US1101603A

US1101603A - Sole-machine.

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Publication number: US1101603A
Application number: US64888111A
Authority: US
Inventors: Erastus Edwin Winkley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-09-12
Filing date: 1911-09-12
Publication date: 1914-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1931-06-30

Description

E. E. WINK-LEY.

SOLE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. s, 1900. RENEWED SEPT, 12, 1911.

LILULfiQg Patented June 30,1914.

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SOLE MACHINE.

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SOLE MACHINE.

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SOLE MACHINE.

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SOLE-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914:.

Application filed December 3, 1900, Serial No. 38,450. Renewed September 12, 1911. Serial No. 648,881.

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, ERASTUS EDWIN \VINKLEY, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sole-Machines; 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.

The present invention relates to sole machines and more particularly to machines for operating upon the soles of lasted shoes.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved means for feeding the work to the trimming and nailing devices of machines for attaching the'heel seat of a shoe sole to the lasted upper and insole androunding or trimming the projecting edge to conform substantially .to the shape of the last. As to certain features, however, my invention is not limited to such machines as these features might be embodied advantageously in mechanism for feeding the work in other shoe machines which are adapted to operate upon a lasted shoe as shoe sewing, pegging, tacking, rounding or channeling machines.

The type of machine to which myinvention is particularly designed to be applied is well illustrated and described in the patent to G. H. Gifford, No. 579,144, dated March 23,1897, the immediate object of the invention being to obviate the objectionable features of the feeding mechanism of the patented machine. As will be readily understood from the patent drawings and specification, in the patented machine, the lasted shoe is rotatably supported on a-lastpin at the upper end of a post freely movable toward and from a gage and also freely movable laterally of the gage. For feeding the work a four-motion feedpawl which engages the bottom of the sole is provided. This feeding pawl advances the work intermittently between successive actuations of the trimming knife and nailing device, the shoe being rotated on the last pin and the post being moved laterally by the operator to keep the shoe in contact with the gage.

In the practical operation of the machine it is found that when the shoe is turned and moved laterally the throat of the nailing device. the trimming knife, and the feed pawl trimmed unevenly.

constitute three separate points about which the work can turn, and that the work is turned sometimes about one point and sometimes about another according to the time in the operation of the machine at which the operator attempts to move the-shoe. As a result the edge of the heel seat is often To obviate these defects invention contemplates providing a jack for supporting the lasted shoe and suitable mechanisms for actuating the jack to feed the edge of .the heel seat to the trimming knife so that the heel seat is trimmed evenly to conform to the shape of the last. The jack and the mechanism for actuating it which I have devised afford a simple and efficient means for obviating the objections above noted. It is to be understood, however, that the jack and its actuating mechanism might be-constructed in many different ways without departing from the essential features of my invention which are not-limited to details of construction. It is also to be understood that while the immediate object of my invention is to improve the feeding mechanism of a heel seat nailing and trimming machine,

- certain features of the jack and its actuating mechanism are equally applicable to other machines for operating upon lasted shoes and as to such features my invention is not limited to any particular type of machine.

My invention also has for its object to improve the construction, arrangement and operation of various parts of a heel seat nailing and trimming machine.

With the above objects in View my inven'tion consists in the, devices, combinations and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

A preferred 'form of my invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a heel seat nailing and trimming machine embodying the same; Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the head of the machine, the ack and the lasted shoe supported thereon, shown in Fig. 1, being omitted; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the head of the -macl1ine on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. at

' trating the mechanism for moving the ack laterally; Fig. 7 is a sectional. plan view on the

line

7 ,7 of Fig. 1 illustrating the mechanism for rotating or oscillating the jack; Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the nailing device and trimming knife, and Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of the nailing device.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is designed to attach the heel seat of the sole ofa lasted shoe to the upper and insole I by means of nails and totrim or round the projectin'gedge of the heel seat-to conform 'to the shape of the last. The machine comprises a nailing device and a trimming knife arranged to operate on the edge of-theheel seat; the nailing device acting on the bottom of the heel seat to drive nails through the edge of the heel. seat, the inturned edges of the .upper and insole and the trimming device acting on the projecting edge of'the heel seat to trim the same. For holding the 'heel seat in position to be operated upon by the nailing device and trimming knife, a

gage is providedarranged to bear against.

