A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS OR SHOES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Moses Poole, of Avenue Road, Regent's Park,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of
"A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS OR SHOES."-A
communication from Edward L. Norfolk, of the United States of
America.
Sealed the 15th July 1858, and dated the 14th May 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Moses Poole at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th May 1858.
I, MOSES POOLE, of Avenue Road, Regent's Park, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS OR
SHOES," to be as follows:-
The nature of the said Invention consists in so combining with a
carriage for supporting and moving a shoe two frames and sets of
pegging mechanism, arranged and made to operate on opposite sides '
of the shoe, so that they shall produce the pegging of the two halves
on opposite sides during a single forward movement of the said shoe.

page_text: It further consists in combining the frame of each set of pegging me-
chanism with its supporting shaft by means of a rocker frame, the same
being for the purpose of allowing a free vertical as well as other necessary
movements of the frame, so that it may be guided in its vertical move-
ment by the curvature of the upper surface of the sole of the shoe or
boot, and horizontally by a cam wheel.
It further consists in the combination of the awl and driver with one
carrier, made to operate so that they may be alternately presented or
brought down against or towards the sole of the shoc.
It further consists in the combination of a peculiar guide with the
chisel for splitting the pegs from the peg wood.
It further consists in making the charger of the machine with two or
more compartments for holding the strips of pegwood (whichi compart-
ments are to be successively brought forwards to receive the piston slide
as fast as the several strips of pegwood are cut up into pegs), and
combining it with a single piston slide.
It further consists in a combination of mechanism for operating the
charger.
It further consists in a combination of mechanism for operating the
piston slide.
It further consists of a combination of a pressure spring with a bent
lever, a bent projection, a spring, another bent lever, and a cam, the
same being for firmly sustaining the pegwood while a peg is being
severed from it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Moses Poole in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 12th November 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
MOSES POOLE, of Avenue Road, Regent's Park, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,

page_text: give and grant unto me, the said Moses Poole, Her special license that
I the said Moses Poole, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Moses Poole, my executors, administrators;
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and-no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and elsewhere,
as therein expressed, an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE
POR PEGGING BOOTS OR SHOES," (such Invention having been commiu-
nicated to me from the United States of America by Edward L. Nor-
folk, the Patentee in such country and the assignee of the Inventor,
Seth D., Tripp,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Moses Poole, by an instrument of writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Pateni, Office within six
calender months' next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Moses Poole, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and manner in which it is to be
performed, to be fully set forth and described in the following Speci-
fication, and in the accompanying Drawings, Letters, Figures, and
references thereof:
Of the said Drawings Figure 1, denotes a top view of my said
machine; Figure 2, is an elevation of one side of it; Figure 3, is an
elevation of the other side of it; Figure 4, is an clevation of one end
of it; Figure 5, is a central, vertical, and longitudinal section of it:
Figure 6, is a central, vertical, and transverse section of it; such other
figures as may be necessary to a full description and delineation of my
said machine will be herein-after referred to and duly specified.
The principal parts of my machine may be said to be as follows:
First, machinery for supporting the shoc and moving it under the
pegging mechanism. Second, machinery for sustaining the pegging
mechanism, and regulating the direction of the pegging awl, and so that
it shall pass into the sole at the proper angle under any change in the

