Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
A communication from THE CONSOLIDATED AND MCKAY LASTING MACHINE COMPANY,
of Portland, Maine, in the United States of America.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered 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 ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to lasting machines of the character adapted for working
on different parts of the upper successively, the lasting operation being performed
progressively by repeated operations of the machine applied to different parts of
the upper at different times."
As shown in the drawings, this invention is carried out with special regard for
its adaptability to combine with and work in lasting machines of the construction
specified in Letters Patent of 15th June, 1897, numbered 14453.
But in the descriptive part of this specification care will be taken to disclose the
general character of the invention, and its adaptability, by the use of ordinary
mechanical skill, for combination and use in other lasting machines of the class
or character indicated.
One object of this invention is to make provision for the tacks, or other suitable
fasteners employed in fastening the upper to the innersole, to be made to penetrate
the upper and the inner-sole while moving in a line oblique to the surface plane
of the material penetrated thereby, and go forwardly, converging mainly towards
the middle or central plane of the shoe-meaning a substantially central line or a
plane including such lines at right angles to the sole or tread of the shoe-to
thereby hold the strained upper and by its ingoing movement pull it more closely
into place over the last.
Another object of this invention is to make provision for the work presser, in
approaching the upper for pressing it over the inner-sole, to be moved there-towards
in a path or plane oblique to the surface part of the inner-sole to be covered thereby,
and incidentally to arrange for movement of the presser towards the shoe in
planes of different inclination relatively to the plane of the shoe bottom; also to
arrange for different work pressers to operate at different times in a common
position; the invention includes other matters of minor importance also, and novel
means for securing the same, as pointed out in the specification and claims herein-
after written.
Of the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a lasting machine having this
invention embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine frame and
parts composing this invention separated from parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is
a front elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the driver
spring. Figs. 5 & 6 are side elevations showing parts of the presser and con-
nections. Fig. 7 is a perspective showing the section of the hammer bar and

page_text: machine shaft and hammer-bar lifting cam. Figs. 8 & 9, 10, show the tack-
carrier block and presser connected, in plan, side elevation and longitudinal section
respectively. Fig. 11 shows spring detached from tack-carrier block. Figs. 12,
13, 14, 15, show parts of the machine in different modes of operation.
In the lasting process, as performed by the machine of the accompanying draw-
ings, Fig. 1, the materials to be operated upon are prepared by putting them onto
a last with the inner-sole upon the bottom thereof, all in the usual way. The
upper is drawn over at the heel, toe, and preferably at the sides also, and is secured
to the inner-sole by a tack or other fastening device, in each of said places, as such
it is spoken of hereinafter as the " last or shoe."
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The shoe is presented to the machine bottom upwardly, with its inner-sole
against the rest, 12, and with the edge thereof against the rest, 10. It is then
positioned for the upper-stretching devices, which in this instance include pincers
and actuating appliances therefor, to come forward and grip the edge of the upper
preliminary to straining, manipulating and placing it over the last and inner-sole.
The bottom rest, 12, has its contact or bearing face in a plane parallel with the
plane of the machine indicated by broken line 3X3, referred to hereinafter as the
horizontal plane of the machine," and the edge rest, 10, has its contact or bear-
ing face in a plane approximately at right angles to said horizontal plane.
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In combining with said machine the parts which comprise this invention, regard
is had for the disposition thereof relatively to the said shoe bottom and edge rest,
whereby a shoe supported there-against shall be in position for receiving the work-
presser and fastening devices at an angle or inclination. To this end the fastener
inserting mechanism, which in the present instance comprises mechanism tor
delivering and driving loose tacks, has its tack driving bar, 90, supported to slide
in the machine frame, B, its path or line of movement being in a plane oblique to
the said horizontal plane of the machine. It has connection with an arm on the
steel bar, 93, which bar, supported in the machine frame, is twisted by the uplift-
ing movement of the hammer-bar. The hammer-bar is uplifted by a cam, 91,
against the twisting strain of bar, 93, which, as the cam moves to permit it, reverses
the hammer-bar movement to thereby cause insertion of a tack positioned beneath
the hammer end thereof. The tack is supported at the driving point by a carrier
block, 20, which, for that purpose, has a tack receiving pocket, 83, into which the
tack is deposited from suitable tack feeding and delivering mechanism. The
driving operation is effected by the hammer-bar entering the said pocket, moving
forwardly against the tack and forcing it through the pocket into the material
located there-below. To facilitate this operation the bottom of said pocket is
formed between two pivoted parts, a, a, which are closed together by a spring, 95,
against which, in the driving operation, said parts are opened outwardly to permit
passage of the tack therethrough. Said pocket has its axis in a plane oblique to
the horizontal plane of the machine for alignment with the hammer-bar, and
supports the tack at an inclination whereby, as the hammer-bar descends, the tack
is forced through the pocket into the inner-sole there-below and forwardly towards
the center of the last in a line oblique to the surface part of the material pene-
trated thereby. Block, 20, is moved back and forth from the driving position, to
a retracted position beneath the raceway end of the tack-delivering mechanism,
whereby to become loaded with a tack and incidentally give place for intervening
operations of the lasting devices. To this end the block has connection with a
movable carrier bar, 84, said bar, in the present instance, is also employed for
moving the work-presser, h, and for convenience the presser is attached directly.
to the block, 20, and is consequently moved therewith as one by the carrier-bar, 84.
Said carrier-bar, 84, has support in the machine frame, for endwise movement
forwardly and backwardly and for tilting movements vertically. Lever, 87, has
one end connected pivotally with the carrier-bar and has its other end in the
cam, 88, on shaft, D, whereby motion is imparted through the lever for moving
the carrier-bar as desired forwardly and backwardly. The carrier-bar further has

page_text: a pin fixed thereto, on which is a slide indicated by dotted lines arranged for move-
ment in a groove suitably formed therefor in block, 2X2. Block, 2X2, has a
journal stud, 2X3, arranged for support in the machine frame, and thereto is con-
nected one end of the arm, 2X4. Said arm has its opposite end in connection with
a cam, 2X5, on shaft, 71, whereby motion is imparted for lifting and depressing
the arm, 2X4, rocking the stud, 2X3, and consequently shifting the block, 2X2,
as required, in order to effect the desired vertical movements of the carrier-bar, 84.
The relative disposition of said named parts is such that, when the arm, 2X4, is
lifted to the elevated part of the cam, 2X5, it will support the block, 2X2, with
its slide groove in a plane oblique to the horizontal plane of the machine, Fig. 5,
and the endwise movement of carrier-bar, 84, taking place at such time, will carry
the bar in a path oblique to the horizontal plane of the machine and consequently
the work-presser, h, will approach the shoe while descending there-toward in a line
or path of movement oblique to the plane of the part or section of the shoe inner-
sole to be covered thereby. Such it may be understood, is the position of cam, 2X5,
while the shaft arm, 68, stands in the straight forward position, its forked end
outermost. But a movement of the arm, 68, to either side, producing a turn of
the shaft, 71, in either direction, operates the cam to depress the arm, 2X4, and
thereby shift the block, 2X2, into a position with its said groove occupying a hori-
zontal plane, Fig. 6, whereupon movement of the carrier-bar, 84, endwise will effect
to move the block, 20, and consequently presser, h, forwardly in a horizontal plane
and approximately parallel with the surface of a part or section of the shoe inner-
sole to be covered thereby. Obviously the more or less movement of arm, 68, to
one side of the forward position is attended by a corresponding more or less change
of the cam, 2X5, whereby is regulated the angle or inclination of forward move-
ment of the presser h, and its line of foward movement shifted as required during
the lasting operation as a whole.
