US1432558A

US1432558A - Shoe-lace-tipping tool

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Publication number: US1432558A
Application number: US488616A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur C Jackson
Original assignee: MILLER LOCK Co
Current assignee: MILLER LOCK Co
Priority date: 1921-07-30
Filing date: 1921-07-30
Publication date: 1922-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 1939-10-17

Description

A. C. JACKSON.

SHOE LACE TIPPING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1921.

1,432,558, v Patented 001;. -17, 19223.

Patented fi st. 1?, 1922.

warren sraras ,earanr orrica ARTHUR C. JACKSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLER LOCK COM'IANY, OF IHILADELPI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

Application filed July 30,

To all whom it wmg ooncemi:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR (I. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Lace-Tipping Tools, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My invention relates to certain improvements in tools for securing metallic tips to the end of shoe and other laces.

One object of my invention is to construct the tool so that it can be made comparatively light and strong so that it will withstand the pressure exerted when cri1nping the tip onto a lace.

A further object of the invention is to make the body portion of a single pressed piece.

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved lace tipping tool;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Fig. 3 is a plan view;

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective the body portion;

Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective the body portion;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective the lever;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sliding jaw; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe lace, showing a tip secured thereto.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body portion of the tool made in a single piece having a handle 2, side members 3 and an anvil section 4- made U-shaped and connect ed to the side members. The portions 5 of the anvil section act as guides for the sliding jaw 6, Fig. 7. This jaw has a curved end 7 of substantially the same curve as the view of view of view of anvil 4 so that, when the metallic tip a is placed in the opening 8 formed by the anvil and the aw, it will be pressed around the end of a shoe lace Z). The side members 8 of the body portion are connected at the base by a web 17, Fig. 5, which is a continuation 1921. Serial No. 488,616.

of the handle 2. By making the body portion. in one piece, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which has been pressed up from a blank, the necessary strength for a tool of this type is obtained.

9 is a lever shown in detail in Fig. 6, slotted at 10 to receive the rear portion of the sliding jaw. The pivot pin 11 passes through openings 12 in the body portion and openings 13 in the lever and through a slot 1% in the jaw. The lever is connected by a pin 24 with a jaw, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The pivot pin 11 acts as a guide for the rear end of the slot 10, while a pin 15, which passes through a slot 16 in the jaw, acts as a forward guide, sothat, when the lever is drawn down towards the body portion by force, the sliding jaw moves forward towards the anvil 4. A spring 18, carried by a pin 19 on the lever 9, has two arms, one arm bearing against the handle of the body portion and the other against the lever. The tendency of the spring is to move the lever away from the body portion.

This tool can be cheaply manufactured and can be made light, so as to be easily handled, without losing any of its substantial qualities.

'The anvil and the jaw can be shaped so as to taper the tip of a shoe lace, as in Fig. 8, or to make the tip of an even diameter throughout, if desired.

I claim:

1. The combination in a tool for tipping laces, of a body portion pressed from a single piece of metal to form a handle portion, side members, an anvil, and parallel guide portions connecting the anvil with each side member; a sliding jaw mounted between the guides of the body portion and having a groove in its face so as to form, with the anvil. an opening for the reception of a tip; a lever pivoted to the body portion and connected to the sliding jaw; and a spring tending to hold the lever away from the handle of the body portion.

2. The combination of a body portion consisting of a handle; side members; guides extending from the ends of the side mem;

connected to the sliding jaw, the jaw being slotted for the passage of said pivot-pin and having a second slot; and a guide pin on the body portion extending through the slot so that, when the lever moves the jaw towards the anvil, the pins will guide the jaw.

ARTHUR C. JACKSON.