Improvements in or connected with Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Boots and Shoes.
We, ROBERT MEYER and LUDWIG BURMEISTER, -both of 9, Lohestrasse,
Breslau, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers, 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 all kinds of boots and shoes and has for its object to
provide a means whereby the soles and heels of such boots and shoes when they
have become worn inay be easily removed and new soles and heels substituted in
their place, without any especial knowledge of the trade, thus enabling anyone to
whom the services of a tradesman are not accessible to repair his own boots
and shoes.
In the drawings hereto annexed :-
Figure I represents the sole of a boot provided with our improvements.
Figure 1 is a part longitudinal section of the same.
Figure II illustrates a modified form of our invention, in part longitudinal
section.
Figure III shows our improvements applied to the sole of a boot, the outer sole
being removed.
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Figure IV is a longitudinal section of the boot illustrated at Figure III.
Figure Villustrates different forms of the sole and heel attaching devices.
With reference to Figures I and 14, c are internally screwed metal nuts which
are attached to the underside of the inner sole of the boot by sewing or otherwise.
These nuts or washers e may be of circular, oval, angular, or other suitable form
and in some cases (see Figure V) may have a turned down rim and be provided
with teeth to form a better attachment with the boot sole. Holes are formed in
the sole a to receive the nuts c, and the sole a is attached to the inner sole of the
boot by means of the studs d which screw into the nuts c.
In order to apply a double or clump sole to a boot, a sole b-Figure II-is first
attached to the boot upper in the ordinary manner, by pegging or sewing. This
sole receives and holds the nuts c. A metal plate e is laminated between the
sole band the sole a which with the heel piece is then applied and secured by means
of the studs d. The metal plate e serves to protect the inner sole b in case of the
outer sole a wearing away. So soon as the outer sole a has become worn it is
removed and a fresh sole is substituted for it, and what has been described with
reference to the soles is equally applicable to the heels of boots, the attachment
being effected by the studs d as before described.
A modification of the above described arrangements is illustrated at Figures III
and IV, wherein ƒ denotes a metallic frame which is attached to the edge or welt
of the boot upper, and the nuts c are inserted into and retained by this frame f
The outer sole a is then secured to the boot by means of the studs d. Instead
of a single sole, as shown, a double or clump sole may be applied, as shown in
Figure II.
The nuts c may be connected with the metallic plate either fixedly as shewn in
Figure III, or removably as shewn in Figure V. In the latter case the metallic
plate, is provided with a number of slots into which the nuts c are inserted,
and the soles and heels secured by the studs d as before described. This arrange-
ment provides facilities for renewing defective nuts c. In another mode of attaching
the soles and heels, rivets c' are inserted into the slots of the plate f, as shown at
Figure V, in lieu of the nuts c, the sole provided with holes for the reception of
the rivet shanks being then applied and the shanks of the rivets which project
beyond the surface of the sole are then rivetted in the usual manner.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The manufacture of boots and shoes with means substantially as herein
described for renewing the soles or heels.
2. The improvements substantially as herein described connected with the
renewing of the soles and heels of boots and shoes, consisting of the application of
round, oval, or otherwise equivalently shaped screwed nuts having pointed or bent
down gripping rims, said nuts being attached either directly to the boot upper or to
an intermediate sole to which the bottom sole is then affixed by means of studs
screwing into said nuts.
3. In the manufacture of boots and shoes, the means substantially as herein
described of renewing the soles and heels; which means consist of a metal frame
secured to the underside of the boot or shoe and provided with screwed metal nuts
adapted to receive screwed studs, by which the sole or heel is secured; substan-
tially as described.
4. In the manufacture of boots and shoes having soles and heels adapted to be
removed and renewed, the employment of a metal plate above the outer sole in
order to protect the inner sole from wearing after the outer sole has been worn
down, as set forth.
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CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.