Improvements in Machinery for Finishing or Burnishing the Edges of Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Finishing or Burnishing the Edges
of Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
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I, EDMUND NEWBERRY of 6 Bowling Green Avenue, Kettering Northampton-
shire, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct an arrangement or mechanism whereby
the adjustment of the burnishing or finishing irons in the above class of machine can
be so regulated as to suit the difference in length and curvature of the sides of the
soles of boots and shoes independent of each other, by means of a slot-plate
traversing a groove and worked by means of a screw adjustment, by which means
the burnishing irons can be made to operate on the full length of the outside edge
of the sole which is longer as compared with the inner edge of the same thereby
To the
overcoming the difficulty of contending with the two different radii.
apparatus I also attach similar mechanism for controlling and regulating the
circular sweep or pendulum motion of the upright arms on which are affixed
to the lower ends thereof, the burnishing irons, in such a way that any required
adjustment can be made for increasing or diminishing the circular motion to suit a
large or small sized boot or shoe, by altering the centre of oscillation
forward or backward while the machine is in operation or while work is being
operated upon.
Also by means of an arm or disc having a tee or dove-tailed slot and stud, I
regulate the length of stroke necessary for giving an increased or decreased
oscillating motion to the burnishing irons for operating on the heels of the boots
and shoes to suit larger or smaller heels as the case may he, or I can by means.
of a plain slot and stud regulate the vibratory movement of the parts which operate
on the heels.
DL: 0-1 1 of October 1893
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Finishing or Burnishing the Edges
of Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
I EDMUND NEWBERRY of Bowling Green Avenue, Kettering, Northampton-
shire, Manager, 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 :-
I first wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim novelty for the
general construction of machine which is already covered by Patent No. 18058
A.D. 1890 but only for the several parts in connection therewith set forth in the
following Specification and claims.
My invention relates to improvements in machinery for finishing or burnishing
the edges of soles of boots and shoes, and the principal object of the invention is to
economize the cost of production of work to be performed by the above class
I have therefore adopted a
of machine, by expediting the work to be turned out.
set of adjustments for all the operating parts which not only facilitate the operating

page_text: At the central portion of said dovetailed joint, I form a recess (shown in Fig. 18)
and let in a nut m, which nut is threaded to fit the screw n.
As this screw is made to turn, it causes the said dovetailed joint to traverse the
box i from one end to the other.
At one side of the said dovetailed joint l, I make an adjusting-strip O held.
in position by counter-sunk screws from the top, let into oval holes formed in the
box i, and pinching screws p, p (Fig. 5) fixed into the side of same for tightening,
up when necessary.
Upon the table A (Fig. 1) I fix the bracket q (Fig. 10) shewn in position
in Fig. 1 general elevation. This bracket has an adjusting-screw which carries the
block a (Figs. 7 and 10) the upper portion of which has a guide pillar f which
carries an arm e, the end e¹ of which carries a burnishing-iron (Fig. 23) which
operates on the waist or middle portion of a boot or shoe.
The block a', is carried or supported on an oscillating pillar b. This block
receives its reciprocating motion from the connecting-rod u (Fig. 14) which is
connected to the swivel arm dd but which I do not claim as being new. This
block swivels on the rocking-pillar 6 the bottom end of which is bored out to fit
the turned portion of the bush S, which is threaded inside to fit the screw r.
The collars of this bush are fashioned square on the bottom, to have a sliding.
bearing in the bracket q. The thumb-screw r causes the rocking-pillar 6 and
block a', to traverse from one end to the other in said bracket, and thereby alter
the centre of the waist-burnishing-irons.
When the position of the rocking-pillar b, is altered in the bracket 9, the
connecting-rod u is adjusted to suit by means of the long screw which is turned by
means of the thumb and finger without disconnecting.
To allow for the vertical adjustment of the burnishing-irons I fix a lug (Fig. 16)
to the top of the pillar f¹ (Fig. 7) while another lug (Fig. 17) is caused to slide up
and down said pillar by means of a screw and thumb-nut (Fig. 15) this last
mentioned lug carrying the arm e. A set-pin is screwed into the lower part of the
block a (Fig. 7) and on this set-pin swivels a nut a having connected to it
the connecting-rod socket (Fig. 14) by means of another set-pin.
The rode a, a (Figs. 6 and 6*) are made to slide one against the other, any
required adjustment of which is attained even when the machine is in motion, by
turning the screw b. Upon this screw is a collar 6* between which and the thumb-
nut is a lug a' which lug is screwed into the portion a*; or into the lower sliding-arm
or rod. A square nut a³ is screwed on to it, which nut acts as a guide and keeps
the rods together. The bracket as is fixed by screws to the upper sliding arm a³
while the lower sliding-arm a is free to move when the thumb-screw 6' is turned,
whereupon the rods can then be drawn towards, or away from, each other while the
machine is operating:
Figs. 19 and 20, (Sheet 3,) show the method by which I can adjust the heel-
burnishing dummies independent of each other.
The platform or reciprocating-table & receives its motion from a connecting-rod,
fixed to the projecting end 66 (Fig. 20) and turns on the fixed spindle b'.
In the lower portion of the dummy (shown in section in Fig. 19) I cause a screw
to work, the other end of the screw being plain. This screw carries the dummy, a
plain portion of which screw goes through the platform 6' (Fig. 19) and is held in
position by two collars 68, 68.
The plate (Fig. 22) with oval holes ², slips over and connects to the ends of
the levers cc (Fig. 20). When the plate c¹ is lowered it reduces the tension
on the springs.
To allow for this adjustment I employ a milled-wheel of any suitable form,
screwed on to a bush, such bush having a thread to suit the screw c'. This
adjustment forms a subject of my claims.
If I require to alter the action of the heel-burnishers backwards or forwards or
forwards, I obtain this adjustment by means of the screws 6, 6. Also when necessary
to increase or decrease the curvilinear action of the reciprocating table b°, I provide a

page_text: radial slot on the projecting portion of the table at 6 in which the stud is fixed for
taking the end of the connecting-rod, the other end of the connecting-rod being
attached, by means of a fixed stud, to a bevel wheel situated under the table of the
machine, which imparts motion to the reciprocating table b³, or, the stud in the
reciprocating table may be fixed, and a T-headed or dovetailed-stud be provided,
fitting into a corresponding groove or slot in the bevel-wheel underneath the table
of the machine.
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.) In machinery for finishing and burnishing the edges of the soles and heels of
boots and shoes, the mode of adjusting various parts without stopping the machine,
substantially as specified and illustrated.
(2.) In machinery for finishing and burnishing the edges of the soles and heels of
boots and shoes, the forepart setters, or radial arms, working from a moveable centre,
substantially as specified and illustrated.
(3.) In machinery of the above class, the vertical and horizontal adjustment to
the waist burnishing apparatus, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(4.) In machinery of the above class the arrangement by which the heel burnishers
are made adjustable independent of each other, and the means of adjusting the
length of the stroke, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1004
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.