US883256A

US883256A - Lacing-hook-setting machine.

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Publication number: US883256A
Application number: US36603307A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sydney E Taft
Original assignee: AMERICAN LACING HOOK CO
Current assignee: AMERICAN LACING HOOK Co
Priority date: 1907-04-02
Filing date: 1907-04-02
Publication date: 1908-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1925-03-31

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No; 883,256. v PATENTED MAR. 31, 190s.

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SYDNEY n. TAFT. or some FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR TO. AMERICAN LACING noon to, A conronarrox or New JERSEY.

LACiING-HOOK-SETTlNG MACHINE. 7

Application filed April 2, 1907. Serial No. 366,033.

. placed by the operator in the machine against a suitable gage or gages, the machine is started in the usual manner by means of a suitable clutch mechanism operated by a treadle, the upper is then unched and fed forward to: the lacing hoo setting instrumentalities, a lacing hook is set in the hole formed in the upper by the punch and clenched against the anvil integral with said punch, the punch moves upwardly, retreats, descends and punches a new hole in the u per, feeds said upper forward and so on until the desired number of lacing hooks have been set in said upper, when. the operator removes his foot from the treadle, the clutch is thrown out, and the machine stops. During series of operations the only Work 1 by the operator is to place the u per machine, set forth, hold the front edge of the upper against the front edge gage during the feeding operation, and remove the upper from the machine after it has stopped.

The object of the machine is to provide a machine which can be run at a high rate of speed and which will attach thelacing hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes at equal dis tances apart withput the operator being obliged to do anything more than hereinbe fore set forth.

In certaii'ifeaturesof its construction the machine of this invention is, similar to an I other machine oflikecharacter for which 1 Letters Fatent of the United States, No.

lacing hook carrier, in the construction and operation of said lacing hook carrier, and in the'combination with the feeding unch and anvil of a die which cooperates wit .thefeed punch in. the punchingnndfeeding of the upper preparatory to having a lacing hook sets Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented March 31, 1908. i

therein and 'clenche'd upon said anvilby said lacing hook carrier.

To these ends the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a} left hand side elevation of my improved lacing hook setting machine, thesame being partly broken away to save space in the draw ings. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, broken away to save space. Fig. 3 is aright hand side elevation of the same, broken away to save space. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan broken away and partly in section on-line 44 of Fig. 1, illustrating the lacing hook feeding mechanism and the die which coop' I crates with the punch in punchingand feeding-the upper. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation takenon line 55 of Fig. 4. 'Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation illustrating the lacing hook feeding and settingme'chanism taken on line 66 of Fig. 4, with the lacing hook just being set against the anvil and clenched in the upper. Fig. '7 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6 illustratingthe parts in different positions, wit-h'the lacing hook freed from its carrier so that the upper may be fed.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Figs. 6 and 7' with the lacing hook carrier lowered in position to have a lacing hook fed thcreonto. V 9, 1'0, 11 and 12 are detail sectional elevations, broken away to save space, taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 2, illustrating different steps in the punching. feeding of the upper and setting of the lacing hook therein. Fig. 13 is Figs a detail sectional elevation taken on line 1 1313 of Fig. 9. Fig. 14 is a detail's'ide elevation, partly broken away and shownm section 01 the laclng hoo'k carrlcr.

Fig. 15 is g a detail plan of the die holder, broken away Like numerals refer to like parts: througlp out the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 20 is theframe of} the machine supported upon a base .21, the main driving shaft 22 being journaled in suitable bearings 23 formed in brackets 21 fastto saidbase. The shaft 22 is driven by a clutch pulley and clutch. adapted tobe operated by ios skilled in this ings.

being substantially like that, forming the subject matterof a separate application for 'Letters Patent Serial No. 292,274, filed'-De-.

cember 18, 19Q5,'by William P. Bartel and alpplicant. The lacing hooks are fedfrom' t pieces of sheet steel 28 and 2-9 and curved at v th'eir lower ends, as shown in'Fig'. 2. The

