Improved Manufacture of Soles made of Fibre Strands for Sandals and similar Foot Coverings.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left. 20th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr.,
1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by SOCIÉTÉ A. RAVINET E. GRYSEZ & CIE.,
Spinners, of Dunkerque, Nord, France.]
Improved Manufacture of Soles made of Fibre Strands for Sandals
and similar Foot Coverings.
I, OLIVER IMRAY, of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of London, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved manufacture of that description of soles for
sandals and similar foot coverings that are made of strands of plaited fibre.
Up to the present time such strands have been made of plaited jute or similar
fibre, with or without a core, and the soles thus made were comparatively heavy, on
account of the considerable specific weight of the class of fibre used; in addition,
the soles were of a disagreeable colour owing to the peculiar colour of the jute
generally employed for the purpose.
According to the present invention the above mentioned defects are remedied by
manufacturing the strands for forming the said soles of threads made wholly
or partially of wood fibre, which material has never yet been employed for this
purpose.
The wood fibre, in the condition of a wadding similar to tow, is for this purpose
spun into threads or yarns, and these are then plaited into strands, either with or
without a core, and from these strands the soles are built up in the same way as
they are now constructed of jute.
In some cases, in order to render the soles so constructed of a less spongy and
more resisting nature, it is preferred to construct the strands with a core formed of
the said wadding of wood fibre, spun to any desired degree and encased in a cover-
ing of thread of jute, hemp, or other similar fibre.
By the above means a new manufacture of sandal soles is obtained which is much
lighter and less expensive than the soles heretofore made, and which affords a much
greater degree of elasticity.
Very good results are also obtained by making the strands of a mixture of the
wood fibre and jute, which may be effected by spinning the threads of a mixture of
wood fibre wadding and of jute or other tow.
Dated this 16th dox of June 1892.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Soles made of Fibre Strands for Sandals
and similar Foot Coverings.
I, OLIVER IMRAY, of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of London, Chartered Patent Agent, 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 an improved manufacture of that description of soles for
sandals and similar foot coverings, that are made of strands of plaited fibre. Up
to the present time such strands have been made of plaited jute or similar fibre,
with or without a core, and the soles thus made were comparatively heavy on account
of the considerable specific weight of the class of fibre used; in addition, the soles

page_text: were of a disagreeable colour owing to the peculiar colour of the jute generally
employed for the purpose.
According to the present invention, the above mentioned defects are remedied by
manufacturing the strands, for forming the said soles, of threads made wholly or
partially of wood fibre, which material has never yet been employed for this
purpose.
The wood fibre, in the condition of a wadding similar to tow, is for this purpose
spun into threads or yarns, and these are then plaited into strands, either with or
without a core, and from these strands the soles are built up in the same way as they
are now constructed of jute.
In some cases, in order to render the soles so constructed of a less spongy and
more resisting nature, it is preferred to construct the strands with a core formed of
the said wadding of wood fibre, spun to any desired degree, and encased in a cover-
ing of thread of jute, hemp, or other similar fibre.
By the above means a new manufacture of sandal soles is obtained which is much
lighter and less expensive than the soles heretofore made, and which affords a much
greater degree of elasticity.
Very good results are also obtained by making the strands of a mixture of the
wood fibre and jute, which may be effected by spinning the threads of a mixture of
wood fibre wadding and of jute or other tow.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. As a new article of manufacture, soles for sandals and the like, made of strands
consisting of threads made from wood fibre or tow with or without admixture of
jute or other textile material, and with or without cores, the wood fibre being
produced and the strands and soles being made either mechanically or manually,
substantially as herein described.
Dated this 20th day of February 1893
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.