The machine represented in Fig. 1, has provision and special appliances for the
work of lasting so called "Goodyear" or welted" shoe, whereto regard is had
in carrying out this invention. To that end the presser, h, has its end or bearing
face of an angular or blunted formation, whereby to bend and press the upper
inwardly to the angle of union of the shoe inner-sole and the channel-lip thereof.
And connected with the hammer-bar are plate appliances having connection with
a rod, 2X6, whereby to be moved from and into position between a collar, 2X7, on
the hammer-bar and the machine frame, and thereby to limit and vary the down-
ward movement of the hammer-bar for driving the different tacks to different
altitudes said tacks being located from and towards the marginal edge of the shoe
inner-sole by the relative disposition of edge rest, 10.
The combination as a whole including the shoe rests and fastener holding
mechanism operates for locating the tacks at the angle of union of the shoe inner-
sole and channel-lip thereof and causes a limited insertion thereof towards the
middle or central part of the shoe in a line on movement oblique to the plane of
the section or part of inner-sole penetrated thereby.
Said machine also is provided with additional presser-members, X35, X36,
located in a plane below the presser, h, and having provision for movement in a
horizontal plane forwardly and backwardly, from a position for pressing the upper
over the inner-sole to a retracted position whereby to give way for intervening
operations of the presser, h. In this connection it will be understood, the vertical
tilting movements of carrier-bar, 84, are made to take place in order to lift the
presser, h, above the plane of presser, X35, X36, and give way for the advance
movements of said pressers and then to depress the carrier-bar, 84, after with-
drawal of pressers X35, X36 for moving the presser, h, to again press the shoe
upper with its workbearing face in a plane approximately the same as the plane of
the pressers, X35, X36.
Although required, in the machine represented, for giving place for the
pressers, X35, X36, to operate yet the described vertical movements of the carrier-

page_text: bar, 84, and consequent variation of the plane of forward movement of the work-
presser, h, has at times a further usefulness for differently presenting the presser, h,
to different parts of the upper during the lasting operation as a whole, and this
arrangement is therefor deemed preferable although it is understood that, in cases
where not required to give way for other members, the presser, h, could be arranged
for movement towards the upper in a fixed plane or path and approach the upper
in the oblique manner stated with the good results described as attainable from
that mode of operation.
The pressers, X35, X36, each have a throat or recess, 2X8, in the end thereof
and there-between, is an opening or recess, 3X1, occasioned by rounding or cutting
away the adjacent corner part of the presser. Through the opening, 3X1, is
passed the securing device or fastener, from the fastener-inserting mechanism, for
securing the lasted section of upper material to the inner-sole. All these are
important features of this invention. It allows of a presser being positioned on a
section of the lasted upper having a fastener previously inserted therethrough.
Said fastener, having its raised part in the recess, 2X8, is to a degree shielded and
supported by the walls of the presser the bearing face whereof holds the upper from
being disturbed or unduly interfered with by the crimping devices and securing
mechanism operating at one side of the presser for crimping or fulling the section
of upper next adjacent thereto.
By said arrangement too, the fastener inserting mechanism is located, for insert-
ing a fastener, at a predetermined distance from a previously inserted fastener,
which allows of the fasteners being spaced at intervals of uniform distances apart,
according to the distance of the recess, 2X8, from the inserting mechanism or
opening, 3X1. In the disposition of said parts due regard is had for the kind and
quality of material to be operated upon as well as the quantity of work or result
to be obtained.
In the machine represented the two pressers, X36, X35, are employed, one for
pressing and holding the upper while the other is moved in the operation of crimp-
ing the upper, the functions thereof being alternated for crimping or fulling the
upper in different directions. But this invention is not limited to said construc-
tion. In practice the best results have been obtained from an arrangement which
operates for inserting the fastener approximately close to the side of the presser
and in or near the plane of the foremost bearing face of the presser.
It may be here remarked also that the machine comprises mechanism for moving
the upper stretching devices in working the upper over the last and additionally
moving said devices at times in crimping and fulling or working the upper laterally,
and mechanism for moving the pressers, X35, X36, to bear upon and press the
shoe upper. Said mechanisms being suitably connected with the shaft, 71, are
actuated by a movement of the shaft arm, 68, to one side of the normal or straight
forward position, for starting the operations of the pressers, X35, X36, and also
the said additional movements of the stretching devices, and are actuated by a
return movement of the shaft arm into the straight forward position, for suspending
the operations of the pressers, and the additional operation of the stretching
devices; from which it is now to be observed that the movements of shaft arm, 68,
for starting or suspending the operations of the work-pressers, X35, X36, and the
additional movements of the stretching devices, operates the parts for simul-
taneously lifting and lowering the carrier-bar 84, whereby is relatively shifted the
plane of forward movement of the work-presser.
For the description of machine parts not referred to, or referred to but not fully
described herein, reference is had to the Letters Patent above stated.
It will be understood the result of this invention is that the presser, h, in the
forward or work pressing movement thereof, goes gradually towards the surface
plane of the shoe inner-sole, whereby its pressure upon the upper is gradually
increasing conformably with the increasing strain of the upper material, being
greatest at the end of the forward movement, where, the stretching devices having

page_text: then let go, it is best adapted for holding the strained upper material in place,
until the same is secured to the inner-sole by a fastener inserted therethrough.
This effect is further increased by the use of a more rigid presser or one having
its work end of a sharper or more angular formation, as is allowed in this arrange-
ment without liability of the presser colliding with and displacing the shoe from
the shoe resting members while moving forward.
The tack or fastener, going forwardly in a line oblique to the inner-sole, operates
for additionally straining the upper, and this additional strain of the ingoing
fastener is an important feature of this invention, for while it is of a limited
character still when the machine is of the character for lasting the shoe pro-
gressively, the tacks are inserted step by step and the effect of each is enhanced
in a degree by the others, the result is a collective one, for binding the upper more
closely to the last. Another result is, that in the after work of levelling down the
superimposed parts of the upper, at the shoe heel or other places, the fasteners are
driven further and the upper is thereby carried over which might otherwise "back-
slack," or break down and wrinkle at the edge of the last.
It remains to be said that this invention is not to be understood as confined in
usefulness to the machine herein represented, nor is it limited to the arrangement
shown or the features of its adaptability and embodyment in said machine. But
in other lasting machines, of the kind or character indicated, the parts comprising
this invention, as now presented, may be differently arranged or in part dispensed
with, it being kept in mind for the arrangement to be so adapted that the presser
shall approach the upper and the tack go into the shoe, both moving toward the
central plane of the last in lines or paths of movement oblique to the surface plane
of the part or section of the shoe inner-sole to be acted upon thereby, due regard
being made always for the character and relative dispositions of the shoe resting
and other mechanisms employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1-A lasting machine, having means for pressing the upper in the angle of
union of the shoe inner-sole and channel-lip thereof, combined with means for
supplying a non-yielding fastening medium, and a fastener inserting mechanism
for securing the upper to the inner-sole, said mechanism operating to insert the
fastener through the upper in said angle of union, substantially as described.
2-A lasting machine, having means for pressing the upper in the angle of
union of the shoe inner-sole and channel-lip thereof, combined with a fastener
inserting mechanism for securing the upper to the inner-sole, said mechanism
operating to insert the fastenings through the overturned upper in said angle of
union and obliquely towards the middle of the shoe, each of the inserted fasteners
being independent of the others, substantially as described.
3 A lasting machine, having appliances for delivering and driving tacks, or
like fasteners, including a part with a fastener receiving pocket in which the
fasteners are deposited preparatory for the driving operation, and means for rest-
ing the shoe for receiving the fastener with the fastener receiving plane of the shoe
inner-sole oblique to the axis of said pocket, substantially as described.
