Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887
I, ARTHUR HAWLEY of 117, Bridge Street, Burdett Road, in the county of
Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
This invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes, the object of the
invention being to produce a boot or shoe having an inexpensive and durable sole.
For this purpose I form the outer soles of boots and shoes of a number of trans-
verse strips of metal or other suitable hard and durable substance and strips of leather
placed alternately whereby I am enabled to use with the metal strips small pieces of
leather to form the sole, which pieces would otherwise be comparatively useless, and
at the same time produce a very flexible combined metal and leather sole; by this
means also I can use an inferior quality of leather to form the waist without
deteriorating from the wearing quality of the boot or shoe.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ARTHUR HAWLEY of 117, Bridge Street Burdett Road, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 produce a boot or shoe having an inexpensive and
durable sole and which can be repaired when required much more easily and
economically than is possible with existing methods adopted for forming the soles
and heels of boots and shoes.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood, I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which :-Figure 1. is a plan of the sole of a boot
or shoe, and Figure 2 is an elevational view partly in section of a portion of a boot or
shoe with the improvements according to my Invention. The outer sole of a boot
or shoe in accordance with my Invention, consists of a number of transverse bars,
strips or plates A., Figures 1, 8 and 9, of metal, hard wood or other suitable hard
and durable material, with strips of leather C placed there between, and of a shape
or configuration corresponding with said strips A, so as to fit accurately and thus
form a close and elastic joint. The pieces of leather C. after being stamped or cut to
the desired shape I may also treat as follows; that is to say, they may be placed in
metal moulds, Figures 3 and 5. and the covers Figures 4 and 6. laid thereon, the
whole being then subjected to pressure, by which means the excess leather would be
forced out at the ends b. b Figures 3 and 5. and the edges receive a more regular
and better defined bevel, and with greater rapidity, than would ordinarily be obtained
either by stamping, or by cutting with a knife, and form, when placed upon the sole
of a boot or shoe, a very close and regular joint with the transverse plates or bars A
above described. The moulds, such as are shown in the accompanying sheet of
drawings, and as above referred to, are plates of metal having bevelled recesses
formed therein of the size and shape necessary to receive the pieces of leather
required to fill the spaces C. between the transverse bars or plates A; the covers of
said moulds being also plates having raised centres corresponding in form to the
recesses in the moulds, into which they fit. The transverse plates and tips, when of
metal, are cast in any desired shape, but preferably with irregular bevelled edges,
such for instance as shown at Figures 1. 8 and 9, and perforated with holes d. d for
the introduction of nails or other means of attaching the plates A. to the middle
soles; or, if desired said bars or plates A may have spikes formed thereon to serve
as fastenings.
From the foregoing it will be seen that I am enabled to produce a very flexible,
combined leather and metal sole at a very much smaller cost than if made entirely

page_text: of leather, as I am enabled to utilise scraps or small pieces of leather to fill the
A further
intervening spaces; which would otherwise be comparatively useless.
advantage in the adaptation of metal plates as above described, is that the leather
used to form the "waist," may be of an inferior quality, without in any way affecting
injuriously the durability of the boots or shoes; at the same time, that in the
formation of the soles of boots and shoes as above described, in accordance with my
Invention, a clear saving of at least fifty per cent. is ensured.-In using the plates
for toes and heels, another advantage is that such plates are convertable, and may be
used as either toe or heel tips, or both.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
In forming the outer soles of boots and shoes, the employment of alternate bars or
plates of metal and pieces of leather, substantially as herein set forth, and shown in
the accompanying drawing.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
Dated this 25th day of July 1887.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.