IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Baulch, of the City of Bristol, Boot Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,"
Sealed the 29th December 1863, and dated the 3rd July 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Baulch at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd July 1863.
I, CHARLES BAULCH, of the City of Bristol, Boot Manufacturer, .do hereby.
5 declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in manufacturing boots and shoes by. uniting the
uppers to the sole by means of tacks or screws, the heads of which are inserted
from and lie inside the boot or shoe when finished, while the points of the
O tacks or screws are all directed outwards from the inside of the boot or shoe.
. By this means no injury can arise to the foot of the wearer as in the case of
ordinary screwed or pegged boots and shoes, for in my boots and shoes the foot
can only, come in contact with the smooth and comparatively broad head of the
screw or tack. When uniting the parts, I use the sole leather well wetted
5 and turn both sole and upper inside out. For security sake I apply over the
edge of the uppers a strip of leather or other binding, and I drive the tacks.
through the binding and edge of the uppers into the sole.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Baulch in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd January 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BAULCH, of the City of Bristol, Boot Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Baulch, Her special licence that I, the said Charles Baulcb, my
executors; administrators, and assigns, or such others as I the said Charles
Baulch, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should. at any time agree.
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Baulch, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I the said Charles Baulch, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is
to say:
My Invention consists in manufacturing boots and shoes by uniting the
uppers to the sole by means of tacks, pegs, or screws, the heads of which are
inserted from and lie inside the boot or shoe when finished, while the points of
the tacks, pegs, or screws are all directed outwards from the inside of the boot
or shoe. By this means no injury can arise to the foot of the wearer as in the
case of ordinary screwed or pegged boots and shoes, for in my boots and shoes
the foot can only come in contact with the smooth and comparatively broad
head of the screw or tack. When uniting the parts, I use the sole leather
well wetted, and turn both sole and upper inside out. For security sake I

page_text: apply over the edge of the uppers a strip of leather or other binding, and I
drive the tacks through the binding and edge of the uppers into the sole.
In the manufacture of boots and shoes according to my Invention, they are
lasted inside out, that is to say, the inside is turned outside to have the tacks or
screws inserted as shown in Figure 1. Figure 2 is a side view of the boot turned
inside out to have the tacks or screws inserted. After the sole and upper are
turned back to their proper position I apply the heel in the usual manner,
and insert a loose sole or insole in the boot when it is ready for wear. I
prefer to employ tacks or pegs of the form represented on an enlarged scale
in Figure 3. After the tacks or pegs are inserted the barbed edges thereof
prevent them coming out. Instead of being barbed on both edges as shewn,
they may be barbed on one edge only.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim manufacturing
boots and shoes by uniting the uppers to the sole by means of tacks, pegs, or
screws, the heads of which are inserted from and lie inside the boot or shoe
when finished, while the points of the tacks, pegs, or screws are all directed
outwards from the inside of the boot or shoe, substantially as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Baulch, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three.
CHARLES BAULCH. (L.B.)