Improvements in Heel Nailing Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th May,
1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Heel Nailing Machines.
I, HAROLD ARTHUR WEBSTER, of Haverhill, in the County of Essex, and
State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Mechanic, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to enable a heel to be attached to a boot or
shoe, and a top lift to be blind-nailed to the heel, during a cycle of movements of
the machine caused by one complete operation of the actuating device, that is to
say, by one complete rotation of the driving shaft of a power operated machine, or
by the depression of a treadle in a foot power machine, the aim of the invention
being to reduce to the minimum the time required to perform the successive
operations of forcing a charge of nails into a heel and the heel seat of a shoe,
applying a top lift to the heel thus attached, and spanking on the top lift.
The invention consists, first, in a group or series of elements, comprising a nail-
securing templet, a heel holder adapted to sustain a heel in operative relation to
the templet, a top lift holder and spanker which is interchangeable in position with
a heel held by said heel holders, a shoe support and a gang of drivers, located at
opposite sides of the point occupied successively by the heel and top lift and in line
with said point, combined with operating mechanism adapted to impart a cycle of
movements to the movable members of said group, whereby first the heel seat of a
shoe is brought in contact with a heel held on the templet by the heel holder, and
the nails are forced from the templet into the heel and heel sent, secondly the
attached heel and templet are separated to permit the top lift spanker to be moved
to the position formerly occupied by the heel, and thirdly the top lift spanker and
shoe support are caused to co-operate in affixing the top lift to the heel.
The invention also consists in the several improvements in an organized machine
for attaching heels and top lifts in the manner above indicated, all of which I will
now proceed to describe and claim.
Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this Specification,
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a heel nailing machine embodying one
form of my invention.
Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the upper part of the machine, drawn to an
enlarged scale.
Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 represents a rear elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2, showing the position of the
parts just before the operation of attaching the heel to a boot or shoe.
Fig. 6 represents a sectional view of parts shown in Fig. 5, but in different
relative positions.
Fig. 7 represents an enlargement of a part of Fig. 5.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 represent sectional views showing the machine under different
conditions.

page_text: τυρ ew of the shoe centering device.
Fig. 12 represents a top view of the machine shown in the preceding figures.
Fig. 13 represents a top view of the slide and the nail loading block and drivers
thereon.
Fig. 14 represents a bottom view of the same.
Fig. 15 represents a top view of the templet.
Fig. 16 represents a bottom view of the templet, showing the heel holder and the
top lift holder and spanker.
Figs. 17 and 18 represent front views of a modified machine, showing means for
adjusting or adapting either the drivers or the shoe support to move and operate
the templet.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the figures.
I will first describe the invention with reference to Figs. 1 to 16 inclusive.
In the drawings-
a represents a supporting frame, which may be of any suitable construction, and
is provided with parallel guide rods a¹ a'. 6 represents a cross-head fitted to slide
upon said guide rods, and carrying a support c for a boot or shoe, said support
being here shown as composed of a standard 2 formed on a slide 3, which is fitted
to move horizontally between dovetail guides 44 on the cross-head b, and an
arm or last-shaped piece 5 affixed to the upper end of the standard 2 and formed
to bear against the inner surface of the sole of a boot or shoe placed on the
support.
ddd represent a gang of drivers which are located on a head e supported by
and attached to the guide rods a' a'. f represents a movable nail-holding templet
interposed between the drivers d and support c, said templet being movable in the
same direction as the support, and guided in its movements by rods f'f' affixed at
their lower ends to the templet and. passing through guides in the fixed head e.
The upper ends of the rods f₁ are connected by a bar or yoke to which are
connected the upper ends of springs, the lower ends of which are secured to ears
or supports affixed to the head e, the object of said springs being to give the templet
a yielding blow against a top lift and beel interposed between it and the support,
as hereinafter described, the springs permitting the templet to be raised by the
support c..
The templet is provided with nail-receiving holes/arranged to coincide with
the drivers d, so that when the templet is forced toward the drivers by the support c,
as hereinafter described, the drivers will enter the nail holes and eject the nails
therefrom, forcing said nails into the heel g, as shown in Fig. 8. The nails are
thus caused to attach the heel to the heel seat portion of the shoe, the outer
portions or heads of the nails being left projecting from the heel to enable the top
lift to be secured by blind-nailing.
