Improvements in Boot, Shoe and Clog Protectors.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of "Application, 17th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1899
Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1899
Improvements in Boot, Shoe and Clog Protectors.
We, RALPH RAWLING MADDISON and DAVID RYDER SNOWDEN, trading together
as The Everlasting Boot Sole Company, of 17, Market Street, Barnsley, in the
County of York, Boot Sole Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide the soles and heels of boots, shoes
and clogs with protectors which can be securely fastened thereto, and the wearing
surfaces of which may readily be renewed when desired, without injury to the
structure on which they are worn.
In one form of our invention a wearing surface, preferably cast in malleable iron,
is provided with one or more plugs, the sides of which may be either parallel,
or somewhat pear shaped, and may have a groove or furrow running lengthways.
These plugs are thus adapted for being pushed into apertures, which may or
may not be inclined, in an india-rubber, or like block, or stud, which latter is
secured detachably or otherwise, in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole of the boot,
shoe or clog. These wearing surfaces can be readily be forced home into position, or
removed therefrom, by fingers and thumbs, but preferably with the aid of a pair
of pincers.
In another form the wearing surfaces are provided with one or more plugs, the
sides of which may be either parallel or somewhat pear shaped, and may have a
groove or furrow running lengthways, these are smeared with suitable cement or
adhesive material while hot, and while yet warm the plug or plugs is or are
forced into apertures made to receive them in india-rubber or like blocks or studs,
secured, detachably or otherwise, in cavities in the sole or heel of the boot, shoe or
clog. These wearing surfaces can readily be removed by the aid of heat, as through
the application of a hot fire poker to their outer surfaces.
In yet another form the wearing surfaces are secured by one or more bolts and
nuts, the bolt heads being fitted in recesses provided to protect them from wear in
use. They are thus secured to a base plate carrying parallel, or pear shaped, plugs,
which may have grooves or furrows running lengthways, and which as in the
forms already described, fit into recesses provided for them in india-rubber or
like blocks secured in cavities in the sole or heel of the boot, shoe or clog. The
base may be of lighter material than the part that is worn, as for instance of a light
metallic alloy. In this form it is desirable to add a layer of cement, or otherwise
to form a bed, or washer, between the two surfaces that are bolted together, so as
to prevent creaking or jarring.
The top lift, or outer sole, or portions thereof, having the cavities to receive the
rubber or like blocks, or studs, may be made of one or more thicknesses of leather,
or of a light metallic alloy, as of aluminium for example. We also propose to secure
the plugs of the protectors in leather, or wood, without the interposition of any other
material excepting cement; in which case the thickness of the plugs of the relays of
protectors would be graded, so as to provide for the shrinking of the leather. And

page_text: we provide one or more slight projections at the edge of the protector, which may
or may not extend along the whole of the periphery of the reverse side of the
wearable surface. They are intended to give these protectors stability by bedding
in the sole or heel.
We sometimes make the plugs of our protectors hollow, or with a hole through
them, and we may or may not use a holding pin to fit the hole.
Dated this 17th day of February 1898
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Boot, Shoe and Clog Protectors.
We, RALPH RAWLING MADDISON and DAVID RYDER SNOWDEN, trading together
as The Everlasting Boot Sole Company, of 17, Market Street, Barnsley, in the
County of York, Boot Sole Manufacturers, 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 this invention is to provide the soles and heels of boots shoes
and clogs with protectors which can be securely fastened thereto, and the wearing
surfaces of which may readily be renewed when desired, without injury to the
structure on which they are worn.
In one form of our invention a wearing surface, preferably cast in malleable iron
is provided with one or more plugs, the sides of which may be either parallel
or somewhat pear shaped, and may have a groove or furrow running lengthways.
These plugs are thus adapted for being pushed into apertures, which may or
may not be inclined, in an india rubber or like block, or stud, which latter is
secured detachably or otherwise, in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole of the boot
shoe or clog. These wearing surfaces can readily be forced home into position, or
removed therefrom, by fingers and thumbs, but preferably with the aid of a pair
of pincers. They are equally applicable to the inventions described in Patent
Specification No. 11978 of 1887 and in Specification No. 4409 of 1891 as they are
in the manner that is herein described.
