IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIPS OR PLATES FOR BOOTS, SHOES AND OLOGS.
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Sidney Crowley of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Engineer for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIPS OR
PLATES FOR BOOTS, SHOES AND OLOGS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Sidney Crowley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th December 1883.
JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIPS OR PLATES FOR BOOTS, SHOES AND CLOGS
I form the tips or plates of one or more pieces of metal either by casting
stamping or in other convenient manner and these tips or plates are secured
between the top lift and top piece of the heel or between the inner and outer
soles.
The tips or plates consist of a thin metal flange perforated with holes and with
a thick or raised part or parts where it is required to give extra wear to the boots
shoes or clogs, such thick or raised part may be plain, serrated or made to resemble
nails on its upper or wearing surface.
In applying my improved tip or plate to the heel of boots or shoes, I build or
form the heel up to the top lift as usual, the metal tip or plate with a raised or
wearing surface corresponding in shape to the heel, is secured by nails or screws
passing through holes in the thin flange to the top lift this thin flange is inade to
cover a portion or the whole of the top lift of the heel the top piece of leather
which is cut to the required shape to cover the top lift and thin flange and expose
the thick or raised portion of the tip to wear may now be secured in its place by
the usual blind or other nails to complete the heel.
The raised or wearing surface of the tip or plate may extend all round the heel
or round a portion of it only, in the latter case the section of wearing surface of
the tip only shows, the thin flange by which it is secured to the top lift is hidden
between the two upper pieces of leather when the heel is finished
One or more of these improved tips can be applied to the soles and heels of boots,
shoes and clogs: the thin flange being employed to secure the tips or plates between
portions of the material composing the soles and heels.

page_text: In place of making the tips and plates of one piece of metal, the thick or raised
portion or portions and the thin flange may be made separately and fastened
together or instead of the flanges, the thick pieces may have small projections with
holes cast or formed with them.
In a modification of my Invention I dispense with the thick or raised wearing
surface and form instead projections or pegs on one side of the thin flanges or
strips which have holes in them, in applying these flanges or strips to boots or
shoes, I prefer to punch the outer soles near the edge or otherwise with holes to
correspond with the pegs: the flanges or strips are then laid on the inner soles and
the outer soles are driven on to the pegs and the metal strips secured between the
inner and outer soles by small nails or otherwise from the outside: similar flanges
or strips may in like manner be secured between the top lift and top piece of each
heel
In place of strips with projections or teeth, plain rivets may be passed through
holes in the outer soles or in the heels and the heads of the rivets held between
the materials forming the sole or heel.
The metal heel plates stamped from sheet metal with a flange or rim round the
outside now in use are not durable.-To overcome this defect I cast or form a
light metal plate or tip somewhat similar but with a solid piece to withstand wear
at the point required and I thus obtain durability combined with lightness.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Sidney Crowley in the Patent Office on the 17th June 1884.
JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIPS OR PLATES FOR BOOTS, SHOES AND CLOGS
"
My invention relates to the tips or plates which are secured to the heels or soles
of boots, shoes or clogs to render them more durable.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I have hereunto
annexed a Sheet of Drawings representing various forms of my improved tips.
Similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 shows a view in perspective and Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of my
improved heel tips. Fig. 3 shows the heel tip fixed on the top lift of a boot heel.
Fig. 4 shows the finished heel with the top piece of leather secured in its place
over the flange of the tip. Fig. 5 shows a tip with a denticulated wearing surface.
Fig. 6 shows a denticulated tip on a finished boot heel. Fig. 7 shows a toe tip
with a plain wearing surface but the wearing surface may be denticulated or
serrated. Fig. 8 is a tip for the side of the sole and Figs. 9 and 10 show tips
having pegs & which form the wearing surface connected to a thin plate or flange
Fig. 11 shows a rivet. Fig. 12 is a plan of a French heel, the bottom and sides of
which are formed of thin sheet metal to which is connected a thick wearing surface.
Fig. 13 shows a heel tip. with a broad wearing surface recessed or "roughed."
Fig. 14 shows another recessed or "roughed" tip. Fig. 15 is a section and Fig. 16
is a plan of a tip specially adapted for a boot or shoe of rubber or gutta percha:
above the wearing surface is a rim that protects the upper and I employ bent nails
or spikes formed on the flange to secure the tip in its place.
a is the thick wearing surface: b is the thin flange in which are holes for the
nails which secure the tip in its place and c is a thin projection in which is a bole
for a nail to secure the tip.
I form the tips or plates of one or more pieces of metal either by casting
stamping or in other convenient manner and these tips or plates are secured
between the top lift and top piece of the heel or between the inner and outer
soles.
The tips or plates consist of a thin metal flange a perforated with holes and with
a thick or raised part or parts b where it is required to give extra durability to the
soles or heels of the boots, shoes, or clogs: such thick or raised part may be plain
as shown on Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 or serrated or "roughed" or made to resemble nails
on its upper or wearing surface as shown on Figs. 5 and 6.
In applying my improved tip or plate to the heel of boots or shoes I build or
form the heel up to the top lift as usual, the metal tip or plate with a raised or
wearing surface corresponding in shape to the heel is secured by nails or screws
passing through holes in the thin flange to the top lift as shown on Fig 3.: this
thin flange is made to cover a portion or the whole of the top lift of the heel: the
top piece of leather which is cut to the required shape to cover the top lift and
thin flange and expose the thick or raised portion of the tip to wear may now
be secured in its place by the usual blind or other nails to complete the heel (see
Fig. 4.)
One or more of these improved tips can be applied to the soles and heels of boots,
shoes and clogs, the thin flange being employed to secure the tips or plates between
portions of the material composing the soles and heels: when applied to clogs a
piece of leather or other material is secured on the portion of the sole or heel not
covered by the wearing surface of the tip.

page_text: In place of making the tips and plates of one piece of metal the thick or raised
portion or portions and the thin flange may be made separately and fastened
together or instead of or in combination with the flanges 6 the thick pieces may
have small projections c in which are holes cast or formed with them.
In a modification of my Invention I dispense with the thick or raised wearing
surface a and form instead projections or pegs d on one side of the thin flanges or
strips which have holes in them: in applying these flanges or strips to boots or
shoes I prefer to punch the outer soles near the edge or otherwise with holes to
correspond with the pegs d; the flanges or strips 6 are then laid on the inner soles
and the outer soles are driven on to the pegs and the metal strips secured between
the inner and outer soles by small nails or otherwise from the outside: similar
flanges or strips may in like manner be secured between the top lift and top piece.
of each heel.
In place of strips with projections or teeth, plain rivets (see Fig. 11) may be
passed through holes in the outer soles or in the heels and the heads of the rivets
held between the materials forming the sole or heel.
The metal heel plates known as French heels stamped from sheet metal with a
flange or rim round the outside now in use are not durable.-To overcome this
defect I cast or form a light metal plate or tip somewhat similar but with a solid
piece a to withstand wear at the point required and I thus obtain durability
combined with lightness.
By making tips or plates for boots shoes or clogs of thin plates or flanges with a
thick segmental wearing surface that will protect only that part of the boot or shoe
where the greatest durability is required I am enabled to make the tips very light
and cheap.
Having stated the nature of my Invention and described the manner of performing
the same
I declare that I claim
The improved metal tips or plates having a thick segmental wearing surface and
thin projections or flanges by which they are secured in their places as and for the
purposes herein described and as shown on the drawings.
In witness whereof I the said John Sidney Crowley have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fourteenth day of June One thousand eight hundred and
eighty four.
JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY (L.S.)