Improvements in or connected with Skates, and the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Skates, and the Manufacture of
the same.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM ELLIOTT of Meersbrook Park Road, Heeley Sheffield,
in the County of York Mining and Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Hitherto skates have been constructed with a steel blade attached to a wooden
clog or metallic sole piece and secured with brackets attached to support the foot.
This invention relates to the manner of forming the blade and sole piece, or the
blade and brackets of a skate, of one solid piece of steel, or combination of steel,
iron, or other suitable metal, and also of suitable means of supporting and securing
the skate to the foot.
In useing one solid piece of metal for this purpose I use a section having a
suitably thick edge, and at an approved distance from the said thick edge it is
divided into two thinner parts which are shaped to suit the various configurations
required, and afterwards opened out to form the sole piece or plate, the thick edge
forming the bottom of the blade which comes in contact with the ice.
Instead of one solid piece of metal being used for this purpose, two pieces of
suitable section may be formed so that when they are joined together they answer
the same purpose as the foregoing.
Where found advantageous to do so, an additional piece of steel, iron, or other
metal can be inserted between the two pieces before described and either welded
together or secured by other means.
When two pieces of metal are used instead of one, they are shaped as before
mentioned, and formed right and left hand, or in pairs, the right and left hand
pieces when joined together by suitable means forming a skate similar to that when
a solid piece of metal is used.
One mode of securing the skate to the boot of the wearer, is by closing towards
each other, by screws or other means, the divided parts forming the sole piece or
brackets, so as to clip or clasp the sole and heel of the boot. Another method of
securing the skate to the boot, is by means of a combination of levers, a screw or
cam, attached to the sole piece or brackets, arranged to clasp the sole and heel of
the boot. Straps or laces may also be used for securing the same.
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G. W. ELLIOTT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Skates, and the Manufacture of
the same.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM ELLIOTT, of Meersbrook Park Road, Heeley, Sheffield,
in the County of York, Mining and Mechanical Engineer 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 :—
Hitherto skates have been constructed with a steel or iron, (or combination of
both) blade, attached and secured to a wooden clog, or metallic sole piece, by
brackets, screws or their equivalents, to support the foot.
This invention relates to the manner of forming or constructing the blade and
sole piece, with its brackets, or connections, of a skate, of one piece, of steel, iron,
or other suitable material, or a combination of such, and also of improved methods
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page_text: of attaching, securing and supporting the said skate blade, together with its sole
piece, to the foot.
To illustrate the principle of my invention, this Specification is accompanied by
two sheets of drawings in which same letters of reference apply to, and indicate
similar parts or details.
By referring to the same it will be seen that in using one piece of metal for the
above purpose, I use a section of material, having a suitably thick edge, and at an
approved distance from the said thick edge, the material is divided into two thinner
parts, which are shaped to suit the configurations required, and afterwards
opened out to form the sole piece or plate, the thick edge forming the bottom of
the blade which comes in contact with the ice, as shewn by Figure 18, Sheet 2.
The dotted lines shewn on the same illustration indicate one of the methods I
adopt in forming the section of material to be used in constructing my improved
skate blade. In some cases it might be found advantageous to use a section of
material, in two pieces, that when they are joined together by suitable means, they
assume the same sectional configuration as the foregoing. In forming a blade thus
an additional piece of steel, iron, or other material may be, if desired, inserted, and
secured in position, between the beforementioned two pieces, by screws, rivets,
brazing or welding together.
In describing Figures 1 and 2 Sheet 1, and which illustrate a side view and plan,
respectively, of my iniproved skate, the letter A indicates the blade, having the
thick bottom edge B, and the two thinner portions C, which constitute, when bent
to the requisite shape the sole piece D, and the supports for toe E, together with
the heel brackets G, to which is attached the heel plate F, a portion H, of the
bracket G is turned up to form a clip or clips, to grip the front of boot heel.
The heel plate F, is also made with similar clips H, to secure, when screwed up,
the skate to boot heel. The heel plate F is made to slide horizontally upon, and is
attached to, the brackets G, and is actuated by means of a screw J, passing through
a portion of the same F¹, and attached or connected by nut J', to levers K, having
side clips K', or similar approved contrivance, to attach the same to sole of boot,
when desired, a piece of steel or other material L may be placed across the sole
piece D, connecting the same together. The screw J may be turned by a thumb-
screw M, or a screw key, and secured in any requisite position by a spring or
catch N, which may be placed and fixed under the heel plate F, and between the
brackets G.
