US364064A

US364064A - Lasting-tool

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Publication number: US364064A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-31

Description

(No Model.)

N0. 364,064. j Patented May 31, 1887-.

N. PETERS. PIwlo-U'Uwgnpher, Washington. 0. c.

UNITED STATES I PATENT O FICE. 7

JAMES I. "war, on HORNSBOROUGH, soUTH, CAROLINA.

LASTING-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,064, dated May 31, 1887.

Application filed October 11, 1886. Serial No. 215,949. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs I. VrcK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hornsborough, in the county of Chesterfield and.

will be more fully described hereinafter,whereby a spring-actuated hammer is connected to the pinchers and operated by a lever which is pivoted directly to thepinchers.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of an implement embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

A represents the pinchers, having their jaws shaped, as shown, so as to'catch hold of the upper which is to be drawn into position. Formed upon the upper handle is an arm or irojection, B, to which one end of the spring 0 is fastened. Pivoted upon the pinchers is the operating-lever D, the lower end of which forms the handle, which is either grasped by fingers of the hand in which the pinchers are held, or which is operated by being pressed downward against the surface'of the boot or shoe which is being operated upon. Through the upper end of this lever is formed an open- -ing through which the pinchers pass. By

having this opening through the lever it is held in position and braced by the sides of the pinchers, so as to always move in a line therewith, and thus never bring any undue strain to bear upon its pivot. Theupper end of the lever projects any suitable distance above the pinchers, and is pivoted to the upper end of the hammer G, to which the front end of the spring is fastened. This spring and lever sup port and hold the hammer in position, so that its lower end hangs downward below the jaws of the pinchers, as shown. In this hammer is also formed an opening for the jaws of the pinchers to pass through, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the hammer is guided back and forth in its movements by the jaws of the pinchers.

When the end of the leverD is raised upward, as shown in dotted lines, the hammer G is moved forward just under the jaws of the pinchers, where it is in the most convenient position for driving tacks, hammering the leather, and other such purposes. this position the jaws are held closed; but when the handle of the lever is released the spring retracts the hammer into the position showninsolid lines in Fig. l, whereit is out While in j of the way while the pinchers are being'used.

' I JAMES L VICKI.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. Evans, W. A. Evans.