Year: 1899

page_text: JOHN CLARKE, of Red Lion Square, Heanor, Derbyshire, Boot. Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved protector for boots and shoes and lias
particular reference to an improved protecter for heavy boots such as are worn by
miners. At the present time the protectors usually employed are in the form of
plates or a number of special nails known as clinkers are employed both of
which means are objectionable.
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This invention has for its object the construction of a protector by which the
toe, heel, breast, and other parts of the boot or shoe may be protected without
tlie objections found in the means now employed; which may be shaped to fit
any part of the boot or shoe, and the shape or size of which may be altered to fit
the part of the boot or shoe to which it is to be applied.
According to this invention the protector is made of malleable cast iron,.
pressed wrought iron or other suitable metal by other known methods.and consists
of a surface which is shaped to correspond with the shape of the part of the boot
or shoe to which it is to be applied and is provided with lugs or other means by
which it may be nailed to the boot or shoe. As used for a toe protector, in one
form, the front surface covers the front edge of the sole and is made with an inner
rim or has lugs by which it is uailed to the sole while the underside of the front
surface and of the rim or lugs may be roughened or shaped to imitate nails. In
another form the front surface is extended below the rim and shaped to imitate
one or more rows of nails which may be perforated and used instead of the rim
for nailing to the sole or lugs may be provided for this latter purpose.
The shape of the protectors and the arrangement of the means of attachment
miay be varied, and the front surface may be made to represent clinker nails.
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JOHN CLARKE, of Red Lion Square, Heanor, Derbyshire, Boot Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to bu
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
This invention relates to an improved protector for the soles and heels of boots
and shoes, and has particular reference to protectors for heavy boots such as aro
used by miners. At the present time the the toe and other parts of boots

page_text: subject to great wear are generally protected by special nails known in the trade
as clinkers," or by plates. The "clinkers" are attached to the edges of the sole
or heel and are liable, under wear, to break the leather, and the plates have to be
attached by special nails, and in wear present a large smooth surface. Both
these methods of protection are objectionable and the object of the present inven-
tion is the construction of a protector which is without the objections to the
present methods, and the size and shape of which may he altered to fit the boot
or shoe.
According to this invention, as designed for the toe part of the boot or shoe,
the protector is made with an upward rim for the protection of the front of thic
toe, and with a horizontal rim by which it is fastened to the underside of the sole,
this horizontal rim being, thickened at the front to form, a wearing surface and
is in the form of a downwardly projecting rim. The upward rim is divided and
the downward rim is grooved in imitation of clinker nails, and to allow of the
protector being bent to fit the boot or shoe toe.
The lower edge of the protector may be square or round, the protector is
shaped according to the part of the shoe to which it is to be applied, and it may
be of malleable cast iron, pressed wrought iron or of other suitable material.
In the drawings which accompany this specification and are referred to in the
following detailed description.
Fig. is a front elevation of a loc protector.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
Fig. 3 is a view of the underside of the protector.
Fig. is a section and
Fig. 5 is a section of a protector used for heels, breasts, and like parts of the
boot.
According to this invention the protector is made with an upward rim a for
the protection of the front of the toe and with a horizontal rime which is pro-
vided with holes for nails by which the protector is fastened to the underside of
the boot sole. The outer edge of the rim is thickened to form a downwardly
projecting rim 6 which is roughened as shown. The rim is divided at regular
intervals by grooves so that it has a toothed appearance in imitation of the
ordinary clinker nails, and these grooves are continued to the bottom of the outer
surface of the protector and on the underside of the rim for roughening these
surfaces. The rim when in the position shown in Fig. 4 permits of the pro-
tector being fastened to the boot sole by hob or other ordinary boot nails, and
preferably the depth of the heads of the nails used is equal to the difference in
the thickness of the rims b and c so that a level, but divided or roughened sur-
face is obtained.
The shape of the protector is varied according to the shape of the part of the
boot to which it is to be applied, and when used for the "heel" and "breast"
it is preferably of the section shown in Fig. 5. The form of the protector per-
mits of it being opened or closed to fit the boot or shoe, and it is preferably niade
of malleable cast iron, but may be other material and produced by usual methods.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is
A protector for boots and shoes substantially as herein described with reference
to the accompanying drawings and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 21h..
W. H. POTTER, W. Sc.,
Patent Agent, Brougham Chambers, Nottingham: ',
W. H. POTTER, W. Sc.,
Patent Agent, Brougham Chambers, Nottingham:",