Year: 1896

page_text: We, LA COMPAGNIE ANONYME FRANCAISE DU CELLULOID of 11, Rue Bailly,
Paris, France; and JOSEPH PARTY of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France,
Bootmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the employment of celluloid in making the heels
stiffeners, and soles of boots and shoes.
According to this Invention the heel is formed of a block of celluloid of any
desired thickness and of the usual external form and is concaved on its upper
side to receive the inwardly turned edges of the golosh heel stiffener, and lining,
while the front portion is recessed or countersunk to receive the rear end of the
sole. The heel thus formed in a single piece is attached by nails driven through
it around the edge, these nails or some of them being clenched on the inside after
passing through the stiffoner lining and insole. In some cases a top piece or
thickness of leather may be applied upon the heel. The stiffening is also made-
of celluloid previously moulded of the desired form so that it may be inserted in
position without any preliminary preparation. In this manner the heel and
stiffening can be applied with the greatest facility and with a considerable saving.
of time.
The sole is made of several superposed thicknesses of leather as usual and we
interpose a thickness of celluloid between the inner and outer soles and secure it.
by means of the nails, screws, or sewing by which the sole is secured to the upper
without the interposition of this new element in the sole involving extra labour
in the manufacture.
A boot or shoe thus provided with a heel, stiffener; and intermediate sole of
celluloid is much better capable of resisting the penetration and destructive
influences of moisture, as the celluloid is at once impervious to damp, and not
acted on by water or other matter to which it is exposed. The wear of the heel,
which is so rapid when made of leather, is much less in the case of celluloid which
does not give rise to the gradual and rapid peeling off of the several lifts as in the
case of leather heels which imparts such an unsightly appearance to the boot or
shoe before it is worn out.
The celluloid heel may be coloured throughout either black, white, yellow, or
other shade to match that of the boot or shoe, which colour is permanently retained
without the aid of blacking or other preparations employed for leather. The
celluloid heel; stiffener, and intermediate sole also serve to maintain the boot or
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page_text: shoe in shape and prevent the rapid deformation to which they are liable when
made of leather.
Dated this 28th day of December 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
Improvements in the Heels, Stiffeners, and Soles of Boots and Shoes
We, LA COMPAGNIE ANONYME FRANCAISE DU CELLULOID of 11, Rue Bailly,
Paris, France; and JOSEPH PARTY of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France
Bootmaker, 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 employment of celluloid in making the heels,
stiffeners, and soles of boots and shoes.
The Invention is. illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1
represents a longitudinal section of the hind portion of a shoe having the improve-
ments applied Figure 2 is a cross-section of the same. Figures 3 and 4 shew
upper and underside plans of the heel.
According to this Invention the heel is formed of a block A of celluloid of any
desired thickness and of the usual external form and is, concaved on its upper side
to receive the inwardly turned edges of the golosh B, heel stiffener C, and lining D
while the front portion is recessed or countersunk at e to receive the rear end of
the sole E: The heel A thus formed in a single piece is attached by nails driven
through it around the edge, these nails or some of them being clenched on the
inside after passing through the stiffener, lining, and insole. In some cases a
top piece or thickness of leather F may be applied upon the heel A, as shewn in
dotted lines in Figure 1. The stiffening C is also made of celluloid previously
moulded of the desired form so that it may be inserted in position without any
preliminary preparation and secured by means of the same nails as are used for
fixing the heel. In this manner the heel and stiffening can be applied with the
greatest facility and with a considerable saving of time.
The sole is made of several superposed thicknesses of leather as usual and we
interpose a thickness of celluloid G between the inner and outer soles and secure
it by means of the nails, screws, or sewing by which the sole is secured to the upper
without the interposition of this new element in the sole involving extra labour
in the manufacture.
A boot or shoe thus provided with a heel, stiffener, and intermediate sole of
celluloid is much better capable of resisting the penetration and destructive
influences of moisture, as the celluloid is at once impervious to damp, and not
acted on by water or other matter to which it is exposed. The wear of the heel
which is so rapid when it is made of leather, is much less in the case of celluloid
which does not give rise to the gradual and rapid peeling off of the several' lifts
as in the case of leather heels which imparts such an unsightly appearance to
the boot or shoe before it is worn out.
The celluloid heel may be coloured throughout either black, while, yellow, or
other shade to match that of the boot or shoe, which colour is permanently retained
without the aid of blacking or other preparations employed for leather. The
celluloid heel, stiffener, and intermediate sole also serve to maintain the boot or shoe
in shape and prevent the rapid deformation to which they are liable when made of
leather.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we olaim is:-
The manufacture of a boot or shoe with a heel, stiffener, and intermediate sole,
of celluloid as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 17th day of September 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.