An Improved Heel-tip for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 28th June. 1892-Accepted. 30th July. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Heel-tip for Boots and Shoes.
I, SAMUEL YOUNG of Finedon, near Wellingborough, Shoe-maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of an improved heel-tip for boots and
shoes and consists,
Firstly-By connecting the ends of the ordinary tip by means of a thin strip
of metal called a breast bar.
Secondly-By introducing a thin strip of metal longitudinaly up the centre of
the tip connected with the breast-bar and the inner side of the back of the tip.
Thirdly-By introducing a thin strip of metal transversely across the centre of
the tip connected with the longitudinal bar and the interior of the sides of the
tip. By these means I form the interior of the tip into four separate divisions,
and the object of my invention is to enable boot and shoe manufacturers to utilise
small pieces of leather for filling up the interior of the tip in place of the usual
tip-bit.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1891.
SAMUEL YOUNG,
Finedon, near Wellingborough.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Heel-tip for Boots and Shoes.
I, SAMUEL YOUNG of Finedon, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire,
Shoemaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to the manufacture of an improved heel-tip for boots and
shoes, and consists essentially in forming the interior or filling space of the
ordinary heel-tip into four separate divisions.
Firstly By connecting the ends of the tip by means of a thin strip or bar of
metal called herein and hereafter a breast-bar.
Secondly-By introducing a thin strip or bar of metal longitudinally up the
centre of the tip connected with the centre of the breast-bar and the inner side
or edge of the back of the tip, called herein and hereafter a longitudinal-bar.
Thirdly-By introducing a thin strip or bar of metal transversely across the
centre of the tip, parallel with the breast-bar and connected with the centre of the
longitudinal-bar and the interior or inner edges of the sides of the tip, called
herein and hereafter a transverse or parallel-bar.
The object of my invention is to enable boot and shoe manufacturers to utilise
small pieces of leather for filling up the interior or filling spaces of the tips in
place of the usual tip-bits or filling-pieces.
The small pieces of leather may be cut to fit by means of knives or punches of
the same corresponding shapes as the divisions in the tips, two such knives or
punches being required for each sized tip or the pieces may be cut by hand in
the ordinary way.
The improved heel-tips made after the manner of my invention may be formed
of iron, steel, brass, or of any other suitable metal, and may be manufactured by
stamping, casting, or by any other suitable process.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture and use of heel-tips for boots and shoes provided with a breast-
bar, a longitudinal-bar, and a transverse or parallel-bar, the interior or filling
spaces of the tips being thus formed into four separate divisions, substantially as
and for the purpose herein described.
Doted this 28th day of June 1892
SAMUEL YOUNG.