Improvements in Soles and Heels for Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Soles and Heels for Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
WILLIAM ROBERT COLLINS of 75 Mintern Street New North Road Hoxton
in the County of London Lawn Tennis Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A leather sole with a solid india rubber half sole inserted from a quarter to half
an inch of extreme edge. The india rubber sole being moulded to a canvas back,
the canvas acting as a flange and extending to the width of the sole. The sole
can then be adjusted to any kind of boot, shoe or slipper as in the case of an
ordinary leather sole i.e. the leather round the edge being either hand-sewn
machine-sewn or riveted to the welt or upper.
The half sole or clump being similarly constructed can be applied to any kind of
boot or shoe. The top pieces being also similarly constructed can be applied to
the heel of any boot or shoe.
In order that the said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to the drawing hereto annexed.
Fig. 1. shewing the leather sole and the black in the centre being the inserted
india rubber.
Fig. 2. shewing the leather half sole or clump. The black in the centre
indicating where the india rubber is inserted.
Fig. 3. shewing a sole cut through. The white on either side indicating
leather, the black being the india rubber and the cross line underneath shewing the
canvas.
Fig. 4. shewing leather top piece the black being the inserted india rubber.
Dated this 5th day of July 1893
ALFRED DOUBLE,
Solicitor, 27, Jewin Crescent, E.C., Agent for W. R. Collins.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Soles and Heels for Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
WILLIAM ROBERT COLLINS of 75 Mintern Street New North Road in the
Parish of Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex Manufacturer of Lawn Tennis
Boots and Shoes 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:-
The object of my improvement and invention is to provide a thoroughly water-
proof sole and top or heel piece and to make boot shoe or slipper more pliable to
the feet and to provide a more durable boot shoe or slipper adapted for noiseless
walking. These soles half soles and top pieces can be used for hand made,
combination, machine sewn screwed or rivetted boots or shoes and can be fastened on
by solution to any class of boot shoe or slipper.
My improvement and invention consists of a leather sole half sole or top piece
cut out in the centre so as to form a box round the edge from about a quarter to
half an inch. Into this hole or box is inserted a specially prepared india rubber
sole half sole or top piece backed with canvas and made secure by an india
rubber solution such cauvas projecting and acting as a flange in order to fasten the
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page_text: rubber sole half sole and top piece to the leather box. The rubber sole and top
piece can be level or raised above the box as required.
The drawings furnished with the Provisional Specification illustrate my invention.
Fig. 1. shews the leather sole. The black in the centre being the inserted
india rubber.
Fig. 2. shews the leather half sole or clump the black in the centre indicating
where the india rubber is inserted.
Fig. 3. shews a sole cut through. The white on either side indicating leather.
The black being the india rubber and the cross line underneath shews the canvas.
Fig. 4. shews leather top piece the black being the inserted india rubber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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To cut the centre out of an ordinary sole half sole or top piece and to insert an
india rubber sole half sole or top piece solutioned on to a canvas back specifically
described in the Specification.
ALFRED DOUBLE,
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ALFRED DOUBLE,
Solicitor and Agent to the said William Robert Collins.