US29378A - Skate - Google Patents

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NITED STATES E. CURTISJENKINS, JR., OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. CURTIS JENKINS, Jr., of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skates; and I do hereby declare that the same is fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l, represents a top View of my improved skate. Fig. 2, is a side view, and Fig'. 3, a rear end view of the same. Fig. 4, is a longitudinal, central, and vertical section of the said skate. Fig. 5, is a vertical and transverse section, taken through the clamp plates, to be hereinafter described. Fig. 6, is a top view, and Fig. 7 a side view of one of the clamp plates as removed from the skate. Fig. 8, is an underside view of the runner of the skate.

My invention consists, rst, in the application and arrangement of the heel screw, by which I am enabled to screw the same into the heel of the boot, without turning the skate around and around as is generally done; secondly, in the construction or form of the underside of the runner, whereby I am enabled to present either a sharp edge to take hold of the ice for thepurpose of propelling the body of the wearer forward, or a smooth wide surface to glide over the ice, with as little resistance as possible; thirdly, in the arrangement and application of clamp plates made so as to clasp the outer edges of the sole of a boot or shoe, and adjustable with respect to the foot rest of the skate, so as to bring the foot of the wearer either to one side or the other of the center of the said foot rest as may be desirable, and also to prevent the slipping of the skate from side to side underneath the foot, as is the case where straps alone are used. The said clamps are also made adjustable so as to t any size or width of boot or shoe with which the skate may be used.

In the drawings above referred to A, denotes the wood or foot rest of the skate, and B, the runner it being applied to the :toot rest in any suitable manner. The rear part of the foot rest is formed with a recess a., for the reception of the heel of a boot or shoe, and also with a heel guide or guard Z2, made of any suitable material, and properly secured to the foot rest. In the heel part a, of the foot rest A, I secure a ferrule or tube h, made of brass or other material, through which the clamping heel screw o, passes and plays loosely therein, as seen in Fig. 4, and

extends a short distance above and below the foot rest, ,or a distance equal to that which it may be desirable to screw it into the heel of a boot or shoe. The said screw c, at its lower end, is provided with a milled head d, or its equivalent, the same being for the purpose of rotating the screw, and causing it to enter the heel of a boot or shoe.

It will be seen that on applying the skate to a boot or shoe, that the heel screw can be readily rotated by means of the head CZ, and thus the heel be brought tightly down to the foot rest, without turning the skate around a number of times, as must be done where the heel screw is made fast to the foot rest, as in most skates.

In the forward part of the foot rest, I arrange two clamp plates D, D, so made as to overlap one another partially, and with their outer ends turned up, and extended a short distance above the foot rest, the said outer ends being to clasp the outer edge of the sole of the boot or shoe, and keep it firmly in place, in connection with straps applied to the skate in t'he ordinary manner. I also form the said clamp plates where they overlap each other with slots or recesses E, E, for the reception of a clamping or holding screw F, which is provided with a head f, to cover the upper part of the clamp plate D, and whose shank extends through the slots E, E', and foot rest, and is screwed into a nut g, beneath the foot rest, or the said screw may be provided with a milled head or its equivalent at its lower end, and at its upper end screw into nut placed over the clamp plates. rlhe slots E, E, are made of suiicient length to allow of lateral movement of the clamp plates, suiiiciently to fit any size of boot or shoe.

By loosening the screw F, the clamp plates can be adjusted to the foot of the wearer, and by screwing it tightly down, said plates, and with them the boot, will be held iirmly in place, it being understood that the foot rest is to be provided with straps in the ordinary manner to keep the foot down upon the foot rest, the object of the clamp plates being to prevent any lateral movement of the foot. To still further retain the clamp plates in position, I form in each, an additional slot t', for the reception of small screws 7c, 7c', which pass through the slots z', z', and into the foot rest, as seen in Fig. 5. The screws 7c, k', also serve to secure a thin plate Z, of metal placed over the clamp plates in order to give a finished appearance to the skate, and keep the foot from coming in contact with said plates, and to prevent the collection of any dirt upon them. Y

It will be seen that by my arrangement of the clamp plates I am enabled to secure the foot of the wearer either to one side or the other of the foot rest, and thus bring the runner either to the center of the foot, or to one side or the other thereof, as may be desirable.

I form the underside of the runner B, with a small groove or iute m, formed on the inside edge of the same, and with a wide fiat or convex bearing surface n, as seen in Figs. 5, and 8, of the drawings, which represent, with the other figures, a skate intended for the right foot of a person.

It will be seen that while one foot of the skater is gliding forward on the ice and resting o-n the surface n, of the runner, that very little resistance will be made, by the said runner, to the forward movement of the skater, while at the same time, the runner of the opposite skate, being turned on its grooved edge in the side sweep given by a skater to propel himself forward, will cut into the ice and take a very strong hold of the same, and at the same time prevent any lateral slipping of the skate.

I do not claim the use of metal straps to extend under the foot rest of the skate, and made to pass over the foot for the purpose of keeping it down upon the foot rest without the use of other straps as in the case of Coe & Sni'lfens Patent No. 23,826, as my invention remedies the very objections to which that is liable, one of which is, that the metal strap after a little use, becomes very painful to the wearer, on account of its hard unyielding nature.

I claim as my inventionl. The two clamp plates made to iit within a recess in the upper part of the foot rest (and to clasp the sole of the boot alone), in connection with a leather strap and buckle to pass over the foot and confine it down upon the foot rest, the protecting plate Z, and the sustaining screws lo, la', the particular object of the clamp plates in my invention being to bring the foot of Jthe wearer either to one side or the other of the center of the iron runner, 'and to prevent any lateral slipping of the foot on the foot rest in manner and for the purpose as above described.

2. The peculiar construction of the underside of the runnerl B, with its narrow groove m, on its inner edge, and' its wide, flat or convex bearing surface n, essentially in manner and being made to operate as above described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature this eighth day of March A. D.

E. CURTIS JENKINS, JR. Witnesses:

FRED. CURTIS, B. WELLS DUNKLEE.

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