page_text: curvature of the sole. Third, machinery for operating the pegging awl
and driver. Fourth, machinery for sustaining the pegwood, and forcing
it forwards towards the shoc. Fifth, machinery for splitting the pegs
from the pegwood. Sixth, machinery for operating the charger that
contains the pegwood.
In the said Drawings A, represents the main frame by which the opera-
tive parts of the machine are supported. B, B, are two ruils or ways for
supporting the carriage C, that sustains the shoe last or shoe D. The
shoe last rests on two columns or posts E, F, that extend upwards from
the carriage, one of them having one or more pins a, a, extended above
it, and made to enter the rear part of the last, while the other has a screw b,
that is made to extend or screw into it, and to act against a saddle c',
and press the same upwards against the toe part of the last or shoe so
as to confine the last on the pins a, a, in a manner similar to that in
which it is ordinarily confined on a common peg jack. The ways on
which the carriage rests are curved as seen in Figure 7, which denotes
an inner side view of one of them. G, denotes the main driving shaft
of the machine, which is arranged or applied to one end of the frame A,
as seen in the Drawings. There is another and similar shaft H, applied
in a similar way to the other end of the machine. On each of these
shafts there is a bevel geer I, or K, which is made to engage with a
bevel pinion L, or M, affixed upon a cross horizontal shaft N; the object
of such bevel geers and shaft being to communicate motion from the
main driving shaft G, to the shaft H, and so as to give to said shaft
H, the same number of revolutions in a given period of time that are
imparted to the shaft G, during the same length of time.
I would now take occasion to remark, that the mechanism which is
placed on one side of the shoe, or produces the pegging of it from the
middle of the heel to the middle of the toc, is precisely similar to that
which is arranged on the opposite side of it, and effects the pegging of
the remainder of it. In the description of the machine it will therefore
only be necessary for me to shew the position of the two frames that
carry the two sets of pegging mechanism, and to represent and describe
Such mechanism as applied to one of them, it being adapted in the same
manner to the other, as will readily be seen by persons skilled in the

page_text: art of constructing pegging machines. The said two frames for carrying
the pegging machinery are seen at O, and P. Before going into a
further description of them I will proceed to explain the mechanism by
which the shoe carriage that supports the shoe D, is moved upon its
ways. To the underside of the shoe carriage C, one end of a connecting
rod Q, is jointed by a universal joint, its other end being jointed to a
horizontal lever R, that turns upon a fulcrum or pin S. The other arm
of the said lever is connected by a connecting rod W, to a slide T,
jointer to both of them. The slide T, is arranged against one end of
the machine, as seen in Figures 1, and 4. The said slide is supported
so as to move freely back and forth in longitudinal directions, and it is
put in movement by means of a scroll cam U, which is fixed upon a
vertical shaft V, and made to act against a projection or shoulder d, of
the slide T. On the lower end of the vertical shaft V, there is a worm
geer X, which is made to engage with a worm or endless screw Y, (see
figures 1, 2, and 5,) aflixed upon a horizontal shaft Z, arranged as seen
in the Drawings. On the outer end of the shaft Z, there is a pinion spur
geer e, which is made to engage with a large spur geer f, which connects
or engages with another similar geer y, fixed upon a horizontal shaft h,
arranged in the middle of the machine, and extending transversely across
it, as seen in the Drawings. To the horizontal shaft h, an intermittent
rotary motion is given, either in one direction or the opposite, as
occasion may require. The machinery for producing this motion may
be thus described:- On the shaft are placed two ratchet wheels i, k
which rotate freely on the shaft, and are arranged as seen in the
Drawings, and have a clutch l, placed between them and on the shaft,
and made to slide on the shaft, and to be connected with it by a feather
or spline in the usual way. Each of the ratchet wheels, on that side of
it which is next to the clutch, is provided with suitable clutch teeth, by
which, when the clutch is moved against it and is in rotation, it will be
caused to turn or revolve with the shaft h. The clutch is moved by
means of a fork m, which is attached to a sliding rod n; by taking
hold of the knob o, at the opposite end of the rod, the rod may be
moved so as to move the clutch towards and against either one or
the other of the ratchet wheels, as occasion may require.

