US2655774A

US2655774A - Skate holder

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Publication number: US2655774A
Application number: US220567A
Authority: US
Inventors: William E Fleming
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1951-04-12
Filing date: 1951-04-12
Publication date: 1953-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1970-10-20

Description

Oct. 20, 1953 w. E. FLEMING 2,655,774

SKATE HOLDER Filed April 12; 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WILLIAM E. FLEMING ITT Oct. 20, 1953 w E FLEMlNG 2,655,774

SKATE HOLDER Filed April 12. 1951 ZSheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR WILLIAM 154 FLEMING Patented Oct. 20, 1953 UNI TED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKATE HOLDER =William 'E..Fleining, Gait, Ontario, Canada ApplicationAprill2, 1951, Serial No. 220,567

'8 Claims (Cl. 51228) This invention relates'toia skate holder to "be used for sharpening skates.

The "majority of holders'which are commonly employed to grip skates for sharpening embody O-clamps Which'necessitwte folding up the top of theboot of the skatebe'fore the skate can be placed in position within the c-shaped supports for sharpening.

It is the object of this invention to (provide an improved skate holder which does not "necessitate folding the'boot and in which the skate can be clamped speedily and firmly.

According-to this invention this object is accomplished by askate'hol'der having a standard provided with clamping means, :and .a clamp member is remov'ably "associated with the standard. When-a skate is to be placed in the holder, the'clamp member is removed, the blade of 'theskate-is placed 'onthe clamping means of the standard, and the clamp member is again secured-to the standard to clamp the skate in position.

In the drawings which illustrate oneembodiment of this invention, "and inwhich like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts .in the-several views:

Fig. 1 is "a'front elevation, partly insection, of a skate holder;

Fig. '2 is a section 'takenon line 22 in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of -a support member;

Fig. 4 is a partly broken away rear elevation of another skate holder; and

Fig. 5 is a broken away sectiontaken online 55' in Fig. 4. v

The skate holder illustrated in Figs. 1 and? has a base if! to whichare affixed carryinghandles H. A-pair of upright posts [*2 pass'through bosses! in the'b'ase lil' and areisecure'ci to the base by nuts 13. 'A threaded rod l4 "having a threaded *en'd M of reduced diameter, passes througha similar boss ID in thebasa-and is "held by anut l5 and-washer [Son the threaded end M; the rod M is'free to turn in the boss it". A hand'wheel I? is rigidly secured onthe. rod M by a set screw [8.

A casting F9 forms part of 'a'stan'dard generscrews 23, and a spacer 24 andsupport member 25, which are secured to the other side 'of the casting "by :screws 26. .The support member comprises a plate havinga guide ,or slot 25 la't oneend; as :shown most. clearly in Fig. 3.

.An upper ..clamp..member, generally indicated '2 by reference numeral "21, comprises a yoke '28 having 'apai'r of arms "28 which carry clamping screws29 at'their'ends. Theyokeiflhas alboss w at its central portion, anda hole-28 is drilled through the yoke and bossfthe'hole inthe boss being enlarged and tapped. Abolt 3fl.,having -a head'flii passes through the hole 28. locking nut 38 to which aiiandletii is rigidly attached, is slipped onto'the 'bolt 39., and lock ,nut'sf30 are screwed onto the end of the bolt. The locking nut'3il has an axial'boss 36 threadablyengaged inthe boss 28* of the yoke.

,Figsl and 2 showhow'a' skate, generally indicated by reference numeral '31 clamped onithe skate holder. The skate has :a .bladejtZ secured to a boot 33 in the usual 'mannerby a pair of tubular supports 34. "Oneside'ofthebladefil isplaced on the bearingxplate 22,"With"the-sup} port member 25 passingbetween the tubularv supports 34. The clamp memberVZi'is-then placed over the skate, the bolt '39 sliding inthe slot 21% until the clamping screws 29 rest on tthe'b'la'de 32. The lockingnutili pis then screwed out.- wardly against the 'lock nuts 30 thus pulling the head ii'fl 'of the'bolttfl against the support memberj25 and thereby tightening the yoke -2 B 'again'st the support'member. The :clamping screws 29 are then-screwed down to hold the Marian-tight- 1y against the bearing'plate 22. Turning Tithe hand wheel ll serves "to adjustthe elevationof the blade relative fto "the .usual abrasive wheel (not shown) for sharpeningtheiskate. V

-When'-'the;skate hasbeen sharpened,;'it:may be removed *from' the holder by simply screwing the locking nut 39 into *theboss 23 thereby releasingtheclamp member 21 so that it 'c'anb'elifted ofi.

