Improvements in or Appertaining to the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1885
INOVIDIONAL DIVIFICATION.
Improvements in or Appertaining to the Manufacture of Boots,
Shoes, and the like.
1, FREDERICK GEORGE DRAYCOTT, of No. 24 Clipstone Street Leicester in the
county of Leicester Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to the manufacture of
boots, shoes and the like whereby I obtain a noiseless, stouter, yet more lighter, and a
more effective solid even wearing surface for all kinds of foot coverings, whether for
ordinary wear or for such boots or shoes that are used in playing lawn Tennis,
football, or other games. For this purpose I employ a combination of an even
metal and leather dovetailed wearing surface for the soles and heels, the metal
surfaces being flush with the surface of the leather and being equidistant from
each other by the arrangement of the several parts in the following manner. In
the first place I have a whole or half tip, or plate having at equal distances round
the outer edges either on one or both surfaces projecting heads, or dove tailed
projections, I then stamp or punch out radially in the outsole blank or heel blank,
or pieces of leather to form the out sole or heel, slots exactly to correspond and
fit in with the shape of the heads projecting from the metal tip or plate. I then
fit the out sole or pieces to form the out sole, or top piece of the heel made of
out sole leather or other suitable wearing material to the plates or tips-the dove
tailed heads or other shapes of the metal plates or tips being made to fit exactly
in the radial grooves in the out sole or heel pieces, or the heel part can be put
together in the mould, when the heels are put on in a heel building machine. A
solid fore part or solo or heel is thus made and ready for fastening to the boot or
shoe by holes being punched out in the projecting edges of the leather out sole
or heel pieces, and holes are in the hidden portion of the plates or tips to corre-
spond, for the nails or screws to go through. When the soles or heels have been
thus formed they can be attached to the boot or shoe at any time no nails or
pins being used in the metal projecting heads of the plates or tips, the said tips
or plates are formed to the shape of the whole of the fore part or sole, or only
part, or toe, or sides, the same may apply to the heels, to correspond with the
shape of the sole or heel blank employed. When both sides of the sole plate or
tip, or heel plate or tip are provided with projecting heads, both surfaces are fitted
with the corresponding leather blank, the metal heads on that side to form the
inside, bed firmly to the under leather and when the soles and heels thus con-
structed are rivetted or otherwise fastened on they form a stouter, more solid, but
a much lighter and more comfortable wearing and non-slipping surface than by
the various means now employed such as india-rubber heads or studs, or metal studs or
strips embedded in the outer sole or top pieces of the heel.-The metal heads or
dove tails of course have their wider parts at the outer edges of the sole or heel,
and in order that the sides of the embedded portion of the metal plate or tip is
not seen, the edges between the projecting heads are bevelled that when the leather
fore part or heel is fitted to the tip or plate and fastened to the boot or shoe and
finished the metal is only seen on the outer face of the sole or heel and only to
the extent or width of the projecting metal heads or dove tails. The heels by
these means can be successfully breasted by breasting machines to any shape.
It will be well understood that by this invention of forming an out sole and heel
by putting the leather blanks and plates or tips together in the manner as described

page_text: they can be sold ready to be put on the boot or shoe, and may be thus used as
clumps of any shape and thickness desired.
Dated this 7th day of September 1888.
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
"The Central" Office for Patents, &c., Leicester,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Appertaining to the Manufacture of Boots,
Shoes, and the like.
I, FREDERICK GEORGE DRAYCOTT of No. 24 Clipstone Street Leicester in the
county of Leicester Boot and Shoe 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 or appertaining to the manufacture of
boots, shoes and the like whereby I obtain a noiseless, stouter yet lighter, and a more
effective solid even wearing surface for all kinds of foot coverings, mens, womens or
childrens, whether for walking out boots for ordinary wear, or for such boots or shoes
that are used in athletic exercises such as lawn tennis, football, or other games";
foot coverings of all descriptions can be made effectual for hard wear by the following
means, and contrivances.
That my invention may be well and practically understood I will refer briefly to the
drawings accompanying this specification in which
Figure 1 is a flat view of the upper face of an heel fitted with an half tip A in
accordance with this invention.