e hopper to a raceway 27 formed of two lacing hooks slide upon the art 28 of the racewayand are held thereon y the art'29 which bears against the shanks of sai lacing hooks. The lowermost lacing hook 30 slides I down the raceway 27 untilit abuts against the stop 31 upon said raceway, and when in this position as illustrated in Fig. 4 and in Figs. 6 and 7, said lacing hook rests upon-a finger 32 forming a part of a lever 33 fast to a rock-shaft 34 journaled to rock ina bearing formed in the frame 20. The outer'en d of the rock-shaft 34 has an arm 35 fast thereto, to which is attached one end of a-spiral s ring 36, the other end of said spiral spring eing fastened to a pin fast to the frame 20. p The finger 32 alines with the part 28 of the racewry 27, so that as the lacing hooks slide down said raceway the lowermost lacing hook slides from the part 28 onto said fin er 32 and stops against the stop 31. Said acing hook is then in position to be fed down an auxiliary raceway 37 which terminates at its lower. end adjacent to a lacing hook carrier 38 (Fig. 8) when said lacing hook carrier is in its lowermost position. The lever 33 is tipped. to feed the lacing hook 30 held there on to the auxiliary raceway 37 by a lever 39, as shown in Fig. 8. Said lever 39 is fast to a rock-shaft 40 ournaled to rock in the frame 20-and having fastened to the outer end thereof an arm 41 (Fig. 1). The free end of the arm 41 is held by a spring 42 against the end of a cam slide 43 which consists of a rod 44 adapted to slide in a bracket 45 fast to the lever 39 in one direction, the spring 42 rocking said lever in the opposite direction. The upper end of the lever 39 projects between the two plates 50-and 51 (which form the auxiliary raceway 37) when said lever is ped to its forward position, asillust-rated ig. 6, so that a lacing hook resting upon the lacing hook-carrier 38. The acinghook carrier 38 is pivoted at 52 to a slide 53, said slide beingpreferably cylindrical in form and Fterminating'in an ear53 at its. lower end, to

which 1s p votally attached by means of a pin 54 a link 55. The .lower'endof the link 55 is connected by a which, in turn, is ivoted at its lower end to a pin 58 fast to t e'bed-plate 21. The pin addition to connecting the links 55 and. 57 to eachother, connects said pins to a cam slide "59 to which'a reciprocato imparted b cam 61. he recipr'ocatory motion impartedto the cam slide 59 imparts a vertical reciprocatory motion to the slide ,53 through motion is the links 55 and 57, (Figs. land 3).

The lacing hook carrier 38 consists of a lever 62 provided with a recess .63 in its upper end adapted to receivethe head of a lacmg hook and a plate 64 rigidly fastened to said lever and projecting over said recess,

The plate 64 projects into the s ace between the head and the shank of't e lacing hook, the end of said plate which projects over said recess-being preferably provided with a slight depression 63 to receive the neck of, the lacing book. The carrier 38 is connected'by a s ring 65 to a screw 66 fast to a cap 67, sai cap being adjustably fastened to the frame 20.

' The u per end of the slide 53 is forked at 68 and the lacing hook carrier plays between said

forks

68, 68, thus eral movement of said acing hook carrier relatively to the slide 53. Lpon each side of the lacing hook carrier 38 are lateral projections 69, curved upon their under side and adapted to rest upon the

forks

68, 68, so that when the pressure of setting the hook, hereinafter described, is brought to bear upon the plate 64, said pressure will be transmitted not upon the ivot 52 but upon the

forks

68, 68, thus supp ying a solid foundation for the pin 56. toa link 57,

a cam roll 60whic engages a preventing any lat-c lacing hook carrier during the setting operation of the lacing hook. 'A pin 70 is fast to the lacing hook carrier 38 and 'projects'laterally from opposite sides thereof, being adapted to contact with the front edges of the

forks

68, 68 when the lacing hook carrier is in the position illustrated in Fig. 6, or when itis in the position of setting the hook against the anvil.

. The lacing hook carrier 38 is locked to the slide 53 when the same is in the position illustrated in Figs. 6 and 8 by a stop 71, which is movable relatively to said slide and is preferably cylindrical in shape to fit a cylindrical bore in said slide. I The upper end of the stop 71 has a tooth 72 thereon which side of the carrier lever 62. he stop 7]. is

held upwardly by a spirals ring 73', one end of which bears against the ower end of said stopythe other end bearin against a screwthreaded'shank 74 integra with the'ear 53.

All arm 75 is rigidly fastened to the stop .71 and projects laterally therefromfithroug At a certain time in the oration of-the machine, as, hereinafter descri ed, the arm 75 is movedv a slot 76 formed in the slide 53.

downwardly, together with the stop 71 to which it'is attached, by the short arm 77 of the lever 39. Said shortarm is provided with a friction roll 78 which contacts with the upper surface of said arm 75, and as said lever rocked, pushes therarm 75 downwardly thus lowering the stop or locking piece 71 until the tooth 72 is disengaged from the tooth73, and the spring 65 then acts as illustrated in Fig. 7,\to rock the lacing hook carrier u on its pivot 52, withdrawing the plate 64 floih the lacing hook which'at that time is held-in the stock, and pulling the lacing hook" carrier downwardly until the front ed e thereof rests against a roll 79 journale vto rotate upon a pin'80 fast to the he Jpperation of feeding the hook along the au 'iary raceway onto the lacing. hook carrier and of setting the hook inthe stock by means of said carrier in cooperation with 'the anvil and punch is as follows: Ashereinbefore set forth, the lacing hookdescends theraceway 27 until it comes to .a stop against the stop 31. "At that time the lowermost lacing hook 30 rests upon the finger 32 which forms a part of the lever 33 and pro,- jects between two sides 50 and 51 of the auxiliary. raceway 37 Assuming the parts to be in the position illustrated in Fig. 6, the lever 39 will be rocked from the position shownin Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. '7, the rocking of said lever being accomplished by means of the rockshaft 40, rocker-arm 41, cam slide 43 and cam 49 (see Fig. 1). During this rocking of .the lever 39, the short arm 7 7, with its roll 78, forces the arm 75 and stop 71 downwardly, disengaging the tooth 72 from the tooth 73, thus unlocking the lever 62 and allowing the spring to rock the lacinghook carrier upon its pivot 52 into the position illustrated in Fig. 7, with the front edge of the lever 62 resting against the roll 79. The slide 53 now descends, be-

" ing moved downwardly by the links 55 and 57, cam slide 59 and cam 61 to the position illustrated in Fig. 8. As the slide 53 moves downwardly, the front edge of the lever 62 bears against the roll 79, which is affixed to a stationary piece, viz, the cap 67, so that the lever 62 or the lacing hook carrier 38 is rocked upon its pivot 52 to the position illustrated in Fig.-'8-that is, with t 1e plate'64 in alinement with the lower end of the auxiliary raceway 37, in readiness to have a hook pushed thereon by the lever 39. At the last trated in Fig. 6.

lever 33 also has an arm 33 thereon which moves into the space formerly occupied by the lacing hook 30 and prevents any other hooks from descending the raceway 27 until the lever 33 has resumed the position illus- The lacing hook 30 may slide down the auxiliary raceway 37 and onto the plate 64, but if it does not it will be pushed onto said plate by the lever 39 when it moves forward to the position illustrated in Fig. 6, and after said lacing hook .has thus been landed upon the lacing hook carrier, the slide 53 moves upwardly,with the lacing hook thereon, and forces the shank of the lacing hook through the upper 81, clenching the same against the anvil 82. The operation ofunlocking thelacing hook "carrier,

order to unlock the lacing hook carrier,

when desired, independently of the operation of the machine, such a device being convenient in cases where an imperfect lacing hook becomes jammed upon the carrier and interferes with the operation of the machine.

The material into which the lacing hooks are to be set, via, the upper 81, rests upon the cap 84 of the work-support 85 fast to the frame of the machine. The upper is fed along the upper surface of said work-support, or the cap thereof, by a feed-point 137 which projects below the clenching surface of the anvil 82. The anvil 82 is adj ustably fastened to an anvil carrier-frame 87 which consists of a vertical shaft 88 constructed to slide in

bearings

89 and 90 formed upon the frame of the machine and an arm 91 rigidly fastened to said shaft. The anvil 82 has screw-threaded adjustment in and is supported directly upon the arm 91 to which it is clamped by a screw 92.

A vertical motion is imparted to the. carrier frame 87 by a cam lever 93 pivoted at 94 to the frame of themachine and having rotatably mounted thereon a cam roll 95 which engages a cam 96. The cam lever 93 is connected to the shaft 88 by screws 97 fast to a collar 98. Said cam lever is bifurcated at the free end thereofand each arm of said bifurcated end has a slot 99 formed therein,

each of said slots having. a sliding block 100 located therein. Each of the-screws- 97 is fast to the collar 98 and extends through one of said sliding block's, respectively, sothat the same are free to rock thereon. The collar 98 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 88,- ,so that said shaft is free to rock in said collar ings 89 and 90, while at the same time it may be rocked in said bearings and this rocking motlon is imparted to the shaft 88 and to the arm 91 by a slide 103 arranged to slide in

bearings

104, 105 formed upon the frame 20. The front end of said slide 103, or the left hand end (Fig. 3) is slotted at 106 to receive a sliding block 107 which is rotatably mounted upon a stud' 108 fast to an arm 109 which is integral with the arm 91. A reciprocatory motion is imparted to the slide 103 by a link 110, pivotally connected at one end at 115 to said slide and at the other end to a stud 111. The stud 111 may be clamped by the handle nut 112 to a lever 113, said stud projectin' through a curved slot 114 concentric with t e center of the pivot 115. The lever 113 is pivoted at 116 to the frame 20 and has a rocking motion imparted thereto by a camslide 117 actuated by a cam 118 fast to-the main shaft 22, said cam slide being pivotally connected to the lower end of the lever 113.

