IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS OF BOOTS, SHOES, CLOGS, AND GOLOSHES
Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WALKER, of Birmingham, Stove Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by.
Her Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Eighteenth
day of July (One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine), in the thirteenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Thomas Walker, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sóle privilege and authority, that I, the said
Thomas Walker, my exors, admors, and assigns, and such others as I, the
said Thomas Walker, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF PARTS OF BOOTS, SHOES, CLOGS, AND GOLOSHES;" in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso that I, the said Thomas Walker, shall cause a parti-
cular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part
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page_text: recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Walker, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention relates,
First, to modes of arranging parts to produce revolving heels of boots and
shoes.
Secondly, my Invention relates to a mode of manufacturing parts to be used
in forming revolving heels for boots, shoes, clogs, and goloshes; and, in order
that my
Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried into
effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side view partly in section, and Figure 2 an under side
view of part of a boot with a heel applied according to my Invention.
Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 show some of the parts separately. The boot or
shoe sole is to be applied to the upper in any suitable manner, and then the
heel is to be formed wholly or in part upon the "seat" by means of the
parts a, b, c, and d. The part a consists of a metal ring, so formed as to
receive and retain the disc of leather, gutta percha, or other suitable material b,
with a capability of the part 6 revolving therein when the ring a is secured
to the seat of the heel, and the ring a is secured to the seat of the heel
by means of the ring of leather, gutta percha, or other suitable material c,
the part cbeing retained by pins or otherwise, as is well understood, in
applying various thicknesses of leather to form heels of boots. d is a thick-
ness of leather or of gutta percha, which is secured to the disc by
pinning, or when of gutta percha it may be by cementing, as is well under-
stood. And when the parts are so combined the part d will be capable of
revolving with the part b, so that as one part of the outer surface of the heel
becomes worn away another may be presented to wear. And a peculiarity of
this part of my Invention consists in combining the parts and d so as they
may revolve together when such parts are made of leather, gutta percha, or
other suitable material not being metallic. Figure 7 shows a side view
partly in section, and Figure 8 an under side view of part of a boot or shoe,
showing another arrangement of heel according to this part of my Invention.

page_text: In this case the outer wearing surface of the heel is composed of a metal
ring d, which is formed with a shoulder or step all round on the inside to
receive the centre of leather, or it might be gutta percha or other suitable
material (not being metallic) b, and it is by means of the piece b that the
ring dis held, with a capability of the part d revolving, so as to present a
fresh part of its outer surface to that side of the heel which becomes sooner
worn away. The part b may be fastened to the body of the heel by pins or
otherwise. Figures 9 and 10 show the parts separately. Figures 11 and 12
shew a slight modification of the arrangement shown in Figures 7 & 8, the
only difference being in the form of the inner surface of the metal ring d,
and of the outer edge of the disc b, as shown. Figures 13 and 14 show the
parts of this modification separately. Figures 15 and 16 show another mode
of applying revolving heels.
case there is a conical ring of metal a,
of a form corresponding with the inner surface of the ring c, and these parts
are retained with a capability of the part c revolving by means of the
parts b, which consists of leather, gutta percha, or other suitable non-
metallic material, and it is secured by pinning or otherwise to the body of
the heel.
In this
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which consists of a
mode of manufacturing rings a, such as above described, when such rings are
used to retain together the parts of revolving heels of boots, shoes, clogs, and
goloshes. In carrying out this part of my Invention I first cut out a disc of
sheet metal, and I then subject such disc of metal to the operation of a series
of stamping tools suitably formed to bring the metal into the required
shape; after which, by means of suitable piercing tools, I remove the centre,
leaving the ring of the form required, in manner similar to other stamping
or pressing and cutting operations well understood. In Figures 17 and 18
I have shewn a sectional view and plan of a form of ring a capable of
being produced according to this part of my Invention, and which may be
used in place of the ring a shown at Figures 15 and 16, as is shown by
Figure 19.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details shown, so long
as the peculiarity of either part of my Invention be retained; but what I
claim is,
First, the mode of forming heels of boots and shoes by combining the parts
and d capable of revolving together, as described. Also, I claim the mode
of forming heels of boots and shoes by applying metallic rings thereto capable
of revolving as described. Also, I claim the mode of combining parts to form