AN IMPROVED MARIN BAD MARINA
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Foyster Ford, of Norwich, in the County
of Norfolk, Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MARIN BAD MARINA man Has OF ROOM AND ST
Sealed the 20th March 1874, and dated the 25th September 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Foyster Ford
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th September 1873.
I, WILLIAM FOYSTER FORD, of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk,
Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to
be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a novel and simple machine for nailing
together the lifts or pieces of leather which form the heel of a boot
or shoe.

page_text: My improved machine is constructed as follows:-It has a sliding
stand or bed whereon the lifts of which the heel is formed are placed,
the said lifts being fitted into a mould of the shape required to be given
to the heel. The said stand has a screw which passes through a nut,
and by turning the latter the height of the said stand may be regulated
as required. This stand is supported in front of an upright standard or
bracket, whose upper part projects over the said stand, and in this upper
part I mount a block, in which I secure a series of prickers and a series
of punches. The said block is supported to turn in suitable bearings in
the upright stand, and is provided with a wheel or handle, whereby it is
turned to bring either the prickers or punches into the proper working
position. The said wheel is provided with a spring catch or pawl or
other suitable contrivance for holding it securely in either position.
Below these prickers and punches, between the same and the stand, I
place a box, wherein I fit a block, which is perforated with holes corre-
sponding with those to be formed in the heel. This block is capable of
a slight up-and-down movement.
When the lifts to form a heel are placed on the aforesaid stand the
latter can be adjusted by the aforesaid screw to cause the said lifts to
press against the perforated block. The prickers when turned downward
are opposite the holes in the said perforated block. The block which
carries the prickers is connected by a rack and pinion with a lever, and
by means of this lever the said block is depressed, and forces the prickers
through the perforated block and into the heel; then the block is raised
and reversed to bring the punches or drivers opposite the holes. The
said perforated block is fed with nails, the lever is actuated to again
depress the block, carrying the said punches, and the latter which
corresponds in position with the holes drive the nails into the heel.
The said nails arc of such length that their ends project beyond the
heel, and the said heel may thereby be affixed to the boot or shoe by
hammering or under a press.

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ICATION I pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Foyster Ford in the Great Seal Patent
· Office on the 24th March 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
FOYSTER FORD, of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Shoe Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in
the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said William Foyster Ford, Her
special licence that I, the said William Foyster Ford, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Foyster Ford, 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, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOTS
AND SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Foyster Ford, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Foyster Ford, do hereby.
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification:-
My Invention relates to a novel and simple machine for nailing
together the lifts or pieces of leather which form the heel of a boot
or shoe.

page_text: My improved machine is constructed as shewn in the Drawing, which
I will now proceed to describe.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the said machine; Figure 2 is a front
elevation of the same; Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line x, x,
Figures 1 and 2. Like letters indicate the same parts throughout the
Drawing.
A is the bed plate of the said machine constructed of cast iron or
other suitable material; B is a standard or frame formed or secured upon
the said bed plate in any suitable manner. a is a sliding stand or bed
whereon the lifts of which the heel is formed are placed. This sliding
stand, as shewn in Figure 2, has a base a¹, which has a dovetail piece a³
fitted between the pieces aⓇ on the bed plate, and may be moved in the
said guide pieces to and from the two positions indicated by full and
dotted lines in Figure 1. The top piece a³ of the said stand is preferably
constructed by fitting a block of wood into a cast-iron socket. The rod
or stem as is formed with a screw thread at its lower end, which is
screwed into and through the nut a'. By means of this screw and nut
the stand a may be adjusted to any required height. The said stem is
kept from turning in the base of the stand by a key or feather fixed in
the base and projecting into a groove in the stem. The said stem when
in use occupies the position shown in full lines, Figure 1, that is to say,
it is immediately under a mould of the shape required to be given to the
heel. This mould consists of two jaws e provided with lining pieces c',
which are adjustable by means of the screws c³, and are thereby adapted
to heels of different sizes.
It will be seen that the stand a occupies a position in front of the
upright standard or bracket B, whose upper part B¹ projects over the
said stand. In this upper part I mount a block d, in which I secure a
set or series of prickers e, and a set of punches f. The said block is
supported to turn freely in bearings formed in the slide 9, which is fitted
to work up and down in the guide ways h in the upright stand B. The
journal of the turning block d is provided with a handle or hand
wheel d', whereby it is turned to bring either the prickers or punches
into the proper working position.
In combination with the said wheel I arrange a spring catch or pawl i,
which drops into the notches j, j, in the said wheel, thereby holding it
securely in either of its two working positions, or I may use any other
efficient device for this purpose.

page_text: Below the prickers and punches and between the same and the
stand a, at B, I form or place a box or receptacle for a block k, which is
perforated with holes corresponding with those to be formed in the heel,
and therefore with the number of the prickers and punches. This block
is capable of a slight up-and-down movement.
When the lifts to form a heel are placed on the stand a the latter can
be adjusted by the screw stem as to cause the said lifts to press against
the under side of the perforated block k.
When the lifts are raised as high as possible by screwing up the stand
the said lifts may be compressed by the descent of the punches and
block d, for this block will descend far enough to press upon the upper
face of the perforated block / when the same is in its lowest position.
The prickers e when turned downward are opposite the holes in the said
perforated block k, and are held in this position by the spring catch i,
so that as they descend they enter the holes in the block k and pass
freely through the same. The slide g, in which the block d is supported
and turns, has formed or fitted on its upper end a rack d³, which is
geared with a pinion 7. The shaft of this pinion projects through the
side of the frame B, and is provided with a lever m; by means of this
lever the slide g is depressed with the block d, and the prickers e are
thereby forced through the perforated block k and into the heel; then
the block d is raised by the lever m. The spring catch i is raised from
the notch in the hand wheel, and the said wheel is turned to bring the
punches or drivers fopposite the holes in the block k.
The perforated block k is fed with nails; the lever m is then actuated to
again depress the block carrying the punches f, and the latter which
correspond in position with the holes in the block k drive the nails into
the heel. The said nails are of such length that their ends project
beyond the heel, and the said heel may thereby be affixed to the boot by
hammering in the ordinary manner or under a press of substantially
the same construction as the machine herein described, or of any suitable
construction.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I wish it understood that I claim,―
First. A machine for making boot and shoe heels by driving the nails
into and through the lifts or pieces of the heel from the bottom or
outside of the same.

page_text: Second. The vertically moving and turning block carrying the prickers
and punches, and operating in combination with the perforated block,
as herein set forth and for the purpose specified..
Third. The mould, consisting of two jaws provided with side pieces,
and made adjustable for the purpose of adapting the machine to heels of
different sizes and shapes, as herein set forth.
Fourth. The machine for making the heels of boots and shoes with
the prickers and punches and other parts shewn in the Drawing con-
structed, combined, and operating as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Foyster Ford, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
ROBERT HUBBARD,
WILLIAM FOYSTER FORD. (L.S.)