US33032A - Boot and shoe - Google Patents

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T. G. EISWALD. BOOT AND SHOE.

No. 83,032. v Patented Aug. 13, 1861.

UNITED STA SES PATENT GFFICE.

T. G. EISWALD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOOT AND SHOE Specification of Letters Patent No. 33,032, dated August 13, 1861.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. G. EiswALD, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a face or bottom view of a metal plate pertaining to my invention. Fig. 2, an inner view of ditto. Fig. 8, a longitudinal section of ditto taken in the line :I:, m, Fig. 1; and Fig. at, a transverse section of oitto taken in the line y, y, and showing the manner in which it is secured to a boot or shoe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a metal plate which is made to correspond with the form of the sole, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. This plate A is provided with nails a, which are fitted 'i it all around its edge at a suitable distance apart. The nails a, should be o f wrought metal so that they may clench readily, and they should be of such a length that they may pass through the leather sole of the boot or shoe and also through the edges of the upper or welt of the same. The plate A, may be of wrought or cast metal and its outer or face side may be provided with knobs or projections b, or corrugated in any proper way so as to prevent slipping.

The plate A, is applied to the shoe as fol lows: After the upper is made and the whole of the body or main part of the shoe finished, an iron last is fitted therein, and the leather sole is fitted to the bottom of the shoe, and

the metal plate A, applied to the sole, the welt being between the sole and upper. The plate A, has pressure applied to it by any suitable press and the nails a, of the plate are consequently forced through the sole and welt and are clenched in consequence of coming in contact with the metal last see Fig. l, in which the upper is designated by c, the welt by (Z, and the sole by c.

The attaching of metal plates to the soles of boots and shoes is quite an old idea, but the plans hitherto devised, so far as I am aware, have all consisted in simply attaching the plates to the soles after the latter had been secured to the uppers, and consequently the attaching of the plates augmented the cost of manufacture; but by my invention the cost of the metal plate is more than saved by the economy in labor, as in attaching the plate to the sole, the latter is secured to the upper or welt, and the usual labor of sewing or pegging dispensed with.

I would remark that metal heel plates may be applied in precisely the same way as the sole plates A, the difference consisting only in the length of the nails a, which, of course, require to be longer, corresponding to the thickness or depth of the heel.

I do not claim broadly the attaching of metal plates to the soles of boots and shoes. But

I do claim asnew, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent The particular arrangement herein shown and described of the clenching nails a, and the plate A, with the sole 0, upper c, and welt (Z, so that the above parts will be firmly united by the said clenching nails, without any other fastening, all as set forth.

T. G. EISVVALD.

Witnesses HENRY LINDEMANN, M. STEINBERG.

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