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USRE12638E
USRE12638E US RE12638 E USRE12638 E US RE12638E
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  • Figure 1 is-a ront elevation of my im- :35 duc'edthrough th several series or pairs of proved machine for lacing shoe-uppers, the.
  • the lacing-cord is first introduced between the outer en'dsof a series oflooper-needles and the adjacent rear sidefof a corresponding series oflooper-fingersalternating therewith and having the free or 5 forward end 'of the cord retainedin a holding 7 device.
  • the said fingers are nextretracted 1 past the needles,'tliereby e'ausingthe cord'to e engaged bythe two sets of members and,
  • Fig.2 is a corresponding plan 'view.
  • Fig. 3 is a corresponding or left end view.
  • Fig. 5 is a partial transverse sectional view, in reduced scale, taken on line a: a: of
  • Fig. Tis a longitudinal sectional view of the carrier, &c., taken'su, stantially on line 7 ,7
  • Fig. 8' is, a corresponding plan viewfa portion broken away.
  • Fig. 9 is a side"elev a'ti on, in partial section, enlarged scale,
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevation of the car-' retracted-by the main feeder-needle to ⁇ lick .90.
  • front 4 is a rear or'right end a portion being broken away, the osition of the parts or eles ,of Fig.-'8, the looper needles and fingers being billgv "i showingthe cord holding and cuttingdevices,
  • FIG. v11 a'plan' view ofthe' .1 looper needles and fingers,- howing their rel tion to the cord-feeding or heedle'while the latter in it's first advance is placing-the" cord in position.
  • Fig.,12 'isfa 'view showing the fee ding needle andfingers advanced,'the cord being in zigzag or looped engagement with said members and -i n-p'osi tion .to'receive the shoeeupperl Ff 1-3 is a side elevation showing a portion -a .shoe-' upper in'the folded position preparatory to 9 being mounted on the'loopersneedles.
  • Fig. 1 a side elevation showing a portion -a .shoe-' upper in'the folded position preparatory to 9 being mounted on the'loopersneedles.
  • the feeding s 16 is a plan view of the up errepresented in;
  • FIG. 13 is a similarviewshowing' the position of the looper needies and fingere, after the upper, (not shown) has been '-needle be-l ing in its retracted or normal pos tion,
  • Fig. IS represents similar views showing a further stage or'step in'the tying process.
  • Fig. .-l 9 is a side view showing the jaws'or bills elevated prepara tory to releasing the ends of the cord from" the holders, the cord meanwhile sliding downwardl on thebills.
  • Fi'. 20 representss'side" and p an views of the bi s, .&'c., the endsof the cord having been freed from thefholde'rs completed, thework about to be released om the machine.
  • FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the thus laced portion of the upper when opened or .fiattened, out.
  • Fifl22 is an enlai'ged vertical central section 'view-showingthe construcmounte I secured to a base or sole plate a'z; I would tion'of the knotting device, -.&c and the manner of operating the samez;
  • Fig. '23 is a.
  • Fig. 24 is a similar view showing it in a changed sition, and Fi 25'isa'. side elevationshowmg a detail oft e carrier-plate c onnection.
  • a suitable friction clutch, as b, is also mounted cis' another gear c':, (the icy. e clutch mayhave a peripheral lug ed to hej'e a'ed .b a m'ovable tracted to their limlt' and the looper needles, mg ng g y jspringpressed dog I), capable of; being swung Qinto'and out of action mechanically or by atreadle or other manually controlled connec v [tion b or both. I-ntcrgearing' with said gear atte'ras drawn hemg,
  • a cam having a notchfor' depression a therein adapted to re.-;' ceive an extensionb' of-said dog'b'.
  • the arrangement constitutes an automaticstop-motion dev1ce that w to; say while the member b is engagement wit the concentric. portion of thesaid' cam 'thefdog is kep tdisengaged from thelu b of the clutch, the latter beingdriven' b is re- 15 .volvi'ngjpulley; butwhen .the notch a ar- 'rives o posite the'jdog the partlb thereof will swingt erein thereby lacing the other part,
  • This carrier has a'number or series of loopern'eedles' c adjustably mounted therein.
  • .It also carries a plate B, capable. of independent movement. Said plate has a number of looper-fin'gersv f iadjustably mounted therein, alternating' with; the neerier is jointed toa linke", in turn jointed to a bell-crank lever c fulcrurned on a" stationary shaft or rod 0.
  • .-c has a truck-roll d, in engafgementwith a suitable c am-shaped groove ormed in the face of the cam-dihk D; secured tothe drivin -sl 1'aft a. (See Fi 5.)
  • the function of t is .cam is to .quick y elevate and depress the carrier. The latter has a air of laterally-separated 'rearwai'dlyexten ing slotted arms 0? c slidably mounted on the shaft of.
  • One ofv the'arms, c1 has'a truck-.rollcmounted in a cam-shaped oove formed in the face of the cam-disk E, a so'secured to the driving-shaft.
  • This cam is employed to reciprocate the carrienthereb'y ad:
  • vancing and -retractl 1g The said plate'B. is sh ably fitt to the car the loo er-needles ing-shaft.
  • Fig.- 25 shows the; supportingarm also shows thecam-groove on the face of the which the roller d'of said armactsj
  • the loo er-needles- -e "are, mounted to I turn axially an -simultaneou:livsay about-ninety degrees'in holders 0, justably'secure'd to. the carrier.- ,(See Figs.- .7, &c.) maintain the holdersi'n' position.
  • the front or free endf eachneedle has an Screws e open transversegroove e'iladapted-to'receive the lacing-cord 'v.
  • The-s ank'ofthe needles is cut away or flattened at'a chit-contiguous to the hook or groove, as in, cated "at e, the
  • each needle has. a sho'rtacrank a in engagement with'a 111011 1781 bar" g.
  • This longitudinal slot or groove 'ggrormed in the vertically-movable o bar is supported at each endby a bell-crank lever g, 'ured to a rocker-shaft 9?, as clearly shown.
  • the other arm of each lever 9' extends upwardlythrough a corresponding V elongated opening 9,
  • Front and rear gage-bars g are ad ustabIy ,.t0 the top of the p ate by means of screws 91-. These bars are positioned with respect'to the levers q so as to engage and in.
  • e carrieriitself' is 1* the back of v the termittingly vibrate the latter during the endwise movement ofthe plate B, thereby imparting movement to the-bar g torock the needles e.
