IMPROVEMENTS IN RIVETTING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Low and John Treadwell, trading under the
Name and Firm of Low and Treadwell, of the Borough, in the County
of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN RIVETTING THE SOLES
OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
Sealed the 4th April 1868, and dated the 5th October 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Low and John
Treadwell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 5th October 1867.
We, WILLIAM Low and JOHN TREADWELL, trading under the Name and
Firm of Low and Treadwell, of the Borough, in the County of Surrey, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RIVETTING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in rivetting the soles of boots and shoes in a groove
or channel, with a particular shaped rivet, in such a manner as to present all
the appearance of a sewn boot or shoe, having also greater strength, and
requiring fewer rivets. The rivet to be used is of the following shape, by
preference
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but may be modified as required. As here shown tho inner
edges of the shanks are bevilled off, by which means when driven home against
the iron lasts the points are turned out and over, and so clenched out-
wardly. By bevilling the outer edges of the shanks the rivets may be made
to clench inwardly. They are by preference made slightly flat at the two

page_text: sides, and the groove in which they are driven may be made so much the
In order to force the rivets home to the bottom of the said groove
they should be held in suitable pincers with a narrow point or edge to enter
the groove. One side of such pincers may be made to open and shut so as
to take hold of the rivet, the head of the rivet being pressed against a small
grooved shoulder so that when the head of the pincers is struck the rivet
may be forced home without being bruised or bent.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Low and John Treadwell in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 4th April 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
Low and JOHN TREADWELL, trading under the Name and Firm of Low and
Treadwell, of the Borough, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said William Low and John Treadwell, Her special licence, that we, the said
William Low and John Treadwell, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said William Low and John Treadwell, our exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RIVETTING THE SOLES OF
BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said William
Low and John Treadwell, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their bands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Low and John Treadwell, do
hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
:-

page_text: This Invention consists in rivetting the soles of boots and shoes in a groove
or channel, with a particular shaped rivet, in such a manner as to present all
the appearance of a sewn boot or shoe, having also greater strength, and
requiring fewer rivets. The rivet to be used is of the following shape, by
preference
П
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but may be modified as required. As here shown the inner
edges of the shanks are bevilled off, by which means when driven home against
the iron lasts the points are turned out and over, and so clenched outwardly.
By bevilling the outer edges of the shanks the rivets may be made to clench
inwardly. They are by preference made slightly flat at the two sides, and the
groove in which they are driven may be made so much the narrower.
order to force the rivets home to the bottom of the said groove they should be
held in suitable pincers with a narrow point or edge to enter the groove. One
side of such pincers may be made to open and shut so as to take hold of the
rivet, the head of the rivet being pressed against a small grooved shoulder, so
that when the head of the pincers is struck the rivet may be forced home
without being bruised or bent.
The said rivet can be used with a wooden last or knee stand after being
driven as already explained, and may be clinched by a clincher or by an iron
last after tho boot is removed from the last in the first instance. By the use
of these rivets increased elasticity would be obtained, and the boot upper could
be secured in the lasting by sewing, bracing, or wooden pegs in preference to
the iron tacks or tingles now used, which are very objectionable by reason of
their staining and tearing the stockings of the wearer.
In witness whereof we, the said William Low and John Treadwell, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
THOMAS MORGAN,
71, Fleet Street,
E. C.
LOW & TREADWELL. (LS.)