Improvements in and connected with Heel and Toe Tips for Coverings for the Feet.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Heel and Toe Tips for
Coverings for the Feet.
I, DANIEL ARTHUR BERRY, of 20, Stockley Street, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in heel and toe tips for coverings for the
feet, such as are formed of profiled metal bars or strips having a wide and a thin
edge, the former serving as the actual wearing surface and the latter, being formed
into teeth or spikes, as the fastening for the tip, for instance as described and shown
in Patents to T. H. Heard, No. 14467 of 1884 and to T. Gare and another,
No. 16040 of 1893.
Heretofore the inner edge of such tips against which the filling piece is fitted
has been formed vertical and necessitated the latter being secured to the heel or
toe by means of nails.
Another disadvantage which has been discovered is that in bending the bar or
strip to shape its inner edge thickened, and bulging out formed an uneven wearing
surface.
The object of this invention is, firstly to so profile or section the said bar or -
strip that its inner edge when bent to tip shape serves to secure the filling piece to
the heel or toe without the use of nails. Secondly, to so profile or section the said
bar or strip that when bent to shape, the wearing surface will be level, the teeth or
spikes further away from the outside edge of the heel or toe and not liable to turn'
outwardly or otherwise spoil the edge of the heel or toe as heretofore has been
the case.
To this end I roll the said bar or strip so as to have its thin edge on one side
and thus cause the teeth or spikes, formed therein, to enter the heel or toe further
away from the edge of the heel or toe than would be the case when formed in the
middle.
The side of the bar or strip which forms the inner edge of the tip I roll bevel
and in thickness slightly less than the outer one, whilst the top and bottom surface
I roll slightly concave so that when bending the bar or strip to shape the said
surfaces will become level.
The said inner edge is so bevelled as to receive. the filling piece and fasten the
same securely upon the heel without the use of nails and may at the top be formed.
with a small flange or fin to cover any irregularities which may show in the filling
piece.
Dated this 24th day of December 1895.
:
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Heel and Toe Tips for
Coverings for the Feet.
I, DANIEL ARTHUR BERRY, of 20, Stockley Street, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, 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 heel and toe tips for coverings for the
feet, such as are formed of profiled metal bars or strips having a wide and a thin
edge, the former serving as the actual wearing surface and the latter being formed
into teeth or spikes, as the fastening for the tip, for instance as described and shown
in Patents to T. H. Heard, No. 14467 of 1884 and to T. Gare and another,
No. 16040 of 1893.
Heretofore the inner edge of such tips against which the filling piece is fitted has
been formed vertical and necessitated the securing of the latter to the heel or toe
by means of nails.
Another disadvantage discovered, is that in bending the bar or strip to shape,
its inner edge thickened, and bulging out formed an uneven wearing surface.
The object of this invention is, firstly, to so profile or section the said -bar or
strip that its inner edge when bent to tip shape serves to secure the filling piece to
the heel or toe without the use of nails. Secondly, to so profile or section the said
bar or strip that when bent to shape, the wearing surface will be level, the teeth or
spikes further away from the outside edge of the heel or toe and thus not liable to
turn outwardly or otherwise spoil the edge of the heel or toe as heretofore has been
the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood. I have caused to
be appended hereunto oue sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1 & 2 show in perspective respectively a piece of tip material before and
after being bent, Fig. 3 shows the tip applied to a heel, and Fig. 4 to a toe.
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally I roll the
said bar or strip so that its thin edge or part in which the teeth or spikes a are
formed is on one side and the same will enter the heel or toe further away from the
edge of the heel or toe and will thus not disfigure the exterior of the heel as would
be the case when formed in the middle.
The side of the bar or strip which forms the inner edge 6 of the tip, see Fig. 1,
I roll bevel and in thickness slightly less than the outer one b₁, whilst the top and
bottom surfaces c & d, I roll slightly concave, so that when bending the bar or strip
to shape the said surfaces will become level, as shown in Fig. 2, and the bottom one
form a good joint with the heel or toe.
The inner edge is bevelled to receive the filling piece e and fasten the same
securely upon the heel without the use of nails and may at the top be formed with
a small flange or fin c¹ to cover any irregularities which may show in the filling
piece e.
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 [
claim, is-
1st. A toothed or spiked wearing surface for the heels and toes of coverings for
the feet, made from a metal bar or strip having a bevelled edge and teeth or spikes
in continuation thereof at one side, all substantially as and for the purpose set
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page_text: 2nd. A metal bar or strip, as specified in the preceding claim, formed slightly
concave at the top and bottom and narrower at its toothed or spiked edge than its
plain edge, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. A metal bar or strip, as specified in the preceding claims, formed with a.
small flange or fin c¹ on the upper inner edge, Figs. 1 & 2, all substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 16th day of Sentember 1896
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.