The upper 81 is pressed against the worksupport 85 by a presser foot 119 which is fastened to a vertical rod 120 (Fig. 1) adapted to slide in a bearing 121 formed in the frame 20, and in a bearing 122 formed in the base 21. A collar 123 is fast to the rod 120 intermediate the bearings 121 and 122 and a spring 124 encircles the rod 120 and holds the presser foot 119 normally pressed against the upper surface of the work support85, or against the upper which rests upon said work-support. The presser foot is moved upwardly away from the work-support by means of a lever 125 pivoted at 126 to the frame of the 7 machine and having a cam-roll 127 rotatably supported thereon and bearing against the periphery ofthe cam 96. The right hand end o'f the lever 125 (Fig. 1) bears against the.

under side of the collar 123 and the cam 96 is provided upon its periphery with a rise or open cam path 128, whereby, in the rotation of the machine, the presser foot at certain intervals in the cycle of operations, 'is raised by the cam away from the work-support for the purpose of allowing the upper to be fed, as hereinafter described. If the operator desires to raise the presser foot, independent of the operation of the machine, in order to insert or remove an upper'therefrom, he presses upon the treadle (not shown in the drawings) connected by a rod 129 and hook 130 to the lever 125.

The work-support 85 has a curved groove 131 therein concentric with the axis of the vertical shaft 88 and in said curved groove is located a curved slide or die holder 132. Said slide is normally held in contact with a stoppin 133 by a spiral spring 134 located also in said groove 131, one end thereof bearing against said slide and the other end against the work-support. A die 135 is fastened to the die holder 132 and has a hole 136 ext-ending vertically therethrough which is adapted to aline at certain times during the operation of the machine, as hereinafter described, with a projection 137, constituting a punch, which extends downwardly from the anvil 82. T he cap 84 is fast to thework-support and extends over the top of the die holder 132-as illustrated in Fig. 5. The die holder. 132 has an arm 138 thereon (see Figs. 4 and 5) with upwardly projecting ears 139 adapted to be clamped upon an adjusting screw 140 by a clamp screw 141. I

A stud 142 is rigidly fastened to the anvil carrier frame 87 and forms, in effect, a portion thereof, said stud being adapted to abut against the screw 140 when the anvil carrier frame is moving toward the right (Fig.4), thus moving the die holder and die toward the right against the action of the spring 134.

The start and stop clutch motion for'the machine is subst-antiallythe same as that described in said Letters Patent No. 855,497.

.Suitable gages are used to assist the operator in placing the upper in correct location to be punched and fed by the anvil punch.

The front edge gage 143 is shown in Fig. 4,

against which the operator places the front edge of the upper, said front gage being adjustably fastened to the work-support by means of a screw 144 which projects through a slot in the gage 143 and has screw-threaded engagement with the work-support 85.

The general operation of the mechanism hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: The operator places the upper upon "the work-support 85 in the position illus trated by dotted lines (Fig. 4) when a right hand upper is to have a lacing hook set therein, with the front edge of said upper bearing against the front edge gage 143. He then places his foot upon the clutch treadle-which throws the driving pulley intO. clutch with the main driving 'or cam shaft, rotating said shaft and depressing the anvil with its punch projection 137 thereon. This downward motion of the punch is obtained by the anvil carrier frame 87 and the vertical shaft 88, to which it is rigidly fastened, being moved downwardly by the lever 93 and its cam 96. The punch 137 is thus forced through the upper and into the hole 1.36 in the female die 135. as illustrated in Fig. 9. The p'resser'foot is then released to allow the upper to feed and said upper is then fed by the punch 137'. said punch, be-

hole 136 (Fig. 10).

ing of the anvil carrier frame 87. The anvil carrierframe is then rocked from the right toward the left (Fig. 3) by the slide 103, link 110, lever 113, cam slide 117 and cam 118. As the punch feeds the upper toward the left (Fig. 1). or toward the lacing hook carrier, the die 135 slides, together with the holder 132, in the curved groove 131 until said die holder arrives at a point where it is about to abut against the pin 133, but just previous to said holder abutting against said pin the anvil and punch are slightly raised to remove the punch 137 from the The die and its holder then stop, by reason of the holder abutting against the pin 133 and the punch and anvil continue their movement toward the left from the position illustrated in Fig. 10 ,until said punch is brought into alinement with a lacing hook held upon the lacing hook carrier 38. The presser foot now descends and clamps the upper to the work-suppor't. The punch' then remains stationary, together with the anvil, until the lacinghook carrier drives the lacing hook through the u per and clenches the same upon the anvi as hereinbefore' described.

