Year: 1885

page_text: I ARTHUR KEATS of 41 Gaol Road, Stafford in the County of Stafford Machinist
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to give to india rubber soles a better hold on the
boots or shoes to which they are applied than is generally obtained and thereby to
prevent the breaking away of the india rubber sole which is liable to take place at
moments of violent exertion by the wearer.
The india rubber sole, moulded with a ribbed or figured wearing surface as usual
is made by preference somewhat smaller than the leather sole intended to receive it
so that when in place there will be a margin of leather exposed to view.-This sole
which may extend from the toe to the heel I perforate or slot for the purpose-of
ventilation and I attach it to the sole which it overlies by lines of transverse
stitches inserted in the hollow of the moulded sole.
The moulded india rubber sole I attach to the leather sole previously to applying
it to the boot or shoe, and the leather sole I channel in the usual way to receive
the stitches by which it is attached to the boot or shoe.
To provide for the covering of the margin of the leather sole and yet to ensure a
good holding for the stitches may rebate the edges of the india rubber sole and
unite the flange thus formed to a chanelled welt by stitching; this welt will then
receive the stitches for uniting the outer or india rubber sole to either the insole or
to an interposed sole of leather. This welt instead of being made of channelled
leather may be formed of two thinner pieces which will be united together in the
act of applying the india rubber sole to the boot or shoe or the moulded rubber sole
may be rebated on one face only to receive the leather welt or attaching piece
which is to be, sewn as above mentioned first to the moulded sole and then to the
boot or shoe.
Instead of employing a leather welt for the reception of the attaching stitches
I may mould a strip of india rubber with a groove or channel to form a margin
around the india rubber sole and secure this strip in place by sewing through it
and the leather sole, which carries the moulded rubber sole, after the manner first
described, in this case however it will be unnecessary to channel the leather sole.
In effecting the sewing I use by preference a pricker feed the indents formed by
which may be entered by the vertical needle.
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page_text: ACHES Flayers.
I ARTHUR KEATS of 41 Gaol Road, Stafford in the County of Stafford, Machinist
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 this invention is to give to india rubber soles a better hold on the
boots or shoes to which they are applied, than is generally obtained, and thereby
to prevent the breaking away of the india rubber sole, which is liable to take place
at moments of violent exertion by the player.
The india rubber sole, moulded with a ribbed or figured wearing surface, as usual,
I rebate at its edges, and make it somewhat smaller than the leather sole intended
to receive it, so that, when in place, there will be a margin of leather exposed to
view. This sole, which may extend from the toe to the heel, I perforate or slot for
the purpose of ventilation, and I attach it to the sole, which it overlies, by lines of
transverse stitches inserted in the hollows of the moulded sole.
The moulded india rubber sole I attach to the leather sole, previously to applying
it to the boot or shoe, and the leather sole I attach in the usual way, by stitches, to
the upper and insole.
To provide for the covering of the margin of the leather sole, and yet to ensure
a good holding for the stitches, I unite the rebated edges of the india rubber sole
to a channelled welt by stitching.-This welt will also receive the stitches for
uniting the leather or middle sole with the insole and upper.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shews a plan view of a boot or shoe sole constructed according to my
invention, and
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken in the line 1. 2. of Fig. 1.
a is the india rubber sole, b is the leather or middle sole to which the india
rubber sole is applied, and c c is the welt.
The india rubber sole, it will be seen, is moulded with transverse recesses to
receive transverse lines of stitching d d, by which the soles a and b are secured
together. Before this attachment is effected, I connect the welt c with the rebated
india rubber sole a by a margin line of stitches e, and I channel the welt to receive
a margin line of stitches f-When the two soles are secured together by the
transverse lines of stitches d, I apply the compound sole ab to the upper, and
secure them firmly together by the margin line of stitches f-In this way, I ensure
a firm holding of the rubber to the leather sole, and produce a boot or shoe of
great structural strength, a matter of great importance where severe lateral strains
are constantly applied to the boot or shoe while in use.
Fig. 3 shows, in transverse section, a slight modification of Figs. 1 and 2.-In this
example, the india rubber sole is shown as rebated at its inner face, instead of at
its outer or wearing face, as at Fig. 2, and the welt is shaped to correspond thereto,
a channel for the margin line of stitches being provided, as before, in the outer
face of the welt.

page_text: In effecting the sewing of the india rubber sole to the leather, I use, by
preference, a pricker feed, the indents formed by which may be entered by the
vertical needle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
Connecting the moulded india rubber sole of boots and shoes to the middle sole,
and to the upper and insole, in the manner and for the purpose above set forth.