US122869A - Improvement in vulcanized-rubber rings for boot and shoe heels - Google Patents
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- 239000004636 vulcanized rubber Substances 0.000 title description 8
- 229920001971 elastomer Polymers 0.000 description 8
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 4
- 241000784732 Lycaena phlaeas Species 0.000 description 2
- 239000005864 Sulphur Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004568 cement Substances 0.000 description 2
- 150000001875 compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- 229910001651 emery Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 229920000591 gum Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000010985 leather Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229920001195 polyisoprene Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000004576 sand Substances 0.000 description 2
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
- A43C15/00—Non-skid devices or attachments
- A43C15/16—Studs or cleats for football or like boots
- A43C15/161—Studs or cleats for football or like boots characterised by the attachment to the sole
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- This invention consists of a flat ring or washer of soft vulcanized rubber of suitable diameter to cover or nearly cover the bottom of the heel of a boot or shoe.
- plates and composition of rubber either plain, corrugated, or filled with sand, emery, and the like, to be attached to the heels and soles of boots'and shoes.
- the object of my invention is to provide a simple cheap article which the wearer may attach to any ordinary boot or shoe as required, and when not worn and wanted, may
- tacks When used it is to be attached to the heel of the boot orshoe by means of tacks, screws, pegs, or cement.
- tacks I prefer the common copper tacks as they are not affected by the sulphur in the rubber.
- the leather on the ball of the shoe holds on to such surfaces as rubber would slip on.
- the hole in the center of the rubberring also takes hold of any irregularities of the ice, and assists in preventing slipping in. any direction.
- the cost of the article is so small that when once used, if not again re quired, it may be torn off and thrown away.
- Aflat ring of vulcanized rubber orits equivalent suitable for attaching to the heels of boots and shoes, the same being a new article of manufacture.
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Description
PATENT ()FFIO'E.
WILLIAM H. TOWERS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
IMPROVEMENT IN VULCANlZED-RUBBER RINGS FOR BOOT AND SHOE HEELS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,869, dated January 16, 1872.
Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TOWERS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Vulcanized-Rubber Taps for Boots and Shoes to prevent slipping on ice and pavements; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same.
This invention consists of a flat ring or washer of soft vulcanized rubber of suitable diameter to cover or nearly cover the bottom of the heel of a boot or shoe. Heretofore there have been both plates and composition of rubber, either plain, corrugated, or filled with sand, emery, and the like, to be attached to the heels and soles of boots'and shoes. When properly made they have some utility, but are cXpen-' sive. The object of my invention is to provide a simple cheap article which the wearer may attach to any ordinary boot or shoe as required, and when not worn and wanted, may
be torn off. I
The following description will enable any one to make and use my invention. I take the vulcanizable compound of caoutchouc or rubber or other vulcaniza-ble gum, and form sheets the same as for the manufacture of elastic rolls for wringers and the like. This sheet is then rolled around a mandrel or core to the depth of from half an inch to three-quarters of an inch, more or less. The mandrel should be from three-eighths to half an inch in diameter. The roll is then vulcanized in the ordinary way so as to form an elastic roll. From this roll I cut washers or rings about an eighth of an inch in thickness, or the rings may be cut from the roll and'then vulcanized. This ring or washer, made of the material and in the form described, constitutes my invention.
When used it is to be attached to the heel of the boot orshoe by means of tacks, screws, pegs, or cement. When tacks are used I prefer the common copper tacks as they are not affected by the sulphur in the rubber. As only the heel of the boot or shoe is covered by the washer, the leather on the ball of the shoe holds on to such surfaces as rubber would slip on. The hole in the center of the rubberring also takes hold of any irregularities of the ice, and assists in preventing slipping in. any direction. The cost of the article is so small that when once used, if not again re quired, it may be torn off and thrown away.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
Aflat ring of vulcanized rubber orits equivalent, suitable for attaching to the heels of boots and shoes, the same being a new article of manufacture.
WM. H. TOWERS.
Witnesses FRANK EvANs,
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