AN IMPROVED SOCK FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas James Smith, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman,
and Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SOCK FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by François Jean Louis Pinet,
Manufacturer, of 44, Rue Paradis Poissonnière, à Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas James Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1878.
"
THOMAS JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and Company, of 166,
Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents. AN IMPROVED SOCK FOR
BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES." (A communication from abroad
by François Jean Louis Pinet, Manufacturer, of 44, Rue Paradis Poissonnière, à
Paris, France).
The sock which forms the object of the present application for Patent is
essentially hygienic. It not only protects the feet from cold and damp but at the
same time promotes the circulation of the blood, deficiency in which is the cause of
nearly all the maladies of the respiratory organs.
The Invention consists mainly in interposing between the thickness of the sock
a layer of mustard, or of some other chemical product capable of giving the same
result, the object being to form a permanent sinapism which will promote the
circulation of the blood.
In carrying my Invention into effect the sock is composed of different layers
or thicknesses, the first of which is made of felt, leather, cork, or other material
capable of protecting the feet from cold and damp. Upon this material a layer of
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page_text: gutta percha is extended, which assists in preventing the entrance of damp and
serves as a foundation upon which to paste or glue a sinapism paper, that is to
say, a paper upon which mustard or similar material has been spread or pasted.
This paper, which constitutes the chemical part of the sock, forms the third layer.
The mustard may be replaced by an extract of capsicums or other chemical pre-
paration suitable for the object to be attained.
A second layer of gutta percha is placed over the sinapism paper, and a layer of
cloth, linen, or other suitable material, which forms the fifth layer.
The sock thus formed is of the ordinary shape; it is put in the interior of boots,
and it is easy to replace when by use the chemical preparation has lost its active
properties.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas James Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st
March 1879.
THOMAS JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and Company, of 166,
Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents. "AN IMPROVED SOCK FOR
BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES." (A communication from abroad by
François Jean Louis Pinet, Manufacturer, of 44, Rue Paradis Poissoniere, à Paris,
France.)
The sock which is the subject of this Invention is essentially hygienic ; it not only
protects the feet from cold and damp, but at the same time promotes the circulation
of the blood, deficiency in which is the cause of nearly all the maladies of the
respiratory organs.
The Invention consists mainly in interposing between the thickness of the sock
a layer of mustard or of some other chemical product capable of giving the same
result, the object being to form a permanent sinapism which will promote the
circulation of the blood.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawings is a front view of the sock; Figure 2 is a
longitudinal section; Figure 3 shows on an enlarged scale a transverse section
of the sock.
The sock is composed of different layers or thicknesses, the first of which A is
made of felt, leather, cork, or other material capable of protecting the fect from:
cold and damp. Upon this material a layer b of gutta perch is extended, which
assists in preventing the entrance of damp, and serves as a foundation upon which
to pasto or glue a sinapism paper C, that is to say, a paper upon which mustard or
similar material has been spread or pasted. This paper, which constitutes the
chemical part of the sock, forms the third layer. The mustard may be replaced by
an extract of capsicums or other chemical preparation suitable for the object to be
attained.
A second layer b₁ of gutta percha is placed over the sinapism paper, and a
layer d of cloth, linen, or other suitable material, which forms the fifth layer.
The sock thus formed is of the ordinary shape; it is put in the interior of boots,
and it is easy to replace when by use the chemical preparation has lost its active
properties.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the arrangement ns
described and shown of a chemical hygienic and heat-producing sock, whose
distinctive feature is interposing in its thickness a layer of paper, cloth, or linen, on
which mustard or other preparation capable of promoting .circulation of the blood
has been spread or pasted.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas James Smith, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of February, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.
T. J. SMITH. (LS.)