Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Oct., 1888
] MONTAGU SNEADE FAITHFULL MONIER-WILLIAMS of Number 7 Cromwell Place
South Kensington in the County of Middlesex Master of Arts do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of Skates.
(1) Concerning the configuration of the mounts or foot plates so as to facilitate
their use.
(2) Concerning methods of fastening the blade to the mounts or footplates, so as
to facilitate the use of the skate.
(3) Concerning the configuration and dimensions of the blade so as to facilitate
its use.
For these purposes
(1) Instead of making the foot plates of plain solid wood, brass, gunmetal or iron-
I make them of steel, brass, gunmetal or iron with perforations in certain places so as
to lighten their weight and so facilitate their use.
(2) Instead of fastening the blade to the foot plates in such a manner that the
blade can be dissociated from the foot plates, either by an arrangement of screws and
nuts or rivets, or by other methods I fasten the blade immoveably to the foot
plates so that dissociation of one part of the skate from another is impossible, thereby
dispensing with moveable joints which are apt to work loose and thereby facilitating
the use of the skate, and I effect this fastening by one of two methods-either
i. having made the foot plates of cast steel, I unite the blade firmly to the foot
plates when the metal is hot by means of a process of welding or brazing,
so that when cool the blade and the foot plates form in conjunction one solid
piece of metal-or
ii. having made slots at certain places in the foot plates which are of steel,
iron, gunmetal or brass I fit accurately into these slots certain portions of
the blade so that they pass from below through the foot plates and project
above the upper surfaces of the foot plates to such an extent as to enable

page_text: them to be hammered down flush with these surfaces which are countersunk
for the purpose I also further secure the blade to the footplates by means
of lugs which form part of the footplates and project from their undersurfaces
in pairs, the blade being gripped between these lugs and fastened by means
of rivets.
(3) Instead of making the blade of any configuration and dimensions and with side
surfaces at acute angles with the under or running surface as is usually done
I make the blade of an exact configuration and of the following dimensions which
give both side surfaces at equal obtuse angles with the running surface, and by means
of which configuration dimensions and angles I have by experiment discovered that
the use of the skate is best facilitated.
I make the blade inch wide upon the running surface throughout the entire
length of the blade and at a level inch higher than the level of the running surface.
I make the blade inch wide throughout the entire length of the blade.
Between these two levels the blades are ground with flat side surfaces at equal
obtuse angles with the running surface.
Above the second of these two levels the blade is reduced in thickness so as to give
it lightness.
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page_text: I MONTAGU SNEADE FAITHFULL MONIER-WILLIAMS of 88 Onslow Gardens
South Kensington in the County of Middlesex but late of 7 No. Cromwell Place South
Kensington aforesaid Master of Arts 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 the construction of skates.
(1) Concerning the configuration of the mounts or foot plates so as to facilitate
their use.
(2) Concerning the method of fastening the blade to the mounts or footplates so
as to facilitate the use of the skate.
(3) Concerning the configuration and dimensions of the blade so as to facilitate
its use.
For these purposes
(1) Instead of making the footplates of plain solid wood, brass, gun metal or iron,
I make them of steel, brass, gun metal or iron with perforations in certain places as
shewn in the drawings so as to lighten their weight and so facilitate their use.
(2) Instead of fastening the blade to the footplates in such a manner that the blade
can be dissociated from the footplates either by an arrangement of screws and nuts or
rivets or by other methods I fasten the blade immovably to the footplates, so that
dissociation of one part of the skate from another is impossible thereby dispensing
with movable joints which are apt to work loose, and thereby facilitating the use of
the skate and I effect this in the following manner :-
Having made the footplates of cast iron cast steel or brass I unite the blade firmly
to the footplates by means of a process of brazing so that when cool the blade and
the footplates form in conjunction practically one solid piece of metal.
(3) Instead of making the blade of any configuration and dimensions and with side
surfaces at acute angles with the under or running surface as usually done I
make the blade of the exact configuration and dimensions shewn in the drawing
and by means of which dimensions I obtain a blade the running surface of which is
at obtuse angles with the two side surfaces and by means of which configuration
dimensions and angles I have by experiment discovered that the use of the skate is
best facilitated. I make the blade 3 inch wide upon the running surface throughout
the entire length of the blade and at a level 3 inch higher than the level of the
running surface I make the blade inch wide throughout the entire length of the
blade.
Between these two levels the blade is ground with flat side surfaces at obtuse angles
with the running surface.
Above the second of these two levels the blade is reduced in thickness so as to
give it lightness.

page_text: The accompanying drawings represent an elevation plan and section of a skate
constructed according to my invention.
The plan shows a view of the footplates from above and it is to their formation as
shewn in the drawing that section (1) of my invention applies According to this
formation the front footplate has a large perforation so as to increase the lightness
of the skate without diminishing the size of the footplate.
The elevation shews a side view of the blade and footplates and it is to the method
of uniting the blade to the footplates as shown in the drawing that section (2) of my
invention applies.
According to this method the blade and footplates are shewn to be practically of
one solid piece of metal there being no screws bolts or rivets or other movable
joints.
The section shows a vertical section through the skate and it is to the configuration
and dimensions of the blade and to the angle between its running surface and side
surfaces as shown in the drawing that section (3) of my invention applies The width
of the blade on the running surface is shewn in the section to be inch and at a
level inch higher than the level of the running surface the width of the blade is
shewn to be inch and it is shown that the sides of the skate blade are ground with
flat surfaces between these two levels in such a manner that the sides of the blade
form obtuse angles with the running surface.
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. The construction of skate foot plates with perforations substantially as and for
the purposes herein set forth.
2. The construction of a skate having the blade and footplates immovably united
by means of a process of brazing and without joints which can work loose substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
3. The construction of a skate blade having obtuse angled edges of certain
configuration and dimensions substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth.
Dated this 29th day of August 1888.