IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES
Year: 1875

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th March 1875.-A communication from abroad by Edmond
Dallemagne, of No. 64, Faubourg St. Martin, Paris, France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature.
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES," a communication
to me from abroad by Edmond Dallemagne, of No. 64, Faubourg
St. Martin, Paris, France, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improved means of securing the skate to the
foot without the use of outer accessories, such as straps.
The means employed are mechanical, invariable in their action,
without, any complication, and thoroughly ensure the proper fixing
of the skate.
.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation
;

page_text: of a skate embodying this Invention; Figure 2, a bottom plan view of
same; and Figure 3, a sectional elevation thereof.
The iron or blade A of the skate is fixed to the heel piece B by the
tenon a; this blade is bont back to form an abutment or stop to the
heel of the boot, a small projecting pin f keeping the heel fixed therein.
The plate B upon which the heel rests is joined to the blade by the
tenon a, and its opposite end rests upon a shoulder c in the blade.
A sole plate C placed on the fore part of the blade is fixed to it by means
of the tenon c¹ and a notch into which it enters at d.
The mode of fixing the boot on this skate is as follows:-
For tho heel, a catch D sliding in a groove e formed in the plate B
is actuated by the screw E. This screw, which is colleted at both ends,
can in turning only advance and retire the catch D, which may thus
be made to press the heel firmly against the abutment of the blade,
this pressure causing the pin f to enter the leather of the heel and
properly secure it.
For the sole two arrangements are adopted; the first consists in
gripping the sole in its breadth, and the second in gripping it in its
thickness.
First Method. To grip the sole in its breadth two catches G, H, aro
moved laterally, that is to say, are made to recede from or approach
each other. This movement is obtained by the aid of a screw I with
two threads in opposite directions, a central groove or gutter keeping the
screw always in the same position.
Second Method. The arrangement adopted for gripping the sole in
its thickness is this:-The jaws G, H, have two catches 1 and 2, which
come between the sole and the upper, and if by any means these catches
are made to lower the sole of the boot supported on the sole plate C will
be pressed thereon by these catches. This result may be obtained by
making the plate L carrying the catches moveable, and causing it
operated by the screw M. to lower, pivoting on the pin e. The screw M
is set between the sole plate C and the blade of the skate, so that its
rotation actuates the plate L. A groove in the blade of the skate
permits the screw I to follow the movement of the catches while secured
in the centre.

page_text: The fitting on of the skate is very simple, a single key serves to work
the two screws E and I, as explained, that is to say, that the heel is held
by the catch D, that the sole is first laterally gripped by the two
jaws G, H, actuated by the screw I, and that the sole is then firmly
5 pressed by the aid of the screw M.