US525216A - Sole-channeling knife - Google Patents

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W. H. ILLSLEY 8v J. 000K. SOLE GHANNBLING KNIFE.

.No. 525,216. Patented Aug. 28, 1894.

Fa l- WTNEEEES: 'NVENTDRE us NoRnxs #:fzns co. PHOTO-LITMQ, WASHINDTON I fTo all l'whomtt may camera) I of which the following is a jspecific'ationfl The present invention relates"to kniveszfori 1 U p p v fflib llnd el siqe, ;and," ie 3, 1ip+milihjfiingjb1ade 5' i H '1 f ormedintegral withfthe' blade, ,e', andi "pro-J j ,6 i 3 UNITED, STATES PATENT: O F CE,

WILLIAM H. ILLSLEY, OF WHITMAN, AND JOHN COOK, OF NORTH ABINGTON,

ASSIGNO'RS TO W. H.,VDA NIEL S, WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOQLEJQJCHANN srncmcnrron Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. ILLsLnY,

A "lot Whitman, and JOHN; COOK, of North Ab .I ington,- county of Plymouth,bStat e of Ma-s ar 5 chusetts have invente'dicertain new andjluse a ful Improvements in Sole-Channeling Knives,

cutting channels'in the -,outer sides'i of boot and shoe, soles and trimming the lip formed by'the cutting of the channel lnsoleshaw ing 'extremelyjpointed toe-portionssuch'gasl' f1" i employed in certain s'tylesIof-fsh'oes; great-dif- 'f v ficulty has been experienced in channe ing '15 atlthe too by reason of its narrowness, andjit has heretofore been found [impossible to ac-- 'complish the channelin gjat'; thispartso as to v leave it in condition for sewing, but...it has Y always been necessary tocut the lip atthe I go too after the channeling was.done, this having vusually'been performed by the sewer and. ,requiringvextra time and labor, and then'not giving an entirely satisfactory result. No uniformity in this cutting of the. lip t pmpare the sole for sewing, is insured, and hence the toes of different shoes are not exactly -alike. Furthermore, fWlthlhQ style of shoe now employed, IWhOD. the toeis reached all "other channeling knives'have been (on a'c- 1 '0 count of their construction) forced up 'outjio'f i the channel while turning thehtoe leaving the? channel broken a'nd une'fveni It isthe objectof.the presentinventlon to; r

provide an improvedconstruction of knife 1- whichwill give afcut of the samedepth around {the sharpesttoe asalon'gthe'sides of the sole," and which will prepare the sole; for sewing so that no alteration, as by cutting upthe'lip or cutting out the channelasheretoforais required. Moreover, theimproved form of; I knife permits successful passing of thetoe:v The accompanying {drawings which form part of this specification illustrate an em} 'bodiment ofthe invention; I I

5 machine fittedwith'theimprovedknife, I Fig. 1 2 shows aperspectiveiviewof the knife onan I enlarged scale,lFig.- 3 shows the knife in the f act of cutting the channel 'Fig. tillustrates,

' Pplioationfiletl May 1. 1894.. Serial it. 609,674- on many.

' Qthe'appearance of 'a solela fterjhaving been nel cuttin'g" blade] having an oblique side cut- I Figure lshows ajportionof a channeling on NORWELL, AND D. M. G'URNEY, 0F

rma KNIYFEJ .f rming part of LettersPatent No. ,525,21 6, dated August 28,1894,

channeled by our improved knife;

jInthe drawings the letter; a, designatesthe I -work;supportingtable,'b, thefeed-wheeLand', h v

v ekn feicqw9; 'pr sesa-shan t a ptdi t e a t di oo theleve H a. ,a channelingblade,efi tegn ng; fromwtheendof said 'shank; "and beveled on deco -a ra an erher te so t a i a ds .;--I.;,Theicutting edges,-e,'-'and, e ,j

at; itsfo'utercdge,andJits -side edge"extends )jobliq'uely; withj respect' to the longitudinal channel;

- When the hanneling e; been bm ltedfi h y fu upim'provetl knife,:nofurther cutting isx-necessal'y to P p t l i "sewing.

{Havingthus eserted;tut-mas n; what g .:we claim' asnew, andldesire' to secure'by Let? 8o"- :ters Patent-13+ A solechannelingknife rising-a chana.

'tingledgeland a rounded end; and a lip-trimming kblade formed as a spur integral with said channel-cutting blade and standing-out from its-upper 'side with its cuttingedge at right angles to that-of the channeling blade.

v In testimony whereof we .havesigned our names'lto thisjspecitication,inthe'presenceof, '0

I y p v WILLIAMQHQI-L S EYJ N'QQQ -i "GEORGEELHERSE H. BROWN.

.two subscribing witnesses, this 27th .zday-"of J g g y 541 f chann'eland trimmingof the lip over the 1 [c l b n le t .ini perfe t co dit o o

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