Improvements in Wearing Surfaces for the Soles and Heels of Coverings for the Feet, and in Wearing or Ornamental Surfaces for other Objects.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1894-Accented, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wearing Surfaces for the Soles and Heels of
Coverings for the Feet, and in Wearing or Ornamental Surfaces
for other Objects.
We, THOMAS GARE, of 25, Booth Street, Edgeley, Engineer, and JOHN
NUNN MACHIN, of 27, Middle Hillgate, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, both of
Stockport, in the County of Chester, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
This invention relates to improvements in wearing surfaces for the soles and
heels of coverings for the feet and to wearing or ornamental surfaces for other
objects, such as steps, treads, furniture, and the like where a surface requires
protecting against wear or ornamenting.
Heretofore such surfaces have been generally cast or forged with a flange or
flanges having holes or otherwise formed with holes to allow of being secured in
position by means of nails or screws.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the said flange or flanges, nails,
screws, and holes and form wearing surfaces of rolled profiled metal bars, the wide
edge of which serves as the wearing or ornamental surface and the thin edge,
being formed into teeth or spikes as the fastening for the same.
To this end we roll a bar of wrought iron, steel, brass, copper, or of other
suitable metal, wedge shaped or similar in section with or without a shoulder or
shoulders on the wide edge. The wedge shaped or similar portion of the said bar
is formed into a suitable number of teeth or spikes by punching pieces out of the
same, after which the bars are cut in length and bent or curved, as may be required,
for the different applications and to conform with the respective objects, the teeth
or spikes being driven into the same and the wearing or ornamental surfaces
allowed to project. The latter may be plain, notched, serrated, milled or formed
with an ornamental design.
Dated this 24th day of August 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wearing Surfaces for the Soles and Heels of
Coverings for the Feet, and in Wearing or Ornamental Surfaces
for other Objects.
We, THOMAS GARE, of 25, Booth Street, Edgeley, Engineer, and JOHN
NUNN MACHIN, of 27, Middle Hillgate, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, both of
Stockport, in the County of Chester, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to improvements in wearing surfaces for the soles and
heels of coverings for the feet and to wearing or ornamental surfaces for other
objects, such as steps, treads, furniture and the like. where surfaces require
protecting against wear or require ornamenting.
Heretofore such surfaces have been generally cast or forged with a flange or

page_text: flanges having holes or otherwise formed with holes to allow of being secured in
position by means of nails or screws.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the said flange or flanges, nails,
screws, and holes and to form the said surfaces from rolled profiled metal bars or
strips, the wide edge of which serves as the wearing or ornamental surface and the
thin edge being formed into teeth or spikes as the fastening for the same.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings, showing in perspective a number
of forms in which our invention may be carried out for some of the various
purposes.
Fig. shows the profiled metal bar before being formed with teeth or spikes,
and Fig. 2 after the same have been formed thereon.
Fig. 3 shows the said bar bent to serve as a beel tip, Fig. 4 as a side piece, and
Fig. 5 as a toe piece for boots and shoes.
Fig. 6 shows a modification in the profile of the strip.
In carrying out our invention we roll the aforesaid bars of wrought iron, steel,
brass, copper, or of other suitable metal, wedge shaped or similar in section, with
or without a shoulder or shoulders on the wide edge, for instance as shown in
Fig. 1. The wedge shaped or similar portion of the said bars we then form into a
suitable number of teeth or spikes a, see Fig. 2, by punching pieces out of the
same, after which they are cut in lengths and bent or curved, as may be required
for the different applications and to conform with the respective objects, for
instance as shown in Figs. 3, 4 & 5, the teeth or spikes a being driven into the same
and the actual wearing or ornamental surfaces b allowed to project. The latter may be
plain, notched, serrated or milled, as shown in Fig. 2, or formed with an ornamental
design as will be readily understood.
In lieu of forming wearing or ornamental surfaces of bars of metal in the manner
described they may be formed of sheet metal strips by rolling or bending the same
to the profile, for instance as shown in Fig. 6, and afterwards also forming it with
teeth or spikes b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
-claim, is-
The manufacture of wearing and ornamental surfaces from rolled metal bars or
strips, consisting in forming the same with a toothed or spiked edge which facilitates
the fastening of the said surfaces to the article for which it is intended, substantially
as set forth.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.