IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Thomas Hughes, of the Firm of Hughes
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and Son, Patent Agents, of 123, Chancery Lane, London, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES."-
A communication from abroad by James Alexander Punderford, of
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Station of Amavinn
Sealed the 11th September 1874, and dated the 16th March 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Thomas Hughes
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th March 1874.
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... I, EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of the Firm of Hughes and Son,
Patent Agents, of 123, Chancery Lane, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL SOLES FOR BOOTS
AND SHOES," "a communication to me from abroad by James Alexander
Punderford, of New York, United States of America," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an article of manufacture for the protection
of soles for boots and shoes, especially for miners' üse, but alike applicable
for other laboring men, and the Invention consists in a metal sole with

page_text: a flange extending up around the edge so as to close on the leather sole,
and protect the edge and upper of the boot, and with or without a
similar metal shank and heel.
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 represents a perspective view
of the sole; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same inverted; and Fig. 3,
a modification of the same.
A. is the sole formed of the shape required to correspond to the sole
of the boot, and with a flange a around its edge so that the sole of the
boot will fit into the metal sole and the flange serve to protect the edge,
and at the same time to sustain and prevent the easy removal of the
metal sole. The metal sole is secured by nails or screws through
perforations in the metal sole as [shown in the Drawing; B is the heel
with a flange of similar construction to the sole. It is applied to the
heel and secured in the same manner as described for the sole; C is the
shank cast and fitted to the shank of the boot, and is particularly useful
for such laborers as use the shank of the boot in shoveling.
In some cases it is desirable to add a projecting ledge around the
upper edge, as seen in Fig. 3, which protects the upper or prevents its
coming in contact with wearing substances or surfaces as in bearing the
foot upon a shovel. While it is preferred to make the soles from cast
metal because it is cheaper and more durable they may be struck up
from sheet metal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Thomas Hughes in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 16th September 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
THOMAS HUGHES, of the Firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, of
123, Chancery Lane, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, Her special
licence that I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, my executors, admini-

page_text: strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes,
my 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES," a communication.
to me from abroad by James Alexander Punderford, of New York,
United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Edward Thomas Hughes, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is
to say :-
This Invention relates to an article of manufacture for the protection
of soles for boots and shoes, especially for miners' use, but alike applicable
for other laboring men; and the Invention consists in a metal sole with
a flange extending up around the edge so as to close on the leather sole,
and protect the edge and upper of the boot and with or without a similar
metal shank and heel.
In the Drawings Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the sole;
Fig. 2 a perspective view of the same inverted, and Fig. 3 amodification
of the same.
A is the sole formed of the shape required to correspond to the sole of
the boot and with a flange a around its edge, so that the sole of the boot
will fit into the metal sole and the flange serve to protect the edge, and
at the same time to sustain and prevent the easy removal of the metal
sole. The metal sole is secured by nails or screws through perforations
in the metal sole, as shewn in the Drawing: B is the heel with a flange h

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of similar construction to the sole. It is applied to the heel and secured
in the same manner as described for the sole; C is the shank cast and
fitted to the shank of the boot, and is particularly useful for such
labourers as use the shank of the boot in shovelling.
In some cases it is desirable to add a projecting ledge around the
upper edge, as seen in Fig. 3, which protects the upper or prevents it
coming in contact with wearing substances or surfaces, as in bearing the
foot upon a shovel. While it is preferred to make these soles from cast
metal because it is cheaper and more durable they may be struck up
from sheet metal.
Having thus described the nature and particulars of the said Inven-
tion, I claim,
First. The metal sole A- provided with the flange a, and so as to be
applied to the sole of a boot or shoe, substantially as described and with
or without the heel or shank.
☐ And, Second. The ledge around the upper edge of the vertical flange,
substantally as shewn in Fig. 3.
In witness whereof I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.