Improvements in Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes.
We ADAM REED, residing at 407.Felix Street St. Joseph, Missouri, Chiropodist,
and. GEORGE. JOHN WINTER of Atlantic Building, 928 F Street, N.W
Washington D.C. U.S.A. Commercial Traveller, do hereby 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 :-
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This invention has relation to improvements in shoes, and it has for its prime.
object to produce a shoe to be worn by persons who suffer from corns, bunions,
callous growths, in-growing nails, and other diseases to which the feet are subject,
and it will be found very comfortable and highly beneficial to those persons who
suffer from rheumatism and cold feet by affording perfect freedom of movement of
the joints and a thorough circulation of blood in the feet.
Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description and
claims wheu taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:
Fig. 1. is a perspective, sectional, detail view of a shoe with the last removed
and just before. being turned, and :
Fig. 2, is a cross-sectional view of the shoe complete.
Referring by letter. to. said.drawings: A, indicates the sole; B, the vamp or
upper; C, the vamp lining; D, the tape, and E, the soft felt cushion. The sole A,
is formed of leather of any suitable thickness. This leather sole after being
shaped, is provided on its inner side and around its margin with a ridge or channel a,
and at a suitable distance from this ridge, the material is slitted or undercut as
shown at b, and the lower edge of the vamp B, is then placed in this ridge as shown
at c, after which the vamp lining C, is placed upon the vamp or upper with their
edges together, and turned inside out.
The tape D, is placed upon the lining and within the ridge or channel when the
whole is stitched or sewed to the sole by the stitches d, which take through one
wall of the groove or channel and into the slit or underent. The felt E, which is
composed of lambs wool, is placed upon the inner side of the sole which is the
outer side when placed upon the last, and should cover the entire sole as shown.
The leather F, which may be bleached calf skin or other soft material, covers the
soft felt E, and is secured to the opposite or outer edge of the tape by whip-
stitches e.
In forming the shoe, I first provide the ridge or channel in the margin of the
inner side of the sole A. I then place the sole on the last and draw the upper
over the last and lap the same against the wall of the channel as shown in Fig. 1.
I then place the lining, when a lining is used, against the upper in a similar manner
to which the upper was placed in the channel, and place the tape against the lining,
starting with the same from the heel on one side of the shoe, carrying it around
the toe and back to the heel on the opposite side. I then stitch the tape, lining,
and upper through the channelled portion, and slit or undercut-portion, until such
parts are well united, after which I place the soft felt upon the entire inner side of
the sole, which however is on the outer side when on the last, and I then place the
covering upon the soft felt of lambs' wool and connect its edges with the free edge
of the tape by stitches which are whipped over the edges so as to render the soft
felt, secure and not liable to slip or become loose. The last is then removed and
the shoe turned, heeled, and finished in the usual mauner.
A shoe thus constructed is not intended for heavy wear such as shoes using cork

page_text: inner soles for the purpose of rendering them water-tight, as cork will not give to
the foot nor will it afford a cushion, and I attach importance to the fact that my
shoe is very soft and light and comfortable to the wearer. The lambs' wool felt
will serve as a non-conductor of both heat and cold, which is highly desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
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1. A turned shoe having its sole channelled on its inner marginal edge, the
vamp or upper secured in said channel by stitches and a tape secured to the upper
and channelled edge of the sole and also having the soft felt, or cushion covering
the inner side of the sole and the covering for the felt having its edge secured to
the tape, substantially as specified.
2. The improved turned shoe described, consisting of the leather sole A, having
the marginal ridge or channel on its inner side and also having the slit or undercut
adjacent to the channel or ridge, the upper having its turned edge placed in the
ridge, the vamp lining placed in a similar manner upon the upper, and the tape
also placed in the ridge against the lining, and the whole secured by stitches to
the channelled wall of the sole and through the slitted portion, the felt cushion E,
of lambs' wool covering the sole on the inner side, and the leather F, covering the
felt and secured to one edge of the tape by stitches, substantially as shown and
described..
Dated this 20th day of August 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lanė, London, W.C., Agents.