Improvements in or connected with Skates.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Skates.
I, FREDERIC ROSE, of 3 Royal Villas, Station Parade, Harrogate, Dentist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The type of skates to which this invention relates is that in which the skate is
secured to the boot of the wearer by means of clamping and gripping devices, and
the object of the invention amongst others, is to simplify the action of said clamping
and gripping devices, and to provide a strong and secure attachment between the
skate and the boot.
According to this invention, the upper portion of the skate blade is provided at
its rear end with a heel plate which is securely connected to the blade. At the
back of this heel plate there is an upward extension for receiving the outside face
of the heel of the boot. At the front of the heel plate there is also an upward
extension for receiving the inside face of the heel of the boot, this extension is
tapped and provided with a screw capable of being turned by a spanner or
equivalent means, and which pierces or grips the front face of the heel of the boot.
At the lower front portion of this heel plate there is provided a screw which
screws into a projection at the rear end of a sole and toc plate, which said sole and
toe plate is provided with underneath projections which slide on the upper portion
of the skate blade, such projections being provided with slots which take into
booked projections on the upper portion of the blade; thus by turning the screw
by a spanner or other equivalent device, the toe plate can be moved closer to or
further from the heel plate, as desired.
The front of the toe plate is turned over to receive the toe of the boot, and both
the toe plate and heel plate are provided with adjustable lateral gripping devices
or clips for gripping or clipping the sides of the sole and the heel of the boot.
All the inside faces of the gripping portion are preferably roughened.
To attach the boot to the skate, the screw connection between the heel and toe
plates is adjusted until the sole of the boot is gripped by the backward movement of
the sole plate. The screw of the heel plate is turned to pierce the heel of the boot,
and the boot is thus firmly secured to the skate.
In lieu of using a screw to pierce the heel of a boot, a movable bent spike may
be used, the lower limb of which slides on the main action screw between the heel
and toe plates, said bent spike being forced into the heel of the boot by the action
of a screw nut on the main screw.
Dated this 8th day of December 1809
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Skates.
I, FREDERIC ROSE, of 3, Royal Villas, Station Parade, Harrogate, Dentist, 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
The type of skates to which this invention relates is that in which the skate is
secured to the boot of the wearer by means of clamping and gripping devices, and

page_text: the object of the invention amongst others, is to simplify the action of said clamping
and gripping devices, and to provide a strong and secure attachment between the
skate and the boot.
A skate having the improvements or constructed according to this invention in
its preferred form, as regards general arrangement and combination of parts, is
shewn in the drawings hereto annexed. In these drawings,
Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of the skate; whilst
Figures 3 and 4 are sections of same taken at the lines A B and CD respectively.
Figure 5 is a detail illustrating a modification connected with the threaded
operating rod.
Referring now to the drawings, a is the blade of the skate. is the heel plate
of the skate, it being fixed to the blade at ', and provided at the back with
projecting parts 2 with spikes & therein, which, in the drawing, consist of thumb
screws held by a thread in the projections 2, thus being adjustable therein. c is
the screwed or threaded operating rod, c¹ being the threaded portion thereof;
whilst its opposite end is provided with an actuating head c², or with a rectangular
or polysided head on which a key c is adapted to fit, as shewn in Figure 5. dis
the sole-plate of the skate. It is mounted on the blade a by the vertical portions d¹
thereof, which have slots or apertures therein through which the horns a pass, and
by which it is held, a further support and rigidity of mounting being provided
by the vertical parts d' of the plate being also carried down and spanning the
upper edge of the blade a. At the forward part of the sole is another vertical
portion, through which the threaded part of the rod c passes, and by which it is
moved to and fro; also at this part of the plate the bent spike e is secured thereto
by screws e¹, said spike serving to grip the forward edge of the heel when the sole
plate in moved back by the screw rod c. The bent spike e is rendered adjustable
on the sole plate d by slots e therein.
The forward end of the sole plate is carried up in a separate part d³ from a toe
plate d which is supported from the blade a by the pawl ds the end of which fits
in a notch, a number of which are provided in the front top edge of the blade. By
this means, by placing the pawl in one or other of the notches, the inclination or
height of the plate d³ may be adjusted. are lateral clamps or gripping devices by
which the skate is held to the sides of the sole of the boot. This gripping device or
clamp is held onto the sole plate by a nut and bolt f', the bolt of which passes through
slots in the clamps f, and through a slot d in the sole plate d. By adjusting
the clamps further from or closer to each other, and tightening same by the nut
and bolt f, they may be adjusted to suit different widths of boots.
In applying the skate to the boot, the skate being placed in the ordinary way
upon the heel and sole, the rod c is screwed or rotated round, and the sole plate
with the bent spike e thereon, is drawn towards the heel, whereby said spike is
pressed into the heel, and the back heel clamps onto the back of the heel; whilst
the side clamps fare brought onto the sides of the sole and grip same, the toe
catch d also at the same time being brought onto the toe of the boot holds it. The
angle or inclination of the front part d³ is adjusted or regulated to that which is
required, by the pawl de fitting into one of the notches in the top of the skate.
Thus, a strong grip of the boot is obtained, and great firmness in all directions is
afforded.
All the surfaces which act as gripping surfaces are preferably roughened or of
irregular formation in order to render better the connection or gripping thereof
with the boot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in a skate, of a heel plate b, a threaded rod c, and a sole
plate d, arranged and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.
2. The combination in a skate, of a threaded rod a suitably held to the blade.

page_text: and a sole plate operated to and fro by said rod and on the blade, and having
clamping or gripping parts thereon; substantially as set forth.
3. In a skate having a longitudinally movable sole-plate mounted and moving on
the blade, a front plate (3) on said sole plate, by which the fore part of the sole is
supported.
4. The skate having its parts arranged, constructed, and adapted to operate
substantially as set forth with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 8th day of September 1893.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.