Improvements in Laced Boots and Shoes, and in Staple Fasteners for use in connection therewith.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Laced Boots and Shoes, and in Staple Fasteners
for use in connection therewith.
I, AARON JOSIAH JACKSON, of Kingswood, near Bristol, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes, and to staple fasteners
for insertion at the bottom of the lace holes to keep the quarters together and so
prevent undue strain on the upper edge of the vamp, and fracture of the stitches
with which the vamp is sewn on.
In the manufacture of laced boots and shoes, known in the trade as Balmorals
and Oxfords respectively, there is a tendency to strain when the lasts are withdrawn,
causing a crack across the stitching of the vamps; to remedy this it has been the
practice to put a row of stitching or loop-stitches on the quarters between the lower
lace holes and the edge of the vamp, but it frequently happens that the stitches
give way, and in so doing accentuate the mischief they are intended to prevent.
The object of my invention is to provide a simple appliance which will be a
substitute for the stitching and at the same time be more reliable and easy of
application: this is accomplished by making a metal staple of any suitable size,
preferably a little larger than the thread used in forming the loop stitches, made
with a straight head and the forks slightly divergent, so that as the staple is forced
by the press into the leather upper and clenched, it will draw the edges of the
quarters rather closer together, and present a neater appearance when the boot or
shoe is laced, and be much more durable and easy of insertion than the stitches now
placed therein for this purpose.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1893.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Laced Boots and Shoes, and in Staple Fasteners
for use in connection therewith.
I, AARON JOSIAH JACKSON of Kingswood, near Bristol, 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 invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes and to staple fasteners
to be inserted at the bottom of the lace holes to keep the quarters together and so
prevent undue strain on the upper edge of the vamp, which strain frequently causes
a split and fracture of the stitches at that particular part.
In the mauufacture of laced boots and shoes known in the trade as "Balmorals "
and "Oxfords" respectively, there is always a tendency to strain the top of the
vamp when the lasts are withdrawn, and the constant strain of putting on and taking
off the boots when in wear also causes a strain at this part followed occasionally by
the bursting of the stitches; the remedy for this, up to the present time has been
the insertion of what are called stay-stitches between the lace holes and the edge
of the vamp, but these stitches frequently give way, and thus accentuate the mischief
they are intended to prevent.
The object of my invention is to provide a simple appliance to be substituted for
the stay-stitching, which will be somewhat similar in appearance, be more easy of
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page_text: application, and render the fracture of the vamp from strain of the last or foot
almost impossible.
To accomplish this, I provide metal staples, (preferably steel) made according to
the accompanying drawings, and insert them by punching machines or presses in
the uppers of boots and shoes between the lace holes and vamps where stitches
are now placed.
The figures on the sheet of drawings are made to a scale very much larger than
the actual size, to illustrate more clearly the manufacture of the staples and the
various shapes in which they may be produced.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are elevations, plan, and perspective respectively, of a staple
made with square flattened steel wire, the sturts being sharpened at the ends;
Figs. 5 and 6 are elevations of a similar staple, made with triangular wire, and
Figs. 7 and 8 represent the same with half round or D shaped wire; the staples
may also be made with two or more sturts, and with grooved or fancy crowns, as
shown in Figs. 9 and 10:
Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14 illustrate various patterns in which the staples may be made,
when it is preferred to make them of an ornamental design; the crown of the staple
is marked A in all the figures, the sturts being marked B; and where dotted lines
appear, they represent the staple when clenched in the upper of the boot.
The staples are inserted in the uppers by means of ordinary presses, special dies
being fitted thereto to receive and clench them, the whole process occupying
considerably less time than is required for the stitching now employed.
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 :-
1. The manufacture of staples for insertion in boots and shoes, as herein set
forth and described in the accompanying drawings.
2. The manufacture of boots and shoes with staples inserted therein at the
bottom of the lace holes in lieu of stitches, substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth and described.
1000
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.