Improvements in Boot Soles and Heels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Boot Soles and Heels.
I, RICHARD POORE of 33 Chaucer Road Herne Hill S.E. Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
wear.
The invention relates to means for protecting soles & heels of boots against
For this purpose the heel tips & toe tips are constructed of curved metal
pieces of channel section, which approximate in shape to the adjacent edge of the
soles or heels. The edges are bevilled to form a cutting edge. These pieces are
forced through the material so that the cutting edges project slightly beyond the
walking surface & are then made flush therewith in any suitable manner. The
rest of the sole & heel may be protected by hollow studs closed at one end by a
head, the studs having any cross sections. These are forced through the sole or
heel in a similar manner.
Dated this 28th day of December 1005
I, RICHARD POORE of 33 Chaucer Road, Herne Hill, S.E., 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 :-
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The object of this invention is to provide means for protecting the toe portions
of the soles and the heels of boots and shoes from wear, and to this end I employ
toe and heel tips, or pieces of metal of curved shape, to approximate to the curve
of the toe or heel, and which are inserted through the sole, and the lowest lift of
the heel, in the manner described in the Letters Patent granted to Joseph H. Bonett
dated May 13th 1891, No. 8220.
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In the said patent, tubular studs or rivets are used, but such studs or rivets are
not suitable for the toe portions of the soles, nor for the heels, because, under the
great leverage to which they are subjected, they are apt to tear out after a
short time.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 shews, in underside plan view, one of the improved tips or pieces in its
simplest form.
Figure 2 shews a modified form of tip or piece in underside plan view.
Fig. 3 is the heel of a boot in partial section, shewing the application of the tip
or piece; and
Fig. 4 is an underside plan view of the heel, with the tip or piece applied.
In Figure 1, the tip or piece consists of a curved plate or head a, with a curved.
hollow or trough shaped shank b. The outer edges of this shank b are bevilled so
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page_text: as to form a cutting edge to cut through the leather when the necessary pressure is
applied, for the purpose explained in the patent before referred to. If the cutting
edges project beyond the face of the leather, they are filed down or made flush
in any suitable manner.
In Figure 2, which is the form of tip or piece I prefer to use, because it does not
cut away so much of the leather, a is the curved plate or head, as before referred
to, but the shank is divided up into two or more cylindrical or other suitably
shaped portions 61, the inner walls of which are slightly bevelled, as shewn in
Figure 3, in order to compress the plug of leather cut out from the sole or
heel lift.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. Providing sole and heel lifts with curved hollow-stemmed tips or pieces as
herein shewn and described.
2. The construction of sole and heel curved hollow-stemmed tips or pieces for
boots and shoes, as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 28th day of September 1896.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.