thecounter portion of the upper directly beneath the'heel sea-tend, also preferably acting to support the projecting edge'of the heel seat against the cut of the trimming knife. The shoeis supported with the counter portion of the upper bearing! against} P'i porting jack, the jack being movable towardi -andfrom the gage and pressed toward thei gage to keep the counter portion of the shoe. in contact therewith by the operator. For; the edge ofthe 'heel' seat to the; "nailing device and trimming, knife, means; are provided for moving the jacklaterally; to present the sides of the heel seat andfor; rotating the jack about the center of the heel to present the back of the heel seat to Ttlknxef e mechanism for actuating the jack is arranged to impart to the jack. twolateral' movements in the-same direction and an intermediate rotary movement about the cen-' thegage by means of a "suitable s feeding nailing device and trimming knife.

ter of the hQEl." The mechanism .is also. ar-

ranged so that these movements are imparted fed to the nailing device and trimming knife in opposite directions.

The jack is normally pressed upwardly by means of a spring to bring the bottom of the heelseat in contact with the throat of the nailing device which acts as a stop to'limit the up- -ward movement of the jack.

ments imparted to the jack are intermittent. and during such movements the jack is depressed to remove the heel seat from contact with the stop formed by the throat of the nailing device. The gage which bears against the counter portion of the shoe upper The move-' allowed to move with the jack when depressed and suitable means are provided for positively returning the gage to its original position when the jack is raised after each device out of operation, permitting-the con-.

tinued operation of the jack actuating mechanism and trimming device. Means are also provided for automatically throwing the machine out of operation after the trimming operation has been. completed.

Referring noWto the drawings in which like characters of reference indicate like parts, 1 indicates the frame .of the machine isupportedupon a standard 2, said frame and standard being of any suitable construction for supporting the operating parts. In the upper portion of the framel are journaledtwo

horizontal shafts

3 and 4 connected by intermeshing

gears

5 and 6. From the shaft 4 the mechanism relating to the nailing device is operated and from the shaft 3 the. mechanism for actuating the trim min-g knife and for actuating the jack to feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing.

device and trimming knife. The-shaft 3 is fthepower shaft of the machine and is driven in any suitable manner as by ineans of a driving pulley '2" loosely mounted on the rear end of the shaft. A clutch collar 8 splined on the shaft '3 so as to rotate therewith but movable longitudinally thereon is forced into engagement with the clutch member 9 formed on the hub of the loose pulley 7 by means of a spring 10 surrounding the shaft 3 and interposed between the clutch collar 8 and the hub of gear 5. The gear 6 is loosely mounted on the shaft 4 and is normally connected thereto by means of a sliding clutch collar 11 splined on the shaft 4: and pressed into engagement with the hub of the gear by means of a coiled spring'12 interposed between the clutch collar and a flange atthe rear end of the shaft. The clutch collar 11 is provided with an inclined projecting lug 18 which is adapted to'be engaged by the inclined end 14 of an arm 15 secured to or forming a part of a shaft 16 journaled in the frame-l and provided at the front of the machine with an operating handle 17.- Normally the inclined end 14; of the arm'15 is out of. the path of the lug 13 so that the gear 6 is clutched to the shaft 4 and the shaft a is actuated. The mechanism foractuating the nailing device is driven from the shaft at as has been stated and by means of the construction above described the nailing device can be thrown out of operation by the manipulation of the handle 17 to'bring-the inclined end 14: of

the arm 15 into the path of the projection 13. The. inclined end 14 of the arm 15 acting on the projection 13 forces the clutch collar 11 away from the hub of the gear 6 thereby allowing the ear 6 to revolve without actuating the sha t 4 and permitting the continued revolution of the shaft 3 from which the trimming device and the mechanism for actuating the jack are operated.

