Improvements in neening machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 27th June, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
I, THOMAS MYNARD, of Hatfield House, Orange Street, South Wigston,
Leicestershire, Foreman Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to improve the construction of machines used for
attaching the heels of boots and shoes, and the improvement is particularly
intended for application to the machine generally known in the trade as the
"lightning heeler."
In such a machine, I mount the last heel pin in a slide upon the heel post
of the "jack" in such a manner that it can be readily moved from side to side
by the operator, so as to set the shoe truly under the heel before the attaching
nails are driven.
With lasts that are much cut away on one side, the hole for the heel pin has
to be placed to one side of the centre of the heel, and it is therefore necessary
that the operator should be able to adjust the last sidewise in order to attach
the heel properly to the shoe.
A cramping screw, or the like, may be used to retain the slide when set.
If preferred the "jack" itself may be mounted ou a cross slide, or a compound
slide and turntable, for the purpose of properly adjusting the shoe relatively to
the heel.
Improvements in neening machines.
I, THOMAS MYNARD, of Hatfield House, Orange Street, South Wigston,
Leicestershire, Foreman Boot Maker, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to improve the construction of machines used for
attaching the heels of boots and shoes and the improvement is particularly
intended for application to the machine generally known in the trade as the
lightning heeler.
In such a machine, I mount the last heel pin in a slide
jack in such a
manner that it can be readily moved on the heel post of the
from side to side by

page_text: the operator, so as to set the shoe truly under the heel before the attaching nails
are driven.
With lasts which are much cut away on one side, the hole for the heel pin has to
be placed to one side of the centre of the heel and it is therefore necessary that
the operator should be able to adjust the last sidewise in order to attach the heel
properly to the shoe.
A cramping screw or the like may be used to retain the slide when set.
If preferred the jack itself may be mounted on a cross slide or a compound slide
and turntable for the purpose of properly adjusting the shoe relatively to the
heel.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a front view partly in section of a portion of a heeling machine shewing
my invention with a right foot last mounted.
Fig. 2 is a side view of same.
Fig. 3 shews the invention with a last for a left foot.
Fig. 4 shows an arrangement in which the jack is fitted with a cross slide and
turntable..
Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.
The last heel pin a (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) is mounted in a slide b which is free to be
moved transversely across the top of the jack last post c. By this improvement
the operator is enabled to move the last d and boot e sufficiently from side to side
to enable him to set them correctly with regard to the heel f and nail drivers
whether the boot be a right or left, and whether the last be either much or little
cut away on the side.
The cramping screw serves to retain the slide 6 in position when set.
In Figs. 4 and 5 the jack i is mounted on a turntable; so that the toe of the
boot may be turned a little to the right or left and a cross slide k is provided in lieu
of the slide b. The centre pin serves to keep the jacki in position on the slide k.
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
1. Mounting the heel pin in a cross slide on the post in the manner and for the
object described.
2. Mounting the jack in a cross slide in the manner and for the object described.
3. Mounting the jack on a turntable in the manner and for the purpose
described.
Dated thin. 5th day of T1000