US1412270A - Device for use in repairing shoes - Google Patents

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E. E. CLOSE. DEVICE FOR USE IN REPAIRING SHOES- APPLICATION FILED Aura-s, 1920.

1,412,270. Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND E. CLOSE, OF CAMPELLO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM J. HEALY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR USE IN REPAIRING SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND E. CLosn, a citizen of theUnited States of America, and resident of Campello, in the county of Plymouth and State of I\Eassa-.;husetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Use in Repairing Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for use in repairing shoes, and more particularly for a device of this class which provides means for holding a plurality of tools, utensils, or the like adapted for use in repairing the upper leather of shoes.

In the manufacture of shoes in the factory, the uppers thereof are frequently scratched or otherwise damaged during the process of manufacture, and this is particularly true in the case of the more expensive forms of leather such as the glazed kid commonly employed in the manufacture of women s high-grate shoes as wellas materials having polished surfaces such as patent or enameled leathers. It is the usual practice in shoe factories to provide for repair ing the upper leather of the shoe during the finishing process by the application thereto at the damaged portions of suitably colored pigments usually in the form of crayons which are applied by the workmen in such a manner as to restore the scratched or damaged surface to its original color and appearance. In applying such coloring material, it is common to remove some of the finished area adjacent the damaged portion by means of sandpaper or similar abrasive 'in order to secure a uniform surface and to provide a tooth to facilitate the application of the coloring material, and after the application of the coloring material the surface is commonly polished by the use of a soft cloth, brush, or other suitable device.

Shoes employing such easily damaged le thers are also frequently scratched or skinned when worn and it would be very desirable if the useror wearer of the shoe were able with ease andexpedition to repair such damaged upper leather in a manner similar to that employed in the factory. As such method of repair necessitates, however, the employment of several utensils or tools and as the proper utensils are not always available, this mode of repair is seldom employed, the wearer of the shoe depending solely upon the ordinary polishing processfor covering such defects and damages as may have been occasioned in wear.

buch ordinary polishing process is not adequate, however, to produce the best results, and the object of the present invention 18 to provide a repair device of simple and compact form and such as may readily be carried on the person of the user or conven iently packed in a traveling bag or other similar receptacle, such device providing all the necessary tools or implements for carrying out the process of repair above outlined. To this end it is proposed to provide supporting means having receptacles therein for coloring material, preferably in the form of crayons of various shades or colors. together with a suitable abrasive element and polishing means, the several parts being so arranged as to permit of the ready renewal of the coloring material as well as of the abrading and polishing devices.

A preferred arrangement for carrying the above object into eiiect is disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, a portion of the polishing material being shown as broken away;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same device showing a portion of the abrading material broken away Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4c is a transverse cross-section on the line i& of Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is an edge view looking in the direction of the arrow 5, Fig. I; and

Fig. (3 is a diametric development of the edge of the device showing the relative a1- rangement of the abrading and polishing materials.

1 and 2 are a pair of disk-like plates having central openings through which is passed a bolt 3 having an enlarged head 4 and being screw-threaded at its opposite end at 5 for engagement by a knurled nut 6. By means of bolt 8, the plates 1 and 2 may be held in operative relationship as will be hereinafter described. Each of the plates 1 and 2 is provided with a plurality of hollow ribs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 7, S, 9", 10 respectively, said ribs being preferably struck up by a punching or pressing operation from the sheet material of which the plate is formed, although it is to be understood that other methods of manufacturing the plates with their ribs may be employed if desired. These ribs extend inwardly from the outer edge of the plates but. stop short of the center leaving a plain central portion. As herein shown, each of the plates is provided with four such ribs spaced substantially equally apart, but it is to be understood that a lesser or greater number of ribs might be employed if desired without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The hollow ribs provide complemental halves of open-ended sockets, the plates being juxtaposed in such position as to cause the hollow ribs to overlie each other. These its arms being herein shown. as formed as an integral plate produced by a punching or stamping operation. The arms 17 and 18 may, if desired comprise ribs 19 and laterally extending'nanges 20, the entire device constituting a clamping element. A similar collar 21 may he slipped. over the bolt 3 beneath the head 4-, said collar having diametrically arranged arms 22 and 23 similar to the arms 17 and 18. As herein shown it is preferred to arrange the collars 16 and 21 so that their respective arms extend in directions at substantially right angles to each other.

2 1 is a disk of polishing material such as rotten, flannel or similar fabric, and 26 is a disk of sandpaper, emery cloth, or other suitable abrasive. The disks 24: and 26 are provided with central openings through which the bolt 8 may pass, the collars 16 and 21 with their outstanding arms being arranged to engage over said disks whereby to hold them in close contact with the support- 1 ing disks 1 and2 respectively.

The parts being assembled with the abrasive-and polishing material in position and the crayons inserted within their sockets,

tightening of the nut 6 serves to close the socket elements tightly against the crayons, thus holding them in operative position, while at the same time the collars 16 and 21 are clamped tightly down against the polishing and abrasive disks. As the arms 17 18 and 22, 23 are located between adjacent ribs of a pair, it is clear that the sheet material forming the polishing and abrading disks will be tightly stretched over said ribs and brought into taut condition, whereby a portion of the abrasive and polishing material, as indicated at 30, 31, Fig. 6, is caused to extend over an open space and in tense condition. The abrading and polishing material thus hold is especially adapted for the purpose intended, providing a somewhat resilient active surface having much the same advantages as are found to occur when employing a pneumatic backing or cushion for such devices.

Upon wearing down of the crayons, they may be adjusted to present new surfaces by loosening the nut 6 and moving the crayons outwardly in their sockets, while the abrasive and polishing disks may be readily renewed by the removal of the nut 6 and the bolt 3. The device thus produced is compact and simple in construction, not easily broken or disarranged and serves to hold the various materials and implements necessary for the carrying out of the repair operation in such form that they are readily available for use at all times.

lVhile it is not essential to the employment of the device in the form shown, it is contemplated that it may be found desirable at times to provide a suitable casing or boX for the reception of the repair device. Such casing or box need not, however, be of any special or unusual form, a box such as commonly used for shoe polish being suitable for the purpose owing to theshape and dimensions which it is contemplated the device will ordinarily have. Y

While a preferred form of the invention has been herein illustrated, it is to be understood that various changes in size and proportion or" parts, as well as other and equivalent means for holding the various parts in operative relationship may be substituted for those shown herein without in any man ner departing from the inventive idea herein disclosed.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described. a holder comprising a plurality of sockets for the reception of'crayons or the like, and means whereby the effective diameters of said sockets may be varied simultaneously.

2. In a device of the class described, a pair of plates provided with complemental socket elements, and adjustable means for maintaining said plates in operative relationship.

3. A crayon holder comprising a pair of plates each provided with a plurality of radially-arranged hollow ribs forming socket elements, and adjustable means for securing said plates in operative relationship where- 'by the socket elements of the respective plates are positioned to form complemental parts of substantially circular sockets.

4. In a device of the class described, a pair of circular plates, each of said plates saving radially-disposed socket elements extending inwardly from the circumference thereof, a bolt passing centrally through said plates and having its head engaging one plate, and a nut having screw-threaded connection with said bolt and engaging the other of said plates.

- 5. A shoe repairing device comprising a holder provided with a plurality of sockets for crayons and the like, the axes of said sockets being arranged substantially in the same plane, and means for securing a sheet of abr sire material to said holder, portions of said sheet lying substantially parallel to said plane.

6. In a device for the purpose described, in combination, a support comprising a plurality of receptacles for holding coloring material, and removable clamping means for securing a sheet of abrasive material to one side thereof.

7. In a repair device, in combination, a support providing a receptacle for pigment, and adjustable clamping means for securing an abrasive element and a polishing element upon opposite sides respectively of said support.

8. In an implement of the class described, in combination, a portable support having means for holding pigment, and means for securing a sheet of abrasive material in taut condition upon said support.

9. In combination in a device for repairing shoe uppers, a disk-like supporting plate having a plurality of ribs outstanding therefrom, and means interposed between said ribs for stretching a. piece of sheet material tightly thereover and into contact with an unribbed portion of the plate.

10. In a device of the class described, in combination, a support comprising a pair of disk-like plates having complemental socket elements therein, means for securing said plates in operative relationship, and a clamping element associated with one of said plates and constructed and arranged to hold a piece of sheet material securely thereagainst.

11. In a shoe repair device, in combina tion, a support comprising a plate having a plurality of spaced radially-extending ribs, and a clamping member having an element thereof disposed between a pair of adjacent ribs, said clamping member being constructed and arranged to hold a piece of sheet material firmly against said plate and in contact with said ribs.

12. A device of the class described, having in combination a support comprising a disk having radial ribs spaced substantially ninety degrees apart, a clamping plate extending diametrically across said plate and in the space between adjacent ribs, and means for securing said clamping plate in operative position.

13. A shoe repair device having in combination a support comprising a pair of disks, means for holding said disks in substantially parallel relation, said disks having radiallyarra-nged spaced ribs outstanding from the remote faces thereof. and a clamping plate associated with each of said disks, said clamping plates being arranged substantially at right angles to one another.

14. A device of the class described having in combination a support comprising a pair of disks arranged in juxtaposed relation, each ofsaid disks having radial hollow ribs outstanding from their remote faces and spaced substantially ninety degrees apart, said ribs forming the complemental halves of sockets, a clamping plate extending diametrically across each of said disks and between adjacent ribs thereof, said plates being arranged at right angles one to the other, and common means for securing said disks and plates together.

15. In combination, in a device of the class described, means for holding coloring material comprising spaced hollow ribs, and means for tensioning a piece of sheet material between a pair of such'ribs.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 81st day of July 1920.

EDMUND E. CLOSE.

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