The nailing device shown in the drawings is of the continuous wire type and comprises a feeding device for feeding the wire the length of the nail to be cut. off, a wire cutting device for cutting a nail from the wire and a driver for driving the cut off nail through the heel seat, upper and insole. The wire 18 is supplied from any suitable source as from a reel supported on the frame of the machine and passes downward between feeding rolls 19 and 20. Seemore particularly Figs. 2 and 4. The roll 19 is loosely journaled in a bracket secured to the side of the casing 40 which forms a guide way for the driver plunger as will be described. The roll 20 is secured to the forward end of a shaft 21 journaled in the frame 1 and is. intermittently actuated to feed the wire by means of a cam 22 secured to theshaft 4 and suitable connections. These connections consist of a bent lever 23 pivotally supported on a shaft 24 journaled in the upper portion of the frame 1, the upper. end of which lever is provided with a roll engaging the groove of cam 22 and the lower end of which leverhas a pin and slot connection with an arm 25 projecting from a casing 26 mounted on the shaft 21 and forming part of a frictional driving device. This frictional driving device may conveniently be of the construction shown in the patent herei-nbefore referred to and' it is not considered necessary to illustrate and describe such construction herein. From the feeding rolls the 1 wire 18 passes through an opening 27 in the tubular casing 28 rigidly secured at the lower end of the casing 40. J ournaled in the tubular casing 28 and free to revolve therein is a cylindrical stud 29 provided with a transverse passage way-30 of slightly greater diameter than that of the wire 18 which receives the end of thewire as it is' fed downward by the feeding rolls. The stud 29 projects from a block 31 provided with circular flange 32 which is engaged by a segmental flanged plate 33 secured to the front portion of the casing, the engagement of the flange 32 with the'segmental plate 33 serving to hold the stud 29 in position and prevent its longitudinal movement. For cutting ofi the wire to form a nail, the stud 29 is oscillated in the tubular casing 28 to force the wire against the cutting edge formed by one side of the opening 27, as clearly shown in Fi .9. For so oscillating the stud 29 the bloc 31 is provided with a projecting arm 34 which has a pin and slot connection with an arm 35 extending downwardly from shaft 24 and rigidly secured thereto. To the shaft 24 is also secured an arm 36 (see Figs. 2 and 4) which carries a roll engaging the groove of a cam 37 se cured to the shaft 4.

38 designates the nail driver which is carried by a plunger 39 reciprocating in a casing 40 secured to the front-portion of the frame 1. The plunger 39 is actuated by means of a crank disk 41secured to the forward end of the shaft 4 and a connecting link 42.

vided with upper and lower openings 43and 44 in line with the driver 38 and to the lower end of the casing 40 is secured a throat 45, the passageway in which registers with the openin parted to the stud 29 in cutting off the wire to form a nail is sufficient to bring the cut off nail in line with the openings 43 and 44 and the mechanism for actuating the stud 29. and driver 38 are so timed that the driver 38 descends when the cut off nail is in line with the openings 43 and 44 and forces the nail down through the throat 45 and into the heel seat.

The trimming device comprises a trimmmg knife 46 secured by meanslof a set screw47 to a slide 48 mounted teg reciprd cate in suitable guideways on the Zrear portion of the casing 40. The slide 48 is re- The tubular casing 28 is prociprocated by means of a link 49 connecting the slide with a crank pin on the crank'disk 50 secured to the forward end of shaft .3. The edge of' the heel seat is supported against the cut of knife 46 by suitable means, preferably by means of the gage which holds the heel seat in position to be operated u on by the nailing device and trimming knits.

The gage is indicated at 51 and consists of a plate pivoted at its rear end to the base plate of the frame 1. Thegage is arranged to bear against the counter. portion of the shoe upper directly beneath the heel seat and thus position the heel seat with'relation to the nailing device and trimming knife and.

at the same time. support the edge of the heel seat against the cut of the trimming knife.

