US861247A - Skate. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

E. H. BARNBY.

SKATE.

APPLICATION rILBn 001210, 1906.

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EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed October 10,1906. Serial No; 338,320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements inskates.

An object of this invention is to provide a structure that will permit the clamping member for the sole of the boot to be rotated into a plane coincident with the blade of the skate; also to provide a sole-plate of such form that its clamping member, when moved into the plane of the blade, is prevented from further rotation. This result, broadly stated, is accomplished by rigidly securing to the blade of the skate a sole-plate provided with oppositely disposed attaching ears for engaging the opposite sides of the blade, and being so spaced from the body portion of the plate that the clamping member which is pivoted thereto, can be freely rotated into the aforesaid position; a further object is to provide a heel-clamp adapted for rotation about a fixed axis on the blade, and connecting means extending between the sole and heel-clamps, as fully set forth below. 7

1n the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention showing the rotatable clamping members for the heel and sole of the boot and rotated into the plane coincident with the blade. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the skate showing the rotatable clamping members turned to a position transverse to the plane of the blade, and showing the sole-plate in full lines, which indicates the locking position of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view of the position of the parts as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the sole plate showing in dotted lines the sole-clamping member that is pivotally secured thereto. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the circular socket for receiving the rotatable stud of the heel-clamping member.

Referring to these drawings in detail, a designates the blade ofthe skate, and b the supplementary blade that is secured to the ordinary runner by means of the post 0 shown in Fig. 4, but for the purpose of this description it is immaterial whether the improvements are secured directly to the blade a or to the supplemenattaching the same to the blade at by means of the rivets h, as shown in Fig. 2. These oppositely disposed ears are bent into parallel relation with the under side of the sole-plate (1 so that a space i is produced between the upper side y of the ears 9 and the under side of the plate d. The purpose of this space is to receive the opposite ends of the sole-clamping member e when the same is folded or rotated into the plane of the blade, this position being indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

A link 9' is pivoted to the clamping member e at a point laterally disposed from the pivot f, as designated at f This link at its opposite end is pivoted to a slidable member k and also pivoted to this slidable member and the link j is a lever m, at the point m Slidably disposed on the rear portion of the blade is a clamping element a for the heel portion of the boot, and extending betweenthis clamping member for the heel and the lever m is a rigid connection composed of the two threaded rods 0 and p with the turn buckle q having right and left-hand threads for engaging the inner threaded ends of the rods 0 and p, this turn-buckle being for the purpose of varying the distance between the heel-clamping plate 1' and the clamping element a.

After the turn-buckle is properly adjusted to the size of the heel in use, it is secured in place by a set-screw s, the sliding member k to which the link j and the clamping-lever m pivoted, being mounted in the same manner on the blade as the clamping member n, that is, by providing a slot, as tfor receiving pins t that are passed transversely through the oppositely disposed side members a of the slidable members is and n that embrace opposite sides of the blade, these pins t being riveted to the slides at their opposite ends.

Referring to the construction of the heel-clamp and the manner in which the same is supported on the blade, 1) designates ear pieces substantially semi-circular in form at their center portions and riveted or otherwise secured to the opposite sides of the blade. These earpieces are arranged so as to coincide with the cut-out portion to in the blade. The opposite walls of the cutout portion are provided with inwardly projecting earpieces y designates a short cylindrical bearing piece, preferably constructed from some non-corrosive substance, as brass, and having an annular groove 2 on its periphery for receiving the inwardly projecting ears as, these ears preventing the cylindrical bearing piece from removal after assembling. The cylindrical bearing piece y is constructed with upwardly projecting rectangular portions 2 that pass through correspondingly shaped openings in the bottom of the heel-clamp 1', the upper ends of these projecting portions being riveted to the heel-clamp.

In adjusting the skate to the boot of the wearer, the clamping lever m is placed in the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3, and the sole-clamping member 6 in the dotted line position shown in Fi 3, the heel-clamping member 1" being rotated to the transverse position shown in this figure. The turn-buckle q is then rotated so that the rearward edge 3 of the slidable member n is brought against the forward portion of the heel, which determines the adjustment of the parts; the setscrew 8 is then tightened, and by rotating the clamping-lever m to the full line position shown in Fig. 3, the slides 7c and in move in opposite directions with the consequent result that the heel-clamping plate n is forced against the forward edge of the wheel and the soleclamping plate a is rotated to the full line position shown in Fig. 3, thus effectually securing the skate to the boot.

When the skate is not in use, the parts are folded as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus occupying a very small space, as shown.

What I claim, is 2-- 1. In a skate of the class described, a runner, a soleplate having oppositely disposedsecuring means, said securing means being located'on opposite sides of the runner and spaced from the foot portion of the plate, a sole-clamp pivotally secured to said plate whereby said clamp can be rotated into the plane of the runner and into the space between the sole-plate and runner, as described.

2. In a skate of the class described, a runner, slidable members located at opposite ends of the same, a rotatable heel-plate, a sole plate, a rotatable sole-clamping plate secured-to the under side of the sole-plate, said sole-plate having oppositely disposed ears for attachment to the runher and being spaced from the upper edge of the runner, operable means extending between the slidable members and connected to the rotatable sole-clamping plate where by when the slid-able members are operated the sole-clamping plate will be rotated, and whereby when the skate is Witnesses Wu. H. CHAPIN, K. I. CLEMONS.

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