IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING HEELS OR HEEL BLANKS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, Patent Agent, of 38, Southampton
Buildings, London, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
PREPARING HEELS OR HEEL BLANKS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES." A communi-
cation from abroad by James Willson Brooks, of Boston, Massachusetts,
United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1881.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, Patent Agent, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING HEELS OR HEEL BLANKS FOR
BOOTS AND SHOES." [A communication from abroad by James Willson Brooks,
of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.]
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction and organi-
zation of a machine for preparing heels or heel blanks for boots and shoes, the
object of the Invention being to provide a practical and efficient heel compressing
and punching mechanism adapted to compress and condense the heels laterally by
movable side pressers or dies, and also vertically by pressure applied at the top
and bottom of the heel blank.
The nail holes are punched in the compressed heel blank without changing the
position of the blank in the dies.
The pressing dies and plates and gange of awls are so constructed as to be readily
and conveniently changed for those of other sizes according to the size and shape
of the heel to be produced.
Prior to this Invention heel blanks have been forced into a solid die having a
heel shaped opening, but in this present machine the dies forming the walls which
rest against the sides of the heel blank or heel are made laterally moveable toward
and from the centre of the heel, so that the heel is compressed by direct lateral
movement of the dies before the heel is compressed vertically, whereby I am
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page_text: enabled to make a heel with smoother sides, the edges of the heels, lifts, or pieces
of leather employed in the heel blank or heel not curling up and rounding, as is
often the case when forcing the lifts into a fixed die-cavity having the shape of
a heel.
In this my improved machine for preparing heels I employ a slightly yielding
bed plate upon which the heel is placed to be compressed.
Above this bed plate
and moving along its surface are a pair of laterally moving pressing dies, having
faces of suitable form to impart the shape desired to the sides of the heel.
These dies are forced inwardly by suitable die movers or wedge shaped
followers, and are so supported as to be depressed with and follower the yielding
bed plate.
Above these side pressing dies and moving perpendicular thereto is a plunger
carrying a perforated pressing plate having a projecting die face of the size and
shape of the heel face, the die face being arranged to enter the space between the
side pressing dics.
Arranged within or on this pressing plunger or follower is an auxiliary
plunger or follower carrying a gang of awls for punching nail holes in the heel.
In suitable position above or adjacent to the said parts is an operating shaft
provided with a series of cams, eccentrics, and rolls suitably arranged, to impart
the required motion to the side pressing dies, and to the top-pressing and punching
followers, the said shaft having combined with it intermittingly acting clutch
mechanism to start and automatically stop the said shaft.
In the operation of the machine it is preferable to first close the pressers against
the heel blank, then to compress the heel at top and bottom, and then to punch the
nail holes therein, but the relative order of action may be varied without departing
from the spirit of the Invention.
In the present embodiment of the improved machine the main frame or table is
supported on suitable legs and provided with suitable standards which form the
supporting guides and bearings for the working parts of the machine.
There is a bed or plate for the heel seat end of the heel, the said bed being
arranged within an opening formed through the central part of the table, and
resting upon a yielding support or bolster composed, in the present. instance, of a
series of wooden bars, the lowest being supported near its ends on transome or
cross bars suspended by rods or bolts from the table.
The bars have sufficient rigidity to insure the requisite resistance or pressing
force to the heel, and at the same time they are sufficiently elastic to allow the
support or bolster to yield in case of excessive strain by reason of the thickness of
the material being compressed vertically, thus avoiding_injury_to_the_mechanism
by placing an over thick heel between the bed and platen.
There are moveable side pressing dies or formers adapted to operate directly
against the sides of the heel blanks.
These dies are connected with laterally moving slides or die carriers arranged to
be forced inwardly by die moving devices or inclined followers which are worked
up and down between suitable guides on the standards and bearing blocks by
means of cams on the operating shaft.
The dies made to correspond in size and shape with the particular heel to be
compressed are connected with carriers by an off set joint and a locking pin, so
that by raising such pin from the dies the latter may be quickly detached from
their carriers and dies of other size and shape be used instead.
