IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND PREPARATION OF WOODEN PEGS FOR MAKING SHOES AND BOOTS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Harvey Oliver, M.D., of Baltimore, in
the State of Maryland, United States of America, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND PREPARATION OF WOODEN PEGS
FOR MAKING SHOES AND BOOTS."
Sealed the 24th January 1873, and dated the 2nd December 1872.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said James Harvey Oliver
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 2nd December 1872, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HARVEY OLIVER, M.D., of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, United
States of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE AND PREPARATION OF WOODEN PEGS FOR MAKING SHOES AND
Boors," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for

page_text: the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I am the original
and sole Inventor of the same.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Harvey Oliver, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming
a part of this Specification :-
My Invention consists in preparing wooden pegs for shoes and boots,
by saturating and coating them with common shoemakers' wax or other
similar adhesive substance.
In order to perfect the saturation the wax or other adhesive mass
should be melted or fused, and the pegs should be immersed in it while
it is in a fluid condition, and allowed to remain until the saturation
is complete, when this is attained the pegs may be removed or the
mass drawn off. When allowed to cool the surface of the pegs will
be covered by a coating of wax, the thickness of which will be increased
as the degree of fluidity is diminished at the time of separation, and may
be modified accordingly.

page_text: worn off without serious injury it is evident that the durability depends
principally upon the adhesive and other properties of the wax.
By my Invention the pegs being saturated with wax are not liable
to contract or expand, and the coating of wax upon their surfaces
coming in contact with and adhering to the leather prevents separation,
excludes moisture, and preserves the shoe. Pegs thus prepared may
be used as fastenings for other articles made of leather, as well as for
boots and shoes.
Pegs constructed of porous wood if sufficiently strong being more
readily permeated by the wax, are preferable, and any irregularity of
the surfaces of the peg will tend to increase the force of cohesion and
secure strength.
It is of course understood that any similar preparation possessing the
requisite properties would answer the purpose as well as shoemakers'
wax.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I wish it understood that I claim,—
First. A wooden shoe peg saturated with shoemakers' wax or similar
adhesive material, as and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
Second. A wooden shoe peg coated with shoemakers' wax or similar
adhesive substance, as and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
Third. A wooden shoe peg saturated and coated with shoemakers'
wax or similar adhesive material, as and for the purpose herein-before
set forth.
JAMES HARVEY OLIVER
JAMES HARVEY OLIVED
(L.S.)