Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 30th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 1st June,
1888
I SAMUEL POOLEY Junior of 42, Pottergate Street Norwich in the County of
Norfolk, Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Whereas it has been found in practice that the protecting cleats or pieces used
upon boots and shoes at the heel, toe, or other required part of the sole do not
always altogether answer the purpose and cannot be replaced with the facility
desirable.
Now the object of my invention is to provide such protecting cleats or pieces so
as to be thoroughly serviceable to walk upon and after wear to be easily and
effectually renewed.
And my invention consists in either forming the said cleats or pieces in two
parts, one of which is secured to the boot or shoe and has suitable dove-tailed
grooves formed on its outer side so as to receive small iron pieces or studs which
form the other part.
These pieces or studs are readily slidden into the said dove-tailed grooves or
withdrawn so as to be altered or renewed as required.
The form of the said cleats or pieces may be varied according to the part of the
sole requiring protection, for instance they may be bent like a horse-shoe or like a
half a horse shoe for the heels or straight bars may be provided for the tread of the
foot, always having the said pieces or studs fitted to them.
When such pieces or studs are required to be altered and renewed a slight blow of
a hammer is all that is necessary to securely fasten the same into their respective
grooves, and a similar blow will again be sufficient to release them.
Or the said studs or pieces may be provided with a suitable screw thread and be
screwed into the cleats. Or again the said studs or pieces may simply be provided
with a tapered pin to be driven into suitable holes in the cleats. In these last two
modifications the studs or pieces can readily be altered and refitted either by screwing,
or by fixing or loosening with a hammer as the case may be.
W. STENCE & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I SAMUEL POOLEY, Junior of 42 Pottergate Street, Norwich in the County of
Norfolk, Timber Merchant, 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 :—
In practice it has been found that protecting cleats, pieces, tips and plates as at
present used for boots and shoes at the heel, toe, and other desired part of the under
surface of the boot or shoe do not satisfactorily meet all requirements and as at
present applied such parts cannot be replaced with such facility as is desirable..
The object of my invention is to render the application of such protecting pieces
more easy, the protection thoroughly effective and to facilitate renewal of the
surfaces as soon as wear takes place to any undesirable degree.
My invention consists in forming the protecting parts in parts; one part or set of
parts being attached to the boot or shoe and serving as a holder for applied pieces
which constitute the actual wearing surfaces such as small metal pieces or studs
slidden into dovetail or under cut grooves in the base plates or parts attached to the
shoe, so as to be fixed during wear by a blow whilst at the same time they can
readily be removed if required for renewal of the wearing parts.
The shape or contour of the base plate or parts attached to the shoo will vary with
the shape of the portion of the shoe to which they are to be applied, they may be of
semi circular, curved or horse shoe or demi horse shoe form for heels, flat curves
for sides of soles, straight bars for middles of soles, and curves for tips, the bearing
parts being fitted and connected thereto.
Alternatively the studs or applied pieces may be provided with screw threads and be
screwed into parts attached to the shoe sole or heel or be screwed into the under parts
and by a prolongation or spike serve as the attachment for both to the shoe.
Or the stud, studs, projections, or wearing resisting parts may be formed with spike
or rivet parts to be driven into and securely fixed in the under plate or plates the
spikes passing into the shoe in some cases.
In these cases the fixture and unfixing for renewal may be readily effected by
screwing in and unscrewing or tapping in, or out,, with a blow of a hammer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows an under side view of a shoe sole, a being the toe and b
the heel end respectively, c being the middle of the sole and d the waist of
the same.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shewing detail views of the parts of the
protectors. e is a piece screwed to the toe having dove tail or under cut grooves e¹, e
to receive correspondingly formed extensions f¹, f* of the applied sole side pieces f₁f
(see Fig. 4) these parts f¹, are slidden in from the heel to toe into the
grooves e, e and a tap from a hammer engages them. Screws secure the toe
plate e to the sole and screws secure the parts f.
A similar plate g is attached to the heel by screws 9³ and is provided with a dovetail
or under cut slide way g¹ for a correspondingly shaped part h.
The form of these grooves e¹, e³ will be seen by reference to the end view of the toe
piece (Fig. 2) and the opposite end view of the heel (Fig. 7).
In place of having two aida nian00 fanly one may be need

page_text: are studs or wearing projections which are either formed with the parts of the
under plates or are screwed or held by stems therein.
Instead of the screws e³, f³, g³ pins with stud heads may be used.
Fig. 8 shews another modification of parts applied to a sole and heel of a shoe.
Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12 shew by face and edge views the applied sole plates or wear
taking parts modified for lightness.
Figs. 13, 16, 17 shew separately respectively by end view under side view and
side view the heel protector.
Figs. 14 and 15 shew the same as Fig. 13 except that the foundation_plate g
is made divisible into two thicknesses 9, 9. Fig. 18 shews the same as Fig. 13,
partly in section (taken on line 1, 1 Fig. 16), except that the studs 9 have pointed
stems like the same in Fig. 14 to pass through g into the shoe.
h
Fig. 19 shows a heel, looking from the waist in section, with a protector thus
applied, being the studs which are applied to g either by screwing or by plain
stems as in Fig. 18.
The edges of the plate e at et are recessed or under-cut, and the edges of the
plate fat are correspondingly formed so as when in place to lie thereunder and
be retained in position thereby without the additional aid of screws at those parts.
The inner edges of the plates g are under cut to hold the piece of leather filling
up to the level of those plates and which may be renewed. Plates to run down
the middle of the soles will only vary from those already described in the lesser
curvature thereof.
Fig. 20 shews an innerside view and Fig. 21 an end view of a modified form of
inner plate g made to stand in so as to be covered by the leather heel as indicated
by dotted lines g.
Figs. 22 and 23 shew an underside view of a set of sole and heel parts adapted
for heavier makes of goods.
Fig. 24 shews an edge view of Fig. 22 and Fig. 25 a like view of Fig. 23, the pro-
tectors being shewn bottom side upwards as they would lie on the last ready for
hammering or tightening in, when screwed to a sole by screws through screwholes.f³
and g³.
Figs. 26 and 27 shew the parts which in Figs. 22 and 23 are assembled separated by
sliding the studs and their carriers asunder.
Fig. 28 shews an edge view of the stud and plate looking at the side of the shoe,
but modified, a pin being passed through stud and plate to prevent displacement and
aid security to the sole or heel.
By these means protectors may be made of diminished weight compared with the
amount of wearing surface afforded and the parts which are from time to time found
to have most suffered from abrasion can in good time be attended to and removed,
being replaced by like parts without difficulty or the cost and trouble of removing and
renewing the whole as is now mostly the case with ordinary protectors with which I
am acquainted.
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 :-
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The manufacture and use of boot and shoe protectors having removeable and
readily renewable wearing parts arranged or combined and applied substantially as
set forth and for the purposes specified.
2012 1 CA: 1000
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.