Year: 1898

page_text: I, THOMAS GREEN, 9, Dorset Street, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer's Foreman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tools employed in the finishing of the soles of boots and
shoes.
It has particular reference to an improved construction of stitch wheel, whereby the
indentations on the edge of the sole next to the upper may be more perfectly and
uniformly made than is possible by the ordinary tools in use and whereby the crease
or fine knife edge of the sole may be preserved intact and not mutilated and pressed
down as is invariably the result of using stitch wheels of present construction rendering
necessary another tool to restore the said crease to the sole.
My improved finishing tool comprises a rotatable seat wheel carried on the end of a
bar forming the shank of a handle of any convenient formation, combined with a
circular guard and an intermediate crease groove, bead or rim.
When the said tool is to be used the circular guard is placed against the edge of the
sole and the stitch wheel in its usual position on the marginal edge of the sole next
to the upper.
Now when the tool is moved round the sole in the usual manner the circular guard
will maintain the stitch wheel in such position that the indentations will always
extend to the edge of the sole and be therefore uniformly and evenly made and the
intermediate groove, bead or rim will throw up the crease or knife edge of the sole.
The said improved tool is applicable for either hand use or for attachment to any
of the finishing machines.
Dated this lith dow of Cantanha 1000
I, THOMAS GREEN, 9, Dorset Street, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer's Foreman, 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 tools employed in finishing the soles of boots and
shoes.
It has particular reference to an improved construction of stitch wheel, by which
the indentations which separate the stitches on the edge or inargin of the sole may be
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page_text: more perfectly and uniformly made than is possible by the ordinary stitch wheels in
use and whereby the crease or fine edge of the sole may be preserved intact and not
mutilated and pressed down as is invariably the result of using stitch wheels of
present construction thereby rendering necessary another tool to restore the said
crease to the sole.
My improved finishing tool comprises a rotatable stitch wheel carried on a suitable
shank and combined with a circular guard and an intermediate bead or rib.
The invention will be understood from the following further description in reference
to the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved stitch wheel tool, and Figure 2 is a
side elevation thereof showing the tool in operative position on the welt of a
boot.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of a slightly modified form of tool.
A, represents the stitch wheel which is of circular shape and carried so as to be free
to rotate upon a screw B entering a shank C.
The periphery of the stitch wheel shown in Fig. 1 is bevelled and furnished with
a series of teeth A¹ or serrations by which the indentations or stitch separation marks
are made on the welt or edge of the sole adjacent to the upper, in the well known
manner as indicated in Fig. 2.
The stitch wheel has formed integrally with it a circular guard A² of larger diameter,
provided with a bevelled face A³ which as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 is placed against the
edge of the sole when the tool is to be used.
Intermediate of the stitch wheel and the guard is a very narrow bead or rib D
which acts on the very extreme edge of the upper part of the sole.
The shank C of the tool may be of any convenient construction either in the form
of a spike so that it can be fixed in a wooden handle for use by hand or of the
construction shown or otherwise to be received into the tool stock of a stitch wheeling
machine.
To use the tool illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the bevil face A³ of the guard is placed
against the vertical edge representing the thickness of the sole and the serrated
periphery A¹ of the stitch wheel is placed on the edge of the sole next adjacent to
the upper while the bead D will be located on the extreme edge of the sole.
If now the tool be moved round the sole or in the case of a machine the sole edge
be pressed up to the tool the guard being kept in contact with the edge of the sole the
stitch indentations or separations thus made will be all of uniform length relative to
the edge of the sole and the bead I will act upon the extreme edge of the sole and
make the " crease on the latter as is well understood.
"
In tools of ordinary construction i.e. without a guard such as hereinbefore described,
the stitch wheel when being moved round the edge of the sole is kept near to and
pressing against the side of the upper the result being that the stitch indentations
appear to be of varying lengths as the flexibility of the upper allows the tool at certain
points to press inwards so that the indentations do not extend to the edge of the
sole and thus become irregular in appearance.
The guard A² always moving in contact with the edge of the sole insures the
indentations being regular and uniform and terminating evenly relatively to the edge
of the sole thus imparting an improved appearance to a boot or shoe when finished.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the tool is slightly modified in construction to enable it to perform
the analogous operation termed bunking on the margin of the tread surface of the
sole as shown in the said figures.
The essential difference in the construction is that the stitch wheel or bunking
tool instead of being close up to the guard is separated by an annular cavity E.
When the tool is applied to the margin of the sole in the well understood manner
as illustrated in Fig. 4 a narrow strip all round the sole is left unimpressed by the tool
and this part of the sole is subsequently ornamented by the bordering or top iron
tool.
When however no bordering or top ironing is required and the indentations are

page_text: required to come close up to the edge of the sole the tool may be of the same or
substantially of the same construction as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A stitch wheel such as A A¹ combined with a guard adapted to move in contact
with the vertical edge of a boot sole while the indentations are being made by the
stitch wheel on the margin of the sole.
2. A stitch wheel such as A A¹ combined with a guard adapted to move in contact
with the vertical edge of a boot sole while the indentations are being made and an
intermediate bead or rib such as D for the purpose described.
3. The improved combined stitch wheel tool constructed, arranged and operating
substantially in the manner described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of June 1899.
THOMAS GREEN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.