Improvements in the Method of and Means for Applying Wearing Surfaces to the Soles and Heels of Coverings for Human and Animal Feet, Mats, Treads, Vehicle and other Wheels, and other Articles
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Applying Wearing
Surfaces to the Soles and Heels of Coverings for Human and
Animal Feet, Mats, Treads, Vehicle and other Wheels, and
other Articles
I, JAMES LUND of 36 Hawthorn Grove, Heaton Chapel near Manchester in the
County of Lancashire Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means for applying
wearing surfaces to the soles and heels of coverings for human and animal feet, mats,
treads, vehicle and other wheels, and other articles such as cradles, rocking and other
chairs, stools, buffets, couches, forms or benches, ladders, buffers, boxes, book-backs,
door-stops, carriage roofs, picture frame backs, rails, and bannisters, and has for its
object to furnish a more easy, simple, and secure attachment of the wearing surfaces,
guards, protectors, etc, to such articles than heretofore has been the case, and ensure
a nice, silent, firm grip, and spring or elasticity of the foot
My invention consists in the employment of a suitable number of round, diamond
or other shaped pieces of india-rubber, gutta-percha, leather or other suitable material
or substance, serving as wearing surfaces, centrally formed with a countersunk hole
respectively, to receive a screw, by means of which the said piece or wearing surface
can be readily secured and removed to any place desired
The head of the said screw is sunk below the surface of the said piece, so that on
the said piece becoming worn, the screw can be screwed deeper as the surfaces wear
down, if desirable, or the screw left to wear jointly along with the other wearing
surfaces

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Applying Wearing
Surfaces to the Soles and Heels of Coverings for Human and
Animal Feet, Mats, Treads, Vehicle and other Wheels, and
other Articles
I JAMES LUND of 36 Hawthorn Grove Heaton Chapel near Manchester in the
county of Lancashire Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described & ascertained
in and by the following statement
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This invention relates to improvements in the method of & means for applying
wearing surfaces to the soles and heels of coverings for human & animal feet, mats,
treads, vehicle, & other wheels, & other objects, such as cradles, rocking & other
chairs, chair, table & stool legs, buffets, couches, forms or benches, ladders buffers,
boxes, book-backs, door-stops carriage-roofs, picture frame backs, rails, floors,
bannisters, stairs, carpets, & walking sticks, & has for its object to furnish a more
easy, simple, & secure attachment of the wearing surfaces, guards, protectors, etc, to
such articles, than heretofore has been the case & ensure a nice, silent, firm grip
& spring or elasticity to the foot
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood, I have caused to be
appended one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference, similar letters
indicating like parts throughout the various figures
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Figs 1, 2, 3, & 4, show various sections & Fig 5 to 15 a few of the various
applications of my improved wearing surfaces
In carrying out my invention & referring more particularly-to-Figs™ 1, 2, 3, & 4
the improvements consist in the employment of a suitable number of round, diamond,
or other shaped pieces a of india-rubber, gutta-percha, leather, or other suitable
material or substance, serving as wearing surfaces, centrally formed with a counter-
sunk hole b respectively, to receive a screw c by means of which the said piece or
wearing surface a can be readily secured & removed to any place desired The screw
hole 6 is made in shape to correspond with the screw head which may be either taper,
round, squire, or of any other convenient shape and is sunk below the wearing surface
of the said piece a, so that on the same becoming worn, the screw can be screwed
deeper as the surfaces wear down, if desirable, or the screw left to wear jointly along
with the wearing surfaces a
Figs 5 & 6 show the application of these wearing surfaces a to the soles of boots,
or shoes or other coverings for the feet, as will be seen the tip of the sole & heel
may be provided with a combination of various shapes of wearing surfaces a & by
securing the same a little away from the edge of the sole or heel the sole or heel edge
will remain unworn & give the sole a neat & new appearance
Instead of employing these wearing surfaces each separately a number of the same
may be formed on a base or plate as shown in the dotted lines & secured to the sole
by a suitable number of screws c in the same manner as herein before described

page_text: Fig 7, shows the application of the wearing surfaces a to an animal shoe & Fig 8
to stairs, to serve as treads Fig 9, shows the application to driving & other
wheels, or pulleys In the latter case the strap is prevented from slipping, whereby
a saving of power is obtained Fig 10 shows the application to chair, or other
rockers & Fig 11 to the back of picture frames
Figs 12 & 13 shows the wearing surfaces a formed in sections with a base or plate,
by means of which any configuration & shape of space can be covered, the screws c
being only employed in the wearing surfaces a in number sufficient, to fasten the
whole securely to the respective object Fig 14 shows the application of wearing
surfaces a to chair or other legs, for which purpose, they may be made ball shape, &
Fig 15 to walking stick
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1 claim is
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In wearing surfaces applied to solos & heels of coverings for human & animal feet,
mats, treads, vehicles, & other wheels or other objects, the use of wearing surfaces a,
of any suitable shape, formed with one or more countersunk holes b & secured to the
object to be provided with 1 wearing surface, by means of one or more screws C, of
suitable shape, passed respectively through the said holes, substantially as & for the
purpose specified