Improvements in and relating to Machines for Embossing Flies for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Embossing Flies for
Boots and Shoes.
We, GEORGE VALIANT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at
Toronto, in the Dominion of Canada, and CHRISTIAN DANCEL, a citizen of the
United States of America, residing at New York, 239, Center Street, State of New
York, one of the United States of America, Gentlemen, 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 :-
Figure 1 shows a plan view of our fly embossing mechanism;
Figure 2 an enlarged section of the same on line x-x, of Figure 1;
Figure 3 a detailed plan view of one of the adjustable scallop embossers with the
slide carrying the adjustable button-hole embossing piece, and
Figure 4 a plan view of a portion of a button-hole fly embossed by our apparatus.
Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.
The object of our invention is to provide an improved embossing machine or
apparatus for embossing button-hole flies for boots or shoes, and to this end-
Our invention consists in the apparatus or mechanism, and in the construction,
arrangement and combination of parts thereof as hereinafter specified.
In the drawings, A, designates the supporting-table or surface, which can be of
any desired material and form. Upon this table are the series of blocks, B, B,
adjustably held in place by the clamps, C, C, which are provided with arms or
plates engaging the upper faces of the blocks, so as to press or clamp said blocks
firmly against the table surface. Set screws, C', C, extending through the main
portion of the clamps into the table serve to hold the clamp arms down in place with
the desired pressure and can be easily loosened, when the blocks, B, B, are to be
unclamped and moved or adjusted.
Each block, B, is provided at, ½, with a die for embossing, as desired, a portion
of the outer edge of the fly with a line of imitation stitching, and with a bead, where
desired.
As shown in the drawings, the die, b, on each block, B, is arranged and adapted
to emboss the line of stitching around the curved edge of one of the fly scallops.
Where the fly edge is not scalloped, but is otherwise curved or shaped, the dies
on the separate blocks are to be correspondingly arranged and shaped to emboss,
each one a portion of the edge.
A supplemental block, B', with a die, 62 of proper curvature to emboss the curved
edge of the fly beyond the series of scallops is, like blocks, B, B, adjustably held in
place by a clamp, C, with set screw.
With the series of blocks, B, B, and B', made adjustable, as described and shown,
and each provided with a die for embossing a portion only of the fly edge, our
apparatus, can, obviously, be quickly and readily adapted for embossing the entire
edge of a fly of any desired curvature by properly adjusting said blocks and their
dies with reference to each other.
The several dies on the several blocks together make a continuous line of
embossing all along the fly edge, the direction or curvature of which line can be
varied to suit the curvature of the fly edge, as indicated above.
In order to provide for embossing the button-holes in the fly at the same time
that the fly edge is embossed, each of the blocks, B, B, is provided with a slide, D,
working in a longitudinal groove, d, on the under side of the block. On such slide
is a die block, D', haying on its top the die, so formed as to emboss a line of
stitching around the respective button-hole.
Where, as in the drawings, each block, B, is intended and adapted to emboss one

page_text: of the scallops on the fly edge, the slide, D, should be central with reference to the
block so that the button-hole embossing die will come where the button-hole should
be, opposite the middle portion of the scallop curve.
As in different flies the button-holes are often placed at different distances from
the scallop edge, the slide, D, is made longitudinally adjustable with reference to the
block.
A set screw, d¹, on the slide, and a slot, d², in the block engaged by the screw,
enables the slide to be moved to bring the button-hole embossing die nearer to or
further from the fly edge die and to be fixed as moved or adjusted.
To provide for lateral adjustment of the embossing die slide with reference to the
block, B, we contemplate making the groove, d, wider than the slide and providing
the set screws, 1, 61, on opposite sides of the block to engage with their inner ends
the sides of the slide, as shown in the drawings.
With this construction the slide can not only be adjusted bodily towards one side
or the other of the block, B, but it can, obviously, if desired, be set at a slight
angle to the block and groove therein.
To provide for the proper adjustment of the button-hole embossing die
blocks, D', D', to suit the angle of the button-hole with reference to the fly
edge, we pivot each die block, D', to its respective slide by the pin or stud, d³,
entering an opening in the slide. This pin is vertically below that portion
of the die which coincides with the loop or enlarged part of the button-hole.
A lug, d, on the die block, D', is provided with a slot, d, engaging a set screw, do,
on the slide, D.
The slot extends transversely with reference to the lug and is preferably curved
from the pin, d³ as a centre.
With this construction, the screw being loosened, the die block can be swung on
its pivotal connection with slide, D, so as to adjust the angle at which the die
on its upper face stands with relation to the block, B, carrying the edge
embossing die.
The table, A, can be a stationary one to be used in connection with any
desired form of press to force the fly against the embossing dies or it can be made
movable and connected with any means for actuating it to bring the embossing
devices in contact with the fly suitably supported on a stationary or movable
support.
We have shown in the drawings enough of the series of blocks and dies to
properly emboss the outer edge and the button-hole of a considerable portion of
a fly. From this it will be clearly understood that to provide for embossing the
entire fly, the series of blocks and dies need only to be continued along further
with the proper relative arrangement to correspond with the shape or curvature
of the fly.
In Figure 4 we have shown a portion of the fly, E, as it would be embossed
by the portion of our apparatus shown, with the line of imitation stitching e,
along its outer scalloped edge, and the stitching, e¹, embossed around its button-
holes.
The die faces on the various dies of our apparatus can, of course, be varied
in shape and configuration, as desired, so as to suit different flies, or to emboss
the fly differently.
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. In the herein described apparatus for embossing flies for boots and shoes, a
series of dies each adapted to emboss a portion of the fly, such dies being made
adjustable to change their angles with reference to each other, as desired,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In an apparatus for embossing flies for boots and shoes, a series of dies
each adapted to emboss a portion of the fly edge, and altogether adapted to

page_text: emboss the whole of such edge, and a series of relatively adjustable blocks or
pieces carrying such dies, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. In a machine for embossing flies for boots and shoes, the series of adjustable
blocks, each provided with a die shaped to emboss the edge of a scallop on the
fly, and the supplemental block provided with a die adapted to emboss the curved
edge of the fly beyond the scallops thereof, substantially as and for the purpose
shown.
4. In an apparatus for embossing flies for boots and shoes, the block or piece
provided with a die to emboss a portion of the fly edge, and the block carrying a
button-hole embossing die, adjustable with reference to the other die carrying piece,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. In combination with the block provided with a die to emboss a portion of
the fly edge, a slide adjustably attached to such piece, and a block on the slide
provided with a button-hole embossing die, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
6. In combination with the piece provided with the die to emboss a portion of
the edge of a fly for boots and shoes, a button-hole die made adjustable to and
from the edge die, and also in its angular relation to such die, substantially as and
for the purpose shown.
7. In combination with the piece provided with the die for a portion of the
fly edge, the slide the button-hole die pivoted to the slide, and means substantially
as shown for fixing such die at any adjustment on its pivot, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
8. In combination with a block or piece provided with a die adapted to
emboss the edge of a scallop on a button-hole fly, the button-hole die and adjust-
able connections between the two dies so that the button-hole die can be adjusted
towards or from the scallop die, and can be set at any desired angle with
relation to such die, substantially as and for the purpose described.
9. In an embossing apparatus for flies for boots and shoes, a series of blocks or
pieces each provided with a die for embossing a portion of the fly edge, the
series of adjustable slides each connected with one of the die carrying pieces, the
series of blocks adjustably attached to the respective slides, and each provided
with a die for embossing a button-hole on a fly, all substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 25th day of November 1890.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.