Improvements in Skates.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
[Communicated from abroad by THE STARR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED,
of Dartmouth, N.S., Canada.]
Improvements in Skates.
I, ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY, of George Street, in the City of Sheffield, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the invention communicated to me by my
foreign clients to be as follows;-
This invention refers more particularly to the heel portion of metallic skates
and consists in the addition to such heel mechanism of an adjusting screw to the
sliding jaw of the heel, and to means for holding up the actuating lever.
The heel plate is secured to the blade or runner by means of turned down lugs
resting upon the upper edge of the blade, and a screw which also engages with
a slot in the blade, it is supported at some little distance above the blade, and a flat
sliding bar turned down in the front to rest upon the blade carries the adjustable
jaw, and is moved to and from the heel plate, by means of a lever with eccentric
slot which engages with a fixed stud upon the sliding bar, and is pivotted upon
the vertical screw between the heel plate and the blade. The lever is held up
to the plate by means of a loose sleeve placed upon the screw and filling up the
space between the underside of the lever and the top edge of the blade.
The adjustable jaw is free to be moved upon the sliding bar aforesaid, and for
the purpose of its adjustment, a screw is passed through the turned down end of
the sliding bar, then through a screwthreaded hole in the lower part of the jaw,
and supported at the end by its plain end passing through a corresponding hole
in the lug of the heelplate. By this arrangement the lug or jaw can be set by
the adjusting screw to the exact distance required and the grip given by the
lever.
J. ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY, of George Street, in the City of Sheffield, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same has to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention, communicated to me by my foreign clients the Starr Manų-
facturing Company Limited, of Dartmouth, N.S., Canada, refers more particularly
to the heel portion of metallic skates, and consists in the addition to such heel

page_text: mechanism, of an adjusting screw to the sliding jaw of the heel, and also to
means for holding up the actuating lever.
The manner in which the invention is carried into effect is shown in the
annexed drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the heel mechanism of a skate, according to this
invention.
Fig. 2, is a plan of same.
The heel plate A, is secured to the blade or runner B, by means by means of
two turned down lugs or ears C, which are slotted and fit over the top edge of
the blade B, and are held in position by a screw D, the nut E of which enters a
slot of corresponding shape in the blade.
A flat slide-bar F, turned down at its front end, passes through openings in the
ears C, and supports the adjustable jaw G, the upper part being formed to
grip the boot heel, and the lower part being slotted to ride upon the top edge of
the blade.
This jaw G, is regulated in its distance from the jaws upon the heel plate A,
by means of a screw K, the neck of which held by and rotates in the bent down
end of the sliding plate F, the screwed part engages with a screwthreaded hole
in the jaw G, and the free end takes a bearing in the ear C. When the loose
jaw G, is adjusted, it can be moved towards the fixed jaws by means of a lever H,
provided with the usual eccentric slot working on a fixed stud I, projecting from
the sliding bar F. The lever is pivotted upon the vertical screw 1), between the
heel plate and the blade, and to hold the lever up to the sliding bar or plate F,
I use a loose or separate sleeve or collar J, which is passed over the screw 1),
and fills up the space between the underside of the lever and the top edge of the
blade.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. In combination with the heel gripping device of a skate as hereinbefore
described and shown, a regulating screw K. for adjusting the distance of the
loose jaw G, from those of the heel plate A, as hereinbefore described and set
forth.
2. In combination with the heel gripping mechanism of a skate such as
hereinbefore described, a sleeve or collar J, placed upon the holding screw D.
between the blade B and the underside of the gripping lever H, as hereinbefore
described and shown.
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