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	Clap skate - Patent 6079717
		A clap skate, including a frame having a forefoot support and a heel support, wherein said frame is pivotally connected to the forefoot support about a transverse pivot pin, which allows the frame to swing away from the heel, and wherein a spring is provided which causes the frame to return.
		A clap skate according to claim 1, wherein said elastic elastically deformable circumferential portion of said bearing bush is confined by axially directed cuts.
		A clap skate according to claim 3, wherein said adjustment screw is provided with a blind socket cavity for applying a hex key.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /6079717.html (1426 words)

	Clap skate
		Clap skates (also called clapskates, slap skates, slapskates, from Dutch klapschaats) are a type of skates[?] used in speed skating.
		Unlike in traditional skates where the blade is fixed to the boot, the clap skates have the blade attached to the boot by a hinge at the front.
		Clap skates were developed at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit[?] of Amsterdam, led by Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau[?], although the idea of a clap skate is much older; designs dating from around 1900 are known.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cl/Clap_skates.html (165 words)

	How To Skate in Clap Skates \| eHow.com
		Clap skates have been a mainstay of experienced speed skaters for the past 20 years.
		Inspect the clap device on a potential pair of skates to determine the speed of the clap release.
		The advantage of clap skates over traditional skates is your ability to build momentum by moving your heel and kicking down as your skate comes forward.
	www.ehow.com /how_2062029_skate-clap-skates.html (511 words)

	Ice skate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ice skates are boots with blades attached to the bottom, used in ice skating to propel oneself across ice surfaces.
		A clap skate (or clapper skate) is a type of skate where the shoe is connected to the blade using a hinge.
		Inexpensive skates for recreational skaters usually resemble either figure skates or hockey skates, but recreational ice skates resembling inline skates with a molded plastic boot are also available.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_skate (501 words)

	Feature Article - Clap Skates
		With a half dozen entries in today’s increasingly competitive inline clap frame market, it is difficult for the average consumer to wade through the techno-jargon, sales pitches, claims, and range of design features.
		The mechanical advantage of a clap skate is affected by the ratio of the length of the lever on the applied force side of the fulcrum to the length of the lever on the resistance force side of the fulcrum.
		The distance relationship between the pivot point and the front the frame is therefore a critical design element, and the position of the hinge in relation to the ball of the skater’s foot is a major factor in determining the efficiency of the push.
	www.fasst.com /articles/2001jul/2001jul-clap.htm (2025 words)

	Bont Feature Article: Inline clap skate
		Having two wheels clap is unstable but three wheels gives you the same amount of grip and power as a five wheel skate without needing to clap all five wheels.
		A three wheel clap frame on the other hand, breaks in the middle and with a lot less force created by the weight of only three wheels the force is dissipated between the front and rear of the frame.
		Rubber dampeners in the clap block cushion the clap impact and quieten the clap noise.
	www.bont.com /news/featurearticles/clapinline/inlineclap.htm (539 words)

	Speedskating Santa Barbara Inline Clap Skates
		Raps developed the Rotrax, the Axle, and the Berne Klapper as 4-wheel clap skates.
		Note that while the pivot axle of most skates shown on this page are near the second wheel's axle (the 1st wheel for the M-skate), the V-Drive pivot point is not far from the 3rd wheel's axle.
		With only 3 wheels clapping the spring is built into the frame, so the skater is closer to the ground.
	home1.gte.net /pjbemail/KlapSk8.html (432 words)

	Ice Skating's Hinge Technology - Popular Mechanics
		The new skates, known alternately as clap skates or slap skates, have a spring-loaded hinge on the toe that allows the heel to pull away from the blade at the end of the stride.
		German skating star Gunda Neiman even went so far as to declare the skates illegal and say they should be outlawed, but the International Skating Federation has approved the clap skate for all competitions.
		He knew that getting the skates early was important because it takes several months to adapt to the clap skate technique, if it's possible at all.
	www.popularmechanics.com /outdoors/adventures/1277661.html (1388 words)

	Clap skate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clap skates (also called clapskates, slap skates, slapskates, from Dutch klapschaats) are a type of ice skate used in speed skating.
		Unlike in traditional skates where the blade is rigidly fixed to the boot, clap skates have the blade attached to the boot by a hinge at the front.
		It was, however, not until the late 1990s that the idea was taken seriously.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clap_skate (248 words)

	Adam's Inline: fulcrum, ice skates fulcrum , skates fulcrum, clap skates fulcrum, clap fulcrum skates, claps, fulcrum ...
		The Fulcrum Clap Skate is being used throughout the North America and is being tested in the Netherlands and Finland.
		The Fulcrum Clap Skate system has already won US and North American Championships in its first year on the ice and it is currently being used by US National Speedskating Team Members.
		The Fulcrum Clap Skate leverages multiple pivot points and fulcrum theory, which delivers a highly versatile positioning system that can be tailored to benefit any specific fitness-skill level or individual preference of a skater.
	www.adamsinline.com /fulcrum.html (892 words)

	Inline clap skates, a new revolution in inline speed skating
		The advantage of the clap skate in ice speedskating has already been proven in terms of faster lap times and new world records.
		However this does not automatically mean that inline skating will experience a direct translation of the same advantages.
		For this reason a strong and very solid hinge construction is needed on an inline clap frame.
	www.clapskate.com /clapskatecom/pages/1.htm (711 words)

