Improvement in Goloshes and India-rubber Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th July, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Goloshes and India-rubber Shoes.
A. communication to me from abroad by A. ULLMANN, of Leipzig, in the Empire
of Germany.
'I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings. Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in india-rubber shoes and
goloshes, for the purpose of facilitating the putting on and off of such goloshes or shoes
without the use of a separate shoe-horn. India rubber shoes as now generally in
use are liable to the inconvenience that their soft upper heel bends inward, when
the boot or shoe is pressing downward into the rubber shoe.
To prevent this and to provide casy means for slipping the foot in and out of the
golosh or india-rubber shoe, the back or upper heel of the golosh or india-rubber
shoe is provided with a metal segment of a hoop, not rigidly formed in one piece
but composed of two legs jointed or hinged to each other in the manner hereinafter
described. By means of a spring, a wedge, or other equivalent mechanical device,
the two legs of the hoop may be held apart at a certain angle, thus allowing the
foot to conveniently slip in with the heel into the back of the india rubber shoe
or golosh.
The two legs of the hoop are connected by a hinge. Lugs are formed upon the
back of the hoop, and between the said lugs a spring is arranged upon short studs
the said spring having a tendency to hold the lugs apart, and the hoops against
cach other at their front portion, by clastic pressure.
The pin of the hinge is rigidly connected to a heel-rib secured by rivets and a
double hook to the upper heel of the golosh or india rubber shoe. The hoops are
also connected to the upper rim of the upper heel, and the said hoops may be readily
spread asunder by applying the pressure of the fingers upon the lugs so as to force
them against each other. When spread apart, the hoops allow of an easy slipping
When the
in of the heel of the boot or shoe into the golosh or india-rubber shoe.
pressure acting on the lugs is released the spring draws the hoops against cach
other and prevents the back of the golosh from undue stretching or widening by
The hoops and the heel-rib may be secured in the india-rubber shoc by
casting. The lugs may be formed so small that they offer no inconvenience in the
lower part of the trousers.
use.
To more perfectly prevent any such inconvenience however the following modifi-
cation may
be employed. The said modification consists in replacing the lugs by very
short arms secured to the legs of the hoops and between the said arms a spring is
also arranged on short studs. To cach leg there is further pivotally connected a
lever-arm which may be forced against one of the arms so as to overcome the
pressure of the spring. By forcing the two ends of the arms toward each other
the legs of the hoop are removed from each other.
To
Now when the golosh or india-rubber shoe has been put on the lever arms are
swung back and laid in juxtaposition against the side of the legs. While keeping
this position they present no projecting part or inconvenience to the trousers.
lift the arms again from the side of the legs their ends are slightly bent, so as to
permit them to be easily seized by the fingers and swung out again.
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11L 1
11000

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Goloshes and India-rubber Shoes.
A communication to me from abroad by A. ULLMANN, of Leipzig, in the Empire
of Germany.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings, that is
to say :-
This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in india rubber shoes
and goloshes, for the purpose of facilitating the putting on and off of such goloshes
or shoes, without the use of a separate shoe horn. India rubber shoes as now
generally in use are liable to the inconvenience that their soft upper heel bends
inwards when the boot or shoe is pressing downward into the rubber shoe. To
prevent this and to provide easy means for slipping the foot in and out of the golosh
or india rubber shoc, the back or upper heel of the golosh or india rubber shoe is
provided with a metal segment of a hoop, not rigidly formed in one piece, but
composed of two legs jointed or hinged to each other in the manner hereinafter
described. By means of a spring, a wedge, or other equivalent mechanical device,
the two legs of the hoop may be held apart at a certain angle, thus allowing the
foot to conveniently slip in with the heel into the back of the india rubber shoe
or golosh.
In the accompanying drawings which are in illustration of the invention,
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent one modification of my invention, and
Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8 another modification.
Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, represent other slight modifications.
In Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, the two legs B, B. of the hoop are connected by a
hinge A lugs Care formed upon the back of the hoop, and between the said
lugs Ca spring D is arranged upon short studs E, the said spring having a tendency
to hold the lugs C apart, and the hoops B against each other at their front portion,
by elastic pressure.
The pin F of the hinge A is rigidly connected to a heel rib G secured by rivets
and a double hook H to the upper heel of the golosh or india rubber shoe. The
hoops B are also connected to the upper rim of the upper heel, and the said hoops
may be readily spread apart by applying the pressure of the fingers upon the lugs C
so as to force them against each other.
When spread apart, the hoops allow of an easy slipping in of the heel of the boot
or shoe into the golosh or india rubber shoe. When the pressure acting on the
lugs C is released, the spring D draws the hoops B against each other and prevents
the back of the golosh from undue stretching or widening by use. The hoops B
and the heel rib & may be secured in the india rubber shoe by casting. The lugs C
may be formed so small that they offer no inconvenience in the lower part of the
trousers.
To more perfectly prevent any such inconvenience however, the following
modification may be employed. The said modification consists in replacing the
lugs C by very short arms C' secured to the legs of the hoops and between the said
arms Ca spring D is also arranged on short studs. To each leg B there is further
connected by a pivot a lever arm C which may be forced against one of the arms C
so as to overcome the pressure of the spring D. By forcing the two ends of the
arms C toward each other, the legs of the hoop B are removed from each other.
When the golosh or india rubber shee has been put on, the lever arms C² are swung
back and laid against the side of the legs B; while keeping this position they
present no projecting part or inconvenience to the trousers. To lift the arms C

page_text: again from the side of the legs their ends are slightly bent, so as to permit them to
be easily seized by the fingers and swung out again.
In the modification shewn in Figures 9 to 14, the two levers C' fixed upon the
arms B
pass through a slit J in the front of a box H in which they are kept apart
by a spring D. The vertical pin of the hinge A is provided with a lower heel
bar G, and the box H turns upon a horizontal joint K carried by the pin and is
provided with a bent back loop or ring L. If the loop L is pressed down with the
finger, the box H turns upon the joint K to an inclined position (as shewn in plan in
Figure 10) from its ordinary upright position, shewn in Figure 11. The two sides
of the slit in the box H then press the arms C together and the arms B, B, upon
the golosh are thus opened, and the latter can thus be easily put on or taken off.
In order that the box H may only turn within the required limits upon the
joint K, projections are made upon the ends of the levers C¹ which come against
the upper edge of the slit when the box has reached the inclined position required
to open the arms B, B, as desired. The loops L also serve to hold up the lower
edge of the trouser legs, and keep them clean.
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. The combination with the upper heel of goloshes or india rubber shoes, of a
hoop B, the two legs of which are hinged to each other, for the purpose of keeping
the said upper heel open and facilitating the slipping in and out of the foot.
2. The combination with the upper heel of goloshes or india rubber shoes, of a
hoop B, the two legs of which are hinged to each other and provided with lugs C,
between which a spring D is arranged to press the said legs against each other and
a heel rib G secured to the pin of the hinge A and to the heel of the golosh or
india rubber shoe.
3. In combination with the arrangement such as that claimed in Claim 1, the
short lever Cupon each arm B, and the spring between the levers C' by which
the arms B are kept pressed together, and either (a) two levers C2 pivotted to the
arms B, or (b) the moveable hox H having a slit through which the levers C' pass,
so that when pressure is applied to the levers C2 or to the box H the arms B, B,
are separated, substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Dated this 11th day of July 1891.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.