Improvements in the Horns of Machines for Nailing and 'Sprigging Boots and Shoės.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification' Left, '18th Sept., 1895-Accepted, "19th Oct.,' 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Horns of Machines for Nailing and 'Sprigging
Boots and Shoės.
I, 'LOFTUS HANSON BATEMAN of No. 5 Hanover Street, Halifax, "in' the
County of York, Mechanic, do hereby declare the ontúre of this invention 'to botas
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction and manufacture of
machines employed in the nailing and sprigging of boots- and shoes, the object
being by a new construction and arrangement of horn to ensure an efficient support
or resistance to the pricker and plunger when nailing the soles of boots or shoes
near to the edge of the sole, and is specially applicable for boots or shoes having
wide welts. Heretofore it has been very difficult to nail by machinery boots or
shoes having wide welts, as it was impossible to introduce the horn inside or
outside the boot or shoe in such a manner as to offer a sufficient resistance to the
pricker or plunger. The invention consists in the use and employment of duplicate
horns, one supporting the boot or shoe inside, and the other outside.
According to this invention, I employ an ordinary horn shaft, at the upper end
of which is a boss eccentric to the centre of the shaft. On this boss is mounted a
bracket which carries a horn for supporting the inside of the boot or shoe as
ordinary. Below the eccentric boss and on the horn shaft is a bracket carrying a
second horn adjustable both vertically and laterally. The noses of the two horns
are adjacent to one another, the first horn being inside the boot or shoe, and the
second outside the boot or shoe, and under the welt of same, so that the boot or
shoe is supported both inside and outside, and the pricker and plunger are either
over the nose of the second horn, or between the latter and the first horn, so that
efficient resistance is always offered to the pricker and plunger.
Lon 1904
Improvements in the Horns of machines for Naining and spr
Boots and Shoes.
I, LOFTUS HANSON BATEMAN of 5 Hanover Street, Halifax, in the County of
York, 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 relates to improvements in the construction and manufacture of
machines employed in the nailing and sprigging of boots and shoes, the object
being by a new construction and arrangement of horn, to ensure an efficient support
or resistance to the pricker and plunger when nailing the soles of boots or shoes
near to the edge of the sole, and is specially applicable for boots or shoes having
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page_text: wide welts. Heretofore it has been very difficult to nail by machinery, boots or
shoes having wide welts, as it was impossible to introduce the horn inside or
outside the boot or shoe in such a manner as to offer a sufficient resistance to the
pricker or plunger. The invention consists in the use and employment of duplicate
horns, one supporting the boot or shoo inside, and the other outside.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the improvements in machines for
nailing and sprigging the soles of boots and shoes.
Fig. 2 is a plan on line A. B. of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail.
According to this invention, I employ an ordinary horn or spindle shaft I at the
upper end of which is a boss 2, eccentric to the centre of the shaft 1. On this
boss 2 is loosely mounted a bracket 3, which carries a horn 4 for supporting the
inside of the boot or shoe as ordinary. Below the eccentric boss 2, and on the horn
shaft, is a bracket 5 carrying a second horn 6 adjustable both vertically and
laterally. The noses 7 of the two horns 4 and 6 are adjacent to one another the
first horn 4 being inside the boot or shoe, and the second horn 6 outside the boot
or shoe and under the welt of same, so that the boot or shoe is supported both
inside and outside, and the pricker and plunger are either over the nose of the
second horn 6, or between the latter and the first horn 4, so that efficient resistance
is always offered to the pricker and plunger.
At 8 is a finger or fork fixed to the horn 6, and its end 9 fitting into a
slot 10 in the spindle 1 ensures the two horns 4-6 always being in the correct
relative position when set.
The upper part or nose 7 of the horn 6 is adjustable laterally by means of
the spindle 11 passing through the boss 12, and being held therein in the required
position by means of a locking key or other device. The horn 6 is adjusted
vertically by means of the screw 13 and nut 14 at each side of the boss 15.
The bracket 5 may be cast to or form a part of the eccentric boss 2.
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.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts cou-
stituting the improvements in horns of machines for nailing and sprigging boots
and shoes, as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated
by Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings.
(2.) In machines for nailing and sprigging the fore parts or soles of boots and
shoes, the use and employment of duplicate horns, one for supporting the inside of
the sole of the boot or shoe, and the other for supporting the outside of the sole of
the said boot or shoe, as herein fully described.
Dated this 17th day of September 1895.