Improvements in and connected with Roller-skates.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1893—Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Roller-skates.
1, HANS MEUSSDOERFFER of Ruhla, in the Thuringian Forest, German Empire,
Merchant 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 :-
My invention relates to a roller-skate, in which two large wheels or rollers,.
arranged in one and the same vertical plane, are employed; the said two wheels or
rollers are placed very near to one another, and the shafts of the same, or their
bearings respectively, are stayed against each other by intermediate bars or rods,
preventing any alteration in distance between said rollers or wheels.
I have represented my improved roller-skate in the accompanying drawing, in
which like letters denote like parts in the two figures, and in which :
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the foot-plate and the two brackets for
the wheels, the latter being shown in full, and
Fig. 2 is a cross-section, taken on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1.
The foot-plate a has secured to it, by bolts b and nuts c, the brackets d d', the
latter holding the wheels e e' with their rubber-rings f by means of bolts 9 with
nuts h. These bolts g are also used for holding the connecting-bars i, the ends of
which are arranged between the naves of the wheels and the undermost parts of the
brackets.
The rear bracket d' is provided with an angular part k holding a double armed'
lever ou a pivot m. Arm of this lever is enlarged at corresponding to the-
configuration of the rubber-ring of the rear-wheel, and arın 7 of the said lever forms
a handle, which may be actuated from above by a chain, cord or strap n held by
the skater. This arm is kept downwards in normal position by a flat spring o
fixed to bracket d' between this latter and the angular part k.
The roller-skate is fastened to the foot of the skater by straps p as usually, and
is prevented from any undue movement on the plate a by a projection a', leaning
against the heel of the boot or shoe of the skater.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A roller-skate, having two or more wheels or rollers one behind the other,.
said wheels or rollers being held by brackets or their equivalents, and the latter
being connected by rods or bars i, substantially as described.
2. A roller-skate, having two or more wheels or rollers one behind the other,.
said wheels or rollers being held by brackets or their equivalents, and the latter
being connected by rods or bars i, said rods or bars being held by the axles of the
rollers or wheels, substantially as described.
3. A roller-skate, having two or more heavy wheels or rollers e e¹... one behind
the other, said wheels or rollers being held by removable brackets d d'... attached
to the foot-plate a, the latter having projection a', and the brackets having axles
holding the wheels and connecting-rods i staying the brackets against each other,
for the purpose as described.
Dated this 11th day of September 1893.
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