US330625A - Boot or shoe sole - Google Patents

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G. B. SEIGENTHALER. BOOT OR SHOE SOLE.

No 330,625. Patented N01. 17, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. SEIGENTHALER, OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

BOOT OR SHOE SOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,625, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed March 25, 1885. Serial No. 160,120. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SEIGEN- THALER, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Boot or Shoe Sole, of which the following is a specification.

Boots and shoes after remaining a while in stock are liable to have their sole-bottoms darkened and marred in appearance by the absorption of oil from the upper-leather. This obviously detracts from the salable quality of such goods by conveying an impression of old or shop-worn stock.

The object of my invention is to avoid this difficulty by providing a simple, effective, and inexpensive means of preventing the new bottoms of boot and shoe soles from absorbing oil from the upper-leather. This I accomplish by placing between the outsole and the insole, or between the outsole and the welt or the outsole and turned-in or lasted portion of the boot or shoe upper, a sheet of paper or silk so prepared as to be impervious to the passage of oil from the upper-leather to the outer sole. The sole-bottoms are thus prevented from becoming tarnished, darkened, or old in appearance while the goods are standing in stock in store-rooms, and are enabled to retain the clearness and gloss of newly-made work.

My invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which shows an ordinary shoe with its sole S detached from the upper-leather, B, in front, and with the prepared paper sheetA arranged between the sole and upperleather, the parts being as yet unsecured. The paper sheet A is prepared for use by being thoroughly saturated or overlaid with paraffine, wax, or like material through which oils cannot penetrate. This prepared paper sheet may be cut in one piece large enough to cover the entire upper surface of the outsole, except part of the exposed edges thereof, or, if placed between the welt and outsole, to extend to the edge, and so that the sheet will lie in the seam of the sole all around or as far as is wished, to prevent discoloration and prevent anyimmediate contact of the sole-leather with the upper-leather. The paper sheet is slipped into place before the sole and upper are connected, and is secured by the ordinary stitching or other means that are usually employed for uniting said parts.

It is obvious that by my invention all liability of absorption of oil from the upperleather by the outsole is prevented, and the bottom of the sole is thereby enabled to maintain an appearance of newness, freshness, and beauty for a long period while the goods re main in stock.

The prepared silk, paper, or other material used is of such a character that it does not add to the body of the sole or increase its thicknessto any appreciable extent, and it is not relied upon to exclude moisture when the shoe is in use. In these respects my interposed paper differs essentially from the devices heretofore applied to waterproofing purposes.

I am aware that prior to my invention sheets and strips of rubber and other waterproof material have been placed between the inner and outer soles of boots and shoes to exclude external moisture. I am also aware that a sole-layer of metal foil protected on one or both sides bya covering of muslin has been employed for the same purpose-namely, to prevent dampness from passing up through the sole of a shoe. Sole-layers of perforated rubber have also been used to prevent the screeching of boots and shoes. These purposes, however, are not contemplated by my invention, and the above-specified means for accomplishing such objects are defective when applied to my invention, because of their expensiveness and the difiiculty of practical application, as neither rubber nor metal foil is susceptible of being sewed through in the seam of the sole without cutting or otherwise damaging the thread. Rubber, metal foil, and like material are, besides, more expensive than paper, and are further objectionable on account of interfering with the proper ventilation of a boot or shoe, thereby causing damp feet by retaining the perspiration. Again,

the marginal edges of such material, when ex posed beyond the seam, cannot be so readily trimmed with the required smoothness and neatness as is possible with paper.

Having thus described my invention, whatI oil from the upper-leather, substantially as claim isdescribed. In a boot or shoe, the combination, with In testimony whereof Ihereuntosct myhand the upper-leather and the outsole, of a sheet in presence of two witnesses. 5 of oiled silk or paper coated with paraffine,

GEORGE B. SEIGENTHALER. Wax, or like material, and laid in the seam of Witnesses:

LEWIs FLATTERY, HIRAM B. SWARTZ.

the sole, for the purpose of preventing disco1- oration of the sole-bottom by absorption of

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