Improvements in and relating to the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
1, CHARLES OLANDT, Junior, of 36 Market Street Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the fixation, and may be, in the
construction and fixation, of the heels of boots and shoes, and has for its object to
prolong the life and duration of the wear of the said heels, which I attain by fixing
the heel upon the boot by the means of a specially constructed screw, passed
through the sole of the boot from the inside, and screwed centrally into the heel,
which provides, that as the said heel becomes worn or trodden down in one part
thereof, the same may, by the withdrawal and replacement of the said screw, have
its position so shifted as to present a fresh or unworn portion to the position
of wear.
For the purposes of my invention I prefer to construct the said heel perfectly
circular in plan, which may be of wood or other material suitable for the purpose,
or built up by layers of leather in the usual way, with or without a central core or
filling of wood metal or other hard material for the reception of a screw.
I prefer to construct the said heel in two parts, the upper portion of which may
be nailed, screwed, rivetted or otherwise permanently fixed to the sole, so as to
provide a firmer seating for the head portion of the screw.
I prefer to employ a metallic screw the blank portion of which below the head is
nearly equal in diameter to the head itself, which may taper therefrom after the
manner of wood screws generally, and be provided with a slot or its equivalent for
the reception of a screw driver or other suitable tool for screwing home the same.
The threaded portion of the said screw I prefer to be of a fine pitch, and deeply
cut, with or without being tapered towards its point. In the sole of the boot, and
as far into the portion of the heel fixed thereto as may be necessary, I provide a
circular recess for the reception of the blank portion of the screw, so that the whole
of the threaded portion of the screw may engage with the lower portion of the heel,
while the head of the screw would be countersunk into the sole so as to be flush
with the upper surface of same, and be covered by the heel portion of the sole
lining or suck, a portion of which may be left unfixed so as to get at the head of
the screw when required.
In the upper or lower portion of the said heel I provide a circle of equidistant
holes, and in the opposite portion two or more pins or studs, placed diametrically
opposite to each other (if two be employed) upon a circular line of the same radius
from the central or fixing screw as the said boles, so that the said pins or studs
may engage with a like number of the said holes when the two portions of the heel
are fixed.together by the driving home of the central or fixed screw, which prevents
the lower portion of the heel from turning or rotating during wear.
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Dated this 3rd day of November 1894.

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COMPLETE DIMIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
I, CHARLES OLANDT, Junior of 36, Market Street, Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Carpenter, 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 relates to improvements in the fixation, and may be, in the
construction and fixation, of the heels of boots and shoes, and has for its object to
prolong the life and duration of the wear of the said heels, which I attain by
forming the heel in two parts, one of which is fixed upon the boot, while the other
part revolves upon the first part by the means of a specially constructed screw,
passed through the sole of the boot from the inside, and screwed centrally into the
wearing portion of the heel, which provides, that as the said wearing portion
becomes worn or trodden down in one part thereof, the same may, by the withdrawal
and replacement of the said screw, have its position so shifted as to present a fresh
or unworn portion to the position of wear.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I have hereunto
appended a sheet of drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of such part of a boot or shoe as will suffice to
illustrate my invention, in which the two halves or portions of the heel are shewn
detached from each other.
Figs. 2 and 3 are plan or face views of the said two portions of the. heel.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the form of screw I prefer to use.
Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1. but illustrating the position of the two portions
of the heel, and screw, when finally fixed in. position together upon the boot
or shoe.
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For the purposes of my invention I prefer to construct the said heel, or at least
the lower or wearing half thereof perfectly circular in plan, which may be of wood
or other, inaterial suitable for the purpose, or built up by layers of leather in the
usual way, with or without a central core or filling of wood metal or other hard
material for the reception of a screw.
I prefer to construct the said heel in two parts, the upper portion of which A
may be nailed, screwed, rivetted or otherwise permanently fixed to the sole B of
an, ordinary boot or shoe, so as to provide a firmer seating for the head' portion of
the screw.
I prefer to, employ a metallic screw (Fig. 4), the blank portion of which C, below
the head is nearly, equal in diameter to the head D, itself, which may taper there-
from, after the manner of wood screws generally, and be. provided with a slot or its
equivalent E for the reception of a screw driver or other suitable tool for screwing
home the same. The threaded portion F of the said screw I prefer to be of a fine
pitch, and deeply cut, with, or, without being tapered towards its point. In the sole
of the boot, and as far into the portion of the heel fixed.thereto as may be necessary,
I provide a circular recess-G,,for the reception of the blank portion C of the screw
as shewn at Fig. 1,, so that the. whole of the threaded portion of the screw. may
engage, with the lower portion of the.heel J, while the head of the screw would be
countersunk into the sole. B; so, as, to be flush, with, the upper surface of game, and.
be covered by the heel, portion, of the sole lining or, sock H, as shewn at Fig. 5; a
portion of which may be left unfixed so as, to, get at the, head of the screw, when
required, as at Fig. 1.
In the upper or lower portion off the said Heel, preferably the upper A, I provide
a circle of equidistant holes. K Fig. 2, andtin the opposite. portion J, two or more
pins or studs L, placed diametrically opposite to each other (if two be employed)
upon a circular line of the same radius from the central or fixing screw as the said

page_text: holes K, so that the said pins or studs L may engage with a like number of the
said holes when the two portions of the heel are fixed together by the driving home
of the central or fixed screw, as shewn at Fig. 5, which prevents the lower portion
of the heel J, from turning or rotating upon the upper portion A during wear.
By this means the lower portion of the heel J, when worn at one particular part,
may, by simply removing the screw, be partly rotated until a fresh part thereof is
presented for wear, when the pins or studs L in J, may be caused to engage with
two of the holes K in A other than those previously occupied and the screw be
again replaced.
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 :-
In an improved method of constructing and fixing the heels of boots and shoes,
to equalize the wear of same, the herein described means of forming the said heel
in two parts A and J, the former fixed by any suitable means to the sole B, in
which, and A is provided a recess G for the reception of a screw such as Fig. 4
arranged to screw into and engage with and hold the portion J in close connection
with A, and prevented from spontaneously rotating thereon by the means of pegs
or pins L in J, engaging with a like number of a circle of holes K in A or vice versa,
substantially as and for the purposes, herein set forth and shewn by the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of April 1905
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.