US105482A - Improvement in shoe-fasteners - Google Patents

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J'ULIUS'E. O-TTO., OF ELMORE, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 105,482, datcd'July 19,' 1870.

A Beit known that I, JULIUS E. Orfro, of Elmore, 1n the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Lace- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

Description of Drawing Figure 1 is a view of the lace in its practical ap- Figure 2, a viewY of the hook detached, v Figure holder.

Likeletters of reference refer to like parts in the different views.

Natta/rc and Object of' the Invention.. i

Generliescriplt'on.

` Fig. 1 represents theside or section of a shoe, gaiter, or boot,.which may be made separately and then attached to .theboot, or the side thereof may be formed in like manner at the time of its manufacb ture. y

In the section A `is cut ,an oblong opening, A', the sides of'which are drawn @together in the 4middle around the ankle, as' indicated, leaving the upper and lower part of the leg entire, without auopen side, as in the 4ordinary sidelaced gaiter.

The upper part of the leg is made sufficiently large to admit the'4 foot,'and, at the point where the foot turns to' enter the foot of the boot, the opening-A will allow the leg to be so expanded as to admitan easy entrance of the foot'toits placein the lower part of the shoe o r.boot,'which is provided with a "tongue, in theusual way, to cover any opening in the lacing. i

If preferred, the opening A may be of the usual form of that of an ordinary gaiter, to which the lacing may be applied as follows:

B is a series of hooks.

A detached view of one such hookis shown in g.

g 2, in `which it will he seen `that' one end thereof is provided with a cross-bar, O.

` Said bar is offsetfrom the back of the hook equal to about the width of the bow of the same, 'the purpose'of which will presently be shown.

'lhe'above-described hook is attached to thc boot or other article for lacing by inserting the bar in a 3, a detached transverse section of the hole, a, so that the backot' the hook shall be out ward, as shown in iig. 1. l

The .hook is prevented from becoming detached by the strip of leather D, under which the bar islsecured by sewing `said. strip to the boot. This,'however, is not necessary, unless the material is of athin char acter.

Theusualmanuer of lacing boots and shoes is by a double string threaded in eyelet-holes.

The objection to this method of lacing is, that it takes much time to thread the strings in the holes for lacing, and which have to be withdrawn from them for the purposeof .unlacing Also, in consequence of the strain exerted upon the eyelets, they soon come out, 'thereby causing the shoe to look unsightly and theholes liable to break out.

To avoid these objections, I use the hooks above described, to thelower end of which one end of the shoe-string E is tied, either by a ring or directly to the hook. l

A single string only is used, lwhich is then slipped into the hooks alternately from side to side of the opening, asshown. i'

This being done, the slack of the string is then taken up by drawing upon the string, thereby closing up the opening of the shoe, as shown in tig. 1.

4By this means much Vless time is spent in lacing the shoe, as one string only is used, which' is more quickly caught under the hooks, than is required iu the ordinary way, viz.,vby the use of. two strings, threaded in eyelet-holes.

VBy giving "to the crossbar the offset referred to,

the hook receives more freedom to move, so 'that the string can, bemore readily caught ou them, as

thelpoint of the hook is not pressed close down upon the leather, which it would be were it not for the olii set.

The string, when laced up,'is secured thus by the fastener, which consists of a funnel-shaped shell, F,"ig.`1, a detached view of which is shown in iig. 3.

In said shell is fit-ted and pivotcd a disk, G, so that it will vibrate on its axial diameter.

The string is'passed through the shell from the smaller end, andbetween the edge of the disk and ide of the shell, as shown in the transverse section,

alt will be obvious that the string can be pulledinwardly, as the edge of the disk `will move forward away from the side of the shell, but cannot be pulled outwardly, as the string will draw the edge of the disk down against the side of the shell, thereby .clamping the string and preventing it from being pulled out.

By this device only Aone string is secured from being unlaeed from the hooks, which will, therefore, remain The conical shell F and vibrating disk G, arranged,

tight while the shoe is laced up.

in relation to the lacing, substantially as and for the This kind of lacing described may be used on boots purpose set forth, with a, side opening of the usual kind7 or that of a JULIUS OTTO. rectangulaiopening, as before mentioned.

Witnesses: Claw" J. H. BURRIDGE, What I claim as my improvement, and desire to D. L. HUMPHEY. secure by Letters Patent, is-

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