page_text: Each ratchet wheel has a pawl lever 7, placed by the side of it, and
made to turn freely on the shaft h. The upper arm of the said pawl
lever carries an impelling pawl 9, which rests on the periphery of the
ratchet wheel, anil is kept against it by a spring 7. The lower arm of
each lever p, is jointed to the lower end of one of two connecting rods
pr. bars, s, that are respectively jointed at their upper ends to
cranks t, t, that are made to project respectively from the two
shafts G, E. By the rotary movements of the shafts G, H, such
movement will be imparted to the rocking pawl levers p, p, as will
impart to the ratchet the intermittent rotary motion required. As one
of these ratchet is clutched to the shaft, while the other is unclutched,
an intermittent rotary movement will thus be given to the shaft, which
movement will thus be transmitted to the vertical shaft V, and of course
to the scroll cam 15, and of course to the carriage C, whereby the shoe
will not only be made to stop while a hole is being made in it to receive
a peg, and the peg inserted and driven, but afterwards to move the
required distance for the formation of the next hole and reception of the
next peg. One of the ratchet wheels, when clutched to the shaft, causes
the shoe to be moved in one direction, while the other ratchet wheel,
when it is clutched to the shaft, gives to the shoe a motion in a reverse
or opposite direction. The scroll cam U, moves the carriage in one
direction by pressure against the projection or shoulder d, but when
the said scroll eam is turned in an opposite direction it governs or
regulates the return movement of the shoe carriage, which movement
is produced by the action of one or two weights u, u, that are suspended
from it by means of one or more cords u, v, made to pass over one or
more pulleys, affixed to the rails or ways B, B. Immediately
after the completion of a line or row of pegs, and just before the scroll
cam completes its revolution, the movement of the shoe is arrested by
the following means or mechanism.
A stud or pin a, is made to project downwards from the underside
of the worm gear X. At the proper tinic this stud comes in contact
with the end of a slide bar y, (which is connected with the slide rod n,)
and move said slide bar y, and the slide rod n, so as to throw the clutch
out of geer with the clutch wheel with which it had just previously

page_text: been in action. A retaining pawl or spring, is applied to each clutch
geer, as seen in the Drawings.
We now come to a description of the machinery for sustaining the
pegging mechanism, and regulating the direction of the pegging awl, so
that it shall pass into the sole at the proper angle under any change in
the curvature of the sole. The frames O, P, before mentioned, carry
the principal parts of the pegging mechanism.
Each of the frames O, P, is jointed to the inner end of a rocker
frame A', whose outer end is supported and rocks or plays up and
down vertically upon one of the shafts G, H. Each frame O, P,
has a projection a', that rests upon the sole of the shoe closo to the line
of
pegs. Now, as the shoe moves in a longitudinal direction it will
simultaneously elevate or depress the two frames O, P, their rocker
frames A', allowing them to be so moved. In order to move each
frame O, P, so as to keep the pegging awl in the proper path around
the sole, I make use of a cam B', which is placed and fixed upon the
top of the shaft V, and bears against an eccentric pin C, attached to
each one of the franics O, P, as seen in the Drawings.
This eccentric pin is kept perfectly stationary while a row of pegs is
being formed in the sole of the shoc, but when it is desirable to cause
the machinery to make a second row of pegs, or one within the first
row, the eccentric pin is turned round (by means of a lever D', attached
to it), and by pressure against the periphery of the cam moves it from
O, or P, inwards towards the middle of the shoe, the distance required
for another row of pegs to be inserted in said shoe. Each frame O, or P.,
is pressed against its cam B', by means of a spring E', which acts on a
lever F, Figures 1, 4, 5, and 6, and arranged as seen in the Drawings,
and connected (by means of a connecting rod G,) with an arm H',
that projects inwards from the lower part of the frame O, or P, as seen
in the Drawings in Figures 1, 5, and 6.
We now come to the machinery for operating the pegging awl and
driver. As cach of the frames O, P, has such machinery applied to it,
it will be sufficient for our purpose to describe such machinery,
and its application to one of the frames only, it being understood
that when two frames are used it is to be applied to each of

