Improvements in Heel-attaching Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
[Communicated from abroad by FREEBORN FAIRFIELD RAYMOND, 2ª, of Newton,
in the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, United States of
America, Attorney at Law.]
Improvements in Heel-attaching Machines.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent.
Agents, 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The invention relates to an organized machine for attaching heel blanks.
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a view principally in vertical central section of the machine having
the features of my invention.
Figure 2 is a view in vertical section from front to rear of said machine.
Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the upper part of the machine enlarged,
a portion of the cam plate being broken out to show the mechanism behind it.
Figure 4 is a view in elevation of the back of the cam plate.
Figure 5 is a view of the rotary head removed from the machine, principally
in elevation.
Figure 6 is a view of the toplift spanker block of the rotary head.
Figure 7 is a view of a heel blank and toplift holder varying somewhat from
that represented in Figure 6.
Figure 8 represents in elevation a rotary head having a somewhat different
organization of attaching device from that represented in Figure 5.
Figure 9 represents an arm of the rotary head in its lowest position with the
heel blank secured thereto in position for attachment to the boot or shoe.
Figure 10 is a detail view in vertical section representing the manner of
fastening one of the boxes of the main shaft to the machine.
Figure 11 is a view in horizontal section taken upon a line with the centre of
the shaft boxes.
Figures 12 and 13 are views further illustrating the heel blank and toplift
holder represented in Figure 7.
Figure 14 represents principally in elevation the central and upper parts of
the machine equipped with an automatic shoe centreing and holding device.
Figure 15 is a view partly in horizontal section and partly in plan of said centreing
device.
Figures 16, 17 and 18 represent modified forms of said centreing device to
which reference is hereinafter made.
Figures 19, 20 and 21 illustrate the mechanism employed to automatically
start the machine when the jacks are moved into operative position.
A is the frame of the machine. It preferably is made integral or in one.
casting, and it comprises the side sections a, a¹ which are connected with each

page_text: other by a substantially horizontal connection a² which preferably has a median
section a³ and arched or curved downward extensions a³. This connecting sec-
tion a² has a longitudinal hole or cavity as through which extends the shaft B.
The boxes b for the shaft preferably are set or held in recesses 61 cast in the
side of the frame. The shaft B has the cranks 62, 63, one on each side of the
machine. It also has the extension 6, the outer end of which is supported in
a box 6 carried or held by a bracket 66. The cranks 62, 63 are connected with a
cross-head C by means of pitmans c, c', the pitman c extending from the crank b²
to the pin or stud 2 at one end of the cross-head C, and the pitman c¹ connecting
the crank with the pin or stud on the other end of the cross-head. The
side sections a, a support or carry guides c, cupon which the cross-head C
is movable. The cross head carries a rotary head D. This rotary head preferably
has six arms 'd, d, d², d³, d, d, although the head may have a greater or
less (e. g. two) number of arms, but I prefer this number as being most convenient
for reasons hereinafter stated. The arms of the rotary head are arranged or
adapted to be variously used according to the style of nailing which it is desired
to do. In Figure 5 I have represented the alternate arms as provided with
devices for the. attachment of a loaded heel blank, and alternate arms with
top lift holding and spanking devices. In Figure 8 I have represented all the
arms as provided with devices for attaching loaded heel blanks.
The
The device E for attaching a heel blank comprises a block e. carrying a
gang of drivers el and removably secured to the end of its supporting arm of the
rotary head, a nail or heel holder block e², having holes e³ to receive the drivers e¹.
and preferably attached to the arm of the rotary head by the side pieces e and
sliding block or ring e, which is provided preferably with a circular hole e
to fit the said arm, which is made cylindrical at e to permit the block or ring to
slide upon it. There is also carried by the arm a coil spring which surrounds
the cylindrical section e and is confined between the hub e of the head and a
washer which bears against the block or ring e shown in Figure 9.
office of this spring is to hold the nail block e away from the driver block e,
so that the holes e shall not be occupied by any material length of drivers el,
or not sufficient at any rate to prevent them from receiving the ends of the nails
of the loaded heel blank. Of course the nail block e2 and ring or block and
side plates e are also removable from the arm, but the spring and washer are
not, the washer being held by pins el from being pushed from the arm upon the
removal of the driver-holding block and nail block. It will thus be apparent
that the nail block is adapted to move radially, or towards and from the end.
of its carrying arm, and independently of said arm, but that it is non-movable
laterally in relation to said arm. It is not necessary or even desirable that the
nail block should be movable laterally, as the adjustment of the shoe to the heel
in all heel attaching machines is obtained by moving the last or jack which
supports the shoe, rather than by moving the heel attaching devices. The
nail block e may also have the heel holder e¹ adapted to bear against the sides.
of the heel to hold it upon the under surface of the block while it is being
moved from the position in which it was when the heel was so located
to the position in which it is attached to the boot or shoe. This heel
holder may be of any desired form, and in Figure 9 I have represented it as
made of two springs e¹, e15, preferably made of flat metal attached 'at e16 to
opposite sides of the block e², and having the inward bends e17 above the surface.
of the block, and the outward bends el8. In Figures 7 12 and 13 I have, shown
a heel holder comprising the armis e pivoted at 20 either to the block at or
near its front edge, or to the under surface of the adjustable plate e¹³, the arms
preferably are geared together and they have the rounded breast shoulders,
and the end e22, which bear against the sides of the heel near the back end.
