Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
We, THOMAS ALOYSIOUS MOLLOY, of 18, Montgomery Street, in the City of
Poughkeepsie and State of New York, Shoemaker, LOUIS KIRCHNER, of 555, Main
Street, in the City of Poughkeepsie and State of New York, Dealer in Meats, and
MARTIN PARTRICK MANNING, of 216, Main Street, in the City of Poughkeepsie,
and State of New York, Importer, United States of America, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained, "in and by the following statement:-
The objects of this invention are to provide an article of foot wear adapted
to be worn, particularly by metal moulders, furnace-men and others liable to
tread on highly heated bodies of metal; to provide a shoe which will not be
injured or affected by such contact with said heated metal; to enable the shoe to
be employed advantageously both in the foundry, in contact with said metal,
and while walking to and from the foundry or mill, or under other conditions,
with comfort and ease; to enable the movements of the wearer of the heavy metal
soles to be cushioned when said shoes are not used in walking in the foundry or
mill, and thus to reduce the noise and jar in walking, as for example, when walking
to and from the foundry or mill, as above indicated; to enable the cushion to be
removed with ease and facility; to secure a removable contact cushion or pad
of simple structure and little cost; and to obtain other advantages and results,
some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description
of the working parts.
The invention consists in the improved boot or shoe for the personal wear of
moulders and those employed. in rolling mills and in like situations where the
person walking is apt or liable to tread upon heated bodies of metal or other
matter, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all
substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses
of the claim.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of a shoe of the improved construction, showing the cushions or pads remove.!
from the tread surfaces of the shoe bottom; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the
heel tread cushion; Figure 3 is a side elevation of the sole tread cushion; Figure 4
is a longitudinal sectional view of the shoe without the tread cushions; Figure 5
is a transverse sectional view of the heel of the shoe with the upper and the heel
pad removed and showing the removable tread cushion in position, and Figure 6
is a section on line x, Figure 4.
In said drawings, a indicates the upper of the shoe which may be of leather or
other material and of any suitable construction. Said upper consists, preferably
of the body portion a', the welt all, and the lining or insole all, the last two
being sewed to the body of the upper, and the welt forming outwardly projecting
flanges which extend around the sides of the shoe to receive the pintles c, as herein-
after described.

page_text: A sole and heel body portion b, is attached to said upper in any suitable manner,
but, preferably, by means of the pintles c, attached to said body portion b, in
the act of casting.
Said body portion consists of a single integral piece of metal, preferably,
aluminium, because of its lightness, impermeability, and other qualities, made, in
plan, in the shape to conform to the foot of the wearer as in ordinary shoes.
On the upper side, said body portion is made hollow to receive an interlining d,
of cork, asbestos, or any other suitable substance which is a poor conductor of
heat, the heel portion of said body being deeply recessed, as shown, so as to
receive a heel pad d, of considerable thickness which will serve to produce
a very considerable resilience, cushioning the heel of the foot in the act of walking.
Said heel pad is composed of a layer of cork fastened to the underside of the lining
although it may be of other resilient or cushion-like material.
The upper edge of this metallic casting is raised, forming a thick marginal rib
or rim, r, extending entirely around the casting, both at the heel and sole parts
thereof, which rib or rim forms a receptacle for the non-conductive filling above
referred to. This marginal rib being thick, as described, produces a firm and
strong bedding in which the series of pintles c, are cast, the pintles being, pre-
ferably, of non-elastic steel adapted to be passed through the welt and clinched
at their projecting extremities so as to hold said welt down firmly upon the said :
marginal rib.
The lateral edges of the metal body flare outwardly toward the bottom, forming
a keeper ribs, over which are sprung the flanges of the removable bottom portions,
cushions or pads 6, adapted to be employed in walking to and from business or
when there is no heated metal to injure the same.
pieces 6, consist of leather of suitable thickness, having secured to their edges
Said pads, cushions or bottom
resilient flanges t, adapted to fit over the flaring edges of the sole and heel
and be thus held firmly thereto, cushioning the tread and enabling the person
walking on ordinary side walks to do so without producing the objectionable
noise; and avoiding the objectionable jar incident to such walking.
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Across the forward part e, of the heel, a spring e¹, or any other suitable con-
nection, may extend, if desired, to join the forward ends of the flanges t. (Fig. 2).
The edges of the body or bottom casting are provided at the upper parts with a
projecting marginal protecting rib 6", which serves to guard the upper edges
of the flanges of the cushions so that the latter cannot, by inadvertance, accident or 3
otherwise, be forced off the sole and heel, the said protecting ribs 6", conducing
to a greater security of the cushions in the act of walking, as will be understood.
The cushions 6', in addition to the advantages above referred to, serve to give
contact surface which is not apt to slip upon the ice, snow, etc., in the walking
operations.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:.
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1. The combination, in a shoe, of an upper, a cast metal bottom having integral
pintles for fastening said bottom to said upper, leather plates for the sole and heel 4
of said bottom, having spring flanges for removably securing said leather plates
to said bottom, substantially as set forth.
2. The improved shoe comprising a metal bottom integrally including the sole
and heel, having pintles embedded therein near the outer edges, and having at
said edges a flaring part to receive a flange, of a pad or cushion and a guarding rib 50
to protect the upper edge of said flange, a cushion having said flange, and an upper
held to the metallic bottom, substantially as set forth.
3. The improved metal moulder's or furnace-men's shoe, comprising a metallic
bottom integrally embodying sole and heel parts which have at their edges, keeper
ribs 8, and are centrally hollowed out at the upper side, said casting at the upper 55

page_text: edges being provided with vertical ribs having pintles cast therein, an upper
and insole or lining held directly upon said metal body by said pintles, and a non-
conductive filling arranged between the metal and said insole, whereby heat con-
ducted by the metal will not be freely transmitted to the said lining and foot;
substantially as set forth.
Dated this Bountoonth day of Janua
1000
MARTIN P. MANNING.
LOUIS KIRCHNER
THOMAS A. MOLLOY,
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.