IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE SEWN AND RIVETTED BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Turner, of Stafford, in the County of
Stafford, Wholesale Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE SEWN AND RIVETTED BOOTS AND SHOES."
Sealed the 25th July 1871, and dated the 3rd February 1871.
I, THOMAS TURNER, of Stafford, in the County of Stafford, Wholesale
Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE SEWN AND RIVETTED BOOTS AND SHOES," to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to make the fore parts or edges of the
soles of machine sewn and rivetted boots and shoes to have the appear-
ance of hand stitched boots and shoes. This I effect by sewing or
otherwise causing to be placed round the edge of the welt or middle
sole, of whatever material the same may be composed, a row or beading

page_text: of stitching or imitation of stitching before the said welt or middle sole
is placed and secured between the "upper" or top of the machine sewn
and rivetted boot or shoe and the outer sole of the same.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Turner in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 26th July 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
TURNER, of Stafford, in the County of Stafford, Wholesale Shoe Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Thomas Turner, Her special licence that
I, the said Thomas Turner, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or, such others as I; the said Thomas Turner, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 MACHINE
SEWN AND RIVETTED BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Turner, my exccutors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 I, the said Thomas Turner, do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :—
The object of this Invention is to make the fore parts or edges of the
sples of machine sewn and rivetted boots and shoes to have the appear-

page_text: ance of hand stitched boots and shoes. This I effect by sewing with a
machine suitable for the purpose, or otherwise causing to be placed
round the edge of the welt, middle sole, or ply, of whatever material
the same may be composed, or round the edge of a cork sole, or any
other material inserted or incased in any description of leather, a row
or beading of stitching, or imitation of stitching, before the said welt,
middle sole, ply, or cork sole inserted or incased in any description of
leather or any other material inserted or incased in any description of
leather is placed and secured between the " upper" or top of the
machine sewn or rivetted boots or shoes and the "outer" sole of
the same.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is or may be performed, I desire it to be understood
that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the herein-before
in part recited Letters Patent is, making the fore parts or edges of the
soles of machine sewn or rivetted boots and shoes to have the appearance
of band stitched boots and shoes, and this I effect by sewing or otherwise
causing to be placed round the edge of the welt, middle sole, or ply,
of whatever material the same may be composed, a row or beading of
stitching, or imitation of stitching, before the said welt, middle sole, or
ply is placed and secured between the " upper or top of the machine
sewn or rivetted boot or shoe and the "outer" sole of the same, sub-
stantially as herein-before described.
"
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Turner, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.