Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May., 1886
Complete Left, 24th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887
RESERVE
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM ANDREW KNIPE, Shoe Manufacturer, and
GEORGE CLINTON WADLEIGH, last Manufacturer, both of Haverhill, Massa-
chusetts, United States of America.]
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent. Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes and has for its object to
avoid channelling or cutting the sole or any other portion of the boot or shoe which
latter operation results in weakening the parts, and, in other well known defects.
The said invention is particularly applicable to "turned" shoes, and as practised in
that connection, it consists in passing a series of securing loops from a single thread
through the portion of the upper lying on the sole at the point where it is desired
to attach the former to the latter and through a portion of the sole; passing a thread,
or loop, or tuft of a thread through each securing loop above the inner surface of
the sole and taking up or tightening each securing loop thereby drawing the bight
thread, or tuft of thread passed through it, closely against the inner surface of the
sole and firmly into the hole formed for the securing loop; whereby the securing
loops are locked, all channelling or cutting of the sole is avoided, the sole and
upper are effectively and conveniently secured together and the holes made for the
securing loops are entirely closed, while at the same time the flexibility of the sole is
left intact.
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In carrying out this invention, I secure the sole to the last, and pull the upper with
the stiffening therein wrong side out thereover and last it, all in the usual well known
way. I then pass through the upper at the point where it is desired to secure it to
the sole, a series of securing loops from a single thread, each loop passing through
At this point I interlock
portion of the sole to and above its upper inner surface.
or interloop the loops of the securing thread with a thread of single thickness passed
through such loops, or with bights or loops formed in said thread and passed through

page_text: the securing loops, or with simple tufts of a thread or threads drawing up or
tightening each securing loop, thereby drawing the thread, loop or tuft passed through
it firmly into the hole formed for the securing loop, thereby closing such holes, and
attaching the upper to the sole.
When the thread with which the securing thread is interlocked, is continuous the
connecting portions between the loops or locking points is left slack, so that the
flexibility of the sole will not be affected, which is one of the important features of this
invention.
I prefer to lock the loops of the securing thread on the upper inner surface of the
sole with loops or bights formed in the locking thread, though in some instances
I simply pass a single strand of the locking thread through the securing loops. In
some cases I pass a tuft of thread through the securing loops. After the upper is
secured to the sole the portions of the locking thread between the points at which it is
engaged by the securing thread may be cut away so as to leave tufts.
By this method all cutting or channelling of the sole is avoided, and a boot or shoe
produced, in which the natural flexibility of the sole is not interfered with, and the
holes formed by the needle in the between substance are securely closed.
The invention is not limited to turned shoes, but may be applied to welted work, in
which the securing loops are passed through the welt, and upper into the outer surface
of the inner sole, and locked at their inner ends in the manner already described.
A boot or slioc constructed in accordance with this invention differs from a turned
or welted shoe as heretofore made in the following particulars, viz-first the sole to
which the upper is secured is not weakened by channelling secondly the securing
loops when taken up pull the locking threads or bights so closely against the surface
of the sole that the said securing loops cannot "render" or slip through the holes in
the sole, through which they pass, each loop being therefore an independent fastening;
and lastly the flexibility of the sole is not impaired by the locking threads or the
single thread with locking bights, as it is by the ordinary stitching which usually
connects soles and uppers in this class of work.
Dated this 297th day of Nov 1980
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes and has for its object
to avoid channelling or cutting the sole or any other portion of the shoe, which latter
operation results in weakening the parts, and in other well known defects.
The said invention is particularly applicable to "turned" shoes; and, as practised in
that connection, it consists in passing a series of securing-loops from a single thread
through the portion of the upper lying on the sole at the point where it is desired to
attach the former to the latter and through a portion of the sole; passing a thread or
loop or tuft of a thread through each securing-loop above the inner surface of the sole;
and taking up or tightening each securing-loop, thereby drawing the bight, thread, or
tuft of thread passed through it closely against the inner surface of the sole and firinly
into the hole formed for the securing-loop, whereby the securing-loops are locked, all
channelling or cutting of the sole is avoided, the sole and upper effectively and
conveniently secured together, and the holes made for the securing-loops entirely
closed, while at the same time the flexibility of the sole is left intact.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a cross-section of a portion of a
"turn" boot or shoe, showing
the course of the threads therein for uniting the upper to the sole, the shoe being shown
as inside out, or before being turned.