The pin connection of the dies with their carriers enables the said dies to
descend freely below their carriers and follow the yielding movement of the bed-
plate, the latter being of such size that the dies when fully closed together rest
above its surface.
The dies are guided and kept from rising by means of a back rib and flange
plate attached to the table.
Springs serve to draw the die carriers outward when the inclined followers are
raised by the action of the cam rolls and lifters provided for that purpose.

page_text: Mechanism otherwise constructed might be employed in lieu of the inclined
followers for forcing inwardly or closing the side pressing dies, as, for instance, a
knuckle-jointed arm or a swinging lever, but I prefer the follower.
The tops of the followers where they are acted upon by the operating cams are
provided with rolls in order to avoid friction between the parts.
There is a plunger arranged to work in suitable guide ways at the inner sides
of the standards. This plunger is depressed by cams on the shaft which force it
downward to compress the heel vertically, or from its top to its bottom, and raised
by the cam rolls and lifts.
The top pressing plunger carries at its lower end a platen or pressing plate
provided with a projecting die face corresponding in shape with the form desired
for the face of the heel, the plate and die face being perforated or provided with
holes for the passage of the punching awls, the die face entering and preferably
exactly filling the space between the side dies when the latter are closed together.
The pressing plate and its die-face will correspond in form with the particular
form or size of heel to be pressed, and will be furnished with side grooves to
receive holding springs whereby the plate may be quickly attached to or detached
from the reciprocating follower dowel pins, preventing lateral movement of the
plate.
This manner of connecting the pressing plate with the plunger permits it
to be readily and conveniently detached and another one applied for heels of a
different size.
Above the perforated pressing plate and embraced within the plunger is placed a
second or awl carrying plunger which carries the gang of awls that pass down
through the perforations of the pressing plate and punch or prick in the heels
holes for nails.
This awl carrying plunger is operated by an eccentric on the shaft which is
embraced by a proper eccentric yoke attached to the said plunger.
The gang of awls is held in a plate fitted with grooves prepared for its reception
at the lower end of the plunger, where it is secured in place by a screw-bolt or
other suitable fastening device, a thin solid plate of metal being placed above it to
prevent the awls from being driven back through the plate.
By loosening a bolt the awl plate may be readily removed from the plunger
when it is desired to change the gang of awls for heels of a different size.
A heel seat die to impart the required shape to the beel seat is placed upon the
bed-plate and held in place by dowel pins, and upon this die the heel is placed
and supported, while the side dies and top presser are actuated to compress the
said heel.
These plates are made inter changeable to accommodate heels of different sizes.
A swinging bar pivoted to the table and provided with a detachable breast block
serves to close the point of the matrix, while a second pivoted bar is arranged to
swing against the end of the said bar for locking it in position.
The operating shaft is provided with a loose driving gear which meshes with
a pinion fixed upon the driving shaft, arranged in suitable bearings along the
back of the machine and provided with a heavy balance wheel and a pulley to
receive the belt, by means of which the motive power is transmitted to the
machine.
Fixed upon the shaft at the side of the loose gear is a clutch, the mechanism of
which is adapted to automatically throw off or stop the shaft after each revolution.
The said clutch consists of a disc furnished with a sliding pin or dog, a spring to
force the said pin inward to engage with a corresponding pin or lug on the side of
the gear, and of a lever having its fulcrum on and rotating with the said disc, the
lever forcing back the spring and withdrawing the pin to trip the clutch.
A slide piece provided with a curved flange to engage the end of lever
provided with an inclined surface is arranged to be moved up and down in suitable
guides at the side of the adjacent standard of the frame work.
A spring is provided to elevate the said slide and a hand lever to depress it.

page_text: When the slide is depressed by bearing down the hand lever the flange is removed
from below the end of the tripping lever permitting the spring to force forward the
pin or dog, which thus locks the disc to the gear, and the latter being continuously
revolved by the driving shaft causes the revolution of the operating shaft and the
actuating cams which move the pressing and punching devices.