The ends of the arms are preferably inclined outward.. It is desirable to use the
adjustable plate e13 as this provides the holder with an adjustment upon the block
vary the position of the breast of the heel blank, and I have represented the
to

page_text: arms eas pivoted to the inner surface of this plate so that they are between
the plate and the surface of the block. The plate is angular in shape and through
it there extend two guiding pins z¹ (see Figure 7) fixed in the block, and an
adjusting screw 22, the threaded end of which enters a threaded hole in the front
of the block. By turning the screw. the arms are moved backward or forward
upon the block.
I would say that in lieu of the heel blank attaching device E, there may be
used a nail-driving device like that represented in Figure 7 and comprising a
flat driving block e preferably having upon its surface a heel holder like that
already described.
1
When the heel is to be flush nailed the drivers e¹ are of a length to extend to
the under surface of the block e². When they are blind nailed the drivers are
shortened about an eight of an inch so that their ends do not extend to within
one-eight of an inch of the surface of the block e², when the block e23 is used for
blind nailing, it has formed in it a channel or separate holes about one-eighth
of an inch deep.
The toplift holder or spanker F preferably comprises a block of having a
dovetailed extension f on its under surface by which it is secured to its arm of
the rotary head, the said arm having a dovetailed recess f2 to fit the dovetail of
the block, and this permits the block f to be laterally adjustable upon the arm,
a set screw f³ serving to fasten it in any desired position thereon. This toplift
spanker block has a toplift centering and holding device f*, as represented in
Figure 6 and which is like that described in prior Patent No. 555485
or it may have a toplift holder consisting of a device substantially like the heel
holding mechanism represented in Figure 7.
These devices are located upon their respective arms as above stated according
to the work to be done. If it is ordinary blind nailing then the arms are held in
alternate order, first, the heel blank attaching device and then a toplift centering
device and spanker of the form shown in Figure 6.
Both the device illustrated in Figure 6 and that illustrated in Figure 7 are
for performing the same function. Each is adapted to grasp a top lift, hold
it to the face of the spanking block while it is being turned from
an upright receiving to al suspended attaching position to centre
the top lift upon said block and with respect to the heel upon which it
is to be spanked. The receiving position of the top lift holder is represented in
Figure 1. Its attaching position is that occupied by the heel attaching devices
of Figure 1, it being understood that one is substituted for the other in the
operation of the machine.
The difference between the two forms is that in Figure 6 the corners of the
top lift fit into the corners of the blocks carrying the spring holders f and these
blocks are adjustable laterally with respect to each other for varying sizes of
top lifts.
The top lifts are held with their corners in engagement with the
corners of these blocks by the spring arms f which bear against the sides of the
top lift. In Figure 7 the top lift is held with its breast against the edge of
a block. It is not centred by its corners and there are no adjustable blocks
provided with corners. The arms e¹ are geared together upon a common holding
block so that the movement of one in one direction causes the movement of the
other in a reverse direction and their outer ends which bear against the back
of the blank serve also to centre it, therein performing the functions of the corners
of the arm supporting blocks of Figure 6.
The rotary head in Figure 8 is provided with heel attaching devices only; that
is, each arm supports a heel attaching device. No top lift spanking devices are
represented. It is used where it is desired to flush nail a heel. In order to
enable a better understanding of the difference between the heads shown
respectively in Figures 5 and 8 it may be mentioned that there are
two principal ways of attaching a heel." One is by blind nailing and
one by flush nailing. A blind nailed heel is attached in two divisions,

page_text: first the heel blank is attached to the soles by nails driven through
it, the heads of which are left projecting to receive the top lift which is then
spanked upon these projecting heads, but in the finished heel the heads of the
attaching nails do not appear, the top lift covering them. This requires two
reciprocations of the cross-head of the machine, one to drive the attaching nails
in attaching the heel blank and another to spank the top lift.
A flush nailed heel is one in which the attaching nails are driven through the
top lift and heel at one operation, the top lift being made a part of the heel
before it is attached, and being attached to the remainder of the heel by nails
driven through both and flush with the top lift, and this requires but one recipro-
cation of the cross-head C.
Figure 5 represents a rotary head for blind nailing and Figure 8 a rotary
head for flush nailing.
It is not necessary that the rotary head should have six arms. It may have
only two arms, in which case it is preferable to arrange one diametrically opposite
the other as in Figure 1, in which case one arm is used for driving the heel
attaching nails and the other arm for spanking the top lift.
When the rotary head has six arms as represented in Figure 1 it is intended
that it shall attach three heels. The heels may be of different sizes and have
different arrangements of nails.
The rotary head may be turned automatically or by hand. It is preferable
that it be turned automatically. This mechanism is shown in Figures 3 and 4
and it comprises a disc M fastened to the shaft m of the rotary head having the
six cam pins m¹ extending from the face thereof, and a turning block having
the latches m2, m³, the inclined or curved surfaces m³, m and the centering
groove me. This turning block is supported by a casting m² which also acts as
a brace for the upper ends of the sides of the frame. The operation is as follows:
Upon the downward movement of the cross-head one of the pins m¹ is in position
to drag upon the surface m until it enters the straight or guiding groove me.
