US944239A - Insole-reinforcing machine. - Google Patents

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W.- 11. HOOPBR. "INSOLE RBIN FORGING MACHINE. v APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1908.

' Patented De0.21,1909.

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W. H. HOOPER. INSOLE REINFOROING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDJULY 10. 1908. 4

' Patentgd Dec. 21, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oF IoE.

WILLIAM H. accrue, on ynn, mnssaonusnfmaessienon 'ro enemas e. PLANT, or BOSTON, massaqnusnr'rs.

INSOLE-REIN FORCIN G MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed July 10, 1908. Serial N0. 442,911.

tion with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to machines for applying reinforcing material to the insoles of boots and shoes, and is more particularly adapted to machines of the type shown and describedin-my application for patent filed December 23, 1907, Serial Number 407,639,

' renewed April 14, 1909, Serial N 0. 489,848

although many features thereof, as'will hereinafter appear, are equally applicable to of other types.

- The machine of the type referred to comprises, in general, a lower work su portin and feeding wheel, an upper feeding an consolidating wheel between which and the lower feeding wheel the'marginal portion of the insole is received for the purpose of con- .so'lidatin or compressing the same and for feeding t hework, means for imparting to at a relatively said .wheels a in" the reinforcing'materia nto the channe formed by an upwardly and outwardly .turned channellip,

and a knife or cutter for trimming .the ulpstanding edge .of the reinforcing materia substantlally flush with the up er edge of said lip.

' Iachines of this character are usually run high rate of speed and it is therefore desirable that some means be provided to assistthe operator in guidingthe work past the tucking and cuttin tools during its relatively rapid passage t rough the machine, and also that some provislon be made for supportin the loose edge of the reinforcing materia in a suitable upright positlon for the action of the cutters, to preventthe same from falling ;backwardly, on the one hand, and so passing-under the upper feeding wheel, or from falling forwardlfv, on the other hand, and so passing cute he path of the moving cutter, an

The objects and aims of the resent --inyention :best be understoo =the simultaneous intermittentfeeding movement, a tuckmlgtool-for tuckfollowing description of one general form or embo lment-thereof taken 1n connection with the accompanying drawings; it being understood, however, that the illustrated details may be varied by those skilled in the art, and Within the true field of the invention which is definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one construction in which my invention may be embodied :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine e m pad with '7 m 1m rovements the insole w ic is shown 1 1n pos1t1on in the machine, being illustrated in section; Fig. 12 is an enlarged front elepositioning devation of the guiding and vices and associated parts; ig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section, of the tucking and cutting tools and portions of their res ective carriers; Fi 4 is an end view of t parts shown in ig. 3, viewed from the left thereof; and Fig. 5 is a plan View, partly bnoken away, of the guiding and positioning devices, illustrating the relative positions of said devices and the sole; tuckmgand trimming tools being indicated by dotted lines.

The machine frame 2; the vertically movable -work supporting sl de 3, provided with the lower work supporting and feeding wheel 5, mounted on the shaft 4, intermittently rotated by suitable connections 12, 14, 16 with the driving feeding and consolldating wheel 21, connected by suitable gearing 23 with the shaft '4, and having within its recessed face ortion the knife block carrier 31 and xed knife block 35; and the tucking tool 26 and movable knife or cutter 37, mounted respectively in - carriers 25 and 29, actuated by suitable cennections with the drivin all may be-and-preferabl-y are s'u stantiall-y asshown in my prior application he'reinbefore referred to, except '-1n.certain particulars, as will hereinafter appear.

The work .ositioning and guiding devices preferab y comprise an inner member shaft 11,

52, located adjacent the consolidating wheel 21, as shown, and which may be provided with a rearwardly extending arm or bracket 53 suitablyv secured to the machine frame 2;

member 54 secured in fixed position adjacent the tucking and cutting tools at the forward side of the latter.

The outer positioning and guiding mem- -and an outer 1 g e ag%t fli*" o'le. fter reinyiing the toe the operator if ented from t-tiiniiigthe work too far, he! 1) at the tools t'e i un inwardly and preferably enter the channel of the inhe bottom of the sole, by cont ct 0t 7 e we is i re edrtiwit. 'lpwardtly ex one 'He of-the lip with the algh tending hank 57 l'ecei d $32? liti m(iigmfiqthennimer 52. aperture in an arm 01',bi' ket" 58; s eculfec l de of the .In passing to the opposite si to or f rmed integral A .59 i1 be construction hereinffllust is formed with a slightly outwarzd l. ijl inner face 55 and Witha down dly rojecting toe 56 adapted to bear o'n them 0 d, W11 ,4 pain,v i

