A New or Improved Manufacture of Socks or Pads for the Feet.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Manufacture of Socks or Pads for the Feet.
1, HENRY THOMAS HINES, of Claremont Villa, St. Mary's Terrace,
Paddington, in the County of Middlesex, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved manufacture of socks or pads for the
feet by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
Under my invention I take a sock or pad for the feet (or a constituent part
thereof) and I treat impregnate or apply to the same a suitable antiseptic,
disinfecting, deodorising or detergent agent or material. A. sock or pad so treated
constitutes a useful' article of manufacture.
Having now described the nature of my invention in general terms and so as
to define its scope, I shall proceed to briefly refer by way of a type or illustration
to one manner in which I contemplate carrying my invention into effect.
I take a sock or pad of any convenient kind and soak the same or a part thereof
in a solution of boric and salicylic acids, dry it, and then soak it in a solution of
thymol; after which I dry it again. In some cases I may when desired varnish a
part or parts of the sock or pad after treatment as aforesaid. I find that what is
known as a "cork sock" or "cork sole" is a suitable article to which to apply a
disinfecting, antiseptic, deodorising or detergent agent or material in accordance
with my invention.
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A New or Improved Manufacture of Socks or Pads for the Feet.
I, HENRY THOMAS HINES, of Claremont Villa, St. Mary's Terrace,
Paddington, in the County of Middlesex, Chemist, 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 socks or pads for the feet of any convenient kind, such
for example as a cork or felt sole of the kind usually inserted within a boot when
extra warmth is desired, and treated or impregnated with a suitable antiseptic,
disinfecting, deodorising or detergent agent or material. A sock or pad so treated
constitutes a useful article of manufacture.
In carrying my invention into effect, I take an ordinary cork sole and soak the
felt, flannel or other piled part of the same in a solution of mixed boric and
salicylic acids in water. This solution may conveniently be applied by means of a
brush. I then hang the sole up to dry; after which I apply a solution of thymol
in water, the said solution of thymol being applied in a similar manner and to the
same part. I then hang the sole up to dry again, and at the end of 4 or 5 days

page_text: I place it in a screw press in order to straighten it out, and leave it there for
about 7 days after which it is ready for use."
I sometimes instead of applying the solutions to the absorbent part of the sole
as aforesaid apply it to the material or fabric which constitutes the said absorbent
part before it is cut up into shapes for attachment to. the other parts constituting
the said sole. In this case the solutions are more conveniently applied to the
material by immersion instead of by application by means of a brush. In this
case the use of the press is unnecessary although it is usually advantageous to pass
the lengths of material after immersion and drying, between rolls. for the purpose
of flattening the material out before cutting up into shaped pieces.
In some cases'I varnish a part or parts of the sock or pad after treatment; as
aforesaid: It is sometimes useful to so varnish that surface of the sock which in
use is remote from the foot and which is in contact with the sole of the boot: By
this means the antiseptic material is longer retained in the sock.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
1. A sock or pad for the feet impregnated or otherwise treated in whole or in
part with an antiseptic disinfecting deodorising or detergent agent. and afterwards
varnished.
2. A sock or pad for the feet treated with boric and salicylic acids and with
thymol. and either subsequently varnished cr not, substantially as set forth.
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Dated this 8th day of July 1895,
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.. Inst. E.E.,. M.I. Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent.