Patent GB-651635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines adapted for operating on shoe soles
IPC: A43D43/06
Filed: 1948-11-05
Abstract: 651,635. Applying ribs to insoles. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd. Nov. 5, 1948, No. 28763. Convention date, Nov. 6, 1947. [Class 17(i)] A machine for operating on a shoe sole has a work-feeding member which moves in a path comprising lines which join substantially at right angles, Fig. 2, and which is operated by a crank through a plurality of toggles. As shown a machine for applying a cemented strip S to an insole. I has a, work table 80 and a feed foot 130 moving in a substantially rectangular path ABCD, Fig. 2, and having means to keep the strip slack, when it is being applied to the insole, by an extra feed movement AE. Three link-and-lever systems control the vertical, horizontal and supplementary strip feed movements and one shown diagramatically in solid, short dash, and long dash lines respectively in Fig. 16. The systems are controlled by a single crank 150 on a driven shaft 58, the main feed movements occurring during the 90 degree turns indicated on the crank, The arrangement is such that, e.g. during the crank movement 0 degree to 90 degrees'to depress the feed foot A-B, Fig. 2, the horizontal component of the crank is nullified before reaching the foot since the crank only produces a small movement of the centre 234 of the toggle 228, 236, which is then nearly straight. Similarly, the undesirable component of the crank's movement is taken out of the foot movement in the other quadrant so that the foot 130 moves in a nearly rectangular path. The extra horizontal movement given to the foot to keep the strip slack, i.e. AE, EA is produced by moving the point 199, which is the fulcrum point of the feed lever 132 during the horizontal foot movement DA. The vertical component of the crank in the quadrant 270 degrees to 0 degree produces this extra feed movement by the small turning of the shaft 158 acting through levers 300, 304, 306, to move a roll 314 of a cam 312 outwards at 315. The counterclockwise turn of the arm 316 acts through the pin-andslot connection 326, 322 and levers 330, 334 to move the slide 194, which mounts the pivot point 199, left and then right and hence the foot from A to E and back. The feed foot has a part 133 to engage the insole and a portion 135 on which are mounted fingers 138, 139 to engage and feed the strip S. A tucking-foot 400, Fig. 9, engages the inner flange F and is given an outward as well as downward movement by the mechanism shown which is operated from a shaft 180 forming part of the vertical lever system (shown in chain lines, Fig. 16). A cooperating presser foot 420 engages the outer flange F<SP>1</SP> and has a hook 432 passing over the rib and is held yieldingly against the insole by a spring system. The relative pressures applied by the feet 400, 420 can be adjusted to ensure proper bonding of the strip to the insole. A power-operated knife 5500, provided to sever the strip after application, is actuated by a knee pad, locking devices being provided to ensure that it only operates when the feed is stopped and when the presser feet and the feed foot are separated. A treadle-controlled clutch and break mechanism controls the operation of the feed. The work table 80 is urged upwards by a spring and is depressed by a treadle to allow introduction of the insole against an adjustable stop 120 more fully described in Specification 558,641. Specification 642,964 also is referred to.