Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1887
Specification Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
This invention relates to an improvement in the attachment of heels to boots and
shoes, the object being to dispense with the usual nailing, and yet secure the heel to
the boot or shoe more strongly than can be done by nails.
The device for attaching heels is capable of various modifications to produce the
same result. The first described is probably the best construction for that class of
heels of which the last lift is put on as a cap or finish to the heel, and so that the
fastening devices shall not appear upon the face of the heel.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1, represents a perspective view of a heel as prepared to be secured.
Figure 2, the same heel having the fasteners driven through, showing the flange
and spurs upon the outside.
Figure 3, perspective view of the fastener detached.
Figure 4, partial section of the heel showing the fasteners as introduced.
Figure 5, shows the same heel with the fasteners turned down to form the flange
upon the inside of the heel and with the cap applied upon the spurs on the outside.
Figure 6, the fasteners as applied to secure the solid heel.
Figure 7, perspective view of the fastener showing the spurs reversed from that
seen in figure 3.
Figures 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, modifications in the formation of the fasteners.
In this case the fastening device consists of a plate cut from sheet steel or other
suitable metal; this plate is in width less than the length of the heel, in depth
considerably greater than the depth of the heel. At one end the plate A, see figure 3,
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page_text: is constructed with several points a, more or less in number, these points being
produced by cutting deep notches in the end of the plate, but preferably so as to leave
the plate solid below the notches to a depth considerably less than the thickness of the
heel. At the lower end the plate is bent at right angles to form a flange B ; in this
case the plate is flat. The edge of the flange is curved corresponding to the curvature
of the side of the heel and around the edge of the flange is a series of projecting
spurs b, less in depth than the thickness of the cap to be applied to finish the heel.
This fastener may be produced by machinery employing suitable dies for the purpose.
In the heel C, figure 1, to which the fastener is to be applied, preferably two
slots de are cut, beginning near the rear of the heel, and diverging forward; these
slots should extend inward from the outside of the heel, at least as far as the solid
portion of the body A, and pierced beyond for the points a to pass through. The
heel C is laid upon the sole D of the boot, as seen in figure 4, then the points a are
introduced through the slots d e and driven through the heel, until the flange B comes
flush upon its outer surface, at this time the points a extend through the sole, as seen
in figure 4, the spurs b project beyond the surface of the heel, but to a less extent
than the thickness of the cap which is to be applied. The points a are now closed
down hard upon the inside of the sole, as seen in figure 5, so that the heel is clamped
to the sole between the flange B and the turned down points a, one such fastener is
driven through each of the two slots in the heel. As before described the curve of
the flange B should correspond to the outline of the heel as seen in figure 2.
After the fastenings have thus been applied to secure the heel proper to the sole,
the finishing cap E is applied and driven onto the spurs b, in the usual manner of
driving the cap onto the pointed heads of nails, the spurs not being of sufficient
length to extend through to the outside, and as seen in figure 5, the spurs serve to
hold the cap in like manner as do tbe pointed heads of nails in the usual construction
of heel nails.
Owing to the fact that the plate which secures the heel is of so great extent, and
completely clamps the heel upon the sole, the accidental separation of the heel from
the sole is impossible.
The heel is represented as made from lifts, but it may be a solid heel, as seen in
figure 6, having slits through it to receive the fasteners, as before described this
fastener being adapted to all constructions of .heel. The slits through the heel to
receive the fasteners are readily made by a tool prepared for the purpose.
In some cases it may be desirable to leave the flange B exposed upon the surface of
the heel as a protection against the wear of the heel, as seen in figure 8, in such cases
it is advantageous to turn the spurs 6 in the opposite direction, as seen in figure 7, so
that as the fastener is driven through the heel, the spurs 6 will enter the heel, and aid
in securing the flange upon the surface of the heel, so that the flange will be presented
as a protection against wear upon the heel.
Where the fastener is to be driven from the outside inward, it is desirable, if not
necessary, to divide the inner end of the fastener in the form of teeth, but these need
not of necessity be points as heretofore described, the body of the plate may be
simply divided, as seen in figure 9, so that the divisions may be readily turned
down into the curved surface of the inside of the sole at the heel.
The fastener may be strengthened by vertical corrugations running from the
body on to the points, as seen in figure 10, which would give greater firmness to
the points in driving.
The points a a instead of starting from the body above the flange, may continue
down to the flange, as indicated by broken lines figure 10.
It will be evident that the fastener may be of any desirable extent, and so that
but one fastener will be required for a single heel, but they may be made of less
extent, say as seen in figure 11, which represents the fastener as composed of a
short body, with a single point, and the flange with a single spur, and so that
several such fasteners driven into the heel in like manner as described for driving
the extended fastener, will amply secure the heel. Or the fastener may be made
of so great extent as to embrace the entire heel; this is done by cutting a blank as

page_text: seen in figure 12, somewhat less in size than the size of the heel, and cutting
tongues a, a through the plate, of sufficient length to extend through the heel, and
with spurs upon its outer edge; these tongues are turned downward, as seen in
figure 13, and the spurs upward, so that the tongues will be driven through the
heel, the edge or flange B lie upon the surface of the heel and the points turned
down upon the inside to clamp the heel, as before described while the points b will
permit of the application of the cap.
The fasteners are produced as an article of manufacture, and in sizes corresponding
to the various sizes of heels to be secured.
From the foregoing it will be understood that this invention is not to be limited
to any precise shape of the fastener, it only being essential that the fastener shall
present a flange with spurs at its edge, upon the outside of the heel, with projections
therefrom through the heel and through the inner sole, to be turned down upon
the inside of the sole, and form substantially a flange upon the inside while the
flange will rest upon the outside, and so that the turned down point and flange will
clamp the heel to the boot or shoe.
The heels for boots and shoes may be made and provided with the fastening as an
article of manufacture, ready to be attached to boots or shoes. In manufacturing
the heels so that they may be sold as articles of manufacture, the slits in the heel
through which the fastening devices are driven, will be in a standard or uniform
position, so that an instrument having punches corresponding to the points may be
used for making the perforations in all the soles for a standard size of heel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
First. A boot and shoe heel fastener, consisting of the body A terminating at one
end in one or more points to pass through the heel, and with a flange B at the
opposite end, turned at substantially right-angles to the body, the said flange
constructed with one or more spurs 6 upon its edge, substantially as described.
b
Second. A fastener for boot heels made from sheet metal, and consisting of a body
terminating at one end in one or more points, adapted to pass through the heel, and
at the other end with a flange B turned at right-angles thereto, the said points
corrugated vertically, substantially as described.
Third. As an article of manufacture, a heel for boots or shoes, made complete,
having series of spurs projecting from its inner surface, adapted to be forced through
the heel portion of the sole of the shoe, and so as to be turned upon the inside of the
sole as a clamp to secure the heel to the shoe, substantially as described.
b
Fourth. As an article of manufacture, a heel for boots or shoes, having a fastening
device consisting of the plate A, with point a extending therefrom, and constructed
with a flange B having projecting spurs 6 around its edge, the said fastening device
inserted through the heel, the points projecting upon the inner side, and the cap of
the heel set upon the spurs and flange substantially as described, the said points
projecting from the inside of the heel being adapted to be forced through the heel
portion of the sole, and be turned down upon the inner side to secure the heel.
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