IMPROVE MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN MACHINERY OF APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF 'PORTEMONNAIES,' TRAVELLING BAGS, PARTS OF HARNESS, AND IN FACT TO ALMOST ALL SUCH MANUFACTURES AS REQUIRE FIXING, BASTING, CEMENTING, SEWING. OR STITCHING
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bristow Hunt, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN MACHINERY OF
APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO EQUALLY APPLICABLE
TO THE MANUFACTURE OF 'PORTEMONNAIES,' TRAVELLING BAGS, PARTS OF
HARNESS, AND IN FACT TO ALMOST ALL SUCH MANUFACTURES AS REQUIRE
FIXING, BASTING, CEMENTING, SEWING. OR STITCHING."-A communication
from abroad by Jules Constant Touzet. of Paris, France. Manufacturer.
Sealed the 16th July 1867, and dated the 26th January 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bristow Hunt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
January 1867.
I, BRISTOW HUNT, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO
THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTMONNAIES,' TRAVELLING BAGS, PARTS OF HARNESS,
AND IN FACT TO ALMOST ALL (UCH MANUFACTURES AS REQUIRE FIXING, BASTING,
CEMENTING. SEWING, OR STITCHING," (a communication to me from abroad by
Jules Constant Touzet, of Paris, France, Manufacturer,) to be as follows:-
In the manufacture of boots, shoes, and other articles there are certain
manual preparations (such, for instance, as the "basting" together of the

page_text: pieces to be connected before the final stitching) which may be considerably
abridged, and in some instances entirely dispensed with by the method and
mechanism herein-after described.
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In fixing together the lining and upper leather for a lady's boot the
following method and apparatus are employed-Firstly, a table of metal
mounted upon suitable supports and carrying one or more pairs of shutters or
plates, one of which is fixed and the other movable on a hinge; a triangular
recess or notch is formed in these plates, which recess is of the exact figure or
contour of the picces to be prepared. In the first place a guide of the form
of the opening where the elastic is to be inserted (but of rather smaller
dimensions) is placed in the recess of one of the plates and adjusted by means
of two pins. The piece of material previously cut to the required shape by
hand or mechanical means is placed on the plate and adjusted to the guide;
a forked clamp (turning on a hinge) is now brought down over the material
and fixed by screws, so as to exert a sufficient pressure to hold the latter
firmly in its place (the opening in the fork being rather wider than that in the
material, so as to leave a strip of the latter visible all round; the guide is
now withdrawn from beneath the material, and a guide is placed over the
cramp above the material. This guide is composed of a thin sheet of steel
having an opening of the exact form and size of that in the hinged plate itself,
and determines with precision that part of the material which is to be folded
over; it has a piece of iron rivetted round its outer edge, and is furnished
with cross handles and also with stop pins to ensure its correct position. Upon
this guide is now applied a wedge-shaped iron, which in being pressed forwards
by a hand lever raises the projecting edge of the material and folds it over
exactly on to the edge of the thin steel guide with a steady even pressure;
the thin steel guide may now be withdrawn and the iron be allowed to rest
and press upon the fold for any required length of time.
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These four operations (which do not require heat) must be performed
consecutively upon each hinged plate of the machine. One of each pair of
plates having been provided with a piece of material for the lining, and the
other with leather, kid, or stuff to form the " upper or front; a piece of
elastic (previously cut to the required size and cemented) is now adjusted on
to the opening of one of the pieces of the material, and the other plate with
its corresponding piece is folded over on its hinge, so that the two pieces arc
brought together and pressed by means of a spring lever; beneath each pair
of plates is a hollow box heated at will by gas (or otherwise), whereby the
adhesion of the cement is greatly facilitated, and the drying is also rapidly
effected, so that by the time that the four first-named operations have been

