CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET, AND IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF UNITING THE SAME OR PARTS THEREOF
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Browne, of No. 52, King William Street,
London Bridge, E.C., Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention
of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES OR
OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET, AND IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF UNITING THE
SAME OR PARTS THEREOF."-A communication.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Browne at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th December 1858.
I, BENJAMIN BROWNE, of No. 52, King William Street, London Bridge, E.C.,
Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND
SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET, AND IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF UNITING
THE SAME OR PARTS THEREOF," (a communication,) to be as follows:-
This Invention relates, firstly, to a novel and improved method of uniting,
cutting, or forming the parts of which a boot or shoe front or upper is formed,
and is more especially applicable to that class of boot or shoe called "bluchers,"
and consists in making the lower and outer portion of the quarter of the upper
longer than the top or middle part at the point or place of junction, so that it
is made to overlap the piece or portion in which the string or tie is passed and

page_text: is secured to the vamp or front.
It will be found that this method is a great
improvement upon the ordinary method of joining this part, especially in
military boots, as the shoe is made stronger in consequence of the strain being
taken off the stitching direct; the part containing the tie, and which is subject
to being pulled, being secured between the outer portion of the vamp and the
other parts, while the joint is made much stronger and neater.
The second part of this Invention relates to and consist of uniting to the
front or upper a strip of leather, canvass, or other suitable material, and which
in some cases is made to form a "side lining," and which is proposed to be
continued along and around the upper and waterprooffed, but the chief
advantage arising from employing such a strip or piece is, that the prime part
of which the front or upper is composed can be made smaller in size, as this
piece serves as a portion to be taken hold of, so as to draw the upper welt on
to the inner sole, and in some cases the strip or welt is made of material that
will more readily adhere to any adhesive substance, or in some cases is made
of a material prepared for uniting another part or sole to it when drawn upon
the last. It may be either stitched or otherwise united to the upper, and for
affording greater facility for drawing it over the shoe sole and last, it is per-
forated. In making boots by means of sprigs, pegs, or cement, this method
will be found to save the material as well as have other advantages.
Another part of these improvements relates to metal tips for boots and shoes,
and consists in an improved method of connecting the same thereto.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Browne in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th June 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
BROWNE, of No. 52, King William Street, London Bridge, E.C., Civil Engineer
and Patent Agent, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Benjamin Browne, Her special licence that I, the said.
Benjamin Browne, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others.
as I, the said Benjamin Browne; my executors, administrators, and assigns;.
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all

page_text: times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE FEET
AND IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF UNITING THE SAME OR PARTS THEREOF," a commu-
nication, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Benjamin
Browne, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benjamin Browne, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
The Invention relates, firstly, to a novel and improved method of uniting,
cutting, or forming the parts of which a boot or shoe front or upper is formed,
and is more especially applicable to that class of boot or shoe called "bluchers,"
and consist in making the lower and outer portion of the quarter of the upper
longer than the top or middle part at the point or place of junction, so that it
is made to overlap the piece or portion in which the string or tie is passed, and
is secured to the vamp or front; it will be found that this method is a great
improvement upon the ordinary method of joining this part especially in
military boots, as the shoe is made stronger in consequence of the strain being
taken off the stitching direct; the part containing the tie, and which is subject
to being pulled, being secured between the outer portion of the vamp and the
other parts, while the joint is made much stronger and neater.
The second part of this Invention relates to and consist of uniting to the
front or upper a strip of leather, canvas, or other suitable material, and which
in some cases is made to form a side lining, and which is proposed to be con-
tinued along and around the upper and waterproofed, but the chief advantage
arising from employing such a strip or piece is, that the prime part of which
the front or upper is composed can be made smaller in size, as this piece serves
as a portion to be taken hold of, so as to draw the upper well on to the inner
sole; and in some cases the strip or welt is made of material that will more
readily adhere to any adhesive substance, or in some cases is made of a material
prepared for uniting another part or sole to it when drawn upon the last. It
may be either stretched or otherwise united to the upper, and for affording greater

page_text: facility for drawing it over the shoe sole and last it is perforated. In making
boots by means of sprigs, pegs, or cement, this method will be found to save.
the material as well as have other advantages.
Another part of these improvements relates to metal tips for boots and shoes,
and consists in an improved mode of connecting the same thereto.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings shews the first head of
my Invention, where the part a is shaped and cut according to the improved
method, and which will have the effect of distributing the strain over a greater
surface of the stitching 1, 1, thereby rendering the part less liable to break or
come undone, as will be well understood.
Figure 2 shews a modification of the same in connection with the second
head, where 6 marks the piece containing the tie or shoe string; and c, c, a
counter or outer piece, to which is connected to a stiffner or lining d, d, as
herein-after described and shown; the extreme ends of the parts e, are made to
extend as shewn, and is also connected to a stiffner on the improved plan of
uniting, or the part so attached, and which part whether in the form of a strip
border, lining, or welt, and the manner of securing it to the outer or surface
part or upper generally of boots and shoes, form a principal feature of my
Invention.
Figure 3 shews an upper of a boot when the strip is attached and continued
all round the upper; Figure 4 shews an upper where the side lining and stiffner
is secured in the particular manner described, that is to say, by uniting the
onter or better part of the upper to an inferior or less costly material along the
edge, so that the part so attached and extending beyond the outer or surface
part will be the portion which is pulled or taken hold of during the process of
lasting on the upper upon the last; such parts may be made of sufficient size to
meet or overlap each other, and form in fact a substitute for an inner sole,
thereby dispensing with that special sole, a sock or thin loose sole being suffi-
cient for all practical purposes; this method is more especially adapted to boots
and shoes soles on the pegged, sprigged, screwed, or cemented principle, or it
will be found particularly applicable to boots and shoes made with gutta
percha soles.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 shew portions of uppers with the improved mode of
fastening and placing of the parts in relation to each other, where Figures 6
and 7 mark sections of the front portion of an upper shewn in the side lining
attached as described, and Figure 8 shews the same principle as applied to a
lined or double upper. In some cases I employ canvass or other woven fabric,

page_text: and I employ the additional or enlarging strip of waterproof material, adhesive
or otherwise, but I do not limit or confine myself to any special description of
material, as I consider this part of my Invention consists of attaching two or
more folds or parts, one or more of the edges of which will extend or project
beyond the outer edge of the outside surface of the upper, as shewn at the
various Figures; whether the same be in the form of a continuous lining, as
shewn at Figure 8, a partial or side lining as at Figures 4, 6, and 7, or in the
form of a stiffner, as at Figure 5, or the form shewn at Figure 3, either of
which forms may be so shaped or enlarged as to form an inner sole, and
which may be secured beneath the tread in any convenient or known manner,
for the purpose and in the manner described.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "Certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes
or other Coverings for the Feet, and in the Mode or Method of Uniting
the same," together with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying
the same into practical effect, I hereby declare my Invention to consist in, and
I claim, the mode of manufacturing boots and shoes or other similar coverings
for the feet, as above described and represented by the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Browne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
BENJAMIN BROWNE. (L.S.)