Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Marking the Vamps or Parts of Boots and Shoes to Facilitate Manufacture.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Marking the Vamps or
Parts of Boots and Shoes to Facilitate Manufacture.
A communication from abroad by GEORGE WILLIAM GREGORY, of 34, School
Street, Boston, in County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, one of the
United States of America, Solicitor of Patents.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object to construct a machine for marking the toe
portions of the vamps of boot and shoe uppers to indicate the proper position of
the cap which is applied to the exterior of the vamp at the toe portion.
The machine is capable of being adjusted to any and all sizes of vamps, and is
adapted to correctly mark the vamp of any size to which it may be adjusted.
As some vamps especially used in connection with women's shoes are cut low or
deep in the throat or toward the toe, leaving but little material between the other
or front end of the quarter and the toe tip, means are provided for adjusting the
machine to mark such particular forms of vamps..
The invention consists in the combination with a work supporting bed, of a
marker-holder or carrier movable toward and from said bed, two spurs or markers
movable toward and from each other upon said holder, and connecting mechanism
between said markers whereby either marker, when moved in one direction, is
caused to move the other in the opposite direction at the same time; also in the
combination with a work-supporting bed, of a marker-holder or carrier movable
toward and from said bed, said holder having two segmental guide-arms, two
levers pivoted to the carrier on centres with which the said arms are concentric, the
swinging ends of the said levers being engaged with the guides, and provided with
spurs or markers, and intermeshing gears affixed to the pivoted ends of the levers
whereby both levers are caused to move simultaneously in opposite directions when
pressure is applied to either lever; also in the combination with a work-supporting
bed, of a marker-holder or carrier movable toward and from said bed, said holder
having two segmental guide-arms, two levers pivoted to the carrier on centres with
which the said arms are concentric, the swinging ends of said levers being engaged
with the guides, and provided with spurs or markers, intermeshing gears affixed to
the pivoted ends of the levers, and means for directly securing one of said levers
to the guide-arm on which it moves and thereby fixing both levers in any position
to which they may be adjusted; also in the combination with the work-supporting
bed, of suitable slides movable crosswise of said bed, and vamp-guides pivotally
connected at their forward ends to said slides, and means for adjusting said guides;
also the combination of a work-supporting bed, an elastic block inserted therein,
the marker-carrier movable toward and from the bed, and a central marker
arranged over the elastic block and adapted to bear on the vamp over said block,
the latter furnishing a yielding support for the vamp under the marker; also in
the combination with a work-supporting bed, and a marker-carrier adjustably
mounted ou said bed, of a rack connected with said marker-carrier, a gear or
pinion pivotally connected to the bed and meshing with said rack, a lever affixed
to said pinion and adapted to adjust the marker-carrier by turning the pinion on its
pivot, and an indicator whereby the lever may be set or adjusted to adapt the
marker-carrier to different sizes of vamps; also in the combination with the work-
supporting bed, of a marker carrier adjustably mounted on said bed, a rach

page_text: connected with said marker-carrier, a gear or pinion pivotally connected to the
bed and meshing with said rack, a lever affixed to said pinion and adapted to
adjust the marker-carrier by turning the pinion on its pivot, said lever having a
tooth or projection, and an indicator consisting of a fixed segmental bar having a
series of orifices adapted to receive said tooth or projection and thereby lock the
lever and marker-carrier in different positions; also in the combination of a work-
supporting bed, a slide or carrier movable thereon, a marker-carrier pivotally
connected with said carriage, a rod secured to the carriage and movable in guides
on the bed, a rack attached to said rod, a pinion pivoted to the bed and meshing
with said rack, an operating lever on said pinion having a tooth or projection, and
an indicator fixed to the bed and provided with a series of numbered holes
arranged to receive the tooth of the operating lever; also in the combination with
a work-supporting bed, and vamp-markers movable toward and from it, of a
detachable vamp-guide composed of two pivoted guide-armis, a supporting plate to
which they are pivoted, and means for adjusting said plate toward and from the
vamp-markers also in the combination with a work-supporting bed, and vamp-
markers movable toward and from it, of a detachable vamp-guide composed of two
pivoted guide-arms, a supporting plate to which they are pivoted, and means for
adjusting said guide arms in the arc of a circle independent of the plate; also in
the combination with a work-supporting bed, and vamp-markers movable toward
and from it, of a detachable vamp-guide composed of two pivoted guide arms, a
longitudinally-movable supporting plate to which they are pivoted, and means for
moving said pivoted guide arms toward and from each other; and in the com-
bination with a supporting bed, and vamp-markers movable toward and from it, of
a detachable vamp-guide composed of two spring-controlled oppositely formed
guide-arms, and means for moving them toward and from each other, a supporting
plate for said guide-arms, and means for moving it toward and from the vamp-
markers; also in the combination with a supporting bed, and vamp-markers
movable toward and from it, of a holder or carrier for the vamp-markers, parallel
rods at opposite sides of said holder or carrier on which it is free to slide, and a
hand-operated lever for moving said holder or carrier on said parallel rods also
in the combination with a supporting bed, and vamp-markers movable toward and
from it, of a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers, a carriage for said holder or
carrier composed of two parallel slide rods, and a rod or bar connecting said two
parallel slide rods, and bearings at each side of the supporting bed in which said
slide rods move; also in the combination with a supporting bed, and vamp-
markers movable toward and from it, of a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers,
a carriage for said holder or carrier, and means for moving it, and a hand-operated
lever for moving said holder or carrier on its carriage independently; also in the
combination with a work-supporting bed, and ramp-markers movable toward and
from it, a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers, a carriage for said holder or
carrier, and means for moving it, and a pivoted lever having a cam slot of varying
radius for engaging the said holder or carrier also in the combination with a
work-supporting bed, and vamp-markers movable toward and from it, comprising a
centre marker, and an overlap marker arranged at right angles with relation to
the centre marker; also in the combination with a supporting bed, and vamp-
markers movable toward and from it, comprising a centre marker, and an adjustable
overlap marker arranged at right angles with relation to the centre marker.
Dated the 3rd day of July 1891
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Marking the Vamps or
Parts of Boots and Shoes to Facilitate Manufacture.
A communication from abroad by GEORGE WILLIAM GREGORY, of 34, School
Street, Boston, in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, one of
the United States of America, Solicitor of Patents.
1 ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent 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 :-
This invention relates to machines for marking the toe portions of the vamps of
boot and shoe uppers to indicate the proper position of the cap which is applied to
the exterior of the vamp at the toe portion; and it has for its object to provide a
machine capable of being adjusted to any and all sizes of vamps and adapted to
accurately mark the vamp of any size to which it may be adjusted.
Vamps now in common use especially in connection with womens shoes, are cut
low or deep in the throat or toward the toe, leaving but little material between the
throat or front end of the quarter and the toe-tip.
The depth of this throat varies very materially, according to the pattern or
style of shoc, and I have found it necessary to provide means for quickly adjusting
the machine for marking these differently-cut vamps.
As the machine has been constructed, rests were provided for the shank ends of
such vamps as are commonly called "short vamps," they comprising merely the toe
and shank portions.
As it is preferable that the rest should remain stationary or in fixed position, it
becomes necessary to provide suitable vamp-guides that may be adjusted to each
different style or cut of vamp to be marked.
are
I have therefore provided vamp-guides, preferably detachable, which
adapted for such vamps as have a low-cut or deep throat, and I have also
provided suitable means for holding said vamp-guides in position and for adjusting
them.
As the machine has been constructed, the vamp guides lie flush with the
supporting-bed, and it frequently happens that in placing vamps in position over
or around the vamp-guides, the edges will slip beneath the said guides, and
as such fact frequently escapes the notice of the operator, the vamp is incorrectly
marked.
To obviate this difficulty I have provided such vamp guides with suitable means
by which the aforesaid objection is overcome.
Many different styles of toe-tips are used in connection with like vamps, and I
have therefore provided means for quickly adjusting the markers for such different
styles of toe-tips, which adjustment is independent of the adjustment for the
different sizes or styles of vamps.
There are many shoes manufactured in which the quarter overlaps the vamp,
and I have provided a suitable marker for marking the depth of such overlap, such
marker being arranged to operate simultaneously with the other markers which
mark the centre of the vamp and the points for the toe-tip.
To these ends the invention consists in the improvements, which I will now
proceed to describe and claim.
Fig. 1 shows in plan view a vamp-marking apparatus embodying this
invention;
and
Fig. 2, a side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, an enlarged detail of the vamp-guides forming a part of this invention;

page_text: Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. 3.
