CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Jacques Joseph Jamin, of Gerrard
Strect, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and Alexander
Symons, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
for the Invention of " CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
Sealed the 16th November 1853, and dated the 16th May 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Jacques
Joseph Jamin and Alexander Symons at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 16th May 1853.
We, JEAN JACQUES JOSEPH JAMIN, of Gerrard St., in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, and ALEXANDER SYMONS, of the Strand, in
the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF BOOTS AND SHOES" to be as follows:-
We form of wood, or other suitable material, soles of boots and
shoes, and in such soles make or form a groove or grooves of a suf-
ficient depth to allow the insertion of the upper leathers to a requisite
depth therein. We then add a thong or strip of leather on the outer.

page_text: or inner sides, or both, which we secure in its proper place and position
by nails, screws, pegs, or other suitable means.
We likewise, either wholly or partially, cover such soles, both on the
outer and inner surface, with leather, or other like suitable substance
or substances.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean Jacques Joseph Jamin and Alexander Symons
in the Great Seal Patent Office, on the 16th November 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
JEAN JACQUES JOSEPH JAMIN, of Gerrard Street, Solo, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, and ALEXANDER SYMONS, of the Strand, in the
said County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Jean Jacques Joseph Jamin
and Alexander Symons, Her special licence that we, the said Jean
Jacques Joseph Jamin and Alexander Symons, our exccutors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Jean Jacques
Joseph Jamin and Alexander Symons, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and the Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," upon condition (amongst others) that
we, the said Jean Jacques Joseph Jamin and Alexander Symons, some
or one of us, by an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or
under the hand and seal of some or one of us, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Jean Jacques Joseph Jamin
and Alexander Symons, do hereby declare the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following Specification
thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, in the
several figures whereof similar parts are marked with similar letters or
characters of reference (that is to say):
Our Invention consists of certain modes of manufacturing boots and
shoes, the soles of which are composed either wholly or partly of wood.
In making boots and shoes, the soles of which are composed wholly of
wood, we form the soles with a groove in and around the edges thereof,
into which groove we introduce and secure the edges of the upper
leathers, or upper parts of the boots or shoes, whether made of leather
or other similar suitable material or materials. Into the groove all
round the edge of a sole we introduce a thong or narrow strip of
leather, or other suitable material, the width of which must be sufficient
to allow one half of its width to lie under the edge or margin of the
upper leather in the groove, so as to be secured by sprigs or tacks
driven into the wood or other material of which the sole may be
composed, or by any other convenient means; the other half of its
width being bent or doubled over the outer side of the margin of the
upper leather, and there fixed so as to conceal the sprigs or other
fastenings by means of which the upper leather may be secured. In
the said Drawings we have given figures for the purpose of better
explaining the modes of performing our Invention. Figure 1, is a plan
or view of the upper side of the sole of a boot or shoe made of wood.
Figure 2, is a side view of the same sole; and Figure 3, is a section of
it taken across the sole in a line from a, to b, Figure 1. Figure 4, is
a side elevation of a boot, shewing the upper leather, together with a
thong or strip of the same or similar material attached to the sole in
a groove at the edge thereof, according to our Invention. Figure 5, is
a side elevation of a shoe as it appears after the edge of the strip of
leather has been turned over and secured. A, A, is the sole having a
groove B, B, formed all round the edge of it, of the depth required
to receive the margin of upper leather, and also the thong or strip of

page_text: leather already mentioned. C, C, is a joint between the heel and fore
part of the sole, for the purpose of allowing the sole to accommodate
itself to the motions of the foot as it bends in walking, the joint being
secured by a piece of india-rubber, or other suitable material, attached
to the under side of the sole, as shewn in the figures; and this joint
upon the upper
may be further secured by a similar piece of material
side of the sole, but let into it so as not to make the upper side of the
sole uneven. This joint is not, however, any essential part of our
Invention, for a sole may be made without it. D, D, (Figure 4,) is the
upper leather, the lower edge or margin of which is inserted in the
groove B, B, and secured by means of nails, pins, or pegs d, d, which
pass through the margin of the upper leather, and also through those
portions of the thong or strip e, e, which lie below the margin of the
upper leather in the groove. When the upper leather has been
secured, as shewn in Figure 4, the outer or projecting portion of
the thong or strip e, e, shewn in Figure 4, is turned up so as to cover
the heads of the nails or pegs d, d, and is then pressed into the groove
B, B, evenly and smoothly all round, and is there secured by means of
any convenient cement so as to present the appearance shewn at
F, F, Figure 5. Instead of using a separate strip or thong of leather to
secure the upper leather in the groove round the edge of a sole, the
lower margin or edge of the upper leather (which should be made
sufficiently large for that purpose) may be turned over, as shewn in
the section, Figure 3, so as to project outwards to the same extent,
or in the same manner, as the edge of the thong or strip e, e, is shewn
to project in Figure 4; and after the upper leather has been secured
by sprigs or pegs to the edge of the sole in the groove, as shewn in
Figure 3, the projecting edge or portion of upper leather may be
turned up and pressed into the groove, and secured in like manner as
above described with respect to a separate strip or thong. Instead
of using nails, pins, or wooden pegs for securing the upper leathers to
soles, as shewn in Figure 4, they may be secured by screws, or by any
other convenient means. When we make our soles partly of wood
and partly of leather or similar material we cover either the upper
sides or the under sides of our soles with leather or other similar

page_text: material. When we cover the upper sides of our soles with leather
we cement or secure the leather to the sole by means of any suitable
cement; and when we cover the under sides of our soles with leather
we cause the same to be doubled up all round, so as to conceal the
edges of the wooden soles, and also the fastenings which secure the
upper leathers to the soles; and we secure the leather to the bottom
and edge of a wooden sole by means of pegs and cement, or in any
other convenient manner. In Figure 6, of the said Drawings we
have shewn a side view of a boot, the sole of which has its under
side, and also its edge, covered with leather; but portions of the
leather are represented as turned down at the side g, g, and point f, of
the sole, so as to shew the mode in which the leather is attached
to the sole.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, we hereby declare that
we claim as of our Invention the mode or modes of manufacturing
boots or shoes, the soles of which are made wholly or partly of wood,
by constructing the soles thereof with grooves in their edges, and
securing the edges of the upper leathers either with a separate thong
or strip, or with a portion of the lower edge or margin of the upper
leather turned up, in manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Jean Jacques Joseph
Jamin and Alexander Symons, have hereunto set our hands and
seals, this Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
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TOONDIT
JEAN JACQUES JOSE
ALEXANDER SYMONS.
(5.5.)
(L.S.)
Witness,
CHA R. PILCHER,
210, Strand.