Means are provided for forcing the support e toward the drivers, said movement
of the support causing the templet and the heel g, previously interposed between
the templet and support, to move toward the drivers with the result above indicated.
I have shown in Fig. 1 as the means for moving the support ca shaft journaled
in bearings on the supporting frame and bearing a crank which is connected by
a rod 2 with the meeting ends of toggle links. The link his connected with
a cross bar affixed to the guide rods a' a', and the link his connected with ears h
on the cross-head, the arrangement being such that when the shaft is rotated to
one position the toggle links will be thrown into allignment and caused to raise the
cross-head and the shoe support c. When the shaft reaches another position, the
toggle links are thrown out of allignment and permit the depression of the crosshead
and shoe support.
g
When the support c is at rest in the position farthest removed from the drivers,
a heel is interposed between the under side of the templet and the heel-seat
portion of a shoe placed on the support c, and the holes in the templet are supplied
with nails. The support is then moved toward the drivers by the toggle links
this movement causing the heel-seat portion of the shoe to bear upon the heel, and

page_text: the heel and templet to move with the shoe and support toward the drivers, the
latter being thus caused to force the nails from the templet into the heel and into
the heel-seat portion of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 8, the length of the drivers being
such that they do not drive the nails entirely into the heel, but leave the outer ends
of the nails projecting.
The described movement of the templet extends the operating springs thereof,
so that the templet is set for the operation of spanking on a top lift and solidifying
the heel, which operation takes place after the support c, with the boot or shoe and the
heel attached thereto, have commenced their movement in the opposite direction so
that the heel has been separated from the templet. In order to afford time for the
separation of the attached heel from the templet and the interposition of the top
lift between the templet and heel, I provide a latch or detent which arrests the
templet in the position to which it was moved by the heel-attaching movement of
the support (.
Said latch or detent is here shown as a spring arm i, attached at
one end to the cross bar f, its other end being free, and adapted to normally spring
inward and engage the upper edge of the fixed head e, as shown in Figure 8, when
the templet has been raised to a sufficient height, said arm by its engagement with
the head e preventing the descent of the templet with the support c.
The support c
commences to descend upon the movement of the toggles & 1, the shoe and the
attached heel descending with it, thus separating the heel from the templet, as
shown in Fig. 9. A top liftj is now interposed between the templet and the heel,
as shown in Fig. 9, the top lift being preferably moved into place by the automatic
means presently described, and the latch or detent iis afterwards displaced, as shown in
Fig. 9, thus releasing the templet and allowing the springs f³ to force it against the
top lift and spank the latter on to the projecting ends of the nails in the heel g, the
templet at the same time solidifying the heel by pressing the lifts thereof together.
The detent i may be displaced by any suitable means, preferably by automatic
devices such as are shown in the drawings; said devices comprising a rock-shaft k
journalled in an ear or bearing kaffixed to the head e, a rod or strap connecting
an arm with the cross-head b, and an arm on said rock-shaft having a stud
arranged to bear against the inner side of the detent i. When the cross-bar bis
raised, as shown in Fig. 8, a spring on the rock-shaft k turns the latter so as
to move the stud inwardly, and thus permit the detent i to engage the upper
edge of the head e, as shown in Fig. 8. When the cross-head b is depressed the
rod turns the rock-shaft so as to throw the stud kontwardly as shown in Figs. 5
and 9, thus pushing out the detent i.
It will be observed that all the movements required to affix the heel to the
shoe, and to spank on the top lift and solidify the heel, constitute one cycle
of the movements making up a complete operation of the machine, and are the
result of a single complete movement of the operating device, which, in this form
of machine shown in Fig. 1, is a crank shaft, the heel-attaching movement of the
support c and the elevation and locking of the templet taking place during one-
half of a complete rotation of the shaft h, while the separation of the heel from the
templet, the insertion of the top lift between the templet and heel, and the release
and spanking movement of the templet take place during the concluding portion of
said rotation. It is obvious that the same result would take place if the machine
were operated by a treadle arranged to raise and then release the cross-head
carrying the shoe support, hence the invention is not limited to a power operated
machine.
