IMPROVEMENTS IN REVOLVING HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brown, of King Street North, Camden Town,
and William Peover, of Leigh Street, Burton Crescent, both in the County of
Middlesex, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN REVOLVING HEELS FOR
BOOTS AND SHOES."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brown and William
Peover at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October
1880.
WILLIAM BROWN, of King Street North, Camden Town, and WILLIAM PEOver,
" IMPROVE-
of Leigh Street, Burton Crescent, both in the County of Middlesex.
MENTS IN REVOLVING HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in revolving heels for boots and
shoes, and relates to means whereby the revolving portion of the heel is capable of
ready adjustment for wear without the necessity for using a screw driver or other
tool, is formed solid across the wearing surface thereof, and is capable of being
fixed firmly in position for use without exposing the adjusting and fixing devices
to wet and dirt.
For this purpose we fix to one part of the heel a metal fixing formed with a
cylindrical part in the centre thereof to act in combination with a corresponding
telescopic fixing attached to the other part of the heel; a spring is placed between
these fixings with a tendency to separate them from each other, whilst a male
or female screw formed on or fixed to or rotated by the one part acts in combination
with a female or male screw rotated by or formed on or fixed to the other part.
The male or female screw is so formed or fitted as to be capable of being rotated
or held by one of the heel fixings so as to enable the two parts of the heel to be
separated from each other a certain distance by rotating the revolving portion of
the heel, then when further separation of such parts is prevented by a stop, the
head or end of the male screw or the female screw which is so formed as to fit in a
suitable recess or in suitable recesses in one of the fixings, will slip out of its recess
or recesses, and thereby enable the revolving part of the heel to be turned a
suitable distance around its axis, after which the revolving portion of the heel can
be screwed up tightly against the fixed part thereof ready for use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Brown and William Peover in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd April 1881.
WILLIAM BROWN, of King Street North, Camden Town, and WILLIAM PEOVER,
of Leigh Street, Burton Crescent, both in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN REVOLVING HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in revolving heels for boots and
shoes, and relates to means whereby the revolving portion of the heel is capable of
ready adjustment for wear without the necessity for using a screw driver or other
tool, is formed solid across the wearing surface thereof, and is capable of being fixed
firmly in position for use without exposing the adjusting and fixing devices to wet
and dirt.
For this purpose we fix to one part of the heel a metal fixing to act in
combination with a corresponding fixing attached to the other part of the heel; a
spring is placed between these fixings with a tendency to separate them from each
other, whilst a male screw formed on or fixed to or rotated by the one part acts in
combination with a female screw rotated by or formed on or fixed to the other part.
The male or female screw is so formed or fitted as to be capable of being rotated or
held by one of the heel fixings, so as to enable the two parts of the heel to be
separated from each other a certain distance by rotating the revolving portion of
the heel, then when further separation of such parts is prevented by a stop, the
head or end of the male screw or the female screw or nut which is so formed as to
fit in a suitable recess, or in suitable recesses, in one of the fixings, will slip out of its
recess or recesses, and thereby enable the revolving part of the heel to be turned a
suitable distance around its axis, after which the revolving portion of the heel can
be screwed up tightly against the fixed part thereof ready for use.
And in order that our said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, we will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings, more
fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In all the Figures like parts are marked with similar letters of reference.
Figures 1, 2, and 3, are cross sections of a revolving boot heel constructed
according to our Invention with capability of ready adjustment, and representing
the revolving portion of the heel in three different positions; Figure 4 is an
underside view of the two metal fixings separately; Figure 5 is a cross section of
the upper fixing with the screw, nut, and stop in position, and Figure 6 is a cross
section of the lower fixing.
Figures 7, 8, and 9, are sections corresponding with those shown at Figures 1, 2,
and 3, but representing a slight modification; Figure 10 is a plan, and Figure 11 a
cross section of the upper fixing; Figure 12 is a cross section showing the adjusting
screw and stop separately, and Figure 13 is a cross section of the lower fixing.
Figure 14 is a cross section of another modification, and Figures 15, 16, and 17
are sectional views of parts thereof; Figure 18 is a cross section of another
modification, and Figures 19, 20, and 21 are sectional views of parts thereof, and
Figure 22 is a cross section of another modification, and Figures 23, 24, and 25, are
sectional views of parts thereof.
We will first describe the arrangement represented at Figures 1 to 6; a represents
the fixed part of the heel, and b the revolving portion thereof; c and d are fixings
secured respectively to the parts a and b by screws or otherwise. The fixing c is
formed with a socket or recess c', and has fixed rigidly in the centre of such socket

page_text: a screw C. The fixing d is formed with an annular part d' fitting loosely within
the socket c'; in the centre of the fixing d is a hole d² shaped to fit the bevelled
sides of the nut f; g is a spring interposed between the parts a and b, and h is a
stop fixed securely into the screw e.
In Figure 1 the revolving part b of the heel is shown screwed up tightly against
the part a in position for use, but when it is desired to turn the revolving part ba
portion of a revolution in order to present a fresh wearing surface, such part bis
rotated so as to separate it from the part a until the nut fabuts against the stop h,
as shown at Figure,2, then by continuing the rotation of the part b in the same
direction, the fixing d is caused to rise on the bevelled sides of the nut fout of
gear with the latter, as shown at Figure 3, and when in its rotation it again
coincides in position with such nut, the spring y acts to force the fixing b again
into gear with the nut f, when the revolving part b will have been turned, say, a
sixth of a revolution, the parts are then again screwed tightly up to the position
shown at Figure 1, when the boot will be ready for use.
In applying the parts to a boot heel the fixing c is first secured to the fixed
portion of the heel, the fixing d is secured to the parts b¹ of the revolving part b,
the stop his then passed through the hole b² and securely fixed in position, after
.which the wearing portion 6s of the heel is fixed in position, thereby offering a
continuous wearing surface and efficiently protecting the adjusting and fixing
devices. The modification represented at Figures 7 to 13 is similar to the foregoing,
except that the loose nut is dispensed with, the fixing d is tapped to fit the
screw e, and the latter instead of being rigidly secured to the fixing c is provided
with a head e¹ formed with bevelled sides to fit a correspondingly shaped socket c²
formed in the fixing c, thus in rotating the part b for adjustment, the head e¹ of
the screw e is caused to rise out of its socket c³, as shown at Figure 9, turn round a
portion of a revolution and then fall again into its socket, after which the parts are
screwed up tightly for use.
The modification represented at Figures 14 to 17 is similar to that shown at
Figures 7 to 13, except that the screw e is reversed in position, the fixing c instead
of the fixing d is tapped to fit the screw e, the head c¹ of said screw fits in a socket
or recess d² formed in the part d, and the stop h is formed of a bolt passed entirely
through the screw e and provided at its outer end with a nut to form the stop.
The method of adjustment is similar to that of the arrangements before described.
The modification represented at Figures 18 to 21 is similar to that shown at
Figures 14 to 17, except that the stop h passes through the screw e, and is screwed
into the fixed part of the heel. In some cases, however, we may fix the stop h to
the outside of the screw e, such screw being made solid. The modification
represented at Figure 22 to 25 is similar to that shown at Figures 7 to 13, except
that the socket c¹ of the fixing c and the annular part d¹ of the fixing dare
dispensed with, the spring g is placed in a socket c³ formed at the upper part of the
fixing c and bears upon the head e¹ of the screw e, which is enlarged for that
purpose, as clearly shown at Figure 25. If desired, the stop h may be dispensed
with, in which case, when it is desired to adjust the revolving part b of the heel, such
revolving part b is unscrewed from the screw e and entirely removed from the
part a, when the screw e can be partially rotated by hand, after which the part b
is again screwed tightly up when the boot will be ready for use.
I would here remark that the head of the adjustable screw or the nut may be
otherwise shaped, or may be provided with studs or projections to fit corresponding
sockets or recesses in the fixing to which it is applied, so long as the same can be
caused to slip or be moved out of its socket or recess and partially turned round
for adjustment in the manner herein before described.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention and the mode in which
we carry the same into effect, we would have it understood that what we claim is,
First. The combination of fixings c, d, screw e provided with a head e¹, or with a
nut fitting in a correspondingly shaped socket formed in one of the fixings, all
working in manner herein described and for the purpose stated.

page_text: Second. The combination of fixings c, d, screw e provided with a head e', or with
a nut fitting in a correspondingly shaped socket, formed in one of the fixings,
spring with or without a stop h, all working in manner hereinbefore described
and for the purpose stated.
I
In witness whereof, I, the said William Peover, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirty first day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one,
W. PEOVER. (L.S.)