IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BEADING THE UPPERS' OF BOOTS AND SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Chapman, of Kennington Park Road, in
the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BEADING THE UPPERS' OF BOOTS AND SHOES
AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 18th June 1867, and dated the 20th December 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Chapman at the
Office of the Commissioners of,Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
December 1866.
I, WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of Kennington Park Road, in the County of Surrey,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN 'BEADING' THE 'UPPERS' OF BOOTS AND
SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its, object improvements in means or apparatus
employed in "beading" the uppers" of boots and shoes, and relates more
particularly to "beading "the "uppers" around where the elastic is inserted,
but is also applicable to ""beading" other parts or articles. For this purpose
I employ apparatus consisting of a pressing instrument acting to press the
leather or other material into a groove of the desired form, such groove being
formed on one side by a fixed plate, and on the other side by moveable plates

page_text: or bars. The leather to be ".beaded" is placed on the bed of the machine
over the groove, the pressing instrument is then caused to descend and press
the leather into the groove; the pressing instrument then rises, and the move-
able plates or bars are then caused to approach the fixed portion of the groove
so as to nip the leather together and thereby complete the "beading." The
pressing instrument and the moveable plates or bars-are-caused to act-on the
leather by means of levers connected therewith; or treadles connected by
suitable links to such parts may be employed. I also employ a fixed or
adjustable gauge to facilitate the adjustment of the leather in position over
the groove. The leather previously to being operated upon by the machine
is." skived" and soaped in the usual manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Chapman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th June 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CHAPMAN, of Kennington Park Road, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Chapman, Her special licence that I, the said William Chapman, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Chapman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time 'agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN 'BEADING' THE 'UPPERS' OF BOOTS AND SHOES AND
OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Chapman, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next. and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: following manner :-The pressing instrument or knife d is fixed as shewn or
in any suitable manner to the plate d¹, which is provided with a stem d'
working in a suitable guide e' formed on or fixed to the standard e. A lever;
cam, or excentric f working upon the pin or axis f¹ is operated, at the times
desired, by the lever handle f to press the pressing instrument or knife d on
to the material to be "beaded," and force it into the groove a³, whilst
springs for other suitable means act to raise the knife or pressing instru-
ment d into the position shewn in the Drawings at Figures 2- & 3.- The
plates b, b, are caused to approach the fixed plate a¹ at the times desired by
means of the cam g formed on the shaft g', such cam 9 acting upon studs or
projections b' carried by slides be fixed to the sliding plates 6, 6, and guided
The
in their motions as shewn in the Drawings, or by other suitable means.
sliding plate c is caused to approach the fixed plate a' by the cam g³ formed
on or fixed to the shaft 9', such cam acting upon a stud or projection c² con-
nected to the sliding plate c; springs g³ act upon the sliding plates 6 to move
them away from the fixed plate a', whilst a spring & acting upon one end of
a lever c* causes the other end of such lever to press the sliding plate c
away from the fixed plate a². The axis g¹ is operated at the times desired by
means of a lever handle g*, or, if desired, treadles may be connected to the
lever handle g* and to the lever, cam, or eccentric f, as will be readily
understood.
.The action of the machine is as follows:-The material to be "beaded" is
placed on the bed a of the machine over the groove a³ and in contact with
the gauge a; the knife or pressing instrument d is then caused to descend
and press the material into the space or groove a¹; the plates b, b, and c are
then caused to approach the fixed plate a' and put sufficient pressure on the
material to hold it whilst the knife or pressing instrument d is allowed to
ascend; then the plates b, b, and c are caused to nip tightly the material to be
"beaded" between the edges of such plates and the edges of the fixed
plate a¹.
It will be readily understood that the shape of the parts will be varied
according to the shape of the "beading" to be produced; the leather or
other material, previously to being operated upon by the machine, is
"skived" and soaped, or pasted in the usual manner.
I
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the mode in which
carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to. the precise details herein shewn and described, as such may be
varied without departing from the peculiar character of my Invention; but

page_text: what I do claim is the combined arrangement of machinery or apparatus for
"beading" the uppers of boots and shoes and other articles, substantially as
herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Chapman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
WILLIAM CHAPMAN. (L.S.)
Witness,
B. J. B. MILLS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane.