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SKATES.

No. 65,685. Patented June 11', I1.867

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'110.' MOORE, OF. SPRINGFIIlLl),l MASSAGHUSETTSASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF t AND CHARLES ROBINSON, OF-THE SAMEPLACFA Lettere .Patent No. 65,685, dated JuneA 11, 1867'.

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To ALL WHoM ir MAY ooNcERN:

Be it known that I,H. C. MOORE, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Skate; and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making partof ,this spcification- Figure 1 being a top -.view ofthe skate.

Figure 2,4 a. bottom view thereof.

Figure 3, a side view of the same.

Like letters designa-te corresponding-parts in all of the figures.

The toe-plate A and heel-plate D of the skate are separate, and at some* distance from each other, andthcy are respectively attached to the two ends ofthe runner B. The runner is more or less elastic, and thus it is allowed to bendor yield in the middle, giving elasticity and separate movement to the toes and heel of the foot. The toe-clamps C C have anchesc c, which extend transversely under the ioe-plnte A, and are guided and limited in movement byslots 'it' in the ilanches c c, and-studs or screws Z b passing through saidslots into the toe-plate, substantially as represented. The clamps are adjusted out and in to, suit the size of the boot orI shoe, by means of hook or saw-teeth notches' ZZ, in the adjacent edges of tiie fiariche's c c, hooking into each other as represented, and holding one another in place. A thumb-screw, s, fig. 3, passing upthrough the supporting part a of the runner, by the side of one ofthe anches c c, keeps the teeth intcrlockcd. When the teeth are to be changed to adjust the clamps, the screw is turned out till the anches are free to separate. Then when they are intermatehed again in the'ldesired position,.thc screw s is again turned in, and locks them together; The other edge ofthe two lapping fianches abuts against the sideof'ihe notch or mortise of the runner in which they slide. This adjustment of'the toelclamps can be done at home,'befo'e going on the ice, and, once adjusted to a pair ofl boots or shoes, need not be changed -till they arcrequired to be adjusted to other' b'oots or shoes. The skate is fastened tothe boot or shoe at the heel, there being a heel-clamp E at the rear end of the skate to. fit the rear end of the boot or shoe heel. This heel-clamp isadjusted forward or back- 4ward, to suit the length of boot or shoe, by means of hook-teeth ff on the edges of its flanche, tting into corresponding notches in the heel-plate I), substantially as shown. The adjustment is effected by raising the Hauch e above the heel-plate, and shifting the teeth and notches as desired. The Hauch is secured in place by v a screwLbolt, g, which passes down through a longitudinal slot therein, and through a hole in the heel-plate and. upperpart of the runner. Itis held in place by a nut, t, screwing upon it below the said heelplate and part o f the'runner. Toallow the iianch of the heel-clamp to be raised, for shifting positions, the nut tis unscrewed till the shifting can be cti'ected, and then it is tightened again on the screw.- The skate is fastened to the heel of the boot or shoe by means of a cani or eccentric, G, located just in front of the boot or shoe heel', and turning'in bearings d which project upward from the heel-plate D. This eccentric has a handle, p, attached .to it, by which to workit, and preferably has cross-notches, or equivalent roughened surfacem, .on the bearing side, to Aenable it to hold more securely. To fasten the skate, thc handle-p is turned up toward the position-shown by red lines in g. 3, far enough to allow the heel of the boot or shoe to be inserted between the cam G andheelfclamp E. The handlep leihen-turned toward the position shown by black lines in fig. 3,

l thereby causing the eccentric to wedge itself against the boot or shoe heel till it holdsthe skate 'withvsuiiicient force and security. Any tendency of the boot or shoe heel tro work out only causes the eccentric to wedge more tightly. When the skate is to be taken off, the handle p is raised again, and the skate is at once released. This means of attaching the skate is simple, secure, and firm; and yet is very convenient, and' leaves the foot free and uncramped in the. hoot or shoe.

What I claim ns my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hook-notches l l, in the adjacent edges of the hanches of the'toe-clamps, incornbination with the thumbi Screw s, which holds the ila-aches together, substantially us and for the purpose' specified.

I also claim the combination of the-l1ooknotchesff, in the edges of the anch of the heel-clamp, the corresponding notched opening in the heel-plate D, the bolt grandnut l, substantially as and for vthe purpose herein specified. j

I also claim the notched eccentric with its handle p, turning up and down under the foot, and arranged so that it tightens moro securelyas' the heel tends lto work outhsubstantiallly herein specied.

I The above specication of my improved skate signed by me this fifteenth day of February, ,1867.

I H. C.- MOORE.

Witnesses:

H. W. Boswonrs, A. M. (Bouman

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