US1493585A - Ghibtesy cgkpo battosr - Google Patents

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n. and evian ferice, Notting to be i t 'iption ot tlie invention, ercli ae Will enable otliere elfrilled in tl i l Vt to which it eiipertajine to malto and i if saine Tais in ven ion relates tf1 @le to? relatively positioi'ii'ip; and tlie coni- 4d lieele.

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tiled areli 20. i919.. lig' tbe pre .i plica in Wliieli tlie lieele are placed eo tliet tlie litte rest in looee order in torni coneietingY oi" a pluralitf.7 of? movable ali{.ningil jaws ii'liieli operate in eonjunction Witli eecli otlier to elle t tlie alineinent ot tbe lieol ,liilite in two stagg ll'our iau'e are provid to tbe Sides ot tbe lie-,el at dit? points While tittli jaw :fide-.plied l tbe rounded rear end tliereot. garce are moi/ed into an ini' il po preliiniinirilj.7 position tlie li'lte i' are assembled in looee order end eulifie" quently. iaWS are elii'lil'ed into tinel alignposition.

lie primari' object ot ille preferil i veation if; to produce an ellieient 2 l reliable dei/ico oli tbe general eliai'neliu' above ileii'od to, Wliieli .is of Simple lind iiie,peiieive eonetii'uetion., and Wl'iioli ie provided with n'ieane :for acting; independently upon eeeli ot tbe component lifts o" n loosely assemble-fl lieel to etleot tlieir alineinent.

V lle tliie end piovieion .inzide 'tor receiving' a, lieel pile ol looeoljiT aeeen'ibled lille, in e. lieel toii'm having; aeiirtfice adapted to ene tbe breast edges ot tlie lilte? and 'for tore/ine, tlie .litte in a direction to aline their breast edges againet Said euriteee bjij' means; ot a niovable member lie-vine a plurality ot lit't engaging members which are laterally movable independentlj/v ot eieli other. The lieel torni is pieterablyT arranged to receive tlie lieel pile between end supportin y preee ire-applying members and lateral edge guides., with tlie breast the lneel resting upon a bed plate. The lifts are alined PATENT @Fritze inst tbe bed plate and with respect to tee lateral edge guides by Ineens ot a pluralitj;Y oil? pointed resilient lingersS Wliicli are carried by tlie movable member that is neapted to be actuated to bringthe pointed oude ol,1 tbe lingere into engagement with the rounded rear edges ot tlie individual lille and to prese 'lie lifts towards tlie bed plate. rauch lifts :1S are :ingularly disposed in the heel pile will be rotated about one corner by tlie pressure ot their respective lingers until i'u'operly positioned between tlie edge guides and squarely alined egainst the bed plate, Certain otlior 'features Will be hereinafter reifer-fred to in tlie description and pointed mit in tbe appended claims.

r.The preferred embodiment oic tbe invention is illustrated in tbe accompanying druWine-s, in wliicli Figure l is a plan View ot tlie deviee in ite operative position; a TView in Sido elevation tliereot. Showingr the inoperative position oit the movable aligning; inelirunientnlities; Figi. 3 is e View in end elevation ot the device. looking from tlie iiirlit in l. Fie. l ie a View Similar ebow.4 tlie, elioning; instrul operel've posi ion: and l" ie View illustreting?.` tbe tbe lieel litte 5 is a die@I manner ot aliAnnina Y,

lin tbe drawinfea lied plate en upwardly proie pei-tion il; VWliieli supporte a lined upright pressure plate (i. Resting; upon tbe bed plate opposite the plete (i ie e eooperating preeetu'e lilocl 8 Wliieli is fixed to one end ot ein operating); rod l0, tba-t is mounted to Slide in bearingl2 to actuate. the block S toward and Quitar troni the plate` (i. Secured to tlie bed plate at eacli Side ot tlie plete 6 and the bloolt 8 are =guide bare M. The plate (i, tbe bloeliV 8., tbe ,Quide bare 'ill and tlie bed platetorni respectively tlie tour Sides; and the bottom ot a lieel form Wliicli is adapted to receive ay loosely assembled lieel 16.. rlbe `ejuide bars 14 serve lateral edge guides for the lifts and are beveled as eliown in Figs. l. and 3 to facilitate tlie insertion ol the lieel pile into the torni. and they also diverge from tbe plate tl to accommodate tbe pitch ot the lieel pile. 'llie guide bars, as shown in l, are secured to the bed plate With provision for relative adjustment to permit them to be adapted 'for use in connection with 'heel pile. oit varying sizes and styles.

