Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1890-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, ROBERT GARROWAY of 1 Maxwell Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Tea Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has for its object the making of boots and shoes in such manner that
whilst the feet are kept ventilated they are also kept warm and dry.
In carrying out my invention I make the boot or shoe with an inner, preferably
removable, sole. This sole is made of a ply or piece of leather and a ply or piece of
cork, india-rubber or papier maché. The sole is perforated right through with
numerous small holes or openings. The underside of the sole has or may have
grooves or channels cut in it for carrying off moisture which may pass downward
through the holes or openings. In one or more of the grooves or in other convenient
situation a thin india-rubber, preferably wire lined, pipe or tube is placed. This tube
which may have openings in it by which foul air or moisture may pass into
as into
a drain, communicates through the heel or through the sides of the boot with the
outer atmosphere and so ventilates the foot. In some cases a tube may be carried
right round the sole, or a short tube may be placed in the heel for the purpose of
draining and ventilating the boot or shoe. Holes may be made in the upper or in the
sides or heel of the boot if desired.
Dated this 99.1 Orishan 1080
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, ROBERT GARROWAY of 81 Maxwell Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Tea Merchant,
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:-
This invention has for its object the making of a boot or shoe so that it shall be dry
warm and comfortable for the feet and that the feet may be kept well ventilated.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as applied to boots, although it
is equally applicable for shoes.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
I, ROBERT GARROWAY of 81 Maxwell Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Tea Merchant,
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:-
This invention has for its object the making of a boot or shoe so that it shall be dry
warm and comfortable for the feet and that the feet may be kept well ventilated.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as applied to boots, although it
is equally applicable for shoes.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a boot.
Fig. 2 a back view.
Fig. 3, a part section.
Fig. 4 a plan view of the inside of the sole, and
Fig. 5 a plan view of the insole.
In carrying out my invention I fit into or on the inside of the boot sole i a
preferably rubber tube or pipe a running down the centre of the sole and which is
preferably joined to two other tubes b, b¹ (or the tube a may be branched off if so
desired) which are led along and then pass upwards and out at either side of the
upper, as shown at figs. 1 and 3. The pipe a is also led up at the heel and passes out
at the back of the upper, as shown at figs. 2 and 3. The pipes or tubes a, b, b¹ are,
preferably, perforated with a number of small holes c and their ends d are open to the
atmosphere. On top of the boot sole an insole e preferably of india-rubber or of cork
and canvas or a combination of any of these or their equivalent, is laid. This insole
has a main groove f and branch grooves 9 cut in its underside and is also perforated
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page_text: throughout with a number of small holes h. Although the grooves g are not shown
perforated they may be perforated if so desired.
The insole may be used alone without the perforated pipes a, b, b'. If so desired a
single pipe may be used in this case for ventilating the heel.
With this arrangement, the feet are kept perfectly ventilated by the air circulation
pipes a, b, b', and any perspiration runs along the grooves g and into the main groove
or gutter f down which it passes and is evaporated.
Shoes, under this invention, are made in precisely the same manner.
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―
1. A boot or shoe having perforated air circulation pipes a, b, ³ and a grooved
insole e substantially as described and shown.
2. The perforated india-rubber, cork or equivalent insole e made with a number of
grooves f, g in it, substantially as described and shown on the drawings annexed.
Dated this 18th day of July 1890
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.