Improvements in Indiarubber Heels for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1898-Accepted, 13th Aug.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indiarubber Heels for Boots and Shoes.
A communication to me from OTTOMAR LEOPOLD FARBER, Shoemaker, of Greiz.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Chartered Patent Agents
and Engineers, of 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, and accompanying drawing, that is to say:
This invention has for its object an indiarubber heel for boots and shoes, which
can be readily turned round and taken off, and which consists essentially of the
indiarubber heel itself, and a metal ring attached to the sole of the boot or shoe,
and having an inwardly curved edge or flange. On the indiarubber heel is formed
or fixed a thin disc which is introduced under the said edge or flange (part of
which is cut away to allow its introduction, which the flexibility and elasticity
of the india rubber readily allows), and is afterwards prevented from coming out
by a separate locking piece or plate screwed or fixed to the boot or shoe, and
filling the recess cut away in the ring.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention.
Figure 1 being a longitudinal section through the heel, and
Figure 2 a view from below of the ring, the heel being removed.
The indiarubber heel a is provided with a thin rubber disc a¹. To the sole f of
the boot or shoe is attached by means of screws e a ring b of light but strong metal
having a turned-in edge b'. This edge is cut away at one part so as to form a
recess corresponding with the locking piece c. After the heel a has been intro-
duced with its disc a' under the turned-in edge b', the locking piece c is fixed to
the sole f by means of screws d.
Instead of attaching the ring to the sole in the described manner by means
of screws, any other means may be employed suitable for this purpose.
As compared with the indiarubber heels hitherto used, the heel hereinbefore
described offers the following advantages :-
The lower face of the heel does not present any metallic part or recess.
Any rusting of screws in the indiarubber is avoided.
Moreover, any slipping is prevented, as ice or the like does not adhere to the
heel. The heel is not liable to wear out on one side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
A removable indiarubber heel for boots and shoes, characterized by a metallic
ring (b) fixed to the sole and provided with a turned-in edge or flange (6), a part
of which is cut away to form a recess,-the indiarubber heel a being introduced
with its thin disc (a¹) under the said metallic flange, and being secured there by

page_text: a separate locking piece (c) corresponding to the said recess in the ring, substan-
tially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1898
EDWARDS and Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.