An Improved Tree for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of App ication, 26th July, 1834
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aor., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
An Improved Tree for Boots and Shoes.
I, RICHARD GRANFIELD, of 62, Lower Hurst Street, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Last and Boot Tree Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improved tree for boots and shoe
which is of simple construction and can very readily be placed in position in the
boot or shoe or removed therefrom and as the various parts of the tree are all
connected together instead of being separate as in some other boot and shoe trees
none of the said parts are liable to be lost.
In carrying out my invention I provide a front part and a back part of the boot
or shoe tree both made of wood or other suitable substance the front part being of
a shape to fit into the front part of the boot or shoe and the back part of the tree
being made of a shape to fit into the back part of the boot or shoe. The
termination of the said front part is inclined slightly from the top towards the heel
of the boot or shoe for the purpose hereinafter described. Jointed to the front of
the back part of the tree I provide an upwardly projecting lever furnished with a
handle at its upper part the lower part of the said lever being forked and provided
with a roller which projects beyond the front of the back part of the tree and
turns on the joint pin which secures the said back part of the tree to the lever, the
lower part of this lever and the roller being situated in a recess in the front of
the back part of the tree. This lever is also connected to the front part of the
tree by means of a link jointed at one end to the said front part of the tree and
jointed at the other end to the said lever at some little distance below the handle
portion and above the said roller.
In using the boot or shoe tree above in part described the lever is first pulled
upwardly by its handle thus raising the back part of the tree into an inclined
position and shortening the total length of the tree. The tree is then placed in
the boot or shoe and the front part pushed forward into position. The lever is
then pushed down so as to force the back part of the tree into the back portion of
the boot or shoe the said roller meanwhile working down the inclined termination
of the front part of the tree and thus forcing the front and back parts of the tree
into the corresponding parts of the boot or shoe the extent of the movement of
these two parts of the tree being attained when the lever has been pushed right
down as far as it will go when the two parts of the tree and the roller will be down
on the sole of the boot or shoe. The tree will be locked in this position by the
roller engaging in a recess in the termination of the front part of the tree this
recess being slightly inclined above so as to permit of the lever being raised when
the tree is required to be removed.
To remove the tree from the boot or shoe it is only necessary to pull the lever
upwardly when the roller will ride up the incline and the hack part of the tree
vill be raised into an inclined position thus shortening the total length of the tree
nd permitting of the same being removed from the boot or shoe.
Dated this 25th day of July 1894.

page_text: I, RIOHARD GRANFIELD, of 62, Lower Hurst Street, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Last and Boot Tree Maker 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 consists of the-herein described improved tree for boots and shoes
which is of simple construction and can very readily be placed in position in the
boot or shoe or removed therefrom and as the various parts of the tree are all
connected together instead of being separated as in some other boot and shoe trees
none of the said parts are liable to be lost.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of my improved boot tree or shoe
tree in position in a shoe; Fig. 2 shews the same parts as Fig. 1 but with one part
of the tree released so that the tree can be withdrawn from the shoe; and Fig. 3
is an elevation of the back part of the tree in the position shewn 'by Fig. 2.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figs.
In carrying out my invention I provide a front part A and a back part B of the
boot or shoe tree both made of wood or other suitable substance the front part A
being of a shape to fit into the front part of the boit or shoe and the back part B
of the tree being made of a shape to fit into the back part of the boot or shoe.
The termination of the front part A is inclined slightly at a' from the top towards
the heel of the boot or shoe for the purpose hereinafter described. Jointed at c to
the front of the back part B of the tree I provide an upwardly projecting lever D
furnished with a bandle d' at its upper part, the lower part d' of the lever D being
forked and provided with a roller which projects beyond the front of the back
part B of the tree as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 and turns on the joint pin C which
secures the back part B of the tree to the lever D, the lower part d' of this lever D
and the roller E being situated in a recess b¹ in the front of the back part B of the
same. This lever D is also connected to the front part of the tree by means of the
link F jointed at one end to the front part A of the tree and jointed at the other
end to the lever D at some little distance below the handle portion d' and above
the roller E.
In using the boot or shoe tree above in part described the lever D is first pulled
upwardly by its handle thus raising the back part B of the tree into an inclined
position and shortening the total length of the tree. The tree is then placed in
the boot or shoe and the front part A pushed forward into position as shewn in
Fig 2. The lever D is then pushed down so as to force the back part B of the
tree into the back portion of the boot or shoe as shewn in Fig. 1 the roller E
meanwhile working down the inclined termination a' of the front part A of the
tree and thus forcing the front and back parts of the tree into the corresponding
parts of the boot or shoe the extent of the movement of these two parts of the tree
being attained when the lever D with the roller E have been pushed right down
as far as they will go when the two parts A and B of the tree and the roller E
will be down on the sole of the boot or shoe as shewn in Fig. 1. The tree will be
locked in this position by the roller E engaging in a recess a³ in the termination of
the front part A of the tree this recess being immediately below the termination of
the incline a¹ on which the roller E acts as stated above!
To remove the tree from the boot or shoe it is only necessary to pull the lever D
upwardly when the roller E will ride up the incline a' and the back part of the
tree B will be raised into the inclined position shewn by Fig. 2 thus shortening

page_text: tbe total length of the tree and permitting of the same being removed from the
boot or shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a boot tree or shoe tree the combination with the fore part A. adapted to
fit in the front of the boot or shoe, of the back part B adapted to fit in the heel
part of the same and provided with a roller E and jointed to a lever D which
latter is by a link connected to said fore part so that when the tree is placed in
position in the boot or shoe and the lever and roller are pressed down therein, the
roller will act upon the inclined portion of the fore part of the tree and expand
the tree and then pass down into a recess in the said fore-part and thus lock the
tree in the boot or shoe, all substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. The herein described improved boot tree or shoe tree constructed and
arranged substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.