AN IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURE OF SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Harry Dutton, of 13, Lime Grove, Shepherd's
THE
Bush, W., Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
MANUFACTURE OF SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MEANS OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
Sealed the 13th March 1877, and dated the 19th September 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Harry Dutton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1876.
WILLIAM HARRY DUTTON, of 13, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, W., Gentleman.
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND
IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
The object of my Invention consists in the manufacture of an improved sole for
boots and shoes whereby slipping is prevented and lightness and dryness to the
feet is secured to the wearer.
I make my said improved sole of india-rubber or gutta percha fluted at the
bottom with horizontal lines running at right angles to each other, thereby forming
a series of small squares rising in the form of pyramids of equal size and shape, and
secure the same to the boot or shoe by solution or otherwise. This sole is especially
applicable to boots and shoes used for all outdoor games and exercises, such as
cricket, tennis, and the like, also for deck and other similar and general purposes.
My Invention is also applicable to mats and matting and carpeting for rooms and
staircases.
The apparatus I use for making the above consists of metal plates made of iron
or other hard material, and cut out at any desired depth to the required pattern, the
gutta percha, india-rubber, or other similar material being laid on the plates while
in a fluid or soft state, thereby receiving the desired impression.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Harry Dutton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
March 1877.
WILLIAM HARRY DUTTON, of 13, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, W., Gentleman.
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES,
AND IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."

page_text: My said Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture and
application of an improved pattern of the materials used for the soles of boots and
shoes, and which may also be applied to matting, carpetting, "filletting" for carding
machines, and other purposes.
And in carrying out my improvements I form metal plates or moulds of iron or
other suitable material, such plates or moulds being cut out or cast to any desired
depth so as to form a series of hollow inverted pyramids intersected by lines
running at right angles to each other, such plates or moulds being provided with a
rim or edge to provent the material from spreading over the edges. Upon these
plates or moulds I lay gutta percha, india-rubber, or suitable plastic material while
in a soft or fluid state, pressing such material into the mould until sufficiently
set or hardened and vulcanized to be removed, and which, when removed will be
fluted at the bottom with horizontal lines running at right angles to each other,
or in other words, thereby receiving the pattern of the plates or moulds, and
forming a series of small squares rising in the form of pyramids of equal size and
shape.
When used for the soles of boots or shoes I secure the material to the boot or
shoe by solution or in any other suitable manner. As soles for boots and shoos
they are especially adapted for racquet courts and all outdoor games and exercises,
such as cricket, tennis, and the like, also for walking the decks of ships and other
similar and general purposes, and when being made of india-rubber are more
durable than leather. By the use of these soles the use of spikes is entirely
obviated, and the accidents which so frequently occur from the said spikes are
entirely prevented, at the same time they are more effectual in giving elasticity
and a firm foothold to the wearer, in preventing slipping, and at the same time
securing the desideratum of lightness and dryness to the feet.
My Invention may also be applied to "filletting" for carding machines as before
stated, the pattern being much more applicable and of greater utility than that
hitherto used.
And in order that my said Invention may be more properly understood, I here-
unto append a Sheet of explanatory Drawings as herein-after described.
Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe shewing the sole attached thereto.
Figure 2 is a view shewing the under-side of the sole with the pyramidal forms.
Having thus particularly described my said Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I have to state that I do not restrict myself to the precise
details herein described or delineated, but that what I believe to be novel and
original, and claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is,-
1st. The pattern of the moulds made of metal or other suitable material and of
suitable forms, either for the soles of boots and shoes or for "filletting" for carding
machines, or for carpetting, matting, and other similar purposes, substantially as
described.
2nd. The combination of the moulds and the material when moulded and pressed
into the series of small squares in the form of pyramids, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Harry Dutton, have hereunto sot
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W. H. DUTTON. (L.S.)