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The means for insuringl proper alinement of the lifts comprises a vertically movable arm i8 carrying a plurality of bent resilient lingers 20, the pointed ends of which are adapted to engage the rear rounded edges of the lifts. The arm 18 is provided with a. handle 22 and is pivoted at 2li between ears 2G of a member 2'? rising` from the bed plate. The lingers 20, of which there is one for each lift in the heel that is to be operated upon. are arranged in a row with their upper enc s clamped between a pair of plates by means of bolts 30 which serve also to secure the clamping plates 2S to the arm i8. The fingers are adjusted to engage their respective lifts when the arm 18 is in operative position as indicated in Fig. fl, and they are spaced apart so as to be free to yield laterally independently of each other in order that they may participate in. the rotating movement of any angularly displaced lifts and oder no resistance thereto. Each finger 20 is bent or bowed Ylaterally in the plane of the lift which it is arranged to engage, as illustrated clearly in 3. in order that it may yield vertically when put under pressure, thereby insuring a substantially even application of pressure to each lift.

Normally the arm i8 occupies an inoper: tive position against a stop 3Q forming a part of the member Qi', as indicated in ll E2. but it is adapted to be swung downwardly by means of the handle into the position shown in llig. 4, so as to bring the lower pointed ends of the lingers 2O into engagement with the rear edges of the lifts, and to press the lifts downwardly between the beveled edge guides until their breast edges rest, squarely upon the bed plate. As pressure applied to the arm 18, the ability of the liuge"s 2O to yield in the direction of their movement will insure that each of the component lifts of the heel will be indepei'u'leully en ;,aged and pressed toward th` bed plate. 'lhe lingers 20, by reason of their .ility lo yield laterally, in the planes of the lifts. will also cause such lifts as may he angularly disposed in the heel pile to :lfeverallj: rotated about one corner until the breast edges thereoll are properly alined against 1the bed plate. ln this way all of lhe lifts are acted upon in a manner to inlnoper alinement. The pointed @nos of the lingers preventJ them from slipping sidewise from the rounded edges of the lifgs as the lifts are being brought into ahnement. rllhe pointed lift engaging ends of the lingers normally lie in the central `vertical longitiulinal plane of the heel form, but during the process of aligning the lifts.v

the lingers are permitted to yield laterallv as required by the change of` angular posi tion of the lifts. i

The manner in which an angularly disposed lift is rotated about one of. its corners in mder to bring its breast edge squarely n ainst the bed plate is illustrated by Fig. 5.

e full lines in this ligure indicate an aligning linger as it appears while engaging an angular-ly disposed lift, before it has imparted any rotating movement thereto. The dotted lines represent the positions of the lif and the linger after the lift has been rotated into position. It will be apparent that there will be no frictional rubbing of vthe aligning linger over the rear edge of who lift engm'ed thereby, while the lift 1s beine' rolalet, as would be the case if the ig member were movable only in a single plz-uic. Consequently instead of offering am.' resi innee to the angular movement he libs. the resilient lingers participate in said movement and a positive and perfect alinement is assured.

lfhen the lifts have all been brought into proper aline-ment, pressure is applied to the D through the rod l0 by any suitable bloei: o means7 not shown in the drawing', so as to hold the lifts .firmly while they are being permanenti secured together by the driviro of a na .l through the pile from the top lilA to the base lift. As shown in Fig. f2, the plate G ca es a nail throat 34, which is mounted in the member 27 between the ars 26 and parallel to the bed plate, through which nails may be driven into the heel pile by a nail driver 36 which may be operated by.' any usual or suitable means.

llvlhile the drawings illustrate the invention as embodied in a device adapted to re eeive a stach of lifts in upright position upon a horizontal support, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to :h an arrangement, as it may equally well :e embodied in a device adapted to receive f i rate upon the lifts while they are in :contal or any other position. The s of construction may also be variously modilied without departing from the spirit ol' llw imeution as defined in the following claims.

llfaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. 5r 1ieel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted to receive a loosely assembled heel, and mea-ns capable of lateral movement for acting independently upon each of the component lifts of the heel to elfen-t their alinement.

2. heel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted to receive a loosely assembled heel, and means capable o t'- engaging the edge of each of the component lifts of the heel. and yielding laterally to permit edgewise angular movement of the lifts for insuring the individual positioning' thereof.

3. A heel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted to receive a loosely assembled heel, and means compris- :meetelt in all nliifeetions l, ie component Y f elinement znnl lfmrixpiwsingf rounded ieni efnef ot the ig'espevtive lifts of tlie heel toi eflieetii 'the lfi'nfi-f 'l' poft.

5. heel li'l't ming device lint eoinllimtioin n snif/poi-U oll the minponent lil'ts ef :l looselyv hled heel Ineens fiolnmintiininfgg seid li in stacked ifeletioin and movnle ineens coni pi'lsinp e pllmilit);Y oli meinliets I)ted to sefeielly `end independentllY engage the ifonnded teni' edges of the respective lifts the heel loi' effecting' the nlinenient of the hireest s thereoil against snifl snppoit. snfie menihei's heine; indepenfilentlv dnptel to Yield both in the difeetion oli theii movement end lntei'nll! thereofe in the plaines oit the liilits.

6. A heel litt aligning devine having', in ooinliinatioin e l-'orm adapted to receive a loosel,7 assembled heelVn and ineens eoinpifirf ine' :t pli'nelity o'l irositionlnn' meinbeis ndepted tot independent lnteii'el movement and eiranged to engage the rounded tenti' edges of the lifts for positioning;- the vom ponent lifts oli the heel Ywith their lii'enst ednes in elinenient.

i7. heel litt nligninn' devine lin-winni in voinl'nnntion`q n L.toi-in ndnpted to vom? loos lv assembled heet cmd means wenn?? inpj n plnielit.v ol lingers oit resilient ninteiinil streng-eed to engage the rounded Veni' @flejes of the litts toi' positionin j the coniponent litts o'l' the heel with their lneefvzt ednjes in alinement.

l fl heel lift aligning! deviee liswinsr. in oonihinsttion.. a snppoit tot the lnonst edges ot the Component litts of looselyY nssemhleil l'ieeh ineens liei maintaining seid lifts in stziolml Telntion and movehle e ns Qompiisinp; s plnielitv of lingers ot iesilient inel ted to en fen'e the ionnded reali? tot the hrees ter-itil 5 edges ot the lifts 'loi nl ming; the hteest edpes ow 'the lifts nffjfiinst d snppot.

l /l heel llitt nlihninq device liwviiip;n in eomhinntioin e support toi' the lnefist eflejes el the component lifts oilI e loosely7 essenhlecl heet means foi? snppmftinnj the enfl enne A{luidt-2s foi? positioninn the litt-s lntelnlln enel. means comprisingF n plnifelitg7 foi resilient ninlieinl i'oinided rear e lnenst e e lyon1 Yeni' oit the heel.. and a plurality oli i'esilien;1

lingers vzii'ii d hy 'the m'ni and finned to lie lnoli t into en gement with 'the ieel edges oit the lifts lo eline tlien against seid snppoil',

l'l. .fl lieel lift aligning; device havingq in eoinliinetlein n` snppoi't for the l feast edges of the component li'its ot n. looealy assembled` heelq Ineens vl'ol' ,f-snppetling the eml li'litsA niovnhle means eonipi'is e plnifn'lity oil -esilient 'linnets edepted to engage ll ionnded iena' edges ot the lifts end to yield in all directions in the planes of the lilits tot :1li gning the lfireest edges ol' the lifts meinst 1p seid snppoit? and ineens toi' securing); the lifts toe'etliei.

l2. il., heel litt aligning; device lievinp; in

heel nienns 'toi' supporting); the end liitts, and means comprising e plnifelity ol tingeiis ndnpted to en the ioi'lnded rem edges ol the lifts toi: oieinq the breast edges of the li'tts against seid support eneli ngei' heine; leent lnteinlljv subst/enti:illyv the plane oi"- the liz-t engjnfged tlierelojv to peiniit the linnjei to wield. nnde` ptessnle.

ll. heel lilit :aligning devine having in emnliinntioit means seein Inhieh the breast ednje ot the litt is to he positioned, end movnlule ineens comprising' e resilient 'linger for in the ionn .fled veel edne oli ie lift end .1 lnenst ed into engagement with seid Vliist ineens seid iinn'ei hein@ adapted to veld hoth in the dieetion ol its movement end lnternllv thereof in the plnne olf the litt l5, heel litt nlle'ninp devine having;` in fiomhination l snppot 'tot' the hienst edges olZ the romp nent li'lits ott loosely nssenhled l toi' peintsininn' the litt-1* means comprisingnl iriln'elitv olf memheis ,'etl te Yield leteiiellw in the planes et the lifts. said members being severally adapted to engage the rear edges of the respective lifts and servingf in conjunction with said other means to laterally aline tlie component lifts of tlie lieel and to force tlie breast edges thereof into engagement vfiili said breast support.

16. A lieel lift aligning` device having7 in combination, means adapted to receive a loosely assembled lieel, means comprisinga plurality` of members constructed to neuetrate the rounded rear edges of the lifts. and means for pressing said members against tlie lifts.

17. A. lieel lift aligning device liavino;7 in combination.r means adapted to receive a looseliY assembled heel. including' a breast gage, and means for seating irreg ularljyvv placed lifts against said breast gage comprising flexible metallic fingers sullicient in number to engage each lift and each pro- .vided With a sharnened end to enter tile lifts at tlieir rounded rear edges.

18. A. lieel lift aligning device having, in combination, means adapted to receive a loosely assembled heel, including a breast gage, and means for seating irregularly placed lifts against said breast gage comprising means for positively engaging said lifts and movable laterally witli the lifts they turn to proper position.

19. A heel` lift aligning` device having', in combination. a form in vfliicli a loosely as sembled lieel is placed with the breast edges tliereof directed toward a plate forming; a breast gage. a device at tlie rear edges of the lifts for seating; irregularly placed lifts against said plate comprising; a series ef pointed fingers for tlie lifts. and a lever movable toward and from the heel on which said lingers are supported.

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