Improvements in Metallic Protectors for Application to Boots, Shoes, and Clogs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Protectors for Application to Boots,
Shoes, and Clogs.
I NICOLA HANNEMANN of Cainsdorf, Saxony in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My said invention relates to improvements in metallic protectors for application
to boots shoes and clogs and although capable of general application my invention
is more particularly intended to be applied to the boots and shoes of workmen
engaged in occupations where the soles of their boots are apt to be burnt by coming
in contact with hot or molten metal slag ashes or in short any object or surface
tending to destroy the material of the boot shoe or clog. Thus for example metal
smelters and puddlers, smiths, foundrymen, moulders, firemen and the like would
find my invention of special advantage. My improved protectors are made of thin
sheet metal for example from Bessemer steel stamped pressed or otherwise formed
to the required shape. The protectors are preferably made in two parts viz. sole
and heel pieces.
The lower surface or tread of the protectors are formed, stamped or pressed with
projections of about the size and appearance of hob nail heads and these projections
might be either solid or hollow.
The edges of the protectors are preferably formed with turned up lips or borders
which surround the edges of the sole and heel but in some instances these turned
up edges might be dispensed with. The sole protectors are stamped to the proper
curves and both sole and heel protectors are secured to the boot or shoe or clog by
means of sprigs or screws passing through the tread or the turned up edges or
through both. In some cases the protectors might be formed in one piece
embracing both sole and heel. The protectors when made of steel may be hardened
to any requisite extent. Instead of stamping or pressing the protectors as
described they might be cast in moulds.
Dated the 20th day of June 1809
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Protectors for Application to Boots,
Shoes, and Clogs.
I, NICOLA HANNEMANN, of Cainsdorf, Saxony, in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, 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 said invention relates to improvements in metallic protectors for application
to boots, shoes and clogs, and, although capable of general application to prevent
slipping and to prolong the wear, my invention is more particularly intended to be
applied to the boots and shoes of workmen and others engaged in occupations where
the soles of their boots are apt to be burnt by coming in contact with hot or molten
metal, slag, ashes, or in short any object or surface tending to destroy the material
of the boot, shoe or clog. Thus, for example, metal smelters and puddlers, smiths,
foundrymen, moulders, firemen and the like, also soldiers, miners and the like,
would find my invention of special advantage. My improved protectors are made
of thin sheet metal, for example, from Bessemer steel, stamped, pressed or

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otherwise formed to the required shape. The protectors are preferably made in
two parts, viz. sole and heel pieces.
The lower surface or tread of the protectors are formed, stamped or pressed with
projections of about the size and appearance of hob nail heads and these projections
might be either solid or hollow.
The edges of thic protectors are preferably formed with turned up lips or borders
which surround the edges of the sole and heel, but in some instances these turned
up edges might be dispensed with. The sole protectors are stamped to the proper
curves and both sole and heel protectors are secured to the boot, shoe or clog by
means of sprigs or screws passing through the tread or the turned up edges or
through both.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents the underside view of my improved protectors for the sole
and heel of a boot, shoe or clog with the lips or borders thereof developed.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the sole protector with the lips or borders
thereof turned up, and
Figure 3 represents the said protectors attached to a boot or shoe.
I preferably carry my invention into effect by cutting blanks out of sheet iron or
sheet steel to the form required for the sole and heel of a boot, shoe or clog.
These blanks are then pressed or stamped by the aid of suitable dies into the
required forms to produce the protectors ab shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, which are
provided with projections & distributed over the treading surface thereof. Lips or
borders are formed all round the protectors, which, as shown at Figures 2 and 3,
are bent upwards, and such protectors are fixed to the sole and heel of the boot,
shoe or clog by means of small screws s or by sprigs passing through the lips or
borders r, and if desired by others passing through the tread thereof.
In some cases the lips or borders might be dispensed with, in which case the
protectors would be fastened to the sole and heel by means of sprigs or screws
passing through the tread.
In some cases the protectors might be made in one piece embracing both sole and
heel.
The protectors when made of steel may be hardened to any requisite and suitable
extent.
Instead of stamping or pressing the protectors out of sheet iron or sheet steel,
they may be cast in moulds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. Protectors for boots, shoes and clogs consisting of plates of iron or steel of
the shape of the sole and of the heel and either in one piece or in separate pieces
and provided with projections over the treading surface and either with or without
turned up lips or borders, substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
2. Protectors for boots, shoes and clogs consisting of one or two pieces of sheet
iron or sheet steel cut to the shape of the sole and heel and provided by means of
dies and pressure with projections over the treading surface and with or without
turned up lips or borders, substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
Dated this 29th day of March 1803
NICOLA HANNEMANN,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.