Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, Slippers, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, Slippers,
and the like.
I, JOHN ARTHUR BAXTER, of 11 and 12, Westmorland Buildings, Aldersgate
Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of boots shoes, slippers and the like
and has for its object to provide improved means for attaching the uppers and
soles, the said invention being especially applicable for the manufacture of light
boots; shoes and the like.
According to my invention the edges of the upper which are attached to the
sole are thickened, (preferably by doubling over the said edge upon itself and
inserting a string wire or the like in the fold), and a groove or channel is
formed in the sole into which the said thickened edge is inserted and secured by
stitches passed through the sole, around the thickened edge and back again to
the surface of the sole, whereby a series of loops is formed which pull the edge
of the sole tightly into the groove.
In some cases instead of thickening the edge of the upper as described I attach
a thickened strip to it.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, Slippers,
and the like.
I, JOHN ARTHUR BAXTER, of 11 and 12, Westmorland Buildings, Aldersgate
Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby 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:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of boots shoes, slippers and the like
and has for its object to provide improved means for attaching the uppers to the
soles, the said invention being especially applicable for the manufacture of light
boots, shoes and the like.
In the accompanying drawings,-
Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a child's shoe illustrating my improved
method of manufacture

page_text: Figure 2 is a sectional view drawn to an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 of
Figure 1:
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are respectively an edge view and a side view of the upper
and a view of the sole detached and drawn to the same scale as Figure 2.
According to my invention the upper has the edge b, which is to be
attached to the sole c, turned inwards as shewn at din Figures 2, 3 and 4, a
string, wire or the like being inserted into the fold and secured therein by
stitches f.
The sole c is, on its inner surface, formed with a groove g in which the
thickened edge of the upper can be laid. The said edge is secured to the sole
by means of stitches h, h passed through the sole and through the thickened edge
of the upper, as shewn in Figures 1 and 2.
In practice the outer surface of the sole is channelled so that the stitches h, h
will be protected in the usual manner.
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:
A new manufacture of boot, shoe, slipper or the like consisting of an upper
having its edge, which is to be attached to the sole, thickened by folding it over
and inserting a string, wire or the like, and of a sole channelled on the inner
surface to receive the thickened edge, the said sole and upper being united by
stitches passed through the sole and through the thickened edge of the upper,
substantially as described.
Dated this 4th day of April 1900.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.