Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Pegging Boot and Shoe Soles, or for like uses.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 28th Apr., 1900
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Pegging Boot and
Shoe Soles, or for like uses.
A communication from abroad by the MCKAY SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of
76, Lincoln Street, Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, one of the United
States of America.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES, of 55 and 56, Chancery Lane, in the County- of
London, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention'
to be as follows:-
In pegging machines employing a rotary horn to support the shoe sole while
being pegged, the tip of the horn has been provided with a hole in which may
enter the point of the awl as it passes through the inner sole, the hole obviating
breaking the point of the awl, and the points of the pegs driven into: the awl
holes protrude more or less into the hole in the horn and are cut off.
In the pegging machine to be herein described, the length of each peg driven
into the sole is determined automatically according to the thickness of the stock
at the point where the peg is driven, and consequently the point of the peg
does not protrude through the inner sole to the extent that it does in the old
way, but the point is left just at or through the inner sole.
I employ a horn having a hole in its top, and said hole has fitted into it a
plunger which may be moved at times to leave the hole open for the entrance.
of the awl points, and at other times may be put into a position with its ends.
flush with the top of the horn, it at such time acting against the inner surface
of the of the inner sole at or about the line of pegging to push. back that portion
of the inner sole which was made to protrude somewhat by the passage of the
awl through it.
In addition to pushing back the bulged part of the inner sole, this plunger,
hits the points of the pegs which are usually so driven as to protrude for a
short distance through the inner sole, and by pressure and percussion clinches
the end of each peg at the face of the inner sole, thereby adding to the holding
power of the peg in the stock.
Herein the substantially endless peg ribbon is cut crossways or transversely,
in making each peg to be driven, and the peg is left with substantially square
or blunt ends to appear at the inner surface of the sole or stock lying on the
horn, and flush with the upper surface of the stock outside.
Herein it is desired to drive two pegs at one operation the pegs being simul-
taneously driven into two holes side by side, and consequently the hole in the
top of the horn is longer than usual and there is a greater tendency for a portion
of the inner sole in the line of pegging to protrude, and leave an objectionable,
ridge which requires to be levelled to present a proper smooth inner sole next
the foot.
My machine employs endless peg ribbon, having a cross section equal to the

page_text: diameter of the peg to be driven, the machine preferably driving a plurality
of pegs at one operation.
To control the formation of pegs from the peg ribbon, above the usual foot-
plate which rests upon the outer face of the outer sole, and which rises and falls
according to variations in thickness of the sole, is a combined cutter and carrier
which receives the ends of the peg ribbon, the latter being fed into the passages
of the cutter and carrier for a greater or less distance according to the thickness
of the sole then immediately under the foot-plate and between it and the horn,
the thicker the sole the greater being the distance that the ends of the peg
ribbon are inserted into the passages of the cutter and carrier.
This cutter and carrier for receiving the ends of the peg ribbon is moved
laterally, cutting off the peg ribbons, the cutter or carrier stopping with the
pegs therein immediately over peg passages in a bushing properly secured in
the foot plate and in line with the drivers, so that as the drivers descend they
will meet the pegs in the cutter and carrier and drive them therefrom through
the passages and the bushing into the sole supported on the horn.
The bushing is of considerable thickness and the passages therein are of such
diameter with relation to the pegs being driven that the pegs are guided until
their heads are fully driven flush with the outer face of the outer sole, and so
guided the pegs are prevented from splitting.
The drivers descend through the passages in the bushing for a distance suffi-
cient to drive the pegs with their heads flush with the outer face of the outer
sole.
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The machine has a shoe feeding device to feed the shoe over the horn.
I have provided the acting or front end of the shoe feeding device with a
lip which rides on the outer surface of the outer sole, it rising and falling with
the varying thickness of the sole, so that the toothed plate carried by the shoe
feeding device and which engages the edge of the sole, always engages said edge
at a defined uniform distance from the outer face of the outer sole.
The shoe feeding device is provided with a projection which is engaged by
a suitable hook or catch regulated as to its position through a treadle under the
control of the foot of the operator, preferably the usual starting and stopping
treadle.
