AN IMPROVED REPAIRING-LAST FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOGS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Morris of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster
for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED REPAIRING-LAST FOR BOOTS, SHOES,
AND CLOGS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Morris at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1883.
HENRY MORRIS of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster
REPAIRING-LAST FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOGS.
"AN IMPROVED
This invention relates to the construction of the cast iron repairing lasts used in
repairing boots shoes and clogs.
I construct the last with four stout radial arms joined together at the centre
and two short central studs at right angles thereto.
Three of the arms terminate in curved sole lasts each of different widths and
size, one corresponding to the inside of a mans boot, the second a womans, and the
third to a childs boot or shoe. The fourth arm is provided at its end with a
flat or slightly rounded head corresponding in form to the inside of the heel of a
boot or shoe.
The short central studs are round in section (one larger than the other) and
their ends are flat so as to be suitable for repairing the heels of clogs,
By constructing the repairing last in this manner, the same last may be used
for all kinds of repairing work, whether for boots shoes, or clogs; and whatever
the size of the same may be.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Morris in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th September 1883.
HENRY MORRIS of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster
REPAIRING LAST FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOGS
AN IMPROVED
This invention relates to the construction of the cast iron repairing lasts used in
repairing boots, shoes and clogs, the object being to make a compound repairing
last which can be used for all kinds of repairing work.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention, I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation.
I construct the last with four stout radial arms a, b, c, d, joined together at the
Three of the
centre and two short central studs e, f, at right angles thereto.
arms a b and c terminate in curved sole lasts, each of different width and size,
one, a, corresponding to the inside of a man's boot, the second, b, to. a woman's
and the third c to a child's boot or shoe. The fourth arm d is provided at its end
with a flat or slightly rounded head k corresponding in form to the inside of the
heel of a boot or shoe.
The short central studs c and f are round in section (one larger than the other)
and their ends are flat so as to be suitable for repairing the heels of clogs.
By constructing the repairing last in this manner the same last may be used for
all kinds of repairing work, whether for boots, shoes or clogs and whatever the
size of the same may be.
In casting these lasts I sometimes insert a wrought iron wire or wires in the
mould before running in the metal in order to give greater stiffness to the last and
lessen the liability to fracture.
Having now described the nature and object. of my said invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention the
construction of a compound repairing last which can be used for all kinds of
repairing work, as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
In witness whereof I, the said Henry Morris have hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighteenth day of September in the Year of Our. Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
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HENRY MORRIS
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