A NEW OR IMPROVED METALLIC HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Dove, of 45, Whitcomb Street, Pall Mall
East, in the County of Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Maker, for
the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED METALLIC HEEL FOR BOOTS AND
SHOES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Dove at the
Office of the Commissioners of, Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th March 1872.
I, JAMES DOVE, of 45, Whitcomb Street, Pall Mall East, in the
5 County of Middlesex,, Boot and Shoc Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METALLIC HEEL
FOR BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
I construct what I term a metallic heel for boots and shoes for

page_text: The heel is constructed of a thin piece of metal blocked or cast in
moulds to suit the different forms necessary for boots and shoes. These
heels can be covered with leather, gutta percha, india-rubber, papier
mâche, varnish, or can be used quite plain, and can be attached to boots
or shoes by screws or nails at the sides and back of the heel. They can
be fastened in at the bottom by the screws and nails, or can be sewn on
with hemp or wire by holes being made in the plate attached to the
bottom of the heels.
I propose also to make a plate with bosses to be sewn on or fastened
by screws or nails to the boots and shoes when the leather is not
sufficiently strong to hold the screws or nails.
The hollow case can be filled up if necessary with gutta percha,
vulcanized rubber, wood, leather, papier mâche, or any other substance.
I propose to perforate the metal case when necessary that the papier
mâché, india-rubber, gutta percha, vulcanized rubber, or whatever
substance is used may be pressed in the case, which is placed in a mould
sufficiently large enough to allow the substance to issue through the
holes and thus form a thick layer outside the case. This heel can be
screwed on from the top piece to a plate fastened inside or out as the
construction of the boot or shoe may require.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Dove in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th September 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
DOVE, of 45, Whitcombe Street, Pall Mall East, in the County of
Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Dove, Her special licence that I,
the said James Dove, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Dove, my exccutors; administrators, and

page_text: 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED METALLIC HEEL FOR BOOTS
AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Dove, my executors or administrators, 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 be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Dove, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
I construct what I term a metallic heel for boots and shoes for
economising the labour in the manufacture.
This heel is constructed of a thin piece of metal blocked or cast in
moulds to suit the different forms necessary for boots and shoes. These
heels can be covered with leather, gutta percha, india-rubber, papier
mâché, varnish, or can be used quite plain. This heel can be attached
to boots and shoes by screws or nails at the sides and back of the heel.
They can be fastened in at the bottom by the screws or nails, or can be
sewn on with hemp or wire by holes being made in the plate attached
to the bottom of the heels.
I propose also to make a plate with bosses to be sewn on or fastened.
by screws or nails to the boots and shoes when the leather is not
sufficiently strong to hold the screws or nails.
The hollow case can be filled up if necessary with gutta percha,
vulcanised rubber, wood, leather, papier mâché, or any other substance.
I propose to perforate the metal case when necessary that the papier
mâché, india-rubber, gutta percha, vulcanized rubber, or whatever.
substance is used may be pressed in the case, which is placed in a
mould sufficiently large to allow the substance to issue through the
holes and thus form a thick layer outside the case. This heel can be

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screwed on from the top piece to a plate fastened inside or out, when
the leather is not sufficiently strong to hold the screws or nails as the
construction of the boot or shoe may require.
And in order that this Invention may be readily understood reference
is made to accompanying Drawings.
Fig. 1 shows the hollow metallic heel with holes prepared for screw-
ing on to the boot either into the leather sole or into the thin metal
plate shown at Fig. 2; Fig. 3 is a side or edge view of the plate, Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 shows the hollow metallic heel same as Fig. 1, but having small
holes prepared for sewing on to the leather sole or on to the plate,
Fig. 5, as required; Fig. 6 is the side or edge view of Fig. 5.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
of carrying the same into effect, now what I claim and desire to be
secured to me by Letters Patent is, the said Invention for "A New or
Improved Metallic Heel for Boots and Shoes," substantially as herein
described and as shewn on the accompanying Drawings, or any mere
modification thereof...
In witness whereof, I, the said James Dove, have hereunto set'
my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of September, in the year. of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.