A Tool for Facilitating the Re-lasting of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Tool for Facilitating the Re-lasting of Boots and Shoes.
We, GEORGE FREAN EVANS of Chalkwell Tannery, Sittingbourne in the
County of Kent, Tanner, and WILLIAM DICKINS of Market Place, Daventry in
the County of Northampton, Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a Tool for Facilitating the Re-lasting of Boots and
Shoes.
At the present time difficulty is experienced in the putting onto the last and
removal therefrom of a boot or shoe during the re-lasting operation, the usual
method necessitating considerable labour and oftentimes causing the bursting of
seams. Now by the use of our tool much saving in time during the re-lasting
operation can be effected and the bursting of seams be avoided.
According to our invention the tool which is advantageously made of metal, may
consist of a curved portion or tongue that is adapted to be inserted into the back.
part or heel of the boot or shoe, its shape in cross section being such that it more
or less conforms to the curved shape of the back part of the boot or shoe and of
the last. The said curved portion or tongue is made of any convenient length and
is provided with a handle (which may be arranged at or about right angles) so that
a lever like action can be obtained when the tool is in use, to assist in drawing the
boot or shoe onto the last; the last being used as a bearing surface or fulcrum for
the tool. The smooth surface of the curved portion or tongue also greatly assists
in the ready removal of the boot or shoe from the last.
The handle of the tool, instead of being at or about right angles to the curved
portion or tongue, may be arranged to occupy any other suitable position relating
thereto, and the tool may if desired be constructed of any other suitable material
other than metal.
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Dated this 16th day of March 1894.
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Tool for Facilitating the Re-lasting of Boots and Shoes.
We, GEORGE FREAN EVANS of Chalkwell Tannery, Sittingbourne in the
County of Kent, Tanner and WILLIAM DICKINS of Market Place Daventry in
the County of Northampton, Shoe Manufacturer, 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 a Tool for Facilitating the Re-lasting of Boots and
Shoes.
At the present time difficulty is experienced in the putting onto the last of a
boot or shoe during the re-lasting operation, the usual method necessitating
considerable labour and oftentimes causing the bursting of seams, broken
stiffenings, etc. Now by the use of our invention much saving in time during the
re-lasting operation will be effected and the bursting of seams, broken stiffenings, etc.
be avoided.

page_text: According to our invention the tool which is advantageously made of metal,
consists of a blade or tongue provided with a handle so arranged that a lever-like
action can be obtained when the tool is in use to assist in drawing the boot or
shoe onto the last, the last being used as a bearing surface or fulcrum for the
tool.
In order that our said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1. is a side elevation, Figure 2. a plan, and Figure 3. a perspective view
shewing one construction of the tool; and
Figure 4 is a side elevation, Figure 5 a plan and Figure 6 a perspective view
shewing a modified construction thereof.
a is the blade or tongue which is adapted to be inserted into the back part or
heel of the boot or shoe, its shape in cross-section being curved so as to more
or less conform to the shape of the back part or heel of the boot or shoe and the
last.
This blade or tongue is made of any convenient length, being somewhat longer
for boots than for shoes, but if desired it may be of such a length that the same
tool can be used for either boots or shoes. The examples illustrated in the drawings
are more especially suitable for boots.
b is the handle, which in Figures 1 to 3 is so bent as to be at. or about right
angles to the blade or tongue, while in Figures 4 to 6 it is bent up so as to occupy
a position approximately parallel with the blade or tongue.
When the tool is in use, the boot or shoe having been first put onto the last as
far as it will conveniently go, the blade or tongue a is inserted into the back part
or heel of the boot or shoe; then by pressing upon the handle in a downward
direction, that portion of the tool, at or about the part c is caused to bear upon
the last and thus permits the tool to act like a lever and thereby enables a strong
pull to be exerted upon the boot or shoe tending to draw it onto the last, the other
hand of the operator being used to manipulate the boot or shoe during this
operation.
The tools shewn in the drawings are made of metal, but they may be made of
any other material suitable for the purpose. The handle also instead of being in
the position indicated may occupy any other position that will enable the lever-like
action to be obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A tool for facilitating the re-lasting of boots and shoes consisting of a blade
or tongue for entering the boot or shoe and of a handle so bent or arranged that a
lever-like action can be obtained when the tool is in use substantially as herein before
described.
2. The tool for facilitating the re-lasting of boots and shoes constructed
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn by the annexed drawings.
Dated the 24th day of May 1894.
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.