When the lever is relieved from strain the spring elevates the slide so that its
flange is operated to withdraw the pin or dog, thus releasing the clutch from
the gear and arresting the motion of the shaft.
In the operation of this machine the attendant opens the front of the matrix by
swinging back the bar, places the heel-blank (the several lifts of which have been
previously nearly cut to form and tacked together in the ordinary manner) upon
the bed or seat plate, then swings back the arms to close the front of the matrix.
Then the starting lever is depressed to put the operating shaft and its several
cams into action.
The side dies are then closed upon the heel forcing in the edges of the lifts
thereof by a direct or straight action, which compresses but does not curl down the
edges of the lifts, as would be the case were the heel forced into a tapered opening
of a die.
When the side dies have been closed, the top-pressing plate moves down and
compresses the heel vertically against the heel seat die on the bed, when the gang
of awls descend and prick or punch the holes for nails, and as the shaft completes
its revolution the dies and gang of awls recede to their former positions, where
they remain until the starting lever is again depressed.
As the awls rise the heel is stripped from them by the pressing plate and left
in central position upon the bed or seat plate, from which it is taken by the
attendant and a fresh blank substituted.
It will be observed that the cams are shaped to afford a continuance of pressure
by holding the dies closed for a time, thus giving a more permanent set to the
material compressed than would be effected by mechanism wherein the pressure
was applied by a crank stroke, which quickly relieves the dies and permits a recoil
of the compressed.fibres of the heel.
The heel is pressed and pricked at the same motion of the shaft a single heel
only being in the machine, the result of which is that the work is quickly done
and but little power is required to run the machine.

page_text: "
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th March 1882.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, Patent Agent, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING HEELS OR HEEL BLANKS FOR
BOOTS AND SHOES." A communication from abroad by James Willson Brooks, of
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction and organi-
zation of a machine for preparing heels or heel blanks for boots and shoes, the
object of the Invention being to provide a practical and efficient heel compressing
and punching mechanism adapted to compress and condense the heels laterally by
movable side pressers or dies, and also vertically by pressure applied at the top and
bottom of the heel, blank.
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The nail holes are punched in the compressed heel blank without changing the
position of the blank in the dies.
The pressing dies and plates and gang of awls are so constructed as to be readily
and conveniently changed for those of other sizes according to the size and shape of
the heel to be produced.
Prior to this Invention heel blanks have been forced into a solid die having a
heel shaped opening, but in this present machine the dies forming the walls which
rest against the sides of the heel blank or heel are mado laterally movable toward
and from the centre of the heel, so that the heel is compressed by direct lateral
movement of the dies before the heel is compressed vertically, whereby I am
enabled to make a heel with smoother sides, the edges of the heel lifts or pieces of
leather employed in the heel blank on heel not curling up and rounding, as is
often the case when forcing the lifts into a fixed die-cavity having the shape of a
heel.
The features of construction and operation peculiar to this my Invention are
explained in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
The Invention consists in the combination with a supporting bed, and recipro-
cating pressing plunger E, and plate E' adapted to first press the heels vertically, of
an independently acting plunger provided with a gang of awls and working within
said pressing plunger.
Also in a heel supporting bed, reciprocating plunger, and perforated pressing plate
adapted to compress the heel vertically, a punching follower provided with a gang
of awls which are projected through the perforations of the said pressing plate, and
an operating shaft provided with cams adapted to actuate the pressing plate and
punching plunger independently.
Also a heel support combined with moveable concaved side-pressing dies C, which
are closed at suitable times upon the heel sides to embrace the sides of, compress the
heel laterally, and outline the shape of the heel.
Also in a machine for preparing heels, a top pressing plate, and follower, and
heel supporting bed, combined with horizontally movable side-pressers or dies C,
adapted to compress and shape the heel laterally by direct action against the edges
of the lifts.
