US122085A - Improvement in boots and shoes - Google Patents

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K6) PRESTON WARE, Jr.

= v I lmprnvemen t in Boots and No. 122,085.

Shoes. Patented Decui 1871.

l NITE PRESTON WARE JR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,085, dated December 19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PRESTON WARE, Jr., of Boston,'in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawin g- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of my I invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates.particularly to an improvement in the manufacture of inachinemade, doublesoled, or cork sole boots and shoes; and said improvement consists in the arrangement of a cushion in combination with the outer sole, the double or cork'sole, the inner sole and the upper, in such amanner that said cushion, being pressed tightly to the upper between the inner sole and the stitched Welt or outer sole, prevents Water from passing in between itand the upper, While the cork or double sole protects the foot against dampness if the outer sole should get wet.

-leather cord for the filling I sometimes use a cotton cord, felt, or a ilat piece of leather; or the filling may be omitted entirely and a row ot'stitch es made close to thefold. When the cushion has been thus prepared, I last the boot or shoe in the usual manner, by preference on an iron-plated last; then I tack the cushion around the edge of the boot or shoe, with the cordededge next to the upper, E; then 1 fitthe double or cork sole B nicely between the corded edges, bringing the edge of the cork sole close up to the cord, as shown in Fig. 2, and on the bottom surface of the cork sole I place a stitched welt, 0, being made of a simple strip of leather, with stitches nearit-s outer edge, said strip being so adjusted that the fi stitches project t side the corded edge and fasten the same, together 'i\ ith"the"d5iible or cork sole and cushion, to the inner sole by means of a Towsend screw-machine or by pegs, nails,-or a McKay sewingmachine. Finally, I put on the outer sole 1), and screw, peg, or sew through the whole. The cushion A being pressed tightly to the upper between the inner sole stitched welt and outer sole, prevents water passing between it and the upper, and being adhered together by shellac or other water-resisting substance it is prevented from absorbing moisture, and by the cork sole the foot is protected against dampness it the outer sole should get wet. It is obvious that for the cork sole a sole of any other desirable material can be substituted.

By my process a cork sole or double-sole boot 0r shoe can be produced at one-half the cost of an ordinary hand-sewed article, and my boots and shoes are equally handsome, comfortable and durable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by, Letters Patent, is-

The cushion A, made as herein described, and arranged in relation to the cork or double sole B, stitched-welt C, and outer sole D, substantially in the manner set forth.

PRESTON WARE, JR. 1

Witnesses:

WILLIAM B. GREENOUGH,

CHANNrNe LILLY. (16)

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