US518923A

US518923A - John s

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Publication number: US518923A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 1911-04-24

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(No Model.)

J. S.- KILGORE.

SOLE AND HEEL PLATE. N0. 5-18,'923,- Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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JOHN S. KILGORE, OF SALIDA, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILMOT W. SHAY, OF SAME PLACE.

SOLE AND HEEL PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 7 Letters Patent No. 518,923, dated April 24, 1894.

Application filed July 17, 1893. Serial No. 480,684. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. KILGOBE, of Salida, in the county of Ohaffee and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Sole and Heel Plate for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is "a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in boot and shoe soles and heel plates. Andthe object of my invention is to procure a light and durable sole and heel plate of this class, which is especially adapted for usewith the laboring class and children, and which may be applied to any boot or shoe so as to endure the longest possible amount of wear and possess the least possible amount of weight.

To this end my invention consists in an aluminum sole and heel plate for boots and shoes, the construction of which willbe hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 shows bottom of coarse shoe. Fig. 2? is a side view of the coarse .sole. Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of one of the sole strips. Fig. 4: shows a cross sec tion illustrating the manner of securing the strips to the sole. Fig. 5 is across section at A B showing the groove for running a thread orstaple to fasten the shank piece to the body of the shoe. This figure also shows the method of securing the line sole to the body of the shoe.

The sole and heel plate of either the coarse or fine shoe is composed of an alloy of aluminum. The sole of a coarse shoe is made in strips; a is the toe piece and b b the strips, 0 being the terminal strip. These strips are provided with holes j .Fig. 4: adapted to receive tapering metallic nails which secure them to the shoe; i Fig. 4, g h 3,77 k Z7? 4, show the lips and recesses on the edges of these strips which prevents them from falling out in case the nails become loose. These strips are very narrow and will work at the joint as a hinge which gives an easy movement to the solein walking. The shank piece d Fig. l, is in one piece and may be secured to the shoe by a thread or staples.

The sole of the fine shoe is made in one piece sufliciently thin, cl Fig. 2, to give an easy, elastic and light solo; at n Fig. 5 shows a groove near the outer edge of this sole, along which are holes adapted to receive a metallic thread or staple as at e Fig. 1,.

which secures it to the upper sole. The coarse sole being made of strips of an alloy of alumin um gives an easy, light and very durable sole, and the fine sole being made in one thin piece of an alloy of aluminum gives a very light, durable and symmetrical sole. Therefore this sole and heel plate is very valuable-for use on shoes and boots on account of its lightness and durability.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to -secure by Letters Patent A metallic wear plate for boots and shoes comprising the grooved and perforated shank sole substantially as described, and the toe strip a, terminating strip 0, and intermediate strips b extending transversely across the shoe sole, and provided with the alternating lugs g and recesses h, each having tapering perforations for the reception of securing tacks substantially as described.

JOHN S. KILGORE. Witnesses:

WILMOT W. SHAY, GEORGE A. BENTLEY.