By reference to Figs. 9 and 13 it will be seen that when the punch first penetrates the upper it passes entirely therethroughand projects s ightly below the lower surface of said upper, while the anvil crowds the upper downwardly against the upper surface of the diewhich is located beneath the upper surface of the cap of the Worksupport (see Fig. 13). The punch remains in this position until it is withdrawn from the die, and as it is withdrawn the natural resiliency of the leather causes it'to spring" upwardly out of the depression formed by the location of the upper face of the dierelatively to the upper face of thework-support, so that the upper remains upon the punch during the latter part of" the feeding movement of the same, and the punch remains projecting through the upper to assist in guiding the shank of the lacing hook as it is driven by its ca rrier throughthe leather and clenched upon theanvil.

The next step in the operation of the Ina-- chine is to slightly release" the anvil and punch, or move the same upwardly in order that there may be no pressure upon the top illustrated in Fig. 7.

of the lacing-hook carrier to prevent said lacing hook carrier from being withdrawn from the lacing hook by the" spriiig tl tijas The punch, however, is not withdrawn entirely' froin the lacing hook, but is left projecting into the holloWf shank thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 12,'s0 as to hold said lacing hook against the pull of the lacing hook carrier when being withdrawn therefrom by the=spring 65, as illustrated in Fig. 7. I i

' The operation of the,lacing'hook carrier adapted to rock said carrier on said slide, a

and slide to which it is attached, as well as the means by which the lacing hookis fed from the main raceway to the auxiliary raceway and onto said lacing hook carrier have been fully hereinbefore described. The 7 operation of setting the lacing hook is timed in such a manner that the lacing hook isset, as hereinbefore described, as soon as, the upper has been fed into proper position, with the punch and anvil in alinement with a lacing hook upon the lacing hook carrier. Afterv the lacing hook carrier has freed itself from the lacing hook, the punch rises and returns to its former position, ready to be depressed and perform again the cycle of operations hereinbefore described. Assoon as the desired number of lacing hooks have been set in the upper, the operator releases the clutch treadle and the machine comes to a stop and the operator removes the upper from the machine. I

Having thus described my invent-ion what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is Y.

1. In a machine for setting lacing hooks the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, a carrier adapted to receive, a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide, means to lock said carrier to said slide, and a spring adapted to rock said carrier on its pivot.

2. In a machine for setting lacinghooks in the up ers of boots and shoes, a slide, a carrier adiipted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to said slide, instrumentalities;

stop on said slide adapted to engage said carrier and prevent the same from rocking, and means adapted to o erate'said stop to re'-. lease said carrier ant allow the same to be rocked while said slide is-stationary. In a machine for setting lacing hooks the upper of a boot or shoe, aslidc, acarrier adapted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide about ahorizontal axis, means on said slide adapted to lock v said carrier to said slide, and'means to feed said up er in a direction substantially longitudinal y of saidhorizontal axis V 4. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, a can. rier adapted to receive a lacing hook and. pivoted on said slide about a horizontal axis, instrumentalities adapted to rock said carrier'on said slide, means on said slide adapted to lock-said carrier to said slide, and means to feed said upper in a direction substantially longitudinally of said horizontal axis.

5. In a machine=for setting lacing hooks in the up ers of boots and shoes, a slide... a carrier a apted to receive a lacing hook and 5 pivoted to rock on said slide about a"horizon-, talax is, instrumentalities adapted to rock said carrier on said slide, a stop su ported on said slide and movable relative y thereto iadapted t-o' engage said carrier and prevent 1 0 the same from rocking on its pivot, and means to feed said up er n a direction substantially longitudina ly of said horizontal axis.

6. In a machine'for setting lacing hooks in 'the up ers of boots and shoes, a sl de, a carrier a aptedto receive a lacing hook' and pivoted to rock on said slide, a stop movable relatively to said slide adapted to enga e said carrier and prevent the same from roc ing on its pivot, means to move said stop out of contact with said carrier, and a spring adapted to rock said carrier on its pivot.

7. In a-machine for setting lacin hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, a carrier a apted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, said carrier having lateral projections 69 thereon adapted to rest upon said slide for the purpose specified, instrumentalities adapted to rock said carrier on said slide, a stop adapted to engage said carrier and prevent the same from rocking, and means 7 adapted to operate said stop and release said carrier and allow the same to be rocked, while said slide is stationary.

. 8. In a machine for settifig lacing'hooks inthe uppers of boots and-shoes, a shde, a carrier adapted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, a springadapted to rock saidcarrier in one direction, a stationary. member which said carrier engages during the movement of said slide, whereby said carrier is rocked in the opposite direction, and means to lock said carrier against rocking movement on said pivot.

9. In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, a caradapted to feed a lacing hook along said rier consisting of alever and a plate rigidly fastened to saidlever adapted to receive a lacing hook, said lever pivoted to rock about a horizontal axis on said slide, and a stop movable relatively to said slide adapted to engage said lever and preventthe same from rockin on its pivot.

