Improvements in or relating to Tips for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1897
in Loft 4th Ch 1900 Annanted 11th May 1808
Improvements in or relating to Tips for Boots and Shoes.
I, WALTER WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of
Middlesex, Works Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to tips for boots and shoes and may be carried out in
the following manner:-
I form a recess in the heel, toe or other part where the chief wear usually comes
so as to form a space in which I may place the tip; this may be conveniently
effected at the heel by cutting away the necessary portion from the top "lift"
so that when it is secured upon the heel the necessary recess is provided the edge
or edges of this recess may be undercut if desired to assist in holding the tip. The
tip itself may be made of indiarubber or other similar material which may have
a rounded outer surface and may be secured by nails or rivets by cement or other-
wise as preferred; in addition to or instead of the undercut edges a narrow channel
may be formed at the inner edge of the recess into which a flange upon the tip
may enter for the purpose of securing it; in this case the rivets may pass through
the top lift and the flange as well as or instead of through the body portion of
the tip. The shape of the tips and recesses may be varied as required.
Although previously in the case of the heel I have described it as extending only
a portion of the way round in a recess so that the ends of the tip bed against the
ends of the recess I may if desired carry the rubber, if rubber be the material
employed, entirely around the outside or even the whole of the heel and similarly
also with regard to the toe and sole; in any or all cases the curve of the tip may
be greater than that of the part which it has to fit, so that the rubber will be
compressed in applying it, or if desired other suitable means of compressing the
rubber may be employed.

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:―
The object of this invention is to provide for the heels of boots and shoes a
durable tip which shall cause the heel to be more comfortable and less noisy than
the heel as usually worn and can be easily applied.
The invention comprises the preparation of special tips and their application to
boots and shoes.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tip constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is a similar view of an alternative form of tip.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a heel prepared for the reception of a tip such
as is shown in Figure 2 and,
Figure 4 is a plan of a heel fitted with a tip.
Like letters indicate like parts in all the drawings.
The tip is made of indiarubber or other like substance, and consists of a thick
wearing piece A provided with a row of holes arranged preferably along its inner
edge as shown at B. The holes, which may be moulded or otherwise formed in
the tip, extend entirely or only partly through the substance of the tip and prefer-
ably have a direction at right angles to its upper and lower surfaces. They are
made rather smaller than the gauge of the rivets or nails intended to be used for
fixing the tip in the heel.
The outer side C of the tip corresponds with the shape of the heel to which it
is to be fixed and its inner side may be formed at right angles with its upper sur-
face and back as shown at D in Fig. 1; or it may be bevelled sloped or curved,
substantially as shown at E in Fig. 2, the back of the tip being wider than its
face or upper surface.
.
The tip is applied to the heel by inserting it in a space provided at the part
usually exposed to the greatest wear by cutting away a portion of the top piece
and sometimes also from the top lift of the heel, this space corresponding to the
shape of the tip to be applied as shown in Fig. 3, which represents a heel with a
space prepared for the reception of a tip with a double bevelled inner edge such
as is shown in Fig. 2. The tip is fastened with rivets or nails driven through the
prepared holes B into the body of the heel, the heads of the rivets being preferably
sunk in the tip for about one fifth of its thickness.
Desirably rivets are employed with small heads especially when driven into the
body of the tip as described. Although not necessary it is sometimes advantageous
to employ a little rubber solution when fixing the tip.
When a tip such as is shown in Fig. 2 is applied and fastened in the manner
described a portion of the rubber tip is wedged or clipped in between the rivets
and the bevelled or undercut edge of the top piece of the heel making the attachment
very secure.
If desired the tip may be made with an insertion of canvas or other suitable
material as shown at G in Figure 1, and the shape may be suitably varied as
required.
Owing to the nature of rubber difficulty would be found in driving nails through
the tip without the previous formation of holes for the same, and by placing the
holes, as described, along the inner edge of the tip, the latter can be fixed on the
heel in a way which will not materially interfere with the play or action of
the rubber when in wear, which result would not be attained if the tip were
attached in the manner usually employed for fixing metal tips, that is by driving
the nail through the middle of the tip, owing to the fact that in walking the heel
of the boot almost invariably strikes the ground at a considerable angle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Securing a rubber tip of the kind described to the heel of a boot or shoe by

page_text: nailing through the substance of the tip, holes being previously formed in the tip
for the reception of the nails.
2. A rubber tip for the heel of a boot or shoe having holes formed in it in
advance for the reception of the nails.
1241
131
1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.