page_text: them. My improvements in such machinery, however, do not confine
me to the use of two frames, as one of them only may be employed
in connection with the shoe, but when two are arranged and used
together I gain a very great advantage, as I am enabled by one single
movement of the shoe carriage to complete the pegging entirely around
the sole; whereas, were I to use but one of the frames and its
pegging mechanism, the shoe, its carriage and ways, would have to
be turned around one hundred and eighty degrees in order to
accomplish the pegging of the opposite side of the shoe. In the
Drawings b', denotes the pegging awl, and c', the driver of the pegs,
both of them being projected in opposite directions from a rectan-
gular piece of metal or carrier d'. This carrier is supported within, and
by a forked slide e', of which side and edge views of it and the carrier
are given in Figures 8, and 9. The carrier turns or revolves freely on
a pin or fulcrum f', extended through the fork of the slide. The slide
and carrier play freely up and down in a tube g', applied to the inner
edge of the upper part of the frame O, as seen in the Drawings. The
slide is connected by a connecting rod 7, with a lever i', which turns
on a fulcrum k, and is jointed to the upper end of a long bar 2, which
is made to slide freely up and down, and is arranged within the
frame O, as seen in the Drawings. It is by the movement of the
lever i', that the forked slide e', is elevated and depressed. The move-
ment of said lever i, is produced in the following way; that is to say,
the lower end or part of the bar 1', has a projection or shoulder which
rests upon a cam m³, that is fixed upon the shaft n', by which the
frame O, is connected to its rocker frame A'. The shaft n', is connected
with the shaft G, by a train of geers o', p', ', the first of said geers
being fixed upon the shaft n', and the last placed upon the shaft G.
From the above it will be seen that during the rotation of the shaft G,
motion will be communicated to the shaft n', so as to turn the cam m',
and elevate and depress the long bar l', the depression of it being
effected by the action of the cam against a stud, made to project
from the lower end of the bar.
In the operation of the carrier d', it is moved downwards for the
-purpose of pressing the awl into the leather of the sole, which being

page_text: effected, the carrier is next raised upwards, and is reversed or turned
around one hundred and eighty degrees, and forced downwards so as to
carry the driver down against a peg so as to force it into a hole
previously made by the awl. The front part of the tube g', has a long
slot s', made in it, which extends from near the top of the tube down-
wards about two thirds the length of the tube. Laying over the slot
and applied to the upper part of the tube is a spring t', scc Figures 5,
and 10, the latter being a front view of the tube g', and the carriage O.
The said spring t, has a projection a³, extending backwards from it
into the tube which, when the carrier is elevated, bears against that
arm of it which may be uppermost, and turns the carrier ninety degrees,
the projection, during the same time, passing into the fork of the slide e'.
When the slide e', descends, the projection is thrown out of the fork
by the action of the upper part of the fork against it, and during each
descent of the slide a further rotation of the carrier ninety degrees of
a circle is effected by the carrier being forced against the upper end
of a projection v', applied to the front of the slide tube, and made to
extend over the slot s', as seen in Figure 10, in the Drawings. The
rear part of the tube g', is made sufficiently open or slotted to allow of
the aforesaid rotary movements of the carrier. From the above it will
readily be seen how during one movement of the carrier the awl
is made to descend and pass into the work or shoc, and during the
next downward movement of it the driver is made to descend upon
a peg.
We now come to the description of the machinery for sustaining
the pegwood, and forcing it forwards towards the shoe. The pegwoods
are made in strips, which are respectively placed in the apertures of a
sliding charger w¹, a top view of which is given in Figure 11, and
a side view in Figure 12, and a horizontal section of it and its support-
ing frame y', in Figure 18. This charger is a frame having a series of
compartments ', ', each of which is capable of carrying a slip of peg-
wood. It is made to slide freely in transverse directions in a supporting
frame y', which is firmly fastened to the frame O. A slide or piston a²,
works through the frame y', and into some one of the compart
ments, of the charger; such slide having an intermittent move-

