Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We HERBERT WEED and ARTHUR WEED trading as George Weed and Sons
of St. Michael's Road. in the Town and County of Northampton Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide a cushion seated insole capable of being
used in the manufacture of boots of ordinary make and is particularly applicable to
insoles made according to the so called "Prima Patent."
In carrying out our invention we may employ several methods but prefer three
different constructions which we will proceed to describe.
Thus we may cut away the seat of the insole by a convex cut following somewhat
the shape of the back of the heel and supply in place of the cut away portion a
double thickness of felt, cloth, indiarubber or other soft or pliable material which
may be attached to the edge of the curved cut by a zig-zag silk stitch which will
bring the two edges firmly and evenly together.
A second seat of leather is then laid under the cushion and is sufficiently long to
project over the joint and upon the waist of the true insole the projecting portion
being bevelled to a convenient distance back and tapering to a fine edge. The
whole is then stitched or otherwise secured together say by a silk through and
through stitch and the cushioned insole is complete.
In our second method instead of cutting away the seat we cut down and
transversely across the front of the seat of an ordinary or other insole say about
half its thickness and from this cut we pare, bevel or chamfer back towards the
heel. We then lay on a piece or pieces of felt or other soft material with the edge
or edges fitting close up to the cut and these are stabbed across and to the inner
sole by a through and through stitch. The felt or other material is of sufficient
size to be wrapped over and all round the edge of the whole of the seat and to be
secured underneath the same.
In the third method we split back the grain of the seat of the insole and remove
the flesh and insert in place thereof an india-rubber or like cushion. A pad or
underseat of leather extending into the waist and chamfered or tapered is secured
below the cushion and forms a solid base for lasting the upper to.
Dated this 27th day of November 1891.
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POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We, HERBERT WEED and ARTHUR WEED trading as George Weed and Sons,
of St. Michael's. Road in the Town and County of Northampton, :Boot and Shoe
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 our invention is to provide a cushion seated insole capable of being
used in the manufacture of boots of ordinary make and is particularly applicable to
insoles made according to the so called "Prima Patent."
In carrying out our invention we may employ several methods but prefer three
different constructions which we will now proceed to describe.

page_text: Thus we may cut away the seat of the insole by a convex cut following somewhat
the shape of the front of the heel and supply in place of the cut away portion a
double thickness of felt, cloth; india rubber or other soft or pliable material which
may be attached to the edge of the curved cut by a zig-zag silk stitch which will
bring the two edges firmly and evenly together.
A second seat of leather is then laid under the cushion and is sufficiently long to
project over the joint and upon the waist of the true insole, the projecting portion
being bevelled to a convenient distance back and tapering to a fine edge. The
whole is then stitched or otherwise secured together say by a silk through and
through stitch and the cushioned insole is complete.
In our second method instead of cutting away the seat we cut down and
transversely across the front of the seat of an ordinary or other insole say about
half its thickness and from this cut we pare, bevel or chamfer back towards the
heel. We then lay on a piece or pieces of felt or other soft material with the edge
or edges fitting close up to the cut and these are stabbed across and to the inner
sole by a through and through stitch. The felt or other material is of sufficient
size to be wrapped over and all round the edge of the whole of the seat and to be
:secured underneath the same.
In the third method we split back the grain of the seat of the insole and remove
the flesh and insert in place thereof an india rubber or like cushion. A pad or
underseat of leather chamfered or tapered extends into the waist, is secured below
the cushion and forms a solid base for lasting the upper to.
In order to more fully explain our method of manufacturing boots and shoes we
.have attached a sheet of drawings to which we now refer and on which
Figures and 2 are a plan and section respectively shewing the first method
described where the seat of the insole A is cut away by a convexly shaped cut B
and a double thickness C. C¹ of felt or other soft material is substituted, the second
seat of leather E being afterwards laid under the cushion.
Figures 5 and 6 shew a longitudinal section and a plan under the heel respectively,
illustrating our second method whereby a transverse cut is made nearly through the
seat A which is of greater width than the rest of the sole and the leather is pared
-or cut away to allow of pieces of felt or the like C. C' to rest therein and fit close
up to the cut, the outer piece C¹ being turned over all round as shewn.
Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the third method described.
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 several methods hereinbefore described of forming the insoles of boots
and shoes or any mere equivalent therefore.
2. In the manufacture of boots and shoes, cutting away the seat of the ordinary
insole and substituting a seat of different and softer material.
Dated this 8th day of February 1892.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, Agents for the Applicants.