Fashioned Ice-Skate 



by that part of the runner which be- 

 comes active. The in\entor beUeves 

 that a steady forward movement is nev- 

 er given during a single stroke of the 

 skate. A glance at Fig. 3 shows this. 



Another German invention is the com- 

 bined ice and roller skate illustrated in 

 Fig. 4. The inventor has attempted to 

 reduce the friction common to roller 

 skates by employing balls or spheres, in- 

 stead of wheels. These are attached to 

 the skate by means of bolts, which may 

 be removed to adjust the ice blade. 



A skate which may be used with equal 

 facility on ice or snow is shown in Fig. 

 5. Runners are secured to each side of 

 the blade by means of a bolt, which per- 

 mits of the runners being lowered flush 

 with the blade when it is desired to trav- 

 el over snow through which the single 

 blade would sink. This skate has the 

 advantage of being equipped with clamps 

 which will permit the skate being se- 

 cured to any type shoe. 



An ingenious invention patented sev- 

 eral years ago is an ice skate which has 

 two rollers mounted on each side of the 

 blade. These are so affixed that when 

 it is desired to skate upon the ice, the 

 rollers are fastened out of the way of the 

 blade, and are ready at any moment to 

 be swung down so that they will lift 

 the ice blade from the ground (Fig. 6). 



Another combination ice and roller 

 skate is illustrated in Fig. 7. This skate 

 is unusual in having five rollers attached 

 to the blades when the skate is to be 

 used away from the ice. The ice blade 

 is made in two parts, and the rollers are 

 held between the sections by means of a 

 bolt, which is also used to draw the 

 blades tightly together when the skate is 

 to be used on the ice. Both sections of 

 the blade are slightly beveled, and when 

 drawn together, form a "hollow ground" 

 blade, which is said to be very desirable. 



Roller or ice skates which may be 

 equipped with brakes is the subject of 

 the patent shown in Fig. 8. Braces are 

 projected from each side of the skate 

 and fastened to a leather band which is 

 adjusted to fit the limbs. By means of a 

 ratchet, the brakes are operated bv 

 swinging the braces forward or back. 



An ice-skate which can also be 

 used as a roller skate 



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