IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING ROLLER SKATES AND MECHANISM EMPLOYED THEREFOR AND THE APPLICATION OF SPIRAL OR RUBBER SPRINGS TO SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: We EDWIN CHARLES, URRY of 17 Jackson Road Holloway in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and GEORGE WILLIAM RAYNER, of 17 Jackson Road Holloway
in the County of Middlesex Compositor, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING ROLLER SKATES AND MECHANISM
EMPLOYED THEREFOR AND THE APPLICATION OF SPIRAL OR RUBBER SPRINGS TO
SAME to be as follows:
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Our Invention consists in so arrangeing suitable mechanisin so as to ensure the
perfect self-lubrication of roller skate axles while in use, by which means the
skates may be used any length of time for racing or other purposes without heating
the wheels or axles in extreme distances, thereby ensuring ease and speed in
running also preventing the wear and tear caused by the amount of friction
produced in the ordinary construction of roller skates. The improved arrangement
of mechanism may be thus described.
We mount on the foot-board at suitable angles for the moving of the axles in
either direction required for turning curves when in use, a steady-centre and an
oscillating arm between which is swung the axle and wheels, the centre of this
piece being designed so as to form a box or reservior which reservior is of such
dimensions sufficient to carry various quantities of oil or grease to lubricate the
axles for any desired time, and when in use the quantity necessary for lubricating
each axle only passes the oil or grease being delivered by small tubes holes or the
like from the said reservior to the axles.
We also provide hollow wheels bushed with suitable hard metal drilled at equal
distances round the axle which when revolving takes up any overcharge of oil or
grease into the annular space in the wheel and serves as a second reservior should
the first run dry or had been neglected to have been charged previous to starting,
Between the footboard and top of the said reservior is placed a rubber, spiral,
or other suitable spring so as to give a soft tread and also to keep the moving
parts firm in any angle during their movement,
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We, EDWIN CHARLES URRY of 17 Jackson Road Holloway in the County of
Middlesex Engineer and GEORGE WILLIAM RAYNER of 17 Jackson Road Holloway
in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Compositor do hereby declare the nature of
our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING ROLLER-SKATES AND MECHANISM
EMPLOYED THEREFOR AND THE APPLICATION OF SPIRAL OR RUBBER SPRINGS TO
SAME and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our Invention consists in so arranging suitable mechanism as to ensure the
perfect self lubrication of the axles of roller skates whilst in use, by which means
the skates may be used any length of time for racing or other purposes without
(the wheels and axles becoming heated in long distances, thereby ensuring ease, and
speed in running, and also preventing the wear and tear caused by the amount of
friction produced by the ordinary construction of roller skates. In the accom.
panying drawing Fig 1 is a side elevation of a Roller Skate provided with the
invention, Figure 2 is an end view thereof. In carrying our invention into
practice, we mount on the foot-board, a figs 1 & 2, at suitable angles for the moving
of the axles in either direction required for turning curves when the skate is in
use a steady centre b, and an oscillating arm b¹ figs 1 & 2 between which are
swung the axle and wheels and also the lubricator, 62 figs 1 & 2, which lubricator
varies in size according to the distance required to be travelled. When the skate
is in use the quantity of oil or grease necessary for lubricating each axle only passes,
the oil or grease being delivered by small tubes, holes, or the like from the
lubricator to the axles. We provide hollow wheels, c figs 1 & 2 bushed with
suitable hard metal and drilled at equal distances round their axle, which bushing
when the wheels are revolving takes up any overcharge of oil or grease into the
annular space, c¹ figs 1 & 2, in the wheel, and serves as a second lubricator should
the first mentioned lubricator run dry, or have been neglected to be charged
. previous to starting. Between the foot-board and top of said lubricator is placed
a rubber, spiral or other suitable spring so as to give a soft tread and also to
keep the axles always firm in any angle during their movement and to return them
immediately for travelling in a straight line. Upon the top of the lubricator is
placed a radial stop, d figs 1 & 2, for the purpose of regulating the radius for
turning the skate.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1 The construction of the lubricator 6' figs 1 & 2 combined with the action of

page_text: 2nd The radial stop, d figs 1 & 2 in connection with the lubricator 62 and
oscillating arm 6' substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
EDWIN CHARLES URRY.
GEO. WM. RAYNER.