Patent GB-190606704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Beating Out Shoe Uppers.
Inventor: GORDON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 6704. Gordon, W. March 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Uppers.-Relates mainly to apparatus for beating out the edges of shoe uppers over the insoles, and preferably includes means for smoothing or finishing the uppers over the edge of the insoles. Preferably, two beating-out tools are provided, mounted so as to be capable of rotation, and adapted to act respectively on opposite sides of the shoe. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the tools 1, 2 are of triangular shape, with working surfaces in the form of blades or projections 3, Fig. 7. As the tools rotate, these blades deliver a series of blows on the lower edge of the upper, and pass over it with a rubbing or .wiping action, which tends to draw the upper radially inwards over the insole. The tools are removably attached to pinions 6, 7 carried by studs mounted in the swinging brackets 12, 13, which are pivoted on the stud 14 and carry spindles 10, 11 provided with pinions 8, 9 gearing with the pinions 6, 7. The spindle 11 is driven directly through the pinion 17 by the pinion 18, which also drives the spindle 10 through the intermediate pinion 19 gearing with the pinion 16. This arrangement permits the beating-out tools to alter their relative positions in passing round the curvature of the sole, without affecting their rotation. The pinion 18 is driven by the belt pulley 20, the belt of which passes over guide-pulleys 22, Fig. 1, to a driving-pulley near the base of the machine. The finishing-rolls 25, 26, which are adapted for smoothing or ironing the upper over the edge of the insole, are carried by the arms 27, 29, the former of which is rigidly connected to, and the latter mounted freely on, the pivot pin 28. The arm 29 is integral with, or rigidly connected to, the arm 30, which is connected by the link 31 to the bracket 12, while the arm 27 is connected to the bracket 13 through the pin 28, arm 32, and link 33. Normally, the axis of the tools 1, 2 are held in alinement by springs 34, 35 connected to the brackets 12, 13. In this position, when the shoe is presented to the machine, the rolls 25, 26 engage the upper at the rear of the heel, the tools 1, 2 at the same time acting on the lower edge of the upper. As the shoe is forced rearwards, towards the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, the rolls 25, 26 are separated, so moving the tools 1, 2 away from each other, and altering their angular positions, as shown. To cause the rolls 25, 26 and the brackets 12, 13 to move in unison and to the same extent, the arms 27, 29 are provided with rearward extensions 36, 37, which are connected by links 38,39 with the horizontal slide 40 adapted to reciprocate in a guideway in the frame. The machine is also adapted for similar operation on the toe portion of the shoe. The work may be held in the hand of the operator, but, in the machine shown in Fig. 1, it is supported on a jack consisting of a sleeve 41 mounted under control of a spring 44 on a rod 42 pivoted to the base of the machine. Rotation of the sleeve 41 is prevented by a pin and slot 43<1>, and the outward movement of the rod 42 is limited by a chain 45.