the v I d 7 i "at t'l'ietifne ftaklng the ve l eiwqtle e ng-at to canse -theTeut cer to propei ypesi 'e In -p (j 15 preferabl tonnedstraight pe rtion 64- andgvith. a (301W "he '9' i1 in 50 re ceii e be I J V i i I 3 f p fi j here y I it slide WOl'k I T part' 'ofthe so and around 1a e rem nding-the by (m n a gaging theend of the tucking l: 26, said nts tucking tool being longitndinally\lr novnble 65 ment w1th-the 1nner side of the lip, preve "many changes-might be ma -in suitable guideways formed in the arms I order, hgwever, to provide for better action of the parts, I have, in the present construction, provided a separate fulcrum for the lever 27, the, same being furnished by a suitable shaft or pin 73, out of alinement with the pin 24 and preferably located above the latter, as shown in Fig. 1..

\Vhile I, in order that my invention may be readily understood, have shown and described the same as embodied in a particular construction and as applied to a machine of a certain type, I wish it'to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, it bein obvious that de therein and that many features thereof might be used to equal advantage in other types of machines without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and that the iide 52'might act along the edge of the so e, the general contour of the guide and sole being so far complementary as to secure the guiding efiect describedr IVhat is claimed is 1. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking and trimming tools and means to feed successive portions of an insole to said tools, of means, other than said feeding means, engaging the lip of said insole for controlling the direction of movement of the same in its passage to said toolsz. c

2. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking and trimming tools and means to feed successive portions of an insole to said tools, of stationary means constructed and arranged to engage the lip of said insole for controlling the direction of movement thereof in its passage to said tools.

In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism for applying reinforcing material and means to feed successive portions of an insole to said mechanism, of means independent of said mechanism and constructed and arranged to engage the lip of. said insole for controlling the direction of movement thereof in its passage to said mechanism. a

4'. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism for applying reinforcing material to an insole and for trimming the same, of guiding devices, and

means for holding said guiding devices in fixed position independent of said mechanism, for engaging and maintaining said reinforcing material in proper position for the operation of said mechanism thereon.

In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism for applying reinforcing material and means to feed successive portions of an insole to said mech-' anism, of devices for holding'the reinforcin g material in proper position for the operation of said mechanism thereon and for guidingthe insole in its passage to said mechanism.

6. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism for applying reinforcing material 1nd means to feed the work. of means, located in advance of said mechanism in the direction of feed, to guide the reinforcing materiad into proper position for the operation of said mechanism thereon.

7. In an insole reinforcing machine, the' combination with mechanism for applying the reinforcing material, of a work support, an-upper feed wheel arranged to engage the upper surface of a sole on said work support,

and means for preventing the reinforcing material from. passing beneath said feed 'wheel.

8. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism for applying reinforcing material and means for feeding successive portions of an insole to said mechanism, of devices other than said feeding means, constructed to engage. the channel lip and reinforcing material at opposite sides, for guidin said insole in its passage through the machine and pre en ing the reinforcing material to said mechanism.

9. In an insole reinforcing machine. the

' combination with a tucking tool'. a trimming tool constructed and arranged to trim the reinforcing material substantially flush with the upturned edge of the channel lip, and means to feed the'work, of stationary work guiding means having provisions for turning said reinforcing material into an upright position relative to the. insole in advance of said tucking and trimmingtools for the operation of said tools thereon.

10. In an insole reinforcing machine, the

tools and means to feed the work to said tools, of a fixed guide having a curved surface shaped substantially to contact with the shank portion of an insole.

11. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking and trimming tools and means to feed the. work to said tools, of a fixed guide having an extended bearing-surface adapted to engage an insole to control the direction of feed thereof.

12. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking and trimming tools and means to feed the work to said combination with tucking and trimming.

side the hafineliip, aidguldes having I A 1211C oombm'atitm "with mechanism for applying r einforcing, material and means to feed suc-f of saidfeedin'g means;

16. In an insole'remforcing ma'hin'e the reinforcing maiteri a1 and means to fe'ed"suc- 17, 111 an insol i-e'inforciilgmachifiejth' combination withmechanism for applyiflg reinforcingmaterial and means'l'to feed suc-F cessive portions'of an insole-t0 saidv mechan-j' isim of means I to guide thdinsole 66' said mechanism' -find place the' reinforcing mamria] into thdcha'miel bf said ir'ls'o l infad- "W'ime 'ss. 1 X

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