  • I g J are each held in a clamping evicef', adjustably secured in a slottedopening j, formed in the front per- I tion'of the late B.
  • the fingers are or may cured ina movable holder h.
  • Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent the extreme ositions of the looper needles and fingers,v he latter, however, have a greater movement than the needles.
  • the main or cord-feeding needle h is se-s Said needle is moves in an endw'ise direction a horizontal plane.
  • the needle has its eye in the pointed or front-end, the shank being cut away 'at h" at a point contiguous to and at the rear of the eye ion.
  • the machine is adapted-to frictionally hold 1 the lacing-cord durmg certain parts of the needlesf mjovem'ent.- "This result'is' effected by, as drawn,-
  • the last-named lever extends in front of the-- cam ,G and is, intermittingl actuated by means of a dog or pin 7c, fix'e in the outer or rear end of said cam, or, in other words,- the dog strikes the ta ilpet or lever, thereb quickly depressing t returning the levers'to the normal positio and ainsta'stop k as shown.
  • e camebar a spring 'lzc t efront end of the machine are located I the devices for holding, severing, and tying the lacing-cord.
  • v means are imore clearly illustrated,ifin enlarged scale, in' 9, 10, 22,.and 23;.and'also indicated 1, 2, and 3; Said devices are mounted in an extension or bracket.
  • a ofthe corresgpnding side-frame a. .Tothe lowqlendof the racket sarcasm W in front of said member 0 and arranged .with
  • a removable ca e upper 'or normally open late a is secured to the frontface o'f t e racketto hold the several movable v arts in place.
  • a thin swingi finger 03 In the lower end portion of t 'e front l clamping-jaw 0 is mounted a thin swingi finger 03,, its bottom end being bent or shapgd so thatwhen in use it will extend in front of the cord.
  • A, light spring 0 maintains the finger in yield-' ing engagement with the artition;
  • the isk 11 has three suitably; shapedand positioned camsp'. p p on its under side adapted when the disk is revolved tesuccesslvelyengage and depress the said members o, 0 and n, respectively; (See Fig. '9.)
  • knotting or cord-tying device a to sleeve or thim le 'lar' itself; be'
  • the 'arrangement j ust 'de scribed-theme bers s a are capable of being moved up and down independently or unison, as determined by the form' .of the' actuating-cams.
  • the 'aw membersf also revolveconcurrently wit the gear r and the cam-disk that is, 'the latter are 'ven a; reciprocating rotarymotion as contro ed by the shape ,of' the continuous cam-groove H.
  • the driving-s aft is adapted to revolve in one direction only, --its'movements, how? ever, being intermittent by reason'rof interroved ,T e .nlanner of operation of my umv formed in the eri hery of the revolving cam I the said bracket a of theframe a, substan-.
  • cam Gr cam Gr, Fig. 2,.whichby means o'fthe mechanism ,connected therewith quick] advances'the cord-carrying needle h throug the eyes pf the tw'ohfixed guidesh h to.
  • the machine automatically stops.
  • the operator next takesa folded u per a, Fig. 13, and simultaneously presses t e eyeleted portion u onto the shanks of the several needles, the cordstill being retained in them.
  • the carrier and the work thereon are raised to the ori 'nal position and the cord-feeding needle again advanced to its limit, its action being to pass endwise between the flatcated in Fig. 14.
  • toned portions 2 of the looper-needles (the latter then being stationary) and the upper part of the semiloops formed by them and extending in front of the'upper 'u, as indi- While the needle h is in this advanced position the-moving disk 1) causes the cam p thereof, Fig. 9, to engage the n per end of the second clamping-.jaw
  • the lower or pointed end of the descending finger 0 will enter the recess 71/ of .the thenstationa'ry needle h and deflect from the needle and onto.
  • the needle -h is next retracted. During; the initial part of this movement-say'about one inchthe pin it.
  • a series'of movable loo er-needles a corresponding series of mova 1e loo r-fingers alternating with said needles a apted to receiveand su' port'a 'lacing-cord, means for actuating sai needlesand fingers endwise in opposite directions to" transform the cord into a series of connected zigzag s, and means for nserting a portion of t ecord.
  • a movable carrier a series of movable looper-- needles mounted in the carrier capable ofsu porting the lacing-cord a seriesiof mov-.
  • a gripping device me'ans end of a lacing-cord for introducing thefree 10 therein, a pluralityjof [hopes-needles and another, means for ing in it a seriesofrconnectedloops, holding or grip ing device, means for'feeding fee ing a lacing-cordi-andr.
  • lacing "it in posi tion with respect. tozsaidf needles'and fingers, means' ⁇ or actuating" theeneedl'e and-fin ermembers to engage the cord. and ,o rm in it 'a' series of connected vloops, means ,for- Ieeding another portion the" cord "through said loops after the eyeletedholea-of a,- have been pierced by saidfneedlesyrneail's for severing the cord from the source-of 'and means for releasingmachine.
  • a movable needle-carrying older for feeding the lacing-cord to said gripping means
  • a normally open tension device for the cord movable with said holder
  • means for severing the cord and means for tying the ends of the latter together.
  • lo0perneedles and'finf gers means forsevering the cord beiore itisrev aandfi em a'ctuating. said needles. -and fingers for 'engaging-thecordand form? a second i.
  • a series of looper'needles arranged to pass a series of loops orrned from a'continu ous cord "through the eyelet holes of a shoe upper to artially form alacing, means for a, ocking cord through said loops to complete the lacing, arid means whereby the lacing is secured at the oints required to leave in the lacinga su cient amount of. slack to emit the upper to be properly fitted tot elast, r I
  • a series oflooperneedles arranged-to pass a series of loops formed from a continuous cord throu" h the eyelet holes of a shoe upper to artia y form a lacing, means for passing a ocking cord through said loops to complete the lasing, means for providing slac in the lacing, andmeans for securing the lacing while suflicientl slack remains therein to permit thelaced ortionof the upper to be properl fitted to t e.
  • a machine of the character deeyelet-holes of a shoe upper means for ass-s. mg a portionof said cor I throu h said; oops 1-0 forrnfa cord, means or providing sl'ackin 'sa1d-.cor u,'- and :means for securing 7 said cordfwhile sufficient slack remains pwa p n t properly fitted'tothe ast. 18
  • va plurality of looper needles constructed and'arran'ged to simultaneously enm and locate a plurality of pairs of eyelet ol es of ia'slioe upper, and to pass through the same a series of-loops to partlally fgnn;

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REISSUED APR. 2s, 1.907.
w. A. SMITH. v MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY LACING snos UPPBRS.
APPLICATION FILED MAY 10,1905.
8 SHEETS-SHEET 1.
REISSUED APR. '23, 1907.
' No, 12,638r
v v. A. SMITH. MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY LACING SHOE UPPERS'.
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APPLICATION FILED KAY 10,1905.
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.No. 12,638.: REISSUBD APR. 28, 1907. w. A. SMITH.
MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAGING SHOB UPPERS.
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APPLIOATIOF FILED KAI 10, 1905.
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r g? v WWMAK ation of lacing PATENT OFFICE.
WILLARD A. SMITH, '.OF MnLRosn MAssAcHUsETTaAssmNoR; BY MESNE' 'ASSIGNMENTS, rojU-Nrrnnsnon MACHINERY COMPANY, or PATER- .soN. NEW JERSEYi-A cORPORATION. OF NEW-JERSEY.
mg'cums Foa AU OMATICA LY. LAICI'NHG- SHOEEUPPERS.
8o, mess. Specification of 'neisbued Letters raga. ms-a April 23, 1907. Original No. 779,008, datqd muma'ieos. ap mnon'ar'i nuqmm l q-1o. .1905. am no. 260,839.
then extend- To all whom it may concern; iwith'the cord-'supported'therein,
A connected Be it.known that I, Winnie A. Stn'rii, of" ing in front throughthe upper. Melros'e; in the county of vMiddlesex and State .of Massachusetts, have invented certain new. and useful Im rovements' in Machines for Automatically acin'g Shoe-Uppers, offwhich the following is a spe'cification.
In a patent'of the United States granted to e October 6, 1903, No. 740,938, are'sho'wn' and described new and improved means for porarily lacingor securing together the two eyeleted portions or quarters of shoe-uppers. -.pre aratory to lasting them.- j 1 f y invention herewith relates to an imroved machine or mechanism for automatcally lacing shoe-u pers, the machine being, [more particularly esigned and adapted to perform the lacing operation referred to in said paten T that end my present invention consists, essentially, of an organized machine having a reciprocating cord-c arty-- ingneedle 'intermittingly-movable. blooper needles and fingers for simultaneousl forming the cord into 100 s, devices for olding and severing the cor and means for t mg the severed ends of the cord together an releasing the work ortemporarily-laced. shoe-, upper from the machine', all as hereinafter set forth and claimed. v
. Heretofore, so far as I amiaware, the;oper
through saidfloops or bends in front of the up-. *per, followed b clamping the cord and severing-'it from 't e spool or source of an ply, the free end of the latter. meanwhile eing originalor normal stationary position. looper needles'and fingers; are next actuated, thereby stripping the upper from them. At
substant ally the same instant the knot-tyin'g device isbrought into action, the result the cord together, immedia'tel th'enow laced '11 per is release chine followed initial loops,
after which from the ma- I at which instant the machine automatical stops, thus completing the op.-. eration. heupper thus operated upon now possesses a number'or series of interconnected loops formed-in a corresponding series of 'pairs of its eyelets, the-length of the loops thus formed being such as to permit the-two parts or quarters of the upp parallel or normal, the knot in the cord at the same time serving to keep the adjacent parts of the upper in the proper relation during the 1 subsequent operation oflasting and bottomlasting and bottoming't ,emlhas ee'n a com- 'ing. p
aratively s'low'process, ievengwhen it is per- Inthe accom'p n ing eightsheets of drawormedmechanically,since'the cord is introings, Figure 1 is-a ront elevation of my im- :35 duc'edthrough th several series or pairs of proved machine for lacing shoe-uppers, the.
- eyelets" s'uccessively,.-=the shoe-upper mean- ;while being internnttinglyfed ahead to regisfterwith' the loop 'or stitchvforming mechan- By'mean's of my invention the lacing-cord is first introduced between the outer en'dsof a series oflooper-needles and the adjacent rear sidefof a corresponding series oflooper-fingersalternating therewith and having the free or 5 forward end 'of the cord retainedin a holding 7 device. The said fingers are nextretracted 1 past the needles,'tliereby e'ausingthe cord'to e engaged bythe two sets of members and,
' converting itmto a connected ofzigzag I 50 initiall op .or'bends." The attendant negrt plecesihe eh spp r i pe tion'md P e the e eleted p'ortio'n thereof onto the OQPITOH pon" I lao'per-needles, the latter, together parts being represented in thenormal stationary position. Fig.2 is a corresponding plan 'view. Fig. 3 is a corresponding or left end view. Fig. view. Fig. 5 is a partial transverse sectional view, in reduced scale, taken on line a: a: of
rier, &c.., in enlarged scale,
ments c'o'rrespon with Figs l' an'd -2. Fig. Tis a longitudinal sectional view of the carrier, &c., taken'su, stantially on line 7 ,7
separa-ted'or in-position to receive. the cordfeeding needle between them. Fig, 8'; is, a corresponding plan viewfa portion broken away. Fig. 9 is a side"elev a'ti on, in partial section, enlarged scale,
portion of the cord ,is-i then fed endwise.