Figure 2 is a detail plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a cross-section through one side or edge of the sole and upper, representing
the shoe as turned, and showing the course of the threads therein when in that position.
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the loops of the securing-thread as
interlocked with a single strand of the locking-thread.
Figure 5 is a like view showing the loops of the securing-thread as interlocked with
tufts of a thread; and
Figure 6 is a view of two loops or stitches of the threads alone, showing the position
they are made to assume in the work.
Figure 7 represents a modification.
In carrying out the invention I secure the sole a to the last, and pull the upper b,
with the stiffening therein, wrong side out thereover and last it, all in the usual well-
known way.
I then pass through the upper, at the point where it is desired to secure
it to the sole, a series of securing-loops c, from a single thread d, each loop passing
through a portion of the sole to and above its upper inner surface, as clearly represented
by dotted lines in Figure 1, where I interlock or interloop the loops of the securing-
thread with a thread e of single thickness passed through such loops, as shown in
Figure 4, or with bights or loops formed in said thread e and passed through the
securing-loops, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 6, or with simple tufts e¹ of a thread or
threads, as represented in Figure 5, drawing up or tightening each securing-loop

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thereby drawing the thread, loop, or tuft passed through it firmly into the hole formed
for the securing-loop and closing such holes and attaching the upper to the sole.
When the thread e, with which the securing-thread d is interlocked, is continuous,
as shown in the drawing, the connecting portions between the loops or locking-points
is left slack, so that the flexibility of the sole will not be affected, which is one of the
important features of the invention. I prefer to lock the loops of the securing-thread
on the upper inner surface of the sole with loops or bights formed in the locking-thread,
as represented in Figures 1, 2, and 6, though in some instances I simply pass a single
strand of the locking-thread through the securing-loops, as shown in Figure 4, and in
some cases I pass a tuft of thread through the securing-loops, as represented in
Figure 5. After the upper is secured to the sole, as represented in Figures 1, 2, and 4,
the portions of the locking-thread between the points at which it is engaged by the
securing-thread may be cut away, so as to leave tufts substantially like those shown in
Figure 5.
By this method all cutting or channelling of the sole is avoided, and a boot or shoe
produced in which the natural flexibility of the sole is not interfered with, and the
holes formed by the needle in the between substance are securely closed.
The invention is not limited to turned shoes but may be applied to welted work, as
shown in Figure 7, in which the securing-loops are shown as passed through the welt w
and upper into the outer surface of the inner sole, and locked at their inner ends in
the manner already described.
A boot or shoe constructed in accordance with this invention differs from a turned
or welted shoe as heretofore made, in the following particulars viz:-First the sole to
which the upper is secured is not weakened by channelling; Secondly, the securing-
loops when taken up, pull the locking threads or bights so closely against the surface
of the sole that the said securing-loops cannot "render" or slip through the holes in
the sole through which they pass, each loop being therefore an independent fastening;
and lastly, the flexibility of the sole is not impaired by the locking-threads, or the
single thread with locking-bights, as it is by the ordinary stitching which usually
connects soles and uppers in this class of work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondents, I declare that what I claim is
First. The improvement in the method of attaching soles to the uppers of boots and
shoes, which consists in passing securing-loops from a single thread through a series
of holes in the upper and in a portion of the sole, said holes extending substantially at
right angles with the edge of the sole passing independent threads or bights from an
independent thread lying on the inner surface of the sole at a distance from the edge
thereof through said securing-loops, and taking up the securing loops thereby drawing
the said independent threads or bights against the inner surface of the sole, locking
said securing-loops, and closing the orifices in the sole through which they pass.
Second. A boot or shoe having the upper secured to the sole by a series of loops
from a single thread passed through a series of holes in the upper and a portion of the
sole, said holes extending substantially at right angles with the edge of the sole, cach
loop being locked at the inner surface of the sole by an independent locking thread
ог loop of thread passed through it and drawn by it against the inner surface of the
sole, the locking thread or threads being slack or disconnected between the securing
loops, so that the flexibility of the sole is unimpaired, as set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.