US330527A - William a - Google Patents

Description

(-No Model.)

W. A. SUTTON.

SKATE.

No. 330,527. Patnted Nov. 17, 1885 WITNESSES:

INVENTOR l/w zf BY ATTOiNEYS r, Was-hinginn, ILC.

NITED TATES WILLIAM A. SUTTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,527, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed December 8, 1884. Serial No. 149,729. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. SUTTON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

Repeated attempts have been made to attach to ice and roller skates of that class in which a wooden sole plate or block is used, in place of the leather straps, adjustable sole,- clamps in the same manner as the same-are used in connection with metallic sole-plates. These attempts have not been successful, owing to the fact that the adjusting mechanism of the sole-clamps had to be arranged below the block, so as to give an unsightly appearance to the skate, or that it had to be arranged in a deep recess of the block, whereby the same was weakened to a considerable extent.

The object of this invention is to furnish ice and roller skates having wooden sole plates or blocks with adjustable sole clamps arranged in such a manner that the blocks are not weakened nor the appearance of the skates rendered unsightly and clumsy.

The invention consists of an ice or roller skate having a wooden sole plate or block, a transverse recess at the front part of the block, a metallic top plate screwed thereto, said plate having screw-nuts cast integral and located in the recess of the block, adjustingscrews passing through the nuts of the top plate, and sole-clamps guided by shanks in ways of the top plate and acted upon by collars of the screws, as will appear more fully hereinafter and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a skate with my improved sole-clamp attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same on a larger scale. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively avertical longitudinal section on line :0 w and a vertical transverse section on line y Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the wooden sole plate or block of my improved ice or roller skate, which block is provided with a transverse recess at that part below the ball of the foot. A metallic strengthening-plate, B, having a transverse center opening, is screwed at both sides of the transverse recess a to the block A, and provided at each side with a screw-nut, 6, cast integral therewith, which screw-nuts are located in the recess a. Through the screw-nuts b I) pass the adjusting screws 0 G, which are provided with threaded shanks and square outer ends, to which latter the key for turning them is applied. The soleclamps D are placed loosely on the screw-bolts O O and guided by beveled shanks (Z d in corresponding ways formed by the block and the metallic top plate, B. The screw-bolts C have collars 6 next to their square outer ends, which collars serve to move the sole-clamp D forward toward the .sole when the screw-bolts are adjusted toward each other. When it is desired to release the sole-clamps, the screw-bolts are turned in the opposite direction, so that the sole-clamps can be moved in outward direction until stopped by the collar 6. By this arrangement of the sole-clamps the sole plate or block A is not weakened at all, as the metallic plate B re-enforces the same at the point where it is transversely recessed for the screw-bolts. All the parts are located below the top surface of the sole plate or block A, and thereby out of the way, and arranged in such a manner that they'do not impart an unsightly appearance to the skate. As each sole-clamp is provided with two shanks, the reliable and steady position of the same is secured after having been adjusted by the screwbolts. By this arrangement the leather straps that fasten the sole-p1ate to the front part of the foot can be dispensed with, and the more convenient and reliable metallic sole-clamp substituted therefor.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an ice or roller skate, the combination of a wooden sole-plate having a transverse recess, a re-enforeing top plate having screwnuts located in the recess and made integral with the top plate, transverse screw-bo1ts turning in the screw-nuts, and sole-clamps supported on the screw-bolts and provided with shanks guided by said re-enforcing plate and adjusted by said screw-bolts, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an ice or roller ska e,

of a sole plate or block having a transverse recess, a re-enforcing top plate having screwnuts made integral therewith and located in said recess, transverse screw-bolts having collars near their square outer ends, and soleclamps supported on said screw-bolts and pro vided with shanks guided in ways of the top plate and block, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in pres- 1o ence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SUTTON.

NVitnesses:

PAUL \GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

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