Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
We, HANNIBAL ALBERT HAGEN, and HANS ANDERSEN, both of 19, Kirke-
gaden, Christiania, Norway, Skate Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved construction of skate and has for object to
obtain lightness and simplicity of construction.
According to our invention we secure the skate iron between the edges of an
open tube of sheet metal, preferably aluminium, and we attach sole and heel plates
to the said sheet metal tube by means of hollow truncated cones of sheet metal to
the bases or larger ends of which the said sole and heel plates are fixed, the
truncated ends of the cones being secured to the tube. The heel plate is provided
with a screw for attaching the skate to the heel of the boot and both sole and heel
plates are furnished with eyes for receiving straps for further attaching the skate
to the boot. Or the heel plate screw can be dispensed with and the sole and heel
plates of the skate are riveted to the sole and heel respectively of a boot.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved skate :
Figure 2 is a plan of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3, Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the skate with a boot attached thereto.
a is the skate iron; b is the sheet metal tube, preferably of aluminium, to the
open edges c, c of which the skate iron a is secured by means of the rivets d, d
which are preferably of copper. e is the sole plate, and the heel plate, both of
which are preferably of aluminium. g and h are the inverted truncated cones, the
bases of which are soldered, riveted or otherwise attached to the sole und heel
plates respectively, their truncated ends being soldered, riveted or otherwise fixed
to the sheet metal tube b. The front end of the sole plate e is further supported
by a strut of sheet metal, the lower end of which is preferably soldered to the
tube 6 whilst its upper end is secured to the sole plate by soldering and by means
of a copper rivet j. k, k are eyes of wire or strips of metal which are soldered or
riveted to the sole and heel plates for receiving the attaching straps. I is the heel
plate screw, and m, m are spikes on the sole plate for holding the sole of the boot
in position.
In the case of skates with boots attached, as shewn in Figure 4, the heel plate
screw and the spikes are dispensed with and the boot is permanently secured to the
skate by rivets n, n, preferably of copper, which pass through the sole and heel
plates and the sole and heel respectively of the boot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A skate the iron of which is secured between the open edges of a sheet metal
tube, and the sole and heel plates of which are attached to the said sheet
metal tube by means of hollow truncated cones of sheet metal, (substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. In a skate of the kind described in Claim 1 attaching the skate to a boot by
rivets, substantially as set forth.
3. The manufacture and use of skates substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of April 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.