US1217216A

US1217216A - Machine for setting lacing-hooks.

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Publication number: US1217216A
Application number: US69746212A
Authority: US
Inventors: Andrew Raiche
Original assignee: ATLAS TACK Co
Current assignee: ATLAS TACK Co
Priority date: 1912-05-15
Filing date: 1912-05-15
Publication date: 1917-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 1934-02-27

Description

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Patented Feb. 27,1917.

A. BAmH'E, MACHINE FOR SETTING LACING HOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1912.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFTOE.

ANDREW RAICHE, OF FAIR/HAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ATLAS TACK COMPANY, OF FAIRI-IAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION'OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FDR SETTING LACING-HOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 27, 1917.

Application filed May 15, 1912. Serial No. 697,462.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, ANDREW RAICHE, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of chines for Setting Lacing-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for setting lacing hooks and consists in a number of improvements upon the machine illustrated and claimed in Letters Patent 1,036,? 10, granted me August 27, 1912.

One improvement to which my present invention relates is in the mechanism by which the lacing hook is flared and by which the work is fed. It may be well to state here that this machine inserts the lacing hooks one by one and feeds the work step by step. One distinction. between the inserting and feeding mechanism of the present invention and the corresponding mechanism in the aforesaid copending application is as follows: The anvil in the present instance is provided with a central point or projection and is reciprocated laterally for the purpose of feeding the work. In my former machine the anvil is not capable of lateral movement, but the work is fed by cooperative jaws which grip the leather. One feature of similarity between the two machines is that the feeding mechanism may be caused to feed the work in one direction or in the opposite direction at the will of the operator.

Another new feature in'the present ma-- chine is the provision of a Work support or table. The work support is stationary and is in the form of a thin plate which is adapted to occupy the throat of the lacing hook. The lacing hook is elevated to the plane of the work support by a vertically movable carrier which descends to a lower plane toreceive a lacing hook from the hook race and which then raises the hook to the plane of the work support, where its shank is flared. While the hook support remains in the plane of the stationary work support the work is fed laterally and the hook is transferred from the movable support to the stationary support.

Another improvement in the present machine resides in the manner of mounting the vertically movable hook support. This support is now mounted loosely, whereas in the former machine it is mounted rigidly withrelation to the plunger by which it is carried. The purpose in mounting it loosely is to enable it to rest firmly upon a retractable hook-positioning member so that the overhanging portion of the hook-supporting member may be firmly supported by the hook positioning member during the flaring operation.

Other features of the present invention are illustrated by the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a right side elevation, partly in section, of a hook-setting machine embodying the several improvements hereinafter described.

Fig. 2 represents on a larger scale a vertical section, partly in elevation, of the instrumentalities which act upon the lacing hook, and portions of structure in the vicinity of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a top plan view, partly in section, of the laterally movable support which carries the anvil. This figure includes also the stationary work support.

Fig. 4 represents a top plan view of the stationary work support and the movable hook support, and indicates in dotted lines a lacing hook in various positions.

Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section in the plane indicated by line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of the upper end of theplunger which carries the hook support, the hook support being indicated by dotted lines. I

Fig. 7 represents an elevation of the hook support.

Fig. 8 represents a front elevation of the I vertically movable plunger which carries the through the presser-foot and the member by which the anvil 1s actuated to set a hook.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur.

In order to explain fully the operation of the present improved mechanism it will be necessary to include in the present description a brief general description of the entire machine. The frame of the machine is indicated at 10. The main power shaft is indicated at 11, and a clutch pulley for driving the shaft is indicated generally at 12. A reservoir for lacing hooks is indicated at 13, and an inclined raceway for conducting the hooks from the reservoir is indicated at 1%. This raceway conducts the hooks to a curved raceway 15 from whose lower end the hooks are transferred to the vertically movable hook support indicated at 16. The hook support is loosely mounted upon a plunger or carrier 17 which is mounted in suitable bearings in the frame and which is actuated in such manner as to cause the hook support to descend to the lower end of the raceway to receive a lacing hook and then to move upwardly to insert the shank of the lacing hook in the work and flare the shank against an anvil 18. The carrier 17 is provided with two cam rolls indicated respectively at 19 and 20. The rolls cooperate respectively with

cams

19 and 20 which are ailixed to the main shaft 11. This mechanism is the same as in my former machine.

