Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Dec., 1875-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
London, W.C., in the County of Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, (as communicated to me from abroad by John
Otis Collins, of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Shoe Maker,) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the invention set forth in the Complete
Specification filed in pursuance of the application for Letters Patent, No. 8907 of
the year 1894: and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings where
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of the invention;
Fig. 2 represents a top plan view;
Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1
(certain parts being shown in elevation), and
Fig. 4 represents a cross section on the line 4-4 shown in Fig. 2.
Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts
of the drawings.
In the drawings A represents the base or standard of the machine to which is
secured the head B in bearings in which is journaled the driving shaft C which is
set in a rotary motion by belt power applied to its pulley C¹ like that described in
the above mentioned Specification.
D, D represent the rocking burnishing disks having segmental corrugated
portions d, d and smooth portions d', d¹ and set in a rocking motion by means of a
cam or eccentric C" on the shaft C on which are journaled the links E, E the
outer ends of which are pivoted to links F, F secured to the shafts D', D¹ of the
burnishing disks D, D in a manner and for a purpose as fully shown and described
in the aforesaid Specification.
The burnisher shafts D', D' are journaled in longitudinal adjustable boxes G, G
adapted to be guided in slotted perforations or recesses B¹, B' in the head Bas
shown in Fig. 4 and they are adjusted simultaneously to and from each other by
means of a screw shaft H journaled in bearings in said head and held from
longitudinal motion therein: said shaft having right and left handed screw
threads and working in correspondingly screw threaded projections on the
respective adjustable boxes G, G as shown in Fig. 4
His a crank or handle secured to one end of the spindle H and it will thus
readily be seen that by turning said handle H¹ the burnisher disks and their boxes
are simultaneously adjusted to and from each other as may be needed according to
the size of the heel that is to be burnished.
For the purpose of firmly securing the boxes G, G in their adjusted positions
I employ set screws I, I which are secured through ends of the head B and having
their inner ends pressing against the outsides of the boxes G, G as fully shown in
Fig. 4.
In practice I prefer to provide said set screws with check nuts i, i so as to
prevent their working loose after the boxes have been properly adjusted.
Between the rocking burnishing disks D, D is arranged a yielding top lift
support K against which the top lift of the heel is held during the burnishing
operation as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

page_text: Said heel lift support is secured to a spindle k passing through a perforation in
the head B as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and between said top lift support K and the
head B is located a preferably coiled spring L which serves as a yielding support
for the boot or shoe heel when held against the top lift support K as shown in
Fig. 3.
k is a collar or projection secured to the rear end of the spindle k and it serves
as a stop to limit the forward motion of the top lift support K as shown in
Fig. 3.
In the operation of burnishing a boot or shoe heel its top lift is held in contact
with the yielding support K by which the boot or shoe is steadied while being
guided against the rocking burnishing disks D, D and said yielding top lift
support K also serves to prevent the outer edge of the top lift from being turned
over during the burnishing operation.
M in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3 represents the boot, the heel m of which is to
be burnished and the top lift of which is held with a yielding pressure against the
yielding top lift or heel support K during the burnishing operation for the purpose
set forth.
Doted this 20.1 1... CML 1005
J. G. LORRAIN.
Improvements in Heel Burnishing Machines.
I, JAMES GRIEVE LORRAIN, of Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand,
London, W.C., in the County of Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, (as communicated to me from abroad by John
Otis Collins, of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Shoc Maker) 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 improvements in the invention set forth in the Complete
Specification filed in pursuance of the application for Letters Patent, No. 8,907 of
the year 1894 and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the drawings
left with the Provisional Specification, where
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of the invention;
Fig. 2 represents a top plan view;
Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1 ·
(certain parts being shown in elevation); and
Fig. 4 represents a cross section on the line 4-4 shown in Fig. 2.
Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts
of the drawings.
In the drawings A represent the base or standard of the machine to which is
secured the head B in bearings in which is journaled the driving shaft C which is
set in a rotary motion by belt power applied to its pulley C¹ like that described in
the above mentioned Specification.
D, D represent the rocking burnishing discs having segmental corrugated
portions d, d and smooth portions d', d' and set in a rocking motion by means of a
cam or eccentric C" on the shaft C on which are journaled the links E, E the
outer ends of which are pivotted to links F, F secured to the shafts D', D' of the
burnishing discs D, D in a manner and for a purpose as fully shown and described
in the aforesaid Specification.
The burnisher shafts D', D' are journaled in longitudinal adjustable boxes G, G
adapted to be guided in slotted perforations or recesses B¹, B' in the head B as
shown in Fig. 4 and they are adjusted simultaneously to and from each other by
means of a screw shaft H journaled in bearings in said head and held from

page_text: longitudinal motion therein said shaft having right and left handed screw
threads and working in correspondingly screw threaded projections on the
respective adjustable boxes G, G as shown in Fig. 4.
H' is a crank or handle secured to one end of the spindle H and it will thus
readily be seen that by turning said handle H' the burnisher discs and their boxes
are simultaneously adjusted to and from each other as may be needed according to
the size of the heel that is to be burnished.
For the purpose of firmly securing the boxes G, G in their adjusted positions
I employ set screws I, I which are secured through ends of the head B and having
their inner ends pressing against the outsides of the boxes G, G as fully shown in
Fig. 4.
In practice I prefer to provide said set screws with check nuts i, i so as to
prevent their working loose after the boxes have been properly adjusted.
Between the rocking burnishing discs D, D is arranged a yielding top lift
support K against which the top lift of the heel is held during the burnishing
operation as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
Said heel lift support is secured to a spindle k passing through a perforation in
the head B as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and between said top lift support K and the
head B is located a preferably coiled spring L which serves as a yielding support
for the boot or shoe heel when held against the top lift support K as shown in
Fig. 3.
kis a collar or projection secured to the rear end of the spindle k and it serves
as a stop to limit the forward motion of the top lift support K as shown in
Fig. 3.
In the operation of burnishing the boot or shoe heel its top lift is held in contact
with the yielding support K by which the boot or shoe is steadied while being
guided against the rocking burnishing discs D, D and said yielding top lift
support K also serves to prevent the outer edge of the top lift from being turned
over during the burnishing operation.
M in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3 represents the boot, the heel of which is to be
burnished and the top lift of which is held with a yielding pressure against the
yielding top lift or heel support K during the burnishing operation for the purpose
set forth.
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 :-
:-
1. In a burnishing machine the combination with a frame of slideable boxes G, G,
rocking burnishing discs D, D journaled therein and a spindle H having right and
left hand screw threads working in corresponding screw threads in the slideable
boxes for the purpose of simultaneously adjusting the burnishing discs to and from
each other substantially as described.
2. In a burnishing machine the combination with a supporting frame of
boxes G, G adjustable to and from each other, rock shafts journaled respectively
in the boxes and provided with burnishing discs D, D and a yielding top lift
support K arranged between said burnishing discs substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 20th dox of December 1895
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent.