US1135947A - Pulling-over and lasting machine. - Google Patents

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E. BROTHERS. PULLING-OVEB AND LASTING MACHINE. APPLICATlON FILED JUNE 7. I906.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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E. BROTHERS.

PULLlNG-OVER AND LASTlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1906.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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W/TA/ELSSES maae zn E. BROTHERS.

PULUNG-OVE R AND LASTlNG MACHINE.

APPUCATION men JUNE 1. 1906.

Patented Apr.13, 1915.

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E. BROTHERS. v PULHNG-OVER AND LAS'HNG MACHINE.

lwPuc'ATlou HLED sun; 1. 1906.

" Patented Apr.13, 1915.

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ilhiiilhli ELI BROTHEBfi, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOJUNITED SHOE EACEIETEBPY COMPANY, OF PATEBSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPQBATIGE' OF NEW JERSEY.

i PULLING-OVER AND LASTING MACHWE. 7

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1 -22 'HZIOH'L it may concern i Be it known that I, ELI BROTHERS, a citizen of the United States residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Pulling-Over and Lasting Machines, of which the following descrip tion, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification; like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for working uppers over lasts and has for its object to provide a machine by which in successive operations a shoe upper may be "fpulled-over or drawn into preliminary position and adjusted on the last, and then "llasted or finally conformed to the shape of the last. it has heretofore been the practice to pullover a shoe by hand or by a pulling-over machine and thereafter to last the shoe in a lasting machine.

The present invention combines in one machine provision for pulling-over the shoe and provision for lasting the shoe.

This invention has the advantage of reducing the number of machines and independent operations required for the manufacture of a shoe thus economizing time and factory space and saving at least one handling of the shoe.

Another advantage of this invention is that the lasting oi theshoe may he per tormcd imn'iediatcly after the pnlling -over operation and it is, therefore, unnece cry to secure the upper by temporary 't'nstiiiings for holding it between the pnliing-ovcinnnd lasting operations as has heretofore been application so Far as the two ap licationsdisclose common su jcct-miitter. and the claims to features of invention which are common to the two applications are to lfound in said application Pier. Yo. 41.1%.

A feature of the in ention to'iie protected Specification of Letters Patent.

of sustaining the l etented Apr, 13 i i-M5.

/ Application filed June 7, 1896. Serial No. 3320,51 3.

in this application consists in the combinetion 'ith piiliing-orer means and opposed shoe ahutting'or supporting means, of means arranged for movement after the upger has oeen'pulled in a plane snhstantielly'parsllel with the shoe pottoni into contact with the top face of the shoe. This means is herein shown as embodied in rest arranged to engage the top face of the shoe, that is, the face opposed to the shoe bottom, and to slide automatically toward the instep of the shoe,

with or ithout means to holdthe rest from such siiding movement during thepuliingover operation. In a machine organized as suggested the rest-so movable may serve two purposes of Which advantage is taken in the use of the present machine. The first is that shoe against displacement during subsequent operations thereon such, for example, the insertion of taclitinto the shoe bottom. During the pnliingro ver it is advantageous to hav said sustaining means out of the way so that the topface of the shoe the more readily observable by the Workman. The other purpose, which, may be either additionai to or alternative with that first mentioned, i to present a gage extending trsinsversely across the machine and the shoe and with reference to which the position oi the tip of. the shoe upper may he compared.

Another feature of this invention is found in the provision. in a inachine in which the last is moved away from the grippers to etch the npp za oi" tack and driver gn' moi'shle. atter the stretching operation. nto the space previously occupied by the lzist to positimi the techs rclativeij--to the bottom of the shoe. T his morci-iient of the guides is shown a swinging movement and ad antageously takes place in direction length Wise of the shock" l The foregoing featnre oryiiich are to he claimed will now he descried in connection with the accompanying drghings necessary xplcnntion lacing made in such description of the general organimtioirerd construction oi the machine. including many features which are claimed in said continnin application. r

in the drawings which illustrate a preferred enihodinient of the invention,Fig-' we 1 is a side view oithe upper portion of the machine; big. 2 is a front View of the upper portion of the machine; I.

detail perspective; few of the lower portion of the machinfi, showing the operating treadles; Figdfli is a horizontal section. on line 4- 4, F g. 1, showing the several parts of the machine in position for receiving a shoe. A- shoe is shown in section with the uppeni'n position to be gripped Fig. 5 is a sectional viewgthrough-the grippers and the shoe in the same plane as F 1g. 4, but showing the re lative position of the parts aifteritheupper has been pulled; F g. fins-a view similar 'to Fig. 5,'but in substantially vthe plane of the tack drivers, showing the position of the 'several parts including the toe rest and wipers while the lasting ofthe shoe is being performed and illustrating the operative position of the tack guides; Fig. is a perspective view of one section of the rippars; Fig. 8 is t. perspective View 0 one section of the lasting plates or wipers; Fig.