It will be observed that the yielding blow given by the templet in spanking on
the top lift and solidifying the heel, prevents the crushing of the last, and enables
the shoe to be held, if desired, upon a wooden last, in which case the support c
would be adapted to sustain a last instead of being formed to enter the interior of
the shoe.
For holding the shoe on the support e, I have provided a holding and centering
device consisting of a standard m affixed to the cross-head at the rear of the
support c, a slide m' supported by horizontal guides formed on said standard.

page_text: and movable toward and from the support e, one end of said slide being provided
with a head m² formed to fit the heel portion of the upper of a shoe on the support c
along the median line of the upper, a slide m³ fitted to slide upon the slide m¹, and
two fevers mm, Fig. 11, pivoted at m m to the side m³ and provided at their
swinging ends with projections formed to bear upon the opposite sides of the
upper of a boot or shoe, preferably about in line with the position occupied by the
breast of the heel, one of said projections being at one side of the heel, and
the other at the opposite side. The outer edges of the levers m m bear against
studs or supports m affixed to the standard m, said supports causing the pro-
jections m to move toward each other and grasp a shoe upper interposed between
them when the slide m³ is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 11.
The levers m are yieldingly pressed outwardly against the supports m² by
springs m. m³ represents an adjusting screw, engaged with a threaded socket
affixed to the standard m, and having an unthreaded socket which is inserted in a
socket in the slide m¹ and engaged therewith so that when the screw is moved
end wise by its rotation it will also move the socket endwise. m represents an
adjusting screw similarly engaged with the standard m and with the slide m³. Said
adjusting screws enable the slides to be moved independently of each other toward
and from the heel support. In securing and centering a shoe placed upon the
support the slide m is moved by its adjusting screw to press its head m² against the
median line of the heel portion of the upper, thus causing the inner surface of
the upper to bear against the rear end of the heel support. The slide m³ is then
moved by its adjusting screw in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 11,
thus causing the levers m by their bearing on the supports m to swing inwardly
and press the projections me against the sides of the upper at points coinciding with
the breast of the heel. This operation centers the shoe so that it occupies the exact
predetermined position with relation to the templet and drivers. The projections m
are preferably pivotally connected to the levers m at m¹², and each projection is
preferably curved at its end which bears on the upper, said curved end being
preferably reduced to a thin edge in order that it may enter the rand crease
between the upper and sole. The pivotal connection of the projections me to the
levers m enables said projections to yield and swing backwardly while the widest
part of the heel is passing between them, the projections being restored to their normal
positions after the widest part of the heels has passed, by means of springs m
affixed to the levers m', and bearing on the flat outer ends of the projections m.
I have provided a holder for temporarily securing the heel to the under surface of
the templet prior to the heel-attaching operation, and a top lift holding and
spanking device adapted to assume the position occupied by the heel during the
heel attaching operation so that after the attachment of the heel and its separation
from the templet, the top lift will be interposed by said device between the templet
and heel.
The means shown in Figures 5, 8, 9, and 10, for holding the heel and top lift as
above indicated, comprise a slide or spanker plate o adapted to slide across the
under side of the templet, a bar o' affixed to one end of said plate, guide rods o²
affixed to said bar and extending through sockets formed in the templet, said
rods and sockets guiding the plate o in its backward and forward movements
hereinafter described, and springs o³ ³ applied to the ends of the bar o¹ and to
studs o o affixed to the templet, said springs being preferably ordinary rubber
bands and arranged to normally move the plate to the position shown in
Figs. 9 and 10, said plate being thus caused to cover the lower ends of the nail
holes or pockets in the templet. The front edge of the templet is provided with a
downwardly-projecting lip o³ which serves as a stop for the breast of the heel g.
The plate o is provided with top-lift-holding devices consisting in the present
case of a lip or flange o' formed on the forward end of said plate, and a spring of
attached at one end to the plate and adapted to co-operate with the lip of in
grasping a top lift j, as shown in Fig. 16, the top lift being moved edgewise

page_text: into the space between the said spring and lip, and caused in its movement to
displace the spring sufficiently to enable the spring in re-acting to hold the
breast of the top-lift firmly against one side of the lip o'.
