Improvements in Pegging Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 10th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 10th May, 1895
Improvements in Pegging Machines.
I, DANIEL ARTHUR BERRY, of 20, Stockley Street, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in pegging machines and has chiefly for
its object to provide means whereby the difficulties hitherto experienced in cutting
off the peg inside coverings for the feet either mechanically or by hand are obviated
and a much more even surface produced.
To this end, in lieu of employing a horn or work support which in operation
automatically adjusts itself vertically, I employ a horn or work support which is
stationary in its bearings in a vertical sense during the operation of the machine,
but which may be adjusted to the proper height by hand when required.
The face of the horn or work support I form with either a groove or leather or
other flexible pad to receive the point of the awl and end of the peg.
In lieu of having the presser foot or wheel stationary in a vertical sense, I place
the same under the influence of a spring or springs which forces it against the work
and allows the presser foot or wheel to rise and fall in accordance with the varying
thickness of the work.
In lieu of the knife usually employed in the tip of the horn or work support to
cut off the ends of the pegs inside coverings for the feet I employ a cutter or knife
adapted to cut the peg outside the sele level or nearly so therewith, which methol
of cutting pegs is also applicable to pegging machines in which the horn or work
support is adapted to rise and fall automatically. The said cutter or knife is
employed in connection with the said presser foot or wheel or with any other
suitable form of support and may be reciprocated from any moving part of the
machine as may be found most convenient.
When pegging soles detached or other flat objects the cutter or knife arrangement
described may be adapted to cut the peg below the same.
In lieu of cutting the pegs level or nearly so with the outside of the sole as
described I may cut the same to the required length before having been driven in.
For this purpose I employ one or more reciprocal knives or cutters so connected
with the pressure foot or wheel of the machine that they will rise and fall with it in
the path of the peg strip and cut the peg from the latter in length accordingly, or
the peg strip may be arranged to rise and fall similarly and the knife or knives to
remain relatively stationary.
In lieu of producing peg strips independently of the pegging machine in which
they are used I construct the latter so as to produce its own peg strips and if
desired to feed the same to the peg throat simultaneously. For this purpose
I mount the peg disc upon a stud to be capable of rotating thereon intermittently.
The said stud is adapted to slide on a bracket or support and is under the influence
of a spring or weight having the tendency of keeping the periphery of the peg disc
in contact with a suitable abutment piece. Adjacent to the latter 1 employ a
reciprocal knife or saw suitably actuated and adapted to cut into the periphery of
the peg disc and thus cut or saw therefrom gradually a peg strip which is fed
directly into the throat of the machine by the ordinary feeding device, or the spring
or weight employed in connection with the stud of the said peg strip disc may serve
also to rotate the latter and thus feed the strip cut.

page_text: The mechanism described for forming the peg strip may be used in connection
with any kind of pegging machine and the cutter arrangement which severs the
pegs from the strip for forming detached. soles or other objects with a peg wearing
surface or for pegging hose piping and belting.
For pegging or providing soles detached with a peg wearing surface I employ a
grooved wheel adapted as a support for the sole and to receive the point of the awl
and the peg if projecting.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co..
Agents to Applicant.
Improvements in Pegging Machines.
I, DANIEL ARTHUR BERRY, of 20, Stockley Street, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, 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 pegging machines and has chiefly for
its object to provide means whereby the difficulties hitherto experienced in cutting
off the peg inside coverings for the feet either mechanically or by hand and the use
of a last are obviated and a much more even surface produced.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the head and horn or work support part of a pegging
machine constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figs. 2, & 9 are sectional side views, Fig. 3 a plan of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 an end view,
and Figs. 5 & 6 plans, Fig. 8 a sectional front view of Fig. 9, all at an enlarged
scale of various parts connected with the cutting arrangement and modifications
thereof.
Fig. 7 is a side view of a pegging machine in which the jack has been substituted
by another form of support as hereinafter described, and
Figs. 12 & 13 are respectively a back view and a plan of the peg strip forming
device employed in connection with the head of the pegging machine.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Fig. 1, see full lines, according to
one form I employ a horn or work support a which is stationary in its bearings in
a vertical sense during the operation of the machine, but which may be adjusted to
the proper height by hand when required and lowered to remove the work.
To effect the said adjustment by preference 1 split one of the bearings 6 and
provide the same with a bolt c furnished with a lever nut by means of which the
split bearing can be drawn tight and the horu or work support shaft d locked
therein in position as may be required. To further facilitate the said adjustment
and removal of the work I may place the shaft d under the influence of a spring e
and connect to its lower end a foot lever f the spring e serving to raise and the
lever to lower the shaft c into position for locking by hand.
The face of the horn or work support a I form with either a groove a¹, see
Fig. 2, or a leather or other flexible pad to receive the point of the awl.
In lieu of employing a presser foot g (or wheel) which is stationary in a vertical
sense I hinge and place the same under the influence of a spring 9¹ (or springs)
so as to be kept in contact with the work and rise and fall in accordance with the
varying thickness of the same.
In lieu of the knife usually employed in the tip of the horn or work support a
to cut off the ends of the pegs inside coverings for the feet or underside of the

