US1174940A - Shoe-finishing apparatus. - Google Patents

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C. F STETSON, IR.

SHOE FINISHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1914.

1,174,940. Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

THE C OLUMBIA PLANOURAPH $0., WASHINGTON, D. C-

, UNIT s'rrEs CHARLES F. STETSON, JR., OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HURLEY SHOE (10., OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAS- SACHUSETTS.

I SHOE-FINISHING APPARATUS.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed February 2, 1914. Serial No. 815,993.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns F. STn'rsoN, Jr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Itcckland, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoe-Finishing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for finishing boots and shoes comprising a worksupport and a set of variously constructed finishing tools.

I-Ieretofore, so far as I am aware, the finishing-tools of a set, have been made as separate implements, being wholly independent one from another, and adapted to be separately heated by the user in holding the particular tool to be used above a heating flame, or by resting the tools of the set on supports adjacent a flame, or by housing the tools of the set in a heating casing from which they are separately withdrawn when required for use. This independent picking up and replacing of each tool results in a serious loss of time, and furthermore, in practice,it is difficult to so heat the tools as to enable them to retain substantially an even temperature as long as is necessary for the particular use to which the tool is put.

The present invention is designed primarily with a view to facilitate and expedite the handling of the tools, and to insure permanent and even heating of the tools so that they may vbe used with full efficiency as long as may be necessary; and to'this end, the invention broadly comprehends a Worksupport, a stationary supporting-frame from which a set of tools are suspended by means of independent flexible hangers, each hanger being made long enough to enable the tool held by it to be brought forward into operative position and manipulated, and the supporting-frame being arranged to support the tools when in normal position, free from contact with the work-table.

The invention also comprehends making the supporting-frame hollow to carry the heating-means, and in case gas is employed as a heating medium said frame will be composed of pipe-sections secured together, and the hangers will be made as flexible tubes, thereby to convey the gas to suitable burners which are associated with the tools.

I further contemplate, as an essential object of the present invention, the provision of a simple heating-device for the direct application of the heat to the tool, which heating-device is designed with a view to avoid varying the form or size of the toolhandle, or interfering with the free manipulation of the tool by means of such handle, or weakening the handle with respect to its tool-holding function. t

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for finishing boots and shoes, having a set of finishing tools, illustrating one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the tools with handle.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention I provide what I term a supportingframe which is composed of a pipe-section 2, terminally provided with a horizontal pipe-section 3, arranged at right angles thereto and preferably extended in opposite directions therefrom. The pipe-section E2 may be supported in any appropriate manner as from a fixture (not shown) located at any distance from the pipe-section 3. The supporting-frame thus constructed is well adapted to serve as a gas conduit, and in such case the pipe-section 2 will be connected with any suitable gas-pipe (not shown) leading from a main.

The ends of the pipe-section 3 are closed. Nipples 4 depend from said section 3, in spaced relation, and in open communication therewith, as many nipples being used as necessary to accord with the number of tools in the set. Valve-casings 5, which may be gas-cocks, are connected to the ends of the nipples I, and the upper ends of flexible conduits 6, preferably gas hose, are connected to the valvecasings, and the tools are connected to the lower ends of said conduits 6, and the length of said flexible conduits depends upon the location of the tools with respect to the work-support 20 for the boot or shoe, which latter is of any well known or suitable construction.

The handle 7 of the tool is bored longitudinally at 8, opening at the upper end centrally of the handle and at the lower end through the side thereof immediately above the ferrule 9, which latter encircles the lower end of the handle. A burner pipe 10, preferably of metal, is passed longitudinally of said bore, its upper end-portion projecting above the upper end of the handle, as at 11, and its lower end-portion projecting through the lower end of the bore, and extendeddownwardly at the side I therebyutilize a heating -device which'in 150 of the ferrule 9, and bent inward toward the shank 12 of the tool, which latter is secured to the lower end of the handle in any usual or suitable manner. The lower endportion of the burner-pipe 10 is made tapering, as at 13, whereby its transverse area is reduced, thus to form a burner from which the flame is directed on to the shank-and tool to heat the same. 7

The upper projecting end-portion 11 of the burner-pipe 10 is utilized as a means for connecting the flexible conduit 6 with the handle in a'inanner to provide for the continuity of the fuel conduit. For this purpose, the lower end of the conduit 6 is'passed over the projecting end-portion 11 and a suitable wrapping l l of flexible cord or wire secured about the same. The supporting-frame including the pipesections 2 and 8, and the pendent flexible conduits 6, provide a means for delivering the fuel directly to the tools, so' that it is obvious that if such fuel is ignited at the outlets of the burner-pipes 10, each tool will be permanently heated at all times, and under all conditions of use, and the degree of heat may be regulated by turning the gascocks. Furthermore, and more important, it will be observed that the respective tools of the set are at all times pendent from the supporting-frame by means of the flexible conduits 6, so that the workman may grasp any desired tool, bring it forward into operative position and manipulate it, without separating it from the support, and then simply release it when he has finished, and without further attention on his part the tool will swing into and thereby-resume its normal position. A very considerable saving in the time of the workman is thus secured, with much added convenience, and the tool is more efficient than under previous 0011(11:

tions, due to its being uniformly and per- I manently heated at all times. t y v The particular application of the heatingdevice to the handle constitutes'an important feature of thepresentinvention, in that Copies of this patent may be obtained for no wise varies the form or construction of;

the handle, and which does not in any way affect the normal strength of the'handle in so far as the cooperation of the tool-shank therewith is concerned, and in which the heatlng-medium conveyer is located in such position as to avoid interference with the usual manipulation of the tool. 77

'I claim V r 1. A work support, a supporting frame arranged adjacent the work support, a plu rality of shoe-finishing tools for distinct cooperation with the particular work to be arranged on said support, an independent; flexible connection between each tool and the supporting frame, means-for heating the tools, and a handle for and above each tool, 7

said flexible connections normally support-f :ing the handles in spaced parallel relation and at all times above the plane of the top edge of the'neighboring tool when the tools are freely pendent, whereby during the swinging of a released tool when assuming normal position, the hand of the operator naturally moves in a planeabove such released tool to grasp an adjacent tool. v

2. The finishing-tool herein described, including a tool proper, ashank,'a handle in which the shank is secured, said handle be;

ing formed with a longitudinal bore, its'u'p-T per end opening centrally through the up-T per end of the handle and its lower end opening through the side of the lower end of the handle, and a burner pipe'arranged fixedlyin said bore and projecting beyond the centrally arranged end of thebore, for; connection with a flexible conduit, said pipe extending through the opposite'end of the j acent the shank of the tool.

bore and curved toward and terminating adi In testimony whereof, I have signed" my I name to this. specification, "in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V L

CHARLES r. STETSON, JR.

Witnesses:

V EDWARD W. BARRETT," I GILES W. HowLAND.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oflatentsp 7 Washington, D. C. V i

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