US1145986A - Jack for boots and shoes. - Google Patents

Description

W. GORDON.

JACK FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 6, 1909.

Lm, Patented July 13, 1915.

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WILLIAM GORDON, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

JACK FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July i3, 1915.

Application inea November 6, 1909. serial No. 526,569.

To all whom 'it may concern Beit known that I, WILLIAM GORDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county ofI Sulfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Jacks for Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawingsl indicating like parts `in the This invention relates to jacks for boots and shoes and is herein shown embodied in a jack which is primarily intended for use in attaching metallic heel and counter protectorsto boots and shoes, one form of such protectors being shown in United States Letters Patent to Gordon et al., 706,551, August l2, 1902. It will be understood, however, thatfcertain features of the invention are not limited for use with a jack of.

this particular type but may be employed with advantage in jacks as are commonly used in the repair of boots and shoes.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved ack the use of which will enable metallic heel andcounter protectors to be accurately and quickly applied to boots andshoes. y y

Another object of the invention vis to generally improve the constructionv of jacks for supporting boots and shoes.

With these objects in view the present invention contemplates the provision in a jack, for the purpose described, of a shoe supporting member and a presser arranged for relative approaching movement to press the protector upon therear of the shoe in the direction of the length of the shoe.

The construction and relative arrangement of the above parts is such that while the protector is held in proper operative position upon the shoe, nails or fastenings may be driven through the protector' into the tread face of the heel to attach the protector to the shoe. Preferably there is provided means for sustaining the shoe supporting member constructed to permit a swinging movement thereof out of proximity to the presser to a position in which it may be rotated about its longitudinal aXis in a substantially horizontal position to facilitate the insertion of fastenings through the protector into the counter portion of the shoe.

vIn the present embodiment of the invention the jack comprises a base having a shoe supporting member l mounted thereon for Aswinging movement between a vertical posi tion, in which the protector may be pressed uponthe shoe by a movable presser and thereafter attached to the shoe by fastenings driven through the protector into the tread face of the heel, and a position inclined. to the vertical in which the shoe supporting member may be rotated about its longitudinal axis to facilitate the insertion of fastenings through the protectorinto the counter portion of the shoe.

A further feature of the invention consists in an improved mechanism for moving the `presser toward the rear of the shoe having provision for locking the presser in operative engagement with the shoe.

Other features of the invention will be hereinafter described in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,-Figu1"e l is a perspective view of a jack embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is asectional view showing the manner in which the shoe supporting spindle is mounted upon the base of the jack. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

'Referring to the drawings, the base of the jack consists of a hollow body 2 provided at 'its upper portion with a hollow column l having a vertical slot formed in one of its sides eXtending to the top of the column. The body 2 is preferably provided with feet 6 by which it may be attached to a supporting bench or table. The opposite walls of the slot in the side of the column are curved outwardly between their ends to form a guideway 8 which extends downwardly and toward the opposite side of the column. This 'guideway terminates near the center of the column and at its point of termination a seat is formed for the ball of the shoe supporting spindle l2. rIhe shoe supporting spindle l2 is provided between its ends and in proximity to its lower end with a ball l-l or spherical enlargement which may be inserted through the guideway 8 to place it inposition to rest upon the seat within the column. With this construction the spindle 12 may be swung from an approximately vertical position in which it is within the column to a position in which it is at an angle to the vertical and projects laterally from the column. The downward swinging movement of the spindle is limited by contact of its middle portion with the bottom wall 16 of the slot in the side of the column and by engagement of its lower` end portion 18 with a horizontal stop surface 20 formed within the column. The spindle is provided adjacent its upper end with a flange 22 having a convexed lower surface 2st adapted to rest upon a concaved surface 26 formed upon the top of the column 4: when the spindle is in vertical position so that the spindle is normally rest-rained from displacement whenin this position.l The upper end of the spindle is formed as a shoe supporting member comprising aY block portion provided with a lat top surface 28 for supporting the heel end of the shoe and a surface 30 curved and arranged to snugly engage the inner curved sides of the shoe at its counter portion.

The spindle has a portion 31 rectangular in cross section arranged to lit snugly between the walls of the slot in the column when the spindle is in its vertical position, so that the spindle is locked from rotary movement wheny in this position. Preferably the rectangular portion 31 has a greater width measured transversely of the shoe carried by the spindle than the width of the slot in the column so that the spindle may only be placed in the slot when the shoe supporting member is pointing in the direction shown in Fig. 1, thus making it impossible for the operator to place the spindle in an improper` position within the column.

The presser 32 for pressing the metallic heel and counter protector upon the shoe in the direction Aof the length of the shoe comprises a bell-crank lever, pivoted upon the base of the jack about an axis extending approximately perpendicular to the shoe supporting spindle, and provided with a cushioning pad 3-1 detachably secured upon the upper endl of' its longer arm S5 and arranged to engage the rear of the metallic heel and counter protector positioned upon the shoe. As shown in Fig. 1, the bell-crank lever is secured upon a pin 3G, the two ends of which rest in circularly curved depressions formed respectively inlugs 38 projecting from the base of the jack, In the side of vthe jack an opening is formed in proximity to the lugs 38 `through which the shorter arm 4:0 of the bell-crank lever projects inwardly into the hollow base. rlhe means for actuating the bell-crank lever to move the pad 34 toward and from the shoe supporting member when the latter is in operative position upon the column comprises a hand lever l2 having a socket at its inner end engaging a ball formed upon the lower end oi a projection depending' from the base of the jack, a link L16 pivotally connected at its upper end to the arm et() and extending downwardly through a vertical slot formed in the hand lever at a point between its ends and adjacent to its inner end and a coiled spring 118 arranged upon the link between the lower 'face of the hand lever and a spring support 50 clamped upon said link. `Vith this construction as the hand lever swings downward about the ball 44 as a pivot, the bellcrank lever is yieldingly actuated through the agency of the spring 18 and link 4G to press the pad 31 toward the shoe supporting member. To lock the lever in its lowermost position and thus prevent movement of the pad 3i away from the shoe supporting member the base is provided with a horizontal stop surface 52 under which the hand level.' may be moved by a lateral swinging movement about the ball A, syn-ing 37 extending between the arm 35 and column 4 serves to move the arm and pad 31 away from the shoe supporting member when the hand lever is swung out from under the stop surface 52. It will be seen in the construction shown that as the hand lever rests upon the spring 48 at a point adjacent its inner end that the weight of the lever 'tends to press its rear end upwardly toward the ball -l-ft, thus avoiding any liability ot the lever becoming displaced relatively to the'ball.

In the use of the jack shown, the shoe to which it is desired to attach a metallic heel and counter protector is placed upon the shoe supporting member when the latter is in its vertical position, as shown in Fig. l. The protector 53 is then placed upon the shoe and the hand lever l2 is then lowered so that the pad 34. nieves toward the shoe and presses the protector properly upon the shoe in the direction of the length of the shoe. By moving the hand lever laterali)v about theball 4:4 it may be swung under the stop surface 52 so that the lever is locked from upward movement and the pad 311- is locked in operative engagement with the shoe. Nails or other fastenings may then be driven through the usua holes 54 in the tread plate of the metallic protector and through the heel of the shoe, so that they are clenched upon engaging the fiat surface 28 of the shoe supporting member. After the tread plate of the protector has been properly attached to the shoe, the hand lever is swung out from under the stop surface 52 so that the arm 35 is moved outwardly by the spring 37 thus relieving the shoe from the pressure of the pad rllhe shoe supporting spindle is then swung downwardly into its inclined position shown in dotted lines in Fig` 1 in which position the spindie may be rotated about its longitudinal axis to facilitate the insertion of fastenings through the holes 56 in the counter portion of the protector into the shoe. These fastenings may be clenched against the curved surface 30 of the shoe supporting member'.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. A boot or shoe jack having, in combination, a shoe supporting spindle mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane from a substantially horizontal position to a vertical position and for rotary movement about its longitudinal axis and means becoming effective automatically before the spindle reaches its vertical position for holding the spindle from rotation when in vertical position.

2. A boot or shoe jack having, in combination, a shoe supporting spindle mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position and for rotary movement about its longitudinal axis when in its horizontal position, means becoming effective automatically as the spindle is swung from its horizontal to its vertical position for limiting the spindle to one position of its rotation, and a presser member arranged for movement toward the shoe carried by said spindle.

3. A jack for boots and shoes comprising a spindle mounted for movement into and out of operative vertical position and for rotation about its longitudinal axis, means tending to prevent lateral displacement of the spindle from said vertical position when vertical pressure is applied to the spindle but permitting such displacement when vertical pressure thereon is relieved, and means for locking said spindle from rotation aboutv its longitudinal axis, both said means becoming effective automatically when said spindle is moved into vertical position.

4. A boot or shoe jack having, in combination, a base, a shoe supporting member mounted in said basev for swinging movement, a presser member adapted to engage the rear portion of the shoe, and position controlling means for the supporting member, said controlling means becoming effective when said supporting member reaches a position in its swinging movement which brings the median line of a shoe on said supporting member into definite relation to said presser member.

5. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to shoes, having in combination, a shoe supporting member, a presser for pressing the protector upon the rear of the shoe in the direction of the length of the shoe, and means for sustaining said supporting member constructed to automatically lock the member from rotation about its longitudinal axis when in proximity to said presser and to permit of its swinging movement out of proximity to said presser' to a position in which it may be turned about its longitudinal axis to facilitate the insertion of fastenings through the protector into the counter portion of the shoe.

6. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a combined heel and counter protector to shoes having in combination a base, a shoe supporting member mounted upon the base for swinging movement between a substantially vertical position in which nails may be driven through the protector into the tread face of the heel, and a substantially horizontal position in which the supporting member may be turned about its longitudinal axis to facilitate the insertion of fastenings through the protector into the counter portion of the heel, and a presser independently supported upon the base and arranged to press the protector upon the shoe in the direction of the length of the shoe while the latter is sustained upon the support in its vertical position in which position it is automatically locked from rotation about its longitudinal axis.

7 A jack for shoes comprising a spindle having a shoe fitting portion, said spindle having provision for ino-vement about its longitudinal axis and for movement into and out of a vertical position, means for locking said spindle from rotation about its longitudinal axis, and means tending to prevent the displacement of said spindle from its vertical position, both of said means becoming eective automatically as said spindle reach-es its vertical position and thereafter coperating with said shoe fitting portion of said spindle definitely to position and rigidly to hold a shoe placed on said spindle.

8. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to shoes having in combination a base, provided with a substantially hollow column having a vertical opening in one of its sides and an internal seat, a spindle having a substantially spherical curved surface formed to rest upon said seat whereby the spindle may be swungthrough said opening from a position in which it is within the column to a position in which it projects laterally from the column and in which it may be turned about its longitudinal axis, a plate carried by the spindle arranged to rest upon the top of the column when the spindle is positioned therein, and a shoe support mounted upon said spindle.

9. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to shoes, having in combination, a base, a spindle for supporting a shoe mounted upon said base for swinging movement between a substantially vertical position and an approximately horizontal position and for rotary move- Vio ment about its longitudinal axis, and means for locking the spindle from rotary movement when in vertical position constructed to be rendered eiective by movement of the spindle to said vertical position Vand to be effective at all times when the spindle is in substantially vertical position.

10.V A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to shoes, having in combi-nation, a base, a shoe supporting spindle mounted upon the base for rotaryv movement about its longitudinal axis and for swinging movement between a substantially vertical position in which nails may be driven through the protector into the heel of the shoe carried by the spindle and a substantially horizontal position in which the spindle may be rotated to facilitate the insertion of astenings through the protector into the counter ot the shoe, and means for locking the spindle from rotary movement when in vertical position construeted to be rendered effective by movement of the spindle to said vertical position.

11. Aboot or shoe jack, having in combination, a base provided with a hollow column having a substantially vertical slot in oneef its sides extending to the top of the column, an internal seat formed within the column at a point adjacent its bottom, a spindle having a substantially spherical enlargement adjacent one end, said end extending slightly beyond said enlargement which is arranged to rest upon said seat whereby the spindle may be swung from a vertical position in which it is within the column to a position in which it projects laterally therefrom through said slot, and means carried by the base co-acting with said extending end for limiting swinging movement of the spindle away from the column.

12. A jack forv boots or shoes having, in combination, a shoe e supporting member having a shoe vlitting portion, said member being mounted for swinging movement and also for rotary movement about its axis, a movable presser member, and means constructed and arranged to insure the presentation of said supporting member in such a position that a shoe supported thereby will always be subjected to the action of said presser member with its longitudinal axis and the path of movement of saidmember in substantially the same plane.

13.1 A jack for boots or shoes having, in combination, a shoe supporting member having a shoe fitting portion, said member being mounted for swinging movement and for rotary movement about its axis, a presser member mounted for swinging movement, means constructed and arranged for insuring the presentation of said supporting member so that a shoe supported thereby will always be subjected to the action of said presser member withits longitudinal lit projects laterally from axis and the path of movement of said member, in substantially the same vertical plane, a resilient member for yieldingly maintaining said presser member in operative position, and means for adjusting the tension of said resilient member.

14. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to slices, having a base provided with a hollow column, having a vertical slot in one of its sides and an internal seat, and a spindle provided with a substantially sphericallyshaped enlargement, wider than the normal width of said slot, arranged adjacent its lower end for engaging said seat whereby the spindle may be swung from a vertical position in which it is within the column to a position at an angle to the vertical in which the column through said slot and the walls of said slot extending inwardly at a point intermediate its ends to form an opening through which the spindle with its enlargement may be withdrawn from the base when the spindle is positioned intermediate its Erst-mentioned positions.

15. A boot or shoe jack for attaching a metallic heel and counter protector to shoes, having in combination, a base, a hollow column having a substantially vertical slot in one of its sides extending to the top of the column, and a shoe supporting spindle mounted upon said base and arranged to swing through said slot between a substantially vertical position and an approximately horizontal position and to rotate about its longitudinal axis, said column having a depression at its top in which a portion of said spindle rests to insure stability thereof when in vertical position.

1G. A boot or shoe jack, having in combination, a base provided with a hollow eolumn having a substantially vertical slot in one of its sides extending to the top of the column, an internal seat formed within the column at a point intermediate its ends, a spindle having a. substantially spherical enlargement intermediate its ends, said enlargement being pivotally mounted in said seat, and a stop on the frame to engage one extending end of said spindle to prevent unseating said spindle when its opposite end rests, in horizontal position, against the bottom of said slot.

17. A boot or shoe jack, having in combination, a base, a shoe supporting spindle mounted in said base with which it forms a ball and socket joint permitting a swinging motion of said spindle between substantially vertical and substantially horizontal limits and rotation about its axis, and means becoming effective while said spindle is being moved toward its vertical position to guide it into a non-rotative position as the spindle approaches its vertical position during such guidance and after it reaches its vertical position.

18. A boot or shoe jack, having in combination, a shoesupporting spindle mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane and rotary movement about its longitudinal axis, means for limiting said spindle when in vertical position to one position of its rotation, While the elevation of the spindle remains substantially unaltered, said means becoming effective as said spindle approaches its vertical position, and a presser mounted independently of said spindle and for movement toward and from the rear of the shoe, carried by said spindle, in the direction of the length of the shoe.

i9. A boot or shoe jack, having in combination, shoe supporting spindle mounted :tor swinging movement in a vertical plane and rotary movement about its longitudinal axis, a presser member arranged tor movement toward and from a shoe on said spindle, and means for limiting said spindle when in vertical position to the constant angle of rotation in which the toe and heel of said shoe are in alinement With said presser, with the heel of said shoe toward the presser, said limiting means becoming effective as said spindle reaches a position adjacent to said presser member.

20. A boot or shoe ack, having in combination, a shoe supporting spindle mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane and rotary movement about its longitudinal axis, a presser member arranged for movement toward and from a shoe on said spindle, means for holding said spindle With the toe and heel of said shoe in alinement With said presser vvith the heel of said shoe toward the presser, said limiting means becoming eiiiective as said spindle approaches proximity to said presser, and means tending, when said spindle is in vertical position, to restrain it from swinging movement in said vertical plane.

21. A boot or shoe jack, having in combination, a spindle and a presser member movable in relatively transverse vertical planes, said spindle being rotatable about its longitudinal axis and when in vertical position lying in the plane of movement of the presser, means tending to maintain said spindle in vertical position, and means to insure the presentation of the heel portion of the shoe carried by said spindle toward the presser, each of said means becoming effective as said spindle reaches its vertical position.

9.2. A boot or shoe jack, having in combi nation, a base, a hollow column on said base, having a slot in one side thereof extending to its top, a spindle connected With said column by means of a ball and socket joint, said ball being an enlargement of said spindie intermediate its ends and being Wider than the normal Width of said slot, said ball and socket joint permitting said spindle to rotate about its longitudinal aXis and to swing on said joint as a pivot in a plane determined by said slot, the Walls of said slot having cooperating grooves, forming an opening through Which said enlargement pass so as to permit Withdrawal of said spindle from said column, means becoming eilective as said spindle reaches its vertical position to limit it to one position of its axial rotation, means tending to maintain said spindle in vertical position becoming effective it reaches its vertical position, a presser mounted on said base for relative movement toward the heel of a shoe on said spindle to press yieldingly a metallic heel and counter protector on said shoe, a lever for actuating said presser member, means for locking said lever to maintain said presser member in contact with the heel and counter protector While nails are being driven through the tread tace of said heel, and stops on said base for supporting said spindle When axially rotated in its horizontal position to facilitate the insertion of fastenings into the counter portion of said protector and shoe.

lin testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WlLLIAllli GORDON.

Witnesses:

ALLAN H. BAnuoWs, BERNARD BARRoWs.

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