Year: 1897

page_text: ROBERT STOCKS SIMISTER, 16, Delamere Road, Flixton, near Manchester, Boot
& Shoe Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal device cut in one piece from sheet steel or other metals, made in shape
to fit on the toes of boots & shoes, with one or more flanges extending along the
sole of the boot. Each flange will be tapered at the end & turned downwards
forming a spike. They will be fixed by driving the spikes into the soles of the
boots or shoes, thereby securing them without the aid of nails or screws & they will
remain firm until the plate is worn completely away.
Hitherto all combination toe-plates & caps" have been made to fasten with
nails or screws driven through the plates into the soles of the boots, so that when
in use the heads of the nails or screws are the first to wear away, causing the plate
to fall off before giving the desired effects, & thus proving a great loss to the public.
Dated this 18th day of October 1897.
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I, ROBERT STOCKS SIMISTER, of 125, Church Street, Blackpool, formerly of
16, Delamere Road, Flixton, near Manchester, Bootmaker, 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:--
The toe protector is formed from sheet steel or other suitable metal and is
stamped or cut therefrom in one piece, being further bent or stamped to a shape
to fit on the toes of boots and shoes, forming a combined cap and toe plate, and
in these operations flanges are formed extending along the sole of the boot or shoe
each flange being tapered and sharpened at the end and turned upwards so as to
form a spike of the same continuous material as the protector itself.
The chief object of this construction is to enable the protector to be fastened
to the boot without the use of any loose nails, spikes, or screws.
In the accompanying drawings;
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Fig. 1 is an external side elevation of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a cross section taken through the line xx Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a plan view, and
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page_text: In these figs. a' is the sole plate, and a² the toe cap formed in the same piece
and in combination with a¹. ³ ³ are the flanges extending under the sole of the
boot and also formed in one piece with the sole plate a¹ and cap a². The ends of
each of these flanges are pointed and sharpened and turned upwards as shewn
at at a forming spikes of the same material as the protector and whereby it is
fastened and held in position. When first constructed the flanges a³ a³ are allowed
to hang down as shewn in Fig. in order to allow the protector to be applied to
the sole of the boot. When so applied the spikes a' are driven firmly into the sole
by means of a hammer thus securing the protector with great strength and firm-
ness. When this is accomplished it assumes the appearance as shewn in Fig. 1,
There being no heads of spikes, nails or screws to wear out, the protector cannot
become detached, until its own material constituting the flanges is worn away.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is-
1. The combination in a boot toe protecting metallic cap of angular or deflecting
flanges and spikes extending at right angles to said flanges and cap all made in
one piece of metal of sufficient pliability to enable the flanges to be pressed or
hammered to a position level with the underpart of sole of boot simultaneously
with the spikes entering said sole, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination in a boot toe protecting metallic cap of an upper portion
shaped so as to embrace the toe of sole and part of toe of upper and having extend-
ing flanges therewith said flanges being formed with right angled extending
spikes and all said parts being made in or stamped in one piece of metal substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
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T 1
1000