Improvements in and applicable to Boot Trees.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and applicable to Boot Trees.
I, GEORGE HENRY STEPHENS, of 55, Parliament Street, in the City of
Westminster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to boot trees whereby
they will also serve as boot warmers and dryers.
For this purpose I combine with a boot tree a case made of suitable sheet metal
such as tinned iron adapted to receive a heated iron or the like, or a suitable com-
position or material which will give off heat when ignited or heated.
In applying my invention for example to a boot tree similar to that forming the
subject of my former Patent No. 6725 of 1891, I adapt my case to the toe, heel or
link part of the last or to two or all the said parts, the bottom of the case coming
flush or nearly flush with the sole of the tree; one end of the case is open to allow
of the introduction of the heated iron, or in cases where a combustible material
is employed then the case is provided with a suitable cover. The case is
advantageously perforated to allow of the passage of heat.
In practice I find it advantageous to provide the bottom or other suitable part of
the boot tree with a lining of suitable cloth or material such as what is known as
cellular cloth the object of this material being to absorb the moisture generated by
the heating arrangement.
In practice I prefer to perforate the several parts of the boot tree to admit of a
thorough circulation of the air.
Dated the 29th day of May 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and applicable to Boot Trees.
I, GEORGE HENRY STEPHENS, of 55, Parliament Street, in the City of
Westminster, Civil Engineer, 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 :—
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to boot-trees whereby
they will also serve as boot-warmers and dryers.
For this purpose I combine with a boot-tree a case made of suitable sheet metal
such as tinned iron adapted to receive a heated iron or the like, or a suitable com-
position or material which will give off heat when ignited or heated.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will for the purpose of
illustration describe it as shewn applied to a boot-tree similar to that forming the
subject of my former Patent No. 6725, dated the 18th April 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and applicable to Boot Trees.
I, GEORGE HENRY STEPHENS, of 55, Parliament Street, in the City of
Westminster, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to boot-trees whereby
they will also serve as boot-warmers and dryers.
For this purpose I combine with a boot-tree a case made of suitable sheet metal
such as tinned iron adapted to receive a heated iron or the like, or a suitable com-
position or material which will give off heat when ignited or heated.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will for the purpose of
illustration describe it as shewn applied to a boot-tree similar to that forming the
subject of my former Patent No. 6725, dated the 18th April 1891.
the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a plan of a boot-tree provided with my improvements:
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; and,
Figure 3 is an inverted plan of the same :
Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4, Figure 1.
a, b and c represent the toe, heel and link parts of a boot-tree similar to that
ewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3 in the drawing of my said former Patent No. 6725 of 1891.
'o the toe part a of the said boot-tree I adapt a case d of suitable sheet metal such

page_text: as tinned iron, the said case being advantageously formed with flanges e to allow of
it being fixed by pins or screws to the rabbetted underside of the boot-tree as
shewn, or the case may be fixed to or form part of the link c. The rear end of the
case d is open to allow of the introduction of the heater f which in the drawing is
shewn as consisting of a rectangular block or bar of iron which can be heated in
any suitable manner before being placed in the case d. Instead, however, of
employing a heated iron any suitable composition or material which will give off
heat when ignited or heated may be employed, the case d being provided with a
suitable cover.
g is a lining of suitable material with which I find it advantageous to provide the
bottom of my boot-tree. I have found the material known as cellular cloth to give
good results, the object of using such lining being to absorb the moisture generated
by the heating arrangement. This lining may be applied to any other suitable
part of the boot-tree.
To make use of my combined boot-tree and boot-warmer or dryer, the heel part b
of the tree is raised into the position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 2 and the
heater (previously heated) placed in the case d; the boot-tree (with the heater)
is then introduced into the boot, the heel part is closed down in the usual manner
so that while the boot is stretched or kept to its proper shape by the boot-
tree the heating arrangement will serve to warm or dry the boot as the case
may be.
In practice I find it advantageous to perforate the case d and also the several
parts of the boot-tree with the object of obtaining a thorough circulation of
the air.
Although I have described my invention as applied to a boot-tree of the kind
forming the subject of my said Patent No. 6725 of 1891 it will be obvious that my
improvements are equally applicable to other forms of boot-trees.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A combined boot-tree and boot-warmer or dryer consisting in the combination
with a boot-tree of a case adapted to receive a heated iron or a composition or
material giving off heat when ignited or heated substantially as, and for the purpose,
herein before described.
2. In a combined boot-tree and boot-warmer or dryer providing the bottom or
other suitable part of the boot-tree with a lining of suitable material substantially
as, and for the purpose, described.
3. The improved combined boot-tree and boot-warmer or dryer hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 11th day of November 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.