page_text: completed on the second pair of plates the work on the first pair is ready for
removal, and the operation may be proceeded with as before. As the pieces
are removed from the machine they are placed one above the other in a screw
press to preserve their form and appearance, a piece of tin being placed
between each two pieces, and the pressure of the screw being regulated by
means of a fly wheel.
The advantage of the above mode of preparation is that the basting of the
three parts (that is to say, the "upper" lining and elastic) which has
been hitherto imperfectly effected by hand is dispensed with. In order to
cement the edges of the elastic with exactitude an instrument is employed
composed of two metallic plates, the outline of which is of the form of the
central portion of the elastic which is not to be cemented. These plates are
hinged together like a pair of forceps, closing by a spring and opened by
pressure of the thumb on a tail piece (or otherwise). The upper plate is
provided with a longitudinal groove in which is a moveable stop piece, and
with graduations representing the various sizes. The stop being adjusted to
the size required the plates are opened and the piece of clastic inserted till the
edge of it reaches the stop, the pressure of the thumb being then removed
the plates close and hold the elastic firmly, exposing only the exact edge to be
cemented. In turning back the edges of a seam "on the flat" which it is
intended to cover with a ribbon or strip of material applied over the same an
apparatus is to be employed consisting chiefly of a horizontal arm or bar of
metal, astride of which the seam is placed and a heated pointed iron passed
along so as to turn over and press down the edges of the seam. Attached to
the table which carries the arm is a small gas apparatus of any ordinary con-
struction for keeping the irons always heated. The application of the ribbon
or strip to the seams so pressed over is usually a double operation, that is
to say, it is first basted and then stitched. It is proposed to dispense with the
basting by mounting a bobbin containing the said ribbon under the sewing
machine, so that upon presenting the seam to the machine the ribbon is laid
over at the same moment and the whole stitched together at once. When it
is required to bind over the edge of a piece of leather or other material an
instrument called a "binder" is to be applied to the table of the machine;
this "binder" not only bends over the two edges of the binding towards each
other so that the section assumes the form of the letter C (flattened), but also
delivers it in this form over the edge of the material as it passes to the needle
so that it is stitched on at once. A plate mounted on the table of the
machine carries a bobbin round which the binding is rolled; this bobbin is
confined in a limited circular space by a rim projecting from the plate all

page_text: round the bobbin, and having a slit in one side only, through which the
binding issues, and passing round a friction pulley presses against the surface
of a guide plate furnished with a projecting rim at top and bottom. At the
end of this guide plate are two curved or bent plates (one above and one
below) which bend over the edges of the binding and deliver it on to the edge
of the material in the exact form and position required, and immediately in
front of the needle, which at once completes the operation.
It will be evident that although these improvements are only described
above with reference to the manufacture of lady's boots, yet that the same
method and apparatus are equally applicable to an almost infinite variety of
manufactures where the operations of folding over the edge, cementing,
adjusting, fixing, pressing, and covering seams, and binding the edges of
fabrics are required; the only alterations in the apparatus which are necessary
being to adapt the form of the plates and guides to the exact form of the
piece or pieces of material under operation, and this can readily be done by
any ordinary mechanic, the Invention consisting in the construction and
operation of the various parts of the mechanism, and not in the mere form of
any of such parts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Bristow Hunt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
July 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BRISTOW
HUNT, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Bristow Hunt, Her special licence that I, the said Bristow
Hunt, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Bristow Hunt, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS

page_text: THEREFOR, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO THE MANU-
FACTURE OF 'PORTEMONNAIES,' TRAVELLING BAGS. PARTS OF HARNESS, AND IN- FACT
TO ALMOST ALL SUCH MANUFACTURES AS REQUIRE FIXING, BASTING, CEMENTING.
SEWING, OR STITCHING," being a communication to me from abroad by Jules
Constant Touzet, of Paris, France, Manufacturer, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Bristow Hunt, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, 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 he filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Bristow Hunt, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference being had to the accompanying Sheets
of Drawings, that is to say:
In the manufacture of boots and shoes and other articles there are certain
manual preparations (such, for instance, as the "basting" together of the
pieces to be connected before the final stitching) which may be considerably
abridged and in some instances entirely dispensed with by the method and
mechanism herein-after described.
In fixing together the lining and upper leather for a lady's boot the fol-
lowing method and apparatus are employed:-Firstly, a table of metal
mounted upon suitable supports and carrying one or more pairs of shutters or
plates, one of which is fixed and the other movable on a hinge; a triangular
recess or notch is formed in these plates of the pieces to be prepared. In the
first place a guide of the form of the opening where the clastic is to be
inserted (but of rather smaller dimensions) is placed in the recess of one of
the plates, and adjusted by means of two pins. The piece of material pre-
viously cut to the required shape by hand or mechanical means is placed on
the plates and adjusted to the guide; a forked cramp (turning on a hinge)
is now brought down over the material and fixed by screws, so as to exert a
sufficient pressure to hold the latter firmly in its place (the opening in the
fork being rather wider than that in the material, so as to leave a strip of
the latter visible all round); the guide is now withdrawn from beneath the
material, and a guide is placed over the cramp above the material; this
guide is composed of a thin sheet of steel having an opening of the exact
form and size of that in the hinged plate itself, and determines with precision

page_text: that part of the material which is to be folded over; it has a piece of iron
rivetted round its outer edge, and is furnished with cross handles and also with
stop pins to ensure its correct position; upon this guide is now applied a
wedge-shaped iron which in being pressed forwards by a hand lever raises
the projecting edge of the material and folds it over exactly on to the edge of
the thin steel guide with a steady even pressure; the thin steel guide may
now be withdrawn, and the iron be allowed to rest and press upon the fold for
any required length of time.
These four operations (which do not require heat) must be performed
consecutively upon each hinged plate of the machine. One of each pair of
plates having been provided with a piece of material for the lining and the
other with leather, kid, or stuff to form the "upper" or front, a piece of
elastic (previously cut to the required size and cemented) is now adjusted on
to the opening of one of the pieces of the material, and the other plate with
its corresponding piece is folded over on its hinge, so that the two pieces are
brought together and pressed by means of a spring lever; beneath each pair
of plates is a hollow box heated at will by gas (or otherwise), whereby the
adhesion of the cement is greatly facilitated, and the drying is also rapidly
effected, so that by the time that the four first-named operations have been
completed on the second pair of plates the work on the first pair is ready for
removal, and the operation may be proceeded with as before. As the pieces
are removed from the machine they are placed one above the other in a screw
press to preserve their form and appearance, a piece of tin being placed
between each two pieces, and the pressure of the screw being regulated by
means of a fly wheel.
The advantage of the above mode of preparation is that the basting of the
three parts (viz., the upper lining and elastic) which has been hitherto
imperfectly effected by hand is dispensed with. In order to cement the edges
of the elastic with exactitude an instrument is employed composed of two
metallic plates, the outline of which is of the form of the central portion of
the elastic which is not to be cemented; these plates are hinged together
like a pair of forceps closing by a spring and opened by pressure of the thumb
on a tail piece (or otherwise). The upper plate is provided with a longi-
tudinal groove, in which is a movable stop piece, and with graduations repre-
senting the various sizes. The stop being adjusted to the size required the
plates are opened and the piece of elastic inserted till the edge of it reaches
the stop, the pressure of the thumb being then removed the plates close and
hold the, clastic firmly, exposing only the exact edge to be cemented. In
turning back the edges of a seam "on the flat" which it is intended to cover

