Improvements in or Additions to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to the Soles and Heels of Boots
and Shoes.
I, WILL PADDOCK, of Old Caynton Manor, Newport, in the County of Salop,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the soles and heels of boots and shoes, and has for its
object primarily, the tightening, strengthening, and water and damp-proofing of
the same, and also the lessening of concussion.
My invention consists in interposing between the courses or layers of leather
employed in building-up the said soles or heels, a thin plate, film or stratum of
aluminium, hence extreme lightness and rigidity to the sole, and immunity from
wet or dampness.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a sole, I locate or
interpose between a lift, or one of the lifts, or between the tread sole and welt
sole, inner lining or other course or bed, a thin sheet or plate of aluminium. I
propose that the said plate of aluminium should be of sufficient area to cover or
comprehend the entire sole, less a boundary edging, wherethrough the rivets, pegs,
or stitchings, for connecting the soles to the uppers, or the layers of the sole to
each other, are passed, although I may, if desired, make the thin sheet metal
aluminium plate of a like size as the sole, but in such a case, openings or clearances
would have to be left for the passing of the rivets, pegs or the like, unless the said
securing means passed directly through the aluminium course.
If desired, I may make the said aluminium metal course comprehend both the
tread and the edges of an entire sole, and affix the same to the uppers, or the welts
of the uppers, by stitching or other suitable means.
Dated this 17th day of November 1892.
WILL PADDUCK,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to the Soles and Heels of Boots
and Shoes.
I, WILL PADDOCK, of Old Caynton Manor, Newport, in the County of Salop,
Gentleman, 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, or additions to the soles and heels of
boots and shoes, and has for. its object the lightening, strengthening, and water-
proofing or damp-proofing of the same.
My invention consists in employing in connection with the soles and heels or
in interposing between the courses or layers of leather employed in the building
up the said soles or heels, a thin sheet metal plate, or a film or stratum of
aluminium.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a sole of a boot or
shoe, I locate or interpose between a lift, or one of the lifts, or between the tread
sole and welt sole, inner lining or other course or bed, a thin sheet or plate of
aluminium. I propose that the said plate of aluminium should be of sufficient size
to cover or to comprehend the entire sole area or an area, less the boundary edging,

page_text: wherethrough the rivets, pegs or stitching for connecting the soles to the uppers,
or the layers of the sole to each other, are passed.
If desired, I may make the said aluminium metal course comprehend both the
tread and the edges of an entire sole, and affix the same to the uppers, or the
welts of the uppers, by stitching or other suitable means.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, partly in elevation and
partly in vertical section, a boot, provided with a water or damp proof course
applied according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents, partly in horizontal section and partly in elevation, the
tread part of the said boot Figure 1. The rear part of the said tread, which is
shown in section, represents exposed the damp-proof course, which is preferably
made from thin sheet aluminium.
Figure 3 represents a cross-section upon the dotted lines A B, Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows the underside of the sole of a boot, with the damp-proof or
aluminium course coming within a short distance of the boundary edges of the
sole, and through the said edging parts, the rivets for the attachment of the soles,
pass.
Figure 5 represents a damp-proof aluminium course, with the instep part
longitudinally corrugated, so as to give stiffness and rigidity to that part.
Figure 6 is a transverse section upon the dotted lines CD Figure 5.
Figure 7 represents a modified form of my invention in which the damp-proof
course of the sole is made and applied separate to the heel, or vice versa.
In Figures 1 to 3, a is a boot or shoe upper, and b is a waterproof or damp-proof
course, located between the welt sole c, and the tread lift d; d, of both the sole
and heel.
Thus, interposed between the component layers or lifts of the sole and heel is a
thin sheet metal plate or stratum of aluminium, of the area, or nearly of the area,
of the combined sole and heel.
By interlocating the said thin sheet metal plate between the component layers of
the said sole and heel, the boot is made damp or water proof, and further, the
soles are thereby lightened and strengthened and the tendency to concussion is
lessened.
In Figure 4, where the leather courses of the sole and heel are affixed together
by rivetting, a is the boot, 6 the aluminium course, d is the tread course, whilst c is
the welt or inner course.
In Figures 5 and 6, 6 is the aluminium or thin sheet metal course for both the
sole and heel area, and b¹ is a longitudinally corrugated instep part, of the section
as in Figure 6.
In Figure 7, where the sole and heel are separated 6 is the aluminium course
for the sole, and that of the heel, whilst c', is the instep of the welt sole c,
whilst d, is the tread sole or lift, with the aluminium course coming between the
said c, and d.
Figure 8 represents, in transverse section, a boot with the edges of the aluminium
course turned over.
a is the boot, b is the aluminium course, with the edges 63, turned over, and with
the whole coming between the welt sole c, and the tread sole d.
Figure 9 represents in transverse section a still further form of my invention.
In this arrangement, the aluminium or thin sheet metal course intervenes between
the component lifts or parts of the sole or heel, and with the edges of the said
plate coming or being turned over the outside edges of the inner or an inner sole
or lift.
a is the boot or shoe, b, the aluminium course, with the edges b, turned over the
outer edges of the inner or welt sole c, and with an outer sole d, coming upon the
outer side of the aluminium damp-proof course.
Figure 10 represents a slipper, with the sole and heel having an interlocated
course of sheet aluminium, alike unto the boot or shoe as described.
The slipper can be worn as an over-all for lawn-tennis shoes or otherwise.

page_text: Instead of the metal aluminium, I may use alloys thereof, and instead of
corrugating only the instep part, I may corrugate the whole of the metal course.
By corrugating the said sheet metal damp-proof course, concussion in walking is
reduced, as the corrugations serve as means for cushioning the lifts of the said
soles and heels. Instead of employing a solid plate at the heel part, I may
employ an aluminium plated or woven fabric interposed course in lieu thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First In the soles and heels of boots and shoes interlocating or interposing
between the tread sole and the welt sole, or between one or more of the interposed
layers of leather or material composing the soles or heels, a thin sheet metal plate
or plates,, or a layer or layers of thin sheet metal, substantially as and for the
purpose as described and set forth.
Secondly-In the soles and heels of boots and shoes, interlocating between
the component layers or lifts composing the said soles and heels, an aluminium
damp-proof course, substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly -In metal damp-proof courses for boots and shoes, stiffening or giving
rigidity to the same by longitudinally ribbing, corrugating or channelling the
same, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 3 and 6.
Dated this 16th day of August 1898.
VATO
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WILL PADDOCK,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.