Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 24th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887.
I, WILLIAM MUIRHEAD, of 57 Peas Hill Road, Nottingham, in the county of
Nottingham, Shoe Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
Each heel is made with a top piece secured to a lift by rivetting them together, the
lift having had a circular hole punched in its centre through which a short pipe of
brass is passed, the lower end of the pipe having had eight or more vertical slots cut
or punched in it, the metal between such slots is turned down at right angles to the
pipe, such turned down portions lying and sliding between the top piece and the lift,
after the two are rivetted together the upper projecting end of the pipe is then passed
through a central hole in a second lift, this lift has a semicircular groove cut across
its whole width, the pipe has a perforation in each side exactly opposite the inner ends
of the groovo in the second lift, a third lift being grooved across to correspond to the
groove in the second lift, the remainder of the heel is built up to the required thickness
a central hole being formed in it of the same depth as the projecting pipe, then when
the heel has been built up, the top piece, first lift, and pipe being placed in position
with the holes in the pipe coinciding with the semicircular grooves in the two lifts, a
pin is driven into the grooves and holes in the pipe which securely locks them together,
and the heel is then finished in the usual way.
A heel so constructed when worn on one side can be partly revolved so as to
present a fresh surface for wear.
Dated this Twont fifth day of A1002

page_text: I WILLIAM MUIRHEAD of 57 Peas Hill Road Nottingham in the County of
Nottingham Shoemaker do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1 to 7 show seperate views of the several parts required to form one heel.
Figure 8 shows a side view of a finished heel.
Each heel is made with a top piece A shown at Figure 1 secured to a lift B by
rivetting them together, the lift having had a circular hole punched in its centro
through which a short pipe C of brass is passed, the lower end of the pipe having had
eight or more vertical slots cut or punched in it, the metal between such slots is turned
down at right angles to the pipe as shown at Figure 2, such turned down portions
lying and sliding between the top piece and the lift, after the two are rivetted
together, the upper projecting end of the pipe is passed through a central hole in a
second lift D which has a semicircular groove cut across its whole width as shown at
Figure 3, a third lift has a semicircular groove cut across its width, upon the
opposite side the remainder of the heel is built up to the required thickness as shown
at Figure 4.
Previous to the insertion of the pipe the lifts D and E are rivetted together with
the grooves opposite each other and the built up heel has a central hole formed in it
of the same depth as the projecting pipe, as shown in side view at Figure 5. The pipe
has a perforation in each side exactly opposite to the inner ends of the groove in the
second lift as shown in side view at Figure 6, when the heel has been built up, the top
piece first lift and pipe being placed in position with the holes in the pipe coinciding
with the semicircular grooves in the two lifts a pin shown at Figure 7 is driven into
the grooves and holes in the pipe which securely locks them together, the heel is then
finished and secured to the sole in the usual way as shown at Figure 8.
A heel so constructed when worn on one side can be partly revolved so as to
present a fresh surface for wear.
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 I claim is :
The Improved heel substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings
annexed.
Dated this Twenty third day of February 1887.