An Improved Manufacture of Insoles for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
TRUVIDIONAL DI DUIFICATION.
An Improved Manufacture of Insoles for Boots and Shoes.
I, WILLIAM FLEMING, of Holly Road and Abingdon Grove, Northampton, in
the County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved manufacture of insole for boots and shoes.
In carrying out my invention I make what I term a combination insole which
consists of two layers of thin soft leather with an intermediate layer of asbestos or
other flexible waterproof material, the three layers being stitched together at a
short distance from the edge of the insole.
In order to adapt my invention for use in machine welted boots I make the layer
of leather with which the foot comes into contact larger than the other layers and,
when the several layers are sewn together, I turn the projecting portion of the
larger layer over the edge of the middle layer and cement or otherwise attach it
thereto, the projecting edge of the third layer when turned up serving for the
attachment of the upper.
In some cases that portion of the layer which comes against the foot inside the
stitching may be cut away so as to expose the middle layer.
The heel portion of the insole is, in some cases, provided with an extra thickness
of leather so that the heel of the boot or shoe can be attached by means of standard
screws, nails, tingles or the like.
Dated the 8th dox of October 1895
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
An improved manufacture of insoles for Boots and shoes.
I, WILLIAM FLEMING, of Holly Road and Abingdon Grove, Northampton,.
in the County of Northampton, 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 an improved manufacture of insole for boots and shoes.
In carrying out my invention I make what I term a combination insole which
consists of two layers of thin soft leather with an intermediate layer of asbestos or
other flexible waterproof material, the three layers being stitched together at a
short distance from the edge of the insole.
In order to adapt my invention for use in machine welted boots I make the layer
of leather with which the foot comes into contact larger than the other layers and,
when the several layers are sewn together, I turn the projecting portion of the
larger layer over the edge of the middle layer and cement or otherwise attach it
thereto, the projecting edge of the third layer when turned up serving for the
attachment of the upper.
In some cases the whole or a part of that portion of the layer which comes.
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page_text: against the foot inside the stitching may be cut away so as to expose the middle
layer.
The heel portion of the insole is, in some cases, provided with an extra thickness
of leather so that the heel of the boot or shoe can be attached by means of standard
screws, nails, tingles or the like.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan of an insole made according to my invention :
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same :
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a plan of my improved insole adapted for use for machine welted
boots :
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the same :
Figure 6 is a transverse section on the line 6-6 of Figure 4:
Figure 7 is a transverse section on the line 7-7 of Figure 4:
Figure 8 is a section similar to Figure 7 of a slight modification.
Similar letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in the
several figures.
a is the inner layer of leather, 6 the outer layer, c the intermediate layer of
asbestos or other flexible waterproof material and d, d the stitches by means
of which the said layers are held together. A portion of the inner layer a is
shewn cut away in Figures 1, 2 and 3 so as to expose the intermediate layer c.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7, which represent an insole
adapted for use for machine welted boots, the projecting portion a' of the layer a
is turned over the edge of the middle layer c and cemented to the same and the
edge of the layer b is turned up for the attachment of the upper.
thickened heel portion.
In Figure 8 the layer bis shewn thicker than in Figure 7.
e is the
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. An insole for boots and shoes having two layers of thin soft leather and an
intermediate layer of asbestos or other Hexible waterproof material, substantially
as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved insoles for boots and shoes
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 and 4 to 8 respectively of
the drawings.
Doted this 10th 2
T 1806
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.