IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MODE OF APPLYING AND ATTACHING THE SAME THERETO
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brewster, of Hunslet, near Leeds, in the County
of York, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE MODE OF APPLYING AND
ATTACHING THE SAME THERETO."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brewster at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1881.
WILLIAM BREWSTER, of Hunslet, near Leeds, in the County of York..
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND
IN THE MODE OF APPLYING AND ATTACHING THE SAME THERETO."
My improvements relate to the construction of the heels and in the mode of
applying and attaching the same to boots and shoes.
I construct the heel by preference of metal, though not necessarily so; this
consists of a shell formed to suit any desired pattern of heel. Within this shell I
provide a cross-piece or web, which serves to strengthen the shell. I attach this
heel to the insole by means of a flat headed bolt or stud, which passes through the
centre of the cross piece or web into a wearing plate, which serves as a nut for the
bolt and also as an ordinary heel plate.
This plate is so projected within the heel that sufficient metal for the nut remains
after the heel plate proper has been worn out.
The heel plate may be prevented from twisting out of position after being firmly
screwed on by means of "steady pins," screws, or their equivalents, and the
interior or hollow part of the heel may be filled with cement or other suitable
material;

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Brewster in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th
September 1881.
WILLIAM BREWSTER, of Hunslet, near Leeds, in the County of York.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, AND
IN THE MODE OF APPLYING AND ATTACHING THE SAME THERETO."
My improvements relate to the construction of the heels and in the mode of
applying and attaching the same to boots and shoes.
I construct the heel by preference of metal, though not necessarily so; this
consists of a shell formed to suit any desired pattern of heel. Within this shell I
provide a cross piece or web, which serves to strengthen the shell. I attach this
heel to the in sole by means of a flat headed bolt or stud, which passes through the
centre of the cross piece or web into a wearing plate, which serves as a nut for the
bolt and also an ordinary heel plate. This plate is so projected within the
heel that sufficient metal for the nut remains after the heel proper has been
worn out.
The heel plate may be prevented from twisting out of position after being firmly
screwed on by means of "steady pins," screws, or their equivalents, and the
interior or hollow part of the heel may be filled with cement or other suitable
material.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood, reference
is given to the accompanying Drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. a vertical section of part of a boot or shoe
'with heel applied thereto in accordance with my improvements; Fig. 3, a plan of
shell looking on the underside; Fig. 4, a plan of wearing plate; Figs. 5 and 6 are
plan and vertical section of a modification of the same; Figs. 7 and 8 are respec-
tively plan and vertical section of further modifications in the arrangement,
construction, and application of the heel and wearing plate.
This
a is the heel, which consists of a shell of any desired pattern; b, b, are the cross
or strengthening pieces provided therein; c, the flat headed bolt or stud which passes
through the centre of the cross piece or web b and insole d of the boot or shoe,
being screwed into the wearing plate e, which serves as a nut at f
plate e is so projected within the heel at g that sufficient metal for the nut
remains after the heel plate proper has been worn out.
The heel plate e
may be prevented from twisting out of position after being firmly screwed on by
means of steady pins or screws applied at h, or when preferred any required number
of steady pins or screws may be employed, as shewn at Fig. 5, and the heads
thereof may be used as wearing surfaces. The holes in the steady pins or screws are
provided so that a suitable instrument may be inserted for the purpose of with-
drawing or inserting these steady pins or screws.
In Figs. 7 and 8 i is the shell, j, j, the cross or strengthening. pieces, and k the
screw or stud for fastening the same to the boot or shoe. In this arrangement the
wearing piece or plate is made of a circular form; and in order to allow this to be
turned round at pleasure without releasing the heel I insert or apply the loose
conical nut m instead of the fixed nut e, Fig. 2.
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Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and particularized the
same by details which answer well in practice, I would have it understood that I
do not confine myself to the exact details set forth, but what I claim is,―
The arrangement, construction, and application of heels and wearing of heel

page_text: plates, in combination with the means for attaching, securing, and fixing the same
to boots and shoes, and mere modifications of the same, substantially as herein
Bet forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brewster, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness to the signature of
the said William Brewster,
J. W. HARDING,
Engineer and Patent Agent,
2, East Parade,
Leeds.
WILLIAM BREWSTER. (L.S.)