Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots or Shoes upon the Soles of which Heels of Wood or other Material are to be Fixed.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th July, 1887.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots or Shoes upon the Soles
of which Heels of Wood or other Material are to be Fixed.
I JAMES HORNER of 216 Graham Road Hackney in the County of Middlesex
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS OR SHOES UPON THE SOLES OF WHICH
HEELS OF WOOD OR OTHER MATERIAL ARE TO BE FIXED to be as follows:-
:-
In the manufacture of boots or shoes upon the soles of which heels of wood or
other material are to be fixed, it has hitherto been the usage of the trade first to.
stitch to the upper part of the boot or shoe a sole cut of the same denoting size as
the upper and subsequently to pare down the edges of the heel portion of such sole
for the purpose of providing space to admit of the wooden or other heel being affixed
thereto. By my invention the heel portion of the sole before being stitched to the
upper is cut of a shape smaller than it has hitherto been customary to cut such heel
portion, and of such a size and shape as to admit of the wooden or other heel being
fixed outside the stitches by which the sole is fastened to the upper without any cutting
of the sole after being so stitched being necessary. I cut the sole of the size and
shape hereinbefore indicated by means of an instrument similar in other respects to
the ordinary sole knife now in use but differing therefrom by being narrowed at the
heel end thereof to the size and shape necessary to cut the sole of the improved shape
hereinbefore explained. By the use of my invention leather is saved and the risk of
cutting the stitches due to the subsequent paring down of the sole above mentioned
avoided.

page_text: of which Heels of Wood or other Material are to be Fixed.
I, JAMES HORNER of 216 Graham Road Hackney in the County of Middlesex Boot
and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
In the manufacture of boots or shoes upon the soles of which heels of wood or
other material are to be fixed it has hitherto been the usage of the trade first to stitch
to the upper part of the boot or shoe a sole cut of the same denoting size as the
upper, and subsequently to pare down the edges of the heel portion of such sole for
the purpose of providing space to admit of the wooden or other heel being affixed
thereto. By my invention the heel portion of the sole before being stitched to the
upper is cut of a shape smaller than it has hitherto been customary to cut such heel
portion and of such a size and shape as to adinit of the wooden or other heel being
fixed outside the stitches by which the sole is fastened to the upper without any cutting
of the sole after being so stitched being necessary. Fig. 1 on the accompanying
sheet of drawings shews the sole of a shoe upon which a wooden or other heel is to
be fixed made according to my invention. In the said drawing the dotted line shews
the outline of the sole. I find that the sole may be most conveniently cut of the size
and shape herein before explained by means of an instrument similar in all other
respects to the ordinary sole knife now in use but differing therefrom by being
narrowed at the heel end thereof to the size and shape necessary to cut the sole of the
size and shape aforesaid. Fig. 2 on the said sheet of drawings shews a sole knife
made according to my invention of the improved shape hereinbefore described. By
the use of my invention leather is saved and the risk of cutting the stitches due to
the subsequent paring down of the sole as above mentioned avoided.
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. The making of the soles of boots or shoes upon which heels of wood or other
material are to be fixed of the size and shape hereinbefore explained with reference
to Fig. 1 on the said sheet of drawings before such soles are stitched to the uppers
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
2. The said improved sole knife made substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described.