This causes the rotary head to be turned a twelfth of a revolution and to then
be held from turning during the last part of the reciprocation of the cross-head.
The pin m on entering the straight or guiding groove me passes over the
latch m² and the latch springing back into position causes the said pin, upon the
upward movement of the cross-head, to ride against the surface m³, and this
causes the rotary head to be turned another one twelfth of a revolution, and
another pin m to be moved past the latch m³ at the upper end of the surface m
the latch springing back into position, and causing the pin upon the next move-
ment to be drawn over the surface m¹.
As most of the operations of the machine require two reciprocations of the
cross-head to present two arms of the rotary head with their attaching devices in
succession to the work the stop motion devices are organized to permit two
reciprocations of the cross-head to take place before the machine is stopped.
When a single shaft only is used a large and heavy fly wheel N with a broad,
flat surface preferably is used, and the start motion mechanism is represented as
connected with the fly wheel as follows: The fly wheel has upon its inner face
one member n of the clutch, the other member n¹ slides upon the section b
of the shaft, and has attached to it by means of a yoke and pins the operating
lever n². This lever is pivoted at n³ and has a latch n pivoted or attached at n³
to it, which is arranged and shaped to be operated by a cam projection n on a
the short shaft n8. This gear n meshes with the gear no on the
main shaft, the main shaft making two revolutions for every single revolution of
the shaft.n. The cam n6 by rotation comes in contact with the latch which is
moved into its path by the spring N¹ and causes the latch to draw the lever n²
sufficiently to disengage the member n¹ of the clutch from the member n. To
start the machine the latch n is moved from engagement with the cam pro-
jection by a rod no pivoted to the end of the latch and connected with the
treadle n. Upon the removal of the latch n from engagement with the cam,
gear
n on

page_text: the spring 12 forces the member n¹ of the clutch into contact with the member n
and the machine being started the gear n is revolved moving the projection n
from the latch and the latch is then moved by the spring into the path of the
cam, and remains in such position until the cam, completing its revolution,
again comes in contact with this lever and causes the machine to be stopped.
The boot and shoe presenting and holding mechanism comprises a hub O
which is mounted upon the median section of the frame connection a³, to
rotate thereon, the section being turned to form a bearing (not shown) or
better, a suitable bearing being mounted thereon. This construction is illustrated
in the figures; the median section a³ of the frame connection a³ is made square
or rectangular excepting that it is open upon the under side. Upon this is
arranged a bearing piece or block S preferably made in two parts s and s' which
are bolted together by the bolts s². This bearing block has, when bolted together,
the rectangular or square hole which fits the square or rectangular section a³,.
and its outer surface is cylindrical and forms the bearing st for the hub. There
is a sunken or depressed sections to receive a corresponding extension se from
the hub, whereby the hub is held in place and prevented from having transverse
movement thereon. In order that the hub may be secured thereto it preferably
is formed in two parts o, o¹ and bolted together. Its outer surface is polygonal,
the head represented in the drawing having six surfaces. Upon each of its
surfaces is mounted a jack o preferably arranged to slide thereon, each of the
surfaces of having guiding plates o bolted or secured thereto and shaped to lap
upon the base-plate of the jack. This provides means for adjusting the jack-
horizontally upon a line running from front to back of the machine. The jack
may be of any simple form. That represented comprises the base o5, the sleeve of
having the enlargement o7, a spindle 08, vertically movable in the sleeve by means
of the screw thread o formed on its lower end and the adjusting nut o, the
upper end of the spindle carries the last or work support o". To adjust the
jack and hold it upon the surface of the hub I employ the back set screw o¹³
and the front set screw o¹³, the jack being held in its guides between the two
screws and its position being regulated by the movement of the screws.
hub supporting the jack is in line with the rotary head, and in the organization
represented in the drawings there are six jacks, having lasts or work supports,
used. The jacks are turned with the hub upon the section a³, in one direction
preferably from front to rear, and the hub is automatically locked when each
last or work support is brought into operative position by any suitable means..
On some accounts I prefer the device represented in the drawing comprising a
locking pin for each jack having its inner end slightly tapering and forced inward
automatically by a spring p¹ and adapted to engage the notch 22 in the bearing
block S which is so located that it engages or receives the pin P adjacent to the
jack next in order to the one in operative position. Each pin is moved from
engagement with the said notch by a bell-crank lever p³ pivoted at p to the jack.
having a long arm 7 and a short arm 6 loosely connected with the head of the
pin, or so that the jack and lever may be adjusted horizontally relatively thereto.
The long arm of the lever, it will be seen, is in front of the jack-post and in such
position that to turn the hub and jacks it is simply necessary to press forward
against the upper end of the lever. This disengages the pin, and at the same
time permits the jack to be rotated and the last which is in operative position to
be moved out of operative position while the next last in order is moved into.
operative position, its pin automatically stopping the motion of the hub and
jacks by entering the said notch or recess p². I prefer that this notch or recess.
be formed with its entrance somewhat lower than its back end 28 in order
that the pin may be dropped a little before it reaches the hole and be sure to come
in contact with the back end 78, which then acts as a stop in preventing further
movement of the hub and jack.
