IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO BE STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Cook, of Penfold Terrace, Crabtreeshot
Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING BANDS, AND
SUCH LIKE ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO BE STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER."
Sealed the 21st July 1868, and dated the 22nd January 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Cook at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
"22nd January 1868.
I, THOMAS COOк, of Penfold Terrace, Crabtreeshot Road, Peckham,
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS
EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING
BANDS. AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO BE STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements upon a former
Invention, for which Letters Patent were applied for by me, the said
Thomas Cook, on the Second day of July, in the year of our Lord

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1866, numbered 1762; and the present improvements consist, first,
in the mode of carrying the wire employed for uniting materials
together; secondly, the mode of cutting the wire into different
lengths according to the varying thickness of the materials to be
united; and, thirdly, in the construction of the horn-shaped piece
employed to support the materials whilst they are being united.
following are examples of the means by which these improvements
may be effected:-First, as regards the mode of carrying the uniting
wire, I propose to carry the wire vertically at the back of the machine,
where it is cut off by a suitable cutter or cutters to the desired length,
the piece cut off being held by a spring clip piece, which by means
of a cam movement is moved forward so as to place the said piece
immediately under the plunger of the machine ready to be forced into
and through the materials to be united. The several parts of the
mechanism are supported by a suitable framing, through the top of
which a shaft or spindle revolves and has a cam fixed thereon, which
actuates a forked vibrating and reciprocating lever, the fulcrum of which
is on
a pin fixed to an upright bent lever formed with a movable
fulcrum at the top thereof, and carrying at its lower and bent end a
screw pin or point which presses into the materials to be united and
pushes them forward at the proper time, after which the pusher moves
out of the way and allows the cut piece of wire to be brought forward
by means of a grooved cam under the before-mentioned plunger which
is fitted in the upper part of the framing of the machine, and receives
its movement from a bell-crank lever, to one end of which it is con-
nected, the other end of the said lever being actuated by a roller fixed
excentric in the face of the cam on the driving shaft. The point of the
horn-shaped piece employed to support the materials to be united is
adjusted immediately under the centre of the "plunger, and the said
piece with the work thereon is kept forced up to a stop by a spring
or weight, and when the plunger comes down to force the piece of wire
into the materials to be united a cam motion locks the horn in that
position and releases it as the plunger rises, thus allowing the materials
to be moved forward to receive another piece of uniting wire, and so on
in succession; and the wire-cutting instrument is connected with the
horn in such a manner that according as the said horn rises more or
less in like manner the cutting instrument will be raised or lowered so
as to cut pieces of wire of different lengths, as the thickness of the
material (the sole of. a boot, for example,) varies from the sole to the

page_text: waist of the boot, and this self-adjusting or compensating principle of
action of the cutting instrument forms an important feature in these
improvements.
In conclusion I would remark that the surface of the uniting wire
may either be plain or smooth, indented, fagged, or screwed; the said
wire to be fed into the machine in a long length from a reel or spool
by any convenient and suitable means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Cook in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
Cook, of Penfold Terrace, Crabtreeshot Road, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirtieth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Cook, Her special licence
that I, the said Thomas Cook, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Thomas Cook, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR
UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND
SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO BE
STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Thomas Cook, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, 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

page_text: calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Cook, 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, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to certain improvements upon a former
Invention, for which Letters Patent were applied for by me, the said
Thomas Cook, on the Second day of July, in the year of our Lord
1866, numbered 1762; and the present improvements consist, first,
in the mode of carrying the wire employed for uniting materials
together; secondly, in the mode of cutting the wire into different
lengths according to the varying thickness of the materials to be
united; and, thirdly, in the construction of the horn-shaped piece
employed to support the materials whilst they are being united.
The following are examples of the means by which these improve-
ments may be effected:-First, as regards the mode of carrying the
uniting wire (I propose to carry the wire vertically) at the back of the
machine, where it is cut off by a suitable cutter or cutters to the desired
length, the piece cut off being held by a spring clip piece, which by
means of a cam movement is moved forward so as to place the said
piece immediately under the plunger of the machine ready to be forced
into and through the materials to be united. The several parts of the
mechanism are supported by a suitable framing through the top of
which a shaft or spindle revolves, and has a cam fixed thereon which
actuates a forked vibrating and reciprocating lever, the fulcrum of
which is on a pin fixed to an upright bent lever formed with a movable
fulcrum at the top thereof, and carrying at its lower and bent end a
screw pin or point which pressés into the materials to be united, and
pushes them forward at the proper time, after which the pusher moves
out of the way and allows the cut piece of wire to be brought forward
by means of a grooved cam under the before-mentioned plunger
which is fitted in the upper part of the framing of the machine, and
receives its movement from a bell-crank lever, to one end of which it
is connected, the other end of the said lever being actuated by a roller
fixed excentric in the face of the cam on the driving shaft. The point
of the horn-shaped' piece employed to support the materials to be united
is adjusted immediately under the centre of the plunger, and the said
piece with the work thereon is kept forced up to a stop by a spring or

page_text: weight, and when the plunger comes down to force the piece of wire
into the materials to be united a cam motion locks the horn in that
position and releases it as the plunger rises, thus allowing the materials
to be moved forward to receive another piece of uniting wire, and so
on in succession, and the wire-cutting instrument is connected with
the horn in such a manner that according as the said horn rises more
or less in like manner the cutting instrument will be raised or lowered
so as to cut pieces of wire of different lengths, as the thickness of the
material (sole of a boot, for example,) varies from the sole to the
waist of the boot, and this self-adjusting or compensating principle of
action of the cutting instrument forms an important feature in these
improvements. In conclusion I would remark that the surface of the
uniting wire may either be plain or smooth, indented, jagged, or screwed;
the said wire to be fed into the machine in a long length from a reel
or spool by any convenient and suitable means.
And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible,
I now proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for
carrying the same into practical effect, reference being had to the
illustrative Sheet of Drawings accompanying these. Presents, and to the
numeral figures and letters of reference marked thereon, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a machine constructed
according to my said Invention; Figure 2, a sectional side elevation
of the machine at the left-hand side thereof; Figure 3, a top plan view
of the machine; Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, represent detached views of some
of the parts herein-after particularly described and referred to, shewn
drawn to an enlarged scale. At each of the foregoing Figures I employ
similar letters of reference to denote corresponding parts in so far as such
parts appear or can be seen at each of such said Figures respectively.
A, A, marks the framing of the machine supporting the following
parts-B, the main driving spindle of the machine, upon which are
fixed the cams 1, 2, 3, 4, disc plate 5, and fly wheel C, to one of the
arms of which a rod D is connected by its upper end, and by its lower
end to a lever E fixed on one end of the spindle G; a treadle H is
fixed on the other end of the said spindle for imparting rotatory motion
to the spindle B and the following mechanism in connection therewith;
I is a casting screwed to the framing A; and K, L, are other castings

page_text: screwed to I; the casting K carries the levers M and N by the pin a,
which is the fulcrum thereof, these levers being separate from and
independent of each other. The casting L carries a short lever b
pivoted thereto at 6, as shewn at Figures 4 and 5, and to this lever a
roller 7 is connected and employed in conjunction with the grooved
roller S and spring 9 for firmly holding the uniting wire whilst it is
being advanced by the action of the stud c on the star wheel d at each
rotation of the spindle B; O is a tube screwed to I; the uniting wire
passes down this tube which holds it steady whilst it is being cut by
'the lever cutters P, the action of which is as follows:-It will be seen
upon referring to Figure 6 that the cutters P are fixed upon a pin e
which works in a guide piece f fixed to the piece I, and into the
top 10 of the pin e a stud g takes, this stud being fixed on to a
rod 11, the upper end of which works in a guide piece 12 fixed to the
piece I, and the lower end of the rod 11 is connected to the weighted
lever h, so that according as the thickness of the materials to be united
varies, as, for example, from the sole to the waist of a boot or shoe, in
like manner the cutters will be raised or lowered so as to cut a longer
or shorter piece of wire; or, in other words, will cut a piece of wire
equal in length to the thickness of that part of the materials that is
being united. The cutters P are worked by the swell on the cam 1
pushing the end of the lever i forward, and by making the lower part
of the spindle k on which the lever is fixed of the shape shewn in
cross section at Figure 6, it will be seen that as this part moves on
its axis it will have the effect of forcing asunder the long arms of the
levers to which the cutters are affixed, and thereby cause the cutters
to approach each other and thus cut or divide the wire that is between
them; the spring afterwards opens or separates the cutters to allow
another length of wire to be advanced between them. And I employ
a forked piece at m fixed to the piece 10 to hold the cut piece of wire
centrally between the cutters P, so as to ensure its being taken hold
of by the spring finger Q shewn at Figure 7 at the proper time. This
finger is moved forward by the cam 2 acting on pin 13 of the lever R,
the fulcrum of which is a pin and nut at 14; the spring 15 draws the
finger Qback after the cam 2 has acted thereon; S is a bent piece
of metal fixed on the sliding rod T for supporting the materials whilst
they are being united; the bottom or shoulder of the rod T rests upon
the forked end of the lever h.
I now proceed to describe a mechanical arrangement for locking the

