Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Dec., 1888
We, EDWARD ATKINSON and JOHN FURNISS ATKINSON, of Milton Works, Milton
Street, Sheffield, in the County of York, Cutlery Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an improved last for boots shoes and the like, made in two
parts fitting on to each other.
The said parts are made each with a step that on the back part corresponding to that
on the fore part.
Fitted to the face of the fore part is a plate having a raised slide and to the face of
the back or heel part a plate having a groove let into the wood or other suitable
material used in the manufacture hereof to correspond with the raised slide or the fore
part, the two forming a dovetail. These plates are divided at the steps.
Or, the slide and groove may be cut out of the material used and the plates
dispensed with. To hold the parts together securely, a screw is passed through them
at an angle and when the last is to be placed in the shoe the said screw is taken out
and the parts separated. The fore part is then placed in the shoe, and the back is
forced down the slide and held in position by the screw.
Or, the last may be made in the aforementioned manner but without the step. Or,
the step may be constructed after the shape of a V or W, one corresponding with the
other, dispensing with the plates and dovetail slide the screw only being used to hold
the parts together.
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We EDWARD ATKINSON and JOHN FURNISS ATKINSON of Milton Works Milton
Street Sheffield in the County of York, Cutlery Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention for "AN IMPROVED LAST FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND THE LIKE,”
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 a moveable last used in the manufacture of boots, shoes>
and the like, the said last being made in two parts of wood, iron, or other suitable
material, each part having a step, that on the heel part corresponding to the one ou
the too part, which parts fit into each other.
Fitted to or attached to the lower portion of the face of the fore or toe part, is a
projection, and in the top portion of the face above the stop is a groove.
The face of the back or heel part, is constructed with a projection and a groove as
on the toe part, so that the projection on the one fits into the groove of the othor tho
two forming a dovetail.
These grooves and projections may be made any suitable shape or depth as found
necessary.
To hold the parts securely together a screw is passed through them; or a pin or
wedge may be passed through the heel part and into the foro part, at an angle as
shown in dotted lines on Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings. When it is desired
to place the last in the boot or shoe, the fore or toe part is placed in the boot first, and
the back is put down the slides or projections into its place and the whole is held
firmly in position by the screw or pin as desired.
When it is required to withdraw the last from the boot, the screw is reversed or the
pin taken out, and the heel part lifted away from the fore or toe part, which is thereby
released and can easily be removed.
The essential feature of this invention is in a last which can be shortened gradually
by a screw, and without effecting the main or front part of the last, thereby obviating
the difficulty experienced in removing the last when the boot or shoe is made.
The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention, similar letters of reference
apply to the different views throughout.
The last is opened and closed by means of the key A which turns the screw B. into
the fore or toe part, in the step C. or by means of the wedge or pin G which prevents
the parts becoming separated.
The toe part D and heel part E are kept in their position by means of the
projections and grooves H.
Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation showing the last partly open, and closed, shewn in
dotted lines.
Fig. 2. is a front view of the heel part shewing the projection F and groove H also
Screw B.
Fig. 3. is a back view of the toe part shewing projection F and groove H.

page_text: 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 :-
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An improved last for facilitating the manufacture of boots, shoes and the like,
made in two parts, which may be easily withdrawn from the boot or shoe when
finished, without damage thereto, as hereinbefore specified, described and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.