The upper end of the carrier 17 is re cessed at 21 for the reception of the lower portion of the hook support 16. The hook support is attached to the carrier by a pin 22 and is formed with a hole 23 which is somewhat larger than the pin in order to permit slight vertical movement of the hook support with relation to its carrier. The hook support and carrier are so proportioned as to leave a slight space, as indicated in Fig. 2 at 24, which space enables the hook support to rock if necessary about the pin 22 to permit the upper portion of the hook support to be seated firmly upon a retractable hookpositioning member 25. The upper part of the hook support 16 is provided with laterally extending ;ianges 26 which are adapted to rest upon the member 25. The hook support has a lip 27 which extends to the rear for the purpose of receiving a lacing hook or, as shown by Fig. 2. The upper end of the carrier 17 is provided with surfaces 28 upon which the positioning member is seated. When the hook support and the anvil cooperate to flare a lacing hook, the upward thrust of the carrier 17 is not transmitted directly to the hook support, because of the loose connection afforded by the pin 22 and the relatively large hole 23 and the space indicated at The thrust is transmitted from the carrier 17 to the positioning member 25 and thence to the flanges 26 of the hook support. The hook support is thus braced equally along its two sides throughout the length of the flanges 26. The capacity of the hook support to tilt sli 'htly about the pin 22 enables the member 25 to support the member 16 nearer the hook and much more securely upon the positioning member 25 than if the hook support were rigidly secured to its carrier 17. Furthermore, the hook support is supported equally on both sides of the point where the strain is greatest, thus avoiding the liability of bending or breaking the over-hanging lip 27 which engages the hook.

The hook-positioning member 25 is the same as in my former machine. It is formed with two parallel fingers 29 whose inner confronting faces are spaced apart a. distance equal to the width of the base of the lacing hook at the point where the shank begins. The member 25 is adapted to slide from front to rear upon the surfaces 28 and is actuated at appropriate times by a lever 30 whose fulcrum is indicated at 31. The lever is provided' with a cam roll 32 which cooperates with a cam 33 on the main shaft 11. A spring 3-1 connected to the lever holds the cam roll against the cam and moves the lever in the direction which causes the hook-positioning member to move to hook-engaging position. The positioning member is retracted by the cam. Inasmuch as the positioning member is moved up and down with the hook support, a telescoping connection is provided for connecting it with the lever 30. This con nection is afforded by a rod 35, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to the positioning member, and the lower end of which is slidably fitted in the lever 30. The cam 33 is so formed as to permit the positioning member 25 to remain in hook-engag ing position at all times except when the work is fed laterally. Immediately prior to such feeding movement the positioning member is retracted to the position shown by Fig. 2, and as soon as the hook has been fed laterally from the hook supporting member the positioning member 25 returns to its former position, where it remains until the next feeding movement is about to begin.

The lacing hooks are fed one by one from the raceway 141 to the raceway 15 by suitable mechanism which need not be explained, in-

asmuch as this mechanism is the same as 111 my former machine. For present purposes it will be sufiicient to explain that the lacing hooks are transferred from the lower end of the raceway 15 to the lip 27 of the hook-sup porting member by a plunger 36. This plunthe race 15.

