Improvements in Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Cate of Application, 1st Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters.
I, THOMAS BARKER of 6 Patmos, Todmorden in the County of York, Sewing
Machine Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to boots shoes and gaiters and consists in keeping the outer
leather and lining of the boot uppers and gaiters apart by means of a layer of
horsehair or other material having similar qualities of not absorbing moisture nor
conducting heat and with openings or air spaces between the threads or fibres
composing the same, the object of my invention being to render the articles more
damp-proof and comfortable for the wearer.
In carrying out my invention I spread over the lining before it is made up a
thin and open layer of horsehair or other aforesaid material or substance and
secure it to the lining by a couple of rows of stitches. The lining is then attached
to the outer leather in the usual way so that the horsehair or other material is
between the lining and outer leather, and when the boot or shoe is made up extends
over the top and sides and between the outer and inner sole. The layer of horse-
hair or other material or substance keeps the outer leather and lining apart and
being a bad conductor of heat and moisture and the spaces in its interstices between
the outer leather and lining filled with air which is also a bad conductor of heat,
the lining is kept dry even if the upper or outer leather becomes saturated with
wet and the foot of the wearer is kept at its natural temperature. The lining may
have holes punched in it to allow the perspiration to escape into the space between
the outer leather and lining.
Dated this 30th day of January 1892.
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters.
I, THOMAS BARKER of 6 Patmos, Todmorden in the County of York, Sewing
Machine Agent 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 :-
My invention relates to boots, shoes and gaiters and consists in keeping the outer
leather and lining of the boot uppers and gaiters apart by means of a layer of
horsehair or other material having similar qualities of not absorbing moisture nor
conducting heat and with openings or air spaces between the threads or fibres
composing the same, the object of my invention being to render the articles more
damp-proof and comfortable for the wearer.
In carrying out my invention I spread over the leather, canvas or other lining
before it is made up a thin and open layer of horsehair or other aforesaid material
or substance and secure it to the lining by a couple of rows of stitches. The
lining is then attached to the upper or outer leather in the usual way so that the
horsehair or other material is between the lining and outer leather, and when
the boot or shoe is made up extends over the top and sides and between the outer
and inner sole. The layer of horsehair or other material or substance keeps the
outer leather and lining apart and being a bad conductor of heat and moisture and
the spaces in its interstices between the outer leather and lining filled with air,
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page_text: which is also a bad conductor of heat, the lining is kept dry even if the upper or
outer leather becomes saturated with wet and the foot of the wearer is kept at its
natural temperature. The lining may have holes punched in it to allow the
perspiration to escape into the space between the outer leather and lining.
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
The use and arrangement of a layer of horsehair or equivalent material between
the uppers and linings of boots, shoes and gaiters substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth.
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.