10. a n a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a raceway, a'slide, a carrier pivoted to rock on said slide, instrument'alities adapted to feed a lacing hook along said raceway and from saidraceway directly onto said carrier, and means on said slide adapted to lock said carrier to said slide.

11. In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of-boots and shoes, a raceway, a slide, a carrier pivoted to rock on said slide, a stop movable relatively'to said slide, adapted to engage said carrier and prevent the same-from rocking on said pivot, and a lever raceway and onto said carrier, said lever also adapted to move said stop to allow said carrier to be rocked. 12. In a lacing hook setting machine, a

oted to rock thereon about a horizohtalaxisf means on said movable member adapted-to lock said carrier thereto, and instrumentalities adapted to'rock said carrier, while said movable member is'stationary.

13. In a lacing hook setting machine, a movable member and a lacing hook carrier pivoted to rock thereon about a horizontal axis, means on said movable member adapted to lock said carrier thereto and instrumentaliti'es adapted to rocksaid movable member while said carrier is stationary, said carrier consisting of a lever provided with a recess in its upper end adapted to receive the.

' head of a lacing hook and a plate rigidly fastenedto said lever and pro ecting over said recess.

14. In a lacing-hook setting machine, a movable member and a lacing hook carrier .pivoted to rockthereon about a horizontal axis, means on said movable member adapted to lock said carrier thereto and instrumentalities adapted to rocksaid movable member while said carrier is stationary, said carrier consisting of a lever provided with a recess in its upper end adapted to receive the head of a lacing hookand a plate rigidly fastened to said lever. and projecting over said recess, said plate provided in the end thereof which projects over said recess, with a'depression.

15. In a lacing hook setting machine, an

anvil, a slide, instrumentalities adapted to move said anvil and'slide toward and away from each other, a carrier adapted to receive a lacinghook and pivotedto rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, means on said slide adapted to lock said carrier to said slide, and instrumentalities adapted to rock saidcarrier while said slide is stationary.

16. In'a lacin hook setting machine, a

raceway, an anvi a slide, instrumentalities adapted to move said anvil and slide toward and awayifrom each other, a carrier ada ted to receive a lacing hook pivoted to .roc on said slide about a'horizontal axis, means on said slide' to lock said carrier to said slide,

mechanism to move a lacing hook along said and away from each other, a carrier ada ted to receive a lacing hook pivoted to roc on said slide about a horizontal axis, means to lock said carrier to said slide, and mechanism to move a lacing hook along said raceway and onto said carrier, said mechanism also operate the same to unlock said carrier from said slide to allow said carrier to rock.

18. In a machine for'setting lacing hooks said slide adapted to lock said carrier there in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, mechanism to impart av vertical reciprocatory motion thereto,.a carrier adapted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, means on to, and instrumentalit-ies adapted to rock said carrier while said slide is stationary, a raceway, means adapted to feed lacing hooks along said raceway and from said raceway onto said carrier, and means to cooperate with said carrier in-setting said hooks in said uppers. a

19. In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory movement thereto, a carrier adapted to receive a lacing hook and pivoted to rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, means to impart a rocking movement to said carrier, a raceway, means adapted to feed lacing hooks along said raceway and from said raceway onto said carrier; in combination with an anvil, mechanism for imparting a vertical reciprocatory motion to said anvil, and mech:

anism for moving said anvil laterallv intoand out of alinement with a lacing hook held on said carrier.

20. In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a slide, "mechanism to imparta vertical reciprocatory motion thereto, a carrier adapted to receive a [lacing hook and pivoted to-rock on said slide about a horizontal axis, means to impart a rocking movement-to said carrier, a raceway, means adapted to feed lacing hooks along said raceway and from said raceway onto said carrier; in combination with an anvil, a feedpoint on said anvil, mechanism to impart a reciprocatory movement to said anvil and feedpoint, and mechanism to impart an oscillating movement to said anvil and feed point, whereby said uppers may be fed into position to have said lacing hooks set therein. 21. In a lacing hook setting machine, a 'pivotally supported anvil. carrier frame, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement to said carrier frame, mechanism for imparting 'ahorizontal rocking movement to said carrier frame, and an anvil fast to said carrier frame, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point; in combination with a die adapted to he moved me path concentric with the axial line of said anvil carrier frame.

22. In a lacing hook setting machine, a pivotally supported anvil carrier frame, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement to said carrier frame, mechanism for imparting a horizontal rocking movement to said carrier frame, and an anvil fast to said carrier frame, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point; in combination with a die holder adapted to be moved in a path concentric with the axial line of said anvil carrier frame and a die fast to said die holder.

