Year: 1886

page_text: I, CHARLES LEONARD PEIRCE, residing at Number, 143, Farwell Avenue,
Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, in the United
States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I, CHARLES LEONARD PEIRCE, residing at Number, 143, Farwell Avenue,
Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, in the United
States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my 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, and will be fully described hereinafter.
In the drawings.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved skate.
Fig. 2, a sectional view taken on line, x-x, fig. 3.
Fig. 3, a transverse section on line, z-z, fig. 1.
Fig. 4, a detail sectional view of a modification taken on line, y, y, fig. 5.
Fig. 5, a vertical transverse section of fig. 4, and,―
Figures, 6, 7, 8, 9,-and, 10, detail views.
A, is the frame of my skate, which is hollow as shown in figures, 3, and, 5, to
receive a runner blade which is secured therein by bolts, a, and consists of two
plates, B, having flanges, b, about their edges.
C, C¹, are runner blocks, or blocks which form the runner; each of these blocks
have their side grooves, c, and the inner ends of the blocks are preferably beveled
so that they will readily round the curves of the flanges, b.
The blocks are placed between the plates, B, and the flanges of the latter enter
their grooves, c, while the two plates are clamped to a central core, D, by rivets, d,
then the runner blade is inserted between the sides of frame, A, and secured therein
by the bolts, a, two or more in number.
The blocks will now be clamped loosely by the plates and will be free to revolve
about the core, having for their bearings the flanges, b, of the plates, B.
Though the greater number of the blocks are made as shown at, C, for the
purpose of lubricating the parts, I make some of the blocks as shown at, C¹, that
is with an opening that extends from its inner face through more than half of the
block having a branch that extends out into both of the grooves, and this opening
is filled with an absorbent, C2, so that both sides will be lubricated.
These blocks are fed with the lubricant from an absorbent strip, F, that is
imbedded in, or secured to, the core, D, in such a position that the absorbent, C³,
will come in contact with it as the blocks revolve, and thus constantly supply the
waste, as the skate travels; the strip, F, being supplied at intervals with lubricating
fluid, through a port, f, shown in figure, 3.
Instead of a core, D, such as shown in figures, 2, and, 3, I may simply use
washers, D¹, to keep the blades or plates, B, apart, as shown in figures 4, and, 5,
and one or more of these may be covered with an absorbent, F¹, that takes the
place of the strip, F, in figure, 2, but fed like it through a port, f.

page_text: Still another device for lubricating is shown in figure, 9, wherein I use a solid
lubricant which consists of a plug, g, of a lubricating compound that is inserted
in the block before it is grooved and is grooved on its sides with it, so that it will
form a part of the bearing surface of the block, or I may make the blocks of a
composition of which a lubricant is a component part. I prefer to make my
blocks, C, C, of what is known as vulcanized fibre, but may make them of any
other substance that may be suitable.
G, G', are washers that are solidly riveted between the sides of the frame at the
heel and toe, and washer, G¹, serving as a brake when the heel is depressed, and, G,
serving as a pivot for fancy movements.
The runner proper which consists of the blades, B, enclosing the case of washers
and the blocks, is as before stated, bound together by the rivets, d, and is an
entirety, and may be removed bodily, after the bolts, a, are withdrawn, leaving a
frame into which an ice runner such as shown in figure, 10, may be inserted, (and
secured by the two end bolts, a, only, in order to obtain flexibility in the center of
the blade,) but any desired style of blade may be used, therefore I propose to
accompany my skate with several, and thus I can furnish the market both a
summer and winter skate, the latter with a number of blades having a variety of
curves for greater facility in fancy skating."
It is not desirable for the blocks in my skate to slide sideways on the floor, but
instead they should take hold of, and adhere to the skating surface while in
contact, and hence I propose to slightly roughen their outer surfaces either by a
coating of emery or in any other desirable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,―
1. In a skate, a runner, composed of a series of independent non-rotating, sliding
blocks, in combination with a way or ways for supporting the blocks, and forming
bearings for them, substantially as set forth.
2. In a skate, a runner blade, consisting of two flanged plates, in combination
with the non-rotating, sliding runner blocks, supported by and between said plates,
as set forth.
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3. The combination with a skate frame, of a runner blade non-rotating and
sliding runner blocks, adapted to travel on said runner blade, substantially as set
forth.
4. In a skate, a runner consisting of a series of independent blocks, in com-
bination with a block or blocks forming members of the series, and having capillary
cores in combination with a lubricating reservoir, also supported by the runner
blade, as set forth.
5. As a new article of manufacture, a runner block containing a lubricating core,
substantially as set forth.
6. For use in skates a runner blade, consisting of flanged side blades, in com-
bination with non-rotating, sliding runner blocks, clamped loosely between the
blades, and bolts binding the parts together, as set forth.
7. A skate, having an endless runner, having sliding contact with the body of
the skate, and an immediate bearing on the floor."
Dated this 17th day of May 1886.