In the drawings, a, represents a supporting-bed, which is preferably made in a
single piece or casting, and is provided with screw-holes to permit its attachment
to a bench or table.
c represents a holder or carrier for the vamp-marking devices, the latter being
two pointed spurs d, d, adapted to prick small holes in a vamp supported by the
bed a, and a central blade e, located between the spurs d, d and adapted to make
a crease along the centre of the vamp, the central mark enabling the operator to
centre the vamp in applying it to the top or quarters of the upper.
The marker-holder or carrier is here shown as a lever 5, projecting from a rock-
shaft 6, which rock-shaft is mounted to turn on bearings in a slide or carriage 7,
which is movable lengthwise, as hereinafter described, and segmental arms 8, 8,
extending laterally in opposite directions from the swinging end of the lever 5, as
shown in Fig. 1.
The spurs d, d are affixed to two levers ff, which are pivoted at their inner
ends at , g to the base or inner end of the lever 5 and are curved at their outer
ends so as to partially embrace the guide arms 8, 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the
outer ends of the said levers, bearing upon the upper sides of said guide-
arms.
To the inner ends of the levers,ƒ³ are affixed two gears i, i, meshing with each
other, as shown in Fig. 1.
Said gears cause the levers f, to move simultaneously in opposite directions
when lateral pressure is applied to either lever, so that in adjusting the levers to
vary the distance between the spurs d, d and adapt said spurs to vamps of different
widths it is only necessary for the operator to take hold of one lever and move it
to the desired distance from the centre marker e, the other lever and the spur
thereon being moved by the described connection between the levers an equal
distance in the opposite direction.
The levers and the spurs d thereon are thus kept equidistant from the central
markere and adjusted simultaneously, so that they can be quickly adjusted to
position to mark any desired size of vamp.
The segmental guiding-arms 8, 8 are concentric with the pivots g, g of the levers,
so that the curved ends of the levers move freely upon the guide-arms without
binding or crowding thereon.
The lever is provided at its outer end with a set screw h, which is arranged to
bear upon the upper side of the arm 8 on which it moves, and thereby directly
secure the lever to said arm, and at the same time indirectly secure the
lever in position upon its guiding-arm through the gearing that connects the two
levers.
The centre marker e is adjustable longitudinally of the holder or carrier c by
means of a screw-threaded stud j, affixed to said marker and projecting through
a slot k in the lever 5, and a nut 1, engaged with the upper end of the stud j,
said nut, when turned down upon the upper side of the lever 5, causing the
marker e to bind closely against the underside of said lever, in a manner which
will be easily understood.
The marker e can therefore be caused to extend over more or less of the upper
surface of the vamp to be marked.
The marker-holder or carrier is normally held in the raised position shown in
Figs. 1 and 2 by a spring m on the rock-shaft 6, one end of said spring being
secured to the bed a and the other end to the inner end of the lever 5.
When the operator desires to impress the marking devices upon the vamp, he
depresses the carrier or holder c by means of a treadle (not shown) connected with
the lever 5 by a rod.
Near the outer end of the center marker e a notch o is formed, which receives
the cross-marker o¹, provided with a slotted ear o², sec dotted line, Fig. 2,
through which a set screw o³ passes, entering the marker e, such cross-marker
serving to indent or mark the vamp at a point which determines the line of the

page_text: overlap, and by means of the slotted ear and by making the notch o of sufficient
length the said overlap or cross-marker may be adjusted at will.
The bed a is provided with blocks p, p of wood or other comparatively yielding
material under the point where the marking devices act upon the vamp, said blocks
preventing injury to the marking spurs, which would take place if the spurs came
in contact with a metal surface in penetrating the vamp.
Between the blocks p, is another block y, of yielding rubber or other
material, which is comparatively elastic, said block being arranged beneath
the marker e and intended to permit the vamp to yield under the pressure of said
marker, so that the latter will not make too deep and permanent crease in the
vamp, it being desirable to have the marker e make only a faint crease, which
will not be visible in the completed boot or shoe.
r, represent two adjustable guides or gauges, supported by the bed a and
arranged to bear against the inner edges of the recess in the rear portion of the
vamp.
The forward ends of said levers are pivoted at 8, s, to slides t,, which are adapted
to move in guides or ways in the bed a, crosswise of the latter.
