USRE6235E - Improvement in forms for fitting shoe-uppers - Google Patents

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. Specification formirg part of LettersFatent'No. 156,935,`dated November 17, 1874.; reissue No. 6,235, dated January 19, 1875; application filed December 30, 1874.

same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in whichj Figure 1 is aside elevation of a form and the jack` with which it is connected. Fig. 2 is a similar view, a portion being removed. Fig.

3 is a plan view of Fig. I1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section in the line Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front view of the cap-piece detachedfrom the form. Fig. 6 is a .front view of a detached portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in. fitting the parts ot' uppers of boots and shoes over a form, and holding them thereon While they are being pasted and adjusted. It also consists in placing the prepared quarters and linings over a form and adjusting them preparatory to stitching. It further consists vin placing stitched quarters and linings over a form, and adjusting the vamp preparatory to siitching.

It is well known to manufacturers that none but experienced hands can lit the'parts with any degree of accuracy, and that even with the best of operators the work is imperfec tly pasted together and fitted, in consequenceof having to bring the parts together upon aflat table; but in the use-of my'invention no diiculty wh atever occurs, as the parts lie smoothly -upon the form, whose shape is thatof `the upper to be made; consequently even inexperienced hands, withbut little instruction, can' not fail to perform the Work correctly and with dispatch, and as the parts all come together accurately upon the form, the uppers may be cut a half-'size less than when iitted by the old method; hence there is a saving ot' a large amount of material.

rlhe invention further consists in a' form over which .the uppers and linings are placed and held thereon while being shaped and vamped.

It also consists in adapting the form to various sizes of boots and shoes. For this purpose the form is made adjustable, so as to cor-I respond with'either of the sizes 'within its range, and provided with a guide; and to cover joint, it' desired, there may be thin `flanges on Aone division to overlap the other. consists in dividing the upper piece at the neck,'for the purpose of removing the upper part above the division when Vamps are connected withthe quarters, so as tov give praeticability to the removal of the uppers from the form when they are vamped, said upper piece or cap being provided Withclasps and a guide. It also consistsl in a spring-clasp, to assist in holding the parts ofthe upper to the form, and serving as a guide for placing the vamp accurately upon the quarters, to give the proper lap. It also consists in side clasps as auxiliary to the front clasp. It finally consists in means for placing and' holding the form at any, desired height.

y" Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the lower and rear part of the form, having the front'piece B and cap G fitted thereto at the line y y, and connected so as to lbe capable ot expansion and contraction, to vsuit different sizes or variations in measurement, the pieces being held in their adj usted position by means of the screws a b. The form is connected-with a jack, having a bed-plate, D, and swivel-plate E, by means of' the axial pin c, which passes through the cheeks d d of the piece A of the form, and the projection e .of the swivel-plate E of the jack, whereby,` by turning the form on the pin o, it may be elevated to any desired height. It is held securely in its adjusted position by meansot' a sc re\v, 'f, which tightens against an arm, F, Which is concentric for a part of its length With the said joint-pin c.

The form may be turned arund to bring any part in front, the swivel-platel turning on a projection of the bed-plate D. 1 To assist in holding while adj usting and pasting the linings and quarters accurately, they are held on the form by means of the side clasps G G and front clasp H, the side clasps being connected to the cap-piece C. The clasp H is held by means of the screw g. The clasp. H serves,'also, as a guide for fitting or placing the vamp on the quarters, giving the `proper It furtherf amount of lap, there being a slot in itsupper slot. The lines 1 2 3 4 5 on the form are guides for fitting the quarters of different sizes.

The operation of the device is as follows: For the smallest size shoes to which the form is adapted, the pieces B and C rest against the flat face ot' the piece A, along the line y y, as seen in Fig. `1; and for the larger sizes `the form is expanded accordingly, and when the linings are being fitted and pasted to the quarters the spring-clasps G G and H are used, as may-'be found desirable, for holding the same, or they may be held by the hand. For what are termed machine-shoes, the quarters are pasted on the table and the lining laid inside; then the lining and quarters'are placed on the form with the lining inside, the spring-clasps being used to hold the parts in place upon the form as may be necessary, care being taken to have the front seam even with the groove h. (Seen in Fig. 3.)` Then the quarters are adjusted and pasted to the lining, and removed from the form for the purpose of stitching, preparatory to vamping. A rubber may be used for pressing down the seam, lining, and the quarters, as may be necessary to make a perfect lit to the form. After any desirable number of quarters have thus been prepared for vampin g, the'cap-piece C is removed from the piece B. It is necessary to remove the cap-piece in order to remove the uppers from the form after'vamping. The spring-clasp H is then applied to the upper end of the piece A of the form, and connected thereto by means of the fastening-screw k, as seen in Fig. 2, and so adjusted vas to be a guide for setting the edge of the vamp to give the proper amount of the lap. Expert operators .may hold the parts to the form without using the clasps.

The operation above described applies to the classes of shoes termed machine and welted shoes. In fitting the uppers of turned shoes the same process is pursued, with the exception that the quarters are first placed on the form with linings outside of the quarters, and the linings are adjusted and pasted on them. Th en they must be turned before they are vamped. j

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lotters Patent, is-

1. As an improvement in the art of manufacturing boots and shoes, the process of fitting the parts of uppers over a form, and holding the same thereon while they are being pasted and adjusted, for the purpose set forth.

2. The improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes, the same consisting in placing the prepared quarters and linings over a form, and adjusting them preparatoryto stitching. for the purpose set forth.

3. The improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes, the saine consisting in placing stitched quarters and linings over a forin, and adjusting the vamp preparatory to stitching, for the purpose set forth.,

4. As a new article of manufacture, apparatus over which boot and shoe uppers are vamped and fitted, the same consisting of a form shaped to the requirements of the boot or shoe, and provided with clasps `to assist the operator yin holding the parts in place, substantiallyas set forth.

5. A form for fitting and holding boot and shoe uppers, consisting of the sectional parts A and B, relatively adjustable, and provided with the guide H, substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

6. The removable cappiece C, provided with `clasps G and guide H, in' combination with the parts A and B, substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

7. The holder H,'-in combination with the front piece B of the form, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

8. The side clasps G G, in combination with the form A B C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

f 9. The form for fitting and holding shoe-uppers, when provided with cheeks d d and screw f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.A

YV.' J. B. MILLS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. l?. GRANT.

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