US366845A - Heel for boots or shoes - Google Patents

Description

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J. L. JOYCE.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

No. 366,845. Patented July 19, 1887.

JOSEPH L. JOYCE, OF NE? HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,845, dated July 19,1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. JOYCE, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Heels for Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of the heel complete, looking from the under side and show ing the slits made to receive the fastenings; Fig. 2, the same view of theheel, showing the fastenings inserted; Fig. 3, a transverse section through the heel, showing the fastenings inserted preparatory to receiving the top lift;

Fig. 4, a transverse section through the fastening device, showing the heel complete; Fig. 5, a perspective view of one of the fasteners detached; Fig. 6, a modification in the fastening device.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of heels for boots or shoes that is, to that class in which the heel is made as an article of manufacture, ready to be attached to the boot or shoe; and the invention has for its object to provide the heel with fastening-spurs completely set in the heel, but projecting from the heel'seat, the said projections being adapted to be forced through the heel portion of the sole by pressure applied directly to the heel itself, and so that the spurs may be turned down upon the inner side of the sole, and thereby secure the heel to the boot or shoe.

The fastening device which I prefer in the manufacture of my improved heel is that for which I have made application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 228,316. In Fig. 5 I illustrate one of the fastening devices.

The fastening device consists of a plate cut from sheet steel or other suitable metal. This plate is in width less than the length of the heel, and in depth considerably greater than the depth of the heel. At one end the plate A (see Fig. 5) is constructed with a series of points, a, more or less in number, these points being produced by cutting deep notches in the end of the plate, but preferably so as to (No model.)

leave the plate solid below the notches to a depth considerably less than the thickness of the heel. At the lower end the plate is bent at right angles, toform a flange, B. The edge of the flange is curved corresponding to the curvature of the side of the heel, and around the edge of the flange is a series of projecting spurs, 1), less in depth than the thickness of the cap to be applied to finish the heel.

In the preparation of the heel it is made up from lifts of leather, or made from any suitable material and in any known manner, as seen in Fig. 1. which represents the heel, cxcept the top lift. Through this heel preferably two slits, d e, are made, beginning near the rear of the heel and diverging forward, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. These slits in width correspond to the width of the fastener, and so that the fasteners may be driven through the heel, as seen in Fig. 3, bringing the flange B flat upon the outer surface, the points a projecting from the heel-seat and the spurs Z) projecting from the outer side, and then onto the outer side the top lift E is applied and forced onto the spurs, as seen in Fig. 4. This completes the heel ready for market.

To apply the heel to the boot or shoe, perforations are made through the heel portion of the sole corresponding to the spurs projecting from the heel-seat, then the heel is applied, the spurs entering the perforations in the sole, and under pressure applied by a suitable press upon the cap side of the heel, while the boot or shoe is held to .resist such pressure, the heel is forced to place, driving the spurs through the sole, the spurs are then turned down upon the innersidc of the sole,and theheel is secured.

In the manufacture of these heels the slits in the heel through which the fastening devices are driven will be in a standard or uniform position, so that an instrument having punches corresponding to the points may be used for making the perforations in all the soles for a standard size of heels. Under this construction the heel is made complete and finished as an article of manufacture and carries with it the devices by which it may be attached.

"While the fastening devices which I have described are specially and peculiarly adapted to this manufacture of complete heels, other fastening devices may be employed-as, for

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sponding perforation in the heel.

Instead of forming the fastening device with a web between the several spurs, so as to require a corresponding-slit in the heel, the spurs may start from the flange 13 direct, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 5, without the intermediate web, in which case corresponding perforations will be made through the heel. I therefore do not wish to be understoodas limiting my invention to one specific fastening device, it only being essential to my invention that the fastening device shall be in the form of a body extending through the heel, its inner end projecting from the heel-seat and terminating in a point shape, with a flange upon the outer end of the body at substantially right angles to the body, and with a spur projecting from said flange as a means for securing the top lift.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a heel for boots or shoes possessing in itself instrumentality by which it may be secured to the boot or shoe, as such, I am aware, broadly considered, is very old.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture,

a heel for boots or shoes having fastening devices extending through the heel proper, projecting from the heel-seat, and terminating in substantial points for attachment to the boot or shoe, the said fastening devices constructed with a flange at right angles to the body to lie upon the face of the heel proper, and the said flanges constructed with projecting spurs to receive the top lift, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a heel for boots or shoes having a fastening device con sisting of the plate A, with points a extending therefrom, and constructed with a flange, B, having projecting spurs 1) around its edge, the said fastening device inserted through the heel, the points projecting upon the inner side, and the cap of the heel set upon the spurs and flange, substantially as described, the said points projecting from the inside of the heel being adapted to be forced through the heel portion of the sole and be turned down upon the inner side to secure the heel.

'Jos. L. JOYCE.

Witnesses: I

FRED C. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

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