Also in a heel supporting bed, perforated top-pressing plate and plunger, and
connected projecting die face, combined with a punching plunger working within
the said pressing plunger and its gang of awls, and with laterally moving side
pressers or dies Č.
Also in the combination, substantially as described, of a heel supporting bed, a

page_text: pressing plunger and plate, and die face to compress a heel vertically, a punching
plunger and its gang of awls, a rotating shaft D and connected parts to actuate the
said pressing and punching plungers at the proper times, and clutching mechanism
automatically actuated to release the driving gear, and permit it to run loosely on
the said shaft at the completion of each rotation of the said shaft or the completion
of each heel.
Also in a heel supporting bed, side pressers or dies to compress and outline the
heel laterally, and means to close them upon the sides of the heels, combined with
a pressing-plate and plunger, and means, substantially as described, to operate the
said plunger, and hold or retain the pressing plate down upon the compressed heel
sufficiently long to set the leather.
Also in the combination with side pressing die or dies C of a die carrier C¹, an
inclined follower C, and actuating cam D¹.
Also the combination with a die-carrier C and yielding supporting bed B of a
loosely connected side pressing die C, whereby the side pressing die is permitted to
move vertically with or follow the movement of the yielding supporting bed.
Also in combination pressing and punching mechanisms, an operating shaft
combined with cams for actuating the same, a driving gear, a clutch M, locking pin
and tripping lever, and slide piece and starting lever V.
Also in other combinations of mechanism which will be liereinafter described and
set forth at the end of this Specification.
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Figure 1 is a front view of my improved machine for preparing heels for boots
and shoes; Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section taken through the bed, the
pressing plate, punching devices, and operating shaft at line x, Figure 1; Figure 3
is a similar section through the shaft and pressing plunger at line y, Figure 1,
shewing the operating cam and the devices for retaining the pressing plate in
position on the follower; Figure 4 is an end view of the machine, showing the cam.
and devices for operating the side pressers; Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section.
at line z, Figure 1, shewing the intermittingly acting clutch and starting-lever;
Figure 6 is a plan view of the starting lever devices; Figure 7 is a longitudinal"
vertical sectional view on a larger scale, shewing the pressing and punching
mechanisms with the matrix closed and punching awls driven down into the same;
Figure 8 is a horizontal section of the pressing and punching plungers; Figure 9 is
a plan view of the machine complete; Figure 10 is a horizontal sectional view,
shewing plan of side pressing dies and bed; Figure 11 shews details of bottom-
plate; Figure 12 shews details of the pressing plate, and Figure 13 details of the
driving gear and its pin to cooperate with the sliding pin to be referred to.
In this my improved machine for preparing heels I employ a slightly yielding
-bed-plate, upon which the heel is placed to be compressed. Above this bed plate,
and moving along its surface, are a pair of laterally moving pressing ties, having
faces of suitable form to impart the shape desired to the sides of the heel.
These dies are forced inwardly by suitable die movers, shown as wedge shaped
followers, and are so supported as to be depressed with and follow the yielding
bed plate.
Above these side pressing dies, and moving perpendicular thereto, is a plunger
carrying a perforated pressing plate having a projecting die face of the size and
shape of the heel face, the die-face being arranged to enter the space between the
side pressing dies.
Arranged within or on this pressing plunger or follower is an auxiliary plunger
or follower carrying a gang of awls for punching nail holes in the heel.
In suitable position above or adjacent to the said parts is an operating shaft
provided with a series of cams, eccentrics, and rolls suitably arranged to impart
the required motion to the side pressing dies, and to the top pressing and punching
followers, the said shaft having combined with it intermittingly acting clutch
imechanism to start and automatically stop the said shaft.
In the operation of the machine herein described, it is preferable to first close
the pressers against the heel blank, then to compress the heel at top and bottom-

page_text: and then to punch the nail holes therein, but this relative order of action may bo
varied without departing from the spirit of my Invention.
In the present embodyment of my improved machine, A denotes the main frame
or table supported on suitable legs and provided with suitable standards a, which
form the supporting guides and bearings for the working parts of the machine.
