Improvements in the Manufacture and Repairing of Boots, Shoes, and other Coverings for the Feet.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1838
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
Improvements in the Manufacture and Repairing of Boots, Shoes,
and other Coverings for the Feet.
THOMAS GARE 25 Booth Street, Edgeley Stockport Cheshire do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the method and means of Heel building
and also the attaching together of soles and heels to the uppers of Boots, Shoes and
other coverings for the feet, and also for repairing the same.
The object of the Invention is to make Boots & Shoes and other coverings for the
feet much more comfortable and pliable to the feet, and at the same time to secure a
more perfect and enduring attachment of the parts together, and also a superior
neatness in appearance when finished.
The Invention consists in the fastening together of the lifts in heel building and
attaching the heel; and also in fastening the Soles and Uppers together, by means of
strips of leather in the form of pegs, and driven through holes previously made as in
the case of wooden pegs either by hand or machine. These strips of leather or
leather pegs may be of ordinary leather or leather specially prepared by waterproofing
or compressing..
2nd. The Invention consists also in the use and employment of a resinous or other
suitable cement, to preserve the peg and also to secure it in the hole.
Dal thi toth C T 1000
THOMAS GARE.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture and Repairing of Boots, Shoes,
and other Coverings for the Feet.
I THOMAS GARE of 25 Booth Street Edgeley Stockport in the county of Cheshire,
Boot & Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my 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 improvements in the method of & means for heel building
and also the attaching together of soles and heels to the uppers of boots, shoes & other
coverings for the feet, and also for repairing the same.
The object of the invention is to make boots and shoes and other coverings for the
feet much more comfortable & pliable to the feet and at the same time to secure a
more perfect and enduring attachment of the parts together, and also a superior
neatness in appearance when finished.
The invention consists in the fastening together of the lifts in heel building
and attaching the heel, and also in fastening the soles & uppers together by means
of strips of leather in the form of pegs, driven through holes previously made as
in the case of wooden pegs either by hand or machine.
These strips of leather or leather pegs, may be of ordinary leather, or leather
specially prepared by water proofing or compressing, and are preferably coated with
a resinous, or other suitable cement to preserve the peg and also secure it in the
hole.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference, similar
letters indicating like parts throughout the various figures. Figs. 1 and 2 are side
elevations and Fig. 3 a cross section of a boot or shoe."
In carrying out my invention & referring to Fig. 1, my improved method of and
means for building heels consists in securing the heel a, to the upper b of the boot or
shoe or other covering for the feet, by means of leather pegs c, driven by hand or
machine either from the outside or the inside through the whole of, or a portion of
the lifts and through the sole and upper b, or by successively securing together lift
to lift or as shown in Fig. 2, two by two, or in any other convenient number.
Referring to my improved method of and means for securing the soles d, e & f, to
the upper b, of the boot or shoe or other covering for the feet and to Fig. 3, it consists
in securing the middle sole e to the inner sole d either by means of leather or wooden
pegs g and the outer sole of thereto, by means of leather pegs g round the welt h in
lieu of stitching, or in the ordinary way through the welt h with leather pegs g only.
The said leather pegs are compressed & may either be formed of new or waste cuttings
and are cemented into their holes by being coated with a suitable adhesive substance
either during or before insertion into the leather.
Leather pegs formed as described will also serve in lieu of the usual blinders.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In the manufacture of new or repairing of old boots or shoes or other coverings for
the feet
1) Building & securing heels to uppers & soles of boots or shoes by means
of leather pegs, in the manner substantially as set forth.
2) Securing the middle sole to the upper & inner sole by means of leather pegs,
substantially as & for the purpose specified.
3) Securing the outer sole to the middle sole by means of leather pegs round the
welt, in lieu of stitching, substantially as & for the purpose set forth.
Dated March 7th 1889
F. BOSSHARDT & CO.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicant.