US1007078A - Method of treating shoe-counters. - Google Patents

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s. A. EDDINS. METHOD OF TREATING SHOE COUNTERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1908. RENEWED JUNE 26, 911- 1,007,078.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

' the counter of a low shoe,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SEXTUS A. EDDINS, OF CHARLOTTESVILLE,

VIRGINIA, ASSIGNQR T0 0. A. MILLER TREEIN G MACHINE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A GQR-PORATION OF MAINE.

METHOD OF TREATING SHOE-COUNTERS.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed March 11, 1908, Serial No. 420,458. Renewed June 26, 1911. Serial No. 635,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEXIUS A. EDDINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlottesville,'in the county of Albemarle, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods for Treating Shoe-Counters and I do hereby declare the following to be 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.

When a low shoe is first worn, it frequently happens that great inconvenience is caused the wearer due to the rubbing up and down of the inner face of the counter of the shoe upon the heel of the foot, this rubbing causing blisters; and in carrying out my present invent-ion, which is embodied in a means of treating shoe counters, I have in view the obviation of this rubbing of the heel of a low shoe.

The method ursued in accordance with the principle of my invention, involves the forming of projections on the inner face of these projections being preferablyin the form of corrugations which extend transversely of the.

counter and are arranged one above another in a series. I have found, by actual experiment, that the formation, in the counter of a low shoe, of such corrugations, will effectually prevent rubbing up and down of the counter of the shoe against the heel of the foot of the wearer and have further found that while such corrugations effectually prevent such rubbing. of the heel, they do not render the shoe uncomfortable to -wear in any manner whatsoever. In forming such corrugations, I preferably provide a last upon the toe of which is disposed a transversely corrugated treating member which is convex in two directions to conform to the transverse and to the vertical curvature of the counter; and, having placed this last upon a suitable support, act upon the heel of the shoe with a roller which cooperates with the support to compress and roll the leather of the heel or counter, thereby formin the corrugations heretofore mentioned. ile I have de vised such a last attachment or more broadly speaking, such a means for accomplishing the nesult stated, for use in connection with may be. employed in any other connection and that compression may be applied other than by means of a roller if found expedient.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view'showing a last and my attachment in side elevation, a shoe counter engaged therewlth 1n sectlon and the roller also in sectlon for pressing the counter against the attachment. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the toe portion of a last showing the attachment in' place thereon. Fig. 8 is a detail vertical sectional view through the heel of a low shoe showing the manner in which the corrugations are formed, the section being taken in a direction from toe to heel, and, Fig. 4 is a similar view' but taken in a plane at right angles to the plane of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates the toe portion of the last which supports the corrugating attachment, and 6 the roller which cooperates with the last and attachment for compressing the leather of the counter. The attachment is illustrated as comprising a block 7 having a slightly concaved under face 8 which adapts it to fit upon the face of the last, there being astud 8 formed upon the said concaved under face of the attachment and fitted removably into a socket 9 formed in the last-5. The working face of the block 7 is convexed transversely and longitudinally so as to conform to the transverse and vertical curvature of the counter of the shoe to be treated and the said working face is-formed with a plurality of transversely-extending corrugations 10. As shown in the drawings, the corrugations abrupt shoulders which are presented rearwardly, that is, in the direction of the heel of the last, and the function of this construction-will presently be explained.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the shoe to be treated is placed upon the last so that the block 7 is received in its counter or heel, and the last is then presented in operative relation to the roller 6, the roller being then operated; or, if desired, the last and its support may be swung are so formed that they have 'tmkmn and". forwardly beneath the face of the counter of the shoe, these corrugations heing illustrated in Fl s. 3 and a of the drawings as being forme' transversely of the counter of the shoe and in vertical series. The corrugations are indicated to the numeral 11; and by reason of the pecu iar formation of the corrugations upon the block 7 the corrugations 11 are formed with ahrupt' shoulders which are presented in a downward direction so as to positivelyenmore than one of such series may be formed I For example, it may may gigs and prevent upward movement out the h of the foot relatively to the heel ortion of, the shoe. While I have illustrate in the said Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the counter of a low shoe formed with three such series of corrugations, it will he understood that this is merely to illustrate the fact that it tound'necessary, ex edient, or desirable. a desirable to form only one sense of corrugations directly. at he hash of the counter, or it may he desirahle to term a series of corrn ations on each side .ot' the middle of the has ot the countor, or it may be desired to form three such series, one at the middle of the hack and one series to each side otthe middle series, it heinr understood of course that I am not to he limited to the number of series to he termed nor-to their location. It will also he understood that I may roughen the inner tors, in presence of surface oi the counter or" a low shoe in an manner tound most expedient andthat this 1-- is accomplished other than by torming.

corrugations inthe counter.

Having lolly described my invention,

4 and resistin spaced, paral e1 horiaontally-disposed areas I Witnesses:

- rooaore what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The herein described method of treating a shoe which consists in applying ressure to a portion of the outer face 0 the counter throughout the entire extent of said portion and resisting said pressure at separated points of the corresponding inner face of said counter thereby to form projections on said inner face without altering the original formation of said outer face.

2. lhe herein described method or treating pressure to every point of the outer ace of the counter throughout the extent of the area to be treated and resisting said pressure throughout spaced, parallel, horizontallydisposed areas of the correspondin part of the inner taco to force inwardly those portions of the stock of the counter against which no resistance is applied, thereby to produce corrugations on the inner face of the counter extending transversely of the shoe without alterin the original formation of the outer face 0' the counter. 3. lhe herein described method of treating a finished shoe which consists in applying pressure progressively to the outer race of the portion of the counter to be treated said pressure throughout of the corresponding portion 0 the inner face to force inwardl those portions oi? the stock of the counter geagainst which no resistance is applied th reb to produce corrugations on t e interior 0 the counter without altering the original formationof the exterior of the shoe. f

In testimony whereof, I afix my signatwo witnesses. SEKTUS A. EDDINS.

B. 'WAnnnR Wane, Eons H. Baum.

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