Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1898
I, HEINRICH HERKE, Cabinet-Maker, of 2, Holzgasse, Mainz, Germany, 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 a shoe having a running wheel fitted thereto and which
can be attached to the lower part of the leg. By means of this device one can
travel quickly on hard ground in the same manner as when skating on ice.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon:-
Fig. 1 is a view showing the device in use.
Fig. 2 is a back view partly in section.
Fig. 3 is a view of the device partly in section and drawn to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 4 is a section showing a modification.
A
As shown clearly at Fig. 3 the device is made with a special wheel rim a which
has attached to it a solid or pneumatic tyre m. Secured to the rim a by means of
cross stays c is a second smaller rim b. Instead of using this rim 6 an inter-
mediate rim c¹, such as shown at Fig. 4, may be used. The rim a is located outside
the rim b which latter is secured to the nave f by means of spokes e. Cross-spokes g
bind the stays c to the nave f. Secured to the axle h is a foot-carrier i, which is
extended upwards over the rim a and made to form a guard k. As will be seen the
foot-carrier i is so arranged as to be well within the plane of the wheel rim a.
strap n above the foot-carrier i serves to secure the device to the calf of the leg of
the traveller (see Figs. 1 and 2). The foot-carrier has movably attached to it,
at 1, spurs p, p, which are provided with small rollers; by depressing the point of
the foot or the heel the front or the back roller can, as desired, be forced into the
ground so as to serve as a brake. The efficient working of the device depends upon
the foot being secured below the centre of the wheel and directly over its running
surface, whereby great ease in travelling is produced without weakening the secure
attachment of the shoe.
The party propels himself forward by the aid of a staff which he pushes into the
ground whilst the feet, which are kept a slight distance apart, perform the
guiding.
I is a mud-guard.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. A wheel-shoe in which the foot-carrier is arranged below the centre of the
wheel and nearly or entirely within the perpendicular plane of the wheel rim and
directly above its running surface, substantially as set forth.
2. A wheel-shoe having secured to one side of its wheel rim a by means of stays c
or an intermediate rim ca second rim b which is also connected by spokes e to the
have f, whilst the device for carrying the foot and for fastening the wheel to the
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page_text: leg of the traveller is secured to the axle h, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown.
3. A wheel-shoe, such as claimed in Claim 1, having combined with its foot-
carrier brake spurs or their equivalent, substantially as set forth.
Date 10LL 1
Tom1000
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow.