Improvements in Rivets for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rivets for Boots and Shoes.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Albert Van Wagenen, of the McKay Metallic Fastening Co., Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America) to be as follows:
My invention relates to nails of the kind technically known in the boot and shoe
trade as "
rivets," such rivets being used for connecting the outer soles to the
uppers and inner soles. Rivets of this kind as usually constructed are provided
with short thick points and are of such length that when driven the said points
project slightly beyond and are clinched upon the surface of the inner sole. If,
owing to slight variations in the thicknesses of the different parts of the soles
being connected together the said rivets are projected more than is desired through
the inner sole, it frequently happens that the rivets bend in the leather instead of
the points being clinched and this is especially the case when such rivets are inserted
by machinery, hence it is obvious that the work is not solid.
Now the object of this invention is to construct the rivet in such a manner that
no matter to what extent the points project when driven beyond the surface of
the inner sole the said points will always be clinched without bending the rivet
shanks.
In carrying out my invention I make rivets with long tapering or sabre-shaped
points which are found in practice to turn over directly they come into contact with
the last, or with the horn of the machine.
In practice the two faces of the point may be slightly curved so that the section
of the said point is more or less oval.
By the use of this invention the cost of manufacture of "rivetted" boots and
shoes by the aid of machinery is reduced more particularly in the driving of the
rivets or nails.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
UUMI LETE DI DUIT TU
Improvements in Rivets for Boots and Shoes.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Albert Van Wagenen, of the McKay Metallic Fastening Co., Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to nails of the kind technically known in the boot and shoe
trade as
"rivets," such rivets being used for connecting the outer soles to the

page_text: uppers and inner soles. Rivets of this kind as usually constructed are provided
with short thick points and are of such, length that when driven the said
points should only project slightly beyond and be clinched upon the surface of
the inner sole. If, owing to slight variations in the thicknesses of the different
parts of the soles being connected together the said rivets are projected more
than is desired through the inner sole, it frequently happens that the rivets
bend in the leather instead of the points being clinched and this is especially the
case when such rivets are inserted by machinery, hence it is obvious that the work
is not solid.
Now the object of this invention is to construct the rivet in such a manner
that no matter to what extent the points project when driven beyond the surface
of the inner sole the said points will always be clinched without bending the rivet
shanks.
In carrying out my invention I make rivets with long tapering or sabre-shaped
points which are found in practice to turn over directly they come into contact with
the last, or with the horn of the machine.
To enable my invention to be fully understood 1 will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved rivet drawn to an exaggerated scale:
Figure 2 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 of the point of the
rivet.
By referring to these figures it will be seen that the point of the rivet is formed
by compressing the shank on two opposite sides as shewn at a, the compressed
surfaces being tapered or inclined towards each other and somewhat curved so
that the transverse section of the point at all parts approximates to the shape shewn
in Figure 3.
The points of rivets made of the shape above described will turn over directly
they come into contact with the last or the horn of the machine thereby preventing
the rivets bending in the leather.
By the use of this invention the cost of manufacture of "rivetted" boots and
shoes by the aid of machinery is reduced more particularly in the driving of the
rivets or nails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A rivet for boots and shoes having the shape hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The manufacture of rivets for boots and shoes substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 12th day of October 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.