Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1893—Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
I, EDWARD WESTLEY of 48 Kettering Road, Northampton, Boot Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to boots shoes and slippers and has for its object to
produce boots shoes and slippers having many advantages over those as at present
constructed particularly as to flexibility coolness to the feet of the wearer etc. etc.
According to my present invention I proceed as follows:-
I arrange and construct the insole of a thin layer or layers of cork having an
edge or surrounding border of leather or other suitable material-the cork and
leather (or equivalent) being secured together by any suitable means but advan-
tageously by zig-zag sewing by means of the well known zig-zag sewing machines
such as are now well known in the boot and shoe making trade.
Next beneath the cork that is between the layer of cork and the outer sole I
arrange and mount a backing of canvas linen or other suitable material which
besides being solutioned to the cork is also advantageously evenly sewn on around
its edge by the aforesaid zig-zag sewing.
Having thus constructed the insole according to my present invention―such
insole is used in the making of boots and shoes and slippers after the manner of the
ordinary leather insoles or may be used in any suitable or desired manner for
instance cork or cork cuttings may advantageously be used with same as a filling
between the said insole and outer sole.
The welt would be secured to the leather edge of my insole which leather border
is of a sufficient width to receive therethrough the ordinary sewing rivetting
screwing nailing or pegging etc. by which the outer sole is secured to the upper and
insole and the upper also is secured to the said leather edging in the usual way of
lasting boots etc. or in any other suitable manner.
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TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
I, EDWARD WESTLEY of 48 Kettering Road, Northampton, Boot 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 relates to boots shoes and slippers and has for its object to
produce boots shoes and slippers having many advantages over those as at present
constructed particularly as to flexibility coolness to the feet of the wearer etc. etc.
According to my present invention I proceed as follows:-
I arrange and construct the insole of a thin layer or layers of cork having an
edge or surrounding border of leather or other suitable material-the cork and
leather (or equivalent) being secured together by any suitable means but advan-
tageously by zig-zag sewing by means of the well known zig-zag sewing machines
such as are now well known in the boot and shoe making trade.
Next beneath the cork that is between the layer of cork and the outer sole I
arrange and mount a backing of canvas linen or other suitable material which
besides being solutioned to the cork is also or may be advantageously evenly sewn
on around its edge by the aforesaid zig-zag sewing.

page_text: And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to further describe same with reference to the
sheet of drawings hereunto annexed in which :--
a is the leather inner sole having the central part thereof 6 cut away (Fig. 1).
c (Fig. 2) is a sheet or layer of cork cut or formed of a size to approximately
correspond or fit within the border a.
This sheet or layer of cork c and the leather border a are then secured together
by sewing d by means of the zig-zag sewing machine well-known in the boot trade
or a and c may be secured together in any other well-known or suitable manner so
as to form an inner sole according to my invention as shown in Fig. 3 and in edge
view Fig. 4.
On the back or underside of this sheet of cork c I arrange and mount a backing
of canvas linen or other suitable material e (as shown in underside plan in Fig. 5
and also in the edge view Fig. 4) and this backing e is advantageously sewn on at
the same time as the cork c and border a are sewn as before described and the inner
sole according to my invention is now complete and ready to be used in the
manufacture of boots and shoes in the ordinary or any well-known or suitable manner
or if desired a second backing of canvas etc. may be solutioned or otherwise affixed
entirely over the back of the inner sole constructed as above described-this second
backing being especially useful when using inner soles constructed according to my
present invention in the manufacture of screwed boots and shoes.
Having thus constructed the insole according to my present invention--such
insole is used in the making of boots and shoes and slippers after the manner of the
ordinary leather insoles or may be used in any suitable or desired manrer for
instance cork or cork cuttings may advantageously be used with same as a filling
between the said insole and outer sole.
The welt (when used) would be secured to the leather edge of my insole.
The leather border a according to my invention is of a sufficient width to receive
therethrough the ordinary sewing rivetting screwing nailing or pegging etc. by
which the outer sole is secured to the upper and insole and the upper also is secured
to the said leather edging a in the usual way of lasting boots etc. or in any other
suitable manner.
.Instead of cork for the centre c-and also instead of leather for the border a-
any other suitable material may be used as desired.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of boots shoes and slippers with an inner sole constructed of
a sheet or layer of leather or other suitable material a having the central part b
thereof removed from toe to heel and such central part filled from toe to heel with
a layer or layers of sheet cork c such border a and cork e being secured together by
sewing or other suitable means and having a backing of canvas linen or other
suitable material affixed over the underside of the cork c arranged combined and
acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with a boot shoe or slipper of an inner-sole constructed of a
narrow outer border of leather or other suitable material to receive the sewing
rivetting nailing pegging etc. a central layer or sheet or sheets of cork let into said
border from toe to heel and secured to said border and a canvas linen or other
suitable backing arranged mounted and covering the underside of said cork centre
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
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TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.