Improvement in the Ventilating of Boots and Shoes and other Articles of the like kind.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 15th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Ventilating of Boots and Shoes and other
Articles of the like kind.
CHARLES JOHN WAKELING of No. 12 White Hart Street Kennington Park Road
in the County of London Boot and Shoe Maker do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In the first place the insole is perforated all over.
After the welt is put in,
instead of a solid shank I have two strips of stout leather from the heel right along
the inside and outside waists leaving the centre of the waist hollow and instead of
putting filling in the fore part of the boot or shoe I prefer the insole extra stout
therefore requiring no filling and thus it will allow the air to pass all over the
bottom of the foot.
My invention also consists of a bollow heel with an opening in the breast of the
heel and also an opening through the portion of the sole used for the heel thereby
connecting it with the hollow waist. My invention further consists of a small plate
fixed onto the aperture to prevent the aperture from closing when the weight of
the wearer is upon the heel.
Thus it will be seen a free current of air can come in at the opening of the breast
of the heel and pass under the whole of the foot.
nidhi 17th J-1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Ventilating of Boots and Shoes and other
Articles of the like kind.
I CHARLES JOHN WAKELING of No. 12 White Hart Street Kennington Park
Road in the County of London Bootmaker 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 :-
In the first place the insole is perforated all over as in Figure I. After the welt is
sewn riveted pegged or stuck in instead of a solid shank I have a shank consisting of
two strips of stout leather or rubber Figure II a b a b passing from the heel right
along the inside and outside waists wider at the breast of the heel, and a single cross
piece of leather or rubber Figure II c d, at the back of the heel. The three pieces of
leather or rubber are thus intended to bear the weight which is usually put upon the
whole shank thus leaving the centre of the waist hollow as is shown by the drawing
in Figure II. Instead of the usual filling covering the whole of the forepart of the
boot or shoe I use a filling with the centre cut out Figure II e f. ef. which carries
the weight as well as if the filling covered the whole of the fore part of the boot or
shoe and at the same time allows for the ventilation hereinafter described.
In the second place I have a hollow heel with an opening either circular or square
in the breast of the heel communicating with an opening through that portion of
the sole upon which the heel is fixed thus connecting the hollow of the heel with
the hollow waist. Figure III shows a section of the boot or shoe and in what
manner air entering in at the breast hole of the heel spreads over the whole sole,
a being a hole in the breast of the heel bb showing the communication with the
hollow waist. I keep the heel hollow and in shape by means of a metal plate,
Figures IV and IV, Figures V and V* of which the front is raised at right angles to
the plate and let into the breast of the heel and in which front an opening is made
which is the opening circular or square before referred to, Figures IV and IV & æ

page_text: Figures V and Va y. y. If the hole is circular I have a metal screw to fit it, thus the
opening may be closed at the will of the wearer but if the hole is square I have a
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metal slide fitted thereto which can be moved at the will of the wearer. Figure IV
shows the plate with the circular hole open. Figure IV shows the plate with the
circular hole screwed up. Figure V shows the plate with the square hole open.
Figure Va shows the plate with the square hole closed by means of the metal slide.
I use this metal plate to prevent the opening from closing when the weight of the
wearer is upon the heel. Figure VI shows in what manner I make the heel namely
by means of pieces each the shape of Figure VII. Figure VIII is a section cut
through the sole of the shoe showing how the ventilation is obtained. Figure IX is
a side drawing of the whole shoe when completed..
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 to have invented is
(1.) A boot or shoe which will afford a most perfect ventilation by allowing air
entering in at the breast of the heel to pass freely under the whole of the foot.
(2.) While at the same time the ventilation may be stopped and the boot or shoe
made perfectly water tight at the will of the wearer.
Dated this 30th day of Santambon 1800.
EUGENE H. GODDARD,
2, Old Serjeant's Inn, W.C., Solicitor,
Agent for Chas. Jno. Wakeling, 12, White Hart Street, S.