4--The combination, with the rest for gauging the position of the last and means
for pulling the upper over the inner-sole, of a fastener inserting mechanism
arranged with relation to said rest as described whereby the fastener is inserted
through the edge of the pulled over upper in a direction oblique to the plane of
the fastener receiving surface of the inner-sole, each of the inserted fasteners being
independent of others, substantially as described.
5 A lasting machine, having a fastener inserting mechanism, and shoe edge
and bottom rests, the same being relatively disposed for resting the shoe, for receiv-
ing the fastener, with the fastener receiving plane of the shoe inner-sole oblique
to the line of movement of the ingoing fastener, substantially as described.

page_text: 6A lasting machine, having a fastener inserting mechanism, and a shoe rest-
ing mechanism, said mechanism being relatively disposed for resting the shoe,
for receiving the fastener with the plane of the fastener receiving part of the shoe
inner-sole oblique to the line of movement of the ingoing fastener, substantially
as described.
7-A lasting machine, having a fastener inserting mechanism, in combination
with a shoe resting mechanism, the combination operating for resting the shoe
with the plane of the fastener receiving part of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the
line of movement of the ingoing fastener, the fastener being inserted towards the
central plane of the shoe, substantially as described.
8-A lasting machine of the character indicated, comprising means for operating
upon different parts of the upper at different times by repeated operations of the
machine, having a work-presser adapted for movement towards the shoe, in a
line oblique to the central horizontal plane of the machine, substantially as
described.
9-A lasting machine of the character indicated, comprising means for operating
upon different parts of the upper at different times by repeated operations of the
machine, having a work-presser and a rocking part in which the presser is sup-
ported for movement towards and from the upper combined with means for moving
the presser to press the upper, and means for moving the rocking part to vary or
shift the plane of forward movement of the work-presser, substantially as described.
10 A lasting machine, having lasting appliances movable for lasting the upper
over the last and differently movable for fulling or crimping the upper, a work-
presser adapted for movement in different planes towards the shoe upper and means
for moving the presser to press the upper, combined with means wherethrough a
shift in the operative movements of the lasting appliances operates to vary or shift
the plane of forward movement of the work-presser, substantially as described.
11-A lasting machine, having a work-presser adapted to move inward over the
edge of the upper in a direction inclined towards the surface of the material
operated upon combined with means for actuating said work-presser, substantially
as described.
12-A machine of the character indicated, comprising means for operating upon
different parts of the upper at different times by repeated operations of the machine,
having a work-presser and means for moving the presser to press the upper com-
bined with means to vary or shift the plane of forward movement of the work-
presser, substantially as described.
13 A lasting machine, comprising means for operating upon different parts of
the upper at different times by repeated operations of the machine, having a work-
presser, and means for moving the presser to press the upper combined with means
to be operated by the workman to vary or shift the line of forward movement of
the work-presser when desired, substantially as described.
14-A lasting machine having a work-presser and means for moving the presser
to press the upper, combined with a part for resting the shoe, said part having
its contact or bearing face in a plane oblique to the plane of forward movement
of the work-presser, substantially as described.
15 A lasting machine having a movable work-presser and shoe edge and bottom
rests for resting the shoe, the same being relatively disposed for resting the shoe
with the presser receiving part or plane of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the plane
of forward movement of the work-presser, and means for moving the presser to
press the shoe upper, substantially as described.
16 A lasting machine, having a movable work-presser and a shoe resting
mechanism, said resting mechanism being relatively disposed for resting the shoe
with the presser receiving plane of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the plane of
forward movement of the work-presser, and means for moving the presser to
press the shoe upper, substantially as described.
17 A lasting machine, having a movable work-presser and a shoe resting
mechanism, the resting mechanism being relatively disposed for resting the shoe

page_text: with the presser receiving plane of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the plane of the
forward movement of the work-presser, combined with means for moving the presser
to press the shoe upper, and a securing mechanism for securing the upper to the
inner-sole, substantially as described.
18 A lasting machine, having a movable work-presser, combined with a shoe
resting mechanism and a fastener inserting mechanism, said mechanisms being
relatively disposed for resting the shoe for receiving the fastener with the plane
of the fastener receiving part or section of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the line
of movement of the ingoing fastener, and means for moving the work-presser to
press the shoe upper, substantially as described.
19 A lasting machine, having a movable work-presser, a fastener inserting
mechanism, and a shoe resting mechanism, said mechanism being relatively
arranged for resting the shoe with the part or section of the shoe inner-sole to be
acted upon oblique to the plane of forward movement of the work-presser and also
oblique to the line of movement of the ingoing fastener, and means for moving the
presser to press the upper, substantially as described.
20-A lasting machine of the character indicated, having a work presser
arranged at an altitude above the bottom of the shoe inner-sole, and movable
towards the central plane of the shoe in a line oblique to the presser receiving sur-
face of the shoe inner-sole, combined with means for moving the presser to press
the shoe upper, substantially as described.
21-A lasting machine having upper lasting appliances adapted for working
the upper over the last, combined with a fastener driving mechanism, and a shoe
resting mechanism, said mechanism being relatively disposed for resting the shoe
with the plane of the fastener receiving surface of the shoe inner-sole oblique to
the line of movement of the ingoing fastener, the fastener being driven through
the overturned upper towards the central plane of the last, substantially as
described.
22 A lasting machine having upper holding devices and means for pulling the
upper held thereby, combined with a movable work-presser, and a shoe resting
mechanism, the same being relatively arranged for resting the shoe with the
presser receiving plane of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the plane of forward move-
ment of the work-presser and means for moving the presser to press the upper,
and means for securing the upper to the inner-sole, substantially as described.
23-A lasting machine having upper holding devices and means for pulling
the upper held thereby, and a presser and means for moving the presser to press
the upper upon the inner-sole preparatory for the securing operation, combined
with a fastener inserting mechanism, and a shoe resting mechanism, the combina-
tion operating for resting the shoe with the plane of the fastener receiving part or
section of the shoe inner-sole, oblique to the line of movement of the ingoing
fastener, substantially as described.
24 A lasting machine having upper lasting appliances for working the upper
over the last and into the angle of union of the shoe inner-sole and channel-lip
thereof, combined with a securing mechanism comprising means adapted for feed-
ing and delivering tacks or like fasteners and driving connections adapted for
causing a limited or partial insertion of the fastener relatively to the surface pene-
trated by the body part thereof and means for resting the shoe for receiving the
fasteners, the combination operating to rest the shoe for receiving the fasteners
with the plane of the fastener receiving part of the shoe inner-sole oblique to the
line of movement of the ingoing fastener, the fasteners being located in said angle
of union of the shoe inner-sole and channel-lip thereof, substantially as described.
25 A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers, and means for
moving the pressers to press the upper, combined with means for shifting the
relative positions of the pressers, whereby different pressers are at different times
presented for pressing the upper with their work bearing faces in approximately
the same position, substantially as described.
26-A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers, and means for

page_text: moving the pressers to press the upper, combined with means under control of the
workman for shifting at will the relative positions of the pressers, whereby
different pressers are at different times presented for pressing the upper with their
work bearing faces in approximately the same position, substantially as described.
27-A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers, and means for
moving the pressers to press the upper, combined with means for shifting the
relative positions of the pressers whereby different pressers are at different times
presented for pressing the upper with their work-bearing faces in approximately
the same position, and means wherethrough a presser is automatically suspended
or removed from operating in the common position during the operation of another
presser in said position, substantially as described.
28 A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers, and means for
moving the pressers to press the upper, combined with means for shifting the
relative positions of the pressers whereby different pressers are at different times
presented for pressing the upper with their work-bearing faces in approximately
the same position, and means wherethrough the shifting of a presser to begin
operation in the common position simultaneously operates the suspension or
removal of a presser from said position, substantially as described.
