Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Beating the Seams of Boot and Shoe Uppers, Leggings, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1887
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Beating the Seams of
Boot and Shoe Uppers, Leggings, and the like.
EDWARD SWAYSLAND 21 Derngate Northampton Technical Instructor
Northants County Council do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what mauner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for beating
the seams of boot and shoe uppere, leggings and the like.
According to my invention I employ a mechanically operated hanner the shaft
of which works in guides formed on an arm or bracket extending laterally from a
Buitable upright or standard. The reciprocating movement of this hammer may be.
effected by means of a crank on a revolving shaft, the pin of the said crank being
connected with the hammer shaft by a link, or any other convenient arrangement
may be employed. The hammer head is fitted over the end of its shaft so as to
have a slight amount of play longitudinally thereof, the upward movement of the
head on the shaft being resisted by a suitable spring the tension of which is
regulated by an adjusting nut or otherwise. Beneath the face of the hammer,
which is slightly, rounded, there extends from the above mentioned upright or
standard another arni which carries an adjustable work plate or anvil the surface
of the latter being rounded or bevelled off towards the edges; or the arm itself
may in some cases constitute the work plate or anvil. The said arm is adapted to
permit the upper to be passed over or around it, i.e. it is of such shape and
dimensions that it can be slipped within the upper so as to support the same during
the beating operation. The said work plate or anvil is adjustably secured to the
arm by means of screws which pass through slots in the plate and permit of the
adjustment of the latter longitudinally of the arm. I am thus enabled, by shifting
the work plate upon the arm so as to bring the rounded or bevelled part thereof
beneath the hammer face, to obtain the effect of a blow delivered at an angle, which
is sometimes necessary. Disposed above the work plate or anvil is a work guide
consisting of a ring or open frame through which the hammer head passes, said
work guide being so arranged that its height above the work plate may be
regulated at will. Upon opposite sides of this work guide I provide or form
pointers or marks so placed that when the seam to be beaten coincides therewith it
will lie beneath the centre of the hammer face.
In the accompanying drawings in which similar letters refer to like parts in all
figures:-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of machinery or apparatus for the purpose set forth
constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is an end viow thereof.
Fige. 8 and 4 are details.
a is the hammer shaft which reciprocates in the guides & provided on the end of
the arm c extending from the upright or standard d. The reciprocation of the
hammer shaft a is here represented as effected from the shaft e through the
medium of the link which connects the pin 9 on the hammer shaft with
the eccentric pin h on the disc el carried by the shaft e. al is the hammer head
which has a slightly rounded face and is mounted upon the hammer shaft a so as
to have a slight amount of play longitudinally thereof its upward movement upon

page_text: the shaft being resisted by the spring the tension of which is regulated by the
nut k. This spring controlled hammer head affords the necessary amount of give
for varying thickness or work.
el is a second arm adapted for insertion within the upper of a boot or shoe, which
extends laterally from the upright d beneath the hammer head, and is a work plate
or anvil adjustable longitudinally of said arm c 1 by means of the adjusting screws m
which pass through slots n in the work plate l. The face of the work plate lis
rounded or bevelled off at each end, as shewn clearly in Fig. 1, and by shifting the
work plate longitudinally upon the arm ol so as to bring one of its rounded ends
beneath the hammer the effect of a blow delivered at an angle is obtained. o is an
adjustable work guide consisting of au open frame secured to the end of a rod p
which slides in the arm c and is adjusted at the desired height by the set screw q.
ol are pointers formed on either side of the frame o and so placed that when the
seam to be beaten coincides with them it will lie beneath the centre of the hammer
face.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manuer the same is to be performed I would observe in
conclusion that I do not claim broadly as my invention a mechanically operated
hammer with spring controlled head as I am aware that the same is not in itself.
novel, but I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Machinery or apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a suitable
standard or upright, an arm or bracket extending laterally therefrom and carrying
guides, a mechanically operated hammer having a spring controlled head aud a
rounded face reciprocating in said guides, and a second arm extending from the
upright or standard beneath the hammer and serving as or carrying a work plate
or anvil, said arm being of a shape adapted for slipping within the upper of a boot
or shoe, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In machinery or apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination of a
mechanically operated hammer baving a spring controlled head and rounded face, of
an arm suitable for insertion within the upper of a boot or shoe extending beneath
the hammer, and a work plate or anvil formed with rounded or bevelled sides or
ends adjustably mounted on said arm, substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In machinery or apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination of a
mechanically operated hammer having a spring controlled head and rounded face,
an arm extending beneath the latter and serving as or carrying a work plate or
anvil, said arm being adapted for insertion within the upper of a boot or shoe, an
adjustable work guide formed with an opening through which the hammer head
passes, and pointers or indicators ou said work guide arranged so as to indicate the
centre line of the hammer face, substantially as described and illustrated.
4. The general combination and arrangement,of parts constituting machinery or
apparatus for the purpose set forth, substantially as illustrated in the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 28th day of August 1908
EDWARD'SWAYSLAND,
By E. P. Alexander & Son,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.