Improvements in Fastening Devices for Skates.
Year: 1893

page_text: Improvements in Fastening Devices for Skates.
I, AXEL LJUNGSTROM of 44B Grefgatan, Stockholm in the Kingdom of Sweden,
Instrument Maker, 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 devices for fastening skates to the soles and heels of
boots or shoes.
The fore end device consists of two adjustable hooks for clasping the sole as
usual, which are so constructed that they can be simultaneously and equally moved
to or from each other by turning a plate located under the foot plate, so that the
skate is always maintained straight under the foot. The heel or hind hook is on
the contrary so arranged that when tightening the strap passing over the instep the
skate is moved a little backwards on the foot whereby the latter is wedged in
between the hooks previously adjusted on the front end. Beside the quick and
effective fastening obtained by the said device, it has the advantage, that all keys,
adjusting screws or such like for adjusting the skate are dispensed with.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the skate.
Figure 2 is an under side view with part of the blade broken away.
Figures 3 and 4 represent a modification of the rear fastening device.
The hooks A A, which as usual consist of two slides bent upwards at their outer
ends and movable across the foot plate have their guides between projections C cut
out of the foot plate B and bent downwards. Moreover a plate F is fixed by
means of a pivot D straight under the foot plate and provided with projecting
ears EE which plate is provided with two spiral shaped slots G G, into which
enter the pins H H fixed to the hooks or to the slides. The inner edge of each
slot G is even or smooth but the outer one is toothed. By turning the plate as
indicated by the arrow in Figure 2 the hooks will be removed from one another, as
the pins H resting against the even edges of the slots are then moved outward.
By pulling outward the hooks direct, they cannot on the contrary, be moved from
one another as the pins H then engage with the teeth of the slots. On the other
hand the hooks having been moved apart, can be brought together by pressing
directly thereon from the outside, the pins H then gliding against the even sides of the
slots. The adjustment can therefore be effected by pressing the hooks, after
having been brought apart, together, so far as permitted by the sole of the
boot or shoe. The adjustment is to be effected at a point of the sole, where it is
somewhat narrower than across the place where the hooks are intended to pinch
the sole.
The resting plane for the heel or the heel piece K provided below with a
flange I, is fixed to the blade of the skate by means of two links L and M so that
it may be moved to and fro. The link M forms at the same time a lever, which at
its outer end is provided with an opening for the strap, which is to be fastened
around the instep. When the lever M is depressed the heel-piece is brought at the
same time upwards and backwards. When the heel piece is in the position shown
by dotted lines, the skate is put upon the foot. By tightening the strap the
lever M is drawn upwards. The foot is then pushed forward between the hooks by
the advancing heel-piece which simultaneously lowers itself down towards the blade
against which it will rest with its flauge, the skate being by this means fastened to
the foot.
The modification shown in Figures 3 and 4 relates to the heel-piece and consists
in so constructing the same that it can be pushed to and fro along the blade on

page_text: which it slides the projection a on the blade being clasped between the pro-
Jections bb bent down from the heel-piece. A bifurcated lever N is pivoted to the
blade at c and engages by means of its one end with the projections & fixed below
and to the plate K, the said lever being at its outer end provided with an elongated
hole for the strap, for the purpose of operating the heel-piece. The securing of
the skate to the foot, by this form of fastening will be easily understood from the
description of Figures 1 and 2. The points 9 of the flanges f are intended to
penetrate into the heel of the shoe and consists of projections stamped out of the
Hanges and bent inwards, whereby a particular fastening of the said points is
dispensed with.
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. In a skate as hereinbefore described a device for adjusting the fore hooks for
clasping the sole of the boot or shoe and for retaining the said hooks against the
edge of the sole, consisting of a plate pivoted between the hooks and provided with
spiral slots, into which pins from the sliding part or prolongations of the hooks
enter, the said slots being provided with teeth on the edges farthest removed from
the centre.
2. In a skate as hereinbefore described the arrangement in which the resting
plate for the heel is made movable along the blade and united with this either by
means of links of which one constitutes a lever extending backwards and provided
with a hole or notch or the like for the strap or fixed directly to the blade as
a slide, which slide is operated by one end of the lever pivoted to the blade,
the other end being provided with a hole, notch or the like for the strap.
3. In a skate as above described the arrangement in which the guides for the
hooks consist of projections stamped out from the foot-plate and embracing the
slide-like prolongations of the hooks.
4. In a skate as above described the arrangement in which the points which are
to be inserted in the heel of the shoe consist of projections stamped out of the
shoulders projecting behind the heel from the resting plate for the latter which
points are bent inwards.
Dated 10011
C T
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.