Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, '3rd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
We, STEPHEN HENRY QUELCH, of 10 and 11, Catherine Street, Croydon, in the
county of Surrey, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, and ARTHUR GEORGE WILSON, of
54 Old Town, Croydon aforesaid, Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots whereby we'
are enabled to dispense with the necessity of employing the usual stiffener and heel
counter, and also the back seam.
For this purpose instead of the quarters of the upper of the boot being cut as
usual so as to meet at the back we cut the quarters away at and round the heel, the
back or heel part of the upper being formed of a separate piece of thick leather to
correspond with the cut away part of the quarters; such piece of thick leather after
being blocked to the required shape is then sewn to the quarters so as to form the
back part of the upper, no stiffening or counter being required, the usual back seam
being at the same time done away with.
Dated the 5th day of January 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co., .
4, South Street, Finsbury, London; Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots.
We, STEPHEN HENRY QUELCH, of 10 and 11, Catherine Street, Croydon, in the
county of Surrey, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, and ARTHUR GEORGE WILSON, of
54, Old Town, Croydon aforesaid, Boot Maker, 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 the manufacture of boots whereby we
are enabled to dispense with the necessity of employing the usual stiffener and heel
counter, and also the back seam, and it comprises the improvements hereinafter
described.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a boot as is necessary to show the
application of our invention thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a rear view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view of the rear portion of the upper spread out or developed.
According to our invention the quarters a, a of the upper of the boot are cut as
usual so as to meet at the back as indicated by the lines 6, figures 2 and 3. At and
round the heel the quarters are cut away as at c, c, the back or heel part of the
upper being formed of a separate piece d of thick leather to correspond with the cut
away part of the quarters. Such piece of thick leather after being blocked to the
required shape is sewn to the quarters so as to form the back part of the upper, no
stiffening or counter being required, the usual back seam being at the same time
done away with.
Although we have described the quarters as separate pieces united at b it is to
be understood that they may be made from a single piece of leather. Also the
piece d, instead of extending only partly up the back of the boot, as shown, may
extend to the top of the same as indicated by the dotted lines c¹, c¹, Figure 3, the
quarters a being cut accordingly.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The manufacture and use of boots, the uppers of which are formed with separate
back or heel pieces, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.