The
In operation, when the rotary jack is used, the operator stands at the front of
the machine and places the shoe to be heeled upon the last or work support next

page_text: in order to the one in operative position, and he then moves the last or work
support with the jacked shoe thereon into operative position and at the same time
another last or work support takes the place of the one moved into position, and
he proceeds to mount a boot or shoe upon it, having previously started the machine
which makes two revolutions and stops, attaching the heel blank to the heel of
the shoe in position at the first reciprocation, and spanking on the
top lift at the second reciprocation, the operator meanwhile being
engaged in jacking the second shoe, the boy or attendant places the heel blanks
and top lifts on the arm of the rotary head, and in order that this may be
done to the best advantage he stands on a platform sufficiently elevated above
the floor to permit the heel blank and top lift to be placed upon or in their
respective devices when they are uppermost, as this ensures the easier application
of the heel blank and spanker to their attaching devices, and also greater.
accuracy. The boy not only places the heel blanks and top lifts in this manner,
but he also removes the heeled shoe from the jacks as they are moved in
successive order from the nailing devices. This assists the operator because he
is not obliged to stop to remove the heeled shoe but simply to place the
shoe upon the jack and it also gives more room about the front of the machine,.
as it enables the heeled work to be moved from the machine from the rear or
back side. Any suitable receiver may be used for holding the boot or shoe
upon the last or work support when needed, but with a full last one is not
required. I have represented in Figures 16, 17 and 18 a common shoe-holding.
and centering device for successive use with each of the lasts or work-supports.
as it is brought into operative connection therewith, comprising flat springs or
yielding plates w, w each of which preferably has an end w³ which serves as a
rand guide being formed to enter the rand crease between the outsole and the
upper and the guard or shoulder w³. Each of these plates w, w¹ has a movement
from the sides of the machine by a spring w4 which bears against the block to
to which the end of the plate is attached. The block w slides horizontally in
a bracket. The spring may be of any desired tension and the two springs
should be of the same tension. The guides are moved from each other by means
of the levers 7 pivoted at w8 and connected at their lower ends by links w³,
the links at their connecting ends being attached by a link w10 to the operating
treadle . In lieu of placing the springs w behind the blocks a single
spring may be placed below the connecting points of the links w. In operation
the operator opens by means of the treadle, the plates w, w¹, and when the jack
has been moved sufficiently to bring a last with the work thereon between them
he removes his foot sufficiently to permit the springs to force the plates inward
and of course the section 2 thereof to enter the rand crease. The adjusting
screw 12 is used for varying the height or level of the said plates. In some
instances the section entering the rand crease may be dispensed with, in which
event the sections bear against the counter of the shoe below the outsole.
When it is desired that the holding and centering devices shall be automatically
operated by the machine I prefer the construction represented in Figures 14
and 15. The shoe centering device may be like those above specified, that is,
having a rand guide and an abutment below, or a rand guide may be dispensed
with and the shoulders increased in width and lined with rubber upon its inner
surface, and V, V₁ represent the centering devices when thus formed. Each is
curved in plan, and each is lined with rubber v upon its contacting surface which
is preferably vertically corrugated as represented in Figure 15; the centering
devices each have backward extending arms v' which extend into guiding recesses va
in a bracket 3 fastened to the frame of the machine. And each of the devices
is provided with a sliding movement by means of the toggles 4, 25, the links 24
of which are pivoted at 6 and the link 5 pivoted to the arms of the centering
device. The links are joined together at 7 and are connected with the vertical
pushrod . This rod extends upward through an enlarged hole in a bracket

page_text: or holding block 10 fastened preferably to the outside of the cross-head, and
carries a coil spring which surrounds the rods and rests upon a collar 18
secured thereto. The rod also has a cross-pin 13 which extends over or across
the hole and rests upon the upper surface of the block 10. The operation of
the device is as follows: When the machine is at rest with the cross-head
in its highest position the rods are drawn upward, thereby inclining the
links of the toggles and the centering devices are separated from each other so
that the jacks may be freely moved between them. Upon the starting of the
machine the jack having been moved into position between the centering devices
the blocks come in contact with the springs before the under surface of
the heel blank is brought into contact with the sole of the boot or shoe, and this
causes the rods 28 to be moved downward, and the toggles to be straightened
sufficiently to bring the centering and holding devices V, V₁ into contact with
the sides of the heel end of the shoe, and as the downward movement of the
cross-head continues the tension upon the springs is increased, more firmly
holding and centering the shoe upon its last or work support. The centering
and holding devices, after they are closed by this movement, are no longer
moved by the continued movement of the head, but they are held closed by the
tension of the springs the springs yielding or still further pressing to allow the
cross-head to make its full throw. Of course the extent of the pressure against
the sides of the boot or shoe which the centering and holding devices. V, V¹
exert depends upon the resistance of the springs . It will be seen that this
centering device is automatic in another respect, and that is that it accommodates
itself without adjustment to all sizes and forms of shoes, enough throw being
given to the devices V, VI by the toggles to permit them to centre the smallest
shoe. It will be observed that with the automatic mechanism for rotating the
head the rotary head having been moved a twelfth of a revolution disposes two
arms thereon, one of each set of three, that is, an arm for the reception of the
heel blank and an arm for the reception of the top-lift upon. the same level
and in the best position in relation to each other, and the cross-head to receive
the heel-blank and top-lift, from the hand of the attendant.