B denotes the bed or plate for the heel seat end of the heel, the said bed being
arranged within an opening formed through the central part of the table A, see
Figure 2, and resting upon a yielding support or bolster composed in the present
instance of a series of wooden bars B₁ of different lengths, see full and dotted lines,
Figure 1, the lowest bar being supported near its ends on transome or cross bars B³
suspended by rods or bolts B³ from the table A.
The bars B' have sufficient rigidity to insure the requisite resistance or pressing
force to the heel, and at the same time they are sufficiently elastic to allow the
support or bolster to yield in case of excessive strain by reason of the thickness
of the material being compressed vertically, thus avoiding injury to the mechanism
by placing an over thick heel between the bed and platen to be described.
C, C, represent the movable side pressing dies or formers adapted to operate
directly against the sides of the heel blanks.
These dies are connected with laterally moving slides or die-carriers C¹ arranged
to be forced inwardly by die moving devices, shown as inclined followers C³, which
are worked up and down between suitable guides on the standards a and bearing
blocks a¹ by means of the cams D¹ on the operating shaft D.
The dies C, made to correspond in size and shape with the particular heel to be
compressed, are connected with the carriers C¹ by an off set joint and a locking
pin c, so that by raising such pin c from the dies the latter may be quickly
detached from their carriers and dies of other size and shape be used instead.
The pin connection of the dies C with their carriers enables the said dies to
descend freely below their carriers, and follow the yielding movement of the bed
plate B, the latter being of such size that the dies C when fully closed together rest
above its surface.
The dies are guided and kept from rising by means of a back rib and flange-
plate & attached to the table A, see Figure 10.
Springs C³ serve to draw the die carriers outward, when the inclined followers C
are raised by the action of the cam rolls and lifters C³, see Figure 4, provided for
that purpose.
Mechanism otherwise constructed might be employed in lieu of the inclined
followers for forcing inwardly or closing the side pressing dies, as, for instance, a
knuckle jointed arm on a swinging lever, but I prefer the follower.
The tops of the followers when they are acted upon by the operating cams are
provided with rolls i in order to avoid friction between the parts.
E represents a plunger arranged to work in suitable guide ways at the inner
sides of the standards a. This plunger is depressed by the cams 12 on the shaft D,
which force it downward to compress the heel vertically, or from its top to its
bottom, and raised by the cam rolls and lifters E.
The top pressing plunger E carries at its lower end a platen or pressing plate E',
provided with a projecting die face e¹ corresponding in shape with the form desired
for the face of the heel, the plate and die face being perforated or provided with
holes for the passage of the punching awls, the die face entering and preferably
exactly filling the space between the side dies C, when the latter are closed
together, as in Figure 7.
The pressing plate E¹ and its die face will correspond in form with the particular
form or size of beel to be pressed, and will be furnished with side grooves to receive
holding springs e, whereby the plate E¹ may be quickly attached to or detached
from the reciprocating follower E, dowel pins ex, in dotted lines, Figure 7, pre-
venting lateral movement of the plate E¹.
This manner of connecting the pressing plate with the plunger permits it to be

page_text: readily and conveniently detached, and another one applied for heels of a different
size.
Above the perforated pressing plate E', and embraced within the plunger E is
placed a second or awl carrying plunger H which carries the gang of awls I that
pass down through the perforations of the pressing plate, and punch or prick in
the heels holes for nails.
This awl carrying plunger H is operated by an eccentric D³ on the shaft D,
which is embraced by a proper eccentric yoke H¹ attached to the said plunger, as
illustrated in Figure 2.
The gang of awls I is held in a plate m fitted into grooves prepared for its
reception at the lower end of the plunger H, where it is secured in place by
a screw bolt h or other suitable fastening, device, a thin solid plate of metal
being placed above it to prevent the awls from being driven back through the
plate m.
By loosening the bolt h the awl plate m may be readily removed from the
plunger when it is desired to change the gang of awls for heels of a different size.
