Improvements in Studs for Boots, Shoes, and other similar articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 26th Feb.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Studs for Boots, Shoes, and other similar articles.
I, MATTHEW PAGE, Sparsholt Road, Crouch Hill, Middlesex, Saddler, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;
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According to this invention studs for boots, shoes, and other similar articles are
furnished at one end with one or more pins, or with teeth, which, when the stud
is inserted in the outer sole project upwards, so that when the inner sole is forced
down thereon the projecting point or points are forced into the substance of the
leather thus holding the soles together.
Dated this 22nd day of Uctober 1897.
Improvements in Studs for Boots, Shoes, and other similar articles.
I, MATTHEW PAGE, Sparsholt Road, Crouch Hill, Middlesex, Saddler, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement;
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According to this invention, studs for boots, shoes, and other similar articles are
furnished at one end with one or more pius, or points or with teeth, which when
the stud is inserted in the outer sole project upwards, so that when the inner sole
is forced down thereon the projecting point or points are forced into the substance
of the leather thus holding the soles together.
In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings one form of my improved studs is
shewn in elevation-Such stud a is tubular, and furnished at one end with a series
of pointed teeth or prongs a¹, which when the stud is forced into the outer sole, b,
Fig. 2; from the outside project on the inner or opposite side thereof, as shewn in
Fig. 2, and are subsequently burred over, or clamped down, as shewn in Fig. 3,
so as to firmly secure them in the sole and present an even surface to the tread of
the foot. Or if an inner sole c, is forced down thereon, such teeth or prongs are
forced into the substance of such inner sole, thus holding the two soles together,
as shewn in Figure 4.
Figure 5 shews a modified form of my improved studs which consists of a short
tubular shank a, closed at one end by a circular plate a¹, that projects so as to
form a flange a³, and is furnished either with a single pointed pin a³, as shewn in
the drawing; or with several of such pins.-This form of stud is first forced through

page_text: the outer sole from the inside thereof leaving the pin or pins projecting upwards
on such inner side, as shewn in Fig. 6. The inner sole is then forced down on such
projecting pin or pins which become embedded therein, and so firmly hold the outer
and inner soles together. The point or points of such projecting pin or pins are
prevented from working through the substance of the inner sole by the circular
plate a, which on coming in contact with the outer face of such inner sole forms
a stop that effectually prevents the point or points of the pin or pins from pene-
trating too deeply therein to the inconvenience of the wearer.
Fig. 7, shews another modification in form of my improved studs for boots and
shoes, and other similar articles, which is fitted in a similar manner to that last
described, and which consists of a conical tube a terminating in a point a¹. Fig. 8
shews this form of stud fitted in a boot sole, and Fig. 9 shews the external appear-
ance of my improved studs when so fitted.
If desired the studs may be made of split tubing to allow the studs to expand
slightly when being driven into the sole, and thus obtain a lateral grip of the
substance thereof.
The effect of inserting my improved studs in the soles of boots and shoes, and
other similar articles, is to greatly strengthen the same and considerably augment
the wearing properties thereof, at the same time that the requisite degree of flexi-
bility in the sole is preserved.
I would here observe that the form of my improved studs may be further
modified without departing from the essential feature thereof which is substantially
as herein before described and hereinafter claimed.
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
As improved articles of manufacture, studs for boots, shoes, and other similar
articles, furnished with one or more points, pins, or teeth, which are forced into the
sole, or soles, and otherwise fitted therein all substantially in the manner herein-
before described.
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Dated
20th day of January 1898.
ELT & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents 43, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London,
Agents for Applicant.