While the rotary head as shown in Figure 1 and others of the figures is
organized to provide three sets of heel attaching devices, each of which is adapted
to attach and blind nail a separate heel on to as many different shoes; yet the
invention would be practised if the rotary head were organized to attach and
blind nail but one heel, in which case I prefer that the nail driving devices and
the top lift spanking devices be diametrically opposed to each other upon the
head, so that the head shall require a half revolution to bring one or the other
of them into nailing and receiving position respectively.
The advantages of the invention arise largely from the simplicity and strength
of its construction, the rapidity with which the work is done, the reducing of
the number of movements of the operator and attendant to a very low limit,
and the freedom from liability to breakage. The invention herein described
combines in one organization a number of jacks adapted to be used successively
to hold the work during the nailing operation, and a number of heel attaching
devices, or sets of heel attaching devices, only one of which attaching devices or
sets is used at a time and in conjunction with a single last or work support,
leaving disengaged or unused, so far as the act of attaching is concerned during
their operation, other jacks and nailing attachments, which, however, are utilized
during this period in whole or in part by being supplied with the work such as
the boot or shoe heel blank, nails, &c., necessary for the next operation of the
machine, and the next operation of the machine brings these parts into operative
connection while it releases from active operation the parts which were active
immediately before. In other words, the mechanism embraces in duplicate,
triplicate or multiplex arrangement a number of work-presenting and heel-
attaching devices, only one full set of which, however, is adapted to be operated
at one time, and all of which are interchangeable one with the other. That is,

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each jack is adapted to be used with all the various sets of nailing devices although
- with only one set at a time.
In Figures 19, 20 and 21 I have represented mechanism for automatically
starting the machine by the movement of the jacks into position so that the
bringing of the jack into such position causes the machine to be immediately
started. The motion which unlatches the hub and moves forward the jack
then acts additionally to start the machine. This not only saves time in the
operation of the machine, but also prevents the machine from repeating, as it
is not possible to again start the machine until another jack has been moved
into operative position. The mechanism for accomplishing this is represented
as embodied in a series of latched lever-depressing cams or surfaces ✗, one for
each jack, arranged upon the hub and each having the inclined edge x, and the
projecting undercut end a¹. At the end of the inclined surface this end r
projects slightly over the beginning of the next incline in order. The clutch
lever latch is provided with an arm ³ of sufficient length to bring its end.³
in line with the edge a of the cam or surfaces X, said end, however, not extending
upon said edge a distance quite equal to the horizontal throw of the member n
of the clutch and of the clutch lever n².
In use, the machine being at rest, the end of the latch lever rests against
the foot of one of the inclined surfaces and upon the rotation of the hub to
bring the next jack into position the lever is moved downward by the riding of
the surface a against it, and in opposition to the latch spring until the clutch
lever latch is disengaged from its holding cam. The cam or incline is so shaped
that its disengagement takes place the instant the jack is in operative position,.
and the hub latching pin engages or enters its receiving hole in the hub support.
The clutch lever and latch are then immediately moved horizontally and the
driving member of the clutch engages the driven member of the clutch, and the
machine starts, and the latch cam having passed the latch the latch spring moves
the latch and lever upward again in their new position, that is, in a position from
say one half an inch to an inch to the right of the one which they occupied before
the latch was moved from its cam. This permits the end of the lever ² to
be moved vertically by the side of the end of the wedge or cam in line
with the opening above it and the latch cam rotating comes into line with the
latch, and then pushes the latch and lever horizontally sufficiently to disengage
the driven from the driving member of the clutch and at the same time brings
the end of the latch lever a² into line with the base of the next incline or
cam in order and the machine comes to rest. Of course so long as the jack
which was in operative position when the machine was started, remains in such
position the machine cannot be again started, and it can only be started again
by moving said jack out of operative position, and the next jack in order into
operative position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is:
1. In a heel attaching machine, the combination with a series of lasts or
work supports contained in the machine and adapted to be successively or other-
wise moved into and out of operative relation with the attaching devices, of
a single set of shoe centering devices movable towards and from each other
and common to each of said lasts or work supports.
2. The combination in a heel attaching machine of a reciprocating cross-head,
a rotary hub mounted thereon, appropriate heel holding and nail driving devices
carried by said rotary hub, a series of lasts or work supports adapted to be moved
into the same operative position and a single set of shoe centering devices common
to each of said lasts or work supports and having vertical yielding movements.
3. The combination in a heel attaching machine of a reciprocating cross-head,
a rotary head or block mounted thereon and a series of lasts or work supports

page_text: contained in the machine and adapted to be moved into the same operative
position, and a single set of shoe centering devices having an inward movement
and held closed upon the shoe by a yielding pressure.
4. The combination in a heel attaching machine of a reciprocating cross-head,
a rotary head or block mounted thereon, heel holding and nail driving devices
carried by said rotary head, a series of lasts or work supports contained in the
machine and adapted to be moved into the same operative position, a single
set of shoe centering devices common to each of said lasts or work supports,
and means for opening the same.
5. The combination in a heel attaching machine of a rotary hub or support,
a series of lasts or work supports mounted thereon, and an automatic registering
device for each jack carried upon said hub or support, a lever or arm for
each jack, for disengaging said registering devices, arranged to be movable
inward to make the said disengagement, and a registering hole arranged to
receive the registering device of the last or work support in advance of the
one which is in operative position, whereby the operator, by one motion, unlatches
the jack support and moves the jacks or lasts onward, substantially as described.