A heel seat die F, to impart the required shape to the heel seat, is placed upon
the bed-plate B, and held in place by dowel pins f (see Figure 11), and upon this
die the heel is placed and supported, while the side dies and top presser are
actuated to compress the said heels.
These plates É are made inter-changable to accommodate heels of different sizes;
G indicates a swinging bar pivoted to the table A, and provided with a detachable
breast block n which serves to close the front of the matrix, while a second pivoted
bar G' is arranged to swing against the end of the said bar G for locking it in
position, see Figures 9 and 10, in which latter the dotted lines indicate the
position of the said bars when the matrix is opened for inserting or removing a
heel blank.
The operating shaft D is provided with a loose driving gear K, which meshes
with a pinion L' fixed upon the driving shaft L arranged in suitable bearings
along the back of the machine, and provided with a heavy balance wheel L² and
a pulley L³ to receive the belt, by means of which the motive power is transmitted
to the machine.
Fixed upon the shaft D at the side of the loose gear K is a clutch M, the
mechanism of which is adapted to automatically throw off or stop the shaft D after
each revolution. The said clutch consists of a disc M' furnished with a sliding pin
or dog p, a springs to force the said pin p inward to engage with a corresponding
pin p², or (see. Figure 13) on the side of the gear K and of a lever P, having its
fulcrum on and rotating with the said disc, the lever forcing back the springs and
-withdrawing the pin-p to trip the clutch.
A slide piece R, provided with a curved flange R¹, to engage the end of lever P
provided with an inclined surface, is arranged to be moved up and down in
suitable guides at the side of the adjacent standard a of the frame work.
A spring T is provided to elevate the said slide R, and a hand lever V to depress
it. When the slide R is depressed by bearing down the hand lever V the flange R¹
is removed from below the end of the tripping lever P, permitting the spring s to
force forward the pin or dog p which thus locks the disc M to the gear K, and the
Jatter being continuously revolved by the driving shaft causes the revolution of
the operating shaft D and the actuating cams which move the pressing and
punching devices.
When the lever V is relieved from strain the spring T elevates the slide R, so
that its flange R' engages the end of the tripping lever P, which, striking the
inclined portion of said flange is operated to withdraw the pin or dog p, thus
releasing the.clutch from the gear K and arresting the motion of the shaft D.
If preferred the slide R may be worked by means of a treadle in lieu of the
hand lever V.
In the operation of this machine the attendant opens the front of the matrix by

page_text: swinging back the bar G, places the heel blank (the several lifts of which have
been previously nearly cut to form and tacked together in the ordinary manner)
upon the bed or seat plate, then swings back the arms G and G₁ to close the front
of the matrix. Then the starting lever V is depressed to put the operating shaft D
and its several cams into action.
The side dies C are then closed upon the heel, forcing in the edges of the
lifts thereof by a direct or straight action, which compresses but does not curl
down the edges of the lifts, as would be the case were the heel forced into a tapered
opening of a die.
When the side dies have been closed the top pressing plate E' moves down and
compresses the heel vertically against the heel seat die on the bed B, when the
gang of awls I descend and prick or punch the holes for nails, and as the shaft D
completes its revolution the dies and gang of awls recede to their former positions,
where they remain until the starting lever is again depressed.
As the awls rise the heel is stripped from them by the pressing plate E', and left
in central position upon the bed. or seat plate, from which it is taken by the
attendant and a fresh blank substituted.
It will be observed that the cams are shaped to afford a continuance of pressure
by holding the dies closed for a time, thus giving a more permanent set to the
material compressed than would be effected by mechanism wherein the pressure
was applied by a crank stroke, which quickly relieves the dies and permits a recoil
of the compressed fibres of the heel.
The heel is pressed and pricked at the same motion of the shaft U, a single heel
only being in the machine, the result of which is that the work is quickly done
and but little power is required to run the machine.
The dies and awls for different sized heels can be changed in from one to two
minutes time, and the interchangable parts can be made at comparatively slight
cost.
These are the combinations to which reference has been made.
