Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
1, LEWIS ELSTEIN of 12 Buttlers Buildings, Code Street, Brick Lane,
London, E., Wood Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes and consists of a novel
mode of forming the heels of such foot coverings.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the heel of a boot or shoe of two
separate parts or blocks of equal thickness or thereabout, the lower or inner part
or block of which is fixed in the ordinary manner to the sole of the boot or shoe,
while the upper or wearing part is fixed to the former by means of screws so as to
be easily detachable therefrom in order to be replaced by a fresh part or block
whenever sufficiently worn. I form a recess near the front edge of the wearing
part of the upper and outer block and I drill a hole through the lower part of this
recess in which hole I insert a screw and drive it into the substance of the lower
and inner block thus forming one attachment. Another screw is driven through the
sole of the boot or shoe and through the lower and inner part of the heel so as to
project upwards for the purpose of being screwed well into the outer part of the
said heel, this forming the second attachment.
Although the two screws aforesaid are sufficient for the proper consolidation of
The heels can be
the heel I may use if required one or two additional screws.
made of any suitable material and may be furnished with tips in the usual
manner.
Dated this 4th day of September 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
1, LEWIS ELSTEIN of 12, Buttlers Buildings, Code Street, Brick Lane,
London, E. Wood Engraver, 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 improvements in boots and shoes and refers to the heels
of these foot coverings which are made in two parts connected together by screws
in a variety of ways as will be hereinafter more fully described.
According to my invention the lower half or wearing part of a boot heel can be
easily removed when worn out and replaced by a new one or if worn on one side
only it can be taken off one heel and fixed to the other so as to wear the same
evenly.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown the
same in the accompanying drawings in which Figs. 1 to 17 illustrate a variety of
ways in which the two parts of a heel can be joined or connected together.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 illustrate an arrangement. a al are two parts of the heel joined
at, a being the wearing part. A nut n is let in the upper piece of leather of
the part a and another nut into the lower piece of leather of the part d. A stud s
is screwed into the nut n' and the lower part a of the heel is screwed to the upper
The part a
part a' by screwing the nut n upon the projecting end of the stud s.

page_text: is further secured and prevented from turning upon the stud by means of two
screws passed through the lower part a and screwing into tapped holes .
Fig. 2 formed in a plate let into the lower portion of the part . The nuts an
and the plate p may, besides being let into the leather or other material forming
the body of the heel, be further secured by nails driven into holes formed in the
said nuts and plate. Fig. 1 represents the upper surface of the part a, and Fig. 2
the under surface of the part a', whilst Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the
centre of the heel. When the lower part a is worn out it can be removed by
unscrewing the screws which permit the said part being turned around the studs
and consequently separated therefrom. A new bottom piece similarly constructed
may then be screwed on to the studs and further secured by the screws b, or if one
side only of the lower part a be worn down the said part can be removed from one
heel and fixed to the other so as to wear the same evenly. Figs. 4, 5, and 6, which
are similar views to the above represent a modification of my invention in which,
instead of two nuts a. being let into the two parts a, a of the heel only one mut n
is used which is let into the lower part a a screw e being fixed into the said nut
from the upper surface of the part a before the heel is secured to the sole. The
two screws secure with the aid of the plate the forward end of the part a as
before described.
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In the corresponding views shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 a single rut n and screw e
is likewise used but the forward end of the part a is secured to the part a² by
means of two screws d, d screwed into holes di, d Figs. 7 and 8 formed this time
in the substance of the parts a. a. In Figs. 10, 11, and 12 the nut » is dispensed
with the parts a, a being secured together by means of the crew screwed into
holes Figs. 10 and 11 formed in the said parts, the said screw being driven in
from the upper surface of the part a whilst the screws d, d are driven into
holes d', das before described from the under surface of the part a. In Figs. 13, 14
and 15 which represent respectively a plan of the lower or wearing part a an under-
side view of the part a¹ and a central section of the heel as above stated, a screw c
is employed as in the last example, but instead of two screws being used for securing
the forward and of the part a only one riz.: the screw d is used and secured into
corresponding holes d', d formed in the centre of each part a and a².
Fig. 16 is a view of the under or wearing surface of the part a showing an
arrangement in which the forward end of such part is secured to the upper part of
the heel by means of two screws d, d only. This view shows the ordinary row of
nails likewise used in the arrangements above described. Fig. 17, represents a
section of a heel in which the screw e is secured into a single nut let in between
the two layers of material forming the under part a, the forward end of the latter
being secured by two screws d d to the part al as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertamed the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is.
1. In the manufacture of boots and shoes, forming the heels thereof of two
separate parts an upper and a lower part connected together by screws in such a
manner that the lower or wearing part may when worn be readily disconnected
from the upper part and replaced by a fresh wearing part substantially as and for
the purpose described.
2. The various modes of securing the two parts of a heel by means of screws
nuts and plates, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 1, to 17 of the
accompanying drawings and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 21st day of May 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.