Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 10th June, 1891-Accepted. 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, ALBERT WHITE, of Customs Grove, Stroud, in the County of Gloucester,
Boot and Shoe Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes whereby I effect
a considerable economy in labour and material and produce boots and shoes
which will preserve their proper shape and last longer than those as heretofore
made.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a metal stiffening support which is
advantageously introduced into the thickness of the ordinary stiffening and is bent
under so as to form a flange having holes therein to receive pins projecting from
the base of the heel which I make of hollow metal. The upper is clamped between
the said flange and the rim of the heel, and the pins are then clenched to secure the
heel which is fitted with cork or other resilient material or fitted with a spring to
reduce concussion. The top of the heel is covered in with a piece of leather secured
thereto by screws or rivets.
To the breast of the heel I joint a spring metal waist or flexuria which I attach
to the sole in any suitable manner, resilient material being also preferably placed
between the metal waist and the insole.
1 sometimes fit the top edges of the metal heels with screws having deep cuts
whereby they can be caused to project from the heel from time to time as they
become worn thus maintaining the heel constantly level.
In some cases such as when making labourers' and children's boots and shoes
where extra strength_and_wear are required I form the stiffening support in
one piece with the heel and continue the support so as to form the front, toe cap,
and sole of the boot or shoc, the support being secured to the quarters by means of
rivets or in any other suitable manner.
Dated the 10th day of Sentember 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, ALBERT WHITE, of Customs Grove, Stroud, in the County of Gloucester,
Boot and Shoe Maker, 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 the manufacture of boots and shoes whereby I effect
a considerable economy in labour and material and produce boots and shoes
which will preserve their proper shape and last longer than those as heretofore
made.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a metal stiffening support which is
advantageously introduced into the thickness of the ordinary stiffening and is bent
inwards so as to form a flange having holes therein to receive pins projecting from,
or screws entering the base of the heel which I make of hollow metal. The upper
is clamped between the said flange and the rim of the heel, and the pins are then
clenched or the screws inserted to secure the heel which is filled with cork or other

page_text: resilient material or fitted with a spring to reduce concussion. The top of the
heel is covered in with a piece of leather secured thereto by screws or rivets.
To the breast of the heel 1 secure a spring metal waist or flexuria which I attach
to the sole in any suitable manner, resilient material being also, if required, placed
between the metal waist and the insole.
I sometimes fit the top edges of the metal heels with screws having deep cuts or
recesses whereby they can be caused to project from the heel from time to time as
they become worn, thus maintaining the heel constantly level.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it
can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in 1
which:-
Figure is a longitudinal section of part of a boot made according to my
invention:
Figures 2 and 3 are cross sections on the lines A B and C D respectively of
Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a plan of the base of the hollow metal heel :
Figure 5 is a section on line E F of Figure 4; and,
Figure 6 is a plan of the spring metal waist or flexuria.
Similar letters in all the figures indiente similar parts.
a, Figures 1 and 2, is the metal stiffening support which I introduce into the
thickness of the ordinary stiffening ; is the flange formed by bending the lower
edge of the metal support a inwards; d is the heel which I make hollow and of
metal, as shown, with inwardly projecting lugs e, e on its base and a flange on its
top; g,g, Figures 4 and 5, are holes in the Ings e, e for receiving the screws h, h
which, after the boot upper i, Figures 1 and 2, has been inserted between the
flange of the metal support a and the base of the heel d, are introduced through
holes in the flange e and the holes g in the heel d; j is the resilient material with
which I fill the hollow heel d, (or a spring may be fitted therein) to reduce con-
cussion is the piece of leather with which I fill in the top of the heel d, a metal
plate being previously secured to the heel and the piece of leather & being then
rivetted to the plate ; m, m indicate the rivets.
n is the spring metal waist or flexuria secured to the breast of the heel d by
some of the screws h passing through holes therein as well as through the upper i,
flange e and lugs e. The spring-metal waist n is shewn attached to the insole o by
rivets p but it could obviously be secured by other means.
2
9,9 indicate the screws having deep square cuts or recesses and which I sometimes
provide on the top edge of the metal heel d, the piece of leather & being shewn cut
away to receive the heads of the screws which are passed through the metal plate
and flange, so that, when the heads have become partially worn they can be
caused, by means of a square-key introduced into the recesses, to project further
from the heel and thereby keep the heal constantly level; and the screws can, by
the same means, be removed when the heads have completely worn away, and be
replaced by new ones.
Other screws r, serve to assist in securing the piece of leather & to the heel d.
the said screws passing through the leather k, plate and flange f
In some cases such as when making labourers' and children's boots and shoes
where extra strength and wear are required I form the stiffening support in one
piece with the heel and continue the support so as to form the front, toe-cap, and
sole of the boot or shoc, the support being secured to the quarters by means of
rivots or in any other suitable manner.
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
1 claim is :---
1. In the manufacture of boots and shoes the use of a metal stiffening support
and a hollow metal heel between which the upper is clamped by means of pins,
5
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page_text: rivets or screws, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1
to 5 of the accompanying drawing.
2. In the manufacture of boots and shoes the use of a metal stiffening support
and a hollow metal heel between which the upper is clamped by means of pins,
rivets or screws, the hollow heel being filled in with cork or other resilient
material or fitted with a spring to reduce concussion substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. In a boot or shoe the combination with a hollow metal heel of a spring metal
waist or flexuria attached to the heel and to the sole by suitable meaus, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1, 3 and 6 of the
accompanying drawing.
4. In a boot or shoe the combination with a metal heel constructed and attached
as described, of screws having deep cuts or recesses and fitted on the top edge of
the heel for the purpose set forth and as illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying
drawing.
5. The improved boot or shoe herein before described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.