An Improved Skate.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec.,
1895
I, NEVILLE LYNN, of 42 Chalcot Crescent, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to my invention I provide an improved skate made of two equal or
uuequal parts connected together by a transverse hinge or joint.
The said hinge or joint is preferably of the "rule joint" type and may be of
brass, steel or other suitable metal. In an ordinary skate it is secured to the
woodwork but in the case of "Acme" and other metal skates it may form part of
the skeleton thereof. In lieu of a joint such as above indicated I sometimes
connect the two parts of the skate together by ordinary hinges secured thereto.
By the use of my improved skate, figure and ornamental skating is greatly
facilitated due to the great ease with which the skate can be manipulated. The
free action of the skate also allows a very great increase of speed as compared with
ordinary skates.
Dated this 21st day of February 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Skate.
I, NEVILLE LYNN, of 42 Chalcot Crescent, in the County of Middlesex,
Author and Play-Publisher, 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 skates.
According to iny invention I provide a skate wherein the body and the blade
are made in two parts connected by a transverse hinge or joint secured to the body
of the skate and so constructed and arranged that the skate can bend or fold at the
hinge after the manner of a "rule-joint," that is to say the two halves or parts of
the skate can turn upward from the normal position, but not downward.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate having a wooden body and constructed
according to my invention, the skate being in the normal position.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same skate showing the heel part raised or
turned about the hinge.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the skate.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures.
The body or frame of the skate comprises a toe part A' and a heel part A²
secured together by a joint or hinge B so constructed and arranged that the heel
or toe part of the body can turn about the joint or hinge from the position shown
in Figure 1 to the position shown in Figure 2 for example, but the said parts
cannot turn downward from the position shown in Figure 1.

page_text: The blade consists of a toe part C¹ secured to the toe part A' of the body, and a
heel part C2 secured to the heel part A2 of the body.
Any suitable mode of fixing the blade in the body may be adopted; the method
of fixing the blade forms no part of my invention. I prefer that the adjacent
corners c', c² of the parts C', C³ of the blade be rounded as shown, although in
some instances they are made sharp. The contiguous ends of the two parts C¹, C'
of the blade may abut against each other when the skate is in the position shown
in Figure 1 although I prefer to so construct the parts that there is a slight gap
between the ends of the said parts of the blade, as indicated in Figure 1.
The joint or hinge may be made of brass, steel, or other metal, and though
preferably of a neat "rule-joint" pattern, may be of any suitable construction; its
leaves are secured to or in the ends of the parts A1, A2 of the body or to the top
of the said parts as may be most convenient, and they are preferably sunk into the
body so as not to interfere with the proper straightening out of the skate or with
the proper bedding of the wearer's boot on the top of the skate. In some instances,
in metal skates for example, the hinge may be formed integrally with the frame of
the skate. I do not confine myself to any particular form of joint, hinge or pivot,
nor to the mode herein shown of attaching it to the skate.
By means of my improved skate, figure and ornamental skating generally can be
executed with great facility. The skate does not rock, it admits of walking easily
and safely, it is more comfortable to stand on than an ordinary skate, and affords
much more case, freedom, and comfort to the wearer than does an ordinary skate,
and avoids cramp. The free action of the skate also allows of the attainment of
very great speed, much in excess of that possible with ordinary skates.
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 formed of two parts jointed, hinged or pivoted together, substantially
as described, and for the purposes specified.
2. A skate constructed substantially as described with reference to the accom-
panying drawings, for the purposes specified.
Dated thin onth
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.