Improved Scraping Apparatus for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
PROVIDIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Scraping Apparatus for Boots and Shoes.
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS, of 55, Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by William C. De Graffenried, of Jasper, Florida, U.S.A.,
Inventor), to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the provision of simple means more especially
applicable for ploughmen's boots whereby soil can be readily removed from boots
and shoes.
The invention comprises a piece of sheet metal which is bent or doubled upon
itself between its edges, and has a portion bent about at right angles a short distance
from the fold to form a blade, and again bent to extend parallel with the portion
from which it departed and forming therewith lips to receive the edge portion of
the sole. One of the lips has openings to receive suitable fastenings.
Dated thin 9th do of An 1907
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS, formerly of 55, Chancery Lane, London, but
now of Fairfield, Kingston-on-Thames, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention (a communication to me from abroad by William C. De Graffenried,
of Jasper, Florida, U.S.A., Inventor) and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention has for its object the provision of simple means whereby soil
can be readily, removed from boots and shoes, and which is especially applicable
for ploughmen's boots.
The purpose of this invention is to provide the shoe with a metal scraper and to
attach the same to the sole, whereby the operation of removing soil by using the
edge of one sole to scrape the other boot is rendered easy and effective and
the shoe relieved from all wear resulting from the common practice of using the
same as a cleaner or scraper.
For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference
is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.
The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and
the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing
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page_text: any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adapta-
tion thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which―
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ploughman's boot, showing the invention
applied. Figure 2 is a top plan view of a sole having the attachment fitted thereto.
Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the parts illustrated in Figure 2. Figure 4 is a
transverse section of the edge portion of the sole on the line X X of Figure 2.
The same reference-numerals denote similar and corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
It will be understood that the attachment can be applied to either boots or shoes,
and is illustrated in connection with a ploughman's boot, which is represented
by the numeral 1.
The scraper is secured to the edge portion of the sole 2, and comprises a clasp
which embraces the sides of the sole and a projecting blade 3, the latter being
about one thirty second of an inch wide, more or less, and three to three and a half
inches in length, more or less, according to the size of the boot or shoe, the end
portions of the blade being rounded to obviate possible injury. The scraper is
constructed to be fitted to any boot or shoe, and is secured thereto in any convenient
manner, either by copper rivets, screws, or any other substantial fastening means,
which are driven through the clasp and the sole. The clasp comprises an upper
lip 4 and a lower lip 5, which extend in parallel relation, the upper lip being narrow,
so as not to interfere with the seam between the sole and the upper, and the lower
lip being wide, so as to obtain a firm purchase on the lower side of the sole and to
receive the fastenings by means of which the attachment is secured in proper
relation.
The scraper is constructed of metal, and may be malleable, cast, or formed from
sheet metal, the latter being the usual construction, in which case the blank will
be folded upon itself and the portions adjacent to the fold pressed firmly together,
so as to provide the blade 3, the upper part being bent to extend along the edge of
the sole and over the same, as shown most clearly in Figure 4. The blade 3 is in
the plane of the lower lip, as this position has been found to give the best results.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
As a new article of manufacture, a scraping attachment for boots and shoes
constructed of sheet metal which is bent or doubled upon itself between its edges,
and having a portion ben't about at right angles a short distance from the fold to
form a blade and again bent to extend parallel with the portion from which it
departed and forming therewith lips to receive the edge portion of the sole, one of
the lips having openings to receive fastenings, substantially as shown and described.
Doted this 10th day of Tony 1808