In another form the wearing surfaces are provided with one or more plugs, the
sides of which may be either parallel or somewhat pear-shaped, and may have a
groove or furrow running lengthways, these are smeared with suitable cement or
adhesive material while hot, and while yet warm the plug or plugs is or are
forced into apertures made to receive them in india rubber or like blocks or studs,
secured, detachably or otherwise, in cavities in the sole or heel of the boot shoe or
clog. These wearing surfaces can readily be removed by the aid of heat, as through
the application of a hot fire poker to their outer surfaces.
In yet another form the wearing surfaces are secured by one or more bolts and
nuts, the bolt heads being fitted in recesses provided to protect them from wear in
use. They are thus secured to a base plate carrying parallel, or pear-shaped plugs,
which may have grooves or furrows running lengthways, and which, as in the
forms already described, fit into recesses provided for them in india-rubber or
like blocks secured in cavities in the sole or heel of the boot, shoe or clog. The
base may be of lighter material than the part that is worn, as for instance of a light
metallic alloy. In this form it is desirable to add a layer of cement, or otherwise
to form a bed, or washer, between the two surfaces that are bolted together, so as
to prevent creaking or jarring.
The top lift, or outer sole, or portions thereof, having the cavities to receive the

page_text: rubber or like blocks, or studs, may be made of one or more thicknesses of leather,
or of a light metallic alloy, as of aluminium for example or we may make it
of vulcanite. We also secure the plugs of the protectors in leather, or wood,
without the interposition of any other material excepting cement, in which case the
thickness of the plugs of the relays of protectors may be graded, so as to provide
for the shrinking of the leather.
And we provide one or more slight projections at the edge of the protector, which
may or may not extend along the whole of the periphery of the reverse side of the
wearable surface. They are intended to give these protectors stability by bedding
in the sole or heel. We sometimes make the plugs of our protectors hollow, or
with a hole through them, and we use a holding pin to fit the hole, or we reverse
this arrangement by making the holding pin hollow and providing the wearing
surface with a shank to fit the hollow.
In order that our invention and the manner of carrying it into practical effect
may be fully understood we will now describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings, which illustrate examples of its application, and in which
the same letters of reference are used to denote the same or corresponding parts
wherever they occur.
Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a cross section of same fitted in position,
of a somewhat crescent shaped wearing surface A preferably cast in malleable iron
provided with two plugs 13 the sides of which are parallel and which are adapted
for being pushed into apertures C in an india-rubber, or dermatine, or like block
or stud C secured in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole D, so as to be held in
position by the tension of the india-rubber, dermatine or the like upon them.
These apertures C¹ may be vertically arranged or they may be inclined as at
Fig. 2.
Figures 2 and 3, show sections of blocks or plugs C having slightly modified
forms of protectors A and A¹ and provided with a rivet like or other suitable
support for the purpose of transferring the weight of the wearer as it is
received on the crescent like wearing surface A, through the top lift, on to the heel
lifts that bear it, thus relieving that part of the top lift in which the said
support a is situated from the heavy strain that would otherwise come upon it.
Figure 4 shews a plan and sectional elevation of two wearing surfaces A and A¹
the former being of a crescent shape like that shown in Figure 1, while the
latter is of a somewhat kidney shape. These protectors are fitted so that the
wearing surfaces A and A¹ are in juxtaposition in a rubber or dermatine or like
block or stud C. In this form two of the apertures C in the india rubber or
dermatine, or like block or stud C are more inclined and much shorter than in
Fig. 2 and two are vertical and the plugs B in the protectors are made to correspond
and have knobs or somewhat pear-shaped swellings B preferably at their ends
as shown. These knobs B₁ may protrude slightly from the india rubber, and
in that case we allow them to form a bed for themselves on the lift on which
they rest. The india rubber stúds C in either case are secured detachably or
otherwise in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole of the boot or shoe or clog. As a
modification, the top lift D may be made in one thickness (instead of two, as
shown) in which case the india rubber or dermatine stud C might be held in a
metallic socket placed in the top lift.
India rubber solution may be used and it is desirable to use it (or other slippery
but not injurious substance) as a lubricant, while forcing the holding plugs B
of the above described wearing surfaces A and A¹ into position for use.