9 is a perspective' view, partly in section, of one of-the tack drlving is a section on line 10 10 of Figs. 1 and 9,

shown? a detail of the: tack driving mechanism; ig. llis a view from the plane of the line 1 1-11', Fig.1 5, showing in section the grippers and the abutment for the bottom of the last and illustrating in dotted lines a movement which may be given the last 'with relation to the grlpped upper'for relatively adjustiu thelast andithe toe tip seam of the upper; ig. 12 is a side elevation,

partly .in section, showing thef positionof the parts when an upper has been pulled and illustrating the means for imparting to the last a longitudinal movement Oftzhrusting'the last forwardly into the' pulled upper; Big. 13 is a section of the gripper-sand.

.last and illustrates by dotted 'lines'a tip ping movement which may be imparted to the last for tightening the upper over the l I top of the last; Figs. 14, 15, and 16 illustrate in detail the successive positions which may he assumed by the parts in lasting the upper on the fore part of 'a shoe; Fig.17 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the fore part of an assembled sh0'e,-andillusti-ates the position ofthe' upper on the fore part of a shoe ready to be presented to the machine; Fig. 18 is .a perspective view of the Y fore part of a shoe after having been pulledover and lasted by the machine. 1 I v The head 2 of the machine is adjustably supported by a suitable base at the right ele- Yr when for the shoe being operated upon to or determining.

mechanisms; Fig. 10 v easily; inserted lace opening 4 of bell-cranklevers 6 having horizontal arms connected by a forked'rod 5 to a treadle 7. crank lever 6 are secured by pin and slot connections to horizontally movable plungers 8 mounted in suitable guides in the plungers 8 is rigidly connected l one of the two sections, ofthe movable member i0 oi the grippers. The cooperating fixed gripper The vertical arms of the bell head. To the'front ends of each of the member 12 is also for-media two'sections and is rigidly connected, as indicated at 14, g to a plate 15 fixed to the head, Preferably the gripper members are longitudinally curred as indicated in Figs. 2, 7, and llto adapt them to receive the edge portion of the upper material of the shoe from one side of the fore part of the last around the toeto the other side of the last, whereby the entire.

end portion of the upper is acted upon hy" the grippers simultaneously.

Theedge portion of the fore part of a V wardly fromthesides of the last, as sho rvn most clearly in Fig. 17 ,and preferably the grippers are formed with a curvature mashoe, upper assembled upon a last flares-outterially greater or of longer radius than; i

the curvature of the end portion oi a las,

as may be seen from Fig; 11, whereby the grippers are adapted to receive readily" the outwardly flaring edge portion of the upper.;

This arrangement enables theupper tdbe in the grippers when the ca 15 presented to the machine and in sures that the upper will be held out of eonand Ppers are relatively moved for P1111- ing theupper. This provision for holding adjusted with reatervfacility, [as will be more fully expl per jaws are so constructed and arranged that they may be readily disconnected from v their supporting and operating mechanism and removed from the maehine to permit ained. The sectional gripthe upper away fromth'e sides of the last enables the last and upper to he relatively jaws of the shape required tor of dif-- I 'ferent contours tobe inserted imthfeima- An abutment 20, against which the is rested, is mounted in the head 2 in posipart of the last. The pullingof the upper is'efilectedbya relative movement of this abutment and the chine. bottom of the last or the innersole' thereon tion to engage the fore grippers and as herein shown-the abutment is moved while the grippers are held stationary after having clamped the stock. To this end the abutment'QO is mounted for longitudinal movement in the head and is attachedat its rear end by a pfi and slot to thevertical arm of a bell-crank lever 22.

The horizontal arm of the bell-crank lever is connected by a rod 24, movable through a guide 26, with a foot treadle 28 by which the plunger is actuated.

