US329785A - stockman - Google Patents

Description

(No 191mm. 2 Sheets.-Sheet 1.

H. STOGKMAN. Y-LAST'.

1:10. 329,785. Patented Nov. 3, 18,85.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

H. STOOKMAN.

' LAST. Patented Nov 3,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S'IOGKMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,785, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed August 1, 1885. Serial No. 173,240. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STooxMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide a last for holding shoes and boots while being repaired,whereby the use of the knee for holding the last, to which, as usually employed, it is strapped, is wholly obviated, and whereby provision is made to accommodate the holding of shoes and boots of the various sizes worn, while the last is reversible, end for end and sole for sole, and can be turned so as to dispose the toe end of the last to either side, as the workman may desire.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my last. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base with its adjunctive or certain parts removed. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation ofthe last with parts in side view. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 00 a: of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ a base, A, which is preferably a plate casting, about centrally connected by a pivotbolt, to, to the floor or other substantial or rigid support.

B is the last proper, which is of a twofold nature, comprising two toe and partial sole portions, 12, with an oblique continuous connecting portion, 1), the whole being made or cast in one piece and reversed, sole for sole, whereby one sole portion is utilized in steadying and retaining in position the last while the other sole portion is in use, and whereby when for any reason-as, for instance, on account of wear or other causeone sole portion becomes unfit for use the other sole portion can be used. Said partial sole and toe portions of the last of course are made with the usual con+ formation to adapt the same to the inner contour of the shoe or foot portion of the boot, as shown.

C is a partial sole and heel extensible portion or piece, being shaped or oonformedto harmonize with either of the aforesaid sole and toe portions 12, by the joint use of which a sole in its entirety ,including the toe and heel portions, is formed, producing a working implement or last for the shoe or boot. The extensible part 0 is preferably of dovetail shape in cross-section acertain portion of its length, and fits and slides in a corresponding longitudinal groove, 0, made in each partial sole and toe portion b, with its dovetailed portion provided with a binding or holding screw, d, the inner or lower end of which screw is blunt and bears upon the base or bottom of the groove 0. Bytighteningsaid screw its pressure will cause the upwardly-tapering sides of the extensible part 0 to firmly bearagainst the same shaped sides of the groove 0, and thus effect the holding as against endwise displacement of the part or extension 0 at its point of projection or extension. Upon one side of the groove 0, at the edge, is a series of graduations or a measure to permit of 7 5 the adjustment or extension of the part 0 to adapt the last to the size of the shoe, accord ing as it may be numbered. Upon the opposite side of said groove 0, also at the edge thereof, is a series of graduations, d, adapted to permit of a finer adjustment of the extensible part 0, to provide for measurements that cannot be made by the scale or graduations d. At the .heel end the extension or part 0 is formed or provided with a pendent arm or post, 0, which serves as a support therefor at said end, said post or arm entering at its lower end a groove, 6, made in the upper surface of each sole and toe portion 1), about at the instep, which effects the guiding of the movement of the said post or arm during the adjustment or extension of the part 0. The lower part b of the last B rests and is supported upon a post, f, connected to or let into the base or plate A, while the extreme toe end of said part bis held as against endwise and lateral displacement by a dog or arm, D, pivoted to an elevation or extension of said base or plate. The upper end of said dog is curved to overhang the toe end of said part b, and provided with a holding or binding screw, j, bearing upon said toe end, thus effecting the latter, as aforesaid.

E is a pedestal or stout post,with its extreme lower end tapered, as at g, to center and give it a firm bearing in acorresponding socket, g, in the base A,which it enters, said pedestal or post also having a shoulder, 9 at the base of its tapered portion,whieh shoulder rests upon said base. The upper end of the pedestal or post E has connection with and supports the upper part b of the last, about at the instep, the said end of pedestal being concaved, as at i, to conform to the convexity of said part b, and projecting about centrally, as at i", from its concavity t, and entering a socket or mortise, h, of the said part b.

F F are straps, each being held upon or connected at its lower end to each end of a common bolt, j, passed through apertured studs or ears 7;, cast upon the base or plate A, the upper ends of which straps are adapted to be buckled together and over the shoe or foot of the boot held upon the last to firmly hold the boot or shoe upon the last for repairing by the workman. It will also be seen that the combined sole and toe portions or parts I) of the last can be reversed,end for end, which, of course, carries with it the reversal of sole for sole, the previously downwardly-being sole taking the place of the upward-facing sole, the extensible .partO also being removed from the part b with which it was formerly used and applied to the other part Z), permitting the separate use of each sole.

I do not limit myself to the particular form and construction of parts herein shown and described as an embodiment of my invention, as I am aware that various modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof as, for example, the heel-piece can be made with its edges straight, as indicated in dotted lines, and in lieu of the set-screw to clamp it to the last an adjustable block can be placed in the groove in the last, which can be set for any desired size of shoe, so that when once set a removable heel-piece can be inserted and withdrawn without securing the same to the last.

No separate claim is herein made to my improved jack, as it will be made the subjectmatter of a separate application therefor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A boot and shoe last having an extensisible sole and heel, the extensible piece having one end supported by a post, the lower end of which rests on the last,at about the instep thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The boot and shoe last having the sliding partial sole and heel extension ofdovetailform in cross section a portion of its length, fitting in a corresponding groove in the sole of the last, and having a pendent arm or post fitting in a groove of the last-body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The boot and shoe last having in its sole a dovetailed groove, and having the extensible partial sole and heel part of adovetailed form in cross-section a portion of its length, and having a binding-screw in said dovetailed portion, and at its heel end a post or pendent arm entering a groove in the last-body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY STOOKMAN.

\Vitnesses:

J os. FORREST, Jos. R. EDsoN.

Images