Improvements in Last Supports for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Last Supports for Boots and Shoes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY DORMAN, of the Green Hall, Stafford, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows::
The object of this invention is to provide a last support which will allow of
the last and boot being moved bodily from side to side; of their being tipped
upwards or downwards at the toe; of the toe being moved to the right, or left, as
desired; as well as of the last and boot being moved bodily upwards or down-
wards; and to and fro in the direction of their length.
The tipping movement of the last is provided for by forming the heel pin with
a cylindrical crosspiece resting in a bearing formed in the bottom of a vee gap,
the pin oscillating in the bearing, and its movement being limited by the sides
of the gap. A cover plate, through which the pin passes, keeps the last from
contact with the edges of the gap.
A side movement may be given to the last by sliding the heel pin in the
cross bearing.
The toe of the last may be moved from side to side by turning the last on the
heel pin, and the toe rest may be upon a cross slide. If desired the post under
the heel may turn on a pivot.
The last may be moved upwards or downwards by a vertical screw placed
either below the heel pin, the toe rest, or both; and a horizontal slide allows end
movement, either of the toe rest, the heel pin, or both, in the direction of the
length of the last.
I, WILLIAM HENRY DORMAN, of the Green Hall, Stafford, Engineer, do bereby
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 object of this invention is to provide a last support, principally intended
for use in heel attaching machines, which will allow of the last and boot being
moved bodily from side to side; of their being tipped upwards or downwards at
the toe; of the toe being moved to the right, or left, as desired, as well as of
the last and boot being moved bodily upwards or downwards; and to and fro
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page_text: in the direction of their length, for the purpose of setting the boot correctly with
relation to the heel.
The tipping movement of the last is provided for by forming the heel pin with
a cylindrical crosspiece resting in a bearing formed in the bottom of a vee gap,
the pin oscillating in the bearing, and its movement being limited by the sides
of the gap. A cover plate, through which the pin passes, keeps the last from
contact with the edges of the gap.
A side movement may be given to the last by sliding the heel pin in the
cross bearing.
The toe of the last may be moved from side to side by turning the last on the
heel pin and the toe rest may be upon a cross slide.
The last may be moved upwards or downwards by a vertical screw placed
either below the heel pin, the toe rest, or both; and a horizontal slide allows end
movement of the toe rest in the direction of the length of the last.
My invention is particularly applicable to the machine known in the shoe
trade as the "Lightning Heeler" and in the accompanying drawings a portion
of this machine is illustrated in connection with my invention.
Fig. 1 shews a front view.
Fig. 2 is a side view partly in section.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are details.
The last heel pin a is formed at its lower end with a cylindrical cross piece al
which rests in a bearing formed in the bottom of the vee gap
in the
heel post . The pin a is free to oscillate in the direction of the length of the
last as far as permitted by the sides of the gap b
A cover plate c is provided through which the pin a passes and this plate
prevents the sharp corners of the gap injuring the last d. This arrangement
allows of the last d being tipped about the bearing lengthwise of the last and
the toe reste is supported by a screw e¹ and nut so as to afford vertical adjust-
ment to accommodate this tipping movement.
The cylinder a is free to slide sidewise (Figs. 1, 3 and 4) in the bearing b.
The slide f allows the toe rest e to be moved from side to side and it may be
cramped by the screw f while the slide g allows the toe rest to be moved in the
direction of the length of the last being cramped by the screw g. These arrange-
ments permit of horizontal side and turning movements of the last d.
To raise and lower the heel of the last the ordinary screw i, on the heel
post and the nut are made use of.
The whole support may be moved to and fro lengthwise of the last in the
slide which is the ordinary slide of the heeling machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. The last heel pin a formed with the cylindrical portion a', free to oscillate
and slide in the bearing b, in the gap b¹ and provided with the cover plate e sub-
stantially as described.
2. The toe reste provided with the screw e¹, nut e³ and slides f and g
substantially as described.
3. The combined last support as described and illustrated.