US971200A - Latch and hinged lasts. - Google Patents

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P. W. KITTLINGBR.

Patented Sept 27, m10.

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' 1s asimilar View. Jthe SJAIECEI FR HXNGED LASTS.

.pplicatioi flied @atelier le., 1908. Serial No. 522,880.

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'lle il', lmown that l, llamamos; l'ihmmm. a eitizen o? the "United States, and 'resident of Rhester. in the eouatj/ or' Monroe and State-of New York, have in- 'vent-@cl eertain new and josel'ul lmprovemeais in Latehes for llingefl'lasts, of which he fall@Whig is a SpeCiear-ion.

This invenlion relaes lo larelixee fr hmgeil laste, lle ebgeet being io produce a Simple and shea-p @oustmie/sion 'with parihealar regard. for ellieient operai-10a. Elli-- er icy is obtained in he (larme herein se forh by so planing; he acua 'mg that-iba pressure is exerfefl in direction parallel Wih the path .n which vhe lach maal', move fe' loch the las.. ariel direcilj; upon said `ach- Y In the olrawinggmkFQ" l *vertical section lihrou this nveaiiou, in the l k is a cearal, "i last embodying ocked posirion; ligf, 2 ars being unlocked; Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear 'View of he latch, :in he locleil positie-11; Fig. is a seciou ou ehe line rl-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a View similar to 3. but showin@ lh@ parte; urilie plaie e." has earreilmflol' .r. portion. and a l Z in h Saul Sloli. el upward kg. 29 he pin .7 is reed oownwarcl ariel iaetep bloei( is drawn close o the toelhe latch which coperaes with the plate to hold the last exended is a 'flat plate" elidably mounted on the .rear face of the instep block 8, A pair of screws 10, l0

exil-end through slots li, lll in he latch 9.

and serve to guide it in a Vertical path, as Well as; to holdY it up against zhe instep block. l )e laoh has,l at ils upper enel a lip l2 bent over lo form a convenient part to grasp.

gosi'ltively g Miilway between the slots ll, ll is a re ness 13. Within which lies the plate el. The

upper end 14 of this recess engages a notchn the roo of' aid plate to lock the last, and is l'ield. a sa '1.1 notch by springpressure. The springs i6. i6 that depress the latch lie directly behind the slots ll, ll in recesses 'fi'. 17, and restupon lugs 18,18, that are urnecl forward from the lower edge of the latch (Fig. rl`he upper emile of said Springs bear against the ander sides of the Screws l0, l0. a5 the springs lll. l@ are Close to and parallel 'with the lah-h 5), il is l; that their pressure is exerted. upon lai-2h mos eflieieally lo prese iii into nor-eh 3 5. Fmhermore. the latch j uclecl bj; ehe 'wo screws l()` ll). ao that it ci. ot bind or be forced out of alisien'ient with said springs.

Vlfhat l Claim .i

l. ln a last, a l1eel-par and a toe-part hizigef'l togeiher, the toapart being provided 'with a Vertical groove; a vertical plate at- .aehecl to the heel-part; and a spring-Controlled. Sliding lalch, :ineffable on the toe part in a ilirecliou parallel with the. vertical plaie io engage aucllorli it aufl having' two flowmrarillyeXlQHdhig portions embracing rile pla* suhatanially as ehown and 'LleaY alveo..

lo a last, a heel-part and a roe-part hiriffed logether9 the loe-part being provided wia a 'verieal lgroove; a verical plate atrae-hed lo he heel-parl; a sliding latch, morable on 'the toe-parl" in a (li 'eetion parallel with the verieal plaie to eng me amil loci; it, and. having a spring-Suppenmg lug on each side of said rerieal plate and compreeeible Springs located. reapeetivelj.tv between said lugs and Shoulders ou; 'said Jfoe-part; Sul

D, G-URNRE, L. THON.

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