Anotherembodimeht of thisinventioniis-shown in Figs. 4 and *5. This embodiment "has 'a"'base 35, a standard generally'irrdicated as -36,'a"lower clamp member 31 secured to "the standard, a hand wheel 38 for raising and lowering the standard, andan upper "clamp member *gener-' ally indicated as 39 and comprisingayoke Q40 and clamping=sorews-4i, all-of whicharesubstantially the same "as the corresponding parts of -the=first-embodiment shown inFigs. 1 and,:"2

howeventhe'means for engaging the upper clamp member 39 'tothestan'dard Stare diifer'eritand will now'bedesc'ribed indetail'. "On-theppposite side of the standard "from-the-lower clamp-mem her 3-! a support n'ien'iber generally indicated "by reference numeral ifi'is'secured'to the standard by=means oi screws -43. The support-member comprises two plates 44 and secured 'one the otherlendcofrtheispring projects ithrough :a' f

cut-away portion 45 of the outer plate and into the passage or guide 45. The yoke is substantially the same as the yoke 28 of the first embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but does not have a boss corresponding to the boss 28 or a bolt hole corresponding to 29 instead, a resilient catch member 49 is secured to the back of the yoke clamping means of the standard and the yoke,

and a catch on one of the standard and the yoke,

the catch having a hook removably engageable with the other of the standard and the yoke for removably securing the yoke to the standard.

4. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yoke removably engageand depends therefrom. The lower part of the catch member is bent forwardly, forming a transverse heel portion 39 across the back of the catch member. A hook 49 is formed across the lower end of the catch member.

The upper clamp member 39 is engaged with the standard by inserting the catch member 49 in the guide 46 and pushing the clamp member downwardly until the hook 49 engages the lower edge of the plate 44. The spring 41 holds the catch member in engagement with the standard. The heel portion 49 of the catch member rests against the outer plate 45, and a blade 50 can be securely clamped against the lower clamp member 31 by screwing down the clamping screws 4|. The upper clamp member 39 is easily removed by loosenin the clamping screws 4! and tilting the upper clamp member forwardly, thus rocking it on the heel portion 39 and disengaging the hook 49 from the lower edge of the plate 44. The catch member 49 can then be withdrawn from the guide 46.

It is obvious that skate holders constructed in accordance with this invention can be used to clamp the skate quickly and firmly without the necessity of folding the boot.

It is thought that the construction and use of the invention will be apparent from the above description of the various parts and their purpose. It is to be understood that the forms of the invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention as definedin the subjoined claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A skate holder comprising a base, a pair of substantially vertical posts on the base, a standard slidable on the posts, and screw means rotatable in the base and the standard for adable with the standard, the yoke also having clamping means, means for adjusting the clampin means of one of the standard and the yoke in order to secure a skate firmly between the skate firmly between the clamping screws and the clamping means of the standard, and a catch depending from the yoke and having a hook engageable with the standard for removably securing the yoke to the standard, the book being drawn into firm engagement with the standard as the clamping screws are tightened.

6. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yoke removably engageable with the standard, the yoke having clamping screws adapted to be tightened downwardly against a skate to secure the skate firmly between the clamping screws and the clamping means of the standard, and a catch on the yoke removably engageable with the standard for removably securing the yoke to the standard, the catch having a portion adapted to bear against the standard and rockable thereon to disengage the catch from the standard.

7. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yoke removably engagejusting the position of the standard relative to the base, the standard having a bearing surface, a yoke removably engageable with the standard, the yoke having clamping screws adapted to bear adjustably on a skate to. secure the skate firmly between the clamping screws and the bearing surface of the standard, and the standard and the yoke having means independent of the clamping screws for removably securing the yoke to the standard.

2. A skate holder comprising a base, a post on the base, a standard slidable on the post, screw means rotatable in the base and standard for sliding the standard on the post, the standard having a bearing surface and a support member the support member having a slot, a yoke having a locking bolt extending through the yoke and slidable in the slot for removably securing the yoke to the support member, and clamping screws in the yoke for clamping a skate against the bearing surface.

3. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yoke removably engageable with the standard, the yoke also having clampin means, means for adjusting the clamping means of one of the standard and the yoke in order to secure a skate firmly between the able with the standard, the yoke having clamping screws adapted to hear at their ends on a skate to secure the skate firmly against the clamping means of the standard, a catch on the yoke removably engageable with the standard, the catch having a portion adapted to bear against the standard, and the standard having a resilient member adapted to hold the catch in engagement with the standard.

8. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a base, screw means for adjusting the position of the standard relative to the base, a yoke removably engageable with the standard, a catch on one of the standard and the yoke, the catch having a hook removably engageable with the other of the standard and the yoke for removably securing the yoke to the standard, the yoke also having clamping means, and means for adjusting the clamping means ofone of the standard and the yoke in order to secure a skate firmly between the clamping means of the standard and the yoke.

WILLIAM E. FLEMING.

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