IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Hibling, of the Firm of Langham and
Hibling, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, of Granby Street, Leicester, in
the County of Leicester, for, the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said. Henry Hibling at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st September 1865.
I, HENRY HIBLING, of the Firm of Langham and Hibling, Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers, of Granby Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester,, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention has reference to the method of fixing the soles of boots and
shoes to their uppers by means of rivets, screws, or pegs. Heretofore the
soles have been so fixed either by turning down the edge of the upper upon
an inner sole, and then fixing on the outer sole by means of rivets, screws, or
pegs passing through both the upper and the inner sole, or a split middle sole
has been sewn to the upper, and then the outer sole has been fixed on by

page_text: means of rivets, screws, or pegs passing through the middle sole, the upper,
and the inner sole. In all cases the rivets, screws, or pegs pass through to
the inside of the boot, and thereby frequently injure the foot, in addition to
which the fixing of the inner sole on to the outer sole renders the boot or shoe
disagreeably rigid.
Now my present Invention consists in so fixing on the sole of the boot or
shoe by means of rivets, screws, or pegs that both ends of these are situated
entirely outside of the boot, instead of the upper ends inside, as hereto-
fore. For this purpose I first sew a welt or a split middle sole to the upper
in such a manner that when the edge of the upper is turned down the sewing
is inside the boot, and the edge of the welt or middle projects outside of the
upper, and I then fix on the outer sole by means of rivets, screws, or pegs
that simply pass through such projecting edge of the welt outside of the boot.
By this means the rivets, screws, or pegs are prevented from injuring the
foot, and leave the upper entirely intact, in addition to which the inner sole is
not fixed to the outer sole, and thereby the objectionable rigidity of such boots
and shoes as hitherto constructed is obviated.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Hibling in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
March 1866..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
HIBLING, of the Firm of Langham and Hibling, Boot and Shoe Manu-
facturers, of Granby Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Hibling, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Hibling,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Hibling, 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others)
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page_text: that 1, the said Henry Hibling, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Hibling, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to
the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:
My Invention has reference to the method of fixing the soles of boots and
shoes to their uppers by means of rivets, screws, or pegs. Heretofore the
söles have been so fixed either by turning down the edge of the upper upon
an inner sole, and then fixing on the outer sole by means of rivets, screws, or
pegs passing through both the upper and the inner sole, or a split middle sole
has been sewn to the upper, and then the outer sole has been fixed on by
means of rivets, screws, or pegs passing through the middle sole, the upper,
and the inner sole. In all cases the rivets, screws, or pegs pass through to
the inside of the boot, and thereby frequently injure the foot, in addition to
which the fixing of the inner sole to the outer sole renders the boot or shoe
disagreeably rigid.
Now my present Invention consists in so fixing on the sole of the boot or
shoe by means of rivets, screws, or pegs that both ends of these are situated
entirely outside of the boot instead of the upper ends inside as heretofore.
For this purpose I first sew a welt or a split middle sole to the upper in such
a manner that when the edge of the upper is turned down the sewing is
inside the boot, and the edge of the welt or middle sole projects outside of
the upper; and I then fix on the outer sole by means of rivets, screws, or pegs
that simply pass through such projecting edge of the welt outside of the boot.
By this means the rivets, screws, or pegs are prevented from injuring the
foot, and leave the upper entirely intact; in addition to which the inner sole
is not fixed to the outer sole, and thereby the objectionable rigidity of such
boots and shoes as hitherto constructed is obviated.
Figure 1 on the accompanying Drawing shows a section of the upper A of
a boot or shoe with the welt or split middle sole B attached thereto in the
ordinary manner; Figure 2 shows the same with the sole C fixed thereto by
means of screws, rivets, or pegs D passing through the sole C and welt B
only, so as to be situated entirely outside of the upper. The welt and sole

page_text: are for this purpose made to project to such an extent from the outside of
the upper that the screws, rivets, or pegs can be conveniently inserted without
being placed too near the edge of the sole. After fixing on the sole C in
this manner the inner sole E is inserted so as to cause the upper A to: lie
over the projecting welt in the proper manner.
Having now described the nature of my. Invention, and in what. manner
it is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I am aware that it has
been customary to attach the soles of, boots and shoes to the welts or split
middle soles by means of sewing, of which the stitches are entirely outside
of the upper; and that I am also aware that it has been proposed to attach
together by sewing the upper,, the welt, and a middle or, inner. sole, in a
reversed position, and then, after turning the same inside out, to connect the
sole to the welt only by stitching or otherwise, and I do not therefore claim
making boots and shoes in such a manner; but what I claim is, making
boots and shoes in which a welt or split middle sole, only is first. sewn on to
the upper, and then the outer sole fixed thereto by means of screws, rivets,
or pegs passing simply through the sole and the welt. or. split middle sole, so
that both ends of the screws, rivets, or pegs are outside of the upper, sub-
stantially as herein-before described, with reference to the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Hibling, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of March, in the year, of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
HENRY HIBLING: (L.S.)