US1188750A

US1188750A - Shoe-last.

Info

Publication number: US1188750A
Application number: US7257716A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sylvester P Frost
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-01-17
Filing date: 1916-01-17
Publication date: 1916-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 1933-06-27

Description

S. P. FROST.

SHOE LAST. APPLICATION FILED JAN-17,1916.

Patented June 27, 1916.

' ire SYLVESTER P. FROST, 01? DALLAS, TEXAS.

SHOE-LAST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Application filed January 17, 1916. Serial No. 72,577.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER F. FRos'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lasts; and I do 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.

This invention relates to improvements in lasts for use in shoes, boots and the like and has for its principal object to provide a device of this character which can be used in either shoe merely by turning the same over.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a device formed in several parts having means for forcing the same outwardly into contact with the sides of the shoe when the device has been placed therein.

A still further object is to provide a simply constructed last which can be composed of a wooden form covered with wear plates for clenching the nails.

lVith the above and minor objects in view my invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein:

F igure 1 is a side elevation of stand, my improved last being carried thereby; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my last, parts being broken away and in section, the same being shown in open position or before being inserted in a boot or shoe; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same showing the position of the parts after being inserted in a boot or shoe; Fig. 4: is a central vertical section taken on the line 1l: of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

In its preferred embodiment my invention comprises a form 1 constructed in the shape of a foot which is mounted upon a suitable standard 2 as is usual in devices of this character. The standard may be of any preferred construction, such as the ordinary metal standard now in use which has a base 3 and a reduced upper end 4 preferably rectangular for insertion into a socket or opening 5 in the last. As shown in the drawings this form is preferably flat and constructed of hard wood over which the wear plates 6 are secured by fastening elements 7 The socket in the form which receives the reduced end at extends entirely through the wooden portion and also the plates 6 in order that either side of the form may be disposed uppermost. By this means the last can be used for either the right or the left shoe merely by turning it over. For instance, the form' is placed on the standard 2 in such a manner that it can be inserted in a left shoe, and when the repairs to this shoe are complete and the shoe removed therefrom, the form is taken from the reduced end l and turned over, thus disposing it in position to be inserted into a right shoe.

In order to enable the last to more snugly fit the shoe to which it is applied it is made in several parts as shown, a heel portion 8 and a two-part toe portion 9, which is com posed of the members a and b. The heel portion is preferably rounded at one end to fit the heel of the shoe while its opposite end is pointed and provided with a transversely extending opening 10. The two parts a and b of the toe portion are provided with shanks 11 which are disposed on the opposite sides of said pointed end of the heel portion 8 and have apertures 12 formed therethrough which aline with the aperture 10 when the several parts are assembled. The

apertures

10 and 12 receive a bolt 13 whereby the several parts are held in operative position. The aperture 10 also receives a Ushaped spring, the arms of which extend outwardly into sockets 14 formed in the two parts of the toe portion 9. This arrangement of the spring disposes one arm thereof on each side of the pointed end of the heel portion so that it can readily engage its seat in its respective part of the toe portion. This spring which may be of the leaf variety or otherwise constructed forces the two parts of the toe portion outwardly into engagement with the sides of the shoe when the last is disposed therein. This spring will be strong enough to hold the parts of the toe portion in engagement with the sides of the shoe at all times and allow the nails driven through the soles of the shoe to be efiectively clenched by the wear plates 6 which cover both the parts of the toe portion on both of its sides and both sides of the heel portion. By an examination of the several figures of the drawing it will be seen that by tightening or loosening the nut on the bolt 13 the tension of the spring will be regulated.

From the foregoing description it is ob vious that I have invented a very simply constructed and very eflicient shoe last which can be used in repairing both right and left shoes.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, a form comprising a heel portion rounded at one. end and pointed at the other, said pointed end having an aperture extending transversely therethrough, a U-shaped spring in said aperture, its arms extending outwardly, and a two-part toe portion, each part having a socket therein to receive an arm 01 said spring in such a manner that the parts of said toe portions are forced outwardly into contact with the sides of the shoe.

2. In a device of the class described, a form comprising a heel portion having an aperture extending transversely therethrough, a two-part toe portion, each having an aperture alined with said firstmentioned aperture, a bolt in said apertures to connect said portions, each'part of said toe portion having a socket therein, and a spring extending through said first mentioned aperture and having its ends disposed in said sockets in such a manner that the parts of said toe portion are forced outwardly into contact with the sides of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-- nesses. I

SYLVESTER FROST.

Witnesses: V

REBA AZLING, FRED. L. SCULLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents.

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