Improvements in or appertaining to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to the Soles and Heels of Boots
and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS PHILLIPS and CHARLES EDWARD NEWMAN PHILLIPS, both
of 8, Cunliffe Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in combined india rubber and leather
soles and heels of boots and shoes, and its object is to provide cheap and efficient
means of securing or fixing india rubber studs or the like in leather soles and
heels.
For this purpose we employ hollow studs of thin metal preferably of somewhat
taper form and having suitable flanges or projections at their larger end. The
hollow studs are adapted to be filled with india rubber vulcanized in position and
arranged to project a suitable distance at the narrower end.
Holes are punched in the soles and heels to receive the studs which latter are
placed in position with the smaller end projecting a suitable distance at the face
before the soles and heels are secured to the boots or shoes. The flanges at the
back securely hold the studs in position and any suitable means may be employed
to fix the rubber in the studs in addition to making them of taper form and
vulcanizing the rubber in.
Dated this 16th day of January 1897.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or appertaining to the Soles and Heels of Boots
and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS PHILLIPS and CHARLES EDWARD NEWMAN PHILLIPS, both
of 8, Cunliffe Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to improvements in combined india rubber and leather
soles and heels of boots and shoes, and its object is to provide a cheap and efficient
means of securing or fixing india rubber studs or the like in leather soles and
heels.
For this purpose we employ hollow studs of thin metal preferably of somewhat

page_text: taper form having suitable flanges or projections at their larger end. The
hollow studs are adapted to be filled with india rubber vulcanized in position and
arranged to project a suitable distance at the narrower end.
Holes are punched in the soles and heels to receive the studs which latter aro
placed in position with the smaller end projecting a suitable distance at the face
before the soles and heels are secured to the boots or shoes.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a diametrical section of our improved stud fixed in a piece
of leather.
Figure 2, is a back view of the same.
Figure 3, is a separate view of the complete stud.
Figure 4, is a separate perspective view of one of the thin hollow metal studs
without the india rubber.
To fix the stud A a hole is punched in the leather B for each stud and they
are then forced in from behind prior to fixing the leather to the boot. The
flange C round the metal stud or ring 1 securely holds the stud in position after
the leather is fixed to the boot notwithstanding that it is so thin that it requires
no cutting away of the leather round the hole to receive it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said In-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
The combination of the india rubber stud A of the flanged metal ring D, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 14th day of October 1897.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.