6. In a blank holder, a breast gauge against which the breast of the blank is
adapted to be held, and two blank-holding arms connected together at or near
the said breast gauge and in such a manner that the movement of one causes the
movement of the other in a reverse direction, said arms extending forward from
the breast gauge and being shaped and actuated to yieldingly bear against a
blank .near its rear end and thus serving to press and hold its breast in contact
with the breast gauge.
7.. The combination in a heel nailing machine of a block, the plate e18 arranged
to extend upon the surface of the block, the heel blank or toplift grasping
arms.e pivoted to said plate and geared together, and adjusting devices for
moving said plate and arms upon the face of said block.
8. In a heel attaching machine, the combination with a last or work support,
of shoe centering devices adapted to move toward and from each other, a moving
part of the machine for operating said shoe centering devices, and yielding
connections between said moving part and said shoe centering devices.
. 9. The combination in a heel attaching machine of the cross-head, the centering
devices connected with said cross-head to be moved inward or towards each other
upon its descent and away from each other upon its upward movement, and
interposed springs between the cross-head and said centering devices, whereby
said devices are caused to be closed upon the beginning of the downward movement
of the cross-head and are held closed during the continuation of said downward
movement, substantially as and for the purposes described.
10. The combination in a heel nailing machine of the reciprocating cross-head,
one or more heel attaching devices carried thereby, one or more toplift spankers
carried thereby, a last or work support, shoe centering devices connected with
the cross-head as specified, and interposed springs between the cross-head and
the centering devices, whereby the shoe is adapted to be centered alike during
the attaching of the heel and the spanking of the toplift, as and for the purposes
set forth.
11. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe
which is movable from a shoe-receiving position to a heel attaching position,
a holder or support for the heel to hold or support it in an attaching position,
nail driving devices, mechanism for operating said nail driving devices, and
means for automatically starting said mechanism upon the movement of the shoe
support into nailing position and for automatically stopping said mechanism
after the nailing of the heel.
12. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe
which is movable by hand from a shoe-receiving to a heel attaching position,
a holder or support for the heel to hold or support it in attaching position, a
holder or support for a toplift, nail-driving and toplift spanking devices, mechanism

page_text: for successively operating said nail-driving and toplift spanking devices to
cause them to drive the attaching nails and spank the toplift, and means for
automatically starting said mechanism upon the movement of the shoe support.
into position and for automatically stopping said mechanism after the spanking
of the toplift.
13. In a heel nailing machine in combination with the frame A having the
connecting section a², of a rotary jack mounted upon said connecting section, a
last carried by said jack, and rotary heel attaching devices mounted in a recipro-
cating frame above said rotary jack and moving vertically toward and from
the same, substantially as described.
14. In a heel nailing machine as a means for receiving the heel
attaching nails and a heel blank and for moving them from a receiv-
ing position to an attaching position and for attaching the heel
blank to the sole of a boot or shoe, a pressure arm mounted upon a
horizontal pivot and adapted to be moved upon a vertical arc and to have a
reciprocating movement imparted to it, a group of drivers attached to the end of
said arm, and carried thereby, a nail block into which said drivers extend, also
carried by said pressure arm and movable relatively thereto and to the drivers,
a spring to act against the nail block, and means for moving said pressure arm
and its attaching devices from a receiving position to an attaching position, and
guides or stops for holding them in each of said positions, and whereby the nail
block is adapted when inverted to receive the attaching nails and the heel to
be attached by them, and whereby also the attaching nails and heel are adapted
to be moved from said receiving position upon a vertical arc to an attaching
position, and whereby by means of the vertical movement of the arm the heel
blank is compressed against the sole of the boot or shoe, and the heel attaching
nails driven and the heel attached, all as and for the purposes described.
15. In a heel nailing machine the combination with a last or work support,
a pressure arm adapted to be vertically reciprocated and provided with a move-
ment upon a vertical arc, a group of drivers at the end of the arm supported and
carried thereby, a nail block into which the drivers extend carried by said pressure
arm and movable relatively thereto and to the drivers, a spring to act against
the block and to hold it from the drivers, the group of drivers being of a length
less than the length of the holes in said nail block whereby the said devices are
adapted to receive attaching nails and a heel blank, transfer them to a driving
position and attach the heel blank to the boot or shoe by driving the nails
through the heel blank in a manner to leave the outer ends of the attaching
nails slightly projecting from the surface of the attached heel, as and for the
purposes described.
16. In a heeling machine a vertically reversible heel attaching and toplift
applying device comprising a reversible head having two arms viz., an attaching
arm and a spanking arm in line with each other, one of which has a gang of
drivers at the end and a yielding perforated nail block attached to it to be movable
toward and from its end, but which nail block is non-movable laterally in
relation to its carrying arm, and the other of which arms has attached to its end
a toplift spanker and holder.
17. The combination in a heel nailing machine of a reciprocating pressure head
and two arms or supports viz., an attaching arm and a spanking arm mounted
thercon to be movable alternately into and out of operative position, and devices
for attaching a loaded heel blank carried by one of said arms and comprising a
group of drivers at the end of the arm, and a yielding heel block into which the
drivers extend, carried by the said arm and having a flat outer surface adapted
to receive a heel blank of any size, the upper surface of said heel blank resting
against the surface of the block and the nails entering the holes thereof, and
unyielding toplift centering, holding and spanking devices rigidly attached to
the second of said arms but adapted to be adjustable crosswise it, as and for the
purposes described.

