Improvements in Trees for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Trees for Boots and Shoes.
I, GUSTAV PABST, of 31 Catharinenstrasse, Hamburg, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in trees for boots and shoes.
According to my invention I form the tree of a toe-piece and a heel-piece, to
the first of which is hinged an ordinary sole piece adapted to be moved by a
screwed rod passing through and working in a nut in the toe-piece. The heel
piece is hinged to the toe-piece near the top and is rotated about its hinge
preferably by means of a screwed spindle which passes through a screw threaded
hole in a metal plate attached to the heel piece and the inner end of which is
provided with a head adapted to work in a slot in a metal plate attached to the
toe-piece so that after the tree has been introduced into the boot or shoe the lower
end of the heel-piece can be caused to recede from the toe-piece to the extent
desired by rotating the said screwed spindle or by other suitable means thereby
stretching the toe and instep portions of the boot simultaneously.
The simultaneous stretching of the boot or shoe in two directions is effected by
my improved tree without the stretching of the toe portion of the boot or shoe in
any way disadvantageously influencing the stretching of the part of the boot or
shoe above the instep which takes place in the proper manner, that is to say,
diminishing in intensity towards the top of the boot or shoe.
Dated this.18th day of June 1895
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in Trees for Boots and shoes.
I, GUSTAV PABST, of 31, Catharinenstrasse, Hamburg, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, 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 improvements in trees for boots and shoes.
According to my invention I form the tree of a toe-piece and a heel-piece, to
the first of which is hinged an ordinary sole piece adapted to be moved by a
screwed rod passing through and working in a nut in the toe-piece for stretching
the instep portion of the boot or shoe. The heel-piece is hinged to the toe-piece
near the top and is rotated about its hinge preferably by means of a screwed spindle
which passes through a screw-threaded hole in a metal plate attached to the heel
piece and the inner end of which is loosely connected with a slotted metal plate
attached to the toe-piece by means of a head and a shoulder on the rod so that
after the tree bas been introduced into the boot or shoe the lower end of the heel-
piece can be caused to recede from the toe-piece to the extent desired by rotating
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page_text: the said screwed spindle or by other suitable means thereby stretching the toe and
instep portions of the boot simultaneously.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boot tree with my improvements applied
thereto :
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a view showing the manner in which the boot tree is inserted into or
removed from the boot; and,
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a similar boot tree without the sole-piece.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar or corresponding parts throughout
the drawings.
a is the toe-piece, b the heel-piece and c the sole-piece of the tree. The sole-
piece c is hinged to the toe-piece at d. e is the screwed rod passing through the
toe-piece and through the nut f in the same, the lower end of the said rod e being
loosely connected to a slotted plate g' in the sole-piece c by a bead and a shoulder
formed by the end of the screw thread so that by turning the rod e by means of
the handle the sole-piece is caused to recede from the toe-piece.
g
The heel-piece bis hinged to the toe-piece near the top at i, as shewn clearly in
Figures 1 and 3. j, k are the metal plates attached to the toe and heel pieces
respectively and is the screwed spindle which passes through the two metal
plates k, j. The screwed spindle passes through a screw-threaded hole in the
plate k and also through a slot in the plate j in which it is held by the head m and
a shoulder formed by the end of the screw-thread so that when the said spindle is
rotated the heel-piece c is caused to turn on its hinge i.
When it is desired to introduce the tree into a boot or to remove it therefrom
the rods e and I are turned so as to bring the toe, heel and soie pieces respectively
into the position shewn in Figure 4. When the tree is in the boot the said rods e
and are turned in the opposite direction so as to cause the sole piece to recede
from the toe-piece and so as to bring the heel-piece into about the position shewn
in Figure 1.
The boot tree shewn in Figure 5 is the same as that above described except
that the sole-piece is here dispensed with.
The simultaneous stretching of the boot or shoe in two directions is effected by
my improved tree without the stretching of the toe portion of the boot or shoe in
any way disadvantageously influencing the stretching of the part of the boot or
shoe above the instep which takes place in the proper manner, that is to say,
diminishing in intensity towards the top of the boot or shoe.
.
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 :-
1. A tree for boots and shoes wherein the heel-piece is hinged to the toe-piece
near the top and is adapted to be rotated by means of a screwed rod which works
in plates attached to the toe and heel pieces respectively, substantially as, and for
the purpose, herein before described.
2. The combination with a tree for boots and shoes of the kind described, of a
sole-piece hinged to the toe-piece and adapted to be operated by means of a screwed
rod which passes through the toc-piece, substantially as described.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved boot trees herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 and 5 respectively of the drawings.
Dated the 20th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant..