US309747A

US309747A - Ice-creeper

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Publication number: US309747A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-12-23
Anticipated expiration: 1901-12-23

Description

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W. H. TORRENOE, Deod.,

- F. I Di- ToimEncE, Administrator.

101: CREE-PER. No. 309,747. Patented Dec..23, 1884.

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FINLEY D. TORRENOE, OF XENIA, OHIO, (ADMINISTRATOR OF WVM. H. TOR- RENOE, DEOEASED,) ASSIGNOR TO SETH R. GORDON, OF PARNASSUS,

PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREEPER.

EPECEFXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,747, dated December 23, 1884-.

Applicatir n filed October 15,1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that WILLIAM HENRY TOR- RENOE, deceased, late a resident of Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, was

the inventor of a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Creepers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are plan views of the improved ice-creeper when attached to the heel of a shoe. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sectional views on the lines 00 x and 00 x of Figs 1 and '2, respectively. Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4, except that the roughened or barbed plate is raised from the heel in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter to be explained. Fig. 6 is a detached plan View of the creeper when in the position shown in Fig.

5. Figs. 7, S, and 9 are detached views of the different parts of the same, and Fig. 10 is an edge view of the creeper.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to that class of icecreepers in which the roughened surface is reversible, so that a plane or roughened surface may be presented without removing the creeper-froin the shoe.

I will now describe the preferable method of arranging and adjusting this improvement.

In the drawings, a represents the frame, formed preferably of metal, and capable of being fitted and secured in a cavity formed in the heel of a boot or shoe. At one side or end of this frame is an extension narrower than the body of the frame, on the under side of which is a transverse groove or slot, 1) for the reception of the pintles of a hinged plate,

c, which is fitted within the frame a in such manner as to be capable of being turned outward on the axis of the pintles. The plate 0,

being conformable to the shape of the frame a,

has at its rear a tongue, (Z, which fits within 5 the narrower part of the frame, and to which are secured the arms or pintles e. The plate 0 is not integral with the tongue (I, but is made of a separate piece, and is connected with the otherwise.

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tongue by a swivel, f, and is thus capable of being rotated on the swivel. as an axis. (See Fig. 8.) Thus constructed, the creeper is applied to a shoe in the following manner: The parts are put together, as shown in Fig. 1., so that the pintles 6 may rest within the grooves 12, and the plate a be flush with the surface of the frame. A recess is then cut in the shoe at the desired spot, of size sufficient to receive the frame a, and the frame is set and secured therein by suitable screws, h, or The hinged plate and the frame should then be flush or on a level with the surface of the sole of the shoe. One side of the plate a is roughened or provided with spikes or barbs g, and the other side is plane or otherwise so constructed as not to be injurious to any material upon which the wearer may tread. The operation is then as follows: When the plate 0 is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with the roughened face of the plate turned inward of the frame, it may be altered so as to present the spiked or roughened surfaceby raising it on the pintles b to a position at a right angles to the sole of the shoe, then turning it on the swivel f one semirevolution, as in Fig. 5, and finally, when it is turned into this position, shutting down the plate against the sole and within the frame. It

will then occupy the position shown in Figs. 2

and 4, the roughened surface being downward and ready for use on the ice. If, now, it be desired to close the creeper, so that its smooth surface may be outward, the same operation is repeated, the plate being raised and given a semi-revolution, and then reclosed within the frame. Vhen the plate is lying on a level with the surface of the sole, with either its smooth or rough side outermost, it may be bolted or otherwise suitably fastened in that position in any desirable manner. It is preferable, however, to use the fastening device which is illustrated in the drawings, since it operates automatically, and is of great convenience. It consists of a leaf-spring, h, which extends underneath the frame from the front part thereof, where it is fastened, to the rear and narrower part, where it passes directly under the butt of the tongue (I. As the plate is raised on the axis 6 e, the tongue d will depress the spring h, and cause it to exert atension against the opening of the plate in manner as will be readily understood. This action causes the plate to be held firmly in po sition Within the sides of the frame, and prevents any liability of its being jarred out of place,and thus causing the wearer to stumble. A suitably-beveled recess, (1, may be cut under the spring h, to permit its free action.

In order to render the plate more easily opened, it may be provided with suitable thumb-notch, i, and the frame a may be correspondingly cut away.

The chief advantages of the ice-creeper here in described are its convenience of application and the effectual manner in which snow or dirt is excluded from its working parts. It is therefore unlikely to get out of order.

If desired, the frame a may be omitted and the plate be made to close directly against the sole of the shoe or into a recess therein.

I have shown the preferable method of hinging the plate 0 to the frame a, so as to allow it a compound rotation whereby either surface may be turned outward. Any other mode such as a ball-and-socket jointmay, however, be used for the same purpose.

\Vhat I claim as the invention of the said \VILLIAM HENRY TORRENOE, deceased, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-creeper having a hinged portion capable of being inserted in or attached to the heel or sole of a shoe, and aplate or extension having smooth and roughened faces, said plate being secured to the hinge portion by a swiveljoint, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. An ice-creeper capable of being secured to the heel or sole of a shoe, and having a hinge and swivel joint, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. An ice-creeper consisting of a frame capable of being inserted in the heel or sole of a shoe, a plate or bar hinged to the frame, and a plate having smooth and roughened faces, and secured to the hinged plate or bar by a swivelj oint, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of September, A. D. 1884.

FINLEY D. TORRENCE, Administrator of l Vm. II. Torrencc, deceased.

\Vitncsses:

B. CLARK, GEO. D. TI-IORNHILL.