Improvements in Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by OLIVER AMMI MILLER, of 272 North Warren
Avenue, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of
America, Gentleman.]
Improvements in Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
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
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to lasts which are transversely divided and comprise a
heel section, and a fore-part section which is movable independently of the heel
section and is pivotally connected thereto, so that either of said sections may swing
independently of the other, to practically shorten the last and enable a boot or
shoe that has been lasted upon it to be readily removed.
My invention has for its object to provide a last of the class above described, in
which the meeting surfaces of the sections shall not only present the maximum
area of bearing surface when the heel section is in its operative position, and
permit the simultaneous upward and forward movement of the heel section, but
shall also be formed to arrest the downward movement of the heel section at the
proper point. The invention consists in the improvements 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, and Figure 2 a longitudinal section of a
last provided with my improvements.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In the drawings-
a represents the heel section, and the fore-part section of a last which is
transversely divided into two sections which are pivotally connected, so that either
section can swing or be displaced from its operative position to practically shorten
the last and enable the boot or shoe to be readily removed from it. As here
shown, the heel section has a seat or face a¹ and a shoulder or offset a², bearing
respectively against a corresponding seat and shoulder or offset 2 on the fore-
part section when the last is in its operative position, the two sections being cut
away at their upper portions to permit one to swing over the other. The two
offsets form a stop which limits the downward movement of the heel section and
insures its proper relation with the fore-part section, as shown. In the forward
end of the heel section is formed a narrow slot or groove a³, which receives a
tongue or binge-member c, which is rigidly attached to the heel section within the
slot a³ by studs or bolts c¹ c'. The hinge-member c projects forward from the
section a, and enters a narrow slot or recess 63 formed in the rear portion of
the fore-part section b. The forward end of the hinge-member c is engaged with
a pivot-pin or stud c² affixed to the fore-part section and passing through the slot
or recess 63.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, 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 :---
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page_text: with a central longitudinal slot or groove and having its rear end forming a seat
for the heel section, and a heel section provided with a tongue entering said slot or
groove and pivotally attached at its end to said fore-part section, the rear surface
of said fore-part section being provided with a shoulder or offset, and the front
surface of said heel section having a corresponding opposing shoulder or offset,
said offsets forming a stop whereby the movement of the heel section is limited.
Dated this 1st day of June 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.