US1508002A - Shoe and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

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Sept. l9 19.24.

suoli.l man METHOD 'oF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Filed Jan., 4. 1923 geam- 1,508,002 F. MAccARoNE s Patented Sept. 9, 1924. i

UNITED srfarrsI FIORENTINO MACCARQNE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

sHon AND ivrn'rHon 'or MANUFACTURING. THE SAME.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FIORENTINO MAC- cARoNE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of 'New York, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes and Methods of Manuv facturing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a shoe and method of manufacturing the same, and has for its principal object to make a turned shoe having the appearance when completed of a welt shoe.

The invention is an improvement on the construction disclosed in Patent No.

1,052,529, granted February 11, 1913, and

has for a further purpose to afford a construction in which the sole possesses maximum stiffness and wearing qualities.

Still an additional object of my improvement is to afford a shoe of light weight, neat appearance, and which can be economically manufactured.

To these ends, the invention comprises the method and construction set forth in the following description, which is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the'novel features being pointed out in the claim following the specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sole made in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, with the welt in position; p

Figure 4 is an enlarged View similar te Figure 3 with the welt in position and the upper secured to the welt and sole, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse sec-- tional view showing the final position of the upper and sole after the upper is turned, and with the stiffening flange portion pressed down against the body portion of the sole.

The preferred method of procedure which I employ is to first slit a sole inwardly from its edge at a point beneath the top, as indicated at 1, and' thereby afford a flange portion, indicated at 2, which is bent backwardly upon the body portion of the sole. In this manner, I form a channel 3 within which the welt 4 is positioned t0 receive the upper.

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An inclined cut 5 is made, commencing at a point inwardly of the flange portion 2, and extending downwardly to a point considerably beneath said flange portion. The upper 6 is then positioned as shown in Figure 4, and secured by stitches 7 which pass through the upper andwelt and extend to the bottom of the inclined cut 5, said stitches being located in the body portionv of the sole at a point considerably beneath the flange portion. The flange portion 2 is then pressed down tightly against the body of the sole after which the upper is turned, as indicated in Figure 5, and the shoe finished in the usual manner. y

The flange ortion 2, being integral with the body of t e sole, acts to a marked degree as a stifl'ening means, and adds a substantial amount of strength and resistance to the sole without increasing its weight. The flange portion `2 functions in the dual capacity of providing a channel for the welt and stiff'ening the sole, and is free to act efliciently as a stiffening member by reason of the upper' being attached withl stitches thatv pass through thebody of the sole at a point considerably beneath the top of the sole and said flange portion 2. By this arrangement, an extremely tight and secure connection is made between the upper and the sole, the desirable light weight feature of the shoe is preserved, and by pressing the flange portion down upon the body of the shoe, additional stiffness and wearing qualities are imparted to the shoe without the necessity of a double sole.

A shoe made in this manner has practically the same appearance as a welt shoe, although it is much lighter in weight and neater. v It possesses wearing qualities superior to a welt shoe by reason of the extreme strength and stiffness imparted to the sole by the stiff'ening flange member 2, and as the sole can be trimmed and fitted closer to the upper at the shank than in a welt` shoe, a lighter and better appearing shank is produced, without losing the desired appearance of the welt shoe from the shank forwardly to the toe.

I claim:

A turned shoe comprising a sole having a channel at its upper edge, a flange portion formed integral with the sole and bent backwardly from said channel so that it overlie's and contacts with the top of the body portion of the sole So as to stiften the sole, the

flange portion being pressed against the body portion of the sole to set it, ay'weit arranged in said channel, the body of the sole having' an inclined cut Colnlneneing inwardly of said baekwardiy bent flange por'- tion and extending downwardly beneath the same, and an upper located above the welt and attached to the Welt and 501e by Stitches.v

extending through the weitand to the bottolnl'of Said inclined out, said stitches extending through the body portion o the sole at a point considerably beneath said backwardy bent flange portion.

l In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

FIORENTINO MACGARONE.

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