Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We, ALFRED SEXTON, JESSE HENRY SEXTON and HENRY WALTER SEXTON,
all of St. Edmund's Mills, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of that class of boots
and shoes known as "sew round <
or turn shoes" and has for object to provide
boot or shoe which while retaining the advantages of the ordinary sew round or
turn shoe boots and shoes at the same time resembles in appearance a hand-made or
welted boot or shoe.
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In carrying out the invention the boot or shoe is made in the well known manner
but the sole is somewhat larger than that usually employed and instead of
channeling the sole as close to the edge as in ordinary cases we form the channel
at a suitable distance therefrom so that when the boot or shoe is "turned there
will be a projecting flange around the forepart and waist or forepart, waist, and
seat (if so desired) of the boot or shoe. To this flange is stitched a strip of
leather which we term a false welt, such false welt giving the boot or shoe the
appearance of being hand-sewn or welted by any of the well known methods of
manufacture.
Dated the 7th dow of At 1905
We, ALFRED SEXTON, JESSE HENRY SEXTON, and HENRY WALTER SEXTON,
all of St. Edmund's Mills, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers, 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 chiefly relates to improvements in the manufacture of that class
of boots and shoes known as < sew rounds or "turn shoes" and has for object to
provide a boot or shoe which, while retaining the advantages of the ordinary sew
round or turn shoe boots and shoes, at the same time resembles in appearance a
hand-made or welted boot or shoe.
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In carrying out the invention the boot or shoe is made in the well known manner
but the sole is somewhat larger than that usually employed and, instead of
channelling the sole as close to the edge as in ordinary cases, we form the channel
at a suitable distance therefrom so that when the boot or shoe is "turned there
will be a projecting flange around the forepart and waist, or forepart, waist, and
seat (if so desired), of the boot or shoe. To this flange is stitched a strip of leather
which we term a false welt.
The improvements are also applicable to ordinary machine sewn boots and
shoes.

page_text: In order to enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a section of a sole channelled in accordance with our invention:
Figure 2 is a section shewing the sole attached to the upper:
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2 but shewing the false welt applied to
the sole :
Figure 4 is a sectional view of a machine-sewn boot made according to this
invention.
a is the sole of a size somewhat larger than that usually employed, and b,b the
channel which we form at a suitable distance from the edges thereof as shewn, the
said sole being attached to the upper by stitching in the ordinary manner. c is
the strip of leather which we term the false welt.
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The boot or shoe is made in the well known manner and is then "turned
whereby a flange d is caused to project around the forepart and waist, or the fore-
part, waist and seat (if so desired) of the boot or shoe. The false welt c is then
attached to the flange d by sewing whereby the boot or shoe is given the appearance
of being hand-sewn or welted by any of the well known methods of manufacture.
In Figure 4 which is a sectional view of a machine sewn boot constructed
according to this invention, the outer sole is channelled in the manner above
described and sewn to the upper and insole in the usual way, leaving a projecting
flange d all round as in the case of the "
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sew rounds" or turn shoes," to which
flange the false welt c is sewn (the ordinary channel being used for the stitching)
thus giving the boot or shoe the appearance of a hand-sewn boot or shoe as above
referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A sole for a boot or shoe having a channel at such a distance from the edge
thereof that a projecting flange is provided adapted to receive a false welt
substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a 66 sew round or
"turn shoe" the combination of an upper, a sole having
a projecting flange formed as herein described and a false welt substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying
drawing.
3. A machine sewn boot or shoe the outer sole of which has a projecting flange
and a false welt substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figure 4
of the accompanying drawing.
4. Boots and shoes manufactured in the manner herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of May 1896
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.