Improvements in and relating to Slippers, Shoes, and Boots.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Slippers, Shoes, and Boots.
I, WILLIAM PATERSON, of 20 to 34, Elcho Street, in the County of the City
of Glasgow, Boot Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to slippers,
shoes, and boots, made with single or pump soles.
The improvements consist in forming the sole of leather of a requisite shape
and applying or affixing to the inner side a covering or backing of canvas
or any other suitable material so that the inner channel is thereby dispensed
with, which has hitherto been necessary on all pump work sewn by machinery.
The edge of sole is split for a certain distance all round, the covering or back-
ing is then applied or affixed and the split part on inner side is pressed upwards
to form a vertical ridge leaving the lower part with a margin all round. The
upper" is lasted to the vertical ridge and then sewn.
Dated the 2nd June 1899.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Slippers, Shoes, and Boots.
I, WILLIAM PATERSON, of 20 to 34, Elcho Street, in the County of the City
of Glasgow, Boot Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:
This invention has reference to improvement's in and relating to slippers,
shoes, and boots, made with single or pump soles.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of carrying same
into practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended a sheet
of explanatory drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are an elevation and plan
view respectively of a leather sole with a covering or backing of canvas.
Figures 3 and 4 are corresponding views of same with the split part of sole
turned up to form a vertical ridge, and Figure 5 is a transverse section as
taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 4. Figures 6 and 7 are an elevation and plan
view respectively of a slipper showing the upper as lasted and sewn to the
vertical ridge of sole, and Figure 8 is a transverse section as taken on the line 7-7
of Figure 7.

page_text: Referring to these drawings:-
The improvements consist in forming the sole a of leather of a requisite
shape and applying or affixing to the inner side a covering or backing a¹ of
canvas or any other suitable material so that the channel is thereby dispensed
with, which has hitherto been necessary on all pump work sewn by machinery.
The edge of leather sole a is split for a certain distance all round at a².
as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the covering or backing a¹ is then applied or
affixed and the split part a² on inner side is pressed upwards to form a vertical
ridge as shown in Figures 3 to 5, leaving the lower part with a margin a³
all round. The "upper
"is lasted to the vertical ridge a² and then sewn as
shown in Figures 6 to 8. The vertical ridge part a² on outer side of sewing
is then cut off flush, and the upper is then turned or reversed, leaving the
leather wearing surface a of sole outside.
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-
First. In slippers, shoes, and boots, the dispensing of the channel which has
hitherto been necessary on all pump work sewn by machinery, by forming the
sole of leather which is strengthened by canvas or similar material as a back-
ing, and with a vertical ridge part which has the upper lasted and sewn to it,
substantially as herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Second. Slippers, shoes, and boots, manufactured in the manner set forth in
Claim 1.
Dated the 3rd March 1900.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.