In preparing the machine for operation the plate o is pushed back from the portion
of the templet containing the nail holes or pockets, as shown in Fig. 5, and the heel
blank g is inserted between the lip o' and the forward end of the plate o, the latter
having been supplied with a top-lift j. The springs o³, exerting a constant pressure
on the plate o, cause the latter to co-operate with the lip o in holding the heel in
place on the bottom of the templet while the heel is being attached to the shoe in
the manner above described.
After the attachment of the heel, and its separation from the templet, the plate o,
then having no obstruction to its forward movement, is thrown forward by its
springs to the position shown in Fig. 9, the plate being arrested in this position by
the lip o, so that the top lift is held in position to coincide with the heel when the
templet is released and forced against the heel by its operating springs. My
invention is not limited however to the above described means for holding the
heel on the templet and for presenting and spanking on the top lift. I have also
provided a loading device for quickly loading the templet with nails preparatory
to securing each heel. The loading device here shown comprises a nail-holding
block p having nail holes or pockets p' arranged to. coincide with the holes f of
the templet, said block being affixed to a slide 2 adapted to move in guides on the
head e, the drivers d being also affixed to said slide, so that when the block
is moved forward over the templet to load the latter with nails the drivers are
moved forward out of the way. The nail-holding block p is provided at its under
side with a movable plate or cover p³, which is normally held by a spring p
in position to cover the lower ends of the nail holes p¹ and retain the nails
therein. To the retaining plate p is pivoted an arm or projection p" which is
normally held by a spring p in position to strike one of the templet-guiding
rods, see Figs. 2 and 3, when the slide is moved forward.
P
The contact of the projection p" with said guide rod forces the plate p³ back-
wardly causing the nail-releasing holes p¹ formed in said plate to coincide with the
nail pockets p and thus allow the nails to drop into the pockets of the templet,
the nail releasing movement of the plate p³ occurring just at the point when the
pockets p' of the block p are in line with the pockets f* of the templet. Fig. 6
shows the relative positions of the templet and block when the plate p³ is in
position to release the nails.
When the drivers are in their operative position the block p is at the rear of the
machine, so that an attendant there located can supply the pockets p' with nails
while the heel and top-lift are being attached, hence the operator after attaching a
heel and top-lift, can load the templet for the next operation by simply drawing
forward the slide p until the nails are discharged into the templet; then, by
moving said slide back to restore the drivers to their normal position, he prepares
the machine for operation, and puts the block within reach of the attendant.who
loads it.
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It is desirable, in a machine organized as in this case, to provide means for
holding the templet substantially in the position shown in Fig. 5 prior to the
operation of attaching a heel, the templet being sufficiently separated from the shoe
to permit the ready application of the heel to the templet. To this end, I provide
the cross-bar with a latch or bar q, which is adapted to engage a short arm q
a shaft journalled in bearings in the fixed head e. Said shaft is provided with a
handle or lever ³, Figs. 2 and 3, by which it may be turned by the operator.
After the templet has been depressed to spank on the top lift and solidify the heel,
it may be raised from said position to the position shown in Fig. 5 by turning the
lever g³ in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, thus raising the arm q¹ and
causing the outer end of said arm to engage the latch or bar q, and through said
latch or bar raise the templet, as shown in Figures 3 and 5.
When the heel support is raised to attach the heel to the shoe the templet is

page_text: additionally raised, and the latch or bar is thus disconnected from the arm g',
whereupon said arm is caused by a spring, or other suitable means, to fall to the
position shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, so that when the templet descends said arm
will not be in position to arrest the latch or bar q. In Figs. 2, 3, and 4, I
have shown as an additional means of moving the arm to its templet-raising
position, a segmental pulley, to which is attached a cord or strap 9, the
fower end of which is connected to a treadle, yo, so that the operator may move
the arm g by his foot, if desired.
In Figs. 17 and 18 I show the machine adjusted or organized, so that the shoe
support is fixed and the drivers are moved towards and from the support.
In this case the cross head b supporting the shoe support is affixed to the sup-
porting frame by any suitable means, such as bolts on the cross head, entering
sockets on the supporting frame, and the head e supporting the drivers together
with the rods a' a' supporting said head are adapted to move vertically in guides uu
on the supporting frame, there being no rigid attachment of the rods to the sup-
porting frame.
