Year: 1887

page_text: I MAX DANNHORN, manufacturer, of Nüremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria and
German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 consists in the manufacture in combination of a shoe with a skate
substantially in the manner hereinafter described, in which the iron of the skate is
permanently attached to or connected with the shoe or its sole, so that the shoe and
skate are sold together as one article.
The Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings in side elevation in
Fig. 1; in partial under plan view in Fig. 2; and in sectional detail view in Fig. 3.
In accordance with the present improvements, the iron, c, of the skate is rivetted
to an iron sole plate, a, and to an iron heel plate, or it may be rivetted to a
combined iron sole and heel plate, by pins or like means, d; such sole and heel
plates, or combined plate, being made in accordance with the shape and size of the
shoe sole and heel to which they are or it is intended to be applied.
To render the connection of such skate iron, c, and plates, a, and b, or combined
sole and heel plate secure, I prefer to apply and use broadened stay or supporting
parts, e, between the parts, e, and, a; and, c, and b, making each of such stays in
one piece, and together with the skate iron, or with the sole and heel plates respec-
tively, or with the combined sole and heel plate, or as independent attachments, and
applying them between the parts, c, and, a; and c, and b, as aforesaid, at the parts
where the same are rivetted together by the pins d, which also pass through the
parts, e; the latter being also of advantage in offering a broader supporting surface
to the sole plate than the edge of the skate irons alone would do, and in preventing
the pins, d, from being bent or broken off. In order that the supports, e,
independent of the skate iron, c, should be firmly secured in position relatively
thereto, the latter is cut away at the parts to which the supports, e, are applied, so
that the sole plate rests both upon the support e, and also upon the top edge of the
skate iron

page_text: The skate thus adapted is then applied and permanently attached or securely fixed
by rivetting or in any convenient way to the shoe sole, to which the uppers are also
applied in any usual manner.
The elegance of the appearance of the connected parts may be enhanced by laying
a leather sole over the iron soles or plates a, and, b, or if the latter are directly
connected to the shoe they may be nickel plated and polished.
The combined shoe and skate manufactured as hereinbefore described, is simple in
construction, and offers many advantages over existing appliances of the kind. The
long lasting is entirely done away with, the skate fits well providing that the measure
for the shoe is correctly taken, holds fast, and does not pinch as do straps. It is
also lighter than the usual skates, all usual fastenings or lashing contrivances and
skate plates being dispensed with; and in using them the combined shoo and skate
are together put on with the skates thereon already fixed.
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
1. The manufacture of combined shoes and skates, substantially in the improved
manner hereinbefore described.
2. In a combined shoe and skate, connecting the skate-iron with the shoe by iron
sole and heel plates, a, b, which are securely rivetted or otherwise fixed on or to the
outer sole and beel of the shoe and are securely rivetted or otherwise equivalently
fixed on or to the iron of the skate.
3. The application of the stays, e, between the sole and heel plates, a; b, and the
iron, c, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 26th day of September 1887.-
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.