being toI'tie-the two-adjacent end portions of y forming another seriesof er to be flattened out or pro erly fitted to the last, the central edges of t 0 upper then being substantially- Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the car-' retracted-by the main feeder-needle to {lick .90. front 4 is a rear or'right end a portion being broken away, the osition of the parts or eles ,of Fig.-'8, the looper needles and fingers being billgv "i showingthe cord holding and cuttingdevices,
broken away. Fig. v11 a'plan' view ofthe' .1 looper needles and fingers,- howing their rel tion to the cord-feeding or heedle'while the latter in it's first advance is placing-the" cord in position. Fig.,12 'isfa 'view showing the fee ding needle andfingers advanced,'the cord being in zigzag or looped engagement with said members and -i n-p'osi tion .to'receive the shoeeupperl Ff 1-3 is a side elevation showing a portion -a .shoe-' upper in'the folded position preparatory to 9 being mounted on the'loopersneedles. Fig. 1
14 is a view similarto Fig, 12,, but indicating the upper mounted on the needles,-:the feed-" ing-needle having again advanced and in serted anotherp'ortion of, the cord f through stripped T therefrom, the feeding s 16 is a plan view of the up errepresented in;
Fig. 13, but showing in a dition thelacing-i cord looped through the eylets "and ejorre-iv and the knot practical] the looped ends supported in the looper needles. Fig. 15 is a similarviewshowing' the position of the looper needies and fingere, after the upper, (not shown) has been '-needle be-l ing in its retracted or normal pos tion,
sponding with the upper when discharged-l. from the-needles. j and plan views of the, tyi or knotting d'evice,-the ositioncorrespondin'g with that immediate y following the liberation of; theup'per from theLneedles. Fig. ISrepresents similar views showing a further stage or'step in'the tying process. Fig. .-l 9 is a side view showing the jaws'or bills elevated prepara tory to releasing the ends of the cord from" the holders, the cord meanwhile sliding downwardl on thebills. Fi'. 20 ;represents'side" and p an views of the bi s, .&'c., the endsof the cord having been freed from thefholde'rs completed, thework about to be released om the machine.
.Fig. 21 is a plan view showing the thus laced portion of the upper when opened or .fiattened, out. Fifl22 is an enlai'ged vertical central section 'view-showingthe construcmounte I secured to a base or sole plate a'z; I would tion'of the knotting device, -.&c and the manner of operating the samez; Fig. '23 is a.
horizontalsection taken on line a: a: of Fig.
22, showing the gimbal-joint: Fig. 24 is a similar view showing it in a changed sition, and Fi 25'isa'. side elevationshowmg a detail oft e carrier-plate c onnection.
The following is a detailed description of 'my improved self-contained-machine A for lacing shoe-u pers'.i Y
' The severa novel devices or elements constitut' the invention are supported or in the two side frames 0 a in turn state that in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, themachine is represented as being substantially Fig.- l7 represents sidei isor may be operated by-a continu- 10 1s a 'correspondmgfront-vlew,
ously-rev'olv-in' helt dr1ven pulley (1.,lo'osely -mounted 'on-t eshort stud or shaft a! A suitable friction clutch, as b, isalso mounted cis' another gear c':, (the icy. e clutch mayhave a peripheral lug ed to hej'e a'ed .b a m'ovable tracted to their limlt' and the looper needles, mg ng g y jspringpressed dog I), capable of; being swung Qinto'and out of action mechanically or by atreadle or other manually controlled connec v [tion b or both. I-ntcrgearing' with said gear atte'ras drawn hemg,
'say,'doubl ethe diameter of-the drivin -gear,')'
secured-to the main shaft a; To t e last-f named shaft may be secured a cam having a notchfor' depression a therein adapted to re.-;' ceive an extensionb' of-said dog'b'. thus constructed the arrangement constitutes an automaticstop-motion dev1ce that w to; say while the member b is engagement wit the concentric. portion of thesaid' cam 'thefdog is kep tdisengaged from thelu b of the clutch, the latter beingdriven' b is re- 15 .volvi'ngjpulley; butwhen .the notch a ar- 'rives o posite the'jdog the partlb thereof will swingt erein thereby lacing the other part,
6?, in the pat of the e ut'ch; the, forcible engagement of. the lug 'b" with the then stationdog' operating to arrest the 'clutchs movement and disconnect it from the pulley,
'thereli, stopping the machine at each revolution-:0 the mainshaft. (See Fig. 3.) I
in'the normal or stationary position. The
mechanism,
make no claim to automatic stop is type may 1 vBetween the side frames orally-guided member 0, which '1 term a ".ean'ier,- adaptedvto-beactuated in an'intermittent manner by mechanism about to be described. This carrier has a'number or series of loopern'eedles' c adjustably mounted therein. .It also carries a plate B, capable. of independent movement. Said plate has a number of looper-fin'gersv f iadjustably mounted therein, alternating' with; the neerier is jointed toa linke", in turn jointed to a bell-crank lever c fulcrurned on a" stationary shaft or rod 0.
'lhe upper 01' free end of the.
other of said"lever..-c has a truck-roll d, in engafgementwith a suitable c am-shaped groove ormed in the face of the cam-dihk D; secured tothe drivin -sl 1'aft a. (See Fi 5.) The function of t is .cam is to .quick y elevate and depress the carrier. The latter has a air of laterally-separated 'rearwai'dlyexten ing slotted arms 0? c slidably mounted on the shaft of. One ofv the'arms, c1, has'a truck-.rollcmounted in a cam-shaped oove formed in the face of the cam-disk E, a so'secured to the driving-shaft. This cam is employed to reciprocate the carrienthereb'y ad:
vancing and -retractl 1g The said plate'B. is sh ably fitt to the car the loo er-needles ing-shaft.
rier and secured toan d -,fthe latter being mounted. or fulcrum'edon ,thel' flvi Saidarm is provided with -a .slidably truck-roll d, workingi-iinja-"cani-groove formed in the face of the-cam disk-fi-secured to the driving-shaft, the: construction being such that the plate is capable of independent secured "d of said plate and l --The loo erersf movement evenwhile t action. Fig.- 25 shows the; supportingarm also shows thecam-groove on the face of the which the roller d'of said armactsj The loo er-needles- -e "are, mounted to I turn axially an -simultaneou:livsay about-ninety degrees'in holders 0, justably'secure'd to. the carrier.- ,(See Figs.- .7, &c.) maintain the holdersi'n' position. The front or free endf eachneedle has an Screws e open transversegroove e'iladapted-to'receive the lacing-cord 'v. The-s ank'ofthe needles is cut away or flattened at'a chit-contiguous to the hook or groove, as in, cated "at e, the
plane of the latter being at ,ri ht angles'tol said groove The rear end -0 each needle has. a sho'rtacrank a in engagement with'a 111011 1781 bar" g. This longitudinal slot or groove 'ggrormed in the vertically-movable o bar is supported at each endby a bell-crank lever g, 'ured to a rocker-shaft 9?, as clearly shown. The other arm of each lever 9' extends upwardlythrough a corresponding V elongated opening 9,
formed in said plate B. Front and rear gage-bars g are ad ustabIy ,.t0 the top of the p ate by means of screws 91-. These bars are positioned with respect'to the levers q so as to engage and in.
e carrieriitself' is 1* the back of v the termittingly vibrate the latter during the endwise movement ofthe plate B, thereby imparting movement to the-bar g torock the needles e. I g J are each held in a clamping evicef', adjustably secured in a slottedopening j, formed in the front per- I tion'of the late B. The fingers are or may cured ina movable holder h.
located at the front side of the machine and be made 0- wire and arranged to alternate with said needles. The front or outer end portion of each finger is bent downwardly and provided with a shoulderf. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent the extreme ositions of the looper needles and fingers,v he latter, however, have a greater movement than the needles.
