A Contrivance to Facilitate the Joining of the Upper Part of a Shoe or other Foot-covering to the Sole.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Contrivance to Facilitate the Joining of the Upper Part of a Shoe
or other Foot-covering to the Sole.
ROSA BATES, 21, Cantlowes Road, Camden Square, London, N.W., Authoress,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
A zigzag or ladder of wire formed by the wire being brought backward and
forward, is sewn or otherwise joined to the upper, while a similar one is attached
to the sole & both united by sewing or fastening together the outer loops formed
by the two zigzags or ladders or one zigzag only may be employed being fastened
to the upper and bent round and flattened under the sole. The said zigzags
being made of various sizes to suit varying forms & sizes of foot covering. The
heel can be attached to the sole in any of the usual ways or a special zigzag
provided for it.
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A Contrivance to Facilitate the Joining of the Upper Part of a Shoe
or other Foot-covering to the Sole.
I, Rosa BATES, of 21, Cantlowes Road, Camden Square, London, N.W.,
Authoress, 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:-
My invention consists of certain improvements relative to the manufacture of
boots, shoes, and such like foot coverings, whereby the fixation of the soles and
heels thereof to the uppers of same is considerably facilitated, and also, that
when the said soles and heels have become worn, and it is necessary that they
should be renewed, such renewal can be effected without the need of skilled
labour, and with greater expedition than has hitherto been possible with the
methods at present in vogue.
In order that my invention, and the manner of its operation may be clearly
understood, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings, in which I have
chosen to illustrate my invention as applied to an ordinary boot.
Fig. 1 represents one form of a portion of a length of folded or plaited wire,
with which I carry my invention into effect, as hereinafter explained.
Fig. 2 is an under plan view of a lasted boot when the upper has been sewn to

page_text: real manner, but with the strip shewning. I attached
thereto.
Fig. 3 is an inner plan view of the sole of a boob with the strip attached thereto
as in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a side view illustrating the manner in which the sole is attached to
the upper.
Fig. 5 is a section upon the line A B Fig. 3, showing a modified form of fixing
the sole to the upper as hereinafter described, while
Fig. 6 is an under plan view of arboot, constructed according to such modifica-
tion:
To carry my invention into effect. (in So far as relates to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) I
employ a suitable length or strip of wire A, preferably of zigzag or ladder forma-
tion, as suggested by Fig. 1, or, twisted, plaited, or otherwise formed to provide
at one or both edge loops such as a, and this I stitch or otherwise connect all the
wayiround to that portion of the upper B that has been turned over and sewn to
the inner sole C of the boot D, as shewn in Fig. 2. after having first been bent
to follow the outer configuration of the base of the boot, the said zig-zag or other
wire A being so sewn to the upper B that the ends or loops a that are outermost
project slightly over the edge of the said upper B as shewn..
The sole E is then taken, and upon the side which is to be placed next to the
base of the boot, a similar zigzag or ladder of wire A is sewn, or otherwise fixed
in the same manner. leaving the loops thereof projecting slightly over the
outer edge of the said sole E, and when the said sole is placed upon the base of
the boot C, the loops a' of the wire A¹ upon the sole, coincide with the loops a of
the wire A upon the upper, the said sole being then secured to the upper by
sewing together the loops aupon the insole C and those al upon the sole E by
the means of wires, waxed threads, or the like, such as shewn by Fine Fig: 4,
the loops a al being indicated by dotted lines. Any suitable elastic cement may
be interposed between the boot and the sole if desired for the purpose of excluding
moisture.
The heel of the boot or shoe (if a built up heel composed of several layers of
leather) may be fixed by the means of a layer of zigzag or other wire A¹, attached
to the said first layer of the heel, the loops a¹ of which may be then connected as
stated to the loops a around the heel of the upper, while the remaining layers
used to build up the heel may he connected to the first by nails in the usual way,
or where a blocked or wooden heel is used. such heel may be connected to the
upper and inner sole by nails in the usual or most approved manner.
As a modification of the foregoing, the attachment of the wire A¹ to the
sole E may be dispensed with, while a strin or length of folded or ladder or other
shaped wire A only may be employed this being connected to the upper B, in
which case the said strip A. instead of being of just sufficient breadth to protrude
over the edge of the upper B in the form of loops a as in Fig. 2, the said strip A
may be of such a width as to be capable of being bent down over the edge of the
sole E, and be flattened up against the under surface of same. as shewn in Figs. 5
and G. this bent over portion of A serving to hold the sole E in firm connection
with the upper B.
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Although I have described and shewn a wire strip constructed as at Fig. 1. I
do not confine myself as to any particular configuration of same, as it is obvious
that this may be constructed in many and various forms and shapes so as to pro-
vide equivalents of the loops a and a¹, and answering as efficiently for connection 5
to each other without departing from the principle involved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what'I
claim is:
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1st. The herein described method of and means for the fixation of the soles of 5.

page_text: boots, shoes and the like to the uppers of same substantially as herein described
and shewn.
2nd. In an improved method of fixing in position the soles and heels of boots,
shoes and other foot coverings, the combination of zigzag or folded wires such
as A and A¹ sewn or otherwise connected to the upper B and the sole E, respec-
tively, the said sole E and upper B being connected by stitching, sewing or other-
wise connecting together the loops a and a formed in the said folded wires A
and A substantially as herein set forth and shewn by the drawing.
3rd. In an improved method of fixing in position the soles and heels of boots
and shoes, the combination of a strip of folded wire such as A, connected to the
upper B, and passing over and under the edge of the sole E, substantially as
described and shewn.
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1. 1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.