Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 16th Apr.,
1898
I, WILLIAM BELDEN, of 167, Great Dover Street, Borough, in the County of
London, Boot Tree and Last Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boot-trees and has for its object to
provide a boot-tree which is cheaper, more simple in construction and more easily
manipulated than trees as now generally made.
According to my invention I form the boot-tree proper of two parts, namely a
front part and a rear part and I hinge these two parts together at the upper part
of the leg portions thereof.
Between the said front and rear parts of the tree I arrange a suitable spring
which normally forces the two parts asunder so as to expand the tree and which
is of sufficient strength to stretch a boot to the required extent when the tree is
inserted therein.
To insert my improved tree into a boot the two parts are pressed together against
the action of the spring, the pressure being removed when the tree is in position
in the boot so as to allow the spring to press the parts apart and expand the tree.
1
1007
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London.
Agents for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM BELDEN, of 167, Great Dover Street, Borough, in the County of
London, Boot Tree and Last Manufacturer, 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 improvements in boot-trees and has for its object to
provide a boot-tree which is cheaper, more simple in construction and more easily
manipulated than trees as now generally made.
According to my invention. I form the boot-tree proper of two parts, namely, a
front part and a rear part and I hinge these two parts together at the upper part
of the leg portions thereof.
Between the said front and rear parts of the tree I arrange a suitable spring
which normally forces the two parts asunder so as to expand the tree and which

page_text: is of sufficient strength to stretch a boot to the required extent when the tree is
inserted therein.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boot tree made according to the invention:
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the tree shewing it in position in a boot.
a is the front part and the rear part of the boot-tree, the said two parts being
connected together at the upper part of the leg portions thereof by a hinge c.
d is the spring, which, in the drawing, is shewn screwed to the rear part b of
the boot tree and is in the form of a curved tongue, the free end of which is in
contact with the back of the front part of the tree so as to normally hold the two
parts in the position relatively to one another shewn in Figure 1. The said spring
is made of sufficient strength to stretch the boot to the required extent when it is
inserted therein.
To insert the tree into a boot, the two parts a and b are pressed together against
the action of the spring a sufficiently to allow of the said tree being pushed into
the boot. The pressure upon the two parts a and b is removed after the tree is
in position and the spring d then expands the tree in the manner indicated in
Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A boot-tree comprising a front part and a rear part hinged together at the
upper part of the leg portions thereof and a spring arranged between the two parts
so as to normally force them asunder, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved boot-tree hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Toted thi 1141
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London.
Agents for the Applicant.