Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1887
Complete Left, 29th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May. 1888
We OSCAR ECKENSTEIN of 62 Basinghall Street London, Analytical Chemist and
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY of 7 Queen Victoria Street London Consulting Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
Our Invention relates to improvements in the construction of Skates, whereby we
more securely hold the skate upon the foot of the wearer than by the various methods
at present in uso, entirely dispense with the use of springs or straps, or of a key, and
permit the foot to be secured right or left of the iron or blade to suit the convenience
of each individual wearer.
In carrying out our Improvements we propose to form the sole or foot plate of
metal or other suitable material, and with one or more jaws or projections formed
upon its upper face, at or near the back, for the purpose of securing the heel of the
boot, and to this sole or foot plate we rigidly attach the iron or blade of the skate by
means of a number of rivets passing through suitable lugs depressed from out of the
said plate, or by any other suitable arrangement.
Immediately beneath the sole plate and above the skate iron we provide a screwed
spindle or shaft having threads of different pitches formed at either end; the threads
being screwed right and left hand, or otherwise, as may be desired.
Beneath the centre of the sole or foot plate is a guide through which the said
spindle or shaft passes, and upon the back end of the spindle is a nut carrying on its
upper surface a suitable clip or jaw for the purpose of engaging with the front face of
the heel of the boot, the said clip or jaw being free to move in a longitudinal opening
formed within the sole or foot plate.
Upon the front end of the spindle is a second nut, to which is secured a cross bar,
the said cross-bar being so attached to the nut as to be capable of receiving a short
transverse motion; and upon each side of the spindle is a bent or curved lever, or a
lever having an inclined slot securely pivoted to the underside of the sole or footplate
and extending outwards on either side of the samo; these levers are provided with
slots into which suitable studs or pins, attached to the ends of the cross-bar, engage
for the purpose of operating the same.
Each lever has at its outer end a pivotted clip or jaw which embraces the sole of
the boot and thus secures the skate in position.

page_text: The screwed spindle or shaft is furnished with a milled or serrated button at its
back end, by means of which it can readily be made to revolve in either direction.
The skate having been placed in position upon the boot of the wearer, and the
screw spindle turned by means of its button, the two nuts are caused to travel in a
longitudinal direction whereby the clip or jaw upon the nut at the back end immediately
engages with the heel of the boot, whilst that at the front end, carrying the cross-bar,
causes the two levers to move in an inward direction and so grip the sides of the boot.
If it is desired that the contre of the foot should be to the right or to the left of the
blade or iron it is only necessary to correspondingly move and fix the aforesaid
cross bar.
Dated thia Thintinth of T... 1007

page_text: Improvements in Skates.
We, OSCAR ECKENSTEIN of 62 Basinghall Street London, Analytical Chemist and
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY of 7 Queen Victoria Street London Consulting Engineer, 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:-
Our Invention relates to improvements in the construction of Skates, whereby we
more securely hold the skate upon the foot of the wearer than by the various methods
at present in use, entirely dispensing with the use of springs or straps, or of a key,
and permit the foot to be secured right or left of the iron or blado to suit the
convenience of each individual wearer.
In carrying out our improvements we form the sole or foot plate of metal, or other
suitable material, and with one or more jaws or projections formed upon its upper
face, at or near the back, for the purpose of securing the heel of the boot, and to this
sole or foot plate we rigidly attach the iron or blade of the skate by means of a number
of rivets passing through suitable lugs depressed from out of the said plato, or by any
other suitable arrangement.
Immediately beneath the sole plate and above the skate iron is provided a screwed
spindle or shaft having threads of different pitches formed at either end; the threads
being screwed right and left hand, or otherwise, as may be desired.
This screwed spindle or shaft is furnished with a milled or serrated button, or with
a fly nut, at its back end by means of which it can readily be made to revolve in
either direction.
Beneath the centre of the sole or foot plate is a guide through which the said
spindle or shaft passes, and upon the back end of the spindle is a nut carrying on its
upper surface a suitable clip or jaw for the purpose of engaging with the front face
of the heel of the boot, the said clip or jaw being free to move in a longitudinal
opening formed within the sole or foot plate.
On the front end of the spindle is a second nut, which, as it is moved by the
screw imparts a forward or backward motion to a slotted cross bar within which
it
engages.
This slot is furnished with a rack of teeth corresponding to and engaging with
teeth on the face of the nut, in order that the cross bar may be capable, within the
limits of the rack, of being set in any position to the right or left of the spindle if
desired. The cross bar engages with two pivoted arms, preferably curved, which may
support it, and by its forward or backward motion brings inward or outward the
extremities of the arms, which are furnished with suitable pivoted clips for embracing
the sides of the sole. Accordingly as the nut is set in the slot the blade of the skate
will be fixed towards one or other side, or in the middle of the sole.

page_text: On the accompanying Sheet of Drawing
Figure 1 represents a side view or elevation of a skate embodying our improvements.
Figure 2 being an inverted sectional plan of same, and
Figure 3 a back end view thereof.
Figure 4 represents a modification of the cross bar and nut for operating the side
lovers.
A is the solo plate. B tho jaws on same. (the iron or blade. D lugs depressod
from the sole plate A, forming guides for the spindle E. E the screwed spindle.
F the heel nut. G clip or jaw attached to the nut F. H slot in sole plate A for
nut F. I. front nut. Kslot in sole plate for same.
I slotted cross bar. M teeth
formed within slot in cross bar. N teeth on nut 1. O pivoted levers. P pivoted
clips on same. button affixed to spindle E.
The skate having been placed in position upon the boot of the wearer, the screw
spindle E is turned by means of its button Q, and the two nuts F 1 caused to travel
in opposite directions; the clip or jaw G upon the nut F at the back end then imme-
diately engages with the heel of the boot, whilst the nut I, at the front end, advances
the cross bar L which causes the clips P at the end of the two levers 0 to move in an
inward direction and so grip the sides of the boot. If it is desired that the centre of
the foot should be to the right or to the left of the blade or iron, the forward nut I is
unscrewed and replaced in the necessary position within the slot K on the cross
bar II.
Or in lieu of the above described arrangement we may attach the nut I direct to
the cross bar L, as shewn in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings in which case the
skates are made right and loft.
our said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
:-
1. In metal skates, the use of a differential screw operating the gripping clips or
claws substantially as described.
2. In metal skates, the combination of a slotted cross bar and toothed nut with
pivoted levers, substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. Metal skates constructed, combined, and operating substantially as described
and shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this Twenty ninth day of March 1888.