US867909A - Boot and shoe heel. - Google Patents

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PATENTED 00T. 8, 1907. W. F. ROSTOCK.

lnvenor.-

WILLIAM F. BOSTOCKOF BROCKTON, MSSACHUSTTS.

sooft` AND snor: HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

' Application filed February 18; 1907. Serial No. 857,798.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be-it known that I, WILLIAM F. Bos'rocK, of Brockton, lin thel county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain' new and useful Improve- A ments in Boot and Shoe Heels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to enable a strong, durable and substantial heel to be made by assembling small'and relatively thick pieces, each of smaller size tlian'a lift of the heel, and fitted together so that they form a. relatively thick pieced lift, and a plurality of relatively which are continuous, instead of being pieced, the sections or members of the pieced v .lifts being abutted together, edge to edge, and united i 1b by glue or'paste to eachother and to the thin continu-n ous'lifts, the'latter both as forming a part of .the thickness .ofthelheeh and as means for binding together the members of the pieced lifts. My invention is embodied in the improved heel which I will p new proceed to describe and claim. Y

` ..1 Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,-Figure 1 representsa perspective view of one' of the pieced lifts of my improved heel. 2

represents a perspective view of one of the continuous binding flfts. Fig. "3 represents side view showing the lifts represented in 1 and 2,- assembled, the

s jwfthlin lift being partially broken away.-

4 reprei sentsa. section on line 4-4 of Fig. Srepresents alongitudinal section of a' completed heel embodying v 301. my invention. 6 represents a view of the tread i. faceof the top lift of the said heel. A Fig. '1 represents aV lf' view similarto 6, showing the top lift ornamented Y ,sito .conceal the joints between the members of the top f lift. K'

v The same-letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures. `.In carrying out my invention I cut from waste scraps of sole leather of irregular form, such as are left by a sole-rounding machine and after the operation of 40 dying out soles, heels, lifts, etc., from a side of leather, a plurality of sections or members of such form as that when they are properly assembled they will form a relatively thick pieced lift a, such as that shown in Fig.

'-1. The sections or members of the lift may be of Y vvarious forms, and they preferablyjnclude two clongated-membcrs 12 12 which form the side and rearedgcs 0f the lift and lportions of the breast edge, and intermediate mcmbers 13 located abetween the side members Vl2, one of said members forming the remaining portion of the breast edge. The members-12 and 13 are cut out by dies from the scrap material with their edges at right angles to their side faces, the edges ofthe sections being' abuttcd` together, and united by'l glue or paste interposed between the abutting edges before they are assembled. The members 12 are of such width that they receive between their inner and' outer edges -the nails which are ordinarily used to attach the heel to th heel scat of a boot or shoe. v

'i b 'b represent a series of relatively thin lifts which are preferably cut from sheets of thin skived leather, the said lifts being .of such thickness that a pluralityf of them may be made from a sheet of leather of ordinary thickness. Each lift b is of such size that it includes the entire width and length of the heel. I therefore call the lifts b continuous, to indicate the fact that each extends continuously lengthwise and crosswise of the heel,- instead of being composed of pieces or sections, as in the case of the lifts a. Each continuous lift b is attached by glue or paste to one side of the group of sections or members 12 and 13 composing one of the pieced lifts, and constitutes a connection or binder between themembers 12 and 13, towhich it is thus united. When the members 12 and 1.3 are made of sole leather, the members are arranged so that their flesh sides all face in the same direction, and form one of the surfaces of the pieced lift, preferably the `upper surface, the continuous Alift bbeing united, by a suitableadhesive, to the lflesh sides of the members 12 and 13.` The said liesh sides and the cut surfaces of. the skiving forming 'the lift b are relatively rough, andare adapted to be `intimately united by the interposed adhesive, the latter permeating the rough surfaces, and effecting a firml i union between them. In practice the members of each pieced lift a and' the accompanying continuous binding lift b are assembled and united to form an element of the heel, as shown in Fig. 4', the said element including a series of relatively 4thick lift members 12. and 13, the edges of which are united by glue or cement, and a single relatively thin continuous binding lift b united tothe flesh sides of the members 12 and 13. In forming each of said elements I apply compressive pressure tending to force the abutting 'edges of the members 12 and 13 against each other, and cause them to conform accurately to each other, so that there will be no variation in width of the crevices between the abutting edges, the continuous bindinglifts b beingv united to the members of the accompanying pieced lift while the latter are under the said' edgewise compressive pressure, so that the completed heel element, composed ofthe relatively thick lifts 12 and 13, and therelatively thin continuous'binding lift b, are all firmly united, and form a rigid heel element, adapted to be united to a number of other similar heel elem'ents to form a heel ofthe desired thickness, as shown in Fig.- 5, the said heel being completed by the addition of a suitable rand c and a'toplift a. The top lift may be either continuous or composed of sections abutted together edge to edge and united by glue or cement, and a continuous binding lift b united to the fiesh sides of the said members. When the top lift is pieced or composed of a plurality of members, I prefer the form of members shown in Fig. 6, there being two side mem` 1' all hers l2() and anv intermediate ninlber 130, these being symmetrically formed so that the joints or cre'viccs between them are synnnetrica-ily arranged relatively to I homedian line of the top lift.- us lshown in Fig; 6. The 5 -lreiul face ol` the top lilt lnayl'be ornamented by Ineens of afinilling'l tholmoved along said surface over the',

joints formed by the members v12() and 130, to form ornmnenlal bands or lines 16 obliteratiiig the said joints,

and imparting an ornamental effect to the' tread surface l0 of thetop lift. as shown in Fig. '17. l

gkltJfill hewseen thatthe improved heel above de- .'scribed, utilizes' the strength `and solidity of sole leather scraps leit by the opera-tion of forming continuous sole und heel-lifts, and thin sheets or skivings, several of L15` which nitty be cut from a singlethckness'ol' ordinary leather. The skivings which form the continuous lift ,b not only comprise a considerable part-of the thickness oi tlie ll'el, but they also serve to bind together vanni preeentedgewise displacement. of the members of '20 'the thicker pieced lifts. lly assembling the members 'arm pim- 1 lifts Snom their nent sides nl facein'the f l'anflcnbledifo Vutjlizel'he holding u't's or crevices on" he marginal vthe edgewise'tompressioii-J d hfts'beig such that any y oe'cjui"aftertheyV I iotl separate the telfllyfe l A lift- Whole; and compensate for Y hrinltgefof theimernbers'vvh'ich occur'after the'parts of the heel have tion enables verynarrow by a sole' rounding machine or rough rounder, to be t utilized in the formation of heel lifts. Such pieces*- comprise the most valuable parts of the sole leather; .50

and heretofore have been I claim: -l. A heel comprising a piece'd lifts, and a plurality of relatively thin continuons binding lifts alternatingr with the pieced lifts, the n iclnlmxs 55 of each pieced lift being mented together edge to edge, and also `cemented to the adjoining binding lift, whe

the intimate relationship of vthe members of the peced lifts.

2.. A heel comprising a pieced lifts, each composed hers compressed edgewlse, mented together, and their direction, und a plurality of the members of the pieeed lift. 1

compressed members of said placed layer-fand pi serv intimate relationship thereof.

`ln testimony whereof` I presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

'C. F. BROWN, H E. BATCHELDER.

thin continuous binding` liftcementcdto l the pieced lift,v and preserving the intimate relatlnnsh been assembled. My-invenpieces, s uch as are removed useless for 'anything but fuel,

plurality of 'relatively miek compressed edge\vise,' and c creby the bindingr lifts -preserve Y 5:60. plurality of relatively thick of sole leather pieces o1' memf"v and 4having V*their edges ce? fleshsides fa of relatively thin continuons" 65 the rnernlrers'l the pressure` of th 'gm fwrLmAM F.- Bos'roen

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