Year: 1895

page_text: We HARRY WILLIAM MOBBS and ALFRED LEWIS, both of Kettering in the
County of Northampton, Boot Last Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
It is now becoming the practice, with some manufacturers, to make boots and
shoes entirely without removing them from the lasts upon which they are originally
lasted.
The support of boots containing the last, during the stages of actual manufacture,
is effected without difficulty on a vertical post inserted in the usual socket of the
last. For the final operations of treeing, sleeking, and polishing, however, it is
not so easy to provide a satisfactory support, because the treeing of the vamps
goloshes and ankles of boots, has to be provided for (the lasts being only shoe
high), and also because the fixed position, sole uppermost, of the boot held upon
the usual vertical post, is unsuitable for the manipulations of the workman
polishing and sleeking the goods.
In order to carry out these operations properly, it is necessary that the boot
should be so held that all parts of the upper may be brought readily under the
hand of the operator, as required. It would appear that the most satisfactory
positions are obtained when the boot and last are secured at the end of a horizontally
arranged arm.
An attempt has been made to hold the last, with boot thereon, at the end of a
horizontal treeing arm, by means of latch or catch appliances inserted into the
socket of the last, and expanded to take a grip on the inside thereof, but this
arrangement involves complicated mechanism, and is not a satisfactory and reliable
attachment.
According to the present invention, the horizontal treeing arm, shaped at its
extremity to correspond with the ankle of the boot being treed, is provided merely
with a projecting finger which enters the last socket.
The last and boot are held on the extremity of the arm by a suitably mounted
bracket or head, which is caused to press against the sole of the boot. The
pressing head is capable of swivelling, as is also the treeing arm, the axis of both
being in the same straight line, so that the boot may be turned round by the
workman as required.
The bracket or pressing head is withdrawn to allow the boot to be placed in
position or removed. The pressure may be derived from a spring or a treadle
lever, or other simple mechanical device.
A friction or set screw, or its equivalent,
preferably provided on the treeing
arm spindle, for preventing the too ready turning of the boot under the operator's
hands.
In this manner, a very inexpensive and efficient machine for holding boots and
shoes to be treed on the lasts as provided.
Dated this 5th day of December 1895.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: improvements relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
We HARRY WILLIAM MOBBS and ALFRED LEWIS, both of Kettering in the
County of Northampton, Boot Last Manufacturers, 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:―
It is now becoming the practice, with some makers, to complete the manufacture
of boots and shoes without removing them from the lasts upon which they have
been originally lasted.
The support of boots containing the last during the stages of actual manufacture
is effected without difficulty on a vertical post inserted in the usual socket of the
last. For the final operations of treeing, sleeking, and polishing, however, it is
not so easy to provide a satisfactory support, because the treeing of the vamps,
goloshes, and ankles of boots has to be provided for (the lasts being only shoe
high), and also because the fixed position, sole uppermost, of the boot held upon a
vertical post, is unsuitable for manipulation by the workman polishing and sleeking
the goods.
In order to carry out these operations properly, it is necessary that the boot
should be so held that all parts of the upper may be brought readily under the
hand of the operator as required. It would appear that the most satisfactory
positions are obtained when the boot and last are secured at the end of a horizontally
arranged arm.
An attempt has been made to hold the last with boot thereon, at the end of a
horizontal treeing arm, by means of latch or catch appliances inserted into the
socket of the last, and expanded to take a grip on the inside thereof, but this
arrangement involves complicated mechanism, and is not a satisfactory and reliable
attachment.
According to the present invention the last and boot are held on the extremity
of the arm shaped to correspond with the ankle of the boot being treed, by a
suitably mounted bracket or head, which is caused to press against the sole of the
boot. The pressing head is capable of swivelling, as is also the treeing arm, the
axis of both being in the same straight line, so that the boot may be turned round
by the workman as required.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 represents, in side elevation, a treeing machine embodying the present
improvements.
Fig. 2 shows, detached, in front view, the pressing head for holding the boot and
last on the treeing arm.
A is the pillar of the machine, on the summit of which is mounted one or more
horizontal treeing arms. One arm only, B, is shown in the drawing, which is
supported in a socket a on the summit of the pillar, and capable of rotation
therein. a' is a set screw engaging with the annular groove b*, for holding the
arm B in the socket in any desired position.
The arm B is composed of a front part b and a back part 61, the latter of which
is adjustable with regard to b, after the usual manner of treeing arms. c is a metal
plate, of which there are a pair, screwed to the part 6, one on each side, and
arranged to cover the joint between the parts b and b. The ends of the plates c
project slightly beyond the end of the treeing arm, and there are other plates, d,
screwed to the fore part b, which similarly project in such a way as to cap the
last, and guide it into a proper position, when presented to the extremity of the
arm B. There is also a little heel plate d', which, being inserted between the last

page_text: and the leather, assists in assuring a proper position for the boot and its last on
the end of the treeing arm.
To hold the boot and last firmly against the extremity of the treeing arm, the
curved bracket E is provided, to which is pivotted the swivelling pressing head F.
The pressing head is furnished with rubber studs f, adapted to bear against the
sole of the boot under treatment. The bracket E is provided with mechanism for
advancing and retreating the pressing head, as required, to hold or release the
boot. In the drawing, we have shown the bracket mounted and sliding in sockets
attached to the pillar, and hooked at its end to the chain g passing over the
pulley G and connected to the link rod h of the foot lever H. Springs j,j, are
provided for bringing the parts into the retired position indicated by dotted lines.
The depression of the lever H by the operator's foot, brings the parts into the
drawn position, thereby holding the boot and last firmly on the end of the treeing
arm, while they are turned round and manipulated by the operator. The set
screw a', which engages with the spindle of the treeing arm, may be used for
putting friction thereon, and preventing thereby the too ready turning of the boot
in the operator's hands.
In this manner, a very inexpensive and efficient machine for holding boots and
shoes to be treed on the lasts is provided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The means hereinbefore described for securing a last and boot to a treeing
arm, comprising a swivelling pressing head adapted to bear against the boot sole,
as set forth.
2. The combination with a horizontal treeing arm, having an adjustable back
part, and adapted to receive, at its end, a last with a boot thereon, of a swivelling
pressing head pivotted in line with the axis of the treeing arm, and arranged to
bear against the boot sole in the manner above explained.
Dated this 5th day of September 1896.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.