page_text: with a ribbon or strip of material applied over the same an apparatus is to be
employed consisting chiefly of a horizontal arm or bar of metal, astride of
which the seam is placed, and a heated pointed iron passed along, so as to
turn over and press down the edges of the seam. Attached to the table which
carries the arm is a small gas apparatus of any ordinary construction for
keeping the irons always heated. The application of the ribbon or strip to
the seams so pressed over is usually a double operation, that is to say, it is
first basted and then stitched. It is proposed to dispense with the basting by
mounting a bobbin containing the said ribbon under the sewing machine, so
that upon presenting the seam to the machine the ribbon is laid over at the
same moment, and the whole stitched together at once. When it is required
to bind over the edge of a piece of leather or other material, an instrument
called a "binder" is to be applied to the table of the machine; this "binder"
not only bends over the two edges of the binding towards each other, so that
the section assumes the form of the letter C (flattened), but also delivers it
in this form over the edge of the material as it passes to the needle, so that it
is stitched on at once. A plate mounted on the table of the machine carries
a bobbin, round which the binding is rolled; this bobbin is confined in a
limited circular space by a rim projecting from the plate all round the bobbin,
and having a slit in one side only, through which the binding issues, and
passing round a friction pulley presses against the surface of a guide plate
furnished with a projecting rim at top and bottom; at the end of this guide
plate are two curved or bent plates (one above and one below) which bend
over the edges of the binding and deliver it on to the edges of the material in
the exact form and position required and immediately in front of the needle,
which at once completes the operation. It will be evident that although
these improvements are only described above with reference to the manufac-
ture of lady's boots, yet that the same method and apparatus are equally
applicable to an almost infinite variety of manufactures where the operations
of folding over the edge, cementing, adjusting, fixing, pressing, and covering
seams and binding the edges of fabrics are required, the only alterations in
the apparatus which are necessary being to adapt the form of the plates and
guides to the exact form of the piece or pieces of material under operation,
and this can readily be done by an ordinary mechanic, the Invention con-
sisting in the construction and operation of the various parts of the mechanism
and not in the mere form of any of such parts.
Improvements
Such being the nature and object of the said Invention for "
in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, and in Machinery or Apparatus
therefor, which Improvements are also equally applicable to the Manufacture

page_text: of Portmonnaies, Travelling Bags, Parts of Harness, and, in fact, to almost
all such Manufactures as require Fixing, Basting, Cementing, Sewing, or
Stitching," I will now proceed to describe more in detail the manner in which
the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect; and in
order that the same may be distinctly understood I have annexed hereunto
two Sheets of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with
figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the following
explanation thereof, that is to say:
In Sheet 1 of the annexed Drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 represent a preparing
machine designed for the purpose of adjusting and cementing together the
pieces which are intended to be sewn or stitched; it is composed of a table A
in cast-iron mounted on three supports B, and carrying a double set of the
apparatus, the improved operation and construction of which will be hereafter
explained. Each apparatus consists of two metal shutters or plates C and C¹,
one of which is fixed and the other movable on a hinge c. A triangular
notch or recess of the exact form required for the adjustment of the piece to
be prepared is formed in each of the plates C and C¹; in the first place a
guide D (of brass or other material) is placed in the notch of one of the
plates C or C, and is adjusted by means of two gudgeons with which it is
provided, and which fit into two holes in the plate. The piece to be adjusted
(previously cut out by a mechanical or manual operation) is then placed on
the guide and takes the exact position which it is to occupy, as shown at 1 in
the Plan view, Figure 2; the fork-shaped holder E is then turned down over
the piece and fixed by its two extremities by means of the small turning
bolts e; it is arranged in such a manner as to exercise a certain pressure
on the piece so as to prevent the latter from moving; this second part of the
operation is represented at 2, Figure 2. The guide D is then withdrawn,
and above the holder and the piece is applied another guide F (shown at 3)
intended to determine with precision the part of the stuff which is intended to
be folded over; it consists of a piece of sheet steel F cut to the same outline
as the plate C, and having rivetted to its outer edge an iron band f furnished
with a handle. In order properly to determine the position of this guide, the
extremities of the iron f each form a small fork which fits on a projection
forming part of the bolts e. The guide being in its place the iron G is
brought up into the notch or recess, and by this movement raises the pro-
jecting portion or edge of the fabric or leather, and causes it to fold exactly
over the edge of the steel guide F. The iron having been raised to the
required height is caused to slide forward by the aid of one of the levers L,
which are capable of turning on the points 1, and arc provided with a hole