When the machine is running regularly and the operator has his foot upon
the treadle, the hook is disengaged from the projection of the shoe feeding device
so that the lip rests upon the face of the outer sole, but whenever the operator
desires to stop the machine and removes his foot from the treadle, the hook is
immediately turned into a position to engage the projection of the shoe feeding
device as the foot plate is being raised, during the stopping of the machine,
into its normal elevated position, said hook lifting automatically the shoe feed-
ing device with the foot-plate and its actuating means, so that the free end of
the shoe feeding device is removed sufficiently far from the top of the horn to
permit free passage of the upper of a boot or shoe between the horn on one side
and the shoe feeding device and foot-plate on the other side without any inter-
ference.
The putting of the foot on the treadle to start the machine immediately dis-
engages the look, letting the lip of the shoe feeding device descend upon the
surface of the outer sole.
I have supported the lever constituting the shoe feeding device in a novel
vibrating box.
The nose plate is provided at its under side with a recess at a distance back
from its front end, in which the acting end of the shoe feeding device may
move when returning to its starting position, even though the foot plate bears
upon the outer face of the outer sole.
The under side of the foot-plate is convexed in the direction of the move-
ment of the shoe sole under it, and also concaved transversely thereto, such a
shaped foot plate enabling it to ride up or down the end of a "tap" (or half

page_text: sole to be applied to a usual or main sole of a shoe) and also enabling the foot-
plate to somewhat round the outer face of the sole near its edge.
I have provided means for locking the foot plate in its depressed position
during the operation of the driver or drivers, the shaft for operating it or them
being connected with the lifting lever carrying the foot-plate, for in case the
said lever and foot-plate were not locked in position when the driver gives its
blow, the foot-plate would be apt to rise somewhat and release the sole or stock
which for the best results should be clamped. firmly between the foot plate and
the top of the horn during the time that the drivers act to drive the pegs into
the stock.
The horn has a shank, which is clamped by a screw in a recess made at one
end of a hub, having a conical bearing surrounding a fixed stud, having a
conical surface.
The upper end of the horn is bored for the reception of the tubular shank of
the horn tip, it having a hole and an ear which is entered by a screw, by which
to confine the tip to the horn.
The horn has also a longitudinal bore, which is intersected by a diagonal
bore.
The vertical bore receives a slide rod provided at its upper end with a diagonal
groove leaving a diagonal projection to enter a diagonal groove in 'the lower end
of a second slide rod, having its upper end reduced and grooved at opposite sides
leaving a T-shaped end to enter a corresponding groove in the plunger, fitted
in the hele left at the top of the horn in the tip.
The position of this plunger is controlled by the rods referred to, so that the
hole in the top of the horn or its tip may be opened for the reception of the
points of the usual awls as they pass through the inner sole supported on the
top of the horn, or said plunger may be moved to occupy a position flush with
the face of the tip immediately after the pegs have been driven into the awl
holes of the sole.
The sole is clamped between the top of the horn and the foot plate, when the
plunger is raised and consequently the plunger acts to clinch the points of the
pegs, and at the same time force back the portions of the inner sole or stock
which was, made to protrude by the passage of the awls and peg points, so that
the inner sole is left substantially smooth and without objectionable peg points
which have to be thereafter cut off.
To draw this plunger into the horn the rod will be depressed, and to put the
plunger with its face flush with the face of the top of the horn the rod will be
lifted, and by its inclined projection entering the inclined groove of the rod,
said rod will be moved longitudinally, causing its T-shaped end in the groove
of the plunger to lift the same.
To control the movements of the rod up and down at the proper times to
actuate its plunger, I have connected to its lower end by a pin a lever, pivotted
on a depending car on part of the hub, the opposite end of said lever: being
bifurcated and provided with roller or other studs which enter an annular groove
in a sliding collar mounted loosely on the stud.
This collar has jointed to it a lever, pivotted on a stud, carried by a collar
clamped on the stud..
The opposite end of the lever is jointed to a link, in turn jointed to a lever,
mounted on a stud, extending from the upper framework of the machine, said
framework being mounted on a suitable column which stands on the floor, said
column sustaining the stud.
