Improvements in Roller Skates.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roller Skates.
We, LESLIE JEYES of 46 Orbel Street Battersea in the County of London
Civil Engineer and HENRY KENDRICK of 10 Pancras Lane in the City of London,
Accountant 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 has for its object a roller skate provided with two wheels only,
one in front of the other, placed in an axial line with the sole-plate of the skate
itself.
To enable skaters to turn in any desired direction, to curve about or perform any
other figuring, the sole-plate is made to cant or tilt laterally which has the effect of
making the wheels or rollers to move centrally and diagonally to the right or left
in a more or less degree as the sole-plate is canted or tilted.
Reference to the accompanying drawings demonstrate the method of working
this invention.
Fig. 1 represents a side view of the skate.
Fig. 2 represents a view of the underside of the skate.
Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the hanger and carriage separated.
Fig. 4 represents a back view of the longest end of the hanger.
Like letters represent the same parts in all the drawings.
The axles of the wheels are placed in the carriages or framing A provided with
slotted bearings, one being placed in front and the other behind. The wheels
revolve round the axles and are placed within the carriages or framings A which
are hung centrally in hangers or brackets B fastened to and depending from the
sole plate C of the skate. These carriages or framings A have an oscillating
movement on the pins D. The brackets or hangers B have their ends or extremities
of different lengths so that when the carriages or framings A are introduced and
hung between them by the pins D they hang at an angle to the sole-plate and
not longitudinally to it. The backward carriage has a reverse angle to the
forward one.
The axles do not revolve in their bearings being D shape in section and are
secured in their places by nuts screwed tightly up to the sides of the carriage.
Rubber cushions F or any other suitable materials are employed as springs or
buffers to limit the tilting of the sole-plate and are placed between one or both of
the hangers or brackets B and the carriage or framing A.
The divergence of the wheels from a straight line is caused by the tilting of the
platform and the reason of the carriages being set at an angle to it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A roller skate having two wheels one behind the other placed in an axial line
with the soleplate capable of being moved centrally and diagonally to the right or
left as described and specified.
2. In a roller skate with two wheels carriages or framings in which the wheels
run and which are hung at an angle to the sole plate and have an oscillating
movement as described.
3. In a roller skate hangers or brackets with extremities of different lengths
between which are placed and hung carriages or framings as described.

page_text: 4. In a roller skate with two wheels rubber or other cushions to limit the extent
of the tilting of the platform or sole plate as described.
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LESLIE JEYES.
HENRY KENDRICK.