Improved Skate.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
Improved Skate.
We, ALBERT PENHALLOW JONES, of 605, Yonge Street, Machinist, and
FREDERIC ELDON DIXON, of 226, McCaul Street, Merchant, both in the City of
Toronto, in the County of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
The object of the invention is to devise a light, cheap and simply constructed
skate which may be either permanently or detachably secured to the skater's
boot, and it consists essentially of a skate made in two parts brazed or welded
together to form the blade, and spread out above it to form a hollow body and
flanges or plates for attachment to a boot or shoe. These plates or flanges may
either be screwed directly to a boot or provided with adjustable heel and toe
caps which may be laced or strapped to the boot, and which thus permit the
skate to be readily fitted to the boot or detached therefrom, the whole being
constructed in detail as hereinafter more specifically described and then definitely
claimed.
The construction of the main features of the invention has been set out above,
and it will be merely necessary to add that the hollow body may be perforated
in various ways for the sake of lightness, and that the blade portions of the two
halves of the skate may have a strip of hardened steel inserted between them.
Dated this 28th day of March 1899
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improved Skate.
We, ALBERT PENHALLOW JONES, of 605, Yonge Street, Machinist, and
FREDERIC ELDON DIXON, of 226, McCaul Street, Merchant, both in the City of
Toronto, in the County of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:.
The object of this invention is to devise a light cheap and simply constructed
Skate which may be either permanently or detachably secured to the skater's
boot, and it consists essentially of a skate made in two parts, brazed, soldered,
welded or rivetted together to form the blade, and spread out above it to form a
hollow body and flanges or plates for attachment to a boot or shoe. These plates
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page_text: and flanges may either be screwed directly to a boot or provided with adjustable
heel and toe receptacles which may be laced or strapped to the boot, and which
thus permit the skate to be readily fitted to the boot or detached therefrom, the
whole being constructed in detail as hereinafter more specifically described and
then definitely claimed.
If desired the skate may be made from one single piece of metal doubled over
and the blade parts rivetted, brazed, soldered or welded together as above described.
In the drawings accompanying this specification,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the skate.
Figure 2 is a perspective inside view of half of the skate.
Figure 3 is a similar view of the outside half of the skate.
Figure 4 is a cross section of the skate towards the toe.
Figure 5 is a cross section of the skate under the instep.
Figure 6 is a cross section of the skate at the heel.
Figure 7 is a sectional view 'shewing a modification of the skate.
Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Referring now more particularly to the drawings it will be seen that the skate
is made in two halves a and b preferably of a fine quality of steel.
If desired these halves may be made either of two separate pieces of metal
or from a single piece hent double to form the blade and then brazed, soldered,
welded or rivetted together as may be most convenient.
These halves are secured together along the entire length of the blade portions c
by brazing, soldering, welding or rivetting as may be desired.
If it be thought necessary a third piece of hard steel may be inserted between
the two parts forming the blade of the skate and secured in its place by brazing,
soldering, welding or rivetting. See Fig. 7.
Above the blade portions c of the halves of the skate, the parts are each bent
outwardly as indicated at d to form the hollow body portion e.
The sides are bent outwardly to form the flanges and g at the toe and heel
of the skate provided with suitable holes by means of which the skate may be
secured to the sole of the boot.
The central portions of the hollow body instead of being flanged outwardly
are bent inward, to form a tubular part beneath the instep of the wearer.
In Figure 1 is shewn a toe cap provided with a metal base plate provided with
slotted holes so that it may be adjustably clamped to the flanges f by means of
the bolts and nuts k.
The upper part of the said toe cap is preferably made of leather, but may be
made of any other suitable flexible material and has a slit part way down the
centre to be laced in the ordinary manner.
jis the heel receptacle connected to the flanges g in the same manner that the
toe cap is connected with the flanges f. This heel receptacle is provided with the
ankle strap and buckles pivotally connected with the heel receptacle as indicated
at m.
The hollow body of the skate may have holes or openings o cut therein for the
sake of lightness and if desired thin strips of enamelled or ornamented metal
may be inserted behind the holes, which not only serve an ornamental purpose
but prevent snow and ice from accumulating within the hollow body.
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A skate such as described may be attached or detached from the shoe of the
wearer with the greatest possible facility and it will be evident that if it is desired
to attach the skate permanently to the shoe it will only be necessary to detach
the heel receptacle and toe cap from the flanges of the skate. The flanges may
be then permanently attached to the shoe by screws passed through the holes h.
A skate such as described will also be exceedingly cheap to manufacture as the
halves are readily stamped into shape by suitable dies and but little labor is
required in fitting the parts together, polishing and plating. The skate will
also, owing to its hollow construction be exceedingly light, stiff and strong and
while the spreading of the upper portion of the body gives the desired strength

page_text: and stiffness yet the tubular formation under the instep prevents the introduction
of snow and ice into the hollow body and makes the latter lighter and more
graceful, where these qualities will not interfere with the strength and stiffness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1.—A skate formed of two pieces of thin steel, each piece comprising a lower
or blade part, and an upper or body portion shaped so that when the lower or
blade portions are joined together by brazing, soldering, welding or rivetting,
the upper or body portions will form half of a hollow body, with a flange or
Hanges for attachment to a shoe, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. A skate formed of two pieces of thin steel, each piece comprising a lower
or blade part, and an upper or body portion shaped so that when the lower or
blade portions are joined together by brazing, soldering, welding or rivetting,
the upper or body portions will form half of a hollow body, with a flange or
flanges for attachment to a shoe, in combination with a plate of thin steel
inserted between the blade portions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3.- skate formed of two pieces of thin steel, each comprising a lower or
blade part and an upper or body portion so shaped that when the lower or blade
portions are joined together by brazing, soldering, welding or rivetting the upper
or body portions will form half of a hollow body with flanges at the toe and heel
for attachment to the shoe, and a central tubular portion, substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with a skate of a longitudinally adjustable toe cap and
heel receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. The complete skate substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.