Improvements in Machines and Tools for Finishing Boots and other Coverings for the Feet.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Lelt, 24th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines and Tools for Finishing Boots and other
Coverings for the Feet.
1, THOMAS GARE, of the Gare Machine Co., Ld., of Hopes Carr, Stock-
port, in the County of Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
My invention relates to improvements in machines and tools for finishing boots
and other coverings for the feet and has for its object to simplify the general
construction of and render the same more effective than heretofore has been
the case.
To this end according to one form of my invention I combine in one machine,
means for bunking, printing, edge setting, and stitch wheeling the soles of boots or
other coverings for the feet, in such a manner, as to permit of performing the said
operations simultaneously or independently of each other.
The horn or support on which the boot or other covering for the feet is placed. I
mount adjustably in an inclined position, so as to ease the feeding of the boot, etc.
and at the same time permit of canting it when passing the bevelled or waiste
portion of the sole under the bunking and printing wheels and thereby bring the
latter in proper contact therewith and thus perform the bunking or printing
uniformly.
In order to effect the printing on the soles of boots or other coverings for the
feet, I employ on the spindle of the bunking wheel, a printing wheel consisting of
one or more discs in connection with an ink supplying device of any well known
type.
The stitch wheel I employ below the bunking wheel, by fixing it to the edge
setting tool, which is made adjustable at the side thereof, so as to facilitate its
accommodation for various widths of soles.
The edge setting tool, which may either be rotary or reciprocating, I form self-
adjusting in width, so as to serve for various thickness of soles, by making one
flange or end thereof movable and bringing it under the influence of a spring or
Screw.
The bunking, printing and stitch wheels and edge setting tool are suitably geared
up to and receive motion from a shaft, preferably driven by friction in such a
manner that the rotation of the bunking, printing and stitch wheels can be
reversed.
The improvements hereinbefore described relating to the means for edge setting,
printing and stitch wheeling, are not only applicable in connection with machines
driven by motive power, but also to hand tools.
Dated this 23rd day of Anvil 1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines and Tools for Finishing Boots and other
Coverings for the Feet.
1, THOMAS GARE, of the Gare Machine Co., Ld., of Hopes Carr, Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in machines and tools for finishing boots
and other coverings for the feet and has for its object to simplify the general
Price 8d71

page_text: construction of and render the same more effective than heretofore has been
the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a plan of a machine with bunking and printing
tools only, constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 3 is a side view and Fig. 4 a plan enlarged, of the bunking, printing, edge
setting and stitch wheeling tools combined in one machine.
Fig. 5 is a side and Fig. 6 a front view of the printing or bordering tool or
wheel and ink or colour supply device as used in a machine.
Fig. 7 is a side and Fig. 8 an end view of a reciprocating edge setting tool.
Fig. 9 is a side view and Fig. 10 a front view of a self-adjusting hand edge
setting tool.
Fig. 11 is a side view and Fig. 12 an end view of a hand printing or bordering
tool or wheel.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I combine in one machine, means for
banking, printing, edge setting, and stitch wheeling the soles of boots or other
coverings for the feet, in such a manner, as to permit of performing the said
operations simultaneously or independently of each other.
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Referring to Figs. 1 & 2, which show a machine furnished with bunking and
printing tools only, a is the bunking wheel and a the printing wheel fixed on the
driving spindle in connection with an adjustable guide is the horn or
support on which the boot or other covering for the fect is placed and which I
fix adjustably on a shaft mounted in au inclined position in the cross head d
arranged to oscillate in bearings formed on the frame of the machine. The
lower end of the said shaft is brought under the influence of a spring which
raises the horn or support and presses the boot, placed thereon, against the
bunking and printing wheels a, a. The said spring is placed on a rod which
connects the said shafte to a foot lever k of the machine, which foot lever on being
depressed lowers the horn or support and permits the removal from or placing of
the boot on the same.
a¹,
The inclined position of the horn or support 6 has for its object to ease the feeding
of the boot ', etc., and at the same time permit of canting it when passing the
bevelled or waist portion of the sole under the bunking and printing wheels
and thereby bring the latter in proper contact with the sole of the boot and thus
perform the bunking and printing uniformly.
