GAULTP Witnesses:

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