IMPROVEMENTS IN My improvements
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert Loads at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1882.
HERBERT LOADS of the City of Norwich, Manufacturer.
BOOTS AND SHOES."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
My improvements relate to exchangeable, or renewable heels for boots and shoes,
and consist in constructing the heel in two parts, consisting of the heel proper and
a detachable top-piece. Countersunk in the surface of the heel proper, is a plate
of metal or hard wood of the shape of the heel or of other suitable form, furnished
with a central boss tapped to receive a cheese-headed screw; and having one or
more spikes or points towards its edge. This plate is permanently secured to the
heel proper by means of screws, or their equivalent, or the top piece may be fastened
to the plate by two or more key-headed screws.
The top-piece or detachable portion of the heel may be made of leather, wood,
metal, gutta percba or other suitable material and is carefully finished on its outer
sides so that when fixed in position it corresponds exactly with the contour and
appearance of the main body of the heel.
This detachable top-piece has a ceutral aperture, which fits snugly over the
central raised boss of the plate above mentioned, and this aperture is enlarged for
a portion of its depth from the wearing surface, to receive the head of the screw by
which the said top-piece is secured to the main body of the heel, the head of the
said screw, when screwed home, lying somewhat below the wearing surface of the
top-piece. When the top-piece is screwed down firmly, the spikes or points on
the plate attached to the heel proper are forced into the said top-piece and prevent
it from turning. The heels of the two boots constituting a pair are made alike so
that after being worn to any considerable extent, the said top-picces may be
changed from one boot to the other or be replaced by new ones.
Instead of using the whole plate I may use a plate of metal or hard wood having
radiating arms with one or more spikes at their extremities the said plate having a
central boss tapped to receive the screw by which the top-piece is secured.
Or I may secure the top-piece to the heel proper by means of a plate attached to
the said top-piece, the said plate being provided with lips which fit into sockets in
the heel proper, and are securely held by a key passed through the heel and
through holes in the said lips.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Herbert Loads in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th July
1882.
HERBERT LOADS of the City of Norwich, Manufacturer
BOOTS AND SHOES."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
My improvements relate to exchangeable or renewable heels for boots and shoes
and consist in constructing the heel in two parts consisting of the heel proper and
a detachable top-piece. Countersunk in the surface of the heel proper is a plate of
metal or hard wood of the shape of the heel or of other suitable form, furnished
with a central boss tapped to receive a cheese-headed screw and having one or
more spikes, or points towards its edge. This plate is permanently secured to the
heel proper by means of screws, or their equivalent, or the top-piece may be
fastened to the plate by two, or more key headed screws.
The top-piece or detachable portion of the heel may be made of leather, wood,
metal, gutta percha, or other suitable material and is carefully finished on its outer
sides so that when fixed in position it corresponds exactly with the contour and
appearance of the main body of the heel.
This detachable top-piece has a central aperture which fits snugly over the
central raised boss of the plate above mentioned, and this aperture is enlarged for
a portion of its depth, from the wearing surface, to receive the head of the screw
-by-which tho-said-top-piece is secured_to_the_main body of the heel, the head of
the said screw when screwed homo, lying somewhat below the wearing surface of
the top-piece. When the top-piece is screwed down firmly, the spikes or points
on the plate attached to the heel proper are forced into the said top-piece and
prevent it from turning. The hools of the two boots constituting a pair are made
alike, so that after being worn to any considerable extent, the said top-pieces may
be changed from one boot to the other, or be replaced by new ones.
Instead of using the whole plate I may use a plate of inetal or hard wood having
radiating arms with one or more spikes at their extremities the said plate having a
central boss tapped to receive the screw by which the top-piece is secured.
Or I may secure the top-piece to the heel proper by means of a plate attached
to the said top-piece, the said plate being provided with lips which fit into sockets
in the heel proper, and are securely held by a key passed through the heel and
through holes in the said lips.
Figure 1 is a view of a boot with my improved heel.
Figure 2 is a section and bottom view of my improved heel.
Figure 3 is a modified form of plate for uniting the two portions of the heel.
Figure 4 is a section and bottom view showing another mode of attaching the top-
pieco to the heel.
Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.
My improved heel consists of a permanent portion A and a detachable portion or
top-piece B. A plate C of metal or other suitable material is sunk into the under
surface of the portion A and secured to the same by any suitable means. The said
plate C has a central boss D tapped to receive a screw, and the said plate is also
provided with pins or spikes E; or the said pins or spikes may be dispensed with.
The top-piece B is made of leather or other suitable material and has a central
hole or aperture. The said aperture is enlarged for a portion of its depth from the

page_text: under surface of the top-piece so as to fit snugly over the boss D, and the said
aperture is also enlarged for a portion of its depth from the upper or wearing
surface of the top piece to receive the head of the screw F by means of which tho
said top-piece B is screwed to the heel A. When the said top-pieco B is secured
to the heel A the pins or spikes E enter the said top-piece and prevent all
possibility of its turning.
Instead of the solid plate C I may use a plate having radiating arms as shown
in Figure 3 or any other suitable form of plate.
Figure 4 shows another method of attaching the top-piece B to the heel A. The
plate G is secured to the top-piece B. The said plate has lips G' which fit into
sockets G¹¹ in the heel A, the top-piece being secured to the heel by means of a
key H which passes through the heel A and through holes or slots in the lips G'.
Having thus fully described the said invention and shown how the same may be
carried into practice I claim.
The improved heel for boots and shoes substantially as herein described, and as
illustrated by the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whercof, I, the said Herbert Loads have hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
HERBERT LOADS. (LS.)