In the combination with a pressing plunger and plate and cams for giving
pressure to the same of lifters and rolls, to operate substantially as and for the
purpose herein described.
In a pressing plate provided with dowel pins and side grooves and the retaining
springs e, in combination with the plunger E.
In a swinging arm G, provided with detachable breast block n and the locking
bar G, in combination with the side pressing dies and heel supporting bed.
In the combination and relative arrangement of the table A, standards a,
plungers or followers E and H operating shaft D, cams D³, eccentric D³, and
yoke H.
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it
understood that what I claim is,
1st. In a machine for preparing heels, the combination with a supporting bed and
reciprocating pressing plunger E and plate E', adapted to first press the heels
vertically, of an independently acting plunger provided with a gang of awls and
working within said pressing plunger, substantially as set forth.
2nd. In an organized machine for pressing heels, the following instrumentalities,
viz.The heel supporting bed, reciprocating pressing plunger, and perforated
pressing plate. adapted to compress the heel vertically, the punching follower
provided with a gang of awls which are projected through the perforations of the
said pressing plate, and an operating shaft provided with cams adapted to actuate
the pressing plate and punching plunger independently, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
3rd. The heel support combined with the movable concaved side pressing dies C,
which are closed at suitable times upon the heel sides to embrace the sides of,
compress the heel laterally, and outline the shape of the heel, substantially as
described.

page_text: 4th. In a machine for preparing heels, the top pressing plate and follower, and
heel supporting bed, combined with the horizontally moveable side pressers or dies C
adapted to compress and shape the heel laterally by direct action against the
edges of the lifts, substantially as set forth.
5th. In a machine for preparing heels the heel supporting bed, perforated top
pressing plate and plunger, and connected projecting die face, combined with
the punching-plunger working within the said pressing plunger and its gang of
awls, and with the laterally moving side pressers or dies C, substantially as set
forth.
6th. In a machine for pressing and punching heels, the combination, substantially
as described, of the heel supporting bed, the pressing plunger and plate, and die
face to compress the heel vertically, the punching plunger and its gang of awls,
the rotating shaft D, and connected parts to actuate the said pressing and punching
plungers at the proper times, and clutching mechanism automatically actuated to
release the driving gear and permit it to run loosely on the said shaft at the
completion of each rotation of the said shaft, or the completion of each heel,
substantially as set forth.
7th. In a machine for preparing heels the heel supporting bed, the side pressers
or dies to compress and outline the heel laterally, and means to close them upon
the sides of the heels, combined with the pressing plate and plunger, and means,
substantially as described, to operate the said plunger and hold or retain the
pressing plate down upon the compressed heel sufficiently long to set the leather,
substantially as set forth.
Sth. In a machine for preparing heels the combination with the side pressing die
or dies C of the die carrier C', the inclined follower, C, and actuating cam D¹,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
9th. The combination with the die carrier C¹ and yielding supporting bed B of
the loosely connected side pressing die C, whereby the side pressing die is permitted
to move vertically with or follow the movement of the yielding supporting bed,
substantially as set forth.
10th. In a heel nailing machine, in combination, the pressing and punching
mechanisms, the operating shaft combined with cams for actuating the same,
the driving gear K, the clutch M with locking pin p and tripping lever P, the
slide piece R, R¹, and starting lever V, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
11th. The combination with the pressing plunger and plate, and the cams for
giving pressure to the same, of the lifters and rolls C or E2, substantially as and
for the purposes shown and described.
12th. The pressing plate E¹ provided with dowel pins and side grooves, and the
retaining springs e in combination with the plunger E, as and for the purpose set
forth.
13th. The swinging arm G, provided with detachable breast block n and the
locking-bar G', in combination with the side pressing dies and heel supporting bed,
substantially as and for the purpose stated.
14th. The combination and relative arrangement of the table A, standards a,
plungers or followers E and H, operating shaft D, cams D³, eccentric D³, and
yoke H, substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two
W. MORGAN-BROWN. (L.S.)