IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Thomas Hughes, of the Firm of
Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, London, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES."-A com-
munication from abroad of Joseph L. Joyce, of New Haven,
Connecticut. United States of America.
Scaled the 19th February 1875, and dated the 20th August 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Thomas Hughes
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th August 1874.
I, EDWARD THomas Hughes, of the Firm of Hughes and Son, Patent
Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, London, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Joseph L. Joyce, of New Haven,.
Connecticut, United States of America, to be as follows:-
:-
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 represents a side view at the
toe; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, longitudinal
section of the toe end of a shoe; Fig. 4, a transverse section of a shoe

page_text: illustrating the usual construction, and this improvement applied thereto;
Fig. 5, a top view of the channeled out sole; Fig. 6, a transverse section
of a shoe; and Fig. 7, a top view of a double sole shewing the channel
in the middle sole.
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of boots
and shoes, the object being to protect the upper leather at the toc and
around the edge, and it consists,―
First. In a protection formed by a narrow strip or welt rabbeted upon
the inner or upper side, and made to to conform to the shape or outline
of the sole. A is the sole; B, the insole; C, the upper, denoted in solid
black. After the insole and upper are secured together upon the last in
the usual manner I place around the toe the welt a extending back
upon both sides. This welt is recessed upon the upper or inside, as seen
in Fig. 2; the recessed portion of the welt fits on to and around the
upper, the edge of the welt projecting up on to the upper. The sole A
is placed over the welt and the shoe completed in the usual manner.
The upward projecting edge of the welt protects the upper around the
edge and avoids the wear upon the upper which would otherwise
occur.
The second part of this Invention which is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, 1
consists in beveling the edge of the insole from the lower side back
toward the top, so that the upper will not bear against the upper angle
of the insole; also in combining with this construction of insole a
recessed outsole, the edge which forms the recess extending up on to the
upper leather above the lower edge of the insole. Upon the right side
of Fig. 4 I illustrate the usual construction. A¹ is the insole; B¹, the
second sole, and C' the outsole. As there represented it will be observed
that the upper leather D¹ draws up over the edge of the insole, and is at
that point exposed to wear. In this improved construction I bevel the
insole back from the lower surface up as denoted at a¹ on the left of g
Fig. 4, so that the angle of the insole around which the upper bears
will be down upon the outer solc, that is to say, there is no exposed
angle in the upper against which the wear will come, as in the usual
construction. This advantage is more apparent at the toe, as seen in
Fig. 3. In this Fig. I also represent the outsole E¹, as formed with an 3
edge F projecting up on to the upper around the toe and above the
insole, which leaves a slight space for the upper to play between this

page_text: edge and the upper angle of the insole. This edge may be formed by
cutting down the surface of the sole or by attaching an independant
strip thereto. By this construction the angle against which the wear of
the shoe is made being removed it follows that the wear of the shoe
will be much less than when the angle is present, as in the usual
construction.
The third part of this Invention is illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and
consists in forming a channel around the sole upon its inner side and
near the edge into which the upper is sunk, and the insole overlapping
the said channel. A², Fig. 5, represents an outsole around and near the
edge of which a channel a² is formed, leaving the centre portion a³ the
full thickness. The insole C and the upper B² are prepared in sub-
stantially the usual manner to receive the outsole, and when the outsole
is placed upon the insele the upper sinks into the channel, the insole
overlapping the channel and causing it so to do. This protects the
upper leather at the edge of the insole and avoids the wear which comes
upon the upper around the edge. The centre portion of the sole is
preserved its its full thickness. As represented in Fig. 7 for a double sole
the middle sole is formed with a channel a², and otherwise the combining
of the sole and shoe is performed in the usual manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Thomas Hughes in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th February 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
THOMAS HUGHES, of the Firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, 123,
Chancery Lane, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, Her special
licence that I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, my executors, admini-
-strators, and assigns, or such-others-as--I, -the-said-Edward-Thomas-
Hughes, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time