10L tact with the sides of the last Whenthe last Y assess? The parts of the machine are so constructed and arranged, as Will beobserved from Figs. 1, 2, and 5, that the last may be moved in various directions with relation to the abutment 20, such movements being desirable for the purpose of. IGlfitli QlYfilfljUSblllg the last and the upper to locate theimportent lines of the upperas, to: example, the

toe tip seam and the longitndinel lace openon. F or instance, it may be required site; the shoe has been drawn about the last toeegn'st the ing of the shoe-in proper'pos t last and upper transversely of the lost. This tudinally about the fore part of the last to straighten the toe tip or locate two ends of the toe tip seem at the desired relative distances from the toe end of the last. This relative adjustment or" the upper and last may be efiected by swinging the heel end of the last laterally about the abutment a.

center, as indicated in Fig. 11. Sometimes it is desirable to pull the upper over the toe end of the last either moreor less than it is pulled over the sides of the fore part and in order to do this the lost may be rocked forwardly or backwardly with relation to the abutment as a center, as indicated in 13. In this figure the dotted lines show the osition of a last when the heel end is moved aokwardly or toward the machine for stretching the upper over the toe of the lost.

It is'frequently of advantage to strain the upper at the sides of the last slightly backwardly for tightening the upper over the instep of the last and in the present machine this can be done by moving the last forwardly into the pulled upper, as indicedisl in Fig. 12. Preferably means will be pro vided for actuating the last forwardly and shown most clearly in l i as herein shown this means comprises a heel rest .30 carried by a vertically movable slide 32 which is shown as provided with a pinion 34: in. engagement with a reel; 36 on the head 2.

A handle 38 is provided by means of which the pinion may be actuated for moving the carrier 32. The carrier is pro 'ided with a forwardly extending arm upon which is supported a. spring-actuated pawl 20, as l, and the shaft of the pinion 34 is provided with a rutchet 4i cooperating with the pawl and by means of which the carrier may be locked in the position to which it is elevated. When the pawl is Withdrawn from the ratchet the cairrieiis free to be and in practice will be moved downwardly by gravity. Prefer ably provision is made for movement of the heel rest 30 with relation to the carrier 32 in order that the position of the rest may be varied to suit the locatio of the heel ends of dif erently shaped lasts. To this end the rest is shown as pivotally connected at l2 to a. block is which is adjustable forwardly and backwardly and may, if desired be held inedjusted posit-ion by a bind ing screw 46 extending through a slot in a bracket 48. The bracket 48 is mounted in the carrier 32 for sliding movement laterally, whereby the heel rest may be readily positioned to support heel ends of rightundlel't shoes made on crooked lasts. The ro olrin movements of the last with relation to the abutment 220 for adjusting the last within the upper may be made while the heel rest occupies a lowered position out of contact with the last, or, if desired, any of these movements of the last may be made while the last is supported by the heel rest, the movable connections between the heel rest and its carrier permitting the rest to accompany the heel end 01. the last in its movements. The heel rest may-if desired be employed for supporting the last before and during the pulling of the upper by-the relative movements of the grippers and abutment, as above described. The rest will, however, preferably be employed to support the last during the lasting of the shoe.

- it is to be observed that the movements of the up; r as above explained are facilitated and the adjustments more readily secured by reason of the fact that the grippers hold the worl; away from the side faces of the last as b "fore described and as illustrated in the drawings. This arrangement permits the last to move within the upper without frictional resistance which would be produced if the upper were held by the grippers in engagrement with the side faces of the last.

For finally conforming the upper to the last and laying the edge portion of the upper over upon the innersole after the shoe has been pulled-over by pulling the upper oven the last and making such adjustments of upper and lost relatively as may be neccssary to position the upper properly upon the last, lasting plates or wipers G0 are employed. These wipers are arranged for movementlengthwise of the last or laying the edge portion of the upper bzickwardli over the toe end of the last and are also su rsnged forbpcning and closing movement that they may wipe the upper nwardly on he sides of the last as they advance longiudinally o er the last. As herein shown. 1e wipers are carried by Wiper plates 62, Fig. 8, which are movable. in a. Feces. ormed for them between the plate 15 a d plate 63, both of which plates are rigid ttaclied to the heed 2. The wipers are pitlast for adjusiing it with relation to the :e

ota-lly connected to the lower-ends of links 64by which they are suspended from across head 66 having a guide rih 68, see 2, lo

