Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Adhesive Substances to Parts of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Adhesive Substances to
Parts of Boots and Shoes.
PEARSON AND BENNION LIMITED, Union Works, Belgrave Road, Leicester,
Engineers, and JAMES ALFRED KEAY, Union Works, Belgrave Road, Leicester,
Engineers' Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in apparatus for applying adhesive
substances to parts of boots and shoes such as outsoles, middle soles etc. and con-
sists of an internally steam-heated rotating wheel partially immersed in the
adhesive substance which is contained in a steam jacketed vessel.
The steam for heating the wheel is preferably taken from the steam jacket of
the vessel which may be heated by gas or lamp flames but provision is made for
utilizing steam from any source that may be available.
Means for removing water from the interior and excessive adhesive substance
from the exterior of the wheel together with means for supplying water to and
preventing excessive pressure in the steam jacket of the vessel are provided.
Dated this 28th day of October 1898.
PEARSON & BENNION, LIMITED.
MARSHALL H. PEARSON, Director.
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Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Adhesive Substances to
Parts of Boots and Shoes.
We, PEARSON AND BENNION LIMITED, Engineers, and JAMES ALFRED KEAY,
Engineer, all of the Union Works, Belgrave Road, Leicester, 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 state
ment:
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for applying adhesive
substances to parts of boots and shoes, such as the outsoles and middle-soles, to
hold such parts in the required relation to each other while being attached
together.

page_text: The invention consists of an internally steam-heated rotating wheel partially
immersed in the adhesive substance which is contained in a steam jacketed
vessel,
The steam for heating the wheel is preferably taken from the steam jacket of
the vessel, which may be heated by gas or lamp flames, but provision is also
made for utilizing steam from any source that may be available.
Means are also provided for removing any excessive adhesive substance from
the exterior of the wheel, together with means for supplying water to, and pre-
venting excessive pressure in, the steam jacket of the vessel.
The invention will be clearly understood by reference to the drawings accom-
panying this specification in which, Figure 1 shows a side elevation, Figure 2
a central vertical cross section, and Figure 3 a plan of an apparatus constructed
in accordance with this invention. Figure 4 is a detail hereinafter referred to.
The partially immersed rotating wheel (a) before mentioned is formed in two
parts A A¹ secured together by screws B passing through the part A into the
part A¹ or vice versa.
The said part A¹ of the wheel has preferably formed therewith an arm C,
reduced at C, to pass into the boss D₁ of the standard D and it is retained in
position therein by the bolt E being screwed into the said arm and bearing
upon the washer E¹.
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It is obvious that instead of the means described for keeping the said arm in
position in the boss D₁ the reduced part C¹ of the arm may be threaded and lock
nuts used in the well known way.
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The said wheel (a) is revolved by means of a spur wheel F secured on the
reduced part C₁ of the arm C and gearing with a pinion F¹ secured on
spindle G passing through the boss D2 of the said standard D.
The spindle G has secured thereon by any suitable means a disc H preferably
provided with a facing of leather H and the said disc H and consequently the
spindle G are revolved by means of the face J¹ of the pulley J (which is revolved
loosely upon the spindle G) being brought into contact with the face of the
disc H by means of a hand wheel H2 which is tightened on the screwed part G¹
of the said spindle G and bears against the washer J2 in the well known manner.
The screwed part G¹ has a longitudinal flat formed thereon and the washer J2
has an approximately 1) shaped hole so as to prevent any tendency to turn.
The means herein before described for revolving the wheel (a) allows of the
apparatus being driven from a shaft running at a fairly high speed, but where
a shaft is running at such a speed, that a pulley if mounted on the arm C could
revolve the wheel (a) at a speed of 20 revolutions per minute, the means just
described would not be required.
The steam jacketed vessel before mentioned is formed preferably of copper
plates K jointed and soldered together and is approximately the shape of the
letter Hin central cross section (see Figure 2).
The top plate K¹ of said vessel is bent downwards (see Figure 1) and the adhe-
sive substance lays on the upper face thereof, being first placed in the rear
part K and percolating through an opening at the bottom of the dividing
plate K³.
The said vessel may be encased with tin or other plates kk. As before stated
the steam for heating the wheel (a) is preferably taken from the steam jacket,
water being supplied to the latter through the funnel L.
To gauge the depth of water in the said jacket the cock M is opened and the
water is supplied until it runs out of the said cock M.
After sufficient water has been supplied a gas jet or jets or lamp may be
lighted underneath the bottom of the jacket.
The steam from the steam jacket passes through the pipe M¹ to the interio
of the wheel (a). The said pipe is connected at its bottom end by a flange M
being attached to a flange M³ soldered to the said steam jacket.
The upper part of the pipe M has a flange M' screwed thereto and a pipe N

page_text: is sweated into the said flange, the further end of the latter passing into the
stuffing box in the boss A3 of the wheel (a).
A gland N¹ is screw threaded into the boss A2 to form the stuffing box.
So as to prevent the steam in the vessel getting to too high a pressure a wing
valve O is fitted in the valve seat O¹ fixed to the side of the steam jacket and
provided with an inlet thereto.
The wing valve O is provided with a weight 02 (shown detached in Figure 4).
It will be readily seen that a steam pipe can be connected to the top of the
pipe M¹ when desired, and drained from the cock M.
As the wheel (a) is revolved in the adhesive substance laying in the vessel,
any excess of the adhesive matter on the said wheel is removed by means of the
plate P which clears the sides and allows just so much to remain on the periphery
thereof as is desired.
The said plate is held in position by screws P, passing into a rod Q having a
flat Q thereon, the said rod being fixed to an extension 13 of the standard D.
The soles or other parts to be attached together are held by the operator in
contact with the periphery of the wheel (a) as it revolves in the direction of the
arrows, (see Figures 1 and 3).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. In apparatus for applying adhesive substances to parts of boots and shoes,
the combination of a rotating steam heated wheel, a vessel for the adhesive
substance, and means for removing any excessive adhesive substance from the
wheel substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
2. In apparatus for applying adhesive substances to parts of boots and shoes,
a rotating wheel or equivalent partially immersed in the adhesive substance
and a steam jacketed vessel adapted to heat the wheel in the manner substan-
tially as described.
3. The improved apparatus for applying adhesive substances to parts of boots
and shoes consisting of the parts constructed arranged and operating substan-
tially in the manner described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of J. 1. 1900.
PEARSON & BENNION, LIMITED.
MARSHALL H. PEARSON, Director.
FRANK E. WHEELER, Director.
ARTHUR HOPKINS, Secretary.
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For the Company,
JAS. A. KEAY.