Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, PAUL BENDER, of 23 Ulrichstrasse, Halle, in the Kingdom of Prussia and
German Empire, Merchant, 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 :—
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes; its objects being
to ensure greater durability, to secure a soft elastic tread, to avoid injurious
vibrations in walking over hard and uneven ground, and to prevent moisture soaking
through to the wearer's foot.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of a boot
constructed in accordance with the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side of the heel; Fig. 3 being a similar view
shewing a metal border.
Figs. 4 to 6 are views, partly in vertical section and partly in side elevation, of
the heel and that part of the boot near the heel; each view representing a variation
in the construction.
A A¹ is the upper part of the boot, which may be of any suitable material and of
any fashion. It may be stitched to the welt by machine or by hand, and the sole
can be secured to the welt in any known manner. The shank d is somewhat
stronger than usual. 6 is the cap, and c the insole. a is a layer of india-rubber.
The sole is sewn to the india-rubber or to the india-rubber and leather; the india-
rubber lying in Fig. 1 partly between the sole and the welt, partly outside the
shank, and partly between the layers of leather in the heel; that is, the layer a of
india-rubber extends the whole length of the boot. A thick layer E may, how-
ever, be inserted separately between the layers of leather in the heel, as in Fig. 4.
In Fig. 5, the layer E is employed without the layer a. In Fig. 6, a short layer a¹
is used without the layer E. An adhesive solution may be applied to the india-
rubber in making the boot.
My invention may be applied to shoes as well as boots.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :—
1. The improved manufacture of boot or shoe, substantially as herein described;
a layer of india-rubber being inserted between the layers of leather in the sole of
the boot or shoe.
2. The improved manufacture of boot or shoe, substantially as herein described;
a layer of india-rubber extending the whole length of the boot or shoe from the toe
to the heel, as in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The improved manufacture of boot or shoe, substantially as herein described;
a separate layer of india-rubber for the sole and a separate layer for the heel being
employed, as in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The improved manufacture of boot or shoe having an ordinary sole, sub-
stantially as herein described; a layer of india-rubber being inserted in the heel, as
in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 5. The improved manufacture of boot or shoe having an ordinary heel, sub-
stantially as herein described; a layer of india-rubber being inserted in the sole, as
in Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings..
Dated the 23rd day of May 1892.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.