IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOT HEELS AND TIPS, COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS, CHECKS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTIOLES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Dowler and George James Farmer, of Bir-
mingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOT HEELS
AND TIPS, COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS, CHECKS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTIOLES."
Sealed the 26th November 1860, and dated the 26th May 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Dowler and
George James Farmer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 26th May 1860.
We, GEORGE DOWLER and GEORGE JAMES FARMER, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOT
HEELS AND TIPS, COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS, CHECKS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for the manu-
facture of heels and tips for boots and shoes, coins, medals, tokens, checks, and
similar articles where dies and pressure are employed. In carrying out
our Invention for bending boot heels and tips, or similar articles, we construct
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page_text: a machine with a suitable frame and bed plate, under which there is a spindle
or shaft, on which a fly wheel and two pulleys (fast and loose) are mounted,
there is also a spur wheel working into another spur wheel, which is fixed on
a crank shaft or spindle working a pair of slides direct from the crank through
a. box, in which there are screws and bolts, with friction rollers fixed in the
ends for the slides to run against to prevent friction between the box, and the
slides, which also carries a friction roller at the end of each slide, which when
the 'metal to be bent into the form of a heel or tip is placed in the machine,
comes in contact with the said rollers, at the end of each slide carrying the
metal round a form suited to the size of the boot heel or tip required. At the
end of the crank shaft or spindle there is another crank which works a shear
arm or lever set over a box, which holds a fixed steel box, through which the
rod or bar passes until stopped by a guage, which is capable of adjustment, so
that it can be set to the various sizes required. The arm or lever with cut-
ting tool fixed in it descends and cuts off a suitable length from the rod or bar
of metal fed into the machine, at the same time the slides are moved forward
carrying it round the form as before described. For the purpose of delivering
the boot heel from the machine a peg is screwed in the arm of the before-
mentioned spur wheel, which acts upon a lever fixed to the side of the
machine, acting direct upon another lever fixed on a small spindle with an
arm in the centre, the end of the arm fitting round the form, and the peg
coming in contact with the lever delivers the boot heel from the machine in
its bent state.
We will now describe the process for pressing and finishing in dies boot
heels, tips, coins, metals, tokens, checks, and similar articles, which is as
follows: Two large side standards are cast with an arm of a length suitable
for the necessary pressure, the arms being extended under the shaft, and
carrying the chairs for the shaft. On the shaft is placed a cam adapted to
the leverage required, a lever is used suited to the standard, which is placed
on a spindle or gudgeon pin, placing the lever between standards in two
journals in the standards for that purpose. Two glands are placed under the
gudgeon pin, with two holes suited to those in the standards. The pins are
then put through, and the nuts screwed on carrying the weight of the lever, a
box and bolt are then placed in front of the standards under the head of the
lever which forms a slide similar to a press either round or square, cast or
wrought iron steeled, or a false nose can be placed in the same. We then
take a die or dies suitable for boot heels or coins, medals, tokens, or such
like articles, and place it under the bolt which descends upon the die or dies

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Dowler and George James Farmer, in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 26th November 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
DOWLER and GEORGE JAMES FARMER, of Birmingham, in the County of War-
wick, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
George Dowler and George James Farmer, Her special licence that we, the
said George Dowler and George James Farmer, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said George Dowler and George
James Farmer, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOT HEELS AND TIPS, COINS, MEDALS,
TOKENS, CHECKS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said George Dowler and George James Farmer, our executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their hands and
seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or them, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George James Farmer, on behalf of
myself and the said George Dowler, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, that is
to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for the manu-

page_text: facture of heels and tips for boots and shoes, coins, medals, tokens, checks,
and similar articles, where dies and pressure are employed. In carrying out
our Invention for bending boot heels and tips, or similar articles, we con-
struct a machine with a suitable frame and bed plate, under which there is
a spindle or shaft, on which a fly wheel and two pullies (fast and loose) arc
mounted, there is also a spur wheel working into another spur wheel, which is
fixed on a crank shaft or spindle working a pair of slides direct from the
crank through a box in which there are screws and bolts with friction rollers
fixed between the box and the slide, which also carries a friction roller at the end
of each slide, which when the metal to be bent into the form of a heel or tip
is placed in the machine comes in contact with the said rollers. At the end
of each slide carrying the metal round a form suited to the size of the boot
heel or tip required. At the end of the crank shaft or spindle there is another
crank which works a shear arm or lever set over a box which holds a fixed
steel box, through which the rod or bar passes until stopped by a gauge which
is capable of adjustment, so that it can be set to the various sizes required,
The arm or lever with cutting tool fixed in it descends and cuts off a suitable
length from the rod or bar of metal fed into the machine, at the same time
the slides are moved forward carrying it round the form as before described.
For the purpose of delivering the boot heel from the machine a peg is screwed
in the arm of the before mentioned spur wheel, which acts upon a lever fixed
to the side of the machine, acting direct upon another lever fixed on a smaller
spindle with an arm in the centre, the end of the arm fitting round the form,
and the peg coming in contact with the lever delivers the boot heel from the
machine in its bent state.
We will now describe the process for pressing and finishing in dies boot
heels, tips, coins, medals, tokens, checks, and similar articles, which is as
follows: Two large side standards are cast with an arm of a length suitable
for the necessary pressure, the arms being extended under the shaft, and carry-
ing the chairs for the shaft. On the shaft is placed a cam adapted to the
leverage required. A lever is used suited to the standard, which is placed on
a spindle or gudgeon pin, thus placing the lever between standards in two
journals in the standards for that purpose. Two glands are placed under the
gudgeon pins, with two holes suited to those in the standards. The pins are
then put through and the nuts screwed on, carrying the weight of the lever.
A box and bolt are then placed in front of the standards under the head of
the lever, which forms a slide similar to a press, either round or square, cast
or wrought iron steeled, or a false nose can be placed in the same. We then