The jack upon which the shoe is supported may be of any suitable construction and any suitable mechanism may be provided for actuating the jack to feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing device and trimming knife. The jack which I have illustrated in the drawings and the mechanism for actuating it afford a simple and reliable construction for supporting and feeding the shoe which has been found to be highly eflicient. As shown in the drawings (see more particularly Fig. 1). the jack consists of a rod or post 52 provided at its upper end with a last pin for entering the usual hole in the heel of the last, a laterally extending arm secured to the rod 52 and a toe rest 54 secured to the outer end of the arm Therod 52 is connected by means of a universal joint with a shaft 55 journaled in a bracket 56 secured to the lower portion of thestandard 2 of the machine. By reason of the universal joint the jack is free to move toward and from the gage to keep the counter portion of the shoe upper in contact with the gage and also to be swung away from the gage'to allow the removal and replacing of shoes upon the jack. In order to feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing and trimming devices, the jack is moved laterally to present one side of the heel seat, to said devices, then rotated to present the back of the heel seat to said devices, and then moved laterally in the samedirecttion to present the other side of the heel seat to said devices. For moving the jack laterally. a. slide 57 is mounted to reciprocate in horizontal guideways secured to the u per portion of the standard 2. From said slide an arm 58 extends laterally, which arm is provided with a slot through which the rod 52 passes, the construction beingsuch that therod can move toward and from the slide in the slot but has no lateral movement independent of the slide. The slide 57 is reciprocated to move thejack laterally by ,means of a link 59 pivoted at one end to a "lug projecting from theslide and at the other end to a block .60 mounted in a slide in one end of a bent lever 61. f The other end of the lever 61 is provided with a roll which engagesacam groove 62in a disk 63 secured to. a vertical shaft 64-journaled in the ma- I chine frame and intermittently actuated by mechanism hereinafter described. The block 60 is adjusted inthe slotted end of lever 61 to vary the extent of movement of slide 57 and consequently the extent of the lateral movements of the jack to correspond to different sizes and styles of shoes. For locking the block 60 in adjusted position the block is provided with a sliding pin 65 which is adapted to engage any oneof a series of holes 66 formed on the edge of lever '61. The pin. 65 can be withdrawn from the holes 66 by means of a bentspring-pressed lever 67 pivotedto block 60, one end of which engages the pin and the other end of which extends "into convenient position to be "grasped by the hando'f the operator. The

mechanism for rotating the jack comprises a segmental pinion 6'8 rigidly secured to a sleeve 69 through which the shaft 55 passes and with which itis connected so as to rotate therewith by means of a suitable sp1ine,-as clearly shown in Fig. 7. With the segmental inion 68: the segmehtal rack 70 meshes, said rack being carried at one end of a lever 71,

the other end of which is pivoted at 72 to the lower portion of thestandard- 2,v and which is provided between its ends with a roll engaging a cam groove 73 in a disk 74 secured to the shaft 64.

The shaft 64 is intermittently actuated from the shaft 3 by means of the following connections: To the shaft 31 is secured a beveled gear 75 which meshes with a similar gear on the upper end-of a short vertical shaft 76'journaled in hearings in the machine frame in line withthe shaft 64 (see Fig. 3). To the shaft 76 is secured a disk 77 provided onits'upper face with a pin 78 which is adapted to engage a notch in a notched disk 7 9 secured'to the upper end of,

the short Vertical shaft80j To the lower end of the shaft 80 is secured a gear 81 which meshes with-a gear 82 on the vertical shaft 64. aBymeans of this construction the notched disk'7 9 and through the intermeshl to limit the upward movement of the jack.

For pressing the jack upwardly the following. mechanism may be provided: Mounted in suitable guideways formed in a bracket 83 secured to the standard 2 and in the upper portion of standard 2 and base plate offrame v1 is a verticalrod 84. The lower end of the rod 84"is pivoted to a block 85 mounted to slide on guideways formed on a bracket 86 secured to the standard 2. Projecting from the'block 85 is a yoke 87 which engages a groove formed in the upper end of shaft 55. A coiled spring 88 surrounds the rod 84 and bears at its lower-end against the bracket 83 and at its upper end against a collar 89 secured to the rod! By this constructionthe jack is pressed upwardly to bring the bottom of the sole in contact with the throat of the nailing device. It is desirable that the jack b'edepressed to with draw the shoe sole from "contact with the throat of the nailing' device during the intermittent feeding movement of the jack.

The following mechanism has accordingly been provided for intermittently depressing the jack: The upper end ofthe rod 84 extends above the base plate of frame 1 --and through an opening in the gage 51. "An

arm 90 securedlto a rock-shaft 91 journaled on'the base of the machine frame extends over the upper end of the rod '84, .To the upper end of which is provided with a roller engaging the cam groove of a cam '93 secured to shaft 3. By means of this construction as the shaft 3 is rotated therock-shaft 91 is mittently. 'd e'press the rod 84 and through rock-shaft 91am arm 92 is aIs secured, the

the block 85 and yoke 87 the shoe support and jack. To allow the gage 51 to move with the jack when the jack is depressed and for raising the gage to bring it back to its original position when the jack is raised, a slide 9-1 is arranged to reciprocate in a guideway formed in the base of the machine frame beneath the forward end of the gage 51. For actuating the slide 9+1 to withdraw it from beneath the gage to allow the gage to be depressed with the jack and to move it beneath the gage to lift the gage when the jack is raised, a lever 95 is provided pivoted on the machine frame, the lower end of which connects with the slide 9-1 by means of a pin and slot connection and the upper end of which is provided with a roll which engages the cam groove of a cam 90 secured to the shaft 3.