compression spring, not shown, is contained in the plunger 36 in such position as to be engaged by the forward end of the rod 37 for the purpose of transmitting the movement and of yielding in case of necessity. The feeding plunger 86 remains retracted at all times excepting when the lip 27 of the hook support is opposite the lower end of At this time the plunger is moved forward and the hook in the lower end of the race is transferred to the lip 27. The plunger then moves back and the hook support is raised. A beveled member indicated at 43 is adapted to engage the neck of the lacing hook while the latter is being elevated, for moving the hook forward as hereinafter explained. The mounting of the member 43 is hereinafter explained. A 'detent for the lacing hook is indicated at 44. This detent is formed with a cylindric portion 45 which is mounted in a socket 46 in the hook support 16. A concaved surface 47 of the detent is adapted to fit against the head of the lacing hook, as shown by Fig. 2. The detent is provided with a finger 48 which is engaged by a compression spring 49 disposed in a socket in the hook support. The detent is adapted to rock upon the cylindric portion 45 and is normally held in position to engage the head of the lacing hook by the spring. The beveled surface indicated at 50 is adapted to be engaged by the head of the lacing hook when the hook is being transferred from the raceway 15 to the lip 27. The detent is retracted by the lacing hook during the transferring movement, but whenthe hook has been pushed as far as it will go upon the lip 27 the head of the hook settles in the concaved portion indicated at 47. In case the plunger 36 fails to leave the hook at the desired position upon the lip 27 the hook will be advanced when it comes in contact with the positioning member 43. It will be seen that the forward end of the member 43 is beveled in such manner as to cause the hook to move forward upon the lip 27.

A piece of work which is to receive lacing hooks is indicated at a. The work is supported in operative position by a stationary plate or work support 51. The work support is cutaway as shown by Fig. 4 to admit the upper end of the hook support 16, so that the upper surface of the hook support may rise to the level of the upper surface of the work support. The thickness of the work support is the same as the thickness of the lip 27 of the hook support. The rear edge 52 of the work support coincides with the arc of a circle about whose axis the work is fed as hereinafter explained. The rear edge of the lip 27 is likewise curved to coincide with the arc of the edge 52. Upon the completion of a flaring operation and while the top of the hook support is level with the top of the work support, the work is fed laterally and the hook which has just been flared slides from the lip 27 to the work support, upon which it rests in the same relation as formerly when it was supported by the lip 27. That is to say, the rear edge of the work support occupies the throat of the lacing hook.

Presser-feet 53 coiiperate with the work support 51 to clamp the work at all times excepting when feeding occurs. The presserfeet are affixed to a vertically movable slide 54. The slide is mounted in a suitable bearing in a portion of the frame 10 and is pro vided with a stud 55. The stud is engaged by a bell crank 56 whose fulcrum is indi cated at 57. The bell crank is connected with an operating lever by a link 58. The operating lever is indicated at 59, and its fulcrum is indicated at 60. The lever is moved in one direction by a cam 61 on the main shaft 11 and is moved in the opposite direction by a spring 62 connected to the link 58. The cam 61 engages a cam roll 63 at the lower end of the lever. The clamping action of the presser-feet is due to the spring 62, and the presser-feet are retracted by the action of the cam 61. 1

The means for mounting and the manner of operating the anvil constitute the inost important feature of the present invention. The anvil is slidably mounted in an arm or carrier 64, as best shown by Fig. 2, and the upper'end of the anvil engages a movable abutment whose coacting surface is indicated at 65. This abutment is moved up and down at appropriate intervals to cause the anvil to co'ciperate with the hook support to perform the flaring operation. The anvil is movable laterally for the purpose of feeding the work, but the movable abutment does not partake of lateral movement. On the other hand, the abutment is fixed with re gard to lateral movement and is incapable of any other movement than that toward and from the hook support. The laterally movable anvil carrier 64 is formed with a socket 66 in which a compression spring 67 is disposed. The upper end of the compression spring engages a pin 68 carried by the anvil. The function of the spring is to raise the anvil and keep its upper end always in contact with the surface of the movable abutment.

The carrier 64 is pivotally mounted upon a pin or stud 69 which is afi'ixed in the frame 10. The carrier is formed with a hub 70 which affords a relatively long bearing upon the stud 69. Referring to Fig. 3, the carrier 64 is formed with means adapted to have sliding engagement with a block 71. This block is mounted upon a swivel stud 72 which is carried by a slide 73. The

' slide is mounted in suitable bearings in the frame 10 and is reciprocated in such mannor as to cause the anvil to move laterally from flaring position to feed the work. The operating mechanism for imparting feeding movement is capable of feeding the work in either direction; that is to say, from right to left or from left to ri 'ht This feature is present in my former machine, but in that machine the work is fed by co operative gripping jaws. In the present instance the work is fed by a point or projection 7% which, as shown, is in the center of the anvil. The feeding point, of course, has to enter the shank of the lacing hook prior to the flaring operation. It is therefore in the desired position to feed the work as soon as the flaring operation has been completed, and it is only necessary to impart the desired lateral movement to the anvil in order to effect the feeding of the work. This dispenses with a gripping action or any other additional movement to place the feeding element in condition to impart feeding movement.

The mechanism for reciprocating the slide 78 is the same as the corresponding mechanism in my former machine, but it may be well to describe it briefly in the present instance. An operating lever for the slide is indicated at 75. The fulcrum of the lever is indicated at 7 6. A roll 77 mounted upon the lower end of the lever engages a path cam 78 aflixed to the main shaft 11. The path of the cam has a central or median groove 79 and two branches indicated respectively at 80 and 81. When the roll 77 is in the central groove of the cam, the anvil is positioned laterally so asto cooperate with the hook support in flaring a hook. The roll 77 may be caused to traverse the branch 80 of the cam to impart feeding movement in one direction, or it may be caused to traverse the branch 81 to im part feeding movement in the opposite direction. The desired direction of feed is obtained by a switch member 82 which is carried by the cam 78. This switch member is movable from side to side with relation to the cam and is adapted to deflect the roll 7 7 into the branch 80 or the branch 81, depending upon the position of the switch member. Tnasmuch as this mechanism is in all respects the same as that shown in my copending application, it will not be necessary to illustrate the same in detail. It will be suflicient to state that the switch member may be placed in the desired position by suitable mechanism, and briefly describe such portions of the mechanisms as appear in Fig. 1. A sliding member 83 mounted in the cam 78 is adapted to move back and forth in a direction parallel to the axis of the cam. @ne end of this sliding member 83 is adapted to engage a pin 84 when the rear end of the member 83 projects as shown upon the drawing. The members 83 and 8 1 are beveled in such manner as to thrust the member 83 toward the front of the machine so that its other end will project from the front of the cam in position to engage a pin 85. The pins 81 and 85 are connected by a rocking lever 86 whose fulcrum is indicated at 87. The connection between the

pins

84 and 85 is such that one of them will always be retracted from operative position when the other one is in operative position. Two levers are provided for shifting the pins 841 and 85. One of these levers is indicated at 88 and the other at 89. The two levers are mounted upon a fulcrum pin 90 which is connected to cli'itch-controlling mechanism in such manner that the pins 8 1 and 85 may be shifted and the clutch tripped to set the machine in opera tion by a single act on the part of the operator. A rod 91 is connected to the lever 88, and the rod 92 is connected to the lever 89. These rods may extend to a suitable treadle or treadles (not shown).

The movable abutment which affords the surface 65 is in the form of a plunger and is indicated at 93. This plunger is mounted in a fixed bearing 94 afforded by the frame 10. The upper end of the plunger is provided with a head 95 in which a transverse groove 96 is formed. This groove is occupied by asliding block 97 which engages a crank pin 98. The crank pin is carried by a crank disk 99 which is affixed to a rookshaft 100. The rookshaft is adjustably connected to another rockshaft which is indicated at 101. The two rockshafts are disposed in alinement with each other and are mounted in suitable bearings in the frame 10. The adjustable connection inclicated as a whole at 102 is provided for the purpose of adjusting the forward rockshaft 100 rotatively with relation to the rockshaft 101. By this mechanism the anvil may be adjusted with relation to the hook support to cause the two elements to cooperate in the desired manner to flare the lacing hook. The rear end of the rookshaft 101 is provided with an arm 103 which car ries a crank pin 104. A rear elevation of this structure is shown by Fig. 9. A connecting rod 105 extends downwardly from the crank pin 104: and is formed with a slot 106 through which the main shaft 11 extends.

Cams

107 and 108 aflixed upon the main shaft engage respectively cam rolls 107 and 108 mounted upon the rod 105. These cams move the abutment 93 positively in both directions.

The cams which move the hook support up and down and the cams which move the abutment 93 up and down are timed to cause the hook support and the anvil to operate as follows z-JWhen the machine is at rest the anvil and hook support are both raised to their highest positions, at which the top support, to either of which it may be f d ofthe hook support is flush with the top of the work support and at which the anvil and feeding point are raised sufliciently to enable the feeding point to clear the work. When the machine is set in motion the anvil and hook support both descend to their lowest positions at which the hook support is in position to receive a lacing hook from the raceway l5 and at which the anvil is in the position which it occupies during the flaring operation. When the anvil is in this position the bottom of the feeding point is so near the plane of the work support as to leave no appreciable clearance; but there is, in fact, enough clearance to enable the feeding point to move laterally while in the hook without striking the work support. While the anvil remains in its lowest position the hook support is raised and the shank of the lacing hook forces the work a against the feeding point and ultimately penetrates the work and is flared against the anvil as shown by Fig. 2. The upward movement of the hook support ceases when the upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the work support. The hook support remains in this position while the laterally movable carrier 64 is moved in the desired direction to feed the work, the abutment 93 meanwhile remaining stationary. During the lateral feeding movement of the anvil the upper end of the anvil slides upon the surface 65, being held against said surface by the spring 67 in the anvil carrier. The lower end of the abutment is extended laterally in both directions of feeding movement to form a foot 110 as shown by Fig. 3, the surface 65 being the bottom surface of the foot. The length of the foot is suflicient to maintain engagement with the anvil when the latter is moved to its maximum distance in either direction from flaring position. At the instant when feed ing movement ceases, the plunger 93 is raised, thus permitting the anvil to rise and to withdraw the feeding point from the lacing hook. When the feeding point has been withdrawn the carrier 64: is returned to its meeian position ready to descend for the next flaring operation.

The position of the anvil carrier which is represented by solid lines in Fig. 3 indicates the median position thereof. The carrier is represented by dotted lines in two other positions, one of which is at the left, and the other of which is at the right of the median position. The dotted-line positions represent the positions to which the carrier may be moved to feed the work to the right or left. Fig. 4 includes a solid-line representation of a lacing hook upon the hook support where it is flared, and also includes dotted-line representations of the same lacing hook in two positions upon the work as explained.

An incidental feature of the machine, which, however, is embodied in my former machine, is means for shifting the fulcrum 76 of the feeding lever to vary the length of the feeding steps and consequently to vary the distance between the lacing books as they are inserted in the work. The fulcrum 76 is movable longitudinally of the operating lever 7 5 and is adapted to be adjusted to the desired position by a manually operative lever 111 whose fulcrum is indicated at 112. The lever 111 engages a block 113 which is mounted upon the fulcrum pin 76. This device involves other details of structure which need not be further illustrated. or described in this application. It is obvious that shifting the fulcrum 7 6 longitudinally of the lever will cause the lever to impart more or less feeding movement. The shifting of the fulcrum does not affect the median position of the anvil but merely causes the anvil to move more or less from its median position.

The member 43 by which the lacing hook is positioned upon the lip 27,-in the event of failure on the part of the plunger 26 to so position the lacing hook, is carried by the anvil carrier 64. A stationary work gage is ndicated at 114k This gage 1s mounted in position to engage the rear edge of the work a when the work is in position to receive a lacing hook. The gage is supported by a pair of rods 115 which are slidable from front to rear in ears 116 on the frame 10. Setscrews 117 threaded in the ears are adapted tobind the rods in the desired position.

