IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1880

page_text: .LETTERS PATENT to George Pearman, of Henley-on-Thames, in the County of
Oxfordshire, and the Midland Works, Euston Road, in the County of Middlesex,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND
SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Pearman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1880.
"
GEORGE PEARMAN, of Henley-on-Thames, in the County of Oxfordshire, and the
IMPROVEMENTS IN
Midland Works, Euston Road, in the County of Middlesex.
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
According to the present system of making boots and shoes the shank as well
as the heel lifts are secured to the inner sole by pegs driven from the outside
upwards through the lifts, sole, and shank into the inner sole, in consequence of
which the pegs oftentimes project on the inside of the boot or shoe, and cause
great inconvenience and annoyance to the wearer. According to my Invention tho
shank, having first been shaped as required to the inner sole, is partly pasted and
partly pegged onto the sole before the latter is secured to the boot or shoe, the
pegs being driven downwards from the upper side of the shank into the sole. In
the same manner the several lifts of the beel are pegged to the sole from its top
side, and the sole with the shank and lifts thus fastoned thereto is then sewn or
otherwise secured to the inner sole of the boot or shoe. By this means the pegs
are not allowed to pass through the inner sole, and the inside of the boot or shoe
is therefore perfectly smooth and intact.
This method of manufacture is equally applicable to machine-made boots and
shoes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Pearman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th
October 1880.
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GEORGE PEARMAN, of Henley-on-Thames, in the County of Oxfordshire, and the
Midland Works, Euston Road, in the County of Middlesex. IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
-My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
According to the present system of making boots and shoes the shank as well as
the heel lifts are secured to the inner sole by pegs driven from the outside
upwards through the lifts, sole, and shank into the inner sole, in consequence of
which the pegs oftentimes project on the inside of the boot or shoe and causo
great inconvenience and annoyance to the wearer. According to my Invention
the shank, having first been shaped as required to the inner sole, is partly pasted
and partly pegged onto the sole before the latter is secured to the boot or shoe,
the pegs being driven downwards from the upper side of the shank into the sole.
In the same manner the several lifts of the heel are pegged to the sole from its
top side, and the sole with the shank and lifts thus fastened thereto is then sewn
or otherwise secured to the inner sole of the boot or shoe, by this means the pegs
are not allowed to pass through the inner sole, and the inside of the boot.or shoc
is therefore perfectly smooth and intact.
This method of manufacture is equally applicable to machine made boots and
shoes.
And in order that my Invention may be well understood reference is made to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, like letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 is an under view of the inner sole and welt of a boot or shoe ; Figure 2,
a plan of the slank and solo; Figure 3, a side view of the sole, shank, and heel
lifts secured together according to my Invention, and Figure 4, a side view of a
finished boot with the sole, shank, and heel lifts, seen in Figure 3, attached thereto
in the ordinary manner.
The shank A having been first shaped as required to the inner sole B is partly
pasted and partly pegged to the sole C by pegs 1, 1, driven downwards from the
upper side of the shank A into the sole C. In a similar manner the upper series of
heel lifts D are pegged to the sole C by pegs 2, 2, driven downwards into them
from the upper side of the sole C. The solo C with the shank A and heel lifts D
thus fastened together is then sewn and stitched to the upper and inner sole B of
the boot E in the ordinary manner, and the remaining heel lifts being secured to
the lifts D, the boot is ready for finishing in the usual manner.
By this method of manufacture the pegs 1, 1, 2, 2, are not allowed to pass
through the inner sole B, and the inside of the boot or shoc is therefore perfectly
smooth and intact, thereby completely preventing the irritation and annoyance
caused to the feet of the wearer by the pegs projecting on the inside of the boot,
as is the case when driven in the ordinary manner.
My Invention is equally applicable to machine inado boots or shoes.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
Fixing tho shank, sole, and heel lifts of a boot or shoe together by pegs driven

page_text: downwards from their upper sides before attaching the sole to the upper and inner
solo, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by
the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Georgo Pearman, havo hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.