IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL LASTS.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Markie of No. 1, Wood Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN METAL LASTS.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Markie at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th March 1882.
JAMES MARKIE, of No. 1 Wood Street, in the County of Middlesex, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL LASTS."
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of metal lasts
employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes the object of the improvements
being to enable a better shape and fit to be given to boots and shoes than can be
obtained by the use of the present lasts.
In carrying out the invention I form the last in two parts as hitherto, but I cut
away the upper part of the last at a certain distance from the heel and this allows
of the sides of the last at this part being tapered to a greater extent than hitherto
without lessening the strength of the last; in the surface of the cut-away part
I form a slot, and the lower end of the upright is formed with a tenon, which fits
into the said slot, the shoulders of the upright resting on the surface of the cut
away part of the last.
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By the employment of a last of this construction boots and shoes can be lasted
or made by the aid of less skilled labour than is required for lasting or making
boots on the ordinary lasts, and boots and shoes so made will, from the peculiar
construction of the last, give a more perfect grip round the heel and ankle of the
wearer. My improved lasts are also not so liable to breakage as the ordinary
construction of last.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Markie in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th September 1882.
JAMES MARKIE, of No. 1 Wood Street, in the County of Middlesex, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL LASTS."
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of metal lasts
employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes the object of the improvements
being to enable a better shape and fit to be given to boots and shoes than can be
obtained by the use of the present lasts.
In carrying out the invention I form the last in two parts as hitherto but I cut
away the upper part of the last at a certain distance from the heel and this allows
of the sides of the last at this part being tapered to a greater extent than hitherto
without lessening the strength of the last; in the surface of the cut away part I
form a slot, and the lower end of the upright is formed with a tenon, which fits
into the said slot, the shoulders of the upright resting on the surface of the cut
away part of the last, or the said shoulders may be dispensed with.
In order to enable my invention to be better understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is
a side elevation, figure 2, a section; figure 3, a plan and figure 4, an end view of a
metal last constructed according to my improvements. Similar letters in all the
figures represent similar parts.
a, and b, are the two parts respectively of the last; c, is the cut away portion of
the part b; d, are the sides of the last tapered as shewn in figure 4 to a greater
extent than hitherto; e, is the slot formed in the surface of the cut away part c;
f, is the upright shewn in detached side and end elevations at figures 5, and 6, g;
is the tenon formed on the upright and which fits into the slot e; h, are the
shoulders which rest on the surface of the cut away part c, of the last or the said
shoulders h, may be dispensed with.
By the employment of a last of this construction boots and shoes can be lasted
or made by the aid of less skilled labour than is required for lasting or making
boots on the ordinary lasts, and boots and shoes so made will, from the peculiar
construction of the last, give a more perfect grip round the heel and ankle of the
wearer. My improved lasts are also not so liable to breakage as the ordinary
construction of last and are much lighter and easier for the workmen to handle.
Holes of suitable size may be formed in different parts of the last as required to
allow of adapting to the last pieces of leather or the like whereby irregularities in
the shape of a person's foot may be provided for or the height of the instep be
raised..
Having thus described my said invention and the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in metal lasts substantially as herein before described and
represented in the accompanying drawing.
In witness whereof I the said James Markie have hereunto set my hand
and seal this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.