IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Hearnden Golding, of Maidstone, in the
County of Kent, Engineer, and Thomas Paine, of Blackheath, in the same
County, Bootmaker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
Sealed the 19th February 1856, and dated the 3rd September 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Hearnden Golding
and Thomas Paine at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd September 1855.
We, GEORGE HEARNDEN GOLDING, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent,
Engineer, and THOMAS PAINE, of Blackheath, in the same County, Bootmaker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, CLOGS, AND OTHER LIKE COVERINGS FOR THE
FEET," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in forming the under sole and seat for the heel in
one piece, and in so forming the heel that it may be easily adjusted in the.
seat, while, from the construction and fitting thereof, it may be readily
removed, repaired, and refitted, or a new one substituted in lieu thereof.
Where desired we form passages or grooves on the inner top surface, which
communicate with the atmosphere, and through perforations in the inner
sole with the foot.

page_text: We stamp or otherwise form from leather, gutta percha, or other material,
suitable for the under sole of boots and other like articles, a piece which forms
the sole, waist, and seat for the heel. This seat is hollow in the centre, and
is formed on the inside with a sunk flange or rim for the reception of the heel,
which is constructed as follows:-First, we take a circular metal disc with a
collar screw-threaded on the outside; the collar hangs down at right angles,
or nearly so, from the under side of the disc, and the space between the outside
of the collar and outer and under edge of the disc forms a rim, which rests
upon and is free to turn round in the flange on the inside of the heel seat; we
next screw on a leather or other suitable heel-piece over the screw thread on
the collar, and secure it by a pin, which passes through the leather and collar.
On taking out this pin, the leather or other heel-piece can be removed from
the metal collar, and a fresh one may be screwed on.
.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Hearnden Golding and Thomas Paine in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 3rd March 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
HEARNDEN GOLDING, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, Engineer, and
THOMAS PAINE, of Blackheath, in the same County, Bootmaker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said George Hearnden Golding and Thomas Paine, Her special licence that
we, the said George Hearnden Golding and Thomas Paine, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said George Hearnden
Golding and Thomas Paine, our 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, CLOGS, AND OTHER LIKE COVERINGS
FOR THE FEET," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said George
Hearnden Golding and Thomas Paine, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hands and
seals of one of us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain the

page_text: nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 we, the said George Hearnden Golding and
Thomas Paine, do hereby declare the nature of our 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:-
Our Invention consists in forming the under sole and seat for the heel in
one piece, and in so forming the heel that it may be easily adjusted in the
seat, while, from the construction and fitting thereof, it may be readily
removed, repaired, and refitted, or a new one substituted in lieu thereof.
Where desired, we form passages or grooves on the inner top surface, which
communicate with the atmosphere, and through perforations in the inner
sole with the foot.
We stamp or otherwise form from leather, gutta porcha, or other material
suitable for the under sole of boots and other like articles, a piece which forms
the sole, waist, and seat for the heel, and when not made of a waterproof
substance we make it impervious to damp by paying it over with some
waterproofing composition. This seat is hollow in the centre, and is formed
on the inside with a sunk flange or rim for the reception of the heel, which is
constructed as follows:-First, we take a circular metal disc with a collar
screw-threaded on the outside; the collar hangs down at right angles, or
nearly so, from the under side of the disc, and the space between the outside
of the collar and outer and under edge of the disc forms a rim, which rests
upon and is free to turn round in the flange on the inside of the heel seat; we
next screw on a leather or other suitable heel-piece over the screw thread on
the collar, and secure it by a screw or pin, which passes through the leather
and collar. On taking out this pin, the leather or other heel-piece can be
removed from the metal collar, and a fresh one may be screwed on.
Figure 1 is a plan of the inside of one of our soles, waist, and heel-pieces;
Figure 2 is an external view of one of our heel seats; and Figure 3 is a
sectional elevation of the heel complete. A, A, is a piece of leather or other
material suitable for the soles of boots and shoes. This piece is stamped out
at one operation by means of suitable dies and cutting tools. B is a metal
connecting piece, consisting of a disc C and collar E; it is free to revolve in
the circular recess D formed in the sole-piece. The outside of the collar E is
screw-threaded. F is a block of leather, horn, or other hard material, formed

page_text: circular on the outside, and cast, stamped, or otherwise made with a screw
thread to take into that on the metal collar E. When screwed on the collar
it is prevented from turning round by the screw or pin c, passed through a
hole made through the heel and in the side of the collar; but when the heel
is worn on one side, the heel and metal connecting piece may be made to turn
round together in the circular recess recess D, and present a fresh surface for
that worn away. A metal heel, varnished or covered with leather, gutta percha,
or other suitable material, may be screwed on to the collar.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim,-
First, the stamping out of the under sole, waist, and scat for the heel of
boots and shoes in one piece.
Second, the fitting of rotary heels in pieces so formed.
And, third, the construction of rotary heels and connecting pieces in the
manner herein-before described, and represented in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hearnden Golding, for myself
and on behalf of the said Thomas Paine, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
GEORGE HEARNDEN GOLDING. (L.S.)