US583157A - Shoe-form - Google Patents

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E. B. STORY. SHOE FORM.

No. 583,157. Patented May 25, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN B. STORY, OF GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,157, dated May 25, 1897.

Application filed November 24, 1896. Serial No. 613,264l. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. STORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grafton, in the county of WVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a paper form which is intended to fit inside of a shoe in order to preserve the shape thereof and prevent the shoe from being crushed or distorted.

The object of my invention is to provide a light paper shoe-form which can be built up or made from pieces of scrap or waste paper.

To these ends my invention consists of the features of construction, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper shoe-form constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side viewillustrating the manner in which the inner layers are formed on a last. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the form after it has been trimmed, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the inner layers are cut or slit in order to permit them to be removed from the last.

In the transportation of shoes it frequently happens that the body or forward part of the shoe is crushed in, so as to crack the leather or destroy the appearance of the shoe. This is especially true in regard to the sample shoes carried by traveling men or drummers.

In order to preserve the shape of sample shoes, it has heretofore ordinarily been the custom to employ wooden blocks or forms to fill out the body of the shoe. These wooden forms are heavy and expensive.

The special object of my invention is therefore to provide a shoe-form especially adapted for preserving the shape of sample shoes during transportation, although forms constructed according to my invention may be employed with advantage in show-windows or other places where it is desired to preserve the correct shape of shoes.

In building up a shoe-form accordingto my invention a last B of the desired shape is first carefully oiled or greased. A number of layers 10 of small pieces of scrap paper are then pasted together around the forward or body portion of the last. Any ordinary paste or glue may be employed for securing the pieces of paper together, but in practice I preferably secure the last of the layers 10 by means of starch, as starch is more penetrating than ordinary paste and will give the construction a greater degree of stiffness. The rear ends of the layers 10 are trimmed OK at an incline, as 14, and when they have properly set or dried they are cut or slit, as at 12 and 13, in order to permit them to be removed or taken off the last. When the layers 10 have been removed from the last, the outer layers 11 for reinforcing or stiifening the inner layers 10 are added, and when the same have been properly dried and set the form may be sandpapered smooth and finished with an y desired kind of blacking, shellac, or paint.

Shoe-forms constructed according to my invention may of course be formed of any shape and may be constructed to cover more or less of the last, as desired.

I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the forms which I have shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a hollow paper shoe-form comprising inner layers 10 having slits cut therein to permit them to be removed from the last, and outer continuous layers 11 for reinforcing said inner layers, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a paper shoe-form A shaped to conform to the front and body portion of a shoe, said form com prising inner layers 10 of small pieces of paper pasted together, said inner layers being slit at 12 and 13 to permit said layers to be removed from the last, and outer continuous layers 11 for reinforcing said inner layers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN B. STORY.

Witnesses:

PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE, JAMES H. BANCROFT.

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