Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We WILLIAM WILLS of 32 Saint Edmunds Street, Northampton in the County of
Northampton, Bootmaker and GEORGE WILSON BEATTIE the Younger of 22 Watkin
Terrace in the said Town and County of Northampton Solicitor's Clerk do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention is designed to take the hardness off the inner sole of boots and shoes
and to prevent the feather of such inner sole from curling up and hurting the foot.
In carrying out this invention the process is as follows-In the manufacture of hand
sewn or welt machine sewn boots and shoes, the lining (which may be made of linen,
of leather, of cotton, of woollen, or silk material) is lasted upon the last inside out.
The sock made of leather or other material is then fastened to the lining round the
edge of the last or if desired the sock can be dispensed with and the lining brought
under the foot without the sock. The lining is then pulled off the last, again turned
inside out and put on the last upon which the boot or shoe is to be made. A cork or
horsehair sock or any soft substance is then placed on the bottom of the lining or on
the sock first before named and the inner sole placed on the top of it. The outside
part of the upper is then lasted on to the last over the lining and the boot or shoe
made up. The last is then withdrawn, and the lining and the outside upper are
connected round the top.
For machine sewn, pegged or rivetted boots and shoes the outer part of the upper
is made without a lining, and the last is then removed. A sock of the nature last
described is placed on the inner sole and the last is forced into the boot or shoe on the
top of the sock with the lining upon it, the last is afterwards withdrawn leaving the
lining in the boot or shoe, and the lining and outside upper are then connected round
the top.
For "pump" boots or shoes after the same have been sewn and turned in the
customary way, the same process is followed as in the manufacture of machine sewn,
pegged or rivetted goods.
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WILLIAM WILLS.
GEO. WILSON BEATTIE, JR.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM WILLS, of 32 Saint Edmunds Street, Bootmaker, and GEORGE,
WILSON BEATTIE the Younger, of 22 Watkin Terrace, Solicitor's Clerk, both of
Northampton, in the County of Northampton, 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:
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Our invention relates to improvements in boots, and shoes and slippers, and has for
its object to take the hardness off the inner sole and to prevent the feather of such
inner sole from curling up and injuring the foot.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood we now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention as it appears on the last and partly
described in dotted lines, with the top quarters attached.
Figure 2 is a view of the invention or Figure 1 shewing the sock as affixed to the
bottom of the lining.

page_text: Figure 3 is a side elevation of the golosh.
In carrying out our invention we proceed as follows:-
In the manufacture of hand sewn or welt machine sewn boots and shoes, the lining a
(which may be made of linen, leather, cotton, wool, silk, or .of any other suitable
material or partly of leather and partly of any or either of the last mentioned
materials,) is cut out to the pattern of last and extends to the top of the boot or shoe
and is fastened together first at point b (Fig. 1.) the top quarters fare then fastened
to the lining a in the nsual way. A sock e made of leather, or of any other suitable
material is then fastened to the lining a round the edge c of the last, or if desired the
sock can be dispensed with and the lining brought under the foot without the sock,
the lining is then fastened up by d (Figure 1).
A cork or horsehair sock or any soft substance is then placed on the last and the
inner sole e placed on the top of it, or the use of cork or horsehair sock or any soft
substance may be entirely dispensed with. The outside part of the upper is then
lasted on to the last over the inner sole and the boot or shoe made up. The last is
then withdrawn and the lining put upon it, the last (with the lining and the top
quarters fattached), is then forced into the boot or shoe and the lining and the outside
upper are connected round the golosh g and elsewhere if thought advisable.
For machine sewn, pegged or rivetted boots and shoes the outer part of the upper
is made without a lining and the last is then removed. A cork or horsehair sock or
any soft substance is placed on the inner sole and the last is forced into the boot or
shoe on the top of the sock with the lining and the top quarters fattached, or the use
of the cork or horsehair sock or any soft substance may be entirely dispensed with.
The last is afterwards withdrawn leaving the lining a with the top quarters fattached
in the boot or shoe and the lining and outside upper are then connected round the
golosh g and elsewhere if thought advisable.
For pump boots or shoes after the same are sewn and turned in the customary way
the same process is followed.
For slippers or court shoes the lining is put on the last without the top quarters
attached and then the same process is followed, the said cork or horsehair sock or any
soft substance being used or dispensed with as thought best.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination of the lining a, (with or without the top quarters f) and the
sock e fastened together for the purpose of being inserted when on the last into a boot
or shoe and the lining to be secured to the boot or shoe and the last to be withdrawn,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the lining (with the top quarters attached) and the sock con-
structed of any size or shape and of any material in one piece or otherwise to obviate
injury to the feet which takes place with the sock usually pasted in the boot or shoe,
substantially as herein described.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1890.
J. T. DAYLI,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.