US824931A

US824931A - Heel-finishing machine.

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Publication number: US824931A
Application number: US26244105A
Authority: US
Inventors: James E Jackson
Original assignee: UNITED XPEDITE FINISHING Co
Current assignee: UNITED-XPEDITE FINISHING Co; UNITED XPEDITE FINISHING Co
Priority date: 1905-05-26
Filing date: 1905-05-26
Publication date: 1906-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1923-07-03

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No. 824,931. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. J. B. JACKSON, HEEL FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZG, 1905.

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No. 824,931. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. J. E. JACKSON.

HEEL FINISHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 'MAY26, 1905.

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I I WJ 45m mm, W F v i mm JAMES E. JACKSON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED- XPEDITE FINISHING COMPANY, OF BERlVICK,

TION OF MAINE.

MAINE, A CORPORA- HEEL FlNlSHlNG MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1905. Serial No. 262,441;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. J AGKSON, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Finishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for producing a smooth polished surface onleather articles, such as boot and shoe heels, by the employment of wax and suitable frictional rubbing pressure, the wax being softened by heat when applied.

The invention has for its chief object to provide improved means for frictionallyheating and distributing finishing or burnishin wax without the employment of a burner and for applying the wax to a heel.

The invention also has forits object to provide a heel-finishing machine having various improvements looking to the effectiveness and convenience of its operation.

The invention consists in the improvements, which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a heel-finishing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same looking toward the left-hand end, as viewed in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the frictional wax heating and distributing member. Fig. 5 represents a sec.- tion on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the supporting-frame of the machine, said frame having bearings 13 13, in which is journaled a shaft 14, supporting the various rotary members, hereinafter described, for finishing a heel. The shaft is also provided with fast and loose pulleys or other means for applying power to the shaft and for stopping its rotation.

15 represents a roll affixed to the shaft 14, the said roll being preferably composed of a rigid central portion 1 and a yielding peripheral portion 2, of felt or other suitable yielding material. a

17' represents an endless Wax carrier, which is preferably composed of textile fabric,

the best material known to me being stout webbing, this material presenting numerous pockets in its surface adapted to engage and carry wax and being adapted by its softness and lack of abrasiveness to impart a polish to a smooth surface by aid of the wax. This carrier is preferably made in the form of a belt, which is of suitable length to run upon the roll 15 and upon an idle roll or pulley 18, mounted on a shaft 19, which is located behind and is parallel with the shaft 14. When the machine is in operation, the operator applies ordinary burnishing-wax to the carrier 17, preferably at a point below the roll 15, the latter rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. The rotation of the roll causes the carrier 17 to carry the wax around to the upper and front portions of the roll 15. The heel to be acted on is applied to that portion of the carrier 17 which is supported by the front portion of the roll 15namely, the portion at the right, as shown in Fig. 2.

20 represents a frictional wax heating and distributing shoe, which is in rubbing contact with the wax-carrier and is located above the roll 15 as shown in Fig. 2, said shoe being preferably composed of a metal back 3 and metals ears 4 4, formed thereon, a yielding cushion 5, of material such as felt, and a frictional face 6, preferably of sole-leather, the flesh side of which is cemented to the cushion 5, while the grain side bears on the wax-carrier. The function of the'shoe 20 is to frictionally heat the wax applied to the carrier 17 and spread and distribute the wax, thus causing the application of a uniform film or coatin of wax to the heel. The shoe 20 is supported by a holder 21, adjustably mounted, as hereinafter described, on theframe of the machine, the said shoe having a shank 22 provided with anear at its outer end, which Means are The face 6 ofthe sh'c'e 20 is shaped to conform closely to the transverse contour of the wax-carrier 17, said contour being refer-ably curved, as shown in Fig. 1 The s oe,'there fore, heats the wax uniformly across the car- I moved from the cushion 5 When worn and an rier 17 and reduces it to a uniform film or coating, a portion of which is pressed into the interstices of the fabric of the carrier 17. The result is the application of a uniform film or coating of heated wax to the heelpresented to the portion of the carrier 17 that is supported by the roll 15,,the Wax being heated wholly by friction and without the use of gas-burners.

The idle pulley 18 on which 11$ carrier 17 runs, is aflixed to a shaftw, which is jour naled in a bearing formed in a movable support 26, which hasa dovetailed base 27 fitted to slide between guides 28 on an arm 29, en gaged with the supporting-frame and pro jecting rearwardly therefrom. The support 26 is therefore adjustable toward and from the operating-shaft 14 to rovide for the regulation of the tension of t e belt-shaped carrier 17. The support 26 may be secured at any position to which it may be adjusted by means of an adjusting-screw 30, engaged with the support 26 and with an car 31 on the arm 29.

