Improvements in and relating to Machine Welted Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machine Welted Boots and Shoes.
JOHN JAMES HARTOPP, Rutland Street, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer, and
HARRY CHARLES BEEBY, Rutland Street, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To render boots & shoes made on machine welted systems damp and wet
resisting
The object of this invention is to cover up & effectually close the stitch holes
caused by the machine welter in joining the upper & inner sole to the welt; to
render the welting waterproofed & thus to prevent wet reaching the innersole
& to make the boot and shoe impervious to damp.
To do this we take two layers of specially prepared canvas or other fabric in
the centre of & between which we insert a thin layer of cork & join together with
an india rubber solution.
After carefully preparing our welting with a water resisting substance we affix
our canvas & cork to the innersole and welt, with a coating of india rubber
solution, thus completely covering the joining of the welt, upper & innersole the
canvas sealing up the stitches & the cork filling the cavity between the welting
& the innersole.
The outer sole is then covered with a coating of india rubber solution on the
inside & made to adhere to the canvas thus obviating the use of & enabling us
to dispense with the customary wood pegs which are often a means of intro-
ducing damp.
The outer sole is then sewn in the usual way to the welt & the boot & shoe is
rendered free from wet or damp the cork retaining the natural warmth of the foot.
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JOHN JAMES HARTOPP,
HARRY CHARLES BEEBY.
We, JOHN JAMES HARTOPP and HARRY CHARLES BEEBY, of 19c, Rutland Street,
Leicester, 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:-
The object of our invention is to render boots and shoes made on machine welted
systems damp or wet resisting, by covering and effectually closing up the stitch
holes made by the machine welter in joining the upper and inner sole to the

page_text: welt, to render the welting waterproof and thus to prevent wet or damp passing
through these stitch holes and reaching the innersole and we also prevent wet or
damp reaching the inner sole by passing through the outer sole.
We will describe our invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a transverse section through the fore part of a boot or shoe with
our improvements applied thereto and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a waterproof
insertion for filling the space in the inner sole.
In carrying our invention into effect we take two layers ab of canvas or other
fabric specially prepared with waterproofing material such for instance as india
rubber solution and we insert between such layers a thin layer c of cork and join
the several layers together with india rubber solution or otherwise; the layer c
of cork is made to the shape and dimensions of the space or recess in the inner
sole d, the layer of canvas or other fabric extends to the full width of the sole e
whilst the layer b may extend as shown only a short distance beyond the cork
layer c.
After carefully preparing the welt f with a water resisting substance such as
paraffin wax we affix the combined cork and canvas to the inner sole d and welt f
with a solution of indiarubber completely covering the joining of welt and inner
sole, the prepared canvas a sealing up the stitches and the cork filling the cavity
formed between the inner and outer soles.
The outer sole e is then covered with a further solution of india rubber and made
to adhere-to-the-canvas ab to fix the same while being sewn thus enabling us to
dispense with the customary wood pegs employed for this-purpose and which are
often a means of introducing damp.
The outer sole e is then sewn to the welt in the usual way and the boot or shoe
is thus rendered quite impervious to wet or damp.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the-nature-of-our_said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The method of rendering-machine-welted_boots_and_shoes damp or wet
resisting by waterproofing the welt covering and effectually closing up, by means
of a waterproof material extending entirely across the sole, the stitch holes made
by the machine welter in joining the upper and inner sole to the welt and the
insertion of a layer of cork enclosed between layers of waterproof material in
the space or recess between the inner and outer soles and surrounded by the_welt,
substantially as herein set forth.
2. The method of rendering machine welted boots and shoes damp or wet
resisting by waterproofing the welt, the insertion of a waterproof cork filling
between the inner and outer soles and covering the machine welting stitch holes
with a layer of waterproofed canvas or the like substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 6th day of May 1899
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.