USRE632E - Metal tips for toes of boots and shoes - Google Patents

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G.. A. MITCHELL. METALLIC TIP AND METALLIC TIPPIID BOOT AND SHOE. No. 632.

Ressued Deo. 7, 1858.

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fUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eEo'neE A. MITCHELL, or TURNER, MAINE.

METAL TIPS FOR TOES OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Leiters Iaeut Nu. 19,049, dared January 5, i858; c'issnelo: 63?, dated December 7, 1858.

To all uhom 'it muy concern.:

Be it known that l, GEORGE A. MITCHELL,

of Turner, in theicounty ot' Androscoggin and State ot' Maine, have invented a new and useful metallic tip for protect-ing the upper and loe parts of' boots and shoes from wear, and a new article ot manufacture, consisting of a boot. or shoe with these tips applied thereto; and I hereby declare that the following specification, in connection with the 'accompanying drawings and references thereon, constitutes a lucid, cle; r, and exact description of the construction, application, and use of the same.

In referring to the said drawings, Figure l denotes a piece ot sheet metal cut and ready to be shaped by dies to conform to the toe of thc-boot or shoe; Fig-Z, a plan of the same after being shaped; Fig. 3, asection on line A Bof Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an elevation or" a shoe with metallic tip applied thereto; Fig. 5, a longitudinal and vertical section of Fig. 4.

The nature of my invention bdnsists in the construction of metallic tips for preventing abrasion, wear, and destruction ot' the upper and toe portion ot' boots and shoes, and in applying these tips to boots and shoes, which constitutes th ein a new article of manufacture, all as will be hereinafter seen.

In order to enable persons skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct.`

and carry out the saine, I. will describe it as follows I construct a die of chilled cast-iron or other material (not shown) with cavity formed therein ofthe shape ofthe toe ot' the boot or shoe, or of the tip to be applied thereto, and a fol- -lower of hardened steel or other durable material (not shown) exactly of the shape of the cavity formed in the die, less the thickness of the metal for the tip. I make use of sheet metal or any desired material of4 a dnctile nature, which may be jappanned or colored black or otherwise prepared, but prefer brass or copper, by reason of its ductility and cheapness, and in not being liable to rust, and in thickness about No. 20 of the ordinary wiregage, or more or less, as may be required, and cut it into plates, (seen at A,) or of any desired proportiomand place them, one at a time, upon the die, over the cavity, and then bring the follower or punch down upon it, by which it is-instantly formed of the required shape or struck up,77 as seen at B, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, bythe force and movement of punch or i'ollower which compresses thc plate A into the die, and of the desired i'orm to eonjoin with the shape of the toe of thcshoe, as seen at Figs.4 and 5. The striking up or forming ofthe tip adds greatly toits temper, hardness,

and strength, and where they are desired to be highly ornamental, silver or silver-plated copper `or brass, or German silver may be used. After the tip has received its general form, the inner and upper portion (seen at Fig.

3) is rounded off by steel burr'cutt'er or otherwise, as seen at a, to prevent the edge which would be otherwise left from cutting the upper-leather, as'will be readily understood.

The manner of fabrication or manufacture ot my metallic-tipped .boot or shoe, or of applying my tip to boots or shoes, which constitutes them a new article of manufacture when the tips are-so applied, is as follows: The boot or shoe is' lasteda term used by shoe-makers to indica-te boot or shoe when the inner sole, E, Fig. 5, is nailed upon a rla stand the upper-leather O also placed thereon and sewed or pegged tothe inner sole, E, Fig. 5. Then the outer sole, D, is placed on over the inner sole and that portion of the upperleather C which remains between the soles Il and D, and then pegged, nailed, or sewed; as may be desired, to that portion of `the shoe previously lasted, excepting the toe, sufiicient of which is left for the convenient introduction oi' the portion G oi' the tip B between the outer and inner soles, E and D, as seen at Figs. 4: and 5, while the outer and upper portion of the tip nicely conjoins in shape or form to the outer and upper or toc part of th'eshoe or boot, and the tip is secured firmly to the shoe by nails or pegs F,Fig:5, driven through the outersole, D, the tip B, and then into and through the inner sole, E, to which they are clinched, care being tali en that these nails or pegs it snugly into each of the soles and the tip, in order to firmly imite the outer to the inner sole,as well as tostrongly secure thev tip to the shoe or boot.

It will be seen that about the usual quantity of nails or .pegs driven into the toe part ot' ordinary boots or shoes is used in my invention. The ordinary awl answersn every purpose,

e l sez and is'as readily and easily driven thro-ugh the tipas the leather on either side of it gand my tip, when applied as, just described, not only protects that part ofthe boot or shoe which it covers from wear, but it adds strength, and consequent durability, 'to the entire boot or shoe.

1t is well known that the upper-leather at the toes of the ordinary boot and shoe is the first to be worn out, andthis natural and unf avoidable result arises from the greater oon-4 tact which this portion of the upper part of the shoe or boot is liable to have when in use and from this unavoidable and well-known predominance of wear at this point the boot or shoe is worn through,or so as to require mending when they are otherwise less than half worn out, This is the ease particularly with childrens and youths bootsand shoes` and to those Worn in the rude oecupations,andl1ave to be consequentlyv thrown aside when nearly all parts of them are good. And the object of 4my invention isr to cheaply and effeetually avoid the aforesaid serious defects by never allowing them tooccur, as well as to impart an increased. durability to the entire boot or 'shoe by giving the greatest strength to that part heretofore the weakest and soonest destroyed, and to cause them to longer retainl their elegance lof form and new annearance, alltas will be readily seen.

Having thus described my invention', I will state my elaim, as follows What I cla-im as my invention, and desire 'I -to secure by Letterslatent, as a new article 1.' My within-described metallic tip, construoted in the ina-nner and for the purposes fully set forth.

2. As anew article of manufacture, a metal- 4 lic tipped boot or shoe, 'onstructed essentially in the manner and for the purposes `fully set forth and described.

GEORGE A. MITCHELL.

Witnesses MANDEVILLE T. LUDDEN, H. M. BEARD.

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