Improvements in or connected with Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1900
Complete Specification Left. 26th Apr. 1900--Accepted. 26th May. 1900
Complete Specification Left. 26th Aor.. 1900--Accepted. 26th May. 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Boots and Shoes.
We, JOHN CAVE & SONS, LIMITED, of High Street, Rushden, in the County of
Northampton, Manufacturers, and AMOS CAVE, a member of the Firm of John
Cave & Sons, Limited, aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes and consists in
the construction and application to boot soles of discs of leather or other
suitable material adapted to be detachably secured to the soles so that they can,
when worn, be either turned round or replaced.
In carrying out our invention we advantageously make use of discs of leather
of suitable size and prepared in the manner described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 24098 of 1893, the said dises being fixed by means of central
screws which not only permit of readily attaching and detaching the discs but also
of partially rotating the discs in order to vary the position of the parts relatively
with the soles.
In practice we prefer that the sole to which the discs are applied should
be formed with a series of recesses in which the discs will be more or less sunk,
but it will be obvious, that our discs can be applied to plain soles, the latter
arrangement being very advantageously adopted for repairing boots of ordinary
construction.
In addition to the advantages of ease of repair hereinbefore referred to our
invention possesses the further advantage that boots provided with our improve-
ments are much more comfortable to wear than ordinary boots inasmuch as that
the discs, by projecting slightly beyond the surface of the sole, afford an air
space which makes the boots cool to the feet, and, further, the said discs have
the effect of affording a firm grip upon the ground for preventing slipping and
also of imparting a certain amount of elasticity to the boot.
Dated this 26th day of July 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London.
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or connected with Boots and Shoes.
We, JOHN CAVE & SONS, LIMITED, of High Street, Rushden, in the County of
Northampton, Manufacturers, and AMOS CAVE, a member of the Firm of John
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page_text: Cave & Sons, Limited, aforesaid, 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:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes and consists in
the construction, and application to boot soles, of discs of leather or other
suitable material adapted to be detachably secured to the soles so that they can,
when worn, be either turned round or replaced.
In carrying out our invention we advantageously make use of discs of leather
of suitable size and prepared in the manner described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 24098 of 1893, the said discs being fixed by means of central
screws which not only permit of readily attaching and detaching the discs but also
of partially rotating the discs in order to vary the position of the parts relatively
with the soles.
In practice we prefer that the sole to which the discs are applied should
be formed with a series of recesses in which the discs will be more or less sunk,
but it will be obvious that our discs can be applied to plain soles, the latter
arrangement being very advantageously adopted for repairing boots of ordinary
construction.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a boot having leather discs applied to
the sole and heel thereof :
Figure 2 is an underside view of the same; and
Figures 3 and 4 are a transverse section and an underside view respectively of
one of the discs drawn to a larger scale.
a is the boot, b the sole and c the heel of the same. d, d are our discs which
are preferably of leather prepared in the manner described in the Specification of
former Patent No. 24098 of 1893 although they can be of any other suitable
material. The said discs are preferably formed on the underside with concentric
circular grooves or flutes e, e as clearly shewn in the drawing and are also
provided with a central hole f, whereby they can be screwed to the sole 6 or heel c
of the boot as shewn in Figures 1 and 2; the holes f, f are countersunk to
receive the heads of the screws.
In the drawing the sole and the heel are slightly recessed to receive the
discs d, d and we prefer this construction as we have above mentioned although
the discs can be screwed to plain soles, this arrangement being more advan-
tageous for repairing boots of ordinary construction.
With boots constructed as above described it will be clear that should the
discs become worn upon one side they merely require to be turned so that the
unworn portion becomes subjected to the effects of wear. Furthermore, when
the discs become seriously worn they can be removed and fresh discs substituted
therefor, the soles and heels proper remaining practically unaffected by wear.
In addition to the advantage of ease of repair our invention possesses the
further advantage that boots made in accordance therewith are much more
comfortable to wear than ordinary boots inasmuch as that the discs, by projecting
slightly beyond the surface of the sole, afford an air space which makes the boots
cool to the feet, and, further, that the said discs have the effect of affording a
firm grip upon the ground for preventing slipping and also of imparting a
certain amount of elasticity to the boot.
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:-
1. The combination with the soles and heels of boots and shoes of discs of
leather or other suitable material detachably secured to the said holes and heels
which may be recessed to receive them, substantially as, and for the purpose,
hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. The manufacture and use of discs for attachment to the soles and heels of
boots and shoes, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London.
Agents for the Applicants.