The work gage is adapted to be positioned in such manner as to cause the placing of the lacing hooks at any desired distance from the edge of the work.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of'constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use, what I claim is 1. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, means for cooperating therewith to set a hook, a work support having an edge arranged to occupy the throat of a lacing hook, said hook-support being movable to and from the plane of the work support, and means for moving the hook laterally along said hook support and work support to feed the work.

2. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a carrier, means for reciprocating the same to feed the work, an anvil mounted on said carrier so as to be movable relatively thereto in a direction transverse to the feeding movement of the carrier, said anvil having a feeding point, hook-carrying means for moving a lacing hook against said anvil to flare the same, and means for holding said anvil in position to cooperate with said hookcarrying means, said holding means being stationary during feeding movement of said carrier, and having provision for holding said feeding point in the lacing hook during such movement.

3. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a support for a lacing hook, and an anvil, one of which is movable toward the other for flaring the lacing hook, said anvil having a feeding point, an abutment for causing said anvil to cooperate with the hook support,- and means for moving the anvil laterally with relation to said abutment to feed the work, said abutment being adapted to hold said feeding point in the lacing hook during feeding movement of the anvil. I

4. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a support for a lacing hook, an anvil movable toward and from the same, a movable abutment for moving said anvil toward said support, said anvil having a feeding point, and an anvil carrier movable relatively to said abutment for feeding the work, said anvil being movable relatively to its carrier for cooperating with said hook support, and said abutment being stationary and adapted to hold said feeding point in the lacing hook during the feeding operation.

5. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a support for a lacing hook, and an abutment, one of which is movable toward and from the other, an anvil disposed between said support and abutment and adapted to flare a lacing hook upon the support, said anvil having a feeding point, and means for supporting the anvil against said abutment, said means being movable relatively to said abutment for feeding the work, and said abutment having provision for holding the feeding point in the lacing hook to enable the feeding point to feed the work.

6. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a feed carrier, means for moving the same for feeding the work, an anvil slidably mounted in said carrier, said anvil having a feeding point, a support for a lacing hook, and means for moving said anvil relatively to said carrier to and from potential working relation with said support, the lastmenticned means being stationary during the feeding operation and having an eX- tended anvil-engaging surface for holding the feeding point in feeding position during said operation.

7. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, an abutment movable toward and from the same, an anvil disposed between said support and said abutment, and movable by said abutment toward said hook support, said anvil having a feeding point, means for moving said abutment toward and from said hook support, means for moving said anvil laterally to feed the work while said abutment is toward the work, and spring tension means for holding said anvil against said abutment, the anvil being adapted to move laterally on said abutment.

8. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, an anvil for flaring a lacing hook, means for supporting a lacing hook with its shank toward said anvil, a guide for said anvil, actuating means for moving said anvil relatively to said guide to hook-flaring position, said guide being movable laterally with relation to said hook-supporting means, and means for so moving said guide to cause said anvil to feed the flared book along said hook-supporting means, said anvil-actuating means being operative for holding said anvil against the flared hook while said anvil is moving laterally to feed the hook.

9. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, an abutment, one of which is movable toward and from the other, an anvil for acting upon a lacing hook upon said support, said anvil having a feeding point, means for supporting said anvil against said abutment in cooperative rela tion to said hook support, said anvil and anvil-supporting means being movable laterally with relation to said abutment to feed the work, and means for reciprocating said supporting means laterally, said abutment having an extended anvil-engaging surface for keeping said feeding point in work-engaging position during feeding movement thereof.

10. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, means for supporting a lacing hook, an anvil adapted to flarea hook on said means, said anvil having a feeding point, means for supporting said anvil in operative position, said meansbeing capable of moving said anvil laterally in either of two opposite directions from flaring position to feed the work, and means for moving said anvil-supporting means in either of said opposite directions from its median position.

11. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, means for supporting a lacing hook, an anvil having a feeding point, cooperative elements for positioning the anvil to flare the hook, and mechanism for moving one of said elements laterally to feed the work, said hook-supporting means being adapted to keep the hook on said feeding point during the feeding of the work.

12. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a. lip adapted to occupy the throat of a he ing hook to support the hook, a stationary plate for supporting the work, one edge of said plate being adapted to receive the hook from said lip, the lip being movable to and from edge-to-edge relation with said plate, an anvil for flaring a hook on said lip, and means for feeding the work so as to cause the flared hook to slide from said lip to said stationary plate.

13. In a machine for setting lacing hooks,

a lip adapted to occupy the throat of a lacing hook to support the hook, an anvil, means for causing said lip and anvil to cooperate to flare a hook, means for feeding the hook laterally from said lip, and worksupporting means havingan edge extending laterally in one direction from said lip, and an edge extending in the opposite direction from said lip, said edges being adapted to receive the lacing hook from said lip and to occupy the throat of the hook, said lip being movable to and from edge-to-edge relation with said edges, said feeding means being capable of feeding the hook from said lip to one of said edges or in the opposite direction to the other of said edges.

14. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, an anvil having a feeding point, a hook support movable toward and from said anvil, means for moving said anvil laterally to feed the. work, said means being adapted to impart feeding movement in one direction or in the opposite direction, means at one side of said hook support to receive and support the hook when the latter is fed in one direction from the hook support, and means at the opposite side of the hook support to receive and support the hook when the latter is fed in the opposite direction.

15. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, a work support having a recess for said hook support, said hook support being movable to and from the plane of said work support, an anvil having a feeding point, and means for moving said anvil laterally to feed the hook from said hook support to said Work support, said means being adapted to impart feeding movement in one direction or in the opposite direction, said hook support and said work support being adapted to occupy the throat of the hook and support the hook by its base.

16. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, a work support having portions at opposite sides of said hook support for entering the throat of the hook, means for flaring a hook on said hook support, and means for moving the hook in one direction from the hook support to the portion of said work support at one side of the hook support, said means being adapted to move the hook in the opposite direction from the hook support to the portion of the work support at the opposite side of the hook support.

17. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, a work support adjacent the hook support, means for flaring a. hook on said hook support, means for moving the hook from the said hook support to said work support, a presser-foot adapted to cooperate with said Work support, and means for actuating said presser-foot to clamp and release the work.

18. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a hook support, means for flaring a hook thereon, a work support, and means for moving the flared hook from flaring position on said hook support to a position upon said work support.

19. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, means for engaging a hook to support the same, an anvil, said elements being adapted to cooperate to flare the hook, means for positioning the hook laterally on said supporting means, said means being retractable relatively to said supporting means to permit lateral feeding of the hook, said supporting means having surfaces adapted to be seated upon said positioning means to sustain the stress of the flaring operation, and a support for said positioning means, said positioning means being movable relatively to said support, and means for'preserving the relation of said support and said hook-supporting means when said positioning means moves relatively thereto.

20. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, a main support, an anvil, one of said elements being movable toward and from the other, hook-positioning means mounted on said support and adapted to move relatively thereto transversely to the relative movement of said support and anvil, and a hook support for supporting a lacing hook in position to be flared by said anvil, said hook support having surfaces seated upon said hook-positioning means whereby the stress of the flaring operation is sustained, said main support having means for engaging said hook support to maintain the relation of the two supports when said positionin means moves relatively thereto.

21. In a machine for setting lacing hooks, an anvil, a hook support, one of said members being movable toward and from the other, said hook support having a cylindric socket open at one side, and a hook-engaging detent for retaining a lacing hook upon said hook support, said detent having a cylindric portion disposed to rock in said socket, a portion of said detent extending through the open side of said socket to engage the lacing hook.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sign ature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW RAICHE.

Witnesses WALTER P. ABELL, P. W. PEZZETTI.

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