IMPROVEMENTS IN HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Ambrose Brydges of the firm of Brydges & Co,
"
Engineers and Patent Solicitors of 6 St. Leonard's Terrace, Upton, in the
County of Middlesex and of the City of Berlin in the German Empire,
for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
A communication to him by Michael Rachler, Georg Henneberg, and Ignaz
Rathriocal all of the City of Vienna in the Empire of Austria
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1882.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES of the firm of Brydges & Co, Engineers and Patent
Solicitors of 6 St Leonards Terrace Upton in the County of Middlesex and of the
city of Berlin in the German Empire. IMPROVEMENTS ON HEELS FOR BOOTS AND
SHOES, a communication to me from Michael Rachler, Georg Henneberg and Ignaz
Rothziegel all of the City of Vienna in the Empire of Austria
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of heels for boots
and shoes and the method of attaching the same to the soles in order to attain a
firm and durable heel.
· These new heels, which may be made in any shape or size are of sheet iron or
other suitable metal, are hollow and provided on the top with pointed teeth or
projections.
These pointed teeth or projections are intended for securing the heels to the soles
of the boots or shoes, which is done in the following manner
Alternate teeth are bent over to form a right angle, then those teeth which
remain standing are pressed through the sole and bent over so that the leather of
the sole is jammed between the points or projections and the improved heel is
securely fixed to the sole of the boot or shoe.
With superior kinds of boots and shoes the alternate points are bent over above
the lower sole and the other points or projections are bent over above the inner
sole or insole.
These improved heels can be filled with cork or other suitable light material and
they can be provided at the bottom with a covering of leather, india rubber or
other suitable material in order to enable noiseless steps to be made.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th November 1882.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES of the firm of Brydges & Co Engineers and Patent
Solicitors of 6 St Leonards Terrace Upton in the County of Middlesex and of the
City of Berlin in the German Empire "IMPROVEMENTS ON HEELS FOR BOOTS
AND SHOES a communication to me from Michael Rachler, Georg Henneberg and
Ignaz Rothziegel all of the City of Vienna in the Empire of Austria
"
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of heels for boots
and shoes and the method of attaching the same to the soles in order to attain a
'firm and durable heel.
These new heels; which may be made in any shape or size are of sheet iron or
other suitable metal, are hollow and provided on the top with pointed teeth or
projections ab as shewn in Figure 1 and 2.
These pointed teeth or projections a b are intended for securing the heels to the
soles of the boots or shoes, which is done in the following manner.
Alternate teeth 6 Figure 2 are bent over to form a right angle, then those
teeth a which remain standing are pressed through the sole and bent over so that
the leather of the sole is jammed between the points or projections a and b and the
improved heel is securely fixed to the sole of the boot or shoe.
With superior kinds of boots and shoes the alternate points a are bent over
above the lower sole and the other points or projections bare bent over above the
inner sole or insole.
These improved heels can be filled with cork or other suitable light material and
they can be provided at the. bottom with a covering of leather, india rubber, or
suitable material in order to enable noiseless steps to be made.
Having now described my said Invention for improvements on heels for boots
and shoes and the manner in which the same is to, or may be carried into effect,
I desire it to be understood that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is:
1. The manufacture application and employment of hollow heels for boots and
shoes which said heels are made of suitable metal substantially as described in the
foregoing specification and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. The employment and application of the points or projections a b in order to
attach the heel of boots and shoes to the soles of the same substantially as
described in the foregoing specification and shewn in the accompanying drawings..
In Witness whereof I the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges have hereunto set
my hand and seal this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witnesses
ANTHONY STEFFEN
ARTHUR BACRMANN
EDWIN A BRYDGES (L.S.)