Figures 3, 4 and 5, Sheet 1, are end
arrangement.
views two in section, of the foregoing.
Figures 6 and 7, Sheet 1, shew a method of attaching the sole piece to boot by
utilizing the spring or elasticity of the parts C, forming the sole piece D. In
adopting this method the levers K are dispensed with, the detachable side clips K¹
being, provided on the lower side with lugs O, and O', through which is passed a
screw J2, for the purpose of tightening up the clips K', these clips are provided
with tongues P, which go over and clip under the edge of sole piece D, or which
may be passed through the openings P₁, in sole piece, thus affording a further
adjustment when required.
Figures 8 and 9, Sheet 1, shew a modification of the foregoing, by which a
portion of the sole piece D, is turned up to form the side clips K', thus obviating
the use of separate and detachable side clips. Bosses or sockets Q and Qof
suitable material and shape, are passed through the webs C, and a screw J2,
passing through the same enables the skate to be secured firmly in position on
boot.
Figures 10 and 11, Sheet 2, illustrate an elevation and plan of a skate with my
improved blade A, having the sole piece D, secured to the boot by straps or similar
means passing through the openings D', or if desired secured by any other approved
means to sole piece D. The heel portion G is provided with a sliding heel plate F,
.having clips H and turned down portion or lug F1, through which may be passed
the screw J, actuated by thumbscrew M, and working in the nut J', which said

page_text: nut is held in position by being passed into slots R, formed in the two webs or
thinner portions C, of the blade A, forming heel portion G. A spring or catch N,
may be provided, or any other approved appliance used, to secure and hold thumb
screw M in position.
Figures 12 and 13, Sheet 2, are cross sections through the sole piece D, and heel
portion G respectively, shewing the nut J', projecting through the webs C.
Figures 14 and 15, Sheet 2, shew a modification of the before described mode of
attaching skate to heel of boot. By this method the clips H', securing the back
of heel, are fixed and formed out of, and are part of the webs C of skate. The
forward or front clips H, are attached to, and form part of the heel plate F, to
which is also secured the nut J', the whole being worked forward or backward by
the screw J, and thumbscrew M.
Figures 16 and 17, Sheet 2, are modifications in the manner of securing the sole
piece D to boot, a portion of the thinner webs being turned up to form the side
clips K', which are tightened, or closed by the cross sole pieces D2, having lips P,
and provided with the necessary screw J2 passing through lng O, into lug 0¹.
I do not confine myself to the configurations or designs of skates shewn, as my
improvement will adapt itself to almost any other desired shape, but the illustrations
will clearly shew the principle of my invention and the methods I preferably adopt
in applying the same.
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
1st. The use of skates having blades, and sole pieces, or both combined, con-
structed or formed out of one piece of material, and bent by approved means to
any suitable configuration, substantially as shewn and illustrated on drawings and
herein described.
2nd. The use of skates having blades, and sole piece, or both combined, con-
structed or formed, of and by, two pieces of material, or having an additional piece
inserted between the two pieces beforementioned, and formed to any required shape,
as shewn generally on drawings and herein described.
3rd. The use and manufacture of my improved skate blade, as herein described,
in combination with levers, clips, and adjustable attachments as illustrated by
Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 1.
4th. The use and manufacture of arrangements for securing skate to boot heel,
having an adjustable heel plate F, and constructed substantially as illustrated by
Figures 1 and 2 Sheet 1, and Figures 10, 11, 14 and 15 Sheet 2, and herein
described.
5th. The use and manufacture of the various adjustable arrangements shewn and
herein described, for the purpose of securing the skate to sole of boot, in combi-
nation with my improved blade substantially as shewn and described herein.
6th. The use and manufacture of any of the separate and various arrangements,
or portions of the said arrangements, in combination with or without, the improved
skate blade as generally shewn and illustrated on accompanying two sheets of
drawings and described herein.
Dated this 30th day of September 1893
G. W. ELLIOTT.