The vamp guides, have rigidly secured to them lips g, which pass down
below the surface of the supporting bed in the slot or passage which receives the
slides t, t, said projections or lips preventing the edges of the vamp from passing
beneath the guides.
On the inner sides of said vamp guides, are formed wings u, u,. having
beveled rear edges 9, 9, see dotted lines, Fig. 3 which bear against a stud or
pin 10, affixed to an adjustable slide or bar 12, said bar being provided with a
longitudinal slot 13, which receives a fixed guiding-stud 14, projecting upwardly
from the bed a, and provided with a thumb-nut 100; and a fixed stud 15 also
projects upwardly from the bed a, which enters a groove 101 in the under side of
the bar 12, said studs 14 and 15 serving as guides to ensure movement of the bar 12
lengthwise of the bed.
When said bar is moved forward or toward the marker-holder c, its stud 10,
bearing against the beveled edges 9 of the wings w, forces the said wings and the
guides to which they are attached outwardly in opposite directions, thus increasing
the distance between the guides r, the slides t, t, moving outwardly in opposite
directions in their guides or ways.
When the bar 12 is moved backwardly in the opposite direction, the guides
are pressed inwardly by a spring 16, which is located under the bed and is engaged
with the guides by means of its upwardly-beut ends, the tendency of said spring
being to press the guides r inwardly toward the bar 12.
7"
The guides may be caused to assume various inclinations, so as to conform to
the shape of the sides of the recess in the vamp by means of the levers 17, 17,
which are mounted to turn upon the stud 14, and extend outwardly from said
stud so that their swinging ends bear on the inner sides of the guides », r.
Said levers may be adjusted by means of a movable stud 18, which passes through
the slot 13 in the bar 12 and is provided with a clamping-ut 19, whereby it may be
secured to the bar 12 at any point within the range of its adjustment in the slot 13.
The levers 17, 17 bear against the stud 18, so that by moving said stud forward
the swinging ends of the levers will be forced outwardly, thus swinging the rear ends
of the guides r, outwardly, while by moving the said stud in the opposite direction
the levers are allowed to be forced inwardly by the pressure of the spring 16, and
thus permit the rear ends of the guides to approach each other.
For con-
venience in the drawing the stud 18 is represented as being removed from its
engagement with the arins 17, see Fig. 4.
The detachable vamp guide, herein shewn as forming a part of this invention,
consists of two oppositely-formed guide-arms 0, 2, pivoted at e22 to a stud screwed
into or fixed to a plate or bar, a suitable spring 24, attached to a stud 28,
engaging the said guide-arms eo, e, as best shown in Fig. 3, and operating to draw
the outer or front ends toward each other,

page_text: The plate or bar e23 has a slot or passage 28 nearly its entire length, and is placed
on the slotted plate or bar 12.
The fixed pin 14, rising from the supporting bed a, passes through said slot or
passage, and the outer end of said fixed pin or stud being screw-threaded, and
receiving upon it a nut 100, the latter operates to hold the plate or bar in place.
The plate or bar 3 has formed upon its under side a lug e, which centers the slot
in the plate or bar 12, and the pin 10, fixed to or carried by said plate or bar 12, is
extended upwardly, as at 11, to enter the slot or passage in the plate or bar e, said
pin 11 and the lug e serving as guides to cause the plate or bar e to be moved in
a direct line.
The stud, having a screw-threaded end portion, occupies a position in the
slot or passage in the plate or bar e, and a nut is turned on said screw-
threaded portion.
By loosening said nut f" the said stud may be moved toward and from the pivot
of the guide-arms 20, 21, and working against said arms, moves them on their
pivot, separating them as said stud is pushed forward, the spring e yielding as
said arms separate.
When it is not desired to use this detachable device, it may be removed by
simply loosening the nut 100, moving the device forward until the enlarged
portion of the plate or bar es registers with said nut, at which point the plate
or bare may be removed, the nut passing through said enlarged portion.
A flat plate or bar 20 is laid on the supporting bed, having a reduced portion,
as, which occupies a position beneath the vamp guides, and which may be
upturned when desired to present abutments against which the edges or ends of the
shank portions of the vamp may bear.
