IMPROVE- USED IN CUTTING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to
Kensington, in the
MENTS IN INSTRUMEN
John Pusey Wint, of 12, Kensington Square,
unty of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
USED IN CUTTING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Pusey Wint
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th July 1865.
I, JOHN PUSEY WINT, of 12, Kensington Square, Kensington, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS USED IN CUTTING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND
SHOES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in instruments used in
cutting the soles of boots and shoes. For these purposes in place of employing
a knife and a piece of horn placed between the "upper" of a boot or shoe
and the sole as is ordinarily the practice, an instrument is employed which has
a projecting rib or flange which enters between the "upper" and the sole of a
boot or shoe, so as to guide the instrument as it is moved along the edge of
the sole, in order that the cutter carried by the instrument may pare or cut

page_text: away the edge of the sole to the desired extent. The instru:nent may be
made with a single or a double cutting edge; when made with a single cutting
edge the instrument will only cut when moved in one direction, whilst when
the instrument has a double cutting edge it will cut when moved to and fro
along the edge of the sole. The cutters are arranged so as to be adjusted to
and from the surface of the instrument which comes against the edge of the
sole in order that the cutter may be able to take a deeper or less deep cut.
The instrument carrying the cutter or cutters is mounted in a handle by which
the surface of the instrument is held against and moved along the edge of the
sole whilst it is retained correctly by the flange or projecting edge which enters
between the "upper" and the sole.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Pusey Wint in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th January 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
PUSEY WINT, of 12, Kensington Square, Kensington, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of July, 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 John Pusey Wint, Her special licence that I, the said
John Pusey Wint, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Pusey Wint, 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 INSTRUMENTS USED IN CUTTING THE SOLES OF
BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Pusey Wint, my executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Pusey Wint, 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, that is to say:—
This Invention has for its object improvements in instruments used in
cutting the soles of boots and shoes. For these purposes in place of employing
a knife and a piece of horn placed between the "upper" of a boot or shoe
and the sole, as is ordinarily the practice, an instrument is employed which has
a projecting rib or flange which enters between the "upper" and the sole of a
boot or shoe so as to guide the instrument as it is moved along the edge of
the sole, in order that the cutter carried by the instrument may pare or cut
away the edge of the sole to the desired extent.
The instrument may
be made with a single or a doublo cutting edge; when made with a single
cutting edge the instrument will only cut when moved in one direction,
whilst when the instrument has a double cutting edge it will cut when moved
to and fro along the edge of the sole. The cutters are arranged so as to be
adjusted to and from the surface of the instrument which comes against the
edge of the sole in order that the cutter may be able to take a deeper or less
deep cut. The instrument carrying the cutter or cutters is mounted in a
handle by which the surface of the instrument is held against and moved along
the edge of the sole, whilst it is retained correctly by the flange or projecting
edge which enters between the "upper" and the sole.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews the side view of a tool constructed according to my
Invention, having but one cutting edge; Figure 2 shows a front view of the
same; a is the handle by which the workman holds the cutting tool; bis a
groove or recess at the end or head of the tool through which the shavings get
away; c is a flange or projection which forms a guard and acts to polish the
edge, it enters between the "upper" and the sole of a boot or shoe; d is the
cutter which is capable of being adjusted so as to cut a thin or thick shaving
from the edge of a sole. The cutter is fixed to the handle by the screw e, which
passes through a slotted hole in the cutter. Figure 3 shows another form of the
tool, the head or upper end of which is formed of metal, and the cutter is of a
somewhat different form, it having a stem which descends into a hole or socket
in the head or end of the tool, and such stem is fixed in the desired position by
the set screw e. Figure 4 shows another form of the tool in which the cutter d

page_text: bas two cutting edges. The cutter is mounted on a stem which enters a
hole or socket formed in the head or end of the tool.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Pusey Wint, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
JOHN PUSEY WINT. (L.S.)