The cam grooves 62 and 73 of the disks.

' rotary movement in the opposite direction.

The movements of the ack in one'direction are sufficient to present both sides and the back of the heel seat to the action of the nailing and trimming devices. Means are accordingly provided for stopping the operation of the machine at the end of the lateral and rotary movements of the jack in each direction whereby the shoe previously acted upon can be removedfrom the jack and another shoe placed thereon, and the edges of the heel seats of successive shoes supported upon the jack fed to the nailing and trimming devices in opposite directions. For so throwing the machine out of operation the disk 68 is provided with two diametrically opposite lugs 97 upon its lower face which are adapted to contact with the inturned end of a vertically sliding rod 98 mounted in brackets secured to the frame of the ma,- chine. The upper end of the rod 98 is pivotally connected to an arm 99 projecting laterally from a rocking sleeve 100 journaled upon a stud projecting from the frame 1. An arm 101 provided with an inclined end 102 projects upwardly from the .sleeve 100, the inclined end 102 when brought into the path of a lug 103 on the clutch collar 8 be ing adapted to engage the said lug and force the clutch collar 8 out of contact with the clutch member 9 to allow the loose pulley 7 to revolve without actuating. the shaft? During the operation of the machine, the rod 98 is pressed upwardly to swing the inclined end 102 of the arm 101 out of the path of the lug 103 by means of the coiled spring 10 1 surrounding the rod and interposed between the bracket 105 and the collar 106 secured to the rod. When, however, the disk 68 has completed a half revolution one of the lugs 97 contacting with the in.-

' operation.

turned end of the rod 98 depresses the rod and swings the inclined end 102 of the arm the rod 98 can be turned to disengage the inturned lower end of the rod 98 from the projection 97, thereby allowingthe sprlng are 104: to raise the rod and remove the inclined 1 end 102 of arm 101 from the path of lug 103.

The operation of the machine above described may be briefly described as follows: A lasted shoe is placed in position'upon the jack and the jack pressed toward the gage to bring the counter portion of the upper against the gage 51, the ack at this time being in a position at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1. The handle 17 is turned to bring the inclined end 14 of the arm 15 into the path of projection 13 on the clutch collar 11 and the handle 107 is operated to throw the machine into operationl By means of the mechanism above described the ack 52 will be moved laterally and the trimming knife operated to trim the side of the heel seat. When the point on the heel seat is reached at whicl it is desired to begin the driving of the nails, the handle 17 is operated to remove the inclined end 14- of the arm 15 from the path of lug 13 to'thereby throw the nailing devices into V'Vhen the back of the heel seat is reached the jack is rotated to present the back of the heel seat to the nailing and trimming devices and thereafter the jack is the nails, the handle 17 is again operated to cause the inclined end 14 of the arm 15 to engage the lug 13 to throw the nailing de vices out'of operation. At the end of the lateral movement of the jack the disk 63 will have completed a half revolution and one of the lugs 97 will engage the inturned end of the rod 98 and depress the rod to swing the inclined end 102 of the arm 101 into the path of lug 103 and stop the operation of the machine. At each intermittent feeding movement of the jack the arm 90 acting on the upper end of rod 84 will depress the jack to withdraw the shoe sole from contact with the throat of the nailing devices during the feeding movement. Durthe jack the gage is positively returned to its original position by the movement of the slide beneath the gage. The shoe which has been operated upon is now removed from the jack and another shoe placed thereon, and the machine thrown into operation as before, the operation above described being repeated, exceptthat the edge of the heel seat is fed to the nailing and trimming devices in the opposite direction.

