IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL HEELS, AND IN THE APPLICATION OF SPURS TO METALLIC HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Ward Jones, of Holloway, in the County of
Middlesex, and Edward Kynaston Bridger, of the City of London, Gentleman,
"
for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL HEELS, AND IN THE
APPLICATION OF SPURS TO METALLIC HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Ward Jones and
Edward Kynaston Bridger at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 10th June 1880.
JOHN WARD JONES, of Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, and EDWARD
KYNASTON BRIDGER, of the City of London, Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METAL HEELS, AND IN THE APPLICATION OF SPURS TO METALLIC HEELS OF
BOOTS AND SHOES."
The first part of our improvements relates to the improved construction and
method of fixing of cast or wrought metal shells to the heels of boots and shoes, so
as to simplify and reduce the cost thereof.
Heretofore metal heels of this character have been cast with spikes on the
interior surface of the shell, which have served by means of a screw and nut to fix
the heel to the sole piece. Now according to our present improvements we dispense
with the spikes and the screw nut, and fix the shell to the sole piece and heel by
means of a screw, screws, or nails, which pass direct into the sole, sole piece, or
leather, or other material attached to the sole piece.
A metal or other heel piece, tip, or plate, is fixed by means of a screw or screws
to the bottom of the metal shell, the points of screws passing through into the
leather or other material fixed to the sole piece.
The second part of our Invention has for its object the application of spurs to
metal or other heels of boots and shoes.
A cast metal shell is secured to the sole or sole piece of a boot or shoe by screws
which pass through the heel plate or wearing surface, and through the bottom plate
of the shell, or through the bottom plate of the shell only, into the leather or other
material fixed to the sole piece.
The shank of the spur passes through a slot or opening formed in the back of the
metal shell, and is fixed in position by one of the screws before mentioned which
screws into the end of the shank of the spur.
Spurs of this character may be applied to ordinary heels of boots and shoes.
By this means the spur is very readily and securely applied to a metallic or
other heel of a boot or shoe, and is also easily removed and replaced at very little
cost.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Ward Jones and Edward Kynaston Bridger in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 9th December 1880.
JOHN WARD JONES, of Holloway, in the County, of Middlesex, and EDWARD
KYNASTON BRIDGER, of the City of London, Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METAL HEELS, AND IN THE APPLICATION OF SPURS TO METALLIC HEELS OF
BOOTS AND SHOES."
The first part of our improvements relates to the improved construction and
method of fixing of cast or wrought metal shells to the heels of boots and shoes, so
as to simplify and reduce the cost thereof.
Heretofore metal heels of this character have been cast with spikes on the
interior surface of the shell, which have served by means of a screw and nut to fix
the heel to the sole piece. Now according to our present improvements we dispense
with the spikes and the screw nut, and fix the shell to the sole piece and heel by
means of a screw, screws, or nails, which pass direct into the sole, sole piece, or
leather, or other material attached to the sole piece.
And in order that this part of our Invention may be clearly understood and
readily carried into practice, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side elevation, and Figure 2 a vertical section of part of a boot
or shoe having a metal heel as applied thereto, arranged and constructed in
accordance with our improvements. Figure 3 is a plan, Figure 4 a section, and
Figure 5 an underside view of the metal shell a, advantageously made of sheet
metal, which is fixed to the heel of the boot or shoe by nails or screws a¹, a', the
heel being built up with rough pieces or waste cuttings of leather a².
A metal or other heel piece, tip, or plate 6 is fixed by means of a screw or
screws b¹, b¹, to the bottom of the metal shell a, the points of the screws passing
through into the leather or other material a² fixed to the sole piece. Figure 6 is an
underside view of the tip or plate b, and Figure 7 a section of same reversed. The
hollow parts of the tip we fill in with asphalte.
The second part of our Invention has for its object the application of spurs to
metal or other heels of boots and shoes.
Figure 8 shows a side elevation, and Figure 9 a vertical section of a heel and
spur combined and arranged in accordance with this part of our Invention.
a is a metal shell secured to the heel, sole, or sole piece of a boot or shoe by the
screws a¹, b¹, b, which pass through the heel plate or wearing surface b, and through
the bottom plate of the shell a into the leather or other material fixed to the sole
piece.
The shank c of the spur c passes through a slot or opening formed in the back
of the metal shell a, and is fixed in position by the screw 6 which screws in to the
end of the shank c' and heol or sole piece, as shown in the Drawing.
Spurs of this character may also be applied and fixed in like manner to ordinary
heels of boots and shoes.
By this means the spur c is very readily and securely applied to a metallic or
other heel of a boot or shoe, and is also easily removed and replaced at very little
cost.
Having thus described the nature of our improvements, and the manner of
carrying the same into practice, we do not claim any of the parts separately, which
are well known, nor the making of the shell a and tip b of sheet or cast metal, but
what we do claim is,-
First. The improved arrangement, construction, and application of metal heels,

page_text: such as a, and tips or plates, such as b, to boots and shoes, and fixing them thereto,
substantially in the manner herein before described and represented in Figures 1
to 7 of the Drawings annexed.
Secondly. We claim the improved arrangement, combination, and method of
applying spurs to metallic heels of boots and shoes, substantially in the manner
herein before described and represented in Figures 8 and 9 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Ward Jones and Edward Kynaston
Bridger, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighth day of
December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
(L.S.)
J. W. JONES.
EDWP. KYN. BRIDGER. (L.S.)