IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES
Year: 1885

page_text: I ARTHUR HUGHES BOULTBEE 9 Hoole Road, Sheffield in the County of York
Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
that is to say :-
My invention of improvements in Skates relates to a method of protecting and
strengthening the ends of the clogs of wooden skates, with caps or ferrules of brass
or other suitable metal, forming a more secure mode of holding the hook in hook
toed Skates, or the crosspin in fleam toed Skates, and otherwise to hold the blade
or runner and the clog more firmly together.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have hereto
annexed a sheet of illustrative drawings, the same letters of reference indicating
similar parts in all the figures.
Fig 1. represents a convenient form of metallic cap to be applied to a hook-toed
skate-shown in perspective.
Fig. 2, is an inside view of same, from the back.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation of the front of a skate, completed.
Fig. 4, represents the application of my invention to a fleam-toed skate.
Fig. 5, represents a modification adapted to a spike-toed skate of cheaper
quality.
In carrying out my invention as shown in Figs 1, 2 and 3-the metallic Cap is
made with sides A, and a front plate B, in which is a slot C, to admit the front
portion of the blade or runner F. The top part of the slot C forms an opening to
admit the hook or spike of the skate iron, and the lower half forms a groove
to receive the top edge of the skate iron F.
The part D forms a bearing for F to rest against, and on its upper surface for
the hook to bear against, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.-The end of the
clog is thus enclosed by the sides A. A and the front plate B.
In a fleam toed skate, the shape of the iron is shown by the dotted lines where
concealed by the wood in Fig. 4, and the Cap is of a different shape, but encloses
the end of the wood, and lends great support to the crosspin G which passes
through both the sides A, as well as the wood and the blade.
Fig. 5, represents a modification of my invention applied to a cheaper quality
of skate; in this case the wood clog I is turned or shaped down at the end so as

page_text: to receive a ferrule H, preferably made with a flattened top to correspond with the
top of the clog; the spike of the iron or blade F, is driven into the wood so
supported by the ferrule. If preferred a cap, that is a ferrule having a front plate
and provided with a slot may be used.
A Cap or ferrule thus placed at the toe, will meet all the blows a skate is subject
to on the clog portion, will have a strong protecting power against the wood
splitting with pressure or weight, and will improve the appearance of the finished
skate, at a very small additional cost; it will also secure the parts more firmly
together, and prevent them becoming loose and shaky, a common fault with racing
skates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The application and use of a Cap or ferrule to the ends of the wood clogs of
Skates, of any desired shape to suit the various patterns of Skates, for the purpose
specified and substantially as herein described and illustrated.
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ROBT F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.