IMPROVE- MENTS IN ROLLER SKATES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Cutlan, of No. 6, Southey Street, Roath, Car-
diff, in the County of Glamorgan, Architect, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ROLLER SKATES."
aled the 5th December 1876, and dated the 8th June 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Cutlan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the Sth June 1876.
FREDERICK CUTLAN, of No. 6, Southey Street, Roath, Cardiff, in the County of
Clamorgan, Architect. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLER SKATES."
This Invention relates to an improvement in the block or footstand of the skate,
also in the rollers, whereby the skate is made to move in perfect harmony with the
foot without tilting of the block or footstand, therefore adding to the safety of the
skater, and thus enabling the skater to perform evolutions with perfect case, the
both skates remaining on the floor at the same time. The block or footstand which
is prepared of wood is shaped to form the hanger for the axle for the front rollers.
The axle is fixed at right angles with the block or footstand to receive the rollers,
one roller on each side of the foot.
The action under the heel is as follows:-A plate of iron, brass, or some other
suitable material is fixed to the under side of the block or footstand, and a stout
iron pin is fixed perpendicular in this plate to receive the hanger. The hanger is
prepared to receive three rollers, one large and two smaller ones.
brass or some other suitable material and revolves around the perpendicular pin,
The hanger is of
the small rollers, which are of iron, are inserted in the upper part of the hanger and
run against the under side of the plate. The large roller, which is of wood, is the
lower one and bears on the floor level with the two front rollers; a ball may
be substituted for the revolving hanger and roller.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Cutlan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the Sth December
1870.
FREDERICK CUTLAN, of 6, Southey Street, Roath, Cardiff, in the County of
Glamorgan, Architect. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLER SKATES."
The Invention relates to an improved form or construction of the block or foot-
stand of the skate, and in the arrangement and mode of attachment of the rollers.
[Price 4d.]

page_text: By these improvements the skate is made to move in perfect harmony without the
tilting of the block or footstand, thus enabling the skater with perfect ease and
safety to perform evolutions, both the feet remaining on the floor at the same time.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, of
which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate constructed according to this Invention ;
Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section through same; Figure 3, a plan; and
Figure 2a, an end view of the roller attachment at the heel end of the skate.
A is the block or footstand which is made of wood and is shaped to form the
hanger or bracket for holding the axle B of the front rollers b, b; the axle B is
fixed at right angles with the block or footstand A to receive the rollers b, b, one on
each side of the foot. The rollers may be of wood.
The action or arrangement of parts under the heel is as follows:-C is a plate of
iron, brass, or other suitable material, this plate is fixed to the under side of the
block A; a stout iron or steel pin c is fixed perpendicularly and in or about the
centre of the heel, this pin c forins the fulcrum for the hanger D, which is provided
with friction rollers or castors d, by preference of iron, that take their bearing
against the under side of the plate C. The hanger D is preferably made of brass
and can revolve around the fulcrum pin d. E, E, are loop springs or it might be
spiral springs one on each side passing from pegs g on the hanger D to staples h on
the footstand A for limiting the play or revolving each way. The hanger D carries
the axle f for the roller F, which by preference is made of wood; the axle may, as
here shown, work in a slot to give a certain amount of play end ways, but I find
that it may also be made a fixture. Instead of the arrangement here shown at the
heel end of the skate a ball castor to turn in a socket may be substituted.
And having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of this Invention,
I declare that I claim-
1. The formation of the wooden footstand A for roller skates, substantially as set
forth.
2. The construction and arrangement of the parts under the heel of a roller skate,
substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Cutlan, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-six.
FREDERICK CUTLAN. (LS)