23. In a lacing hook setting machine, a pivotally supported anvil carrier frame, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding re-- ciprocatory movement to said carrier frame,

mechanism for imparting a horizontal rocking movement to said carrier frame, and an anvil fast to said carrier frame, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point; in combination with a die holder ing movement to said carrier frame, and an anvil fast to said carrier frame, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point; in combination with a die holder adapted to be moved in a path concentric with the axial line of said anvil carrier frame,

a die fast to said die holder, a spring adapted 'to move said die holder in one direction, and

a screw fast to said die holder against which screw said anvil carrier is adapted to abut andmove said die holder in the opposite direction to that in which it is adapted to be moved by said spring.

25. In a lacing hook setting machine, a vertical shaft, an arm rigidly attached to said shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point, mechanism to impart a rec-iprocatory motion to said shaft, and mechanism to impart a rocking movement to said shaft, in combination with a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric with said ver, tical shaft.

26. In a lacing hook setting machine, a vertical shaft, an arm rigidly attached to said shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point, a lever pivotally supported upon the frame of said machine and operatively connected to said shaft, means to impart arocking movement to said lever, wherev by a reciprocatory movement is imparted to vertical shaft, an arm rigidly attached to said Y shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feedpoint, mechanism to'impart a reciprocatory motion to said'shaft, a slide operatively connected to'impart a rocking movement to saidv arm, a lever pivotally supported upon the frame of said machine and operatively connected to said slide and mechanism to impart a rocking movement to said lever, in

combination with a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric with said vertical shaft.

28. In a lacinghook setting machine, a vertical'shaft, anarm iigidly attached to said shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said anvil having a projection thereon constitutably attached to said lever relatively to the pivot of said lever, whereby the extent of movement of said slide may be varied, in combination with a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric withsaid vertical shaft.

29. Ina lacing hook setting machine, a vertical shaft, an armrigidly attached to said shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point, mechanism to impart-a reciprocatory motion to said shaft, a slide operatively connected to impart a rocking movement to said arm, a lever pivotally supported upon the frame of said machine, mechanism to impart a rocking movement to said lever, and a link connecting said lever to said slide, said link adjustably attached to said lever relatively to the pivot of said lever, whereby the extent of movement of said slide may be varied, in combination with a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric with saidv vertical shaft.

30. In a lacing hook setting machine, -a vertical shaft, an arm rigidly attached to said shaft, an anvil fast to said arm, said an vil having projection thereon constitutinga feed poin J, mechanism to impart a reciprocatory motion to said shaft, a slide operatively cor nected to impart a rocking movement to ssid arm, a lever pivotally sup orted upon ti e frame of said machine, mec anism to imaart a rocking movement to said lever, a liak pivoted at one end thereof to said slide and a stud to which the other end of said link is connected, said stud projecting through a curved slot provided in said lever and adapted to' be fastened to said lever, in combination with a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric with said vertical shaft.

31. In a machinefor setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a carrier adapted to receive a lacing hook, mechanism for imparting a vertical sliding reciprocatory motion thereto, mechanism for imparting a rocking movement thereto, a raceway, mechfast to saidcarrier frame, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a feed point, a die adapted to be moved upon said worksupport in a path concentric with the axis of said carrier frame, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement to said anvil carrier frame toward and away from said work-support and at right angles to said die, and mechanism to impart a horizontal rocking movement to said anvil carrier frame, whereby said feed point is adapted to perforate the upper of a boot or shoe at right angles thereto and to project into a hole provided in said die and feed said upper laterally along said work support toward said lacing hook carrier, a stop adapted to limit the movement of said die toward said lacing hook carrier, 'said feed point adapted to be moved out of alinement with said die during the latter part of its movement toward said lacing hook carrier, whereby said upper may be fed laterally along said work-support until said perforation and anvil aline with said lacing hook.

32. In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a carrier adapted to receive a lacing hook, mechanism for imparting a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement thereto, mechanism for lmparting a rocking movement thereto, a raceway,

mechanism for feeding a hook along said raceway and from said raceway onto said carrier; in combination with a work-support, a pivotally supported anvil carrier frame, an anvil fast to said carrier frame, said anvil having aprojection thereon constituting a feed point, a die adapted to be moved in a path concentric with the axis of said anvil carrier, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement to said anvil carrier frame toward and away from said work-support and at right angles to said die, mechanism to impart a horizontal rocking movement to said anvil carrier frame, a presser foot, and mechanism to move said resser foot toward and away from said Wor suppo'rt, whereby said feed point is adapted to perforate the upper of a oot or shoe at right angles thereto and feed the same laterally along said work-support until said perforation and anvil aline with said lacing hook and said upper is held clamped against said work-support during the forward lateral rocking movement of said carrier frame and anvil.

