Year: 1889

page_text: I WILLIAM WILLS of 32 St Edmunds Street Northampton in the County of
Northampton Boot Maker 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 :—
My Invention has foi its object to provide increased flexibility and comfort in the
use of boots and shoes whether rivetted pegged or made by machine or by machine
and hand combined and consists in the employment therewith of an improved inner
sole made of dressed or curried leather instead of the rough leather which has hitherto
ben used, which dressed or cured leather is very flexible and is capable of being
attached to the upper and the outer sole in such a manner that the stitches pegs
rivets or other fastenings employed for connecting the parts together may be covered
on the inside of the boot or shoe without the necessity of a separate sock or covering as
ordinarily employed.
I will describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
Figues 12 and 3 of which represent respectively in side elevation plan and
tansverse section an inner sole made according to my Invention and Figure 4 is
a transverse section through the toe portion of a rivetted boot illustrating an example
of the mode of connecting the inner sole to the upper.
According to my Invention I employ for the inner sole dressed or curried leather
which atter being cut to the required size and shape is split round the edges as shewn
at abin Figures 1 and 3. the distance to which the split extends into the body of the
leather being preferably about half an inch as shewn by dotted lines in Figure 2
or sufficiently to receive the rivets, pegs, stitches or other fastenings in the split part as
hereinafter described. I will describe the making of a rivetted boot according to
my Invention as shewn in transverse section in Figure 4 for example but it is not
limited in its application to rivetted boots and shoes as it may be applied to boots or
shoes in which other means of fastening are used. The inner sole A split at the
edges as described is placed on the last with the split portion a turned back onto
the undivided portion of the inner sole as shewn on the left hand side of Figure 3
and the "upper" B is drawn over the portion band fixed in the ordinary or other

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suitable manner. The welt or runner C middlesole or outsole as may be required is
then placed and secured in position on the turned over upper at the fore part of
the last and the outer sole D placed in position for fixing. The parts are then
connected together by rivets c driven through the outer sole D and passing through
the welt or runner ((where it occurs) or through the middle or outsole as may be
required and through the upper B and into and through the part of the split portion
of the inner sole A. The heel of the boot may then be built up after which the
last is removed from the boot and the portion a of the inner sole is turned over the
ends of the rivets c and cemented to the portion b.
"
Boots or shoes having an inner sole of dressed or curried leather made and applied
as hereinbefore described are more flexible and comfortable to wear than those with
inner soles made of undressed or rough leather as heretofore, there being no sharp
edges tending to cut the "upper or to hurt the foot of the wearer whilst by splitting
the edges of the insole and connecting it to the upper and outer sole in the manner
described the rivets pegs, stitches or other fastenings which connect the parts
together are kept out of contact with the foot of the wearer without employing a
separate sock or lining for the purpose.
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.
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1. In boots and shoes an inner sole of dressed or curried leather connected to the
upper "and the outer sole substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
2. For boots and shoes, an inner sole of dressed or curried leather split at the
edges substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.