page_text: 18. In a heel nailing machine, the combination of a reciprocating pressure head,
two arms mounted thereon, viz., an attaching arm and a spanking arm each to
be movable from an operative to an inoperative position, a heel blank attaching
device carried by one of said arms, comprising a group of drivers at the end
of the arm and a yielding heel block attached to the arm and into which the
drivers extend, and toplift centering, holding and spanking devices attached
to the other of said arms, the first of said arms and its attached yielding block
being together longer than the second of said arms with its spanking block,
whereby the first of said arms is adapted to deliver pressure directly to a heel
blank at a different level from that delivered by the second arm, as and for the
purposes described.
19. In a heel nailing machine, the combination of a pressure head or cross-head
having a wide opening extended through it, a shaft extending across said
opening and a rotary head carried by said shaft and having two arms, viz., an
attaching arm and a spanking arm; loaded'heel attaching devices of the character
specified, attached to one of said arms, and toplift carrying, holding and spanking
devices attached to the other of said arms, the said rotary head being adapted
to be turned so as to permit the loaded heel blank and the toplift to be applied
to their respective attaching devices through the upper part of the opening in
said head, or when they are uppermost, and to permit them to carry said loaded
heel blank and toplift and to attach them successively when they are in their
lowest position, as and for the purposes described.
20. In a heeling machine vertically reversible nail receiving and nail driving
and heel blank holding devices comprising a pressure arm and means for reversing
it, a gang of drivers at the end of said arm, a yielding perforated nail block
attached to said arm to be movable toward and from its end but non-movable
laterally in relation thereto, and heel holding devices for holding a heel blank
to the face of said nail block.
21. In a heel nailing machine the combination of a reciprocating pressure head,
a rotary head carried thereby having a series of groups of arms, each group of
which consists of two armis, loaded heel blank attaching devices carried by one
of said arms, toplift centering holding and spanking devices carried by the other
of said arms, automatic means for rotating said head, and automatic devices for
stopping the machine at the end of the two reciprocations of the cross-head.
22. In a heel nailing machine of the character specified, the combination of
a pressure arm circular in shape and having a flat face to which a block holding
a gang or group of drivers is attached, a sleeve or slide block having a circular
hole of the size of the arm mounted thereon above the driver holding block, a
yielding heel block attached by plates or arms to said sleeve or slide block and
a spring surrounding the arm to bear against the said sleeve or slide block and
force it outwardly.
23. As an attachment to the arm of a heel attaching machine, the combination
of a block holding drivers and having a spindle adapted to be extended into the
hole of a holding arm and to be locked thereto, a sleeve at the upper side of said
driver block, a movable heel block upon the under side thereof, having holes
into which the drivers extend, and arms or plates connecting the heel block with
the sleeve.
24. In a heel nailing machine, the combination with a last or work support
adapted to present and hold an unheeled boot or shoe, of an arm movable into
and out of operative position relative to said last or work support, a gang of
drivers attached to the end of said arm, a templet having holes into which the
ends of said drivers extend said templet being joined to said arm so as to be
movable therewith into and out of operative position, and being also movable
towards and from the end of said arm, and a spring for pressing said templet
outward, the said templet having an unobstructed operating face and being
thus adapted to receive thereon a loaded heel blank with the projecting ends of
the nails extending into its holes, so that the face of said heel will be in contact

page_text: with the operating face of said templet, the whole being so organized that upon
the movement of the arm and templet to operative position, and upon the vertical
movement of the arm, the heel blank will be forced against the sole of the boot
or shoe with an attaching pressure and the attaching nails will be driven through
the heel blank into the sole of the boot or shoe.
25. In a heel attaching machine, a series of heel attaching devices comprising
a number of radial pressure arms connected together and adapted to be brought
in successive or any other order over a jack common to all, each heel attaching arm
having a group of drivers at its end, and a yielding perforated nail block attached
to it to be movable towards and from its end but which nail blocks are non-
movable laterally in relation to their carrying arms.
26. In a heel attaching machine, a series of heel attaching and toplift applying
devices comprising a number of radial pressure arms connected together and
adapted to be brought in successive or any other order over a jack common to
all, each alternate arm having a group of drivers and a yielding perforated nail
block which is movable towards and from the end of its carrying arm, but which
nail blocks are non-movable laterally in relation to their carrying arms, the
interposed or other alternate arms having at their ends toplift spanking and
holding devices.
27. In a heel attaching machine, a series of movable groups of heel attaching
and toplift applying devices, each group consisting of an arm, a group of
drivers attached to the end of said arm and carried thereby, a nail block into
which the drivers extend also carried by said arm and movable relatively
thereto and to the drivers, a spring to act against the nail block and a second
arm and adjustable toplift carrying, centering and spanking devices attached
thereto, the drivers and nail holes of the heel attaching devices of each group
differing as to the arrangement or number, as and for the purposes described.
28. In a heel attaching machine, the combination with a suitable supporting
frame, of a movable head having two arms viz., an attaching arm and a spanking
arm, mounted in said frame, one of said arms carrying at its end a gang of
drivers and a perforated nail block attached thereto and movable towards and
from the same but non-movable laterally in relation thereto, and the other of
which arms carries at its end toplift applying devices.