The main or cord-feeding needle h is se-s Said needle is moves in an endw'ise direction a horizontal plane. The needle has its eye in the pointed or front-end, the shank being cut away 'at h" at a point contiguous to and at the rear of the eye ion. Afixed downwardly extendin'g gui e h, having an enlarged eye h in alin'ement with the needle, is located at the right of the carrier, a corres igpzdin or front guide A located-at'the I "SeeFi .11 11,
guide members iceiyfihh ing-cordand hold itl'oosely in position to be aetedfiu ,onbl the intermediate looper fin-' .g rs -'n6ed es'; as herein later described. J h ne le-h iso de frameisfas 't'ened an elongated casting '1 P, forming ways; 1
the needle-holder h reciproeates,
-'- in which n n'1'otion bein imparted thereto by means of a barrel-cam secured to the rear; end; of the Ashaft a. A-swinging'leveri, having vaneri 'in engagementwith said ca rn-is piv- 'oted to frame.- 1e v'er fiisa toothed segment meshing" into a I pe'rated 'as' follows To the upper part of therig'ht-hand si The other-end, a the small ear/i, secured to 1a short vertical revo-- l l S aft.1i carrying;alargergeardfl m e se ent with a toot jholder h; (See be apparent that t path t of; .the properly shaped revolving-cam groove imglar'ts a corresponding movement' to thence e h.
The machine is adapted-to frictionally hold 1 the lacing-cord durmg certain parts of the needlesf mjovem'ent.- "This result'is' effected by, as drawn,-
means of a bent arm k, ivoted to the holder" ht The 'upper end 0 arm carries a loosely-turning roll'k, the op os'ite end'oifi jaw portion beingadapted w en injuse. to
cent faceof the holder, (see Figs. l aridl4',
spring'k or-other analogous means. serving to keep the 5 aw normally open, thus relaxing the tension upon the cord; Atthe top of the provided with a; device edrackft, secured to; ripper portion or head of the i Zandki.) Thus-it will e levert traveling; in the a 9-5 temp'orarily'hold the co rd against the edge- I ways It is located apivot'all mounted lever k, having its front portionfe ongated, and extending over the ways toform a cam vor contact bar 7c,-'adapted-when'depressedto be i'n,-
terposed between the-ways and-roll kf, the
arrangement being such. that the' needle.
holder in lts rearward moveinenteauses the troll to ride upon the bar is, thereby at the same instantclosirig the jaw or 'leverikufrica tionally against the adacent surf'acbi bf'the holder and the cord.
4) is jointed to another two-arm lever, 16,- pivoted tothe side frame; The free end oi he lever k (see Fig,
the last-named lever extends in front of the-- cam ,G and is, intermittingl actuated by means of a dog or pin 7c, fix'e in the outer or rear end of said cam, or, in other words,- the dog strikes the ta ilpet or lever, thereb quickly depressing t returning the levers'to the normal positio and ainsta'stop k as shown.
At h
e camebar, a spring 'lzc t efront end of the machine are located I the devices for holding, severing, and tying the lacing-cord. These v means are imore clearly illustrated,ifin enlarged scale, in' 9, 10, 22,.and 23;.and'also indicated 1, 2, and 3; Said devices are mounted in an extension or bracket. a, ofthe corresgpnding side-frame a. .Tothe lowqlendof the racket sarcasm W in front of said member 0 and arranged .with
respect to, the other or front groove, mF, per:
forms alike office for therear end ofthe-cord' after thelatter has been su'itabl introduced. by the feeding-needle h. Suita ly-attached springs 6' are emp1loyedto return'the saidmembers 0 0 to t position. g g A thin flat knife orcutter nf is secured to. a Y vertically movable plunger n and also mounted in the bracket 11. Said plunger is located parallel with and in front of the said clam ing-members. A spring 0, attached to the member, it, maintains the latter in the normallyelevated position; A removable ca e upper 'or normally open late a is secured to the frontface o'f t e racketto hold the several movable v arts in place. In the lower end portion of t 'e front l clamping-jaw 0 is mounted a thin swingi finger 03,, its bottom end being bent or shapgd so thatwhen in use it will extend in front of the cord. Its upper end when in the normal positionenters an opening 0, formed in a thin stationary partition 0 interposed betweenthe adjacent faces of the two members; 0 03 5s clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10'. A, light spring 0 maintains the finger in yield-' ing engagement with the artition; I
' The front edge of the oot-plate mis'provided with vertical notches or recesses m m,
the 'former, m being adaptedto freely receive the lower portion of saidfinger'b", the other, m,l. serving a similar' purp'ose for the knifen. The following describes the mechanism for actuating the cord clamping and severing devices: A horizontal disk or member p, hav
ing a vertically-arranged hollow shaft or hub" p on its under side, is revolubly"mounted in 'tially asre resented inenlarged scale in 22. The isk 11 has three suitably; shapedand positioned camsp'. p p on its under side adapted when the disk is revolved tesuccesslvelyengage and depress the said members o, 0 and n, respectively; (See Fig. '9.)
' The disk is rotated by means of a'small s urgear '1', securedto or integral with the isk, which in turn receives motion from a suitable The barrel-cam H; secured to thev driving shaftd, through the medium of a pivoted lever 1'', one end of which engages the earn, the other end, r, being ,segment-shapedfand provided with gear-teeth in engagement with saidgear 1. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)
knotting or cord-tying device, a to sleeve or thim le 'lar' itself; be'
"arrow, direction movement 'of" met \'vhich,- however,-l fm he no broad claim, corn rises two vertica ly movable andrevolube suitably-shaped coasting bills or between'the" cord clam ing and cutting' devices and the forwar stationary needle- .jaws s 8 located below the bracket a and guide If. The upper bills has a hollow shaft a suitable orgimbal joint 8 to apivoted twoarm rocker-lever s, the'rear arm s -of the latter beingyin engagement, say, with a suitably- .sha ed'carn-groove'l, formed in the front end 7 of t e' cammember The lower bill s. is *securedjto or integral with a shaft 8 ,1116
sameextending upwardly through and above the shaft or shank 8?, and is connected by a 'gimbal-joint a to a pivoted two-arm lever s, its-opposite or rear end being adapted to engage a suitable cam groove K formed in the rear. end f said cam member H. (See Fig. 2;.&c. hesaid'join't or connection a" and- 24,; wherein a L isfadjustably secured to the'sha 8{a dh slidably tted 's'itely-dis'po'se ,hpivot pins fr screws p", mounted inthe oked end of'said lever s. Ima further. jdithatthe ub 'p of thecamdisk as-a vgticlal, slot formed in its'walls, through w "ch, exten fast in the central: shaft 8', and at'the same ,is-m'ore clearl represented in Fi s. 22, 23v,
periphera y-grooved avinganopen collar p 'said groove'd'part, the'col "in :tum supported by'oppo-' s" a feather-key pi,
time extending throu h a slotted opening 11", formedin the wal set the surrounding shaft 8; assho in 22.
By 1means o the 'arrangement j ust 'de scribed-theme bers s a are capable of being moved up and down independently or unison, as determined by the form' .of the' actuating-cams. The 'aw membersfalso revolveconcurrently wit the gear r and the cam-disk that is, 'the latter are 'ven a; reciprocating rotarymotion as contro ed by the shape ,of' the continuous cam-groove H. The driving-s aft is adapted to revolve in one direction only, --its'movements, how? ever, being intermittent by reason'rof interroved ,T e .nlanner of operation of my umv formed in the eri hery of the revolving cam I the said bracket a of theframe a, substan-.
.p'osed friction clutch mechanism SllbStflI1-: tiall as hereinbefore described.
1'2 'o at'the several'jdevices and limit, the needle-at, the .same time passing- I01 front end of the looper-nee les e.. Mean while-the rotation-of cam Hwill (by means.
ing the carrier from the osaan shown in Fig'. 6 tothat shownin ig. 7},and at the same'time advances the late :B and its .looper fingers, instantly ollowed by :the
action of cam Gr, Fig. 2,.whichby means o'fthe mechanism ,connected therewith quick] advances'the cord-carrying needle h throug the eyes pf the tw'ohfixed guidesh h to. its
between 'the'rear of the fin ers f and the of lever 1', its gearing, &c.,) have rotated the 'cam-disk p-a short distance, therebycausing its cam p to -engage and quickly depress theinitial 0 amping-jawo. ontothe free end of the lacing-cord 1:, then lying 'On-the foot plate m; Fig. 11 indicates the corresponding relation of the needles, &c. The cam G, &c. next quicklyretracts the needle htoits limit .or original position. "The cam E now opera vancing the can'ierQ thereb causin the open ates to force the looper-needles ahead by adgrooves or notches e to simu taneous yengage with and receive ftherein', the standin cord. At'substantially the same instant the To fingers areretracted' to theirlimit, the ga e-. I bar 9, securedto plate B,.then engaging t e ends of "the .two levers 9, extending through the slots g, thereby vibrating the levers and lifting the bar g, the result-beingto simultaneouslyturnthe needles e axial y ninety degrees, the flattened portions 0 then being up.-
portions of thecordheldtherein from a horizontal plane to-{a vertical one thus producing .feedin -needle h. At
semiloops for the passage therethrough of the t] 's point thecarrier is at its owest position, ready to receive the upper on the cord-supporting needles 'e. At
this instant, too, the machine automatically stops. The operator next takesa folded u per a, Fig. 13, and simultaneously presses t e eyeleted portion u onto the shanks of the several needles, the cordstill being retained in them. Now upon starting the machine the carrier and the work thereon are raised to the ori 'nal position and the cord-feeding needle again advanced to its limit, its action being to pass endwise between the flatcated in Fig. 14.
toned portions 2 of the looper-needles (the latter then being stationary) and the upper part of the semiloops formed by them and extending in front of the'upper 'u, as indi- While the needle h is in this advanced position the-moving disk 1) causes the cam p thereof, Fig. 9, to engage the n per end of the second clamping-.jaw
0? an press it downwardly against the corthe cord awai It will suit being to respondin part of the cord then lying u on the foot-p ate. Immediately preceding t s,
however, the lower or pointed end of the descending finger 0 will enter the recess 71/ of .the thenstationa'ry needle h and deflect from the needle and onto. the plate m,t e swinging movement of the finger'bein'g effected as its upper end passes from the-opening 0 and bears against'the face of the partition 0?, the lower end meanwhile entering the notch m? of the foot-plate- Thus far the knotting-jaws have remained closed, but fully depressed, although revolving with the'disk p. The needle -h is next retracted. During; the initial part of this movement-say'about one inchthe pin it.
of the revolving cam .G, Fig. 4, will engage lever k thereby through; the connected .mechanism temporarily swinging the contact-bark downwardly into t path of the .rolllk of the tensiori-armk, vso that as the latter moves re'arwardlyin unison with the needle-holder the said roll will engage the front end of the bar 70, and rideupon it, thus imparting additional tensionto the cord.in fact, making it for the time being quite taut such tension bein maintained until theretreatingfneedleho der carries the roll from --"t he'rear end of the bar or track, at which instantthe springs k andlc" automatically re- .turnthe bar, &c., to the normal position again. While the cord is under tension, as
just stated, thedisk p is-further rotated,
thereby causing the innermost cam 10 thereof toenga e a horizontal swinging dog w, having-its ee' end .w-- jointed to the upper endof the vertical knife-carrying plunger 1t, the reuickly depress the knife '11,- against the cor and sever it,-'the-knife.passv ing intothe noteh m of the foot-plate; The
needle-h continues its rearward movement to the normal position and stops. The action of cam I, levers s 8 &c., now elevates andfurther rotates the tyin or knottin jaws s .8, the bills still being c osed. At t e same- ;time the now threaded work or upper'is automatically stripped or dischar ed from the looper needles and fingers, this atter operationbeing effected by retracting the needles and advancing the 1 fingers. (See Fig. 15.) The WOIk'thUS loopedor' threaded is still re tained by the two endsof the cord, which extend through the front guide h and being held .by'the clamping-jaws 0. 0". the "looped up er, the mechanism being Fig. 16 shows omitted. The her ro'tation of the tyingjaws carries them to the rear position, at which time the lower member 8- 1S depressed through the medium of carnK, lever s, &c..
