Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, JONATHAN STEWART GREEVES of Upper Thrift Street Northampton in the
County of Northampton Boot & Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture boots and shoes in such a manner
when so manufactured they shall be properly ventilated throughout without in
any way altering the appearance of an ordinary hand sewn or machine made
boot.
In carrying out my invention I prepare an insole of leather perforated throughout
and attach the same to the uppers of boots and shoes.
A welt is then placed completely round the insole (similar to the ordinary hand
sewn welted boot, only that the welt is much wider than the ordinary welt used for
like purposes) leaving a small space in the instep.
I then prepare a specially formed middle sole of cork or other light substance,
groved at the sides which exactly fits the space left between the inner sole
and the welt which allows air to pass completely round the sole of the boot
or shoe.
Between this middle sole and the perforated inner sole I insert a small perforated
tube made of metal or other hard substance in the space left between the welt on
the inner side of the instep.
The outer sole is then placed on and the whole parts properly sewn together by
hand or machine, and thus made as an ordinary boot or shoe, without in any way
altering the appearance of such boot or shoe, and imparting at the same time great
lightness and flexibility and provides a perfect ventilated boot or shoe.
Dated this 11th dan of March 1901
S. C. BEEL,
30, Newland, Northampton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I JONATHAN STEWART GREEVES of Upper Thrift Street Northampton in the
County of Northampton Boot and Shoe Manufacturer 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 :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture boots and shoes in such a manner as
to cause them to be thoroughly ventilated throughout without in any way altering
their appearance and my improvements are applicable to any ordinary hand sewn or
machine made boots and shoes.
In describing my method of manufacturing boots and shoes according to my
present invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to
the letters and figures thereon,
Figure 1 is a plan of the insole with skeleton welt attached and tube fixed for
admission of air,
Figure 2 a plan or diagram of the middle sole and
Figure 3 a section on line a-b Fig. 1 (enlarged) looking towards the heel.
I first prepare an insole say of leather A but perforated as shown by p P P P
Fig. 1 in as many holes as found desirable and this is then attached to the upper B
and a broad skeleton welt C placed completely round the said insole except a small
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page_text: space D at the instep thus leaving a hollow air chamber throughout the entire
under surface of the insole. I then provide a specially formed middle sole E of cork
leather or light material chamfered or cut away at the sides so as to leave a
hollow space this middle sole exactly fits the space encircled by the skeleton welt
and air is free to pass all round the cut away portions before described.
In the space D'I fit a small flat tube H fastened by screws or rivets G the mouth
of which may be closed by a valve and through this tube air is admitted.
The outer sole and the heel are then placed over all and the parts sewn or secured
together in any well known manner thus forming a perfectly ventilated boot or shoe
of great lightness and flexibility and of ordinary appearance.
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 method of manufacturing boots and shoes substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of December 1891.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.