IMPROVE... MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOGS
Year: 1848

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
CLARK, of Street, near Glastonbury, in the County of Somerset, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great.
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth day of:
October, One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, in the twelfth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the.
said James Clark, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said James Clark, my
exors, adiñiors, and assigns, and such others as I, the said. James Clark,,
my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVE...
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOGS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said James Clark, should
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed; by an instrument in writing under my

page_text: hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being there-
unto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that, in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Clark, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists,―
First, in manufacturing a clog, galosh, or overshoe with elastic waist, so
that it will elongate, and may be put on without the necessity of stooping of
using the hands, and so that it shall hold well on the feet without requiring a
fastening.
Secondly, my Invention consists in a mode of manufacturing a galosh or
clog heel, so that it shall hold on the heel without a fastening. And,
Thirdly, my Invention consists in a mode of manufacturing boots, shoes,
and galoshes with gutta percha or leather soles, so that they shall be perfectly
waterproof in the sides and bottoms, and the heels well stiffened with gutta
percha.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pusued by me.
.
Figure 1 shews a gentleman's golosh constructed according to the first part
of my Invention. The fore part may be constructed either of leather, or india
rubber, or gutta percha, or of all of them. The heel is made séparately, and
may be constructed either of gutta percha moulded to the last, and covered.
and lined with leather to give a neat appearance, or it may be constructed of
leather; in either case I prefer to make it with a box or sunk heel. The
fore part and heel I unite with a band of vulcanized india rubber or other
elastic material, as shewn at Z; if india rubber, I have its edge interlaced
with threads so as to hold the stitch in attaching it, as in the dotted line a, a,
to the heel and fore part, coming up each side of the quarter and under the sole
of the foot, leaving it perfectly elastic, and allowing the golosh to elongate and
hold firmly on the foot by its elasticity keeping a constant pressure on the toe
and heel; the elastic connecting material coming up the quarters at the same
time keeps them tight. Ladies or children's goloshes are made in the same
manner, except that the heels are not sunk or boxed.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which consists of a

page_text: heel so formed at the upper part that it shall clasp each side of the foot under
the ancle, and hold fast on the foot by the pressure on each side; for this
purpose I use gutta percha or leather or springs in the upper part of the
heel.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention. It consists in the
following mode of manufacturing boots, shoes, goloshes, or clogs:-For the
stiffening and foundation of the heel I mould round and partly under the heel
of the last a thin piece of gutta percha sheet. The upper part of this I
introduce between the outer leather and lining of the heel part of the upper,
sticking it either by heat or solution, or both, to each. I then take a strap of
thin gutta percha, and whilst warm, or with the help of solution, or both, I
stick it so as to come half an inch to one inch (more or less) up round the
foot and over the toes, between the bottom part of the vamp and its lining,
sticking it securely to each and leaving an edge of the gutta percha about
half an inch round the vamp. I then attach to the last a piece of gutta
percha, or canvass filled with gutta percha, as insole, and on this I last the
upper prepared as before described, sticking the edge of gutta percha attached
to the upper, and part of the upper to the insole fastened on the lasts, either
by the application of heat or by solution, or both. I then lay over all a
coating of gutta percha solution, and allow it to dry in the usual way, and to
this I stick either a leather or gutta percha sole, if necessary, for the gentle-
man's boot, using pegs or nails to build the under part of the heel, the raised
heel. The part of this process which I consider to be new is the using gutta
percha as a stiffening for the heel, and using the gutta percha connected with
it under the heel as a foundation on which to build the heel, and also for the
mode of using gutta percha stuck between the upper and the lining of the
lower part of the vamp and quarter of the boot, shoe, or golosh, as a means of
waterproofing the leather at the lower part of the boot, shoe, or golosh, and
at the same time strengthening the upper leather, which on that part of the
shoe is very liable to crack or cut.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the mauner in
which the same is to be perfermed, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details so long as the peculiar character of any
part of my Invention be retained. But what I claim is,-
Firstly, the making a golosh, clog, or overshoe with an elongating waist.
Secondly, the mode of making a golosh to hold on without a fastening by
the pressure on each side of the heel; and,
Thirdly, the mode of making boots, shoes, goloshes, clogs, or overshoes, with
gutta percha stiffenings for the heels and sides of the vamps, rendered water-

page_text: ROCKE, Extra.
JAMES (L.S.) LAKK.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twentieth day of April, in the
year of our Lord 1849, the aforesaid James Clark came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification.
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in. form. 1
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to
the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord. One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.