thereby opening the jaws The latter while open are next'further rotated and dro ped ZIO- to the normal position, the two stran s or parts of the cord then being looped around.
the shank and extending between the open jaws. (See Fig. 17.) The latter are next closed elevating the lower member, there by clam ing or pmc them. the rotation of the disk 11 and its cams releases the nippers or clamping-jaws o the respective s ringso returning them to the original or e evated position, and thus freeing the cord. The direction of rotation of the disk 1) and the now closed bills is next reversed, the latter at the same time being I the cord between again elevated, (see Fi 19,) thereby causin the cord'looped aroun the lower portion 0 the outer shank s to slide downwardlytherefrom and'onto the heel of the jaws. The
continued rotationof'the cams, &c. depresses the jaws below the eye of the front guide It,
thus insuring that the looped portion. of thecord slips upwardly from the exterior of the closed aws and around the portion of the cord he d between them, thereb practically completin the knot. (See i may be a ded that the we" ht dl'the work itself materially assists in't e operation of withdrawing the loop and contracting it to form a closed knot v. The final movement of the disk, &c., opens the jaws of the knot ter and releases the ends of the cord, at which instant the now fullylacedand tied upper falls from the machine, thus complet-. A further slight rotation ing theoperation. of the driving-shaft returns the several devices to the original or normal position, (re resentedin Figs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, &c.,) the dog% dropping into the cam-notch (Wand at the.
same time placing'the other member, b, in
. position to be engaged by the lug b of the sitioning of the parts, as well as the timing of f 5,
7 that the work is accomplished with grea fa- I cilit'y and eflicienc-y, the time consumed durs each lacing operation only a few 'clutch, thereby automatically stopping the them with res ct to one another, are such seconds.
exact construction of the instrumentalities or devices as illustrated in the drawings, as. other or analogous-means may be em oyed withput departingfrom the spirit of he invention. I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by United States Letters Patentf 1. In a machine for lacing and tying together the eyeletedparts or quarters of shoeunpers preparatory to lasting" and bottoming See Fig. 18.) t about this instant I do not desire to limit invention to the l them, a (plurality of movably-mounted loo r-nee es and looper-fingers, means for fee in thelacing-cord and engaging the same said needles and fin ers to form a series 0 connected loops, .mec anism for 1ntroducing a ortion of the cord through said loops after t 1e shoe-upper has been mountedon 'said cord-supporting needles, means 'for severing the cord fromthe source of supply,'
means for stripping the thus-laced up r from the needles, and mechanism for tyiiii the ends of thecord together before the wor is released from the machine.
- 2. Ina machine of the character described,
a series of movable looper-needles, a series of movable looper-fingers alternating with said needles, a reciprocating needle for feeding a lacing-cord in position with respect to said looper needles'and fingers, means for severing the cord, and mechanism for t 'ing together the ends of the severed piece '0 cord.
In a machine of the character described,
a series'of movable loo er-needles, a corresponding series of mova 1e loo r-fingers alternating with said needles a apted to receiveand su' port'a 'lacing-cord, means for actuating sai needlesand fingers endwise in opposite directions to" transform the cord into a series of connected zigzag s, and means for nserting a portion of t ecord.
through the said loogs while the latter are supported by the nee Ice and fingers' 4 In a machine of the character described,
a movable carrier, a series of movable looper-- needles mounted in the carrier capable ofsu porting the lacing-cord a seriesiof mov-.
ab e looper-fingers alternating with 'said needles, means for turning the said cord-supportingor looper-needles" a partial revolution, whereby the loope'd portions of the cord are correspondingly turned or twisted thus placing the loops in alinement, and means for inserting another portion of the-cord through the thus-formed loops. r y 5. In a machine of the character described,
a series of movably-mounted looper-needles,
a corresponding series of looperers altermating with said needles, means for inserting a lacing-cord in position to' be engaged by said looper-needles and looper-fingers, mechanism for actuating said needle and finger members endwise in opposite directions to engage the lacing-cord, t ,it a series of connected zigzag ends or loops,
and means for feeding the cord through said ereb producing in liolops formed by the looper' fingers and nee-.
- 6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with movable 'looper-needles, movable looper-fingers and a longitudinall -'rec iprocating cord-carrying main nee-- dle arranged to place the cord in position to. be engaged by said looper needles and fingers, of an initial gripping device for holding an end of the cord, a second gripping device the latter has beenpassedthrough the looped cordmounted-on said leased from saidgripping for tying the ends of the cord together-,- a
-7 In a machine of the character described, the combination of. a gripping device me'ans end of a lacing-cord for introducing thefree 10 therein, a pluralityjof [hopes-needles and another, means for ing in it a seriesofrconnectedloops, holding or grip ing device, means for'feeding fee ing a lacing-cordi-andr.
lacing "it in posi tion with respect. tozsaidf needles'and fingers, means' {or actuating" theeneedl'e and-fin ermembers to engage the cord. and ,o rm in it 'a' series of connected vloops, means ,for- Ieeding another portion the" cord "through said loops after the eyeletedholea-of a,- have been pierced by saidfneedlesyrneail's for severing the cord from the source-of 'and means for releasingmachine. 3
9. In a'maohine of the charactehdesoribed, provided with means for ieeding'thelacingcord ,and means for forming therein "a series of connected loops,' the combination theremwith of two independenti'gripping d'evices,,
each having a fixed 1aw and a movable jaw member, or holding the cord'jn-position between them while it is-be'ing'converted into loops, means for actuati said movable'jaw members, an automatical y-a'ctuatedlever or member arranged to deflect the cord into the jaws of one of said gripping devices in advance or the latters act1on,'means for severing the cord from the source of su ply, and
means for tying together the ends 0 the cord. 10. In a machine of the character described, provided with a series of automatically-actuated looper-needles and looper-fingers constructed and arranged to produce in a lacing-cord a series of connected loops, the
vices, a movable needle-carrying older for feeding the lacing-cord to said gripping means, a normally open tension device for the cord movable with said holder, means for bringing the tension device into action at a predetermined point in the holders movement, whereby the pressure of tension upon the cord is temporal" increased, means for severing the cord, and means for tying the ends of the latter together.