page_text: take a die or dies suitable for boot heels, or coins, medals, tokens, or such
like articles, and place it under the bolt, which descends upon the die or
dies, thus making a perfect boot heel or tip, coin, medal, token, or other
similar article.
And in order that our Invention may be most fully understood and readily
practised, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan, Figure 2, a longitudinal section, and Figure 3, a
side view of a machine suitably arranged according to the first part of our
Invention for bending metal into suitable forms for the heels and tips of boots
and shoes, or for bending metal into similar forms for other articles, such as chain
links, horse-shoe blanks, &c. Figures 4 and 4 show some of the parts on a
larger scale. a, a, is the framing of the machine, and the bed plate upon
which the working parts are supported; c is the main driving shaft or axis on
which the fast and loose pullies c¹, c, and the fly wheel c³, are mounted; c' is
a toothed wheel fixed on the axis c, which takes into and drives the toothed
wheel d¹ fixed on the crank shaft or axis d, which gives motion, by means of
the connecting rod d³, to the cross head e, to which the two slides e¹, e¹. are
attached by pin joints e³, e². The slides e', e¹, are guided in an inclined
direction through the box ea (fixed to the bed plate) by friction rollers e*, e*,
carried by sliding bolts capable of being adjusted and held in position by the
set screws e³, es, e6, e, are springs which act to press the slides e¹, e¹, out-
wards; and e' is a rod or bar fixed to the cross head e by the stud or sup-
port e, the rod e' being guided to and fro through the guides e fixed to the
bed plate of the machine. The rod or bar of metal to be bent into a heel tip,
horse-shoe blank, chain link, or other similar article, is fed into the machine
through the fixed guide f, and through the adjustable box g, which carries the
under cutter. The rod or bar passes at the back of the form h until it comes
against the adjustable stop or guage i, which is firmly held in the box i¹ by a
set screw as shown; j is a shear arm or lever moving on a pin joint at j', the
other end of the lever being connected by the connecting rod to the
crank fixed on the crank shaft or axis d. The lever j carries the moveable
cutter, which cuts off a suitable length of metal from the rod or bar k, the
two ends of which are then forced by the forward movement of the slides e¹, e¹,
round the form h into the desired form suitable for a heel or tip for a boot or
shoe. When the slides e¹, e¹, have moved back out of the way, the heel or
tip is delivered or removed from the form in the following manner :- is a

page_text: pin or projection fixed in the toothed wheel d¹, which in its rotation acts on
the end of the lever m, carried by the pin m¹, fixed to the bed plate b; the
other end of the lever m acts on the under side of the lever arm n¹, fixed on
front end of the machine; on the
end of which passes up, and fits
the axis n, supported in bearings at the
axis n is fixed another lever arm n2, the
around the back of the form h, and when acted upon, jerks or throws the bent
heel or tip forward so as to fall through an opening o in the bed plate into a
suitable receiver.
We will now describe the second part of our Invention for pressing and
finishing, or perfecting the shape in dies of boot and shoe heels, tips, coins,
medals, tokens, checks, and similar articles according to this part of our
Invention. Figure 1, Sheet 3, shows a plan; Figure 2, a longitudinal
section, and Figure 3* a front end view of machinery arranged and constructed
according to this part of our improvements. a, a, are two side standards, the
bases a of which are extended backwards, and form supports for the chairs or
bearings of the shaft or axis b, upon which the cam or excentric b¹ is fixed,
which gives motion to the lever c, carried by the spindle or gudgeon pin d,
supported on the glands or bearings d¹ in slots formed in the side standards a,
as shown; e is a box or guide fixed to the front ends of the standards a for
the bolt e to slide in, the bolt e¹ being connected to the head of the lever c
by the links e in order to lift the bolt after the lever e has depressed it; fis
the bed on which the die containing the heel, tip or other article to be pressed
is placed; this die g we prefer to make of hardened steel, in which the form
of the heel tip or other article is sunk, and in which such article previously
bent or shaped to the required form is placed, and then submitted to the
pressure of the lever c, which sinks it into the cavity of the die; h is a cross
piece of metal supported by the bases of the standards forming a support for
the bed to receive the pressure.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
practically carrying out the same, we would have it understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the exact details herein described, nor do we claim broadly
either the bending of metal for the manufacture of heels, tips, or similar articles,
or the pressing, shaping, and finishing the same by means of dies and
pressure, both processes having been before practised in various ways; but
what we claim is,-
First, the arrangement of machinery for cutting off and bending lengths of
metal into suitable forms for the manufacture of heels, tips, and similar articles,
as herein described.

page_text: And, secondly, we claim the arrangement of machinery for pressing and
shaping in dies of heels, tips, coins, medals, tokens, checks, and such like
articles, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George James Farmer, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE, Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings,
London.
GEORGE JAMES FARMER. (L.S.)