Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Oct., 1888
WALTER EDWARD BRITTEN of No. 131 St. Edmunds Road Northampton Shoe
Rivetter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
--
Hitherto in the manufacture of Boots and Shoes the Manufacturer has used leather
for the waist part of the hoot or shoe, which is known as shanking. But Boots and
Shoes so made frequently give way at the waist by breaking from the rivets or, the
stitching, when pressure is put on the same.
Now by my invention it is almost impossible to give way, whether the Boots and
Shoes be hand sewn or rivetted.
In carrying out my invention I cause to be cut a piece of cane or whalebone ; or
material of a like nature in proper shapes to fit the waist of the Boot or Shoe (as
shewn in figure 1). The pieces are then saturated with water to make them more
pliable to work. In the next place the Boot or Shoe, if to be hand sewn the welt
must first be sewn in the regular way; if to be rivetted or machine sewn the middle sole
is put on and lasted.
The Cane or Whalebone waist or shank (as shown in figure 1.) having been
prepared and shaped is then inserted in the waist of the Boot or Shoe, between the
heel and forepart; the heel and sole is then placed on, in the usual way and the boot or
Shoe is then completed (as shown in figure 2).
The advantages of my invention are as follows:-
(1) Cane or Whalebone or material of a like nature is cheaper, more pliable,
stronger and lighter than leather in the waisting or shanking of Boots and
Shoes.
(2) It meets a pressing want in the Boot and Shoe manufacturing business owing
to the adoption; by nearly all Manufacturers of Machinery.
(3) There is no waste of leather.

page_text: (4) The boots and shoes manufactured by my process are stronger, more durable,
and have more elasticity; and it is almost impossible for them to break away either
when stitched by hand, machine, or rivetted. At the same time there is a great
saving in the manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
WALTER EDWARD BRITTEN of No. 131 Saint Edmunds Road Northampton Shoe
Rivetter, 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:-
Hitherto in the manufacture of Boots and Shoes the Manufacturer has used Leather
for the waist part of the Boot or Shoe which is known as Shanking. But Boots and
Shoes so made frequently give way at the waist by breaking from the rivets or the
stitching when pressure is put on the same.
Now by my invention it is almost impossible to give way whether the Boots or Shoes
be hand sewn or rivetted.
In carrying out my invention I cause to be cut a piece of cane, whalebone or
material of a like nature in proper shapes to fit the waist of the Boots or Shoes (as
shewn in figure 1 in the drawings lodged with the Provisional Specifications). The
pieces are then saturated with water to make them more pliable to work.
In the next place the Boot or Shoe if to be hand sewn, the welt must first be sewn
in the regular way.
If to be rivetted or machine sewn the in-sole is put on and lasted. The cane or
whalebone waist or shank (as shown in figure 1 in the drawings lodged with the
provisional specifications) having been prepared and shaped is then inserted in the
waist of the Boot or Shoe between the heel and forepart, the sole is then placed on in
the usual way and the Boot or Shoe is then completed (as shewn in figure 2 in the
drawings lodged with the Provisional Specifications).
The advantages of my invention are as follows :-
1 Cane or whalebone or material of a like nature is cheaper, more pliable,
stronger and lighter than Leather in the waisting or shanking of Boots and
Shoes

page_text: 2 It meets a pressing want in the Boot and Shoe manufacturing business owing to
the adoption by nearly all manufacturers of machinery.
3 There is no waste of Leather.
4 The Boots and Shoes manufactured by my process are stronger, more durable and
have more elasticity and it is almost impossible for them to break away either when
stitched by hand, machine or rivitted.
At the same time there is a great saving in the manufacture of Boots and
Shoes.
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
The improvements in the manufacture of Boots and Shoes which consists in the use
of cane, whalebone or material of a like nature, so cut and shaped, and to be used in
the waists of Boots and Shoes and substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.