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J. H. PDPE.

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JOSEPH H. POPFnsOF BROOKTON, .MASSAOHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITED SHOE' MACHINERY COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

LAST.

SPEGILFIGATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 678,129, dated July 9, 1901.

Application iiled January 3, 1898. Serial No. 665.353. (Model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. POPE, of Brockton, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Lasts, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel last of the kind wherein the heel part is divided from the fore part.

One part of the last has a groove and the other part a projection which may be seated in the groove, they cooperating to form a fulcrum about which the heel part may turn. The heel part is attached to the fore part by a connection which permits the heel part to be withdrawn from the shoe without at all disturbing the fore part, leaving the interior of the shoe at the shank end ofthe fore part entirely clear for the reception of part of a suitable jack used in the process of applying' the heel to the shoe. Atter the heel has been applied the heel part is swung instantly into its position at the interior of the shoe, and thereafter the subsequent steps required to iinish the shoe are carried on with the last in the shoe.

Figure 1 by full lines shows my improved last in a shoe, the latter being shown 'in section, the dotted lines showing the heel part of the last in its inoperative position. Fig. 2 shows the last looking at it from the left, viewing Fig. 1, with the heel part hanging; and Fig. 3 shows the last in working position, but in longitudinal section.

In the production of my-improved last the wood of the last is first brought into the shape required for a full last, and then the last is` divided transversely to make a fore part a and a heel b, and thereafter a portion ofthe fore part is removed to leave the space c. The block of the last, preferably before it is divided transversely, is bored transversely, and the out made to divide the last is made through the bore, so that both the fore part and heel part are left to present a part of said groove, as shown at d. One of these grooves, after the last is divided, receives and has fixed therein a pin or rod d', which may be of tough strong wood or other material, said pin or rod constituting a projection to enter the open groove d in the opposed part of the last, the groove being herein shown as located in the fore part, said projection and groove cooperating by interlocking when the last is extended in a shoe, so as to detaohably lock the parts together, and the open space c permitting the heel part to turn on the fore part when the said heel part is to be turned into place in the shoe, or when it is to be withdrawn from the shoe preparatory to removing the forel part of the last, or for any other purpose. The heel part and fore part are slotted longitudinally to receive a connection e, (shown as a metallic 1ink,) pivoted at c e2.

When during the operation of completing the shoe on the last the heel is to be applied, the operator engages the heel part and pulls it out of the interior of the shoe, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, but withoutdisturbing the fore part of the last, and in this condition the interior of the shoe next the shank or crown end of the fore part is left free to receive any usual jack or post employed to sustain the interior of the sole f, having the at-v tached upper g, during the operation of attaching the heel h.` The heel having been attached, lthe operator at once turns the heel portion back into its full-line position, and

the subsequent operations are carried on with the entire last in the shoe. I have attached a spring m to the connection e,- said spring acting to aid in keeping the face of the heel part in contact with the face of the fore part. The interlocking projection and groove constitute a means for removably locking the heelpart on the fore part, and these interlocking portions are automatically unlocked or unseated simply4 by collapsing the two faces of the open space c against each other, this being due to the fact that said faces meet each other below the projection d. (See Fig. 1.) a

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

1. A two-part transversely-divided last, one part having a groove, and the other a projection taking a seat loosely in said groove, said ICQ two parts having an open space between them at one side of said cooperating groove and projection, permitting the heel part to turn on the fore part for shortening the last leaving the heel part free to be pulled away from its bearing on the fore part, substantially as described.

2. Atwo-part transversely-divided last, one part having a groove, and the other a projection taking a seat loosely in said groove, said two parts having an open space between them at one side of said cooperating groove and projection permitting the heel part to turn on the fore part for shortening the last, leaving the heel part free to be removed from the fore part, and a connection between said fore part and heel part to prevent one from being detached wholly from the other, substantially as described.

3. A divided last capable of use in the manufacture of shoes, the heel part being divided transversely from the fore part, and having a portion removed to constitute an open space c or V-shaped gap between said parts, the heel part being capable of turning or swinging on the fore part for shortening the last, and a connecting device between said heel part and fore part of a length to permit the heel part to be wholly withdrawn from the shoe without disturbing the fore part, substantially as described.

4. A divided last consisting of a heel part divided transversely from the fore part, a connecting device between said heel part and fore part of a length to permit the heel part to be wholly withdrawn from the shoe without disturbing the fore part, and a spring between said connecting device and last, substantially as described.

5. A divided last, comprising a heel part and a fore part, a connecting device between said parts of a length to permit the heel part to be withdrawn from the shoe without disturbing the fore part, and means for removably locking the heel part and the fore part together when in operative extended position, substantially as described.

6. A divided last, comprising a heel part and a fore part, a connectingdevice between said parts of alength to permit the heel to be withdrawn from the shoe without disturbing the fore part, an open space c between said parts when in extended position, means for removably locking the heel part and fore part together when in extended position, and means for automatically unlocking said parts by the collapsing or shortening movement of the last, substantially as described.

7. A divided last, comprising a heel part and a fore part, an open space between them for permitting collapsing or shortening of the last, means for removably locking the heel part and the fore part together when in op; erative extended position, and means for antomatically unlocking said parts by the collapsing or shortening movement of the last,

-snbstantially as described.

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

JOSEPH H. POPE.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, MARGARET A. DUNN.

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