IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:-
Year: 1885

page_text: I SIMON FERDINAND FELDMAN of the firm of I Woolf & C° of 37 Steward
Street, in the county of Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes
having india rubber soles and generally known as lawn tennis, cricketting and
boating shoes the object of the improvements being to attach the india rubber sole
to the boot or shoe in a more simple and secure manner than hitherto.
In carrying out my invention I cut the rubber sole from ordinary sheet rubber,
but without toe and heel parts; each end of the rubber is bevilled in any suitable
manner and the sole is attached to the inner sole and welt of the boot or shoe by
any suitable solution or cement. I then apply to the boot or shoe leather heel and
toe pieces the edge of each leather piece being bevilled so as to correspond with the
bevilled ends of the rubber sole; the said leather beel and toe pieces are first
attached by solution or cement and then sewn round by hand or machine thereby
firmly securing the rubber sole at those parts where they generally give way when
attached by solution or cement only.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, SIMON FERDINAND FELDMAN, of the firm of I, Woolf & Co, of 37 Steward
Street, in the county of Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURe of
BOOTS AND SHOES 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 improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes
having india rubber soles and generally known as lawn tennis, cricketting and
boating shoes the object of the improvements being to attach the india rubber sole
to the boot or shoe in a more simple and secure manner than hitherto.
In carrying out my invention I cut the rubber sole from ordinary sheet rubber
of any required pattern or design, but without toe and heel parts; each end of the
rubber is bevilled in any suitable manner and the sole is attached to the inner
sole and welt of the boot or shoe by any suitable solution or cement.
I then
apply to the boot or shoe leather heel and toe pieces the edge of each leather
piece being bevilled so as to correspond with the bevilled ends of the rubber
sole; the said leather heel and toe pieces are first attached by solution or cement
and then sewn round by hand or machine thereby firmly securing the rubber
sole at those parts where they generally give way when attached by solution or
cement only.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is a plan of
the underside and figure 2, is a side elevation of a shoe manufactured according to
my invention Similar letters in both figures represent similar parts.
a, a, is the rubber sole without toe and heel parts; b, and c, represent the
bevilled ends of the rubber sole a; the said rubber sole is attached to the inner
sole and welt of the shoe by means of solution or cement; d, and e, are the leather
toe and heel pieces with bevilled edges to correspond with the bevilled edges of the
rubber sole a; the toe and heel pieces d, and e, are first attached to the inner sole
and welt by solution or cement and are then sewn round as shewn by the dotted
lines.
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. In lawn tennis and other boots or shoes the securing of the india rubber sole
to the boot or shoe by means of leather toe and heel pieces having bevilled edges
corresponding with bevilled edges on the ends of the rubber sole substantially in
the manner herein before described and represented in the accompanying drawing,

page_text: 2. A boot or shoe having a combined rubber and leather sole attached thereto as
hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
3. The improved lawn tennis shoe herein before described and represented in the
accompanying drawing.