29 A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers and means for
moving the pressers to press the upper, combined with means for shifting the
relative positions of the pressers whereby different pressers are at different times
presented for pressing the upper with their work bearing faces in approximately
the same position, and means to suspend or remove a presser from the common
position during a number of repeated operations by another presser in said position
substantially as described.
30-A lasting machine having a plurality of work-pressers arranged one above
another in different horizontal planes, combined with means for moving the
pressers to press the upper and means for changing the relative positions of the
pressers whereby said pressers are adapted for pressing the upper with their work-
bearing faces in approximately the same plane, substantially as described.
31-A lasting machine comprising means for operating upon different parts of
the upper at different times by repeated operations of the machine, having a
plurality of work pressers and means for presenting a presser at varying inclina-
tions to the work, substantially as described.
32 A lasting machine, having a plurality of work pressers adapted for pressing
the upper with their work-bearing faces in approximately the same locality or
place, and means for moving the pressers to press the upper, substantially as
described.
33 A lasting machine having a work-presser provided at its work bearing end
with a notch or recess, combined with a fastener inserting mechanism adapted
for inserting fasteners at a distance to one side of said notch or recess, substantially
as described.
34 A lasting machine having a fastener inserting mechanism and means at a
distance from the fastener inserting mechanism adapted for engagement with a
fastener inserted thereby, the combination operating to fix the distance from the
engaged fastener to the fastener inserted by the next operation of the fastener
inserting mechanism, substantially as described.
35 A lasting machine having a work-presser with means for engaging a tack
or other securing device, combined with upper crimping devices for crimping the
section of upper next adjacent to the presser and a securing mechanism arranged
to one side of the presser for securing the upper to the inner-sole, substantially as
described.
36 A lasting machine, having a plurality of work-pressers for pressing the
upper over the inner-sole arranged with an opening therebetween for passage of
tacks or other suitable upper securing medium, and a securing mechanism adapted
for putting the securing medium through said opening, into the upper and inner-
sole, substantially as described,

page_text: 37-A lasting machine having means for delivering tacks or like fasteners, and
driver connections for causing limited or partial insertion of the fasteners, com-
bined with a presser having a recess or cavity for receiving the raised part of an
inserted fastener, and appliances for lasting the upper at one side of the presser,
substantially as described.
38 A lasting machine having a presser adapted for holding the upper in the
angle of union of the shoe inner-sole and channel-lip thereof, combined with
appliances for lasting a section of the upper at one side of the presser, and means
for securing said section of the upper to the inner-sole, said means operating to
locate the securing medium in the angle of union of the shoe inner-sole and
channel-lip, substantially as described.
39 A lasting machine having means for delivering tacks or like fasteners, and
driver connections for causing a limited or partial insertion of the fasteners, com-
bined with means for resting the shoe for receiving the fasteners, the combination
operating to locate the fasteners in the angle of union of the shoe inner-sole and
channel-lip thereof, and a presser having a recess or cavity for receiving the raised
part of an inserted fastener, and appliances for lasting a section of the upper at
one side of the presser, substantially as described.
40 In a lasting machine the combination of rests to gauge the work, with a
fastener holding device holding and directing the fastener obliquely towards the
middle of the shoe, and obliquely also to the plane of the fastener receiving part
of the shoe inner-sole, and mechanism for driving the fasteners, substantially as
described.
41 In a lasting machine a fastener holding device, holding and directing the
fastener obliquely towards the middle of the shoe and obliquely also to the fastener
receiving part of the shoe inner-sole and mechanism for driving the fastener, sub-
stantially as described.
42-In a lasting machine a wiper and mechanism for presenting the wiper at
varying inclinations to the work, substantially as described.
Dated this 11th day of January 1898
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.