AN IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN SOLED BOOTS, AND SHOES, OR CLOGS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN SOLED BOOTS, AND SHOES, OR
CLOGS."A communication from abroad by Marshall Jewell, of the City
of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut and United States of America.
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Sealed the 11th January 1861, and dated the 3rd August 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd August 1860.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN SOLED BOOTS, AND SHOES,
OR CLOGS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in making the wooden soles of boots and shoes
or clogs double, or of two pieces or thicknesses, between which the upper
leather of the boot or shoe or clog is secured by any suitable means, the
two pieces or thicknesses of the sole being also secured together by proper
fastenings.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward. Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd February 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent; bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and, Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN SOLED BOOTS, AND-SHOES, OR CLOGS,"
being a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said William Edward Newton, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
'next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said. Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
C. )
This Invention consists in making the wooden soles of boots "and shoes
or clogs double, or of two pieces or thicknesses, between which the upper
leather of the boot or shoe or clog is secured by 'any suitable means, the
two pieces or thicknesses of the sole being also secured together by proper
'fastenings.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view of a gaiter boot or
shoe complete; Fig. 2 exhibits a longitudinal section of the double sole;
Fig. 3 is a top view of the same; Figures 4, 5, and 6 are cross sections of

page_text: the boot or shoe illustrating different modes of securing the upper between
the two pieces or thicknesses of the sole and of securing these pieces or
thicknesses together. Similar letters of reference indicate, corresponding parts
in the several Figures.
A is the outer piece or thickness; and B, the inner piece or thickness of
the sole; C is the upper. The inner piece B of the sole is made somewhat
smaller than the outer piece A, in order that the outer one may project
beyond the inner one all the way round, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The
inner sole has its margin slightly rounded on its' under side, as shown in
Figures 2, 4, 5, and 6, in order to provide for a neat finish where the upper C
and the sole A, B, are united. The upper is represented in Fig. 4, as
being secured to the inner piece B by nails or pegs a, a, and the two pieces A,
B, as being secured together with the margin of the upper between them by
screws b, b. Figure 5 represents the margin of the upper secured between
the two pieces A and B of the sole, by the same screws or nails c, c, by
which the two pieces A and B are secured together, the screws or nails c, c,
passing through the turned in marginal portion of the upper C. Fig. 6
represents the two thicknesses of the sole secured together and the marginal
portion of the upper C secured between them by suitable waterproof adhesive
material.
The process of manufacturing the boots and shoes or clogs is as follows:-
The sole having been made of the desired size and shape, and of two pieces
or thicknesses A, B, as described, and the upper C having been closed in the
usual manner, the inner piece B and the upper are put on the last and the
edges of the upper are brought over the outer margin of the piece B before
the piece A is applied. In the mode of fastening, shewn in Fig. 4, the
upper is first secured to the piece B by applying and driving the nails a, a, at
a suitable distance apart, and the outer piece A is then screwed or nailed to B
with the screws or nails b, b. In the mode of fastening, shown in Fig. 5,
the upper is first tacked to the piece B at a few points to keep it in place,
while the piece A is applied, and by screwing or nailing A to B with the
screws or nails c, c, the latter passing through the upper, are made to secure
it to the sole as well as secure the two pieces A and B together.
Having now described the Invention of "an improvement in wooden soled
5 boots, and shoes or clogs, and having explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, as
aforesaid, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as afore-
said the application to boots and shoes or clogs of wooden soles made double

page_text: or in two pieces or thicknesses between which the upper of the boot or shoe or
• clog is secured by any suitable means, and which pieces or thicknesses are
fastened together by screws, nails, or other suitable means as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Second day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)