Improvements in Skates.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
I, JOHN ROBERT WATTS, of Lambert Street, in the City of Sheffield,
Cutlery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to runner blades of skates, and has for its object to enable
the same to be made out of one piece and fixed direct to the boot or sole piece,
thus dispensing with all extraneous parts and so reducing cost while adding to the
security and comfort of the user.
In carrying my invention into practice, I take a strip of iron and steel rolled to
the proper section and wide enough to allow for leaving in the usual cutting out
process lug or ear pieces in proper position for being bent down at right angles to
the blade proper, thereby providing a sufficient support for the foot and also, by
means of holes forined therein, to receive ordinary wood screws affording a firm
attachment to the boot or sole piece. After cutting and bending over of the ear
pieces the blade is bent, hardened, and finished as for ordinary compound skates.
When desired the ear pieces may be formed direct without bending down by
simply cutting away the surplus material from a strip or bar rolled to a T section,
the head part of the tee furnishing the support for the foot and facilities for direct
attachment as before.
Dated this 26th day of October 1895.
ISAAC BECK,
Certified Patent Agent, Sheffield.
Improvements in Skates.
1, JOHN ROBERT WATTS, of Lambert Street, in the City of Sheffield,
Cutlery Manufacturer, 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 runner blades of skates, and has for its object to enable
the same to be made out of one piece and fixed direct to the boot or sole piece,
thus dispensing with all extraneous parts and so reducing cost while adding to the
security and comfort of the user.
The invention is illustrated by the annexed sheet of drawings, wherein Fig. 1. B,
is a piece of steel, or iron and steel, rolled to section or shape shown in Fig. 4, cut
to requisite shape.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a skate formed by bending, to nearly right angles
on dotted line, A, the several projecting parts, 1, 2, 3, 4, to form lugs.
Fig. 3 a plan of same showing disposition of the lugs or pieces for supporting
the foot and affording a firm attachment to the boot or sole piece by means of
ordinary screws or rivets: the said lugs are curved longitudinally to better conform
to the shape of the foot.

page_text: The cutting and shaping of the blank B, Fig. 1, is effected by well known
means and machinery, and the curved edge may be produced either before or after
such cutting process; or the curve may be given at the same time and in the same
tools wherein the blanks are secured for bending over the supporting lugs, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Holes for the screws having been formed, the blade may be hardened and finished
as required.
When desired, steel rolled to a T section, or as shown in Fig. 5, may be used
whereby the bending of the lugs is obviated, while the blades may still be cut
and shaped approximately as per Figs. 1 & 2, or to such other form as may be
preferred.
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 skate made from a single piece of steel, or of iron and steel, from which
certain portions have been cut away leaving a number of pieces which when bent
approximately at right angles for:n the means of support and for direct attachment
to a boot or the like, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. The formation out of a single piece of T shaped steel, or of iron and steel,
or as per Fig. 5, by simply cutting away certain superfluous portions approximately
as per Figs. 1 and 2, produces a complete skate adapted for direct attachment to
a boot or the like, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of July 1896.
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.