IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CLoss
Year: 1846

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
LAMB, of Canal Row, Kingsland Road, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of
September, One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, in the tenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Lamb, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said James Lamb, my exors,
admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Lamb, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others; from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend; within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CLoss; " in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
that I, the said James Lamb, shall cause a particular description of the nature
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in-
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at largo
of
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Lamb, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists of improvements in clogs, and in order that the same
may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to
describe the Drawings hereunto annexed in the various Figures, of which the
same letters of reference indicate the same parts.
Figure 1 shows a side view of a clog constructed according to my Inven-
tion; Figure 2 is a plan thereof, and the improvements apply to that class of
clogs where only the fore part of the foot is covered by the clog, the under
part of the heel of the boot or shoe not being covered by the clog. a, a, is the
fore part of the clog, which is similar to what has before been made; bis a
strap of leather or other material which passes behind the heel of the wearer,
and this strap is connected to the clog by means of springs c, c, which are of
coiled wire enclosed in a leather case, as is well understood, but in place
of wire springs india-rubber may be used, preferring for such purposes what is
called vulcanized india-rubber. By this arrangement of parts the fore part
of the clog will be constantly drawn on to the foot by the springs c, c, and
the back strap b is kept from rising too high by the strap d, which passes
under the foot. The clog is fastened to the feet by means of straps e, f, and g.
The straps e, e, are affixed to the fore part of the clog, and the straps faro
affixed to the back strap b, and the strap 9 passes over the foot through the
ring g', and then to the buckle h. The peculiar novelty of this arrangement
is the mode of combining the parts a, b, c, d, and fastening the clog on tho
foot by suitable straps or fastenings as described.
Figure 3 shows a side view, and Figure 4 a plan of another arrangement of
clog according to my Invention, which differs from the preceding clog, inasmuch
as the springs c, c, are not used, and the back strap 6, which in this arrange-
ment I prefer to be of metal, is hinged to the fore part of the clog as is shown,.
and the strap d which passes under the foot in this clog I prefer to be of metal.
The straps e, f, g, for fastening this clog on to the foot are similar to those
shown to the previously described clog. The peculiar novelty of this arrange-
ment is the combination of the parts a, b, d, with suitable straps for fastening
the clog to the foot, as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Lamb, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of March, in the year of our.
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
JAMES (1.s.) LAMB.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Nineteenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid James Lamb came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.