Year: 1895

page_text: EDWARD ARNOLD RADCLIFFE of 109 Colmore Row in the City of
Birmingham, Architect and Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved method of attaching and adjusting
skates to the feet.
It consists in placing above the blade of the skate attached to the toe end (by
preference) thereof, a bar wormed with a screw thread projecting toward the heel
of the skate. Over this bar slides a ring or loop to which strips of fla metal are
pivotted at one of their ends their other ends being pivotted to two other strips of
metal which cross one another and are pivotted together at that point, their other
ends being also pivotted to short strips which are pivotted together at the heel of
the blade.
This arrangement enables the strips of metal to work on their pivots with a
"lazy tongs" action. A strip of metal lies above the blade of the skate from heel
to toe, the before mentioned pivot at the heel being fixed thereto the pivot at the
crossing of the strips passes through a slot in this longitudinal strip, the before
named ring or loop which is passed over the bar at the toe end of the skate also
being connected to this longitudinal strip through a slot therein, in which it can
travel. Thus this centre slotted strip carries the strips which have the "lazy
tongs" action and leaves them free to move. At the points where the ends of the
strips are pivotted together clips are attached so that by placing a screw nut,
thumb screw or the like upon the bar or pin up to and against the ring or loop
turning the nuts onward will drive forward the ring and thus cause the pivotted
strips with the clips attached to move inwards and clip the foot of the wearer.
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Dated this 9th day of October 1895.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
EDWARD ARNOLD RADCLIFFE of 109 Colmore Row in the City of
Birmingham Architect and Surveyor 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:-
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures
marked thereon:
This invention has for its object an improved method of attaching and adjusting
skates to the feet.
The method adopted consists of forming the portion upon which the feet rest of a
number of thin strips of metal pivotted together and so arranged that the action of
a screw-bar will cause them to move so that clips fixed upou or in connection with
them will grip the boots and thus secure the skates to the feet of the wearer.
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page_text: Referring to the drawings in which similar letters of reference relate to similar
parts:
Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a skate.
Fig. 2 a plan of the same.
a, a is a thin metal plate (which may be of any desired outline) attachel to the
blade of the skate, c, d d, e, & are thin strips of metal held together by
rivets g, h, i,jj, & & but free to move laterally, are clips carried on the rivets
but free to turn on their centres so as to adapt themselves to the form of that portion of
the boot with which they come in contact as shewn at P.
The revit passes
through a slot in the plate a at m and the revit i passes through a slot in the plate a
at and these revits are free to slide in the respective slots, and the rivet & passe9
through the slot n in the portion al of the plate, this rivet is fixed to a basso vormel
with a female serew, through this boss passes the screw-bar carried on the
supports y 7. The turning of the screw-bar p by a key, screw nut, or ha idle z will
cause the bosso to travel in the slot », drawing each of the strips into a new
position. To fix the skates on the feet, place the hed clip against the heel of
the loot bring the next two clips to bear against the sides of the heel and the
other two clips on each site of the sole, then turn the screw-bar by the key r
until the clips are all drawn tightly against the boot and the skate this firmly fixed.
By this arrangement a skate may be readily adjusted to fit feet of a variety of
sizes and shapes. For instance the dotted lines ,,,, shows the position of
the strips (on their centre lines) if the boot were of such a shape as to leave to be
gripped at the points,
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Although I have described my invention as applied to shates for ice it will be
alvins that it can be also applied to roller skates and the like.
I do not wish to confine myself to the precise construction of adjusting screw p,
and boss o, as the adjusting of the position of the sliding out & or its equivalent may
be effected by various arrangements of screw action.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that winst I
claim is:
Skates constructed with strips of metal and clips pivotted together and working
in slots substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and describe 1.
Dated this day of August 1896.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.