The arm 29,'supporting the su port 26, is preferably adjustably secured to the frame of the machine by means of a horizontal trunnion 32, Fig. 3, adapted to turn in a horizontal socket 33 in the supporting-frame. A clamping or looking screw 34, engaged With the trunnion 32 and bearing on a shoulder formed in the socket 33, cooperates with a flang or shoulder 35 on the arm 29 in clamping the arm to the supporting-frame in any position to'which it may be adjusted by the turning of the trunnion 32 in its socket. The object of this adjustment is to secure the palallelism of the shaft 19 with the shaf 1 and thus prevent liability of the untrue running of'the carrier 17.

The shoe-holder 21 is preferably affixed to the bracket 26 and supported thereby, as shown in Fig. 2.

The shaft 14 is here shown as provided with additional heel-finishing appliances comprising a roll 37 which is preferably coated with felt, a brush 38, and a beadingewheel 39. After the heel has been subjected to the Waxcarrier 17 it is subjected successively to the action of the roll 37, brush 38, and wheel 39, or this order may be changed as circumstances may require.

The bearings 13 of the shaft 14 are supported by arms 40, which project forward from the supporting-frame 12, so that the shaft overhangs a space belowit. The arms 40 are provided at their inner ends with vertical studs or trunnions 41, which are adapted to turn horizontally in sockets 42 in the supporting-frame and are secured to said sockets bysetesclews 43. This construction permits a swinging adjustment of the bearings 13, or either of them, to secure their perfect alinement. i I

The acting face 6 of the shoe may be reother face substituted for it. As already stated, the face 6 may besecured to the cushion by glue oreement. If desired, the-face 6 may be additionally secured by means such as wooden shoe-pegs 8, driven through the f face into the cushion; 5. I claim 1. A heel-finishing endless carrier of textile fabric adapted to enmachine comprising an gage and carry wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and means in frictional non rota'ting engagement with said carr er, for heating and 2. A heel-finishing machine comprising an endless carrier of textile fabric adapted to engage and carry wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and a wax and distributing shoe in non-rotating frictional wax-heating engagement with said carrier, and inde endent of the wax-supply.

3. A heel- 's g machine comprising an endless carrier of textile fabric adapted toengage and carry wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and a non-rotating istributing the wax.

eating wax heating and distributing shoe in frictional wax-heating en agement with-sa d carrier, said shoe being incited in movement to a direction toward and from the carrier.

4. A. heel-finishing machine comprising plurality of supporting-rolls, one of which is provided with a yieldable surface, and a waxcarrier of wax-engaging textile fabric, formed as a belt movable upon the rolls.

5. A heel-finishing machine comprising a plurality of supporting-rolls, a support for one of the rolls, movable toward and from the companion roll and in a lateral dir a wax-carrier formed as a belt movabl 1 n the rolls, and a shoe mounted upon'ithe can crating with the movable support and 006 belt.

T l O 6. A heel-finishing Inaidhine ;(ibnipzising a plurality of supportingrolls, a'\\m=-;; e; 1rri z formed as a wax-engaging belt move I upon the rolls, and a non-rotary frictional ste cooperating with the belt.

7. A heel-finishing machine comprising an endless carrier ada ted to receive wax, means for supporting an moving said carrier, and a wax heating and distributing shoe in frictional contact with the carrier, said shoe having a' rigid back, and a cushioned frictional I face,

A heel-fini hing machine comprising an endless carrier adapted to receive wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and a wax eating and distributing shoein fric tional contact with the carrier, said shoe having a rigid back, a cushion sup polftedb y said adapte back, and a leather friction-face supported by said cushion.

9. A heel-finishing machine comprising an endless carrier adapted to receive wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, a shoesuJ)port adjacent to the carrier, a shoe to bear on the wax-carrying face of the carrier, said shoe having a shank pivoted to the shoe-support to permit pressure-var ing movements of the shoe, and adjustab e means for holding the shoe against the carner.

10. A heel-finishing machine com rising a supporting-frame, a shaft journale therein and having a supporting-roll, a Wax-carrier formed as a belt engaging said roll, an idle pulley enga ing said belt, a support for said 1dle fpulley, aving a pivotal connection with the ame to permit a swinging adjustment of the axis of the idle pulley, and means for seformed as a belt engaging said roll','an idle pulley enga ing sai belt, a bearing for the shaft of sai pulley, a support for said bearing having a pivotal connection with the supporting-frame, the bearing having a sliding connection with the sup ort, and means for securing the bearing an support in any positions to which they may be adjusted.

" In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature 'in presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES E. JACKSON;

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER.