An Improvement in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Boots and Shoes.
I, FOY RIVIERE BROWN, of Hamble, Southampton, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the means of affixing soles to boots and shoes, and has
for its chief object to enable boots and shoes to be repeatedly re-soled or clumped
without stitching or nailing and even without recourse to the bootmaker, the same
means being also applicable for securing new top lifts to the heels.
In applying the invention to the soleing of boots and shoes I propose to insert
in the welt and sole of the boot or shoe at the time of manufacture and at suitable
distances apart, screw-threaded sockets flanged at their upper ends which are
countersunk in the upper surface of the welt and project downwards through the
welt and through corresponding apertures made in the sole. In these sockets are
received corresponding flat-headed screw studs which pass through the sole or
clump to be applied and are sufficiently countersunk therein to be protected from
wear by contact with the ground.
The positions of the screw sockets are determined by means of a gauge so as to
enable them to be readily found although buried in the welt and sole, the positions.
of the holes in the new sole or clump being also determined by a corresponding
gauge so as to ensure correct register and facilitate the insertion of the screws into
their sockets.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
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I, FOY RIVIERE BROWN of Hamble, Southampton, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to the means of affixing soles or half soles to boots and
shoes and has for its chief object to enable boots and shoes to be repeatedly re-soled
half soled or clumped without stitching or nailing and even without recourse to
the bootmaker, the same means being also applicable for securing new lifts to the
heels.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing
forming part of this specification wherein
Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe partly in section and Figure 2 a cross-section
of the same.
Figure 3 shews separately one of the fasteners on a magnified scale and Figure 4
is a perspective view of the same and of the instrument for turning it.

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In applying the invention to the soleing of boots and shoes I propose to insert
in the welt a of the boot or shoe at the time of manufacture and at suitable
distances apart, screw-threaded sockets 6 having a flange c at their upper ends and
which are countersunk in the upper surface of the welt a and project downwards
through the welt. In these sockets are received corresponding flat-headed screw
studs d which pass through holes made in the sole or clump f to be applied and
have flat heads è which are countersunk into the sole or clump so as to be protected
from wear by contact with the ground. In order to prevent the sockets 6 turning
in the welt the flanged head c has sharp fins et formed on it which become embedded
in the leather and so prevent the socket turning when the screw is tightened up.
Similarly to prevent any tendency of the screws to become slackened the screw
heads e are provided with inclined teeth e' which resist unscrewing which can only
be done forcibly and by tearing the surface of the leather with which they are in
contact. The screwing up and unscrewing of the screw studs may be effected by
a turnscrew such as shewn in Figure 4, having horns g adapted to engage in
notches made in the screw heads.
The position of the screw sockets are determined by means of a templet or gauge
so as to enable them to be readily found, the positions of the holes to be made and
countersunk in the new sole or clump being also determined by a corresponding
templet so as to ensure correct register and facilitate the insertion of the screws
into their sockets. Instead therefore of the sole f being stitched to the welt as
usual when the boot is made it is secured thereto by screw fastenings as described
placed exteriorly of the foot covering or upper as shewn in Figure 2 and at
intervals as close together as may be required, all around the upper as far as the
welt extends. If the welt does not extend along the waist of the boot the screw
studs may be passed through the waist into the interior of the boot or shoe.
To enable a new sole to be readily applied the original sole is tongued as at fl
and the tongue received in a recess made in the base of the heel at the time of
making the boot so that when the sole is worn out it may be removed leaving
a cavity in the heel for the reception of the tongue of the new sole.
At the heel the studs are applied as shewn in Figure 1 with the object of
enabling new lifts or an entire new heel to be applied when required. The
lifts would be nailed together to make up the necessary thickness and affixed
as one.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Affixing soles, half-soles, or clump soles to boots and shoes by means of screw
studs countersunk into the sole and screwing into sockets fixed in the welt
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. Affixing heels or the lifts of heels to boots and shoes by means of screw studs
and sockets as specified.
Dated this 11th day of February 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.