' The machine'shown in the drawings and above describedis provided with two tools,

which'operate upon the edge of" the heel seat, one tool acting to trim the edge and the other to attach the edge to thelasted upper and insole. It will be understood,

- however, that certain features of my invention are'not limited to the particular type of tool or tools which operate on the edge of the sole nor are they limited to tools arranged to act on any particular part of the sole. Certain features of my inventionare equally applicable to other types of shoe machines which are adapted to operate .upon

r the soles of shoes, and Where in theclaims I specify a tool arranged to act upon the edge of the shoe sole I do not intendrto limit my self to any particular formof tool but in- I stantially as described.

tend to include any tool arranged to operate at or near the edge of any part of the sole portion of a shoe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- '30 Patent of the United States.

1. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate on the edge of a shoe sole, a jack arranged to support a shoe-in positionto' be operated uponby the tool, means for actuating the jack tofeed the .edges of the soles of shoes supportedon the jack alternately in opposite directions and means acting automatically to stop the jack at the end of its movement .in each direction and maintain the jack in stopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operated upon and the substitution of a shoe to be operatedon whereby the sole edges of successive shoes supported on the jack are fed to the tool in opposite directions, sub- 'stantially as described. v

2. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate on the edge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against' the shoe and position the sole with relation to the tool, a jack movable toward and from the gage arranged to support a shoe in contact. with the gage, a shaft for supporting the jack, a universal joint between the shaft and'jack, means for rotating the shaft and means for moving the jack laterally, sub- 3. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate on the edge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against theshoe and position the sole with relation to the tool, ajack movable toward and from the gage arranged to support a shoe in contact with the gage, a shaft for supporting the jack, a universal joint between the shaft and jack, means'for rotating the shaft, and means for moving the jack laterally having provision foradjustment to vary the extent of such lateral movements,-substantially as described:

a. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate on the edgeof a shoe sole, a trimming device for trimming the edge of the sole, a jack arranged to sup- .port a shoe with the sole in position tobe operated upon by the tooland trimming device, means for actuating the jack to. feed the edge of the sole to the tooland trimming device, and means. for throwing the tool out of operation permitting a continued operationlof' the trimming deviceand jack actuating means;= substantially. as described.

5. A sole machine, having, in combination,

a nailing device, atrimnnng device, ajack arranged to support. a'shoe withthe sole in. position to be acted-upon by s id devices, means for actuating said devlces, means for actuating the jack to feed the sole edge. to

said devices and space the nails driven by the nailing device, and means for throwing the nailing device out of operation perm-itting acontinued operation of the trimming device and jack actuating means, substantially as described. 6. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged toilet on the edge ofa. shoe sole, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position to be acted upon by the,

tool, and to feed-the sole edge to the con: tinued action ofthe tool, a stop, means act. ing on the'jack to press the bottom ofthe sole against the stop, means for actuating the jack to intermittently Withdraw the sole from said stop, andto feed the soleedge to the tool, substantially as described. I

7 A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged'to act on the edge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against the shoe andposition the sole with relation to the tool, a jack arranged to support a shoe in contact with the gage, and tofeed the shoe sole to the continued action of thetool, a

:stop, means acting onthe jack to pressthe age arrangedto bear against the shoe an position the sole with relation to the tool, a jack arranged to support a shoe in contact with the gage and to feed the, shoe sole to the continued action of the tool, a stop, means acting on the jackto press the bottom of the sole against the stop,

means for actuating the jack to intermittently Withdraw the sole from said stop and to feed the sole edge to the tool, means for allowing said gage to move with the jack from the stop, and means independent of the jack for moving the gage with the jack toward the stop, substantially as described.

9. A sole machine, having, in eombination, a nailing device including a throat having a nail passage, a trimming device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be operated upon by said devices, and to feed the shoe sole to the continued action of said devices,

means acting, on the jack to press the bottom of the heel seat against the throat of the nailing device, and means for actuating the jack to intermittently withdraw the heel seat from said throat and feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing and trimming devices, substantially as described.

10. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a trimming device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position to be acted upon by said devices, a stop, means acting on the jack, to press the bottom of the sole against the stop, and means for actuating the jack to intermittently withdraw the sole from said stop, and to feed the sole edge to said devices and space the nails driven by the nailing device,

.vices and space the nails driven by substantially as described.

11. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a trimming device,"a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position to be actedupon by said devices, and means for actuating the jack to intermittently feed the sole edge to. said dethe nailin-g device, substantially as described.

12. A sole machine, having, in combina tion, a vibrating trimming knife, means for actuating said knife, a jack arranged to support a shoe in position to be operated upon by said trimming knife, and means for actuating the jack to intermittently feed the edge of the shoe sole to the trimming knife, substantially as described.

13. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be acted upon by the nailing device, a stop, means acting on the jack to press the bottom of the sole against the stop,.means for actuating the jack to intermittently withdraw the sole from said stop, and means for feeding the shoe to present the edge of the heel seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven thereby, substantially as described.

14s. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the heel. seat in position to be acted upon by the nailing device, and

, means for feeding the shoe to present sueces sive portions of the edge of the heel, seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven 1a ck being tion,

thereby including means for moving the jack laterally while the nails are being driven along the sides of the heel seat and additional means for rotating the jack while the nails are being driven around the rear edge 'of the heel seat, substantially asdescribed.

15. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be acted upon by the nailing device, a gage for determining the position of the shoe with relation to the nailing device, said movable toward and from the gage, means for feeding the shoe to present the side edges of the heel seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven thereby, and additional means for rotating the jack to space the nails around the rear edge of theheel seat, substantially as described.

16. A sole machine, having, in comb-ination, a tool arranged to operate on the edge of the heel seat of a shoe sole, a jackarranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be operated upon by the tool, means for moving the jack laterally while the too-l is acting along the sides of the heel seat and additional means for rotating the jack while the tool is acting on the rear edge of the heel seat, substantially as described.

' 17. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be acted upon by means for feeding the shoe to present the edge of the heel seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven thereby, said means comprising means for moving the jack laterally and additional means for rotating the jack, substantially as described.

18. A sole machine, having,

a tool arranged to operate on the edge of the heel seat of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against the counter portion of a shoe upper, and position the heel seat with relation to the tool, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the counter portion of the upperbearing against for feeding the shoe toprese'nt the side edges of the heel seat to the tool, and additional means for rotating the jack to present the rear edge of the heel seat to the tool, substantially as described.

19. A sole machine, having, in combination, a vibrating trimming knife, means for actuating said knife, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position to be acted upon by said knife, means for supporting the edge of the sole against the. cut of the knife, and means for actuating the jack to present successive portions of the sole edge to the knife,

in combinathe'nailing device and said gage, means substantially as described. 1 I

20. A sole-machine having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate on the edge for actuating the support to feed the edges of the soles of shoes on the support alternatelyin opposite directions, and means act-, ing automatically to stop the support at the end of its movement in each direction and maintain the support in stopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operated upon and the insertion of a shoe to be operated on, whereby the sole edges of successive shoes placed on the support. are fed to the tool in'opposite directions, substantially as described. v

21. A sole machine having,.in combination, a tool arranged to'operate on the edge of a shoe sole, a shoe support, means for actuating the support to feed the edge of a shoe sole to the tool arranged to. automatically reverse the direction of movement of the support and means actingautomatically to stop the support at the end of its movement in each direction and maintain the support in stopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operatedupon and the insertion of a shoe to be operated on whereby the; sole edges of successive shoes placed on the support. are fed to the tool in opposite directions, substantially as described.

22. A sole machine haying, in combination, a tool,mechanism for feeding the edge 10f a'shoe-so1e-past the tool having provision at the end of the feedingmovement in each direction and maintain the feed in stopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operated upon and the insertion of a shoe to be operated on whereby the sole edges of success'iveshoes are fed to the tool in opposite directions, substantially as'described.

23.'A. sole machine having, in combina-v tion, a tool, mechanism-for feeding the edge of a shoe sole past the tool in opposite directions, and means acting automatically to stop the feed at the end of the feeding movement ineach direct-ion and maintain the feed in stopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operatedupon and the insertion of a shoe to be operated on Where by the sole edges of successive shoes are fed to the tool in opposite directions, substan- 7 'tially as described.

In testimony whereof'I afiix my signature, 1n presence of two Witnesses.

ERASTUS EDWIN WINKLEY. A

Witnesses: I

IIORACE VAN EVEREN, ALFRED H. HILDRETH.