The templet is supported by the head e as in the construction previously described
and moves downwardly with the said head when the drivers are being depressed,
the downward movement of the templet being arrested by the contact of the heel
with the heel support, while the drivers and head continue to move downwardly
after the templet has stopped. The templet springs are therefore extended or set
and the templet is locked to maintain the springs in their extended condition by the
detent i. The detent is displaced during the upward movement of the drivers
after the top lift has been inserted, the operation being in all respects the same as
that already described, excepting that the drivers, and not the shoe support, are
moved to drive the nails and cause the spanking on of the top-lift.
My invention differs from all previously known heel nailing machines, in that all
the operations involved in nailing on the heel and top lift are performed by a
single cycle of movements of the machine or in other words by the series of move-
ments that take place during one rotation of the driving shaft in a power machine
and during the depression and return of the operating treadle in a machine not
driven by power, so that the entire operation is performed in a shorter period than
in any other machine known to me.
The fact that all the steps of the heel and top lift attaching operating can be
accomplished during one cycle of movements, is due first to the arrangement of the
drivers and shoe support in line with the point occupied by the heel and top-lift,
there being no lateral movement of either the shoe support or drivers from said
line during the operation; secondly, to the successive occupancy of said point by
the heel and top-lift, so that all the pressure that causes the attachment of the heel
and top-lift is exerted along said line, and thirdly to the separation of the attached
heel from the templet prior to the insertion of the top lift, and the bringing
together of the heel and top-lift after the top-lift spanker has been moved into line
with the attached heel and its support.
The spring actuated templet, set for action by the operation of attaching the
heel, constitutes the best means known to me for causing the co-operation of the top-
lift spanker and shoe support which spanks on the top-lift, the abrupt blow given
by the templet being sufficient to drive the top-lift on to the nails and solidify the
heel without exerting a crushing force on the shoe support, hence said templet,
acting as a hammer, is well adapted for use with wooden lasts, as before stated. I
do not limit myself to the use of actuating springs in connection with the templet,
but may instead make the templet of such weight that it will act by gravity alone,
as a drop hammer.
It is obvious that the heels employed may be compressed and charged with nails
before their application to the machine, the nails projecting from the heel, and
being inserted in the holes of the templet when the heel is placed in its holder, in
which case the loading devices above described for discharging nails into the
templet would not be required.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
Ist. In a heel-nailing machine, the combination of a heel-support, a gang of
drivers, an intermediate templet, and top-lift carrier, with mechanism, substantially
as described, for attaching the heel and then causing the separation of the attached
heel from the templet, and a simultaneously-operated tripping device, and mechanism
for throwing the top-lift carrier into position and spanking on the top-lift, all by'a
practically continuous stroke of the cross-head or cycle of movements of the
machine, substantially, as described.
2nd. In a heel-nailing machine, the combination of a heel-support, a gang of
drivers, an intermediate templet, heel-holder, and top-lift carrier, with mechanism,
substantially as described, for attaching the heel and then causing the separation
of the attached heel from the templet and then moving the heel-holder out of the
way, and a simultaneously-operated tripping device, and mechanism for throwing
the top-lift carrier into position and spanking on the top-lift, all during a single
cycle of movements of the machine, substantially as described.
3rd. In a heel-attaching machine, the combination of a shoe-support and a gang
of drivers, one of said members having a heel-attaching movement toward the other,
a templet interposed between said members and adapted to be set or adjusted by
said heel-attaching movement to give a top-lift-attaching blow, a latch or detent
whereby the templet is arrested in its adjusted position, a heel-holder adapted to
hold a heel in operative relation to the templet preparatory to the heel-attaching
movement of the movable member, a top-lift holder, and spanker which is inter-
changeable in position with the heel-holder, whereby a top-lift may be presented to
the templet to be attached by the blow of the latter, and connections for operating
each of said parts during a single advance and retraction of said movable member,
as set forth.
4th. In a heel-attaching machine, the combination of a shoe-support and a gang
of drivers, one of said members having a heel-attaching movement toward and
adapted to be set or adjusted by said heel-attaching movement to give a top-lift-
attaching blow, a latch or detent whereby the templet is arrested in its adjusted
position, a heel-holder adapted to hold a heel in operative relation to the templet
preparatory to the heel-attaching movement of the movable member, a top-lift-
holder, and spanker which is adapted to present a top-lift to the templet while the
latter is arrested by the detent, automatic means for displacing the latch or detent
and thereby releasing the templet, and connections for operating each of said parts
during a single advance and retraction of said movable member, as set forth.
5th. The combination of a gang of drivers, a shoe-support movable toward and
from the drivers, a movable templet interposed between the drivers and support
and yieldingly pressed toward the support, means for moving the support to cause
it to force the templet and a heel interposed between the support and templet
toward the drivers, whereby the drivers are caused to force the nails from the
templet into the heel, and a latch or detent constructed substantially as described
and adapted to arrest the templet at the end of the movement imparted to it by the
support, whereby time is afforded for the separation of the heel from the templet
by the opposite movement of the support and the interposition of a top-lift between
the templet and heel, the templet being set for acting by said movement, so that
when the latch or detent is moved to release the templet the latter will force the
top-lift to place and solidify the heel, as set forth.
6th. The combination of a gang of drivers, a shoe-support movable toward and
from said drivers, a yielding templet interposed between the drivers and support
and adapted to be displaced from its normal position by the movement of the
support toward the drivers, said movement causing the drivers to force the nails
from the templet into a heel interposed between the templet and support, a latch
or detent constructed substantially as described and adapted to arrest the templet

page_text: at the end of the movement imparted to it by the support, whereby time is afforded
for the separation of the heel from the templet by the retreating movement of the
support, the templet being set for action by said movement, and automatic means
for displacing the latch or detent and thereby releasing the templet, as set
forth.
7th. In a heel-nailing machine, the combination of a movable shoe-support, a
movable templet arranged in the path of movement of the shoe-support, a slide or.
carrier mounted in fixed guides on the supporting-frame and movable in a direction
at right angles to the movement of the shoe-support and templet, a gang of drivers
attached to one end of said slide or carrier, a nail block or loader attached to the
opposite end of said slide or carrier, said loader and drivers being rigidly and
positively connected by the slide or carrier and adapted by the movement of the
latter to be placed, alternately in line with the templet and shoe-support, and means
for releasing the nails from the loader and permitting their discharge into the
templet when the loader is in operative position, as set forth.
8th. In a heel-nailing machine, the combination with a heel-support, a gang of
drivers, an intermediate templet and top-lift carrier, and connections for operating
said parts, as described, of a shoe-centering device comprising an adjustable block
or head adapted to bear on the rear portion of a shoe on said support, two longitu-
dinally and laterally movable arms arranged to bear on opposite sides of the shoe,
and means for adjusting said arms to the width of the portions of the shoe with
which they are engaged, as set forth.
9th. The combination, with a shoe-support, of a shoe-centering device comprising
in its construction two independently-adjustable slides, a block affixed to one of
said slides and adapted to bear on the rear portion of a shoe, a pair of arms each
pivotally connected at one end to the other slide, the other ends of the said arms
being arranged to bear on opposite sides of the shoe, fixed supports on which the
outer edges of said arms bear, and means for adjusting said slides, as set forth.
10th. A heel-attaching machine comprising in its construction a shoe-support, a
gang of drivers adapted to co-operate with said support in attaching a heel to a
shoe on the support, a nail-holding templet interposed between the support and
drivers and adapted to be set or adjusted for an additional or top-lift-attaching
action by the operative movement which causes the attachment of the heel to the
shoe, and an independent device, such as a spring, to force the templet toward the
shoe-support and cause the templet to attach the top-lift, as set forth.
11th. In a heel-nailing machine, the combination, with a heel-support, a gang of
drivers, an intermediate templet and top-lift carrier, and connections for operating
said parts, as described, of a gage for the rear of the heel part of the shoe, side
gages, and means to adjust and proportion the distance between the side gages
definitely with relation to the rear gage, as and for the purposes set forth.
12th. In a heel-attaching machine, a shoe-support, a templet movable relative
thereto, a nail-block provided with recesses or pockets for the nails and a gang of
drivers both carried by a single support, the said nail-block and drivers being
adapted to be brought interchangeably into operative position with relation to the
templet, as required, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of May A.D. 1892.
HAROLD ARTHUR WEBSTER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.