IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES."
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of No. 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the
Invention. of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES."-A communication from
abroad by Edmond Dallemagne, of No. 64, Faubourg St.-Martin,
Paris, France.
Sealed the 3rd March 1876, and dated the 11th September 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward "
Gedge at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 11th September 1875.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand,
5 in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES," a communication to
me from abroad by Edmond Dallemagne, of No. 64, Faubourg St. Martin,
Paris, France, to be as follows :——:
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page_text: that its rotation actuates, the plate L. A groove in the blade of the
skate permits the screw I to follow the movement of the catches while
secured in the centre.
The fitting on of the skate is very simple. A single key serves to
work the two screws E and I, as explained, that is to say, that the heel
is held by the catch D, that the sole is first laterally gripped by the two
jaws G, H, actuated by the screw I, and that the sole is then firmly
pressed by the aid of the screw M.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 10th March 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of September, in the year.
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence
that I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators,.
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Edward Gedge, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others; from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and yend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES," "a communication to me from abroad by.
Edmond Dallemagne, of No. 64, Faubourg St. Martin, Paris, France,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward
Gedge, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed

page_text: First Method. To grip the sole in its breadth two catches G, H, are
moved laterally, that is to say, are made to recede from or approach each
other. This movement is obtained by the aid of a screw I with two
threads in opposite directions, a central groove or gutter keeping the
screw always in the same position.
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Second Method. The arrangement adopted for gripping the sole in
its thickness is this:-The jaws G, H, have two catches 1 and 2, which
come between the sole and the upper, and if by any means these catches
are made to. lower, the sole of the boot, supported on the sole plate C,
will be pressed thereon by these catches. This result may be obtained
by making the plate L carrying the catches moveable, and causing it
operated by the screw M, to lower, pivoting on the pin l. . The screw M
is set between the sole plate C and the blade of the skate, so that its
rotation actuates the plate L. A groove in the blade of the skate
permits the screw I to follow the movement of the catches while secured
in the centre.
The fitting on of the skate is very simple. A single key serves to
work the two screws E and I, as explained, that is to say, that the heel
is held by the catch D, that the sole is first laterally gripped by the two
jaws G, H, actuated by the screw I, and that the sole is then firmly
pressed by the aid of the screw M.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the Invention
communicated to me as aforesaid, and in what manner the same is or
may be performed, I claim as secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent, the combination with a skate, substantially as
herein-before described and shown on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawing, of the heel catch, the jaws or catches gripping the sole in its
breadth, and particularly of the method adopted to grip the solo in its
thickness.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of March, in the year
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