US258905A - Boot and shoe heeling machine - Google Patents

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(No Model.) v r E. FISHER. BOOT ANDvSHOE I-IHFLINGv MACHINE. No. 258,905.

Patent'ed June 6. 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN FISHER, OF WORCESTER, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES W. BROOKS, TRUS- .TEE, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT AND SHOE HEELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,905, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed August 16, 1881. (No model.)

heels to boots and shoes relates to an iron last mounted on a spindle having a pivoted hearing, combined with a weighted arm and a rest for the counter and heel, as will be hereinafter set forth; also, in aniron last mounted on a pivoted adjustable spindle provided with a weightedarm, combined with a rest for the counter and heel and with a reciprocating plunger and its foot or plate to act upon and drive the series of nails from the heel-pile into the counter and sole. I have provided the foot of the plunger with a movable type or stamp holding plate to hold a type or stamp to mark or emboss the heel as the latter is be in g attached, and I have made the counter and heel rest both vertically and horizontally adjustable, and I have provided the rest, at its rear side, with an adj ustablestop to enable the rest to stand up under pressure against the boot or shoe by the plunger and its foot or plate.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine containing my improvements, the plunger being lifted. Fig. 2 is a detail front view of the counter and heel rest, showing the slots therein and screws by which it may be adjusted; and Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale of the plate and type. r

The crank-shaft a, link a lover a, cam-stop h dog 7L2, rock-shaft m ,elbow-1ever g beltpulley 0, link 9 and treadle are all as in my application No. 40,011, filed concurrently with this, for machine for nailing heels. So I need not herein more fully describe the said devices, it being understood that this machine is provided between the pulley O and the shaft or with a sliding pin, lever, spring, &c., as in the said application, to which referenceimay be had. The lever to has its rounded front end (shown in dotted lines) entered into a suitable slot at the upper end of the plunger B, under the cap b. This plunger, preferably made square and fitted into the box A of the framework A, has at its lower end a foot, b preferably made dovetailing in cross-section, as shown in Fig. l, to enable the plate 0 if used, to be secured thereto by the set-screw 0 This foot will be of suflicient size to cover all the nails to be driven from the largest-sized heel into the boot or shoe when attaching the heel. It is, however, sometimes desired to number, stamp, or emboss the heel as it is being attached to the boot or shoe. Under such circumstances only I attach the plate 0 to the foot b the said plate being provided (see section, Fig. 3) with a tapering hole or opening to receive the tapering shank of a type or stamp,

2', having at its lower end the figure or character to be marked on the heel.

The boot or shoe to which a heel is to be attached will be placed on the iron last 0 at the upper end of the spindle e screw-threaded and screwed into the pivoted bearing e held in ears 0 ot' the frame, the last being made vertically adjustable by turning the spindle in the said bearing,the upper end,-g, of thespringarm 9 pressing against the spindle, preventing it from being turned accidentally. The

hearing has connected with it the spring-arm g, bent as shown, and provided with a weight, w, by which the upper end of the spindle and last are normally held pressed toward the main part of the frame-work A, so as to keep the counter of the boot or shoe pressed into the concaved rest h, the said rest also serving to receive against it the rear of the heel or heelpile provided with a series of nails partially driven therethrough, and position the said heel properly upon the sole of the boot or shoe to have its nails driven through the said heel into the counter and inner sole as the plunger descends and the foot or the plate strikes the said nails. The spindle and spring-arm are of such length and shape as to enable a boot with a long leg to be placed on the last and spindle.

The rest h is made as part of a cruciform plate (shown in Fig. 2) provided with slots to receive the shanks of adj usting-screws l l 1 to enable the rest to be adjusted vertically or horizontally to the right or left of the machine when standing in front of it. The spindle normally stands inclined a little backward, as in Fig. 1, and the pressure of the foot or plate on the heel as the nails are being driven will therefore press the last and counter of the boot or shoe thereon very hard into the rest. So to keep the rest from swinging back at such time Ihave placed behind it a screw, m, which serves both as a stop and to adjust the forward position of the rest h.

I claim 1. The metal lastc, the spindle 6 adapted to vertically adjust the said last, the pivotal hearing 0 for said spindle, the rest h, and the weighted a1 m g for normally pressing the spindle and last toward the frame of the machine to hold the counter of the boot or shoe in the said rest, combined with the nail-driving mechanism and means to operate the same,substnntially as shown and described.

2. In a machine to nail heels to boots and shoes, the iron last and spindle to carry it, combined with the plunger and removable plate connected with the foot ot'the plunger, and provided with a type or stamp to mark the heel as the nails partially driven therein are driven through the heel into the sole of the boot or shoe, substantially as described.

3. The rest h, made vertically and horizontally adjustable, and the stop and adjustingscrew m, combined with the last a, spindle 6 its pivoted bearing 0', and weighted arm 9 all substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN FISHER.

Witnesses: I G. W. GREGORY, i W. H. SIGs'roN.

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