US162923A

US162923A - Improvement in boots and shoes

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Publication number: US162923A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1875-05-04
Anticipated expiration: 1892-05-04

Description

fivrlED STATES' PATENT rrrcn.

IMPRovEMENT IN Boot-rs AND sects.

Specicaiicn forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,923, dated May 4, 1875; application led April 2, w75.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES F. HILL, of Baltimore city, State of I\Iaryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is at'nll, clear, and exact description ot' the sanne, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe constructed according to my improved method, with a portion broken away to show said con-V struction. Fig. 2 are perspectives ot' the mold ed tap-soles. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the dies, with the sole in position between the same to be molded; Fig. 4, plan view of one ot' the dies; Fig. 5, inverted plan of the other Fig. 6, modificationv of tap-sole.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in boots and shoes; and it consists in the combination, with the insole, the outsole, and the upper, of a tap-sole indented at the toe, so as to leave a raised edge to protect the upper.

In the drawing, A represents a shoe constructed according to my improved method, in which B is the upper, C the insole, and I) the outsole. The tap-sole E, instead ot' being made plain and smooth, as usual, is indented at the toe with a depression, a, which leaves a raised edge, b, around the said toe, which, extending upward over the lower part of the upper, receives the wear, and protects the said upper.

In manufacturing my indented tap-soles the leather is firstsoaked in water, and placed be tween suitable dies, as shown in Fig. 3. A sufficient amount of power is then applied to produce the indentation and make it perma-v nent, and, as soon as dry el'iough, the interior bulge c upon the bottom of the toe part of the sole is trimmed oit', so as to leave a smooth outer surface for the outsole.

In' manufacturing my tap-soles I may make them to extend to the shank, as shown in Fig. 6, for heavy soles; or I may arrange them for the toe alone, as shown in Fig. 2, when alight summer shoe is desired.

I am aware ofthe fact that welts have been attached to the outer edge of the sole, upon the same plane with the insole, and sewed to the latter, and also to the upper, and that the said welts are intended to protect the upper. I therefore disclaim such welt, which is expensive, and requires much stitching, and conine myself to a shoe constructed with the tapsole orv toe-piece in one piece, and indented as described, so as to leave a protecting-edge for the upper.

By means of my improved method shoes can be more rapidly and economically manufactured, and a better article produced, for the reason that the indented sole is in one piece, the top side ot' the depression presents a smooth surface, and there is no seam between the raised edge and the body ot' the sole.

Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim as new is- 1. Ina boot or shoe, the combination, with the upper, the insole, and the outsole, ota tapsole depressed without break or incision upon the upper surface, and trimmed upon the lower, so as leave a raised'protecting-edge for the vamp, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tapsole depressed without break or incision upon the upper surface, and trimmed upon the lower, so as to leave a raised edge at the toe, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES F. HILL.

Witnesses O. GEO. BEAVER, WM.' DREDRIDGE.