US628422A

US628422A - Burnishing-tool.

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Publication number: US628422A
Application number: US69356196A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ambrose S Vose
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1896-03-03
Filing date: 1896-03-03
Publication date: 1899-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 1916-07-04

Description

No. 628,422. Patantad July 4, I899.

A. s. vose.

BURNISHING TOOL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBROSE S. VOSE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BURNlSHlNG-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,422, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed March 3, 1896, Renewed October 14, 1898. Serial No. 693,561. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, AMBROSE S. VOSE, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Burnishing-Tools, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a tool or instrument of that class employed in burnishing the edges of the soles of boots and shoes, and substantially such as shown and described in United States Patent No. 536,671, granted to me April 2, 1895; and this present invention has for its object to simplify, cheapen, and improve tools of the class referred to.

In accordance with this invention the burnishing-tool is composed of two cooperating members, one of which is adjustable bodily with relation to the other in a manner as will be described, whereby the movable member may be adjusted into a position or plane parallel to the other member to enable the tool to be used on soles of varying thickness and whereby the movable member may be adjusted into a position or plane inclined with relation to the other member, so that the active face of the movable member may be placed in different angular positions with relation to the active surface of the other member, as will be hereinafter described. These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an edge-burnishing tool embodying this invention with the movable member adjusted for use on thin soles; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the tool shown in Fig. 1 with the movable member adjusted into a plane parallel with the stationary member and in position for use with thick soles; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the tool shown in Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

and Fig. 4:, a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3, to show the adjusting and clamping screws.

The edge-burnishing tool herein shown as embodying this invention comprises a stationary member a and a movable member ct, the said stationary member being adapted to be secured to a suitable stem, shank, or rod, (not herein shown,) which may be extended into a hollow extension a of the stationary member. The stationary member a is provided with the edge working face or bed a and with the inclined face a at one side or edge thereof, which is adapted to follow the crease between the sole and the upper part of the boot or shoe, and the said bed or working face a at its opposite side or edge is left smooth and has cooperating with itthe inclined active face of the movable member a of the tool, which active face is preferably terraced or composed of a lower or bottom inclined part 2 and an upper inclined part 3. The lower inclined part 2 preferably projects beyond the inner side 5 of the movable member a, so that in the normal position of the movable member the inclined face 2 overlaps the unflanged edge or side of the stationary member, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and i. The movable member a is secured to the member a by a binding or clamping screw 1), which extends through a suitable hole in the member a and into a threaded socket b in the side of the stationary member, and the said movable member is adapted to be adj usted or moved with relation to the stationary member by means of adj usting-screws b b adapted to enter threaded sockets b b on opposite sides of the socket bvand preferably in line therewith. The adj usting-screws b b are provided at their outer ends with stems or extensions ?9" b of smaller diameter than the screws 19 b and the movable member a is provided with suitable holes I) 17 for the reception of the outer ends of the screws 19 b and with small holes or openings I) 12 for the reception of the stems b b", which latter holes or openings extend through the member a and form with the holes Z2 Z2 shoulders I3 19 against which abut the ends of the screws b o The lower portion of the stationary member is preferably made wider than the upper portion, so as to formashoulder 0, upon which the bottom of the movable member a may rest to supportfthe same and relieve the screws from strain when the tool is in operation.

From the above description it will be seen that the member a may be moved or adjusted her a is parallel to the member a.

with relation to the stationary member a by first turning the clamping screw so as to loosen the member a from the mem ber a and then turning the adjusting-screws 11 b, so as to partially withdraw them from their threaded sockets b N, and it will be seen that if the adjusting-screws are moved to the same extent or amount the ends of the screws acting against the shoulders Z1 U will carry the member a away from the member a into a plane parallel with the member a, after which the clamping-screw b is turned to force the shoulders Z1 Z9 against the ends of the screws 79 b and thereby firmly secure the member a'into its adjusted position. Furthermore, it will be seen that if either ad j usti rig-screw is moved more than the other adj Listingscrew the movable member a will be brought into a plane inclined with relation to the stationary member and that the inclination of vthe member a from either side of the vertical depends upon which adjusting-screw is moved the farthest. For instance, if the adjusting-screw b is moved out of its socket farther than the adj Listing-screw b the lower end of the movable member will be carried farther away from the stationary member a than the upper portion of the member ct, and consequently the pitch or angle of the inclined active surface of the member a will be more acute to the bed a than when the mem- So, also,

if the adj usting-screw b is moved out of its socket farther than the screw 19 the upper end of the member a will be adjusted farther from the member a than the lower end of the member a, and. therefore the pitch or angle of the inclined active face of the member a" will be less acute to the bed a These variable adjustments are desirable in an edgeburnishing tool, as it enables the tool to work more efficiently by enabling the operator to vadjust the tool to soles of varying thickness and bevels on the outer side of the same.

I claim 1. In an edge-burnishing tool, the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a stationary member, a movable member cooperating therewith and adjustable into positions parallel and inclined with relation to the stationary member, and means to effect said adjustments, substantially as described.

2. In an edge-burnishingtool, the combination of the following instrumentalities, viz: a stationary member, a movable member cooperating therewith, a clamping-screw, and adjusting-screws located on opposite sides of the clamping-screw, substantially as described. v

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

AMBROSE S. VOSE. lVitnesses:

JAs. H. CHURCHILL, J. MURPHY.