IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Rogers, of Wolverhampton, in the County
of Stafford, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES."-
A communication from abroad by John Forbes, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
Sealed the 14th March 1865, and dated the 20th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Rogers at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th September 1864.
I, HENRY ROGERS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SKATES," to be as follows, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
(Figure 1) is a top view, (Figure 2) a bottom view, and (Figure 3) a
side elevation of one of the improved skates. The same letters refer to like
parts in all the Figures.
(A) is the runner of the skate, which is fitted with a joint to the heel
rest (B); (C) is a steel spring connected to the runner at one end by a
screw, which allows the runner to be drawn out in the direction of the dotted
lines (Figure 3); (D) is a sliding plate, to which the other end of the spring
(C) is attached, and which receives motion endwise in connection with the
motion of the runner (A); it has in it two slotted holes (E, E,) Figure 2);

page_text: it has also a projection or standard depending from it marked (F) on the
Drawing (Figure 3). This standard is split up a portion of its depth, so as
to receive and bestride the runner (A). The standard (F) it will be seen has
a latch shape in front, which affords a stop for the spring (C); the said spring
being made with two slotted holes, seen in (Figure 1), admitting sufficient
motion endways for the spring to adjust-itself above the latch. (H, H,) are
two steel strips having two pins or studs rivetted to them working in the slots
-(E)-before-mentioned,-and-hinged-to-the-heel-rest (B), so-as-to-admit-of
their being moved by the said slots a short distance in the direction of their
width; (J, J,) are two steel clips for the purpose of grasping the sole of the
boot, and are shown as having teeth in them to enter the leather; they are
secured to the strips (H) by screws, and are capable of adjustment laterally
by the slotted holes in the strips (H), so as to fit various sizes of boots, or to
place the skate in the desired position on the foot. The sliding plate (D) is
made bevelling on the edge at the back end, and is held in its place upon the
heel rest (B) by a piece marked (K), which is bevilled on its inner edge to
correspond with the sliding plate (D). It is also turned up at the front end, so
as to form a stop for the heel of the boot. (L) is a steel ribbon spring for the
purpose of more easily adjusting the heel of the boot in the centre of the
skate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed-
by the said Henry Rogers in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
ROGERS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Merchant, send
greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of September, in the year, of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Rogers, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Rogers, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Rogers, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel

page_text: Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SKATES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Rogers, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after.
the date of the said Letters: Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Rogers, do hereby declare:
the nature of the said. Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
.statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
Figure 1 is a top view, Figure 2 a bottom view, and Figure 3 a side eleva-
tion of one of the improved skates. The same letters refer to like parts in all
the Figures.
A is the runner of the skate, which is fitted with a joint to the heel' rest
(B); (C) is a steel spring connected to the runner at one end by a screw,
which allows the runner to be drawn out in the direction of the dotted lines,
Figure 3; (D) is a sliding plate, to which the other end of the spring (C) is
attached, and which recives motion endwise in connection with the motion of
the runner (A); it has in it two slotted holes (E, E,) Figure 2; it has also
a projection or standard depending from it marked (F) in the Drawing,
(Figure 3). This standard is split up a portion of its depth, so as to receive
and bestride the runner (A). The standard (F) it will be seen has a latch
shape in front, which affords a stop for the spring (G); the said spring being
made with two slotted holes, seen in Figure 1, admitting sufficient motion end-
ways for the spring to adjust itself above the latch. (H, H,) are two steel strips,
having two pins or studs rivetted to them, working in the slots (E) before
mentioned, and hinged to the heel rest (B), so as to admit of their being
moved by the said slots a short distance in the direction of their width;
(J, J,) are two steel clips for the purpose of grasping the sole of the boot, and
are shown as having teeth in them to enter the leather; they are secured to
the strips (H) by screws, and are capable of adjustment laterally by the
slotted holes in the strips (H), so as to fit various sizes of boots or to place
the skate in the desired position on the foot. The sliding part (D) is made
bevelling on the edge at the back end, and is held in its place upon the heel
rest (B) by a piece marked (K), which is bevilled on its inner edge to cor-
respond with the sliding plate (D); it is also turned up at the front end, so
as to form a stop for the heel of the boot. (L) is a steel ribbon spring for

page_text: the purpose of more easily adjusting the heel of the boot in the centre of the
skate!
:
. Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be applied, I.claim; without limiting myself to these precise
details, hinging the runner to the foot rest or body of skate, so as to form a
lever, which by the aid of a spring (C) or other equivalent device imparts a
motion to the sliding plate (D), which in turn by the aid of diagonal slots
and pins draws together the clips on the sole and beel of the boot simul-
taneously, thereby forming a complete and efficient mode for securing the
skate to the boot in a very expeditious manner, and also being so arranged as
-to-fit-boots-of-various sizes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Rogers, have hereunto set my
hand- and 'seal; this Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
תזוזד
CARRA
HENRY (L.S.) ROGERS.