IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL MOUNTINGS FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfons Tellering, of Berg-Gladbach, in the German-
Empire, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL MOUNTINGS FOR THE
SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
Sealed the 26th November 1878, and dated the 15th June 1878,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfons Tellering at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1878.
ALFONS TELLERING, of Berg-Gladbach, in the German Empire.
IN METAL MOUNTINGS FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
"IMPROVEMENTS
According to my present Invention I construct fittings for the soles of boots and
shoes of cast metal plates, having on one surface a number of projecting spikes or
pins which are driven into the sole, and thus secure the plate firmly on the latter,
such plates serving in lieu of the hob nails or the plates having holes in them
through which pins are driven, as at present in use.
..The said plates are by preference made of malleable cast iron of the configuration
required for the particular part of the sole to which they are to be applied. Their
outer surface may be either smooth, or roughened, or recessed; or it may be pro-
vided with openings, which can be filled in with caoutchouc, leather, cement, or
other suitable substance.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alfons Tellering in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th November
1878.
ALFONS TELLERING, of Berg-Gladbach, in the German Empire.
IN METAL MOUNTINGS FOR THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
"IMPROVEMENTS
According to my present Invention I construct fittings for the soles of boots and
shoes of cast metal plates, having on one surface a number of projecting spikes or
pins which are driven into the sole, and thus secure the plate firmly on the latter,
such plates serving in lieu of the hob nails, or the plates having holes in them,
through which pins are driven, as at present in use.
The said plates are by preference made of malleable cast iron of the configuration
required for the particular part of the sole to which they are to be applied. Their
outer surface may be either smooth, or roughened, or recessed; or it may be pro-
vided with springs, which can be filled in with caoutchouc, leather, cement, or
other suitable substance.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows a side view, and Fig. 2 a plan of the sole of a boot with my improved
metal mountings applied thereto.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5 shew respectively detached side views and plans of the mount-
ings A, A, for the heel; B, B, for the sole; and C, C, for the toe.
Each mounting consists of a plate, which may be roughened on the outer surface,
as shewn, and which has cast on its inner surface a number of pins a, a, which are
driven into the sole, and thus securely hold the plate against it.
These mountings may be of any desired shape suitable for the part of the sole
or heel to which they are to be applied. D, D, show mountings of triangular form
suitable for the middle of the sole.
By making the curved portions of the heel and toe mountings A and C separate
from the straight portion, it will not be necessary to make right and left handed
castings.
The plates may be made with openings, which may either be left open or filled
in with caoutchouc, gutta percha, leather, or other substance.
These improved mountings have the advantage over ordinary metal fixed on by
separate nails that they are not so liable to become detached, as the separate nails
often get loose and fall out, leaving holes through which the water can penetrate.
The improved mountings are also less liable to wear, more easily fixed, and in
most cases cheaper than the others.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, I claim the manufacture and use of cast metal mountings for
boots and shoes, consisting of plates of any desired configuration, and having pro-
jecting pins cast on the one side thereof, substantially as herein described.
In witness, whereof, I, the said Alfons Tellering, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.