Figure 2. is a view of the half tip A. before it is fitted in the dove tailed grooves of
the top piece of the heel.
Figure 3. is a side view of the same.
Figure 4. is a side view of a half tip A, having prongs G upon one side.
Figure 5. this is a flat view of a whole tip or plate A.
Figure 6. is a side view of the previous figure the dove tail projecting heads B,
being on both sides of the tip or plate A.
Figure 7. is a side view of an heel and part of the waist of a boot or shoe arranged
with the double headed tip or plate A.
Figure 8, is a view of the outer wearing face of the sole and heel, or bottom of.a
boot or shoe with the dove tailed metal wearing pieces B, and the nails or rivets E,
by which they are secured, after being put together, and showing the extra wearing
surfaces put upon the parts most affected in wear.
The same letters of reference refer to like parts in each of the figures.
To carry my invention into effect I produce a combination of an oven metal and
leather dove tailed wearing surface for the soles and heels of boots and shoes, or
double wearing surface at the points most affected in wear, the metal heads being
flush with the upper surface of the leather, being equidistant from each other, and
interspersed with metal nails or rivets.
In the first place I have a whole or half tip or plate A, having at equal distances
radially, either on one or both surfaces projecting heads B, or dovetails. I then take
a punch and cut out radially the dove tailed grooves in the outsole blank clump, or
heel top piece C, to fit in the metal tip, exactly to correspond with the shape of the
heads projecting from the metal tip or plate. I then fit the outer sole, or pieces to
form the out sole, or top piece of the heel-to the tips or plates, they may be made
of outsole leather or other suitable wearing material and the heel may be built in the
ordinary manner in a mould with the tips or plate attached thereto ready for the heel
attaching machine, or the sole part thus made ready for being fastened to the boot or
shoe. Holes are punched out in the projecting edges of the leather out sole or heel
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page_text: pieces, and sunk down holes D, are in the hidden portion of the tips or plates A, to
correspond for the nails or rivets, or screws E to go through.
When the soles or heels have been thus formed they can be attached to the boot or
shoe at any time no nails or pins being used in the metal projecting heads of the tips
or plates.
The said tips or plates are formed to the shape of the whole edge of the fore part or
sole or only part, the toe and joint as shewn in figure 8, as may be desired. The
same may apply to the heels also to correspond with the shape of the sole or heel
blank C, employed.
When both sides of the sole plate or tip, A, or heel tip are provided with the dove
tailed heads B, both surfaces are fitted with the corresponding leather blank C, the
metal heads on that side to form to the inside of the heel beds firmly to the under
leather and when the soles or heels thus constructed are rivetted or otherwise fastened.
to the upper they form a stouter, more solid but a much lighter and more comfortable
double wearing surface, or non-slipping surface than by the various means now
employed such as india rubber heads or studs, or metal studs or strips embedded in
the outer sole or top pieces of the heel.
The metal heads or dove tails B, have their wider parts at the outer edges of the
sole or heel, and in order that the sides of the embedded portion of the metal plate or
tip may not be seen, the edges F, between each of the projecting heads are bevelled
from the inner side as shown in figures 3, 4, 6 and 7, that when the leather fore
part, or heel is fitted to the tip or plate A, and fastened to the boot or shoe and
finished, the metal edge is only slightly seen, on the outer face of the sides of the
sole or heel-all that is shown being to the extent or width of the projecting heads or
dove tails.
The heels by these means can be most successfully breasted-by any ordinary
breasting machine to any shape.
It is obvious that by this invention of forming an out sole, or heel, by fitting the
leather blanks and plates and tips together in the manner as described they can be
sold ready to be put on the boot or shoe and be used as clumps.
I may also have prongs G, on the inner side of the tip A, but these I do not claim,
except in combination with the metal heads.
By putting the nails or rivets, or may be screws through the leather between each
metal dove tailed head I obtain the double wearing surface as before described which
is not the case by the many tips or plates now in use having segments to imitate nails
on the outer surface thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
In the manufacturer of boots, shoes and the like the employment of the improved
metal tips fitted to the punched out dove tailed grooves in leather blanks and secured
by nails, rivets or screws, between each metal head, that they form an outer double
wearing surface, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and set
forth.