29. In a heel nailing machine, in combination with nail driving devices, a
vertically reversible heel carrier comprising a block having a flat face, its movable
supporting arm, the said block being non-movable laterally in relation to the said
supporting arm, and heel holding devices to hold the heel to the face of the
carrier block.
30. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe
which is movable from a shoe-receiving position to a heel attaching position,
an automatic device for locking the said support when said support is moved to
its attaching position, a holder or support for the heel to hold or support it
in attaching position, nail driving devices, mechanism for operating said nail
driving devices, and means for automatically starting said operating mechanism
upon the automatic locking of the said shoe support in nailing position and.
devices for automatically stopping said operating mechanism. after the nailing
of the heel.
31. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe
which is movable from a shoe-receiving position to a heel-attaching position,
a holder or support for the heel which is movable from a heel-receiving position
to a heel-attaching position, nail driving devices, mechanism for operating said
nail-driving devices, and means for automatically starting said mechanism upon
the movement of the shoe support into attaching position and for automatically
stopping said mechanism after the nailing of the heel.
32. The combination, in a heel-attaching machine, of a support for the shoe
which is movable from a shoe-receiving position to a heel attaching position,
a holder or support for the heel which is movable from a heel-receiving position

page_text: to a heel-attaching position, a holder or support for the toplift which is movable
from receiving position to a spanking position, nail driving devices, mechanism
for operating said nail driving devices and for moving said heel holder and said
toplift holder from receiving to attaching positions, and means for automatically.
starting said mechanism upon the movement of the shoe support into nailing
position and for automatically stopping said mechanism after the spanking of
the toplift.
33. A plate or blank holder having a front gauge against which the breast of
the lift or blank is adapted to be pressed and two yielding separable rear pressers
connected with each other to be movable uniformly in respect to the front gauge,
constructed and arranged to bear against the back edge of the lift or blank upon
each side of a median line drawn through its centre from front to back and auto-
matic means to close them towards each other and the breast gauge with a
yielding closing movement.
34. In a heel attaching machine, a vertically reversible heel carrier and
attaching device consisting of a supporting arm provided with nail drivers, and
a nail block carried by said supporting arm and arranged thereon so as to be
movable toward and from it.
35. In a heel nailing machine,
heel carrier and attaching device turning
in a vertical plane and consisting of a supporting arm provided with a gang
of drivers and carrying a nail block movable toward and from said supporting
arm to co-operate with said gang of drivers.
36. In a heel attaching machine, a heel carrier and attaching device movable
vertically in the arc of a circle and consisting of a supporting arm carrying a
gang of drivers, and a nail block arranged to co-operate with said gang of
drivers and capable of movement toward and from said supporting arm.
37. In a heel nailing machine, as a means for attaching a heel blank to a
boot or shoe and a separate toplift to the attached heel blank, a vertically reversible
head having two arms, one of which arms is adapted to carry and attach the heel
and is provided with nail drivers and a nail block arranged on said arm so as
to be movable toward and from it, and the other of which arms is provided with
toplift applying devices.
38. In a heel nailing machine, as a means for attaching a heel to a boot or
shoe and a separate toplift to the attached heel, a head turning in a vertical plane
and having two arms, one of which arms is adapted to carry and attach the heel
and is provided with a gang of drivers and a nail block movable toward and from
said arm, to co-operate with said gang of drivers, and the other of which arms is
provided with toplift applying devices.
39. In a heel nailing machine, a head carrying two arms movable vertically
in the arc of a circle, one of which arms is adapted to carry and attach the heel
and is provided with a gang of drivers and a nail block movable toward and from
said arm, to co-operate with said gang of drivers, and the other of which arms is
provided with toplift applying devices.
40. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe,
an arm, a holder or support for the heel, nail-carrying and nail-driving devices
mounted upon said arm, automatic mechanism for moving said arm with the heel-
holder or support and said nail-carrying and nail-driving devices simultaneously
from a receiving to an attaching and driving position, and means for operating
the nail driving devices to drive the nails.
41. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a support for the shoe, an
arm, a holder or support for the heel, nail-carrying and nail-driving devices
mounted upon said arms, top-lift applying devices, automatic mechanism for
moving successively into operating position first the said arm with the heel holder
or support and the said nail-carrying and nail-driving devices, and second said
toplift applying devices, and means for operating the nail driving devices while
the heel holder and nail-carrier are in operative position.
42. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a series of devices each

page_text: comprising a holder or support for a heel, nail-carrying and nail-driving devices,
an arm upon which they are mounted, automatic mechanism for moving said
series of devices progressively or successively from a receiving to an attaching
position and for successively operating the nail driving devices of each when in
attaching position.
43. The combination, in a heel nailing machine, of a series of devices each com-
prising a holder or support for the heel, nail-carrying and nail-driving devices,
an arm upon which said nail-carrying and nail-driving devices are mounted, a
toplift applying device, automatic mechanism for moving said arm with the said
heel-holder and nail-carrying and nail-driving devices and said toplift applying
devices progressively or successively from a receiving to an attaching position
and for successively operating the nail-driving devices of each and the toplift
applying devices when in attaching position.
Dated this 14th day of February 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.