Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
TIDIONAL DIUIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM WARD, of the Queensville Boot Factory, Stafford, Boot &
Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots, shoes, & the
like having special reference to machine sewn boots & shoes, the object of the
invention being the production of boots and shoes in which the stitches do not
penetrate through the whole substance of the inner sole so as to come into contact
with the foot of the wearer.
The result obtained is a perfectly smooth surface for the foot to rest upon and
free from wax, pegs, nails, rivets, or other protruding substances, at the same
dispensing with the necessity of using socks, thereby constituting such goods
sockless boots and shoes.
According to this invention the marginal edge of the inner sole is split & turned
up so that the stitches only pass through part of the thickness of the inner sole,
such turned up portion being afterwards turned down and maintained in position by
suitable adhesive material.
If desired, the whole of the heel portion of the inner sole may be split and turned
up so as to prevent the heel pins coming through to the interior of the boot or shoe
during the operation of attaching the heel by the machine usually employed for that
purpose.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1891
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM WARD, of the Queensville Boot Factory, Stafford, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots, shoes and
the like, having special reference to machine sewn boots and shoes, the object of
the invention being the production of boots and shoes in which the stitches do not
penetrate through the whole substance of the inner-sole so as to come into contact
with the foot of the wearer.
The result obtained is a perfectly smooth surface for the foot to rest upon, being
free from wax, pegs, nails, rivets, or other protruding substances, at the same time
dispenses with the necessity of using socks, thereby constituting such goods sockless
boots and shoes.
According to this invention the marginal edge of the inner-sole is split and turned
up so that the stitches only pass through part of the thickness of the inner-sole,
such turned up portion being afterwards turned down and maintained in position by
suitable adhesive material.
If desired the whole of the heel portion of the inner-sole may be split and turned
up so as to prevent the heel pins coming through to the interior of the boot or shoe
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page_text: during the operation of attaching the heel by the machine usually employed for that
purpose.
Referring to the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a plan of an inner-sole having the marginal edge of the inner-
sole split and turned up in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of an inner-sole split and turned up in a slightly
modified form.
Figure 3 is a view of a shoe having a portion of the upper removed to show the
stitches passing partly through the inner-sole; and the split portion, prior to it being
turned down.
Before being placed on the last the marginal edge A¹ of the inner-sole A is split
and turned up as shewn in Figure 1, or the heel portion A is completely split and
turned up as shewn in Figure 2 so that when the boot or shoe is subsequently
submitted to the action of the sole sewing machine and the heel attaching machine
the stitches and heel pins will pass through the outer-sole B and a portion only
of the inner-sole.
The turned up portion A' is afterwards fastened down into its original position
by cement or other adhesive material thereby covering the stitches and heel pins
and leaving a smooth surface on the inner-sole for the foot to rest upon.
It is desirable to split the inner-sole of two unequal thicknesses, the part through
which the stitches C penetrate, being of the greater substance so that the latter
may pass through as great a body of leather as possible and A¹ being the thinner
portion so as to be more pliable and capable of being readily held down by the
adhesive material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In the manufacture of boots and shoes the use or employment of an inner-sole
split substantially in the manner and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
2. A sockless boot or shoe in which part of the inner-sole is stitched to the
outer-sole, the other part being cemented or otherwise fastened over the stitches
substantially in the manner and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
3. The improvements in boots and shoes substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
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