page_text: ment imparted to it such as will be sufficient to force the slips of
pegwood forwards towards the shoe as fast as may be necessary. The
upper edge of the slide or piston a, has a rack of teeth formed upon
it, which engages with an impelling pawl 6, that is jointed to the
lower end of a spring lever c, that turns upon a fulcrum d', fastened
to the frame O. The upper arm of the lever, is formed as seen in
the Drawings. It rests against a cam e, that is affixed to the side
of a ratchet wheel f, as seen in Figure 14, which also exhibits a side
view of the spring lover, and the spring hook pawl g, by which the
ratchet wheel is turned; said spring hook pawl is jointed to the bar,
or.turns upon a pin h², and plays within said bar, and is forced towards
the ratchet wheel by a spring .. The cam e, is supported by a pro-
jection, from the frame O. Now, when the bar, is raised upwards
it will be seen that rotary motion will be given to the ratchet wheel,
whereby the cam e³, will be made to turn the spring lever c, upon its
fulcrum, so as to move the slide a³, and thus force a slip of pegwood
forwards against a small bearer or shoulder, extended from a plate m²,
applied to the frame O, as seen in the Drawings. After the cam e", has
acted on the projection of the upper part of the upper arm of the spring
lever, such projection passes forwards over the cam so as to relieve the
piston or slide a², from the pressure of the cam or impelling pawl of said
lever, thus at the same time relieving the pegwood from such pressure.
The upper arm of the spring lever c², is pressed towards the cam by
the action of a spring n², which is fastened to the frame O, and made
to bear against the lower arm of the lever. The impelling pawl b', is
pressed down against the rack by a spring o². The object of making
the lower arm of the lever ², a spring is to press the pegwood forwards
with a force such as will not compress it to its injury.
We next come to a description of the machinery for splitting the
peg from the strip of pegwood. The form of each strip of pegwood is
given in Figure 15. The object of its being serrated at bottom is to
enable us to cut each peg with a pointed end. To about the middle
of the bar l', I apply a hook or draw pawl p³, which I cause to act
against the periphery of a ratchet wheel q², see Figure 16, which is a
view of some of the parts which I shall now proceed to describe.

page_text: On one side of this ratchet wheel is a cam wheel 7, which has
double the number of teeth or cams of another, cam wheel s³, placed
on the opposite side of the cam wheel, the same, being, as seen in
Figure 17, which represents a view of the peg splitting mechanism,
taken on that sido of the ratchet wheel which is opposite to that
shewn in Figure 16. The two cam wheels, and s², respectively,
operate or act against two levers t, u², that turn on a common
fulcrum pin v, extended through a projection w³, from the frame O.
To the front end of the lever us, the cutting knife or chisel a³, is
jointed; while to the front end of the lever t*, what I term the guide
, of the knife is jointed. The said knife and the said guide are
pressed towards one another by means of two springs, and a³. The
outer spring, or that which rests against the guide and is nearest to
the shoe, being made of greater power than the other for the purpose
of keeping or pressing the guide and knife towards the pegwood. The
rear arm of each lever t, u, is drawn down against the teeth of its
cam wheel r, or s³, by means of one of two springs b, c, applied to
them and the frame O. In Figure 18, I have represented a top view
of the projection or plate m², its bearer 1, the peg cutting apparatus
and a pressure spring d, to be herein-after described. The. said
pressure spring consists of a spring fastened to the franie O, and made
to press at its upper end against the pegs and pegwood, and force the
same towards and hold them against the projection or plate m... In
order that the pegs and pegwood may be firmly held against such pro-
jection when a peg is in the act of being cut from the strip, this spring
d³, is pressed strongly or firmly against the pegwood by a lever e³,
which is arranged as seen in the Drawings, and turns upon a fulcrum
or pin f, and has a bent projection g³, extended from its upper end to
and against the upper part of the pressure spring ds. The pressure of
the projection, against the spring d³, is produced by the action of a
spring h³, that is attached to the frame O, and made to press against
the bent arm of a lever or rod k³, arranged as seen in the Drawings,
and having the form represented in side view in Figure 19, and in end
view in Figure 20.
The lever k³, is also shewn in the end view of the machine, where is