page_text: work employ a cutter or knife h, see Figs. 1, 2 & 3, adapted to cut the peg
outside the sole or work level or nearly so therewith. The cutter or knife / which
I employ in the presser foot may be of any form and reciprocated automatically
from any moving part of the machine as may be found most convenient, for
instance, when of a rotary type, by means of an arm i fixed to the driver slide k
and jointed to a lever 7 fixed to the cutter or knife h, see more particularly
Figs. 2 & 3.
Figs. 4 & 5 show how a cutter or knife h may be adapted to slide reciprocally
in the presser foot g for the purpose of cutting off the superfluous length of the peg
automatically.
A modification of cutting the pegs outside the sole or work consists in dispensing
with an automatically moved cutter or kuife h and forming the presser foot g open
in the direction in which the work is fed, as shown in Fig. 6, so as to allow the
projecting parts of the pegs to pass out and of being cut off afterwards by hand
or a separate appliance.
Pegging machines with jacks may be readily converted to work without a last
for furnishing soles detached with wearing surfaces and for pegging the waists
of boots and shoes by connecting in place of the jack a shaft d, see Fig. 7, guided
in an arm p, fixed to the standard of the machine and furnished at its upper end
with a grooved wheel or pulley q which serves as a support and to receive the
awl and projecting part of the pegs which are cut off afterwards by hand or a
special appliance.
According to another form of my invention, in lieu of cutting the pegs level or
nearly so with the outside of the sole or work as described I may cut the same
to the required length from a peg strip before having been driven into the work.
For this purpose I employ one or more reciprocal cutters or knives so connected
with the horn or work support shaft of the machine that they will rise and fall
with it in the path of the peg strip and cut the peg from the latter in length
accordingly, or the peg strip may be arranged to rise and fall similarly and the
knife or knives to remain vertically stationary.
Figs. 8, 9, 10 & 11 show how pegs may be cut from a peg strip by means of
two cutters or knives m, m', arranged to rise and fall in harmony with the horn
or work support shaft whilst the peg strip remains stationary vertically. The
cutter or knife m is carried by a slide m² on the movable head part n and the
cutter or knife m' by a slide m³ on the stationary part n' of the machine, the two
slides being suitably connected and rendered movable jointly vertically, similar
as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, viz, by a rod d' connected by an arm 2 to the
horn or work support shaft d. The peg strip o is fed between the said cutters or
knives and the cutter or knife m is adapted to cut through the whole width of the
peg strip o and the cutter or knife to cut off the superfluous length of the peg
cut. The cutter or knife m has a chisel shaped cutting e.lge with a small vertical
flange m³, see more particularly Fig. 11, so as to cause the peg in being cut from
the strip o to be slightly turned and brought in diamond fashion against the knife
or cutter m', the peg cut positioning itself underneath the driver n³ and the waste
or superfluous length on the cutter or knife m¹ from whence it passes out of the
machine whilst m enters a slot formed in the cutter or knife m.
It will be readily understood without illustration in detail how the same result
will be obtained carrying the peg strip in a guide or box o¹, see dotted lines Fig. 1,
and connecting the same by the rod d to the horn or work support shaft d so as
to lower and raise the peg strip o in harmony with the latter whilst the cutters
or knives m, m', remain vertically stationary.
In lieu of producing peg strips independently of the pegging machine in which
they are used I construct the latter so as to produce its own peg strips and if
desired to feed the same to the peg throat simultaneously. For this purpose
I form a disc r of wond suitable for pegs which I mount upon a stud to rotate
thereon intermittently. The stud is adapted to slide on a bracket or support r³
and is under the influence of a spring or weight shaving the tendency of keeping

page_text: the periphery of the peg disc in contact with a suitable abutment piece t.
Adjacent to the latter I employ a reciprocal knife u (or saw) suitably actuated,
say by a cam v and the driving shaft operating a lever r¹ to which the knife or
saw is suitably attached and adapted to cut into the periphery of the peg discr
and thus cut or saw therefrom gradually a peg strip which is fed into a feed
box o¹, see dotted lines Fig. 1, or directly into the throat of the machine by the
ordinary feeding device, or the spring or weights employed in connection with
the stud of the peg strip disc r may serve also to rotate the latter and thus feed the
strip cut.
The mechanism described for forming the peg strip may be used in connection
with any kind of pegging machine and the knife or cutter arrangement which
severs the pegs from the strip in length as required or level with the upper
surface of the work after being driven for forming detached soles or other objects
with a peg wearing surface or for pegging hose piping and belting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim, is-
"In pegging machines,"
1st. The method of cutting off the superfluous length from pegs cut from a
peg strip consisting in driving the same level with the under or inner side and
cutting off the projecting parts on the outer or upper side of the sole or work level
therewith by hand or automatically substantially as described.
2nd. In the method specified in the preceding claim, the employment of a peg
knife or cutter in the presser foot g reciprocated automatically, all substantially as
set forth.
3rd. The method of cutting off the superfluous length of pegs cut from a peg
strip consisting in cutting such superfluous portion previous to the peg being driven
into the sole or work, all substantially as set forth.
4th. In the method specified in the preceding claim, the employment of knives or
cutters adapted to cut through the whole width of the peg strip and superfluous
length off the peg cut from the said strip, the said knives or cutters being arranged
to rise and fall automatically in harmony with the horn or work support shaft, all
substantially as set forth.
5th. In the method specified in Claim 3 the employment of knives or cutters
adapted to cut through the whole width of the peg strip and superfluous length off
the peg cut from the said strip, the said knives or cutters being arranged vertically
stationary and the said peg strip to rise and fall automatically in harmony with the
horn or work support shaft, all substantially as set forth.
6th. The employment of means for cutting peg strips from a disc, the said disc
being adapted to rotate intermittently against a cutter or saw reciprocated from
any movable part of the pegging machine, all substantially as set forth.
7th. The use of a grooved pulley or work support in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as described with reference to Fig. 7.
Dated this 9th day of March 1805
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.