Improvements in the Method of and Means for Finishing Boots or other Coverings for the Feet.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Finishing Boots or
other Coverings for the Feet.
I, THOMAS GARE, of the Gare Machine Co. Ltd., Carrs Ironworks, Stockport,
in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved method of and means for burnishing the
edge and bottom of the sole and the top of the heel of a boot or other covering for
the feet or preparing the same for burnishing, whereby hand work is dispensed with
and superseded which in heavy boots is very laborious, besides effecting a better
burnishing at a less cost.
To this end my improvements consist in effecting the burnishing of the edge or
bottom of the sole or the top of the heel or preparing the same for burnishing by
bringing it in contact with a wet revolving grinding surface.
This revolving grinding surface may consist of a stone, emery or other disc of
abrasive material and is kept constantly wet by means of a liquid supply vessel.
The liquid used may be water only or water mixed with suitable chemicals which
will produce the tint desired in burnishing.
The said wet revolving grinding surface produces a very level and smooth surface
independant of the nature of the material and causes it to more readily take the ink
for finishing when afterwards applied, than heretofore has been the case.
Dated this 28th day of November 1890.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Finishing Boots or
other Coverings for the Feet.
I, THOMAS GARE, of the Gare Machine Co. Ltd., Carrs Ironworks, Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Engineer, 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 an improved method of and means for finishing the edge
and bottom of the sole and the top of the heel of a boot or other covering for the
feet, or preparing the same for burnishing, whereby hand work i.e. the use of dry
sand paper is dispensed with and superseded (which in heavy boots is very laborious)
besides effecting a better finish at a less cost.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings, in which-
Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 an end view of a machine constructed according
to one form of my invention.
In carrying out my invention, the improvements consist in performing the
finishing of the edge or bottom of the sole or the top of the heel or preparing the
same for burnishing, by bringing it in contact with a wet revolving grinding surface a,
in lieu of using dry sand paper by hand. This revolving grinding surface a consists
of a stone, emery, or other disc of abrasive material, suitably shaped, for instance,
as shown in Fig. 1, 6 serving for the grinding and finishing of the bottom and top
of the heel, c for the edge of the sole, and d & e respectively, around and for the
rest of the heel. These grinding, or finishing tools b, c, d & e, which are fixed in a

page_text: series on a shaft f, suitably rotated and mounted in a stand g, are constantly kept
wet by means of suitable liquid, supplied by a vessel h and pipes i, the ends of which
are furnished with a pad k, or the like, to prevent splashing. The liquid used may
be water only, or water mixed with suitable chemicals which will produce the tint
desired in burnishing or finishing.
The wet revolving grinding surface a produces a very level and smooth surface
independent of the nature of the material under operation and causes it to more
readily take the ink for burnishing when afterwards applied, than heretofore has
been the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
1st. The method of finishing or preparing for burnishing boots and other
coverings for the feet, consisting in the use of a wet revolving grinding surface a,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The combination, with a revolving grinding surface a, of a liquid supply
device, i for finishing or preparing for burnishing boots or other coverings for the
feet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of August 1891.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.