US101523A - Improvement in skates - Google Patents

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GEORGE V. SOOBEY,

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OF WATERLOO, ASSIGN OR TO HIMSELF AND REUBEN WOOD, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

Letters Paton-t No. 101,523,datcd Ain-'il 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATBS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pau-t of the same.

ments in Skates; and I do hereby declare thatthefolf lowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure I is aside 'elevation of my improved skate.

Figure 1I is a top plan of the heel portion, and bottom plan of the foot port-ion of the same. g f

Figure III is a plan of the heel-plate.

Figures 1V and V are sectional detached views, showing the manner of attaching the skate of the heel-plate. f'

.Figures Vl and VII are cross-seetional views, showing the manner of attachment to the foot.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

My improvements relate to that class of skates which are secured to the foot without the use of straps, the attachment being effected by a lock-fastening or clamp at the heel, and by side-clamps grasping the edges of the soles of the boot in front.

The invention consists- First, in the special construction the heel-lock.

Second, of a selfadjustable spring in combination with the overlapping toe-plate formed bythe backward extension of the skate-runners, for attaching the skate to the foot.

In the drawings- A represents the skate-rimuer;

B, the heelfrest, and

C the foot-rest.

D is a heel-plate which is designed to be fitted and permanently attached to .the heel of the boot by screws, as shown.

It has two'holes, e c, formed through it to correspond with two pins or keys, fj, proiectiug from the heel-rest B.

These keys are formed with -a wing or vane, j, projecting in opposite directions, beveled on the under side toward the ends, as shown in figs. 1V and V lhe heel-rest being applied to the heel of the boot, these keys enter the holes o e, when, by giving the skate a partial turn in the direction shown by arrow, fig. II, to bring it in its proper position under the foot, the wings or lugs f will overlap the edges of plate around the holes, and wedge the plates B D firmly together.

This .vedging action and double fastening is due to the use of the two keys constructed and arranged as and operation of above stated, a single stud with a wing ou each side, which is in use, not accomplishing this purpose of wedging the two plates together.

H H represent the guards or jaws for retaining the skateto the foot.

They consist of two bars secured to the under side of the foot-rest by screws, h, iitted in slots in the bars. as shown in fig. 1I, the outer ends 'i i of the bars being turned upward at each side of the foot-rest, and inclined slightly inward so as to conform to the edge of the sole of the boot when adjusted thereto.

-The set-screw which secures the guard H to the foot-rest is arranged at a sufiicient distance from the edge ofthe plate to permit the free end of the guard to be sprung away from the plate, and thus operate as a spring.

The guards H H being adjusted to the width of the sole of the boot, and heel attached as before described, the foot-rest is applied to the sole, the edge of which is arranged 'against the compara-tively rigid guard H.

- By pressing the skate against the bottom of the sole, the spring-guard H is sprung down, as shown in iig. VI, which gives the end of the guarda slight lateral movement sufficient to carry it beyond the edge of the sole, and permit it to overlap the same and resume its former position, as shown in tig. VII.

The toc-plate an` of the skate engages with the toe. of the boot by overlapping and pressing down on the same a little to one side of the big too.

This plate thus pressing at the front, and the guards retaining the foot against lateral displacement as well as co-operating with the toe-plate in holding the skate to the bottom of the boot, together form a secure fastening that permits of the most ready attachment.

Tile skate is detached with equal facility by simply pressingslightly on the spring-guard H, which maybe turned slightly outward, if desired, so as to form a projection for the purpose.

XVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. llhe keys ff, provided with beveled wings fprojecting in opposite directions, when constructed and arranged with the holes c c of the heel-plate, so as to operate as set forth.

2. The selfadjusting spring-guard H in combination with the guard H and toe-plate on, constructed, arranged, and operating as described.

GEO. V. SCOBEY.

Witnesses:

'JA i' Hryr'r, JNO. J. Bosman.

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