Improvements in Skates.
Year: 1889

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Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890
COM
TION.
Improvements in Skates.
I. GEDEON VON ROHONOZY, of No. 20 Sandor Gasse, in the City of Budapesth, in
the Kingdom of Hungary and Austro-Hungarian Empire, Member of Parliament,
do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 improvements in skates, the object of the same being
to simplify the attachment to the boot or shoe, render the same easy to adjust and
make its connection with the boot or shoe of the skater firm, immovable and
perfectly safe.
The skates hitherto known possess without exception the disadvantage that the
attachment can become loose during use and thus endanger the safety of the skater
while skating, for the reason that when the attachment gets loosened, it will not hold
the boot or shoe with sufficient firmness, and, on the other hand, the attachments now
in use make the skate too heavy.
The main feature of my improved construction of skate, as represented in the
accompanying drawings, is that the sole and heel mechanism of the skate enter
the sole and heel of the boot or shoe, so as to be immovably attached to the
same.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved skate
attached to a boot, the upper part of which is broken away,
Figure 2 is a plan or lower view of the skate attached to a boot at the heel and
showing the eye plate fixed in the sole.
Figure 3 represents the eye plates for the heel and sole.
Figure 4 is a top view of the studs or heads for fixing the skate to the eye plates
(Fig. 3).
Figure 5 is a vertical section of Figure 4, and, Figure 6 a vertical section on the
line in Figure 4 with the eye plates attached to the boot or shoe.
The heel and also the sole of the boot or shoe are provided with a circular cavity
or recess a for receiving the metallic eye plates b, c, which are screwed, nailed
or rivetted to the sole and heel. The raised parts of the rail d beneath the sole
and heel are provided with saddle like castings e, e¹, rivetted or otherwise fixed
to the rail d, said castings ending in screws carrying stems g
with horizontal
heads g, g.
The direction of these heads g', g', when the skate is fixed to the boot or shoo, is
as follows:-the head g¹ in the heel stands at a right angle to the rail d, whilst the
head in the eye plate 6 is parallel to the said rail d. On the screw is a fly nut h.
The application of the skate to the boot or shoe is effected by placing the skate in
the position shown in Figure 2, the head g¹ being inserted in the slot-like opening c¹
of the metallic eye plate c into the cavity or recess a in the heel, and the skate then
turned towards the sole until the head 9 passes through the opening of the
metallic eye plate b into the cavity a in the sole, and then into the smaller part of
the opening and lastly to the rear.
The fly nuts under the sole and heel are now screwed up tight so that the skate
is so securely fixed to the boot or shoe that even the slightest movement is pre-
cluded, whilst the construction on the other hand prevents the skate from becoming
loose.
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. My improved skate, characterised by the saddle pieces e, e¹, attached to the back

page_text: of the rail d, and each being provided with a screw f, stem 9, and head g² or g³,
which are inserted through the metallic eye plates b, c, into the cavities a in
the heel and sole and by the fly nuts for securely attaching the skate to the boot
or shoe, substantially in the manner set forth and shown.
2. The construction of my improved skate, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth in the foregoing specification, and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
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Desemba 1980
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.