Clamp for holding ice skate while grinding blade
OwnerHomer A. Zwickerinventor
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Abstract
A clamp for holding an ice skate while grinding the edge of the ice skate blade slides on a surface parallel to the plane of a grinding wheel for grinding the edge of the blade, the clamp holding the skate blade parallel to the plane of the grinding wheel, even with the edge of the wheel, so that the edge of the blade can be brought to bear on the edge of the grinding wheel along the length of the blade by sliding the clamp about on the surface; and so long as the clamp is against the surface, the edge of the blade is aligned with the edge of the grinding wheel.
Claims8
A clamp for holding an ice skate by the skate blade while grinding the edge of the blade comrising,
- a base,
- first and second jaws, each pivotally attached to the base,
- means attached to the base for providing a pivot axle for both of said jaws, pivotally connecting the jaws together in spaced relationship to said base,
- opposed gripping ends of the jaws on one side of said pivot axle for holding the ice skate blade securely therebetween, with the plane of the blade substantially parallel to the base,
- a yoke attached to the base at each end of the pivot axle,
- a disc eccentrically connected at each end of the pivot axle, the discs each being rotatably held by one of the yokes, rotatable on a common disc axis parallel to the axis of the axle,
- means for locking said discs in position in said yokes and
- means at the other side of said pivot axle for pivoting said jaws in opposite directions with respect to the base,
- whereby the gripping ends of the jaws close and grip the ice skate blade therebetween in readiness for grinding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.