Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1895-Accepted. 7th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We, JOHN ROBINSON, of 13, Dunster Street, Northampton, in the County of
Northampton, Laster, and GEORGE WILSON, of 95, Colwyn Road, Northampton,
aforesaid, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer's Foreman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of welted boots and
shoes, the object of the improvements being to do away with the necessity of
channeling the insole whereby we are enabled to employ a thinner insole than
hitherto.
For this purpose we take an insole of the usual shape but of thinner leather than
hitherto and we turn up that part of the edge of the same which is usually
channeled. We then take a strip of leather which is to form what we term an
inner welt and after the insole has been tacked to the last we tack our inner welt
onto the last against the side of the turned up part of the insole. The upper is
then lasted onto our inner welt in the ordinary manner and the usual welt placed
in position, the turned up edge of the insole, the edge of our inner welt which bears
against it, the edge of the upper and the welt are then sewn together by the
ordinary machine or by hand.
By our improvements it will be obvious that the use of a thinner insole than
usual, in addition to effecting considerable economy, enables us to provide lighter
and more flexible boots than hitherto and as we can employ a soft pliant leather
for our inner welt there is less liability of the uppers being cut than when they are
sewn against the ordinary insoles.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We, JOHN ROBINSON, of 13, Dunster Street, Northampton, in the County of
Northampton, Laster and GEORGE WILSON, of 95, Colwyn Road, Northampton
aforesaid, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer's Foreman, 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of welted boots and
shoes, the object of the improvements being to do away with the necessity of
channeling the insole whereby we are enabled to employ a thinner insole than
hitherto.
For this purpose we take an insole of the usual shape but of thinner leather than
hitherto and we turn up that part of the edge of the same which is usually
channeled. We then take a strip of leather which is to form what we term an
inner welt and after the insole has been tacked to the last we tack our inner welt
onto the last against the side of the turned up part of the insole. The upper is
then lasted onto our inner welt in the ordinary manner and the usual welt placed
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page_text: in position, the turned up edge of the insole, the edge of our inner welt which
bears against it, the edge of the upper and the usual welt are then sewn together
by the ordinary machine or by hand.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe how the same
can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Figure 1 is an underside view shewing our insole with the edge turned up; and,
Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line 2-2, Figure 1:
Figure 3 is an underside view shewing our insole and inner welt tacked upon a
last; and,
Figure 4 is a section of the same on the line 4-4, Figure 3:
Figure 5 is an underside view partly in section shewing the insole, the inner
welt, the upper and the welt sewn together upon the last; and,
Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6, Figure 5.
Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
A represents our insole the edge of which is turned up at a, as clearly shewn
in Figures 1 and 2. The insole A having been tacked upon the last B, we then
take our inner welt b (such inner welt consisting of a strip of leather bent to
an L-shape, as clearly shewn in Figure 4) and tack it to the last B, the vertical
edge of the inner welt being placed against the vertical edge of the turned up
part a of the insole. The upper c is lasted onto the welt b and the usual welt d
is then placed in position and the turned up edge a of the insole A, the edge of
the inner weltb which bears against it, the edge of the upper c and the welt d
are all sewn together by the ordinary machine or by hand, as clearly shewn in
Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings. The boot or shoe, as the case may be, is then
fiuished in the ordinary manner.
By our improvements it will be obvious that the use of a thinner insole than
usual, in addition to effecting considerable economy in both material and labour,
enables us to provide lighter and more flexible boots than bitherto and as we can
employ a soft pliant leather for our inner welt there is less liability of the uppers
being cut than when they are sewn against the ordinary insoles.
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 boot or shoe insole having a turned up edge, such as a, as, and for the
purpose, described and illustrated.
2. The combination with a boot or shoe insole with a turned up eige such as a,
of an inner welt, such as b, substantially as herein before described.
3. A boot or shoe having an insole with a turned up edge a, an inner welt such
as b, an upper lasted on the said inner welt, and an ordinary welt, the whole being
sewn together, substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 3
and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The hereinbefore described improvements in the manufacture of boots and
shoes, such improvements consisting in first tacking on the last an insole with a
turned up edge a, and then tacking onto the last an inner welt b, then lasting on
the inner welt the upper, then placing in position the usual welt and sewing
together the turned up edge of the insole, the edge of the inner welt which bears
against it, the edge of the upper and the ordinary welt, substantially in the manner
and for the purpose set forth.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.