MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES AND IN THE MODE OF APPLYING SPURS OR SKATES THERETO."
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Auffm Ordt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th October 1877.
RICHARD AUFFM ORDT, of Schwelm, in the Empire of Germany.
IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES AND IN THE MODE OF
APPLYING SPURS OR SKATES THERETO."
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes,
and in the application of spurs or skates thereto, and consists,-
Firstly. As relating to ordinary boots and shoes of an inner sole of slight leather
or other material followed by an interposed sole of tin or other metal covered with
stuff, and again by the fundamental sole of leather or other material, the whole
being secured together and to the uppers by wood, screws of brass or iron wire, or
by any other desirable means. By the use of the said interposed tin sole the boot
or shoe is rendered waterproof and kept in a regular position, besides being more
elastic than the ordinary soleing; a greater solidity is also ensured, and the durability
of the uppers increased.
The heel piece, which may be constructed of wood or other suitable material, is
surrounded or covered by leather or by an embossed iron, steel, or brass plate for
keeping the heel piece in its proper uniform position, and is fastened to the upper
sole pieces from the under side by wood screws; or the heel piece may be screwed
sideways on to the upper sole pieces so as to obtain a more perfect joining with the
fundamental sole piece.
The shoeing for the sole and heel pieces may be of embossed steel secured with
rivets; but if the rolled steel composing the shoeing is ribbed, it may be secured
without rivets.
The heel shoeing can be made plain without rivets if the steel thereat is
stronger. The sole shoeing can obtain a welt bent up to guard the inner sole.
In lieu of screws countersunk pins may be used, in which case it is necessary to
lay a frame of steel or iron under the inner sole, and to lay under the last a sole
of leather or cane; the pins driven in are upset at the ends, and by forming them
with barbs a greater solidity than hitherto is obtainable.
In the sole, if consisting of leather, can be pinched rivets of any quantity, the head
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page_text: of them being on the inside of the sole. By the use of these rivets the leather will
be more solid and very durable.
To prevent the rivets from coming off there is placed on the inside of the sole a very
thin metal plate holding the heads of the rivets in position. The rivets are as long
as the sole is thick.
Secondly. In the method of securing spurs to my improved riding boots, according
to the first part of my Invention, the forked bracket or stem carrying the spur is
formed at its lower part with a horizontal projecting flat pin which is let into the
heel piece of the boot, and with an car or lug on its under side secured to the heel
piece by a screw; or the spur may be secured by a thin sheet iron fixed on the side
of the heel piece, and suiting to a notch in the said flat pin.
Thirdly. In the method of securing skates to my improved boots or shoes, the
skate iron is formed at its heel end with a lug or ear which is secured by a screw to
a plate let into and fastened by screws or rivets to the heel piece.
The lug or ear at the middle or sole part of the skate iron passes between and is
confined by two lugs or cheeks projecting from a plate let into and secured to the
sole piece of the boot or shoe by screws.