Figure 5 shows vertical section and plan of a further modification in which
the wearing surface A is provided with two plugs B the sides of which are
parallel. These plugs B are forced into apertures in the blocks or studs C as
before described, and the said plugs and all the under part of the wearing surface
from which they project and which is in contact with the block or stud C and with
the top lift on which rests, is smeared while hot with some such cement as that

page_text: known as Chatterton's, manufactured by The India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and
Telegraph Works Company Limited, of Silvertown, Essex.
Figure 6 is a vertical section of a somewhat similar arrangement to the preceding
excepting that in this case the holding plugs B form part of a base plate A
to which the wearing surface A is fastened by a bolt and nut a¹. This wearing
surface A is preferably cast in malleable iron, but the base plate A2 may be made
of lighter and more expensive material as for example of a light metallic alloy.
It is desirable to place a bed, or washer, or layer of cement between the wearing
surface A and the base on which it is held also between that part of the wearing
surface in which the head of the holding bolt rests, and the bolt head itself.
Figure 7 illustrates in plan and in two part sections how we secure the holding
plugs B of the wearing surfaces A direct in a leather or wooden top lift, outer sole
or portion thereof D without the interposition of any other material than cement.
In this case each plug B on a protector that replaces one worn out or broken
may (when there is need) be of greater thickness than its predecessor so as to
compensate for the shrinking of the leather or wood, and consequent enlargement
of the hole, recess or tube in which the plug is fitted. We may provide
a stud
or block such as C2 of some suitable resilient material in connection with this
arrangement in such a position as to hold the retaining plug B in position
without the aid of cement.
Figures 8 and 9 show modifications of our invention in which the plugs B
secured to the wearing surfaces A are made hollow or with a hole B2 through them,
and a holding pin a³ (Fig. 8) to fit the hole B2 is provided for retaining the
protectors in position. In this case the rivet like pin a³ or pin with a screwed
shank 63 and the hollow B2 of the plug B that carries the wearing surface A are,
while hot, smeared with Jeffery's Patent Marine Glue or like cement, and while
hot or after the holding pins and the hollow 132 of the plug B that carries it have
been smeared and the plug has been reheated and the two put together as shown
at E in Fig. 9, they then for practical purposes, form a firmly fixed but nevertheless
easily replaceable wearing surface or protector. It is only necessary to warm
the outer part by the application of a hot fire poker or like instrument in order to
be able to readily sever the connection of the one from the other.
The use of the pins with screwed shanks 63 is more particularly advantageous
when the arrangement is used with clogs. The projections 64 (Fig. 8) are formed
on the edges of the protectors and may or may not be extended along the
whole of the periphery of the reverse side of the wearing surface A and are
intended to give the protectors stability by bedding in the sole or heel to which
they are attached.
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. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
one or more knob ended or swelled plugs, held in apertures in a rubber or
like block secured in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole substantially as described.
2. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
one or more plugs inclined at an angle to the wearing face and held by the aid of
suitable cement in apertures in a block secured in a cavity in the top lift or outer
sole substantially as described.
3. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface secured
by one or more bolts and nuts or the like to a base plate having one or more
plugs held in apertures in a rubber or like block secured in a cavity in the top lift
or outer sole substantially as described.
4. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
one or more knob ended or swelled plugs, held in apertures in a leather or wood
block by the aid of a suitable cement, said block being secured in a cavity in the
top lift or outer sole substantially as described.

page_text: 5. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
projections on its reverse side and one or more knob ended or swelled plugs,
held in apertures in a block secured in a cavity in the top lift or outer sole
substantially as described.
6. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
one or more plugs inclined at an angle to the wearing face and held in apertures
in a rubber or like block secured in a cavity in the top lift, and a rivet like
support passing through the top lift beneath the wearing surface substantially
as described.
7. A boot, shoe and clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having
a tubular plug therethrough and projections on its reverse side and held in
a cavity in the top lift or outer sole by means of a rivet like pin or pin with
screwed shank secured to the top lift or outer sole the two parts being
secured together with the aid of suitable cement, substantially as described.
8. A boot, shoe or clog protector composed of a metal wearing surface having a
shank projecting from its reverse side and held in a cavity in the top lift or outer
sole by means of a tubular plug secured to the top lift or outer sole the two parts
being secured together with the aid or a suitable cement substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of December 1898.
1. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicants.