Soles and Heels for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 3rd Aug 1897-Accented 4th Sept 1897
Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 3rd Aug 1897-Accented 4th Sept
1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Soles and Heels for Boots and Shoes.
We JOHN DE VERE 59 Lower Audley Street Blackburn and RALPH EDDLESTON
25 Chapel Place Blackburn do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Soles & Heels for Boots & Shoes made with perforated Plates then covered
with Rubber, Gutta Percha or similar articles, the Soles & Heels to be
fastened on Boots & Shoes with Small Screws & to be adapted to fix on to any Boot
or Shoe with the ordinary Sole on without injury to same.
Datod this and doy of Narambar 1800
JOHN DE VERE,
RALPH
EDDLESTON.
We, JOHN DE VERE of 59 Lower Audley Street Blackburn and RALPH
EDDLESTON of 25 Chapel Place, Blackburn, 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 :-
Our invention consists of attachable soles and heels for boots and shoes, made of
india-rubber, and having a plate of metal or like rigid material imbedded or
moulded in them, with holes passing through for attachment by screws or nails
to the ordinary leather soles or heels of boots or shoes. These soles and heels
are made in various shapes, sides and thicknesses, and the plate is located near the
surface which fits against the boot or shoe so that the screws used in fastening them
shall be able to retain the soles and heels until fully worn down, and shall have a
rigid abutment in lieu of abutting against soft flexible rubber.
And in order that our said invention may be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect we have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings, and
will now proceed to describe the same with the figures and letters of reference
marked thereon.
In Figs. 1 and 2 we shew one form and size of our improved attachable heels
and soles, and in Figs. 3 and 4 we shew side views of a boot heel and sole with our
improved attachable heel and sole applied thereto and shewn in section to
demonstrate the mode of fastening.
In Figs. 5 and 6 we shew the thin metal plate separately.
In Figs. 7 and 8 we shew how our invention can be applied to patches, ribs or
bars for athletic or ordinary wear.

page_text: The plate (A) is formed or cut out of thin sheet metal to a size and shape
slightly less than the intended heel or sole, and in it, at suitable distances apart,
holes (B) and (C) are formed as shewn more clearly in Fig. 5. In making the
improved soles and heels the plate is placed in a mould, in which small studs are
provided, or suitable provision made, for holding the plate a slight distance from
the floor of the mould, so that as the rubber softens and fills the mould it passes
through the holes (C), and beneath the plate and when cool entirely envelopes
and intersects the plate as shewn in Fig. 3. The mould also contains provision
for stopping or plugging holes (B) so that no rubber can get into them, and so that
openings shall be formed in the rubber corresponding to holes (B) for the recep-
tion of screws or nails for securing the heel or sole to a boot or shoe. The plate
being moulded near to the upper surface of the rubber it ensures of a good fit
against the boot, but its chief advantage is that it gives lateral rigidity to the
article and forms a solid resisting abutment for the heads of the screws, and
ensures of permanent attachment.
Having thus 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 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-
1. Attachable soles and heels or protectors for boots and shoes made of india-
rubber or the like, with a thin metal plate moulded in them, and formed with
openings or means for attachment, as set forth.
2. A thin metal or like rigid plate (A) shaped to the general outline of a boot
sole or heel, with holes (B) and (C) formed in it in any suitable relation to each
other, as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 30th day of July 1897.
JOHN DE VERE,
RALPH
EDDLESTON.
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.