A Spring Clip for Altering the Shape of Foreparts of Iron and Wood Lasts to any desired Shape
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Spring Clip for Altering the Shape of Foreparts of Iron and
Wood Lasts to any desired Shape.
I ALFRED ELEY 1 Friars Street Stafford Foreman in Shoe Factory do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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A metal spring clip made from cast iron malleable iron steel, brass or patent
metal, and the spring clip can be made to fit on any shape of lasts to alter the
foreparts say size 5 narrow toe lasts can be made to size 5 or 6 narrow or
make a broader toe the spring clips can be made to alter the foreparts of lasts
and can be removed and reattached at desire.
foreparts the clips can be made thicker to
foreparts.
If the lasts are too narrow in the
make them as large as wanted in
These clips can be made in three patterns one for altering the length, another
for increasing the width only & one for length & width the above applies to
foreparts only of lasts.
Dated this 12th day of December 1894.
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ALFRED ELEY,
No. 1 Friars Street, Stafford.
A Spring Clip for Altering the Shape of Foreparts of Iron and
Wood Lasts to any desired Shape.
I, ALFRED ELEY, 1 Friars Street, Stafford, Foreman in Shoe Factory, 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
statement :-
The object of this invention is the improvement of shoe maker's lasts so as to
enable shoes of different lengths, fittings and styles to be made off the same last,
provided that the variations are not too great and are always by way of increase
to the last to which the improvement is applied.
The invention consists in the application to a last of a removable clip which is
made in the form of a shell and is sprung on to the forepart of the last so as to
grip the same firmly.
The clip is made thicker in the parts where the greatest addition of length,
width or thickness of the toe or forepart is required and the edges of the clip
are reduced as much as possible so as not to leave any ridge where the clip and the
last meet.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1. is a side view of a last shewing a clip applied.
Fig. 2. is a cross section of the same on the line A. B.
Figs. 3 and 4. are an enlarged elevation and plan respectively of one form of

page_text: Fig. 5. is a plan also enlarged of another form of clip.
Fig. 6. is the toe portion of another form also enlarged.
The clips shewn in the drawings are for a left foot. Figs. 1 to 4 shew a clip
which is intended simply to enlarge the forepart of the last without altering the
shape.
Fig. 5. shews a clip intended to make a square toed last into a pointed toed one
and Fig. 6. shews a portion of a clip intended to convert a pointed toed last into a
square toed one.
The hollow a of the clip is fitted on to the toe a¹ of the last and the hollows b
and c are fitted respectively to the inside and outside joints of the last.
The lip d prevents the clip slipping up out of place and the ends e. e¹ prevent
the clip moving forward.
If desired the clip may be provided with dowels f. f1 to enter holes formed in
the last and the ends e. e¹ may be shortened as shewn in Fig. 5. at e² e³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The clip for increasing the lengths or enlarging the fittings of lasts,
substantially as described.
2. The clip for altering the shape of the foreparts of lasts, substantially as
described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1895.
ALFRED ELEY.