page_text: beneath into which the pin g (Figure 1) takes; in its sliding movement the
iron flattens or turns over on itself the projecting part of the fabric or leather,
and the fold is made; the guide F may then be withdrawn and the iron be
left to press on the fold during a certain time so as to fix it well (the position
of the iron at this time will be seen at 4 (Figure 2); when this is done the
iron is drawn back by the same means which served to advance it, and is
allowed to fall back again.
These four operations may be effected without heat in certain cases; in the
Drawing they are represented separately on each of the plates C and C¹, but
they should be all performed consecutively on each plate; these latter are
provided one with a piece of lining (as shewn by the red color) and the other
with a piece of stuff or leather, representing the vamp or upper leather of a
lady's boot or other covering for the foot (as shewn by the grey color). When
the lining and leather or cloth have been thus folded in one of these preparing
machines they are left under the holders E of the two plates C and C¹, and
then the elastic previously cut out to the desired form and cemented is
adjusted thereon; the movable plate C is then folded over the fixed one C¹,
and pressure applied by the aid of the lever L mounted on a rod (Figure 3)
furnished with a coiled spring to permit the lever to accommodate itself to the
The lever is attached
various thicknesses of the materials under operation.
at its free end by means of a hook 1' mounted on a universal joint; thus an
clastic pressure is obtained on the two plates, and the two triangular recesses
of these plates coinciding perfectly together the elastic is cemented to the two
pieces, at the same that the heat produced by the proximity of the irons con-
tinually heated (in the case of heat being applied) accelerates the drying of
the cement in such a manner that by the time the above-described operations
have been completed on the second apparatus the first one may be opened, and
the pieces which are perfectly cemented and dried may be removed therefrom;
thus a regular and continuous system of work is obtained under the best
conditions of economy and rapidity of manufacture.
On examining the partial section (Figure 1) on the line 3, 4, 5, of the plan
it will be seen that the irons G are mounted each on a hollow box H, which
is open beneath and traversed longitudinally by a tube forming part of the
hollow rod I; this hollow rod is provided at its lower part with a short tube
or neck (Figure 3), on which is fitted an india-rubber tube J communicating
The rod I ceases to be hollow below the
with a longitudinal gas conduit K.
short tube to which the india-rubber tube is connected, and is prolonged by a
square part terminating below in a cone which rests on a pedal P.
shoulder rests on the guides M', and the collar
A
ves as a stop to the

page_text: ascent of the apparatus; the rod I moves in guides M and M', both fixed to
longitudinal rails N, which form at the same time cross stays for the three
standards B. The gas is supplied by the tube Kby the india-rubber tube J
into the hollow rod I, and escapes by the openings of the tube h, which is cast
of one piece with the rod and the lower part of the box H; there it is lighted
and heats the iron G in a regular and constant manner.
The pieces as they are prepared are placed under the press represented at
Figure 7 (Sheet 2) so as to preserve their form and appearance; they are
placed between plates of tin, and the screw V furnished with a heavy fly
wheel v, exercises a suitable pressure on them as they accumulate; this mode
of cementing the parts together, besides dispensing with the time and cost of
basting the pieces together, also prevents the disfiguring of the fabric or
leather by the marks of the basting threads.
Figure 4 (Sheet 2) shows a circular arrangement of apparatus working in
the same manner as that just described.
Figure 5 (Sheet 1) shows a modification in the form of the plates C and C¹;
and Figure 6 shows a modification of the iron G.
Figures 6 (Sheet 1) and 7* (Sheet 2) shew the results obtained by these
modifications.
Figures 8 and 9 (Sheet 2) represent an instrument used for cementing the
elastics; it is composed of two metallic plates P, P¹, hinged together at p
opening by pressure of the thumb on the piece q, and closing automatically by
means of the spring r; the upper plate P is pierced with a longitudinal
opening or slit R, in which slides a stop B, fixed at pleasure by a winged
nut 0; this stop serves to regulate the surface of the elastic b which is to be
cemented; the divisions made on the plate P indicating the positions which
correspond with the different dimensions of the elastics.
Figures 10 and 11 show an instrument which is employed to open the seams
which are to be covered by a binding; it consists of a bar of iron F, which
may be covered with cloth or other material, across or astride of which the
piece A (to be operated on) is placed, as shown in the Drawing; it is caused
to oscillate so as to make the scam lie properly on the bar as the heated iron f
is moved forward; the irons are kept hot by a small gas-heating arrange-
ment D situated at the side of the apparatus. The gas is admitted by the
column C, and distributed by the tube d into two tubes pierced with holes,
whence it issues and burns beneath the irons.
The placing of the binding or galloon on the seam has hitherto consisted of
two operations, namely, basting by hand and then stitching.
The first opera-
tion is dispensed with by means of the sewing machine M (Figure 12), in