The spindle a which is mounted in a bracket fixed to the frame of the
machine, carries on the back end a bevel friction wheel m in connection with two
other bevel friction wheels n, arranged to slide on and rotate together with the
shaft, mounted in the arms n' of the brackets. Near the foot lever another
foot lever is employed which by means of the rod is connected to an angular
lever engaging the boss of the said bevel friction wheels m', by means of which
either of the latter can be brought into contact with the bevel friction wheel mon
the spindle a and thus the rotation of the latter and that of the bunking and
printing wheels ", u¹ reversed.
In order to facilitate the printing of ornamental lines or patterns on the soles of
the boots or other coverings for the feet, such as shown in Fig. 4, whilst bunking
or separately, I employ on the spindle a² of the bunking wheel a, next to the latter
a printing wheel a¹, see also Fig. 3, consisting of one or more discs suitably
embossed under which the sole of the boot is passed.
In order to facilitate the printing or bordering in colours on the soles of boots or
other coverings for the feet I employ on the spindle a² of the bunking wheel a, a
printing or bordering tool or wheel h, see Figs. 5 & 6, in connection with an ink or
colour supplying device of any well known type, for instance such as shown in the
said figs. This printing or bordering wheel, the outer end of which is formed
with a flange to give the border a sharp outline, is furnished with an adjustable

page_text: guide which serves to print the border uniformly in width all round the sole and
to enable to vary the same for various kinds of boots. The said printing or bordering
tool may either be employed on the bunking and printing wheel spindle a in
connection with the edge setting and stitch wheels & hereinafter described or
at the side of the machine and suitably geared up to the spindle a², or used
separately.
The edge setting tool 7, 7', which may either be rotary, as shown in Figs. 3 & 4,
or reciprocating, as shown in Figs. 7 & 8, I form self-adjusting in width, see more
particularly Fig. 3, so as to serve for various thickness of soles, by forming the
same in two interlocking parts 7, 7 with one flange or part q' thereof movable and
bringing it under the influence of a spring 2. The edge setting tool g' when
employed in a reciprocating form, I operate from the spindle a, for example by
means of a cranks and slide to which latter the edge setting tool q, q' is
attached.
The stitch wheel p, see Figs. 3 & 4, 1 employ below the bunking and printing
wheels, a, a in a bearing el fixed to the bearing p¹ of the edge setting tool 77,
which is made adjustable at the side thereof, so as to facilitate its accommodation
for various widths of soles, i.e. for the part thereof projecting from the upper. The
said stitch wheel receives its rotary motion from the bunking and printing wheel
spindle a by means of the pinions & respectively fixed to the spindle a² and
that of the stitch wheel p.
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In lieu of performing the bunking, printing, bordering, edge setting or stitch
wheeling in a machine simultaneously, any of the said operations may be performed
independently of the others by simply disengaging or detaching the respective tool
from the machine.
The improvements hereinbefore described relating to the means for edge setting
and printing and bordering, are not only applicable in connection with a machine
driven by motive power, as described, but also to hand tools, as shown respectively
in Figs. 9, 10, 11 & 12.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
"In machines for finishing boots or other coverings for the feet."
1st. The horn or support & mounted adjustably in an inclined position, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The use of a printing or bordering tool in a machine or a hand tool, con-
sisting of a rotary printing wheel in connection with an ink or colour supply
device and an adjustable guide ², substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3rd. The combination with a bunking wheel a, of a printing wheel a', operating
simultaneously, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4th. The combination of a bunking wheel with or without printing wheel a',
with a rotary or reciprocating edge setting tool 7, q', all operating simultaneously,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5th. The combination of a rotary or reciprocating edge setting tool 94',
bunking wheel a with or without printing wheel a', and stitch wheel p, operating
simultaneously, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6th. A self-adjusting edge setting tool employed rotary or reciprocating, in a
machine or as a hand tool, consisting of two interlocked parts 7, 7' under the
influence of a spring g, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1891.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.