US576747A

US576747A - Jakob stutz-mtjller

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Publication number: US576747A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1914-02-09

Description

(No Model.)

SKATE.

2 Shetssheet 1.

J. STUTZ-MULLER.

Patented Feb. 9, 1897.0

I u Model.) I J. STUTZ-MULLER. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

V SKATE. No. 576,747 I Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAKOB STUTZ-MULLER, OF KEMPTEN, SlVITZERLAND.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,747, dated February 9, 1897.

7 Application filed July 31, 1896- Serial No. 601,189. (No model.)

To (1 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AKOB'STUTZ-MIJLLER, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Kempten, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

The improvement in skates which forms the object of the present application for-Letters Patent consists, essentially, in forming the sole-clips and the heel-clip to close by means of draw-springsindependently of each other, and that by means of a bar engaging in the draw-bar of the sole-clips and capable of being pressed down by the foot of the skater the stretched springs are disengaged and a firm attachment of the skate to the foot of the skater is obtained.

The accompanying drawings show one method of carrying into effect the above invention.

Figure 1 shows the elevation; Fig. 2, the view from below; Fig. 3, a section of the skate on the line 0c 00 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a section of the skate on the line y y of Fig. 1.

In the above-named drawings, (t represents the blade, 6 the sole-clips of the usual kind, and c the draw-bar adjustable in longitudinal axis and with which the clips I) are adjustablyconnected by means of the screw'cl and the slot 6. The front end of the bar 0 is carried in the support f and the rear end of the same is provided with a slot 0. Projection c engaging in a slot g of the footplate g, serves to guide the bar 0. In the front part of the bar 0 a longitudinal slot 0 is formed, the rear end of which is enlarged. The spring t', fastened at one end to the rear support hand at the other end to the pin 0 of the bar 0, strives to draw back the bar 0 and thereby to close the clips I). In a central depression f in the front support f is placed the bar k, with the spring I pressing it upward. The bar it; has two parts of different thicknesses, of which the thinner part kcorresponds with the width of the slot 0 and the thicker part 10 corresponds with that of the widened portion of the said slot.

For the purpose of pushing the bar 0 forward, that is, in opposition to the draw of the spring 2', there is arranged upon the under side of the foot-plate g, revoluble around the peg 9 the lever m, acting upon the guidebar 0 When the bar 0 is sufficiently pushed forward by means of the lever m, the widened part of the slot 0 comes to lie over the part it in such a manner that this latter under the pressure of the spring lean move upward. Hereupon the part of the bar 70 presses into the widened portion of the slot 0 and stops the bar 0, while the part 70' of the same projects somewhat over the foot-plate 9. (See the dotted position of Fig. 4.) On the advance of the bar cthe spring t' is stretched and the clips are opened. The pin or, engaged in the slot 0 of the bar 0, which is connected with the sliding bar a of the heelclip 0, is hereby also pushed forward, the clip 0 opened, and the spring 19 stretched, which is connected on the one side with the support it and on the other side with the pin a. The springs i and p are placed one within another. If the skater places his foot upon the skate, his bodily weight presses down the projecting bar 70, whereby the part k of the latter escapes from the widened portion of the slot 0 and the bar 6 becomes free. The latter now springs back under the influence of the spring 2' and closes the clips I). Simultaneously with the bar 0, but independently thereof, the bar n also springs back under the pressure of the spring 19 and closes the heel-clip 0.

hen it is desired to remove the skate from the foot, it is only necessary to take hold of the lever m and to push the bar 0 forward again, whereby all clips are opened.

By means of the screw (1 and the slot q the heel-clip o is adjustable upon the bar n. The closing of the heel-clip 0 is effected independently of those of the sole-clips I), while on opening the clips the slot 0 of the bar 0 carries with it the pin a of the bar n, and so causes the advance of the latter to be dependent on that of the former.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. A skate comprising a foot-plate and runner, sole-clips, a movable bar 0 carrying the sole-clips, a spring engaging said bar, a heelclip, a sliding bar 01 carrying the heel-clip the pressure of the foot, substantially as deand a spring engaging said bar n,said springs scribed. I 0 being located one Within the other, substan- I In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my tially as described. hand in presence of two \Tit3116SSGS 2. A skate .cornprising a front plate and JAKOB STUTZ-MULLER. l

runner, sole and heel clips, independent iVit-nesses: springs for each set of clips and a spring- HERMANN KIRCHHOFER, holding device for the sole-clips operated by GERMAIN.