T THE MANUTAUTURE SHODS AND Deens
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Brightman and Edward Brightman, both
of the City of Bristol, Shoe Manufacturers, for the Invention of
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THE MANUTAUTURE SHODS AND Deens."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Brightman and
Edward Brightman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 17th June 1869.
We, CHARLES BRIGHTMAN and EDWARD BRIGHTMAN, both of the City
of Bristol, Shoe Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES AND BOOTS," to
be as follows:
Our Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Shoes and
Boots" relates more particularly to light boots and shoes, such as ladies'
or childrens', and has for its object to produce a strong and firm article,
such as is produced by rivetting or screwing the sole to the upper
leathers and welts in the well-known way, and yet at the same time to

page_text: present the appearance of a sewn boot or shoe of the best quality. To
this end we first secure the welt or middle sole to the upper leather by
rivetting or screwing, and then we attach the sole to the welt or middle
sole by sewing, either with thread or wire, and then finish the article in
the ordinary way. The outer sole will thus cover up the rivets in the
welt, and it will be impossible from a simple inspection of the exterior
of the boot or shoe to see that the article is not hand sewn throughout.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Brightman and Edward Brightman in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
BRIGHTMAN and EDWARD BRIGHTMAN, both of the City of Bristol,
Shoe Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Charles Brightman and Edward Bright-
man, Her special licence that we, the said Charles Brightman and
Edward Brightman, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said Charles Brightman and Edward Brightman, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SHOES AND BOOTS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said Charles Brightman and Edward Brightman, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great'
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Charles Brightman and Edward
Brightman, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, referente being had
to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say):
Our Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Shoes and
Boots" relates more particularly to light boots and shoes, such as those
used by ladies or children, and has for its object to produce a strong and
firm article, such as is produced by rivetting or screwing the sole to the
upper leathers and welts in the well-known way, and yet at the same
time to present the appearance of a sewn boot or shoe of the best
quality.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a view of the under side of a
boot or shoe made on the improved plan, a part of the outer sole a being
removed in order to shew the welt 6 and inner sole c beneath; Fig. 2 is
a transverse section of the same taken in the line 1, 2, of Fig. 1.
In carrying out our Invention we first secure the welt or middle
sole b to the insole sole c and upper leather & by rivetting or screwing, as
at 6', 6', and then we attach the outer sole a to the welt or middle sole b
by sewing, either with thread or wire. The article is then finished in
the ordinary way. The outer sole a will thus cover up the rivets b¹ in
the welt b, and it will be impossible from a simple inspection of the
exterior of the boot or shoe to see that the article is not hand sewn
throughout.
Boots and shoes made in this manner can be produced at less cost
than when made in the ordinary manner; moreover they are not liable
to rip up at the welt, which in an ordinary sewn boot is caused by the
rotting of the thread with which the welt is sewn to the upper leather.
When the outer soles of boots or shoes made in this manner are worn
they may be repaired with greater facility than screwed or rivetted
boots.
Having now described our Invention of " Improvements in the
Manufacture of Shoes and Boots," and having explained the manner of
carrying the same into effect, we claim as the Invention secured to us
by Letters Patent as aforesaid, securing the soles of boots and shoes to

page_text: the upper leather by a combination of the processes of sewing and
screwing or rivetting, as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Brightman and Edward
Brightman, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Fifteenth
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.