, OR CLOGHEEL TIPS FOR BOOT
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Neil at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th March 1880.
CHARLES NEIL, of Sheffield, in the County of York.
SHOES, OR CLOGS."
"HEEL TIPS FOR BOOTS,
According to this Invention I apply a hoop made of steel or other suitablo
metal in connection with a revolving beel tip, and hold it in position by means
of spring tension or friction. The hoop may be solid or open, but by preference
open.
When using an open hoop I make it of steel or other motal of a spring temper,
and reduce the heel according to the thickness and width of the hoop so that the
tip will be about level with the sides and face of the heel when on;
spring the
hoop on so that it holds by tension. The tip may be turned round on the heel
when required by means of a spanner passing partly round the tip and having a
stud to catch into the open part of the hoop.
When using a solid hoop I make the heel of the same diameter as the hoop, and
I hold the hoop on by a convoluted or C spring let into the heel, or by an india
rubber lining for producing the required tension. The solid hoop may be made
taper with the smaller end fitted on the heel, and I place in the tip courses of
leather discs fitting tightly therein but so as to allow the tip to be turned round on
then when they have been fastened to the upper of the heel. The tip is thus held
on by friction. To turn the tip the stud on the spanner is placed in a hole in the
hoop.
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Spring tension as set forth may also be used for fastening an ice creeper heel tip

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Neil in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 23rd September
1880.
CHARLES NEIL, of Sheffield, in the County of York. "HEEL TIPS FOR BOOTS,
SHOES, OR CLOGS."
According to this Invention I apply a hoop made of steel or other suitable
metal in connection with what is known as a revolving heel tip, and hold it in
position by means of spring tension or friction. The hoop may be solid or open,
but by preference open.
When using an open hoop I make it of steel or other metal of a spring temper,
and reduce the heel according to the thickness and width of the hoop so that the
tip will be about level with the sides and face of the heel when on; I spring the
hoop on so that it holds by tension. The tip may be turned round on the heel
when required by means of a spanner passing partly round the tip and having a
stud to catch into the open part of the hoop.
When using a solid hoop I make the heel of the same diameter as the hoop, and
I hold the hoop on by a convoluted or C spring let into the heel, or by an india
rubber lining for producing the required tension. The solid hoop may be made
parallel, and when driven on to the heel made of such a diameter as to receive it
tightly and at the same time allow of its being turned round; it will hold on by
friction, or it can be taper with the smaller end fitted on the heel, and I place in
the tip courses of leather discs fitting tightly therein but so as to allow the tip to
be turned round on them when they have been fastened to the upper of the heel.
The tip is thus held on by friction. To turn the tip the stud on the spanner is
placed in a hole in the hoop.
Spring tension as set forth may also be used for fastening an ice creeper heel tip
to the heel.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the manner in which I carry my Invention
into effect. Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan of heel tip constructed
according to one modification of my Invention, where the boot or shoe heel is made
round for the reception of the tip a. Figure 3 is a sido elevation and Figuro + is
a plan of boot tip a constructed according to my Invention as applied to a heel of
the shape usually worn. Figure 5 is a plan view of a tip a where the spring
action therein is obtained by an india rubber ring b. Figure 6 shows a tip wherein
a C spring marked b is used for obtaining the action. Figure 7 shows a tip where
a convoluted spring is used for obtaining the same or similar result, and
Figure 8 shows a plain hoop tip a where a similar result is obtained by making
the hoop or ring a itself taper or countersunk instead of a parallel section as before
described.
Figure 9 shows a section of same as applied to a heel, where it will be seen that
the more wear this arrangement has the more secure is the hoop or ring, by the fact
that the pressure on the heel expands the leather on the face and fills up the larger
diameter of the hoop or ring, which in some cases may be in the form of a spring.
Figure 10 shows the side view of a boot, showing the heel prepared to receive a
tip or hoop such as is illustrated at Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 11 is a side view of a boot with a tip, such as that illustrated at Figure 1,
attached to a heel made of wood and applied to the heel, which is of the form
shown, and which I prefer for giving greater support than usual to the tread; and
Figure 12 is a view of a spanner which I employ in connection with my Invention
for partially turning the circular hoop or rings. It is provided with a projection d
fitting into the space, as in Figures 1 and 2, and into holes formed in the circular
ones, as shown at Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8.

page_text: Figures 13 and 14 are views of a rotary heel creeper with biting projections e, c,
thereon; every alternate one e¹, c¹, are turned inside, as shown at Figure 13, and on
which the heel has its bearing. It is of spring steel, and open at f, by which it
clips itself around the heel.
Figures 15 and 16 are respectively a plan and end view of a rotary reversible
creeper provided with biting teeth e, e, top and bottom. The top ones clip around
the heel, and when the lower ones are worn blunt the creeper is reversed, and the
other set of teeth or biting projection appear on the surface of tho heel.
The plate or flange g forms the bearing for the heel.
The essential feature in the Invention is that the hoop tip is sprung on to the
heel prepared for its reception, and is there retained without any fastening, such as
nuts, screws, rivets, or nails, whatever. As illustrated by the accompanying
Drawings the spring or spring action may be produced by the use of an open ring,
as shown by Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, or by an india rubber C, or convoluted, or other
equivalent spring, such as that produced by the arrangements shown at Figures 7
and 8.
I am aware that it has been proposed to use tips or plates extending partially or
entirely round the lower part or face of the heel and corresponding with the form
thereof; such tips have been usually secured by nails, rivets, or screws. By my
Invention the use of such nails, rivets, or screws, is entirely dispensed with, whether
used either on a heel tip or ice creeper, as before described.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
First. The construction and employment of heel tips, made preferably of steel,
and tempered so that the springing action thereof is sufficient to retain the tip to
the heel of the boot without further security, substantially as described and
illustrated with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The construction and employment of heel tips, preferably circular in
shape for adjustment, and retained on the heel by an inner lining of elastic
material, or by a C, or spiral, or other spring acting against the inner circumference
of the hoop or ring, substantially as described and illustrated with reference to
Figures 5, 6, and 7 of the accompanying Drawings.
Third. The construction and employment of heel tips circular in shape for
adjustinent, but preferably of a taper section, the broader or thicker edge being
uppermost, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated with
reference to Figures 8 and 9 of the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth. The construction and employment of ice creepers as applied to the heel
of a boot, substantially as described with reference to Figures 13, 14, 15, and 16 of
the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Neil, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.