cated in :1- vertical guideway in the head 2. The cross head 66 is, connected at 70 with a lever 7 2 which. is joined by a link 74 to the frame of the machine aid has a handle by means of which the cross head and the wipers may he vertically. moved. The lever is provided with a spring pressed pawl for I engaging a ratchet 7 5 on the head and a finger lever T6'secured to the handleof the'lever is connected with "the pawl for withdrawing it 'from'the ratchet. The-connections thus far described operate/to move the wipers lengthwise-of'the last. For, the purpose of giving them closing and opening" movements transversely of the last for wiping the upper inwardly from the sides of the last and then withdrewingthe wipersare connected bv links 78 with the stationary plate 6-3. The links are so arranged that the wipers will he forced inwardly for can rying them transversely over the shoe as they are advanced lengthwise of the last. Any other suitahlemea-ns for actuating the wipers may he suhstituted for the means .justdescribed.

The heel rest' fl will preferably be employed forlsupporting the last against ,lon-

v inoperative position, where it does not interfere with the insertion of the shoe and the movement of the last for adjustment with.

.' relation to the uppel, into an operative position, Where it will engage the top face of the fore part of the shoe and support the last. This rest is herein shown-as a padded block .80 carried by e vertically movable "slide 82 which is guided by undercut ribs on the plate 6,3, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. A- s-pring-pressed locking .pin 84 is -,provided on the plate 63 for engagingga recess in theslide 82 to hold the slide in the raised position shown in Figs. I and 2 where the toe rest is hut of operative relation to the shoe.

In the construction shown the toe rest 80 is provided with a stem 86 which is adjustably 1 secured in a forwardly end downwardly extending arm of the slide' 82. The

stem is shown as provided with a groove into which turns a binding screw 88 by means of which the toe rest is held in adjusted. position with relation to the planeof the top of the last and restrained from;

- -1-0mioe. In practice the toe rest .will preferalily'be held in its raised position, as.

massages? ;shown in 1, and :2, during ithe pulling over operations and when the shoe 1s alrout.

to 'he'lasted by the, actuationof the wipers the stop will be withdrawn to pernnt'the toe rest L450 descend into engagement wit-i170 the-top face of the fore art of. the shoe,

The toe rest will preferah y he so -ad-}'usted with relation to the plane of the face of the shoe that as it descends it Wl'll engage the inclined .front end of the last-as, for example, in'the position shown in 14:. it will be understood that the position to which the last will have been mmfjed by the abutment 20 in stretching the upper will f vary somewhat in different shoesflani by arranging the toe rest to engage the inclined portion of the end of the shoe, as shown,

no adjustment of the toe rest in itsslide will ordinarily be required on accounfl'otthe 4 w v 3. 'erably he located in the slide 82 with refer position of the shoe. The toe will pref ence to the-plane of the wipersiso-that when the rest is lowered into operative position it will strike (the usual inclined face of the v front end of the last, as illustratedin Fig.

l4 :and will .press downwardly 'hy ,gravity along this face thustending to wedg fore-c othe last reerwardlyagainst the-wipers as the wipers are closed for laying the upper over the innersole. Inpractice the abutment 20 will preferably be retractedasithe wipers are moved into operative 'position so thetnthe toe rest may be free to force the last firmly against the wipers. If, as may frequently happen, the last is beyond the plane of the Wipers, as shown,

lot-example in Fig. l4:, tl1e toe rest will force the last backwardly against'the wiperswhen the abutment 'ZO-is retracted, as illustrated in Figs. 15 and .16. This arrange ment enables the wipers to act efiectively notwithstanding different initial positions the last'withrelation to the plane of the wipers. A V

F or inserting tacks thei'machine herein illustrated is provided with two tack driv ing mechanisms which are independent in their. comstructiomhut are arranged tohe operated simultaneously. To this end the machine headsiipports a rocksha'ft 90 to one end of which is pinned alien-crank lever 91 connected by a rod 92 time foot treadle 93. The-vertical armbf the bell-crank lever is secured by and slot connection to the,

