IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Morgan, Secretary, Inventors Patentright
Association Limited of 21 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross in the County of
Middlesex for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BOOTS AND SHOES Communicated to him from abroad by F. A
Schmider, of Zell a/H, Baden.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Morgan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th July 1882.
THOMAS MORGAN, Secretary, Inventors Patentright Association Limited, of
21 Cockspur Street Charing Cross in the County of Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," (A communication to me from
abroad by F. A. Schmider, of Zell a/H., Baden)
Experience shows that ordinary leather soles and heels in a short time are worn
away, the nails fitted to them not suiting every foot covering, and they are apt to
spoil carpets etc.
Now according to this Invention, the following arrangements are preferred, to
give to soles the utmost durability without doing away with their smoothness.-
This method may be employed even for finer kinds of shoes, as the parts which
prevent wear and tear do not stand out from the soles, but are flush with the
surface thereof. I use a machine which stamps rectangular holes through the soles,
which holes may have a pitch as required against wear and tear-Another machine
forms small rectangular conical blocks made out of steel, and tinned to avoid
corrosion, the smallest surfaces of which are of the size of holes in the soles.-By
a press these. small steel blocks are pressed into the soles, and by their conical
shape, they cannot get loose when secured to the boot, and they gradually offer
greater surface against wear.-The sole containing the steel blocks is fastened to
the boot or shoe in the ordinary manner.
With the under portion of the heels, the same arrangements are preferably used.
The number and dimensions of the small steel blocks accomodate themselves to
the kind of foot coverings desired.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Morgan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th January 1883.
THOMAS MORGAN, Secretary of the Inventors Patentright Association Limited
of 21 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS
[Communicated to me from abroad
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
by F. A. Schmider, of Zell a/H, Baden]
Experience shows clearly that ordinary leather soles and heels in a short time
are worn away.-Nails fitted to them do not suit every foot covering, and are apt to
spoil carpets etc, therefore I make use of the following arrangement to give to soles
the utmost durability without doing away with their smoothness. This method
may be employed even for finer kinds of shoes, as the parts which prevent wear
and tear do not stand out from the soles, but are flush with the surface thereof.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is plan of sole of boot or shoe-Fig. 2
section of steel blocks.-Fig. 3, Cross section of sole.
I use a machine which stamps rectangular holes a. a through the soles A, which
holes may have such a pitch as to provide against wear.-Another machine forms
small rectangular blocks b. b. made out of steel and tinned to avoid corrosion, the
smallest surfaces of which are of the size of the holes in the soles.-By a press
these small steel blocks are pressed into the soles and by their conical shape they
cannot get loose when secured to the boot and gradually offer greater surfaces
against wear when used-The sole containing the steel blocks is fastened to the
boot or shoe in the ordinary well known manner. With the bottom pieces of the
heels the same arrangements are used-The number and dimensions of the steel
blocks accomodate themselves to the foot covering as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that
I claim the method of making soles and heels durable by many perforations of the
sole and the bottom piece of the heel, and by putting and pressing in conical
tinned steel blocks in such a manner that the smallest surfaces of said blocks will
be the exterior, so that they are kept in the sole, and offer continually greater
surfaces against wear and tear,
In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Morgan have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and