US1245732A - Heel-setting clamp. - Google Patents

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G. W. JULOW, D. E. SPATHELF & E. SEHL.

HEEL SETTING CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1911.

1,245,732. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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INVENTORS-Z G. W. .IULOW, D. E. SPATHELF & E. SEHL.

HEEL SETTING CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. I9H.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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640% 5 ,45 1 HZ olmf UNITED STATES PATENT orrion GEORGE W. JULOW, DAVID E. SPATHELF, AND EUGENE SEE-IL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

ASSIGNORS 'IG HAMIILTON-BROWN SHOE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, IWISSOURI, A COR- IPOBATION OF MISSOURI.

HEEL-SETTING CLAMP.

Patented Nov. 6, 191 7.

Application filed June c, 1917. Serial No. 173,085.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. JULoW, DAVID E. SPATHELF, and EUGENE SEHL, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at'the city of St. Louis, in the State of .Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements v in Heel-Setting Clamps of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an efiicient and factory-like means for setting the heels of shoes in conjunction with the rest of the shoe, and may be utilized whether the heels are made of wood or other material and whether or not they be of the kind commonly called French heels.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, 7

Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a shoe with the heel disjoined;

Fig. 3 is aside elevationof such shoe after the heel has been attached thereto by nailing and with glue,said shoe containing a last and being supported ready for clamping for setting purposes; I

Fig. at is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the clamp applied, the shoeshown in side elevation in this figure being in the same relation to other parts as the shoe shown on a smaller scale in rear elevation at the left of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a-clamp block.

The surface of the heel 1 that is to be applied to the adjoining part of the shoe 2 is first gummed with glue and then nailed to the bottom of the shoe '2 in the manner now common.

When thus attached to the shoe 2, the forward edge 3 of the heel 1 underlies chamfered end 41 of the sole, as shown in Fig. 3. A last 5 is then inserted in the shoe, the said last containing a socket 6 adapted to receive the spindle 7 of the support 8 borneprovided for not only because of its block 15 is then inserted betweenv the heel 1 and the clampmember 1 1, and the crank '16 having an angular hole for cooperation with the angular head 17 of the clamp-bar 13 is placed in position on the said head 17 and upon the crank being revolved the screw threaded clampbar 13 advances through the screw-threaded socket 18 thereby causing clamp-member 14' to bear against clamp-block 15 in "the shown in Fig. 4, in which the clamp-member 1 1 is shown tilted on its pivot 19 so as to present an engaging surface in alinement with the surface of block 15. Pivot 19 in combination with clamp-member 1 1 may be (as shown in the drawings) a ball and socket arrangement. Block 15 is, also, in alinement with the sole of the shoe'and the bottom of heel 1.

shoe, as shown in Fig. 3, and the same has The said tilting of clamp member 14: is"

pivot 19, but also by reason o'fthe fact that the threaded clamp-bar 13 is in a vertical plane forward'of the vertical plane of support 8,

which relative arrangement of the support 8 and the clamp-bar 13 has the additional efl'ect of tending to seat the edge 3 of the heel 1 more tightly under or in contact with the chamfered edge 4 of the sole.

The application of power by crank 16 and clamp-bar 18 and clamp-member 14: to clamp-block 15 and thereby pressure to heel 1 while the glue on the top of heel 1 is still moist causes the said heel to seat firmly and fixedly in its place, and the exertion of this pressure against the support afforded the rear part of the shoe by means of last 5 borne by support 8 causes the firmer connection of the heel 1 to the shoe by means of the retaining nails. In brief, the hereinbefore-described operation is that of heel setting for the purpose of firmer and tighter attachment of the heel to the shoe.

The side view shown in Fig. 1 is substantially a duplicate of what would be shown by a view of either of the other three sides of the apparatus, which is preferably constructed rectangular in form, but if desired 9011.1 1 be made g lar. vii-velar; ellipti- 70 manner eal, or oblong, its object being to provide a frame-work on which a plurality of the individual shoe-setting clamps can be placed and on which the shoes while setting can be left as long as necessary, each rack or frame as soon as filled being Wheeled away to a convenient place, carrying with it its load of shoes clamped for setting, and another of the said frames or racks with its individual supports empty is rolled into place for the reception of shoes requiring the heelsetting herein described.

The clamping member 14: may extend either longitudinally or laterally or both, and may be of any suitable shape-circular, square, oblong, elliptical, or triangular. Preferably it will possess extension of sufficient degree frietionally to engage clampblock 15 and to apply the desired pressure to the heel as communicated therethrough to the clamp-block 15, which pressure will be communicated perpendicularly to the said clamp block and which (depending upon the shape of the shoe) may or may not be at an oblique angle to the clamp-bar 13.

Having thus described this invention, we hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arran ement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

We claim:

1. A heel-setting clamp comprising in combination a shoe support, a member movable toward and from the same, a clamp block of such size as to overlap both the heel and sole of the shoe, and a clamping member having swivel engagement With the first-named member and arranged to bear upon the clamping block.

2. A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, a longitudinally-movable compression member, a clamping member and a freely removable clamping block 0. such size as to rest upon both the heel and toe of the shoe and disposed in the path of movement of the clamping member.

A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, a threaded advanceable compression member, a clamping member mounted for universal movement on the end of the said compression member, and a clamping block of such size as to engage both the heel and the toe of a shoe and disposed in the path of movement of the clamping member.

i. A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, a vertically-disposed screwthreaded clamp bar disposed above and in advance of said support, a clamping memher, a ball and socket connection between the clamp bar and clamping member, and aclamp block of such size as to rest upon both the heel and the sole of the shoe and disposed in the path of movement of the clamping member.

In a heel-setting clamp the combination with a support for a shoe of a rigid element disposed thereabove, a clamping bar threaded for vertical movement therein, a clamping block of such size as to rest upon both the heel and toe of the shoe, and a clamping member adapted to engage said bar to clamp the same upon the shoe, said clamping member being capable of move ment to varying angles with respect to the clamping bar during the clamping operation.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

GEORGE V. JULOlV. DAVID E. SPATHELF. EUGENE SEHL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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