page_text: shewn the cani m³, by which its outer arm is actuated; the said cam
m³, being applied to the inner side of the cog wheel q'. During the
time the peg is being split from the pegwood by the action of the knife
the spring h³, so operates the lever e³, as to press the pressure spring d³,
close or hard up against the pegwood and pegs. At other times this
extra pressure is relieved, the same being effected by the action of the
cam m³, which so actuates the lever k³, as to press back the spring h³,
and thereby relieve the lever ³, from the pressure thereof. The action
of the knife a, and the guide y, may thus be described. At the
proper time for the peg to be split from the pegwood the knife a*, is
thrown up against it, and separates the peg from the strip; the guide
y, at the same time, or instantly or immediately afterwards, being
thrown up, so as to catch the peg between it and the knife. Next, the
guide is drawn downwards below the peg, and springs towards and
against the knife, and is thrown upwards between the peg and the
knife. Next, the guide and the knife are brought down to their lowest
position, so as to bring the top edge of the knife a short distance below
that of the guide. When they next go upwards to remove another
peg the guide will first strike against the end of the pegwood, and
will thereby guide the knife in a proper manner against the same in
order that it may cut away a peg of the requisite thickness, and to
guide the knife into that serration of the strip of pegwood which is
next to the front end of the strip.
It will thus be seen that the object of the guide in its combination
with the knife is for the purpose of directing said knife in the manner
just explained. The pegs as they are cut off are successively moved
forwards by the action of the piston slide a², of the charger 2', and by
the action of the awl b', and driver c', as herein-before described, are
sucessively inserted in the sole of a shoe.
We now come to a description of the machinery for operating the
charger that contains the strips of pegwood, such machinery being
to so move said charger as to bring a fresh strip of pegwood under the
action of the slide or piston a², after any one strip has been driven
forward and cut up into pegs.
In Figure 21, I have given a vertical and longitudinal section of

page_text: the charger, its operating spring and spring pawl, and rack. The
operating spring is shewn at . It is so applied to the charger, and
the supporting frame y, thereof, as to continually operate to draw the
charger in one direction. On the top of the charger is a rack o, pro-
vided with triangular teeth, into which rack a click or pawl p³, operates,
the said pawl being hinged to a projection 7, extending up from the
supporting frame y'. The pawl p³, is pressed downwards towards the
rack by a spring, and has a spring &, applied to the upright part ³,
of it, and made to extend a short distance below the lower end of such
part u. To the outer edge of the frame O, a bent lever, is applied,
as seen in the Drawings, it being made to turn on a pin or fulcrum w³,
and to have its upper arm pressed in a direction away from the
frame O, by a spring a. A latching slide y', is so applied tothe frame O,
in the position as seen in the Drawings, as to be capable of being raised
up and lowered down, and to latch the upper arm of the lever v³, against
the frame O. The said latching slide has a bent lever, applied to it,
the said lever being shaped as seen in the Drawings, and made to turn on
a fulcrum as, projecting from the latching slide. The upper end of the
lever is made in the form of a hook, and it acts in concert with a
stud or pin 6, made to project from the outer arm of the lever . A
spring c, serves to press the upper arm of the lever 3, towards the
frame O.
When the piston slide a², has driven a strip of pegwood entirely
through the charger, as small stud or screw d', applied to one end
of the slide is brought, by the movement of the slide, into contact
with the lower arm of the lever, and thereby moves said arm towards
the frame O, and the upper arm away from said frame, so as to throw
the hook of the said arm over the stud or pin 4, so that the next time
the bar, and the lever i', are depressed, the latching slide y³, will be
clevated above the upper arm of the lever V, so as to enable the
spring, to throw the upper arm of said lever in a direction away from
the frame O, and against a stud or projection e', from the piston slide a²,
and thereby suddenly move said slide entirely out of the charger;
which being done, the charger will be moved by the action of its spring
a distance far enough to bring the piston into line with the next com-

