Improvements in Boot and Shoe Studs.
Year: 1894

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883), as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 5th day of March 1896.
Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct.. 1895.
Improvements in Boot and Shoe Studs.
I WILLIAM MADDOCK, of 21 Chapel Street, Milton Street, London E.C.
Manufacturer's Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to boot and shoe studs and its object is to produce an
eyelet stud which is more easily driven and more securely fastened than existing
studs; while at the same time it provides a better wearing surface.
My invention consists in a metal eyelet stud tapering to an inner sharpened
The eyelet is driven into the
edge and carrying projecting spikes or prongs.
outer surface of the sole, the prongs first enter the leather and are followed by
the circular sharpened edge which cuts into the leather so that the aperture of the
eyelet is filled with leather; filled in fact with a leather projection from the sole
not necessary however cut off from the sole. The prongs project through the sole
and they are clenched or bent over the inner side of the sole either by driving the
stud through the sole while it rests on a hard metal surface or by hammering or
bending over after the prongs have passed through; or if preferable the prongs
may be driven into the insoles or under leather without being bent over.
By this construction of hollow pronged or eyelet pronged stud I enable the stud
to be easily driven into the leather of the sole and securely fasten when so driven.
The wearing surface produced consists of leather and metal; that is a series of
annular metal rings with leather centres.
My new pronged eyelet stud may be manufactured in any suitable metal and.
be driven flush with the sole or left slightly projecting as may be desired.
may
L: 99…d day of October 1894.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Boot and Shoe Studs.
I, WILLIAM MADDOCK, of 21 Chapel Street, Milton Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer's Agent, 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 :-
My invention relates to boot and shoe studs, and its object is to produce an

page_text: eyelet stud which is more easily driven, and more securely fastened than existing
studs, while at the same time it provides a better wearing surface.
My invention consists in a metal eyelet stud of a particular form hereinafter
described.
My invention will be better understood with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 is an underside plan of a boot sole with the eyelets A in position.
Figure 2 is a cross section on cd of Figure 1.
Figures 3, 4 and
are respectively section, plan, and elevation on an enlarged
scale of the eyelet stud A before being clinched.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 are respectively section, plan and elevation of the eyelet
stud A after clinching.
The eyelet may be made of any metal, and is made preferably of a circular form.
It is formed as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5, viz. conical or cylindrical-on the
outside, and having an inverted conical or straight hole c inside, so that the conical
formation meets and forms a cutting edge at and leaves a broad base at g.
Prongs h, h, h, h, are formed on the outside cone, so that when the eyelet A
is driven into the outer surface of the sole j, the prongs first enter the leather
and are followed by the circular sharpened edge f which cuts into the leather, so
This leather
that the aperture or hole in the eyelet A is filled with leather.
projection or filling from the sole heel is not necessarily however cut off
therefrom. The prongs hh, project through the sole j, and they are clinched or
bent over the inner side of the sole j, either by driving the stud through the said
solej, while it rests on a hard metal surface, or by hammering or bending over
after the prongs hh, have passed through. By this construction of hollow pronged
eyelet studs A, I enable them to. be easily driven into the leather of the sole j, and
thus I form a series of pronged metal rings with leather centres, producing a
wearing surface which consists of leather and metal. The eyelet studs A may be
driven Hush with the sole heel as shown, or may be left slightly projecting.
Having now 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
elaim is :-
:-
1. A hollow eyelet stud having the outer surface formed conical, and the inner
surface formed either straight or conically reverse from the outer, so as to produce
a cutting edge or edges at one end of the stud, as described and illustrated.
2. A hollow eyelet stud with cutting edges formed at one end as hereinbefore
described, and having clinching prongs formed on the outside conical part of the
stud.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.