page_text: agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 BOOTS AND SHOES," a communication to me from abroad
by Joseph L. Joyce, of New Haven, Connecticut, United States of
America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward
Thomas Hughes, 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 Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, 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, and accompanying Drawings (that is
to say) :-
In the Drawings, Fig. 1 represents a side view at the toe; Fig. 2, a
longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of the
toe end of a shoe; Fig. 4, a transverse section of a shoe illustrating the
usual construction and this improvement; Fig. 5, a top view of the
channeled outsole; Fig. 6, a transverse section of a shoe, and Fig. 7,
a top view of a double sole shewing the channel in the middle sole.
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of boots
and shoes, the object being to protect the upper leather at the toc and
around the edge; and it consists,―
First. In a protection formed by a narrow strip or welt rabbeted
upon the inner or upper side, and made to conform to the shape or
outline of the sole. A is the sole; B, the insole; C, the upper denoted
in solid black. After the insole and upper are secured together upon
the last in the usual manner, I place around the toe the welt a
extending back upon both sides. This welt is recessed upon the upper
or inside, as seen in Fig. 2. The recessed portion of the welt fits on a
to and around the upper, the edge of the welt projecting up on to the
upper. The sole A is placed over the welt and the shoe completed in

page_text: the usual manner. The upper projecting edge of the welt protects tho
upper around the edge and avoids the wear upon the upper which would
otherwise occur.
The second part of my Invention which is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4
consists in beveling the edge of the insole from the lower side back
toward the top, so that the upper will not bear against the upper angle
of the insole; also in combining with this construction of insole a
recessed outsole, the edge which forms the recess extending up on to
the upper leather above the lower edge of the insole. Upon the right
side of Fig. 4 I illustrate the usual construction. A' is the insole;
B', the second sole; and C', the outsole. As there represented it will
be observed that the upper leather D' draws up over the edge of the
insole, and is at that point exposed to wear. In this improved con-
struction I level the insole back from the lower surface up, as denoted
at a' on the left of Fig. 4, so that the angle of the insole around which
the upper bears will be down upon the outer sole, that is to say, there
is no exposed angle in the upper against which the wear will come, as
in the usual construction. This advantage is more apparent at the toc,
as seen in Fig. 3. In this Figure I also represent the outsole E' as
formed with an edge F projecting up on to the upper, around the toe,
and above the insole, which leaves a slight space for the upper to play
between this edge and the upper angle of the insole. This edge may be
formed by cutting down the surface of the sole, or by attaching an
independant strip thereto. By this construction the angle against which
the wear of the shoe is made being removed it follows that the wear of
the shoe will be much less than when the angle is present, as in the
usual construction.
The third part of this Invention is illustrated in Figs 5, 6, and 7,
and
consists in forming a channel around the sole upon its inner side and
near the edge into which the upper is sunk, and the insole overlapping
the said channel. A³, Fig. 5, represents an outsole around and near
the edge of which a channel a² is formed, leaving the centre portion a³
the full thickness. The insole C and the upper B2 are prepared in
substantially the usual manner to receive the outsole, and when the
outsole is placed upon the insole the upper sinks into the channel, the
insole overlapping the channel and causing it so to do. This protects
the upper leather at the edge of the insole, and avoids the wear which
comes upon the upper around the edge. The centre portion of the sole

page_text: is preserved its full thickness. As represented in Figure 7 for a double
sole the middle sole is formed with a channel a², and otherwise the
combining of the soles and shoe is performed in the usual manner.
Having now described the construction and operation of the said
Invention, I claim,-
First. In the manufacture of boots and shoes a recess formed between
the sole, upper, and insole, into which the insole and upper are imbeded,
so that the edge which forms the said recess will extend up around
the edge of the insole and upper for the protection of the same, sub-
stantially as described.
Second. The welt a for the protection of the uppers of boots and
shoes formed from a strip of material rabbeted or recessed on the upper
side, and made to conform to the shape of the sole, substantially as set
forth.
Third. In the manufacture of boots and shoes the insole beveled from 1
the lower side back toward the top and from the upper, or so as to form
a space between the edge of the insole and the upper, substantially as
and for the purpose described.
Fourth. In combination with the insole bevelled so as to form a space
between the edge and upper, as described, the outsole formed with a
recess or upwardly projecting edge, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
Fifth. A boot or shoe having the sole of full thickness except in the
channel a², an upper sunk in said channel, and an insolc overlapping the
channel, as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of February,
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
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E. T. HUGHES. (L.S.)