Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug.,
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1898
Accented
Ond Luna
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, MAX SCHERER, of No. 101, Obere Donaustrasse, Vienna II, in the Empire
of Austria, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Boots and shoes of the kind generally known in the trade by the name of drill,
lawn tennis, strand, promenade shoes, and so forth, in which the uppers consist of
linen, woollen or cotton fabric, and in which the trimmings or edging as well as
the sole, or the trimmings or edging alone consists of vulcanized india rubber,
have heretofore been manufactured in such a manner that the properly cut upper-
after the heel portion has been sewn together is placed on a wooden or iron last
and the said upper provided with the properly cut trimmings or edgings and a
toe piece of non-vulcanized india rubber, also with the india rubber sole, if such
sole is to be used. The said pieces are subsequently coated with india rubber
solution, then fixed upon the last and finally vulcanized in the vulcanizing
furnace.
By the process forming the subject of the present invention, the use of lasts
during the operation of fitting the rubber pieces and trimmings to the upper, as
well as during the treatment in the vulcanizing furnace, is dispensed with, so
that the employment of lasts of various shapes and sizes, heretofore required for
finishing the upper and which added considerably to the cost of manufacture, is
now rendered unnecessary.
The improved process by which this result is obtained is as follows:
The properly cut and finished uppers, placed flat upon sheet metal pieces, are
provided with the desired non-vulcanized india rubber trimmings, edgings or
other parts; the latter are then coated and, while lying flat upon the sheet metal,
are subjected to the vulcanizing operation in the vulcanizing furnace. The upper
with its vulcanized edgings and trimmings is then sewn together at the heel and
finally the sole consisting of natural or artificial leather, cork cloth, twine or the
like, but not rubber, is fixed in the ordinary manner to the upper.
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At 1000
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, MAX SCHERER, of No. 101, Obere Donaustrasse, Vienna II, in the Empire
of Austria, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes.
Boots and shoes of the kind generally known in the trade by the name of drill,
lawn tennis, strand, and so forth, in which the uppers consist of linen,
woollen or cotton fabric, and in which the trimmings or edging as well as
the sole, or the trimming or edging alone consist of vulcanized india rubber,
have heretofore been manufactured in such a manner that the properly cut upper-
after the heel portion has been sewn together-is placed on a wooden or iron last
and the said upper provided with the properly cut trimmings or edgings and a
too piece of non-vulcanized india rubber, also with the india rubber sole, if such
sole is to be used. The said pieces are subsequently coated with india rubber
solution, then fixed upon the last and finally vulcanized in the vulcanizing
furnace.
By the process forming the subject of the present invention, the use of lasts
during the operation of fitting the rubber pieces and trimmings to the upper as
well as during the treatment in the vulcanizing furnace, is dispensed with, so
that the employment of lasts of various shapes and sizes, heretofore required for
finishing the uppers which added considerably to the cost of manufacture, is
now rendered unnecessary.
The improved process by which this result is obtained is as follows:
The properly cut and finished uppers, placed flat upon sheet metal picces, are
provided with the desired non-vulcanized india rubber trimmings, edgings or
other parts; the latter, are then coated and, while lying flat upon the sheet metal,
are subjected to the vulcanizing operation in the vulcanizing furnace. The upper
with its vulcanized edgings and trimmings is then sewn together at the heel and
finally the sole consisting of natural or artificial leather, cork cloth, twine or the
like but not rubber, is fixed in the ordinary manner to the upper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A method of manufacturing boots and shoes of cloth or fabric with india rubber
edgings and trimmings and rubber cap, and soles of leather or other sole-material
(excluding rubber) such as artificial leather, cork, fabric or twine, presenting
this characteristic feature, that the properly cut cloth or fabric uppers are spread
out and, in this position fitted with the desired non-vulcanized rubber edgings,
trimmings or parts, the latter then coated and while being placed on sheet
metal pieces or plates are vulcanized, whereupon the uppers are sewn together at
the heel and finally connected, in the ordinary manner, with the sole, consisting
of leather, artificial leather, cork, fabric or twine.
Dotod thin 90+1
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.