page_text: When the binding is wound on a reci 15 in such a manner that it is only
necessary to place the piece of leather or fabric on the machine, and the whole
is stitched together at one operation.
Figure 13 shews a plan view of the table of a sewing machine on which is
:fixed an apparatus designed to bind the edges of certain pieces of leather or other
material A. This apparatus, called a "binder," is intended to fold the binding,
and to place it on the edge of the material so that the whole is sewn together
at once. With this apparatus the basting of the binding (which has always
hitherto been done by hand before stitching) is dispensed with.
Figures 14, 15, and 16 show in detail the part of the instrument which
effects the folding of the binding. A plate P carries a bobbin B, mounted
either vertically or horizontally, and upon which the ribbon or binding is
rolled; it is enclosed in a limited circular space by a border or flange a open
at a¹. The ribbon R passes through this opening a¹, and passes round a
small roller g, and over the surface of a guide C, provided with a flange above
and below, having the form represented at Figure 17. At the extremity c of
the guide the ribbon passes behind the curved part d of a plate D, and at the
same time between the two thicknesses of the plate D¹ situated beneath, and
also curved at its extremity d¹. The ribbon issues from thence folded as
shewn in the Drawing, and is thus applied to the edge of the piece A, where it
is stitched directly by the machine. The bobbin B is mounted on a pivot
furnished with a spring break r to prevent the ribbon from becoming slack on
its passage to the needle. The piece D is held by screws which pass through
slots in such a manner that it can be adjusted at pleasure to suit the width of
the ribbon employed; the piece D' is also equally movable in order to regu-
late the width to be given to the lower fold of the ribbon.
Figure 18 represents an instrument which may be employed for pegging
the interior of the heels of boots or shoes, or for other similar purposes. A
brass or other metal tube A is provided outside with two small tubes, into
which the pegs are introduced; these pegs arrive at the lower part, and
descend into a piece of hollow metal F. A rod T furnished with a heavy
weight P slides in the tube A, and serves as a hammer to drive the pegs in
such places as they could not be driven by hand. I would here remark that
the improvements above described, although designed specially for the manu-
facture of boots and shoes, may be applied with some modifications to the
manufacture of other kinds of articles, such as portfolios, purses, travelling
bags, saddlery, and so forth.
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Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, and in Machinery or

page_text: Apparatus therefor, which Improvements are also equally applicable to the
Manufacture of Portemonnaies, Travelling Bags, Parts of Harness, and in
fact to almost all such Manufactures as require Fixing, Basting, Cementing,
Sewing, or Stitching," together with the manner in which the same is to be or
may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion
that I claim as the Invention (communicated to me by the above-named Jules
Constant Touzet), the improved means and apparatus herein-before described
for the preparation and working of the above-mentioned articles without being
limited to the forms or dimensions of the apparatus represented on the
Drawings, nor to the applications above named by way of example, as the
Invention is equally applicable to a great number of other manufactures.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bristow Hunt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
BRISTOW HUNT. (L.S.)