When using said detachable arms in connection with a short vamp, the rest w20
is brought into operative position the vamp placed on the supporting bed with the
ends of the shank portions bearing against said rest, the nut 100 is loosened, and
the plate or bar 23 moved forward until the guiding arms e20, 21 reach the forward
end of the throat of the ramp, when said nut is tightened.
The nut is then loosened and the stud 20 moved in one or the other direction
to thus separate the guiding-arms e, e¹, or to allow them to be brought nearer
together by means of the actuating spring.
When the vamp is thus positioned, the markers may be operated.
The usual vamp guides, are not used when the detachable guide-arms arc
employed.
The carriage or yoke 7, which supports the pivoted marker-holder, is mounted
to slide on the parallel slide-rods 120, 121, and is provided with a stud 122,
which passes up through a cam slot 123, formed in a plate or lever 124, pivoted
at 125 to a rod or bar 126, which connects the parallel slide rods 120, 121.
The cam slot 123 is represented as a continuous curve, the radius of which
gradually increases from the point 126 to the point 127, and the lever is provided
with a hand piece or equivalent 128 by which it may be moved.
As this lever is moved on its pivot it will be seen that, by means of the cam
slot 123 of varying radius, the marker holder or carrier will be moved backward or
forward on but independent of the slide-rods 120, 121.
This means of adjustment for the marker-holder or carrier materially increases
the efficiency of the machine.
One side of the cam slot will preferably be graduated, as shown in Fig. 1, and a
pointer or index 129 will be secured to the stud 122, as shown.
a,
and to
The slide-rods 120, 121 are fitted to slide in guides 21, 21 on the bed
one of said rods 120 is affixed a rack 22, with which engages a pinion 23, formed
on a lever 24.
Said pinion is mounted to oscillate upon a stud or pivot 25 affixed to an ear 26
on the bed a.
It will be seen that by moving the pinion 23 by means of the lever 24 in one
direction or the other the slide-rods 120, and 121, the marker-carrier, and the cam

page_text: lever will be moved, toward or from the vamp-guides,, as the case may be.
27 represents an indicator, which determines the position the lever 24 should
occupy to adjust the marker-carrier to any given size of vamp.
Said indicator is a segmental bar or plate having a series of orifices 28, which
orifices are concentric with the stud or pivot 25, upon which the pinion 23 turns.
The lever 24 is composed of two sections, the inner one of which is formed on
the pinion 23, while the outer one is pivoted at 29 to the inner, and is provided
with a pin 30, adapted to enter either of the orifices 28, and thereby engage the
lever with the indicator in as many positions as there are orifices in the indicator.
Each orifice 28 is accompanied by a number impressed upon the indicator, each
number giving the size of the upper to which the markers are adjusted by the
movement of the lever 28 into engagement with the orifice.
For example, if it is desired to adjust the markers to a vamp of the No. 8 size,
the lever 24 is moved into engagement with the orifice marked 8, and so on.
Some of the orifices are marked to indicate one series of sizes, as for men's and
boy's boots, and the other a different series of sizes, as for ladies' aud misses' shoes.
It will be seen that the indicator enables the operator to quickly adjust the
marker-carrier for any size of vamp, it being only necessary to move the lever to
the orifice bearing the number of the size of the vamp to be marked.
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 :-
1-In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with a work-supporting bed,
of a marker-holder or carrier movable toward and from said bed, two spurs or
markers movable toward and from each other on the said holder, and connecting
mechanism, substantially as described, between said markers, whereby either
marker when moved in one direction is caused to move the other in the opposite
direction at the same time, as set forth.
2: In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with a work-supporting bed,
of a marker-holder or carrier movable toward and from said bed, said holder
having two segmental guiding-arms, two levers pivoted to the carrier on centres
with which the said arms are concentric, the swinging ends of said levers being
engaged with the guides and provided with spurs or markers, and intermeshing
gears affixed to the pivoted ends of the levers, whereby both levers are caused to
move simultaneously in opposite directions when pressure is applied to either lever,
as set forth.
3-In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with a work-supporting bed,
of a marker-holder or carrier movable toward and from said bed, said holder
having two segmental guiding-arms, two levers pivoted to the carrier on centers
with which the said arms are concentric, the swinging ends of said levers being
engaged with the guides and provided with spurs or markers, intermeshing gears
affixed to the pivoted ends of the levers, and means for directly securing one of
said levers to the guide-arm on which it moves, and thereby fixing both levers in
any position to which they may be adjusted, as set forth.
