US2062A

US2062A - Manner of manufacturing boots and shoes

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Publication number: US2062A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1841-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 1858-04-24

Description

UTTE sTETEs PATENT oEEicE.

ANSEL THAYER, OF BRAINTREE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

MANNER OF MANUFACTURING BOOTS AND SHOES,

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,062, dated April 24, 1841.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANsEL THAYER, of Braintree, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in the Manner of Making Boots and Shoes, which I denominate Metallic-Shank Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

In boots and shoes, as improved by me, there is not any outsole of leather from the forepart of the instep to the back of the heel, this art being occupied by a plate, or fixture, of metal, which I denominate the metallic shank, which laps over the rear end of the outsole and is continued back in one piece so as to form a portion of the heel.

In the accompanying drawing, A, A, is the metallic shank which vis to be cast of brass, or other metal, in one piece with the heel part D, D. The leather outsole B, extends back so as to pass under the fore end of the metallic shank, where it is ski'ved off so that the shank may lie snugly upon it. The shank is to be nailed, or sprigged, down through the insole, on to an iron last, in the manner of nailing, or springing, soles of leather. The heel part is cast hollow, and the rim D, is to be filled in with cork and leather, or with leather alone, so as to rise fiusli with the edge of the rim D. Vithin this rim the heel part is nailed, or sprigged, down in the same 'way with the other parts of the metallic shank, the holes for which are, in part,seen atD. The pieces of leather which form the face of the heel may be readily renewed at any time; and they are firmly held in place without any other fastening, by inserting them within the rim, the cavity being larger at the bottom than at the top. Sometimes, for the sake of lightness, I do not allow the metallic plate at D', to cover the whole surface of the heel, but merely have a projecting rim of suflicient width to receive the nails, or sprigs.

Then a new sole is required, the old one may be readily removed from under the fore end of the metallic shank by forcing a suitable instrument in between the leather and the shank, and removing the old nails, or sprigs.

The cost of a pair of boots, or sho-es, of this kind will be but little more than ordinary, and they may be repaired with much greater facility, and will be considerably more durable.

YWhat I claim as constituting my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, 1s

The employment of a metallic shank eX- tending along the instep and heel of boots and shoes, in place of the outsole of leather, said shank being formed and affixed sub* stantially in the manner herein set forth.

ANSEL THAYER.

Witnesses Trios. P. JONES, GEORGE IVEST.