IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I EDMUND CHARLES HUTCHINGS of 15 Tustin Street, Old Kent Road, in the
county of Surrey, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
to be as follows:-
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The invention has reference to further improvements in the manufacture of that
class of boots and shoes having india rubber soles and generally known as lawn
tennis, racquet, cricketing and boating shoes.
The present improvements have for object a more simple and secure method of
stitching the india rubber soles to the welt of the boot or shoe.
In carrying out my invention I employ a rubber sole cut from sheet rubber or
moulded to the required shape. The said rubber sole is then attached to the
ordinary leather or other inner sole of the boot or shoe by suitable solution or
cement. I then form a channel all round (or partly round) the rubber sole similar
to the channel formed in an ordinary leather sole when the same is to be stitched.
This channel is for the purpose of receiving a strip of suitable material such as
waterproof taping, canvas or the like of sufficient strength to prevent the stitches
drawing through. This material is introduced into the channel as the sole is
stitched the stitches passing through the said material through the thickness of
rubber sole between the same and the welt and through the welt. The channel is
then closed in any suitable manner.
By this method the india rubber sole will be very securely attached to the boot
or shoe as the canvas or other material will prevent the stitches being drawn
through the rubber and the stitches themselves will by the closing of the channel
be protected from the effects of the weather.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I EDMUND CHARLES HUTCHINGS, of 15, Tustin Street, Old Kent Road, in the
county of Surrey, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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The invention has reference to further improvements in the manufacture of that
class of boots and shoes having india rubber soles and generally known as lawn
tennis, racquet, cricketing and boating shoes.
The present improvements have for object a more simple and secure method of
stitching the india rubber soles to the welt of the boot or shoe.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is
a side elevation and figure 2, a cross section of a shoe manufactured according to
my invention. Similar letters in both figures represent similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I employ a rubber sole a, cut from sheet rubber or
moulded to the required shape. The said rubber sole a, is then attached to the
ordinary leather or other inner sole of the boot or shoe by suitable solution or
cement. I then form a channel b, all round (or it may be only partly round)
the rubber sole a, similar to the channel formed in an ordinary leather sole when
the same is to be stitched.
This channel b, is for the purpose of receiving a strip of suitable material such
as waterproof taping, canvas or the like c, (such as is shewn in figure 3) of sufficient
strength to prevent the stitches drawing through.
This strip of material c, is introduced into the channel b, as the sole is stitched,
the stitches d, passing through the said material c, through the thickness of the
rubber sole a, between the said material c, and the welt e, and through the welt e
The channel b, is then closed in any suitable manner, the edges of the strip of
material c, being previously trimmed off by means of a suitable knife.
By this method the india-rubber sole a, will be very securely attached to the
boot or shoe as the canvas or other material c, will prevent the stitches d, being
drawn through the rubber a, and the stitches themselves will by the closing of th
channel c, be protected from the effects of the weather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sai
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that wha
I claim is
(1.) Attaching rubber soles to boots and shoes by stitching through a strip c
suitable material placed in a channel in the rubber sole, and through the rubbe

page_text: sole, and welt or inner sole substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
(2.) A boot or shoe having a rubber sole attached thereto as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.