US912398A - Shoe-lining. - Google Patents

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- J. MITCHELL.

SHOE LINING.

APPLIQATION FILED AUG. 12,1907.

912,398. 1 Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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JACOB MITCHELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MITCHELL SHOE LINING COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SHOE-LINING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed August 12, 1907. Serial No. 388,254.

To all whom may concern:

Beitknown that I, JAcoB MITCHELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of lvlichigan, have invented a n w and useful Improvement in Shoe-Linings and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the construction of shoe linings, preparatory to entering into the making of articles of apparel called shoes, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to do in one operation work which now requires three operations and to simplify and improve the construction in two important particulars: first, by shap'ng the lining, as sewed, thus preventing strai iing or bulging, after wear has commenced, and second, by strengthening the seam and preventing liability to rip and tear out at the heel.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 illustrates the appearance of an ordinary shoe-lining, as at present manufactured, sewed together at the heel; 2 illustrates he same lining with the seam rubbed down and sewed under the tape-stay or backstay, as it is sometimes called; Fig. 3 is the reverse side of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: illustrates the first appearance of the lining sewed under my method and corresponds to Figs. 1 and 2 under the old methods of manufactu e, supposing my tape-stay to be sewed on one side only; Fig. 5 illustrates the shoe-lining complete, inside view; and Fig. 6 is the outside view of Referring to the numerals of reference: 1 refers to the sewing-line 2, the extension beyond the seam line, as at present left; 3, the attached tape as at present used; 4, the sewing lines throu h the tape and lining, as at present employed; 5, the sewing-lines on he reverse side of the lining and the tapesta as at present employed (see the raw edges of the shoe-lining outside of the sew ing lines); 6, the exposed joined or seam edges of the lining, as at present made; 7-9, my extension tapestay; 8, the lines of stitching under my first operation; 9, my tape-stay sewed to the lining in the final operation, outside view; 8, 10, lines of stitching or sewing as they finally appear in my article of manufacture, inside view.

In the manufacture of linings, as at present in shoe-factories, the halves of the lining are placed evenly together and attached with a row of stitchin 1; following this operation, the eXtension beyond the seam, 2, is flattened diametrically (rubbed down), and the tape, 3, sewed thereon by the lines of stitching, 4. By this method, three operations are required, the seam is only protected on one side, and, as the tape-stay is sewed fiat upon the seam, there is a tendency in the lining to bulge, draw unevenly, and, under strain, to quickly rip. My construcsion overcomes these defects in the following manner: I place my tape-sta 7 or 79 on the machine and put a shoe-linin half upon the tape-stay and sew, 8. The slioe-linm half is held as it is sewed, so that its curve contour follows a straight invisible line lengthwise on the tape-stay, thus naturally shaping the tape-stay to the contour of the entire heel of the shoe-lining. This is easily done, as the needle can be run up the tape-stay on the one half and down the tapestay on the other half lining. This operation contemplates the use of a one-needle machine. With a twoneedle machine, both halves are simultaneously sewed, edge to ed e, to the tape-stay, producing the same result. If it is intended to sew the tape-stay on one side only, the operation is now complete, and the lining with the tape-stay naturally formed presents the contour of the heel, ready for use. In this case, my tape-stay may be of the length and shape at present used. If additional strength is required, however, the extension-half 0f the tape-stay is folded upon the exposed edges of the lining on the reverse side 9; placed underneath on the machine and sewed, 10,th1ough the lining and its other half above, all being done without removing the lining or the tape-stay from the machine. In this manner, I rotect both sides of the seam and natural y shape the lining to the form of the heel. It is practically impossible to tear the lining, it will not bulge, or be uneven, and the heel and heel-seam are greatly strengthened and supported, because of the natural shape given the lining to begin with.

My tape-stay may be either ordinary soft I step of first sewing the meeting edges of the tape, or may be reinforced, and can be made of cloth, leather, or any other suitable ma terial.

I preferably make my extension tape-stay wider at each end than in the middle to give increased support to the heel seam toward the bottom, where most strain occurs.

The important features of my invention are: sewing the curved heels of the linings in a straight line on a tape-stay resulting in a erfect adjustment of the tape-stay and the ining, producing a superior article of manufacture; and, if desired, strengthening and improving the lining by attaching the tapestay both inside and outside the heel-seam, instead of inside only, as at present done.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an improved lining for shoes, consisting of two halves disposed with their rear edges in contact with each other, said meeting edges being curved, and means for holding said halves against separation, consisting of a tape-stay disposed under said meeting edges and sewed to the lining by stitching following straight lines on the tape-stay and curved lines on the lining above, whereby the usual step of first sewing the meeting edges of the two halves together, before sewin the tapestay to the lining, is obviated.

2.7 As a new article of manufacture, an im' roved lining for shoes, corlsistii of two ha ves disposed with their rear edges in contact with each other, saidmeetii .g edges beia .g curved, and means for holding said halves agairst separation, consisting of a tape-stay disposed over said meeting edges on both sides of the linii g and sewed to the lining by stit hi1 .g followii .g straight In its on the tapestay and curved lines on the li1 i1 .g, whereby the usual step of first sewi: .g the meeting edges of the two halves together, before sewing the tape to the lining, is obviated.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an improved lining for shoes, consisting of two halves disposed with their rear edges in con tact with each other, said meetii edges being curved, and moms for holding said halves against separation, coi .sistii .g of a tape-stay disposed under said meetii g edges and sewed to the llLLl] .g by stit hi1 g following straight lines on the tape-stay a1 d curved lines 011 the lining above, v hereby the usual to the lining, is obviated, said tape being wider toward the bottom than at the top.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an improved lining for shoes, consisting of two halves disposed with their rear edges in contact with each other, said meeting edges being curved, and means for holding said halves against separation, consisting of a tape-stay disposed under said meeting edges and sewed to the lining by stitching followtwo halves together, before sewing the tape ing straightlines on the tape-stay and curved e lines on the lining above, whereby the usual step of first sewing the meeting edges of the two halves together, before sewing the tape to the lining, is obviated, and strengthening stitchin through the tape-stay and lining disposed along the outer edges of the tapestay. 7

As a new article of manufacture, an im roved lining for shoes, consisting of two ha ves disposed with their rear edges in contact with each other, said meeting edges being curved, and means for holding said halves against separation, consisting of a tape-stay disposed over said meeting edges,

on both faces of the lining, and folded over the top thereof, and sewed thereto by stitching followin straight lines on the tape-stay and curved lines on the within-contained lining, whereby the usual step of first sewing the meetil .g edges of the two halves together,

before sewing the tape-stay to the lining, is

obviated.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an improved lining for shoes, consisting of two halves disposed with their rear edges in con,- tart with earh other, said meeting edges beii .g curved, means for holding said halves against separation, consistin of a tape-stay disposed over said meeting edges, on both faces of the lining, and folded over the top thereof and sewed thereto by stitching fol- V lowing straight lines on the tape-stay and V curved lin(s on the within-contained lining,

whereby the usual step of first sewing the meetirgedges of the two halves together, 7

before sewirg the tape-stay to the lining, is

outer portions of the tape-stay.

JACOB MITCHELL, i" -.'itnesses:

TnoMAs ALGER, SARA WEBER-MCCORMICK.

105 obviated, and strengthening stitching through the tape-stay aid lining, disposed along the

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