- driver bar 94. The end of'the rock-shaft 9O opposite to that on which ismounted the bell cranklever 91 carries an arm 951 corresponding; in position and functhon to the Vertical arm of the hell-crankflever and united 'by a pin and slot'connect'ion to the' driverv bar 94 of the second tuck driving mechanism. The tacking mechanisms ar alike and the detail construction thereofgis ril moved. so far for stretching the upper that the bottom of the last is carried forwardly shown in Fig. 9. As will be seen from this figure the mechanism'includes guide block through which the driver-bar .16 is guided and which carries in this embodiment of the invention means {F holding and adv-Lmcing a tack st ip. t" advancing means operated to pro at E1- t-iek automatically in alinement wi h i e. drii during each back stroke of the driver bar. To this end the front portion of. the guide block )5 is provided on its outer side with a guide 97 for tack strip 98. 'The guide block also is provided with an outwardly extending sleeve '10) in which is mounted for endwise movement a rod 102 connected at its outer iend by a plate with a ratchet bar 106 having a blade extending through slots in the guide 97 and in the guide block 95 as shown in Fig. 9, and provided with teeth for engaging the shanks of tacks on the tack strip. A spring 108 normally presses the rod 102 in the direction for moving the ratchet her to advance the tack strip While the inner end of the rod projects into the guide block 275 and stands in the path of a cam surface 119 on the driver bar 94. With this construction advance movement of the driver bar forces the rod 102 outwardly and causes the ratchet bar to be drawn backwardly over the tack strip. hen the driver bar is retracted the spring 108 moves the rod 102 and the ratchet bar to feed the tack strip.forwardly a distance equal to .4;,.the space between two tacks in the track strip. In this way the tacks are automatically presented in position to be driven.

As herein illustrated it is contemplated to drive one tack at each side or the fore part of the shoe and to employ these tacks primarily as anchoring techs for a binder of wire or tape by whiclithe upper about the fore part of the shoe secured in lasted position. This binder holds the upper material against the lip of the innersoie and in the angle of union between the lip and the feather-edge of the innersole. t is desirable that the anchoring tacks be driven approximately in this angle of union in order that the end portions of the hinder may be properly located and that the tacks, 11 also serve as securing means for the portion of upper through which they are driven may fasten the upper at the right places.

The tack driving mechanism should therefore, be spaced the rightdistance apart in the machine to insert the tacks in the angle of union on the opposite sides of the shoe, and "for operating upon shoes of different Widths it is desirable to be able to adjust the tack driving mechanisms toward and from each other. To this end the guide hlocks 95 are provided on their lower faces with. guide rihs 11:2 as seen most clearly in Figs. 1 and 9 and the head of the machine is by depressing the foot trcadle-93.

provided with a bracket 114 having a groove extending transversely of the machine to receive the rib 112. The bracket has a slot for receivingadjustably a screw 115, as shown, in Fig. l0, bywhich the guide block may he seEurcd in diii'erent adjusted posi-' tions for spacing thedriven tacks in accordance 'ith the width of the shoes being pulledover and lasted. The vertical arm oi. the bell-crank lever 91 and the corresponding arm 95 on the opposite side of the machine are forked at their upper ends, as shown in Fig. 4, and the branches of the forks are separated far enough to permit the adjustment of the tacking mechanisms above described.

It will be understood that inasmuch as the last is moved away from the grippers for stretching the upper the shoe is by this movement also carried away from the tacking mechanism. It is desirable in driving the tacks that the tack be guided substantially to the plane of the stock in which it is inserted and in order to do this tack guiding means is provided which is movable to permit the shoes to be positioned initially in the proper relation to the grippers and which will. after the shoe has been moved away from the grippers, guide the tack substantially to the plane in which the shoe bottom is then located. While different constructions of tack guiding means may be employed for this pin-pose the present machine is shown as provided with pivoted tack guiding means adapted to be turned into a position out. of alinement with the driver when the shoe is presented to the.grippers and to be moved into an operative position in alinement with the tack drivers when the tacking mechanism is to be actuated. These tack guides are shown as tubes 120 hinged to the front ends of the guide blocks 95, as shown in Figs. 4 and 9. The tack guides may be turned "downwardly as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4- bet'ore the shoe is presented to the machine and they may remain in this position where they are out of the way of the operating parts of the machine until the pulling-overand lasting operations have been completed and may then be turned up into operative position in alinement with the drivers as shown in Fig. 6. The two tacks will then be inserted simultaneously The treadle rod 92, and likewise the treadlc rods 5 and 2%, are provided with a returning spring 8, Fig. 3 to. elevate the treadle and restore the parts connected to the rods to their normal positions.