lo0perneedles and'finf gers, means forsevering the cord beiore itisrev aandfi em a'ctuating. said needles. -and fingers for 'engaging-thecordand form? a second i.
another part 0 the cordthroughfsaiddoops' into the last-named hold g *device yand" cord from the source -4 .a plurality oflp'ai rsoiff loo er-needles and looperefingers, means-for combination therewith of cord-gri ping deaportion of'said'cor vided with a pair; of vertically-movable .co-
to hold the two end 1 after the-formation of said 100 l I "111;. .In. Kai Qrnachinei'ofI scribed, the combination ablerlooperfneedles and1loo(per-fingers, a pair -o f jlate're;'lly-ls parated fixe eyes or guides,
k 71-, having said'looper'members located between them, a rec procating cord-feeding needle. in alin'ernent with and adapted to c i the-cord through saidguides means for b l ding the ends of the cord, means for sever- ,ing'the cord,.and1means, for releasing the cord looper-fingers arranged ,with respectto one 1 the "character de-- of aseries of mov-' fromsai'd holding me'ans after'it has- -beeriloopedin-to the shoeeupper; p
thf; a' series of movable 1 'fee' ihgfalac'mg cord-to'said needles andifinigers'; means for severing ,the. cord ,f
. and- 'auto.-. mancallyi tu ted sevensws tor hol theends-ofthe cordli nxppsition while the said are converting it into aiseries of-conneet'edloops', in combination-with a revoluble' knot-tying device pro OI- ra paws-adapted portions, 0
-thefcord and tie them together 3, and means for releasing the cord from t e knot-tying .d'e w r 13; In a machine of the character described, means for formmg in ,a cord a series 5 I means for tying together the'ends'oi the cord:
fl 1 -1 li Q 'asse through t e cor thlmfh said 00 s 10 poking cord, and
for maintainin said 14. In. a machine of the character de scribed, a series of looper'needles arranged to pass a series of loops orrned from a'continu ous cord "through the eyelet holes of a shoe upper to artially form alacing, means for a, ocking cord through said loops to complete the lacing, arid means whereby the lacing is secured at the oints required to leave in the lacinga su cient amount of. slack to emit the upper to be properly fitted tot elast, r I
15. In a mac e of the character described, a series oflooperneedles arranged-to pass a series of loops formed from a continuous cord throu" h the eyelet holes of a shoe upper to artia y form a lacing, means for passing a ocking cord through said loops to complete the lasing, means for providing slac in the lacing, andmeans for securing the lacing while suflicientl slack remains therein to permit thelaced ortionof the upper to be properl fitted to t e. last; 16.1na mac e of scribed, meansforrpassirag a cord in the form of a series of connects -'loops' through the eyelet holes of ashoe up(per, means for the character de- .vt-o -forrn and means whereby said IZOIdlS at'thepoint's required to leave a sufficient arnonnt of slack therein to permitthe upper lacedthereby to he properly fitted to t e-last.
17. 'ln a machine of the character deeyelet-holes of a shoe upper, means for ass-s. mg a portionof said cor I throu h said; oops 1-0 forrnfa cord, means or providing sl'ackin 'sa1d-.cor u,'- and :means for securing 7 said cordfwhile sufficient slack remains pwa p n t properly fitted'tothe ast. 18
therein to permit the 'p 'er' laced thereby to n a---ma chine-"of 'the 'character de- 1 scribed; 'means for engaging and locating a plurality oilpai'rs of the eierlet holes of ashoe sel'lflsyflf loops fto partially 'form alacing,
meansrfor'a .lock-ing'jc'ord through said'lloops-to' whereby thellacing' is securei etc the lac ng-i and-means slack remains ltherein to permit the upper laced therebyvto be=properlyfitted to the ,;1'9. In 1 a "machine of the character described, means-for passing a series of l ps throu h the eyelet.
dies of a shoe upper to partia y form a'lacrng, for maintainingsaid loo sat a "terrnmedleng'th to proto permit" Vide s V cient ack the;
4 the upper to-bjproperljf fitted togthe last;
' scribed, means for passing'a'cord'inflie 'iofrmi means for pass" a locking-"cord". through" said loops to corii riete thelacing-,; and means across the edges of the-u per:
ough the same a .scri b d imeansjor passing a cord in'the form of a series 'of connected loops through the -to form a locking cord, and:r njea'ns,for'secure 1 ing the free ends of said cordioutside ofand'=- 4 j l iwit -p 21. In a machine 0 thel -characterifde- -locati prising a series oi iconn loops'p through sai'd eyeletsmeans for; 1 "loops; aindsuitable actuatmgmechanis'mi a i p I I L i ieas of aseries of connected loops throughthe eyelet holes of a shoe upper, means for ing a, portion of said cord foutside'of and joacross the edfges ,Qfithe upper and throughsaid loops to or'ma lockin ;cord,.and means for securingthe freeends 0 said cord. v
" 22. In a machine of the character'de scribed, means? 'for .-pas"singacord :m, the
form ofa --serle's bi Connected loops throu h v the eyelet 'holes his shoe u pen means or passing a portion'ofsaidcor outside-of'and .across theedges of thenupp'er'andthroughj}.
said loopsto form a'locking'cord; and means, '60 I for securing theifree ends of said cord outside of and across thee 'ies of the upper.
123, In' a machine of e character. described,va plurality of looper needles constructed and'arran'ged to simultaneously enm and locate a plurality of pairs of eyelet ol es of ia'slioe upper, and to pass through the same a series of-loops to partlally fgnn;
a lacing,- means-for passing, a looki'n cord through said'loops-t'o completejthe acing, 70'
and means for securin? the ends of the lacing to prevent withdrawa v 244 In .a machine of the character d'e-' scribed, having rovision for engaging and holes-o a shoe up er, means including-a plurality of needles or forrni.n%a lacing com-z- 5 -.l v i ths i ha 'mter li J- UQW1Q WP HS- rp uml tr needlesforeagingfariiii' l calt g-i plurality} 25 In-ai machin for com wi s-theme for he m s- 9f th t Pmn WihTmW I-i testim'ony whereof- I .have aflixed my; signaturein the presence (if-two witnesses;
* WILLARD .A. SMITH;
a plura ity of pairs of the eyelet 75

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