In a machine for setting lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe, a carrier adapted to receive and holda lacing hook, an anvil, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a punch and feed-point, a female die, and instrumentalities adapted to move said punch toward and into cooperation withsaid die, whereby a hole is punched through said upper, with said feed-point projecting through beneath said upper, said instrumen in the upper of a boot or shoe, a carrier adapted to receive and hold a lacing hook, an anvil, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a punch and feed oint, a die holder, a female die fast to sair. die holder and having a hole therein, instrumentalities adapted to move said punch and anvil toward and into cooperation with said die, whereby a hole is punched through said upper, said instrumentalities adapted to subse quently move said punch andanvil away from said die and into and out of alinement with a lacing hook held on said lacing hook carrier, a stop, and means to move said die holder thereagainst, whereby said upper may punched and fed and the lacing hooks clenched therein.

35. In .a lacing hook setting machine, a carrier adapted to receive and hold a lacing hook, an anvil, said anvil having a rojection thereon constituting a punch and filed point, a die having a hole therein adapted to receive said projection, mechanism to move said punch and anvil toward and away from said die, mechanism to move said punch and an vil laterally into and out of alinement with a lacing hook held on said carrier, means to move said die toward said carrier, a stop to limit the movement of said die toward said carrier, and means to move said die away from said carrier,

36. In a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in sheet material a work-support and a female die adapted to slide thereon, the upper face of said die located beneath the upper face of said worlnsupport.

37. In a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in sheet material, a work-support, a female die adapted to slide thereon, the up per face of said die located beneath the upper face of said work-support, a punch having an annular flange constituting an anvil thereon,

and mechanism to move said punch toward and away from said die.

, 38. In a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in sheet material, a work-su port, a female die ada ted to slide thereon, tlie up per face of said c ie located beneath the upper face of said worlnsupport, a punch having an annular flange constituting an anvil thereon, mechanism to move said punch toward and away from said die, and mechanism to move said punch laterally thereof.

39. In a machine for setting lacing hooks" "or the like in sheet material, a worksupport,

a female die adapted to slide thereon, t

a female die ada ted to slide thereon, the upper face of said ie located beneath the upper face of said work-support, a punch having an annular flange constituting an anvil thereon, mechanism to move said punch toward and away from said die, mechanism to movesaid punch laterally thereof, a stop, and means to move said die toward said stop. i

40. In a machine for setting 'laoinghooks or the like in sheet material, a work-su port, a female die adapted to slide thereon, tiie upper face of said die located beneath the up per face of said work-support, a holder for said die, an anvil having a projection thereon constituting a punch, a carrier frame-to which said anvil is fastened, a stop, a spring adapted to move said die holder thereagainst, mechanism to impart a vertical sliding reciprocatory movement to said anvil carrier frame, a carrier adapted to receive and hold a lacing hook, mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory movement thereto, and mechanism to move said anvil carrier frame toward and away from said lacing hook'carrier, whereby said punchv may be brought into alinement with a lacing hook held on said lacing hook carrier, said anvil carrier frame adapted to abut against said die holder and move the latter with said die away from said carrier.'

41, In a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in sheet material, a work'-support,

per face of said die located beneath the upper face of said work-support, a holder for said die, an anvil havin a projection thereon constituting a punc i, a carrier frame to which said anvil is fastened, a stop, a spring adapted to move said'die holder thereagainst, mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory movement to said anvil carrier frame, a slide, a lacing hook carrier pivoted to said slide and adapted to receive and hold a lacing hook, mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory movement to said slide, and mechanism to move said anvil carrier frame toward and away from said lacing hook careuprier, whereby said punch may be broughtinto alinement with a lacing hook held on said lacinghook carrier, sald anvil carrier frame adapted to abut against said die holder and move the latter with said die away from said carrier.

42. In a machine for settin lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or s 0e, a carrier adapted to receive and hold a lacing hook, mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion thereto, an anvil, said anvil having a projection thereon constituting a punch and feed-point, a female die, and instrumentalities adapted to move said punch toward and intov cooperation with said die, whereby a hole is punched through said upper, with said feed-point rojecting through beneath said upper, said lac \sai arrier, said instrument ada ted to metre said die and {lunch toward "ting operation and into alinement with each 10 a 'ties adapted ,other. to subsequently move said punch vertically I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set away from said :die and laterally relatively my hand in presence of two subscribing withook held on said can'ien'whereby said lacing1hook me'y be 'set in'said upper, said inv Witnesses:

to said die and into alinement with a. lacing nesses. y l

' "SYDNEY TAFT.

' strumentalitles adapted to move saidp'unch- CHARLES S. Goonme, and .die away frem'said carrier after the set- LoUIs A. JONES.