AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for
Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Mechanical Draughtsman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES." -A communication from
abroad by Adolph Lyngbye, of Ebeltoft, in the Kingdom of
Denmark.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent
Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 29th September 1868.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby.
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the soles of boots and shoes, the object being
to render them more lasting than when made of leather. To this end
it is proposed to substitute horn for leather in the manufacture of soles.
The soles with or without raised heels are moulded into the desired.

page_text: shape after the manner usually employed in moulding buttons and other
articles in horn (that is when the horn is softened by heat) and the soles
are affixed to the insole by means of brads or screws. The natural
elasticity of the horn will allow of the sole yielding under the tread of
the foot, and this may be further assisted if thought desirable by varying
the thickness of the sole so that it may bend to the forward motion of
the wearer and regain its form by its own elasticity.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in
the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her
special licence that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred
Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
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 "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES,'
being a communication to me from Adolph Lyngbye, of Ebeltoft, in
the Kingdom of Denmark, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Alfred Vincent Newton, 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
eause 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to the improvement of the soles of boots and
shoes, the object being to render them more lasting than when made
of leather. To this end it is proposed to employ horn in place of
leather in the manufacture of boot and shoe soles. The soles with or
without raised heels are moulded into the desired shape by the aid of
metal dies and mechanical pressure after the manner usually employed in
moulding buttons and other articles in horn (the horn being submitted
to the action of heat to soften it before being subjected to pressure). The
natural elasticity of the horn will allow of the sole yielding under the
tread of the foot, and by varying the thickness of the sole and giving it
increased stiffness at the hollow of the foot, the sole while being free
to bend to the forward motion of the wearer will have a tendency to
regain i rm by its own elasticity. As the horn sole will not admit
of being sewn to the upper, brads or screws will be employed, which
passing through the sole will enter the insole and connect them securely
together.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "An Improve-
ment in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes," as communicated to me
from abroad, and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect,
I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited Letters
Patent I claim, employing in the manufacture of boots and shoes soles
constructed in the manner and for the purpose above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fifth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)