4 In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with the supporting bed, of
the slides t, t, movable cross-wise of said bed in ways formed therein, the vamp-
guides, r, pivotally connected at their forward ends to said slides, and means for
adjusting said guides, as set forth.
5: In a vamp-marking machine, the combination of the supporting-bed, the
elastic block inserted therein, the marker-carrier movable toward and from the
bed, and the central marker e, arranged over the elastic block and adapted to bear
ou the vamp over said block, the latter furnishing a yielding support for the vamp
under the marker, as set forth.
6 In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with the supporting-bed and
a marker-carrier adjustably mounted on said bed, of a rack connected with the
marker-carrier, a gear or pinion pivotally connected to the bed and meshing with

page_text: said rack, a lever affixed to said pinion and adapted to adjust the marker
carrier by turning the pinion on its pivot, and an indicator whereby the lever may
be set or adjusted to adapt the marker-carrier to different sizes of vamps, as set
forth.
7In a vamp-marking machine, the combination with the supporting-bed and
a marker-carrier adjustably mounted on said bed, of a rack connected with the
marker-carrier, a gear or pinion pivotally connected to the bed and meshing with
said rack, a lever affixed to said pinion and adapted to adjust the marker-carrier
by turning the pinion on its pivot, said lever having a tooth or projection 30, and
an indicator consisting of a fixed segmental bar having a series of orifices adapted
to engage said tooth, and there by lock the lever and marker-carrier in different
positions, as set forth.
8: In a vamp-marking machine, the combination of a supporting-bed, a slide or
carriage movable thereon, a marker-carrier pivotally connected with said carriage,
a rod secured to the carriage and movable in guides on the bed, a rack attached to
said rod, a pinion pivoted to the bed and meshing with said rack, an operating-
lever on said pinion having a tooth or projection, and an indicator affixed to the
bed and provided with a series of numbered holes arranged to engage the tooth on
the operating-lever, as set forth.
9 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp markers movable
toward and from it, the vamp-guides r, r, and means for moving them, combined
with the projections or outwardly-extended lips 10, 10 thereon, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
10 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, combined with a detachable vamp-guide composed of two
pivoted guide-arms e, controlled by a spring, a single supporting-plate e³ to
which they are pivoted, and means for adjusting said plate toward and from the
vamp-markers, substantially as described.
11 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, combined with a detachable vamp-guide composed of two
pivoted guide-arms e, e, controlled by a spring, a single supporting-plate e³ to
which they are pivoted, and means for adjusting said guide-arms in the arc of a
circle independently of the plate, substantially as described.
12 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, combined with a detachable vamp-guide composed of two
pivoted guide-arms e, controlled by a spring, a single longitudinally-movable
supporting-plate e to which they are pivoted, and means for moving said pivoted
guide-arms toward and from each other, substantially as described.
:
13 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, a holder or carrier for the vamp-markers, parallel rods at
opposite sides of said holder or carrier on which it is free to slide, and a hand-
operated lever for moving said holder or carrier on the said parallel rods, sub-
stantially as described.
14: In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed, and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers, a carriage for said
holder or carrier mounted on two parallel slide-rods, and bearings at each side of
the supporting-bed in which said slide-rods move, substantially as described.
15 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers, a carriage for said
holder or carrier, and slide-rods on which said carriage is mounted, and means for
moving said slide-rods, combined with a hand-operated lever for moving said
carriage independently, on said slide-rods; substantially as described.
16In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed, and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it, a holder or carrier for said vamp-markers, a carriage for said
holder or carrier, and slide-rods on which said carriage is mounted, and means for
moving said slide-rods, combined with a pivoted lever having a cam-slot of
varying radius for engaging and moving said carriage, substantially as described.

page_text: 17 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable-
toward and from it and comprising a centre marker and an overlap marker o³,
arranged in and carried by the centre marker and at right angles with relation to
the centre marker, substantially as described.
:-
18 In a vamp-marking machine, a supporting-bed and vamp-markers movable
toward and from it and comprising a centre marker and an adjustable overlap
marker o, arranged in and carried by the centre marker and at right angles with
relation to the centre marker, substantially as described.
Dated the 19th day of October 1891.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.