Year: 1888

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I, ROBERT HEAP SOUTHALL, of 18, Chapel Lane, Headingley, near Leeds, Machinist
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a machine, patented, by me, on the ninth day of January 1885
and my present improvements have reference mostly to the tool and templates
employed in the said machine. In the machine referred to I shape the top pieces of
the heels of boots from the templates and the seats from the heel parts of the uppers;
in the present case I use the top pieces themselves to obtain the shape thereof and the
heel part of the sole to give form to the seat. To do this, I so construct the tools
that a shaving of one regular thickness only can be cut from the top picces and
thereby leave them the same shape as when placed in the machine, and a similar
shaving from the seats, whilst the intermediate spaces between the two remain open
to the knife, and may therefore be made either straight or curved, as may be desired,
that depending on the form of knife employed.
The shaving pieces for regulating the seats I connect with guards, which guards I
furnish with lips to fit in the seats in which they work.
The said guards I affix to short levers and sliding rods with grooved tops and
regulate the same by springs, and forked. levers suitably placed and arranged, so that
the guards are always, when at work, kept in their proper positions.
By these means the templates 1 use are much simplified inasmuch as their exact
form is not of the same importance although the cains to which they are attached
require great care to be exercised on their shape and arrangement.
Dead this 10th day of March 1888.
ROBT. HEAP SOUTHALI..

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Paring the Heels of Boots
and Shoes.
I, ROBERT HEAP SOUTHALL of 18, Chapel Lane, Headingley, Leeds, in the County
of York Machine Maker, 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 :—
This invention is an improvement on a patent No. 294 of the year 1885, for the
same purpose, and consists in a re-arrangement of some of the principal parts, with
the addition of those under consideration. Fig. 1. is a front elevation of the machine,
reduced in size. Fig. 2. is a full sized front view of the tool and holder. Fig. 3. a
side view and Fig. 4, a plan of same. Fig. 5 is a plan and 6 a side view of the cam.
The improvements have reference chiefly to the tool, tool holder, and cam.
The same
letters denote the same parts in all the figures. a is my improved vertical lever with
the tool centres brought opposite, or thereabout, the top piece of the heel of the boot
to be pared, and which is drawn towards the centre by the springs b. b. c is the tool
holder (Figs. 2, 3 and 4), and works in the centres d'd. f is the tool which works in
the centres g. 9.
is a spring for keeping the top part of the tool in its proper
position. is the blade or knife held firmly in its place against the stop k on the
part by the wedge and stop piece m. n is the guard which runs in the seat and is
fixed to the guide block or shaving piece o which is bored to fit the small shaft p and
made adjustable by the set screw q. The spiral spring is used to press the guard
downwards. The forked levers raises the guard to its position in the seat whenever
desired. is the guide block or shaving piece which runs against the top piece of
the heel, thereby enabling the knife to cut off a shaving of regular thickness thus
retaining the exact form of the said top piece of the heel of the boot being pared.
u is the roller employed for the purpose of keeping the knife at its proper cutting
angle by means of the cam against which it runs. The cams Figs. 5 and 6 are made
to suit every size and shape of heels. The top part wis made the exact shape of the
top piece of the heel to be pared, but less, and is merely a guide to shew the operator.
how to place the heels whilst the cams proper a regulate the tool, and serve to keep
the knife always at its proper cutting angle.
Thus in working, a boot D is placed on the plunger A Fig. 1 and screwed down
tightly on the cam w by the hand wheel B. The operating handle is then turned
backward till the tool comes opposite the corner of the heel. The tool is then drawn
against the heel and held there by the pawl C, the guard n raised by the forked lever s
to its position in the seat. The handle is then turned forward and the heel pared with
one cut, a regular and even shaving being cut off the top piece, another off the seat
and the middle part to any desired form, according to the shape of the knife used.

page_text: 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:
First. The vertical lever a with tool centres opposite the top piece.
Second. The guard n and shaving piece o, combined with the shaft p, spring r and
forked lever s.
Third. The shaving piece t for keeping the top pieces the correct shape.
Fourth. The cam combined with the shape w of the top piece against which the
roller u works.