US551997A

US551997A - Combined lap-iron

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Publication number: US551997A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-12-24
Anticipated expiration: 1912-12-24

Description

' (No Model.)

J.N.PARKBR. COMBINED LAP IRON, LAST SUPPORT, AND NAIL DISH. No. 551,997.

Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

ANDREW BJSRANAM, PHOTO-IITNU WASN INGTON. 01?

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE? JOSEPH N. PARKER, OF VINELAND, NE\V JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551 ,997, dated December .24, 1895 Application filed May 18, 1895. serial No. 549,846. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vineland, Cumberland county, New J ersey, have invented a Combined Lap-Iron, Last-Support, and Nail-Dish, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to so construct a shoemakers lap-iron that the same can be firmly held between the knees, a further object being to conveniently combine a naildish with the lap-iron, another object being to provide for mounting the lap-iron upon a table or bench, a still further object being to construct the lap-iron for use in connection with a vertical last-holdin g standard, and a final object being to provide simple and efficient means for firmly retaining the last upon said standard at different angles of adjustment. These objects I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View illustrating the manner of using my improved lap-iron as asubstitute for the ordinary lap'iron. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the use of the lap-iron in connection with a last-supporting standard. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lap-iron. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the vertical last-supporting standard adapted to be used in connection with the lap-iron. Fig. 5 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the standard combined with the lapiron and the last mounted upon the upper end of said standard; and Fig. 6 is a view of the under side of the last.

The lap-iron consists of a central table or bed A, surrounded in the present instance by a semicircular flange a, which forms around the table A a groove divided by suitable transverse partitions a into a number of dishes a for the reception of nails of different sizes, or for receiving pegs or tacks, as the case may be.

Depending from the table Ais a hollow standard B, which terminates at the bottom in an expanded hollow base B, preferably rounded on the top so as to assume the mushroom-like form represented in Fig. 2.

In using the device the hollow standard B is held firmly between the knees of the work man, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the table and its surrounding trough resting upon the lap and the expanded base B bearing against the under sides of the legs, so that the device is firmly held and is prevented from bouncing or moving about in any direction when the blows of the hammer are delivered upon the leather resting upon the table A. The eX- panded base Balso provides ameans of supporting the device upon a table or bench when it is desired to use it in this manner instead of as an ordinary lap-iron.

The table A has a central opening I), preferably of cruciform shape and adapted for the reception of the beveled lower end I) of a vertical last-carrying standard D, likewise preferably of cruciform cross-section,although the opening and standard may be of square, round, oval, or other shape, if desired. The opening I) is beveled to accord with the beveled lower end of the standard, as shown in Fig. 4, so that said lower end of the standard will fit snugly into the opening and the standard will be firmly supported upon the table A. At the upper end the standard has on each side a projecting hub 61 and a central segmental rib d, in the opposite sides of which are formed'rounded recesses f f, as shown in Fig. 3, these recesses being preferably staggered so as to provide for the employment of the maximum number of such recesses with the minimum amount of metal in the rib d.

The last F has on the under side opposite flanges g meeting at the toe portion of the last, and in each of these flanges is formed a rounded recess 9, while between the flanges are inwardly-projecting studs '5 i, bearing the same relation to each other as the recesses f f of the standard. when the last is applied to the standard, therefore, the projecting hubs d of said standard enter the recesses 9 formed in the flanges of the last, while one of the studs 1' enters a recess f of the standard and the other stud t' enters an adjoining recess f of the same, any desired angle of inclination being imparted to the last, and the angle being readily changed by shifting the studs 2' from one pair of recesses to another. In whatever position the last is mounted, however, it is firmly retained, as both the studs '5 and the recesses ff are tapered so as to insure asnug fit of the studs in said recesses. Moreover, the last has a further bearing upon the standard IOO by reason of the engagement of the flanges-g with the projecting hubs d of said standard. These hubs, however, are not absolutely essential to the proper carrying out of my invention, nor, although preferable, is it essential that the recesses ff should be staggered, as shown, or even that two sets of recesses and two studs should be used.

Having thus described my invention, I

'claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A shoemakers lap iron consisting of a table or bed having a depending standard with enlarged base for underlapping the thighs whereby the lap iron will be firmly retained between the knees of the workman, substantially as specified.

2. A shoemakers lap iron,consisting of a table or bed having a depending standard with enlarged base fiat on the bottom so as to provide either for retaining the device on the lap or for mounting the lap iron upon a table or bench, substantially as specified.

A shoemakers lap iron consisting of a table or bed, with a hollow flange surrounding the same and forming a nail dish, substantially as specified.

4c. The combination of a last-supporting standard having at the top, a segmental rib with lateral recesses therein, with a lasthaving one or more studs for engaging with said recesses, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of a lastsupporting standard having at the top a segmental rib with lateral recesses in the opposite faces of the same, with alasthaving laterally projecting studs adapted to enter, simultaneously, a recess on each side of the rib, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of a last-supporting standard having at the top a segmental rib with staggered recesses in its opposite faces, with a last having laterally projecting studs likewise staggered or offset and adapted to enter opposite recesses in the segmental rib of the standard, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of a last-supporting standard having at the top a segmental rib with lateral recesses therein tapered from top to bottom, and a last having one or more laterally projecting studs adapted to enter said recesses and likewise tapered, substantially as specified.

8. The combination of a last-supporting standard having at the top laterally projecting hubs and a segmental rib with lateral recesses, with the last having depending flanges recessed for the reception of said hubs, and one or more studs adapted to enter the recesses of the rib, substantially as specified.

9. The last, having depending flanges with recesses in the edges of the same, and one or more studs projecting laterally inward from said flanges, substantially as specified.

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

JOSEPH N. PARKER. lVitnesses:

J 0s. I-I. KLEIN, FRANK E. BEcHToLD.