FACILITATING THE FASTENING OR LACING OF BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES LAND STAYS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
CHARLES MILES 3 Bond Street St. James' Bristol Jeweller, THOMAS BALLARD
21 Cannon Street St. James' Engineer do hereby declare the nature of This our
invention for FACILITATING THE FASTENING OR LACING OF BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES
LAND STAYS to be as follows:
A small metal grooved roller mounted in a metal frame, and free to revolve on
a pin or pivot provided for that purpose, in the same manner as an ordinary pulley
or sheave block.
A number of these rollers so mounted are attached to the article to be laced or
fastened the frames acting as guards or guides to the lace which passes over the
rollers, and prevents the lace leaving the rollers.
The rollers allow the lace to move freely on pulling the ends and prevents it
being cut or abraided when tightening or slacking.
Dated this ond day of Tenor 1884
CHARLES MILES.
THOMAS BALLARD.:
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
CHARLES MILES N° 3 Bond Street St James's Bristol, Jeweller, and THOMAS
BALLARD 21 Cannon Street, St James's, Bristol. Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of this our invention for FACILITATING THE FASTENING OR LACING OF
BOOTS, SHOES GLOVES & STAYS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
A small grooved or plain metal roller mounted in a metal frame and free to
revolve on a pin or pivot provided for that purpose in the same manner as an
ordinary pully or sheave block.
A number of these rollers so mounted are attached to the article to be fastened
The frames acting as guards or guides to the lace which passes over the rollers and
prevents the lace leaving the rollers.

page_text: The rollers allow the lace to move freely on pulling the ends and prevents it
being cut or abraided when tightening or slacking and also allows the strain to be
distributed over its entire length Thus preventing binding or tightening in parts
or points, and when the strain or pressure is relived, or changed by the action of
the foot, or body, the lace instantly and freely adapts itself to every such change,
The lace being always kept in its place by the frames and running freely over the
rollers it is only necessary to pull the ends to tighten, and to free them to loosen,
the article, thereby saving the time and labour of threading through eyelets and
over hooks, as used at present for the same purpose.
The more particularly to describe this our invention, we append a sheet of
drawings shewing the parts and manner of attaching the framed rollers to an
article.
Fig. 1. shews front elevation of the frame with roller (a.) in position. (b b.) are
two clips of metal to pass through the article to which it is fastened. Figs. 2
and 3 shew side elevation and plan of frame with the pin (c.) upon which the
roller rotates in position.
Figs. 4 & 5. shew section of two kinds of rollers used, one plain and one grooved
and Fig. 6. shews the complete framed roller attached to the article on which it is
Crequired, by means of the clips (b b). Figs. 7. and 8 shew side elevation and plan
of the same framed roller arranged for attaching by eyelets, and Fig. 9. shews it so
attached. Figs. 10 and 11, shew a modification of the frame, the modification
consisting in the upper part of the frame being made of round wire and, Fig. 12
shews mode of attaching, which is the same as fig. 6.
Fig. 13, shews a number of the framed pulleys attached to an article (e, e, e,))
shewing the mode of using them, (fff) being the lace The mode of attaching,
and the size of the framed rollers may be varied to suit the article to which it is
intended to apply the invention.
Having now paticularly described and ascertained the nature of this our
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is
.
A small grooved or plain metal roller mounted in a metal frame, and free to
revolve on a pin or pivot provided for that purpose, in the same manner as a pulley
block, the frame acting as a guide to the lace as substantially described in our
specification and drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1884.
CHARLES MILES.
THOMAS BALLARD.