In the use of the machine a last with an upper and innersole properly assembled thereon is presentedto the machine by-pla ing the outstanding edge portion of the fore part of the upperwithin the grippers. Preferably'the abutment 2O occupies normally a position to serve as a rest against which the innersole on the bottom of the last will be pressed in presenting the shoe to the macl'iine.

The operator will arrange the up per within the grippers with the tip line or seam in correct relation to the last. He is guided in doing this by the curved grippers which are in practice preferably that their lower ends reach to the tip seam. Any suitable tip position indicat ng formation of the grippers may be used to guide the operator in placing the; upper in the machine before the grippers are closed. F or example, the angular front edge of the outer gripper jaw may be considered an indei: line with relation to which the-;tip line may be positioned. The-operator can position the seam straight by locating the ends of the seam in the same or desired different relation to the ends of the grippers and he positions the seam for the right'length of by locating the near to the ends of the grippers. The lat orally movable heel rest which supports the shoe during the upper positioning and upsimilarly Gil per pulling operations facilitates correct adjustment or ini'al positioningot the tip seam on crooked lasts for by positioning the heel rest at the left side or the right side of the median line of the machine it will support a left shoe 'or a right shoe on a crooked last with the fore part in similar relation to the grippers and allow of the tip of the right and the left shoe being positioned in the grippers. T his positioning of the tip seam and, infact, the entire pulling-over and lasting operation is facilitated by the fact that the shoe is arrangedinthe machine with relation to the operator with the toe end pointingv away from him and substantially perpendicular to his line of vision. This is a position in which a critic holds a shoe to judge of its symmetry'and the correct proportions of its parts and is,

in fact, substantially the relation which a shoe on the wearers foot bears to his hne of vision. .1 believe l am the first to pro- Vide ,foraccurately and invariably locating the tip line-relatively to the pull ng-over I devices.

T he foot lever is first actuated for closthen the foot lever 28 ing the grippers and is depressedfor advancing the abutment 20 to move the last outwardly with relation to the grippers, whereby the upper i's stretched simultaneously at the opposite sides and the end of the forepartofthe shoe. if The form of the grippers insures that/ipihis movement the upper will ,be drawh-betweenthe top face of the last and the gl flPEfH'S without frictional engagement between t e sides and edges of the last and the upper. The position of the shoe isl'such thahtheroperator may observct the pelvis and use his judgment long enough so uample,

$821111 ends more 01' 1885' be stretched and when the treadle 28 has been depressed for pulling a particular up-- per as much as is required the operator, having observed the position of the toe tipseam and other lines of the upper with relation to the last, may move the last forproperly adjusting it within the upper. For exhe may swing the last laterally as indicated in Fig. ll-to straighten the toe tip seam or he may turn the-last sidewise as in dicated in dotted lines in 'Fig. 5.to adjust thelast transversely in the upper. If thetoe tip' seam is found upon inspection to. extend in a curved line rather than in a right line the 'lastmay be moved barckwardly or. for

wardly as indicated in Fig. 13 to pull or slacken the upper over the toe end of the last for straightening this seam, and it do shed the last may be moved upwardly as shown in Fig. 12 for thrusting itfarther into the pulled upper and thus tightening the upper over the fore part ofthe last and about the instep oi the last. For'efiecting this latter movement the heel rest may be actuated by the hand lever-38. When the upper has been satisfactorily stretched and the proper position of the upper with rela- I tion to the'last' secured as is required in the pulling-over operation thetoe rest will he released and permitted to move into operative position preparatory to the lasting operation. Thewipers will'then be actuated by manipulating the hand lever 72 and as the wipers force the upper over the last bottom pressure on the foot treadle 28 will preferably be relievedto permit the abutment 20.,to

be retracted enough to'allow, the I toe rest to press the shoe toward the wipers,

and pressure upon the foot treadle 7 will also be released gradually to permit the p for allowing the upper to grippers to open be pulled from between them by the advancing wipers. These operations. haying been completed the swinging sections of the tack tubes will be moved into operative posi- Y tion and the foot treadle 93 depressed for actuating the drivers to insert-the tacks; The shoe may then be taken frorn the machine and; a binder of WlIQ OI tape utin place toretain the upper in o erworked posi? tion. 7 i

The claims to the improvements in methods of" making shoes herein disclosed-are tobe found in my co-pending applicat on 1 Ser.'No. 831,194, filed July 15, 1914.

Having indicated the nature of the invention and fully explained one construction embodying the same,'I claim as new and do sire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States I *1. In a machine for working an' upper over a'last in which the last is positioned with its'tOe end uppermost, the combination with means for pulling the upper over the toe portion of the last, and wipers for laying the upper over the last bottom, of a rest 7 arranged to engage the top face of the shoe,

:1 carrier by which said rest can slide by gravity from a position above the toe of the shoe downwardly toward the instep of the shoe for the purpose described, and means for locking it in its elevated position, substantially as described.

A. pulling-over machine having, in combination. means for working an upper over a last, means for supporting the shoe with its toe end uppermost and the top face of the shoe observable by the workman; a vertically movable slide. a toe rest on the slide, means for securin the slide in upraised inoperative position, and means forguiding the slide to position the rest in operative relation to the top face of the shoe when the slide is released.

3. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, mechanisms for working upon a shoe. means for supporting the shoe for an initial operation upon it, a rest occupying normally a position forwardly beyond the toe of the shoe, and means for directing movcment of said rest lengthwise of the shoe into o1' erative engagement therewi h for supporting the shoe for a later operation upon it,

s. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, pulling-over means. means to support the last against the action of the pullingover means, means to drive tacks into the shoe bottom. a rest occuping normally a position forwardly beyond the toe where it is out of the way of inspection of the shoe dun ing the pulling-over operation, and guides for directing movement of the rest lengthwise of the shoe into engagen'ient with an in- U clined portion of the top face of the. shoe whereby it is self-adapting for su 'ipm'ting shoes of different thickness against theoperation of the tack ng means;

5. A pullingeover machine comprising shoe supporting means, pulling'ove'r means,

and means arranged for movement in a planesubstantially parallel with the shoe bottom. after the upper has been pulled, into and out of contact withthe top face of the shoe in the region of the tip scam.

(3. pullingnover machine having, in combination, pulling-over means, means to support the last against the action of the pulling over means, and means occupying a position forwardly beyond the toe of the shoe during operation of the pulling-over means and {luidcd for movement lengthwise of the shoe into pressing engagement with the top face of the forepart of the shoe, substantially as described.

7. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with mechanisms for working an upper over last, of tack-drivingmechanism which a whole is secured in a fixed position and comprises a tack guide movably supported to allow it to be positioned out of the way of the shoe during the overworking operations.

8. A pullingpver machine having, in combination. means for pulling-over an upper, means for working the upper into lasted relation to a welt shoe innersole, and anchor tack driving means occupying constant positions transversely of the shoe near each lateral. of the shoe during the pullingover operation and including tack and driver guides which are movable lengthwise of the shoe into position to guide and locate I the anchor tacks after the upper has be n overworked.

9. A pulling-orer machine having, in combination, means for pulling-over an upper. means for working the ripper into lasted relation. to a welt shoe'inn'ersole; and an anchor tack driving mechanism fixed near one lateral side of the shoe and comprising a guide block and adriver and tack supplying mechanism cooperating therewith. and a driver and tack guide pivoted relatively to the guide block movement out of alinement with the driver and away from the plane or" the shoe during the pulling-over operation, said guide being movable ito operative relation to the driver and the shoe for the anchor tack inserting operation.

'10. A pulling-over machine having, in

combination. pulling'over grippers, a tackthe last has been forced away from the grip pvrs. into the space formerly occupied by Llnbison; guide the tack to the shoe bottom.

in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this tpecificatlon 111 the two subscribing witnesses.

ELI BROTHERS.

5: Am urn A. Ri'isssLL, (fir-moms l). Gnnsn.

presence of Correction in Letters Patent No. 1335,5347.

' Ifi is 'herbjcel tified 'thsitiin Letters Patent No."; 135,94i-7, grant-ed April 13,

myeni'ntin Pufiing-flirel and Lasting Machines, erfor appears inthe fprinted spepification ieqpiring corrqctionas foilows: Page 5 line 55, for the W916 wifih this correction therein thai; the sails may copform to the record of the case in the Ptent O ifice. I

Signed and sealed this 5th de uy of flctobeiy A. 1)., 1915.

[SEAL] ,R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Ading Oomssiofiw of Patents.

migiupdn the appl icati on of Eli Brothgrs, of Lynn, Mssfichusett-g-for an im- -mechanj sm iread mechdnisms; aid-that the said Letters Patent should be re zd

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