Improvements in Skates.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE DEDUIT LUALIWA.
Improvements in Skates..
We, HINRICH MÜLLER, of 101 Vierländerstrasse, Merchant, and AUGUST
HERRMANN MÜLLER, of 10 Bergfelderstrasse, Mechanician, both in the City of
Hamburg and German Empire, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to attach skates to the foot in a simple and secure.
manner.
In order that this invention may be the better understood we now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a plan of the skate, seen from below.
Figure 2 is a section through xa, when the skate is opened for attachment.
Figure 3 is a section through when the skate is closed.
The skate consists of a foot plate a to which are attached two rods or arms c
pivotted at 6 and 6' and provided with rivets or pins e which pass through the foot
plate a. For the guidance of these rivets or pins e the foot plate a has slots 8,.
shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The arms or rods e end in cheeks 7, and they
are connected to each other by a plate d; and to a rod g by means of a screw f..
The back end of this rod g is formed as a rack. The front end of the rod 9 has.
several holes i to allow of the adjustment of the space between the two cheeks r.
The middle part of the rod has similar holes i to allow of the adjustment of the
attaching device or claw k for the heel of the boot or shoe. A screw f' engages in
these holes, by means of which the claw k for attachment to the heel can be:
adjusted.
The foot plate a is provided with two lugs m to which is pivotted a lever catch n
at o.
This lever n carries at one end a set screw while the other end ends in a tooth p..
The runner is pivotted at w to the lugs t. At its front it carries a toothed
locking bar g and at its back it is provided with a toothed segment or wheel v..
is a guide for the rod g.
If the skate is to be attached to the foot, the screws ƒ and ƒ¹ are inserted into.
the corresponding holes i and it of the rod g, which may be done at home.
The
runner is then turned around w until the tooth p of the lever n engages with a
tooth of the locking bar q; the weight of the body of the skater then presses the
foot plate a towards the runner z until the tooth p engages with the last tooth of
the locking bar q. By this rotation of the runner z around w, the rod g with the.
clamp and the arms c are pulled back and the skate is securely attached to the
foot. The lever n with the screw is designed firstly to prevent the incidental
disengagement of the tooth p from the locking bar q, and secondly to effect the
intentional disengagement of the tooth p from the locking bar
for the purpose
of detaching the skate, in a simple manner, by screwing the lever n against the
foot plate a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what.
we claim is
1st. A skate having a rod g with holes in which engage screws f, f¹, in order
to allow of the adjustment of the skate to the boot or shoe by the longitudinal.
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page_text: 2nd. In a skate as claimed in Claim 1, a runner z pivotted at w which carries at
its front end a toothed locking bar g and at its back end a toothed segment or
wheel v, which latter (at the closing of the runner and the foot plate a) moves the
rod g backwards and thus attaches the skate to the boot or shoe.
3rd. In a skate as claimed in Claim 1 a lever catch n pivotted at o on the foot
plate and provided with a tooth p and a set screw for the purpose of keeping the
runner z attached to the foot plate a, and to detach the skate from the shoe or boot
when desired by screwing down the lever catch n.,
Dated this 16th day of May 1894.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.