page_text: piece S whilst the materials supported thereby are being united. For
this
purpose I employ the cam U, shewn detached at Figure 8; this
cam acts upon a roller 16 attached to a rod 17, the upper end whereof
has a slot formed therein which passes loosely over the spindle B. The
lower end of the rod 17 is connected to one end of a lever W, the other
and opposite end of the said lever is pivoted to a sliding bolt not
shewn by the Drawing, which passes through a hole in the framing A
and through a slot in the lever h, and is loosely connected thereto by
screw nuts at 18; that end of the lever W which is connected to the
sliding bolt is formed square, and this square part abuts against the
framing A, so that when the outer end of the lever W is depressed by
the action of the cam U on the rod the square end of the lever W
acting against the framing A will draw the bolt outwards, and thus
pull the lever h forcibly against the framing and prevent the descent
of the piece S, the spring 19 will release the lever w after the cam U
has ceased to act on the rod 17.
I now proceed to describe the mode of operating with a machine of
the above construction, as follows:-
OPERATIONS OF THE MACHINE.
The uniting wire being inserted in the tube O and between the
conducting rollers 7, 8, the operator with his foot presses down the
lever 20, the effect of which is to lift the longer and bent arm of
the lever hand allow the rod T and work supporter S to descend for
inserting the materials required to be united, the edge of the materials
being forced close against the guide 21, so that when the pressure
is removed from the lever 20 the piece S will rise and hold the work
firmly between it and the fixed stop piece 22; this done the operator
proceeds to impart rotatory motion to the machine by the treadle H,
the effect of which is to perform the following operations in the
following order of succession:-The uniting wire is first led down
until it rests on the guide 21, the finger Q then moves back by the
action of the spring 15 and catches hold of the wire and holds it whilst
it is being cut by the cutters P, after which the cam 2 acting on the
pin 13 of the lever R pushes the finger Q forward with the cut piece
of wire and places it immediately under the plunger X, holding it there
until the plunger descends by the action of the roller 22 on the slotted
arm of the lever N, and when the plunger X has descended sufficiently
far to hold the cut piece of wire the finger Q releases its hold thereof

page_text: and moves out of. the way of the plunger, which continues to descend
until it has inserted the cut piece of wire into, the, materials which, it
is desired to unite, after which the plunger ascends, and the cam4
acting on the lever Y forces down the feeding arm Z to bite the work,
and the cam 3. acting on the bent lever M pulls forward the arm Z by
means of the rod 23, which is connected to the arm Z at, and thus
the work is moved forward to receive another piece of uniting wire,
and so on in succession, the distance between the uniting pieces being
regulated by the adjusting screw 24 at Figure 3, so as to make the
work finer or coarser as desired, the spring 25 pulling the feeding bar Z
hack ready to again advance the work, as before stated. And I would
here remark that during the time the pieces of uniting wire are being
forced into and through the entire thickness of the materials that are
to be united the piece S is locked and prevented from moving down-
wards by the action of the cam U on the rod 17 and lever W, as before
described.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of
my said Invention for "Improved Machinery for Uniting together
Materials employed in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, Saddlery,
Driving Bands, and such like Articles as require to be Strongly United
together, together with the best means I am acquainted with for
carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion,
that I hereby declare my Invention to consist in and I claim, the
general combination and arrangement of mechanism above described,
with reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, for the purposes
above stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Cook, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
THO. COOK. (L.S.)