Improvements in the Method of Manufacturing Boots and Shoes

9498. MacFarland, W. J. April 16. Connecting uppers to insoles and sotes; uppers; stiffeners.-The Specification claims the method of making the high-arched shank shoe which is described and claimed in the companion Specification 9497/14, It is also stated that the amount the corner 11 (Fig. 6 of the above-mentioned Specification) of the inside of the upper is thrown in toward the centre line more than the opposite corner is equal to the depth of the hollow in the shank of the last, which is determined by means of a straightedge 100, Fig. 13, and scale 101. The amount of distortion of the insole also depends on this measurement.