US240619A - George spencer - Google Patents

Description

G. SPENCER. B061; and Shoe.

Patented April 26,1881.

Kinny) gwm mwt PEYERS, FHOTO-UTHOORAPHER, WASH UNIT D STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SPENCER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHRISTIAN OASSLEMAN, JR, or SAME PLACE.

5001' AND Sl-lOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,619, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed January 17, 1881. (Model) and insole and a middle sole made of waterproof canvas or duck and an upper made of such duck, combined with a wool-skin interior, the water-proof duck serving to exclude the Water from the outside, and the wool-skin serving to keep the foot both warm and dry. My invention also consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the boot or shoe herein described, whereby the same is rendered water-proof, strong, and durable.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similarletters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved boot, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2 of Fig. 1..

In said drawings, A represents the outer sole, which is made of leather.

a is the insole, and a"is a middle sole, made of water-prggflhtck.

The upper B, which is also made of waterproof duck, is inserted between the insole and the water-proof sole. The upper is made of a single piece of canvas,-having its two edges 3 5 joined together by a lap-seam in front, extending from the toe of the boot to its top, the seam being covered by a welt, b, stitched to the outside of the upper, over the seam, to protect the edges of the canvas or duck from raveling. This welt I make of leather.

The wool-skin (by which I mean sheep-skin tanned with the wool on) interior 0 is secured to the interior surface of the upper and the insole by shoemakers paste or glue. For this purpose I use a kind of paste which is impervious to water and not affected by it, as an additional protection against the ingress of water'through the water-proof duck, of which the upper is made. However, other kinds of shoemakers paste may be used.

In making my improved boot the wool-skin interior or lining is made separate, in the form of an ordinary wool-skin sock, its outer or V smooth surface coated with paste, when the same is inserted in the boot and pressed out against the interior surface thereof by means of a last, and then subjected to a suitable degree of heat until the paste is dried and the wool-skin is made to adhere firmly to the upper T tight seam or joining of the upper to the sole of the boot. The boot is provided with a leather counter, D, outside of the water-proof duck, which coudter is extended forward to protect the shank of the boot, give it strength, and preserve its form. This counter serves to prevent the duck from crimping or wrinkling behind at the heel. By cutting the canvas in the form shown, so that the seam comes in front, the instep of the boot is prevented from crimping. Grimps or wrinkles at the instep would not only tend, in some degree, to work the waterproofing material out of the canvas or (luck, but also make the boot uncomfortable to the foot. However, it is not necessary to make the waterproof-duck upper all in one piece, but the same may be made in two or more pieces, so that there will be other seams besides the front seam and if holes are worn or torn in the upper it may be patched. The boot may be half-soled if the sole becomes worn.

My improved boot, while it is as impervious to water as a rubber boot, is much warmer and drier, as the water-proof duck is not so tight but that it permits the escape of perspiration arising from the foot and. the ventilation of the boot.

I am aware that leather boots have been provided with wool-skin linings; but such boots differ from mine in not being water-proof, the leather permitting the water to enter the boot, which very soon hardens and wrinkles the wool-skin, and ruins the boot, as well as in the different constructionof the boot and the material of which it is made.

If desired, the toe of the boot may be provided with a leather tip.

Shoes may be made of the same general construction as my improved boot, differing only as a shoe differs from a boot. Such shoes may be used either as a shoe or an overshoe.

My improved boot or shoe is adapted to be used or worn as a pac for protection against extreme cold weather, and also in the place of an ordinary rubber boot for use in water or mud, in cold or wet weather, being as warm as the former and as complete a protection against the admission of water as the latter, while at the same time it is much cheaper than either, and more durable and pleasant to wear.

By turning the shaggy side of the skin inward, as shown, several advantages are obtained. When the shaggy side is turned outward, as has been customary, the wool affords lodgment for moisture, which cannot readily escape, because it is covered by the exterior fabric, and it prevents any union between the duck and lining, except by stitching. When turned inward it lets oil any accumulation of moisture, because it is fully exposed when the boot is not being worn, and, on the other hand, the skin may be readily united to the outer fabric by paste, and it repels outside moisture which may penetrate the duck, instead of taking it up, as would the wool.

What I claim is 1. The water-proof boot or shoe having a leather sole covering a middle sole of waterproof duck, and the upper made of waterproof duck, combined with a wool-skin lining secured to the interior of the boot, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a water-proof boot, of a leather sole an d insole, middle sole of water-proof duck, an upper made of water-proof duck or canvas provided with a front seam extending from the toe to the top of the boot, and a wool-skin lining secured to the interior of the boot by means of paste or glue, substantially as specified.

3. The duck boot provided with a lining formed of wool-skin with its smooth side turned outward, as shown, whereby the securing of the lining to the duck by paste is permitted, the wool is exposed so it may dry, and the skin aids in repelling exterior moisture, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a water-proof duck boot having a front seam extending from the toe to the top of the boot, provided with a leather welt covering said seam, of a leather counter and a wool-skin lining secured to the interior of the boot, substantially as specified.

GEORGE SPENCER.

Witnesses:

EDMUND ADOOGK, v CHRISTIAN OAssLEMAN, Jr.

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