	Clapskate, Delft, Design, Engineering, Skate
		Hol tells his story about how he got involved with skating, why he had to put his dream aside for a while, and how he's become a big name in the skating world.
		So he set to work on the introduction of the "crooked skate," a mechanism that uses the traditional clap skate as a basis but that has a hinge clapping sideways.
		Inline skating is about to become Olympic, which places it somewhere between mountain biking and road cycling in terms of professionalism.
	sciencecareers.sciencemag.org /career_development/previous_issues/articles/3150/clap_your_skates_innovation_all_along (1347 words)

	Complete skates - long track speedskating equipment
		This is a great entry level clap skate that will let you be competitive right from the start.
		The most popular stock long track skate at the 2002 Olympics, this is the model Derrick Parra won his 1500 meter Gold Medal on.
		The Maple Comet Steel clap blade was used by Chad Hedrick and Shani Davis to take 1 st and 2nd place respectively in the 2004 World All Around Championships and 1st in 5000 meters and 1st in 1500 meters respectively in the 2004 World Single Distance Championships.
	www.dimonsports.com /NewSite/-longtrack/completeskates.html (692 words)

	Testing the NORDIC110 Clap Frame
		This immediately caused the clap to remain closed until later in the stroke, and allowed me to apply more power through a conventional stroke before activating the clap – which made a big difference in maintaining a relaxed neutral skating position and felt more efficient – with more power getting to the road.
		When climbing, the clap mechanism is fully utilized, and I found it to be of more benefit if I skated in a more upright position – pushing downward into the clap.
		Steering the skate was slightly more comfortable when at the 50/50 position, however this was outweighed for me by the lack of comfort when the clap opened earlier in my stroke.
	www.exxostenerife.com /speedsk8/00000097390b82426/00000099040f75615.php (768 words)

	Clap Skates
		In 1998, a new type of speed skates was used in the Winter Olympics held at Nagano, Japan.
		A clap skate has a hinge at the toe of the boot.
		When a speed skater wearing regular skates lifts his or her foot after a stroke, the blade of the skate loses contact with the ice.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_282.html (289 words)

	longtrack
		The larger size track means that the skates need less support, and the blades do not have to be off-set to the left, as in short track.
		The skate is shown here with the blade extended, as it would be at the end of the push.
		The same skate, with the clap mechanism extended (and held open with an ink pen).
	www.socalspeedskating.org /equip/skates/longtrack/longtrack.htm (980 words)

	Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau, Clap Skate Creator, Dies at 53 - New York Times
		In the past two winters, speed skating has been revolutionized by a clap skate that allows skaters to go so much faster that they have rewritten the entire record book.
		In the clap skate, a spring-loaded hinge in front allows the boot's heel to rise and fall.
		The record book is certainly different because the clap skate usually allows elite skaters to go a second faster for each 400-meter lap.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E0DC1E3AF934A35757C0A96E958260 (831 words)

	Clap skate - US Patent 6193243
		The invention relates to skates of the type, with which the skater's foot
		The term "clap skate" is meant to cover
		heel at the end of the return movement is accompanied by a blow or "clap".
	www.patentstorm.us /patents/6193243/description.html (955 words)

	Le May-Doan Masters Clap Skate and Wins Gold
		Today, in the ultimate testament to the power of the clap skate, she is an Olympic champion.
		Okazaki skated in the next-to-last heat with another Japanese skater, Kyoko Shimizaki, and the standing-room crowd of 10,000 erupted in a flashbulb frenzy as its two favorites sailed around the track.
		Le May-Doan was a steadily improving skater but hardly one of the sport's big names until she switched to the clap skate.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/nagano/spe/021498oly-spe-womens.html (675 words)

	Canadians applaud clap skates
		Still, she and Auch bristle at the notion that the clap skate is the sole reason for their success.
		Instead of going through one skate after another until finding a pair that felt comfortable, the team stuck with it for better or worse.
		With the claps, there is greater emphasis on pushing back at the end of the stride to keep the blade on the ice longer.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoLongTrackSkatingArchive/feb6_clap.html (636 words)

	OLYMPICS; Clap-Skate Expert Qualifies - New York Times
		David Cruikshank is known as the master mechanic on the United States Olympic speed-skating team for the hours he has spent tinkering with the sport's new clap skates.
		Cruikshank finally mastered the skates himself, qualifying for the Nagano Olympics with a second-place finish in the men's 500 meters today at the Long Track Olympic trials at the Pettit National Ice Center.
		''I really, really struggled learning how to skate on these new clap skates,'' Cruikshank said after qualifying for his fourth Olympics.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E3D91431F93AA15751C1A961958260 (314 words)

	clap - OneLook Dictionary Search
		clap : English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]
		Phrases that include clap: clap skate, clap net, clap trap, captain lemuel clap house, clap - female, more...
		Words similar to clap: applaud, acclaim, bang, blast, blowup, clapped, clapping, clapt, eruption, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, spat, loud noise, more...
	www.onelook.com /?loc=pub&w=clap (378 words)

	The Nordic Skater - Raps Inline Speedskates
		Shotgun, Explorer and Heman frames use Raps' new convex HS profile which is 730% stiffer than conventional frames (photo below).
		Boots are switchable to ice blades for winter use.
		Boots switchable to inline frames for summer use.
	www.nordicskater.com /raps/inline.html (92 words)

	Clap Skates for Speed Skating
		Sven Boekhorst Skating a Half Pipe in Claps
		El Patinador Solitario of Havana makes his own skates.
		A Belgian skater talks about her broken arm.
	www.skatelog.com /speed/clap-skates.htm (70 words)

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