Year: 1898

page_text: 1, ADOLF SCHISCHA, of Oedenburg, in the Kingdom of Hungary, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This improved boot stretcher which serves for stretching boots and shoes of all
kinds and more particularly for household use for stretching wet boots or shoes
is characterised more particularly by its simple and practical construction.
It is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:---
Figure 1 is a side elevation and
Figure 2 a plan view, whilst
Figure 3 shows a side view of the boot stretcher in use.
As may be seen in the drawings this improved boot stretcher is composed of a
front or toe part a and a heel piece b connected by means of a suitably strong
spring e and pressed apart by said spring. Of course the form of the spring need
not be precisely that shown in the drawings but may also be replaced by spiral,
flat or other like springs.
For the purpose of inserting the stretcher in a boot, A, Figure 3, the spring is
compressed as shown in the dotted lines in Figure 1 and the stretcher then can be
inserted in the boot where it assumes the position shown in Figure 3 and prevents
any contraction or shrinkage of the boot."
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool.
Agents for the Applicant.
improved Boot Stretcher.
I, ADOLF SCHISCHA, of Oedenburg, in the Kingdom of Hungary, Merchant, 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 an improved boot stretcher or tree which is designed
to stretch boots and shoes of all kinds but is more particularly adapted for house-
hold use for stretching wet hoots or shoes, the object of the invention being to
provide a boot tree or stretcher of simple and practical construction.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boot tree or stretcher constructed according to
the invention;
Figure 2 is an underside view thereof; and
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but illustrating the application of the
stretcher or tree to a boot.
The improved boot tree or stretcher comprises the front or toe part a and the
heel part 6, the said two parts being connected by the spring c, which said spring
normally presses the two parts a and b apart. The spring c may be of any suitable
kind, that shewn in the drawing having been found advantageous in practice
although it will be understood that I do not confine myself to the use of a spring
of this construction.
d is a spring which is advantageously fitted in a recess in the underside of the
toe part a for the purpose hereinafter described and e is a clip which is passed
over the two arms of the spring c to prevent the spring unduly expanding when
not in use.
To employ the tree or stretcher, the springe is compressed sufficiently to permit
of the insertion of the toe and heel parts a and b respectively into the boot as illus
trated in Figure 3 upon which the spring is released and allowed to press the toe
and heel parts against the front and back of the boot. The bottom spring d serves
to press the tree against the instep portion of the boot as clearly shown.
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:-
1. A boot stretcher or tree comprising a front or toe part such as a, and a heel
part such as b, the said two parts being connected by a spring such as e, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
2. The manufacture and use of boot stretchers or trees constructed substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
D
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.