page_text: partment of the charger. After this the piston will be moved forwards
as herein-before described. By applying the hand to the uprigh
part of the pawl, the spring t, will spring over that tooth of the
rack which is immediately under it, and, rest against the next suc
ceerling tooth, so that when the charger is next released from the
action of the piston slide, or the piston slide is drawn out of it, the
operating spring n³, of the charger can draw back the charger until the
lower part of the spring 3, is drawn close against the upright part u³, of
the pawl. In order to bring the upper arm of the lever v³, back, or
up against the frame O, so that the latching slide may again latch it
thereto, its lower arm is struck by a projection f, from the cam m¹,
during the revolution of said cam. In order to keep the frame O,
from rising either during the time the pegging awl or the peg is
being made to enter the leather, we make use of machinery as fol-
lows, Figure 22, representing an inner side view of such machinery:
It is composed of a cam g', affixed to the inner side of the large
bevel geer I, a sliding bolt h*, that at the proper time is thrown for-
wards by said cam against a vertical catch rack it, that is hinged to
one of the rails B, B, and pressed in a direction towards the bolt. by a
spring . The cam g', acts against a projection or stud 1, extended
from the inner side of the slide bolt, the same being represented in
dotted lines in Figure 5, the slide bolt being moved back by a retrac-
tive spring m. Now at such times as the pegging awl or the peg is
being driven into the leather the slide bolt is driven forwards into a
notch of the catch rack, and thereby prevents the frame O, from being
raised upwards. The slide bolt is applied to one side of the rocker
frame A At the conclusion of the operation of pegging a boot or
shoc a cam n, placed on the top of the worm geer X, is brought around
in contact with a pendulous forked lever o, which is connected with
a clutch and so moves the lover and clutch as to unclutch the
wheel q', from the main driving shaft G, whereby the mechanism by
which the pegging operations are carried on, and which is applied to
the frame O, is stopped in its action. On the completion of the pegging
operation a cam 2, placed on the top of the cam wheel B¹, passes
under a projection 2, from the frame O, and elevates said frame some
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page_text: distance above the sole of the boot or shoe, in order that the passage.
of the sole, under the bearer or projection a', of the next boot or shoe..
to be pegged, may be ensured; the said cam being so formed as to
allow the descent of the frame at the proper time for the pegging,
operation to be commenced.
What I claim as my Invention is, the so combining, with a carriage.
for supporting and moving a shoc, two frames O, P, and sets of pegging
mechanism, arranged and made to operate on opposite sides of the shoe-
as that they shall produce the pegging of the two halves of the shoc
during a single forward movement of said shoe substantially, as set
forth.
And I claim the combination of each frame O, P, with its supporting
shaft G, or H, by means of a rocker frame A', the same e being for the
purpose of allowing free vertical as well as other movements, as above
described, of either of the frames O, and P, so that it may be guided in
its vertical movement by the curvature of the upper surface of the sole
of the shoe or boot, and horizontally by the cam wheel B, substantially
as above specified.
.
I also claim the combination of the awl and driver with one carrier
made to operate substantially, as above described, whereby they are
alternately presented or brought down, against, or towards the sole sub-
stantially, in the manner as above specified.
And I also claim the combination of the guide y, with the knife or
chisel a², and so as to operate therewith substantially in the manner
and for the purpose of guiding said chisel properly against the pegwood
substantially, as described.
I also claim the improvement in the construction of the charger, viz.,
the making of the same with two or more separate compartments for
holding the strips of pegwood, which compartments are to be succes-
sively brought forwards under the operation of the piston slide, as the
several pieces or strips of pegwood are successively cut up into pegs,
meaning to claim a combination of a series of compartments with one
single piston slide made to operate substantially, as above set forth.
I also claim the combination of mechanism by which the charger is
moved, the same consisting in the operating spring n³, the rack o³, the

page_text: click or pawl p³, and the spring, applied to the upright part u³, of the
pawl, as above described.
I also claim the combination of mechanism for operating the slide a²,
the same consisting of the rack or ratchet thereof, the impelling pawl b³,
the spring lever c³, the came, the ratchet wheel f, and the spring hook.
pawl g², as applied to the frame O, and the bar l', and made to operate
substantially, as above set forth; the same causing pegwood to be
shoved through the charger, and keeping the pegs in advance of the
pegwood, and successively forcing them into their correct position over
the hole made in the sole by the awl.
And in combination with the pressure spring ³, I claim the lever e³,
with its bent projection g, spring h³, bent lever, cam m³, the same
being for the purpose as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Poole, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
B. GOBEY, 4, Old Square,
Lincoln's Inn.
MOSES POOLE.