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The lever is raised and lowered at the proper time during each operation of
he machine, by a cam to effect the drawing of the plunger into the hole in the
op of the horn as the awls enter said hole; and to then lift the plunger to close
he hole flush with, the top of the horn, causing the plunger to clinch the peg
points and also act on the sole at and about the line of the driven pegs, and
smooth the inner sole at such point..
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page_text: The horn has to be rotated during the process of putting the sole in proper
position with relation to the peg driving means, in order that the sole may
receive the pegs in the proper place and line, and this may be done in the hörn,
and its hub may be rotated freely about the stud, the roller studs of the lever
travelling about with the horn in the groove of the sliding collar, so that said
collar will whenever moved actuate the rod in whatever may be the position
occupied by the horn.
The shoe feeding device consists essentially of a lever having its extremity
near the horn provided with a lip, which rests during the operation of the
machine upon the outer face of the outer sole, and by reason of the shape of the
lip it is allowed to ride easily up the inclined end of a "tap" or half-sole laiḍ
on the main sole.
The lever has attached to its underside near its front end a feeding surface
as a toothed block-which acts against the edge of the outer sole near its outer
'face on which the lip rests, said lip rising and falling due to variations in
thickness of the sole, but the toothed surface of the block always acts upon the
edge of the sole at an uniform distance from its outer face.
The lever derives its longitudinal movement to enable the block to engage
the edge of the sole, by means such as a cam leg, jointed to one end of the main
actuating lever of the machine, said lever having extended from it near its
centre a stud, which enters a suitable hole or bearing in the frame part.
The cam leg acts between a roller on a fixed stud, and a roller carried by an
arm, bolted to the hub of a lever mounted on an upright stud, said lever having
a groove at its upper side in which the lever is guided and fitted to slide.
The arm has a stationary stud which enters a notch in the rear end of the
lever.
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The contact of the stud and end of the lever is maintained by a spring con-
nected at one end with said lever, and at its opposite end with a fixed stud of
the framework.
As the cam leg is depressed, the lever is moved longitudinally to enable the
engaging surface to engage the sole edge preparatory to feeding the same over
the horn, and when the leg is raised the spring before described acts to withdraw
the engaging surface from the sole edge.
The toothed block having engaged the sole edge the lever will be moved later-
ally to feed the shoe over the horn for the distance required between the pegs
to be driven.
This movement may be effected by a lever, it having a roller, which acts
against an inclined portion of another lever, the movement of this lever about
its pivot by the lever causing the toothed block then in engagement with the
sole edge to be moved laterally to feed the shoe over the horn, and then the feed
lever is made to resume its normal or starting position by or through the action
of a suitable spring located in a sleeve, fixed on the main frame, said spring
being made adjustable by a suitable screw. In other feed levers having a sur-
face to act against the edge of the stock the said surface has never been con-
trolled as to its point of action against the edge of the stock by a lip extended
from the feed lever and lying on the sole, nor has the lever been positively
lifted into a defined position and held there while the machine is at rest in order
that ample clearance might be left between the feed lever and the top of the
horn for the removal and application of a shoe.
To effect this lifting of the feed lever or device automatically, I have pro-
vided the said lever with a projection which may be engaged by a feed lifter,
which has at its upper end a stud which is engaged by a yielding connection
attached at its opposite end to a stud of a three armed lever, said lever having
jointed to it a treadle rod..
The third arm is inclined for part of its length upwardly, and thereafter it
is curvéd, the curved part being employed in practice to effect the disengage-
ment and the engagement of any usual clutch pulley device, so that by movement

page_text: of said lever the machine may be stopped, the movement of the lever in the
opposite direction starting the machine.
The machine will be stopped whenever the operator removes his foot from
the treadle referred to, and at such time a suitable spring controlling the said
lever in opposition to the foot of the operator actuates the lever.
The said arm of the lever also has pivotted upon it a suitable brake, the
machine always stopping with the parts in a certain position, the awl.and driver
bar being up together with a foot plate, and the feed lever locked up with the
foot-plate..
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A spring operates to keep the feed lifter or hook in its inoperative position
when the machine is running, regularly, but to stop the machine the foot is
removed from the treadle when the spring starts the lever and causes the yield-
ing connection to turn the feed lifter so that as the main lever of the machine
continues to turn, a projection thereof meets a shoulder. of the foot-plate lift-
ing lever and lifts said lever, causing the said feed lifter then in engagement
with the projection of the lever to lift the said lever.
The foot plate lifting lever has a hole at its upper end which embraces loosely
a suitable annular projection of a hollow hub at one end of a lever, the opposite
end of said lever surrounding loosely the main shaft, said shaft being provided.
next, said arm with an eccentric gear, which in practice engages another similar
eccentric gear, fast on a shaft having its hearings in a hole made in the end
of the last mentioned lever, said shaft in its rotation through a suitable crank
connected therewith at one end reciprocating the driver bar, having, attached to.
it two drivers, said bar being free to be slid in a slotted case, fixed to the main
frame by suitable bolts or screws inserted through arms extended from the case..
As the foot lifting lever is raised it lifts the free end of the lever, and with it
the said shaft which acts to give to the driver bar its movement to cause the
drivers to meet the pegs and drive them into the sole.
A strong spring connected at its upper end, with the lever, and at its lower
end with a projection of a link, actuated to move the main actuating lever,
enables the said, link and the end of the lever, with which it is, connected to
descend after the foot plate meets and is arrested by a thick part of the sole or
stock resting between it and the horn.
The foot plate lifting lever has a bolt which enters a threaded hole in, one
side of a plate, forming a sort of box, said plate being grooved at its under edge
to receive a rib extended from the foot plate, the rib preventing any twisting
movement of the foot plate with relation to the said lever. Said foot platé
receives a bushing, having passages through which the awls may descend
when, entering, the sole lying on the horn and held clamped between the foot
plate and horn.
These holes also serve as passages for the pegs as they are driven from the
peg cutter and carrier into the sole said passages acting to guide the pegs prè
venting them from being split, the ends of the drivers descending into said
holes in the act of driving the pegs, said drivers driving the heads of the pegs
flush with the outer face of the sole.
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It has in the past been customary to take pegged shoes to a levelling machine
and by a separate operation level the sole, but herein. I have so constructed and
operate the foot-plate that the sole may be levelled as it is being pegged.
The foot plate has its front end convexed transversely in the direction of the:
movement of the sole under it, to prevent the slipping of the sole under the
foot plate when going up or down the end of a tap; and the underside of sail
foot plate, is also somewhat concaved in the direction of the length of the foot-
plate, thereby making a surface which, aided by the heavy blows of the head
of the machine as it descends at each operation of the machine, rounds, or moulds
the face of the sole.
The underside of the foot-plate is cut away, to afford a space, which the lip
at the end of the feeding lever will enter between the feeding movements when

page_text: the foot plate is lowered so that part thereof rests on the sole. The plate of
the box has an overhanging top, which is provided with a longitudinal slot
in which is secured a peg ribbon guide composed of two pieces of steel, said
pieces being of considerable length in order to afford an ample guide.
Herein the difficulty of adjusting pegs and peg passages is solved by employ-
ing two pieces and by a milling machine one piece was provided with a groove
for the ribbon, and near said groove the edge of the piece was notched to form
part of a groove for the ribbon, and said piece, has left extended from it a pro-
jection.
The one piece is cut away to leave a portion to partially surround the other
piece, and so leave two passages with four surrounding walls, and both these
pieces are put into the slot properly fitted together and are clamped in place
therein by a suitable set screw.
The plate has a longitudinal bore, by breaking out the plate, and said bore is
intersected by another bore.
The plate has attached to it by suitable screws a sleeve having a chamber, in
line with the bore, said chamber containing a plunger or device, having at one
end a collar, said collar being kept pressed against the face of the plate at the
end of the sleeve, by a spring surrounding the plunger.
The plunger has at its inner end beyond the said collar a projecting portion
which may be acted upon by the cam or wedge shaped end of an actuating bar,
extended through the bore, said bar being jointed to a lever pivotted on the
stud, said lever being connected by a link to the lever for imparting lateral
movement to the feeding lever.
The lever is extended upwardly, and has connected to it a link which is jointed
to a lever, mounted on a crank pin extended from the end of the main shaft.
The lever is mounted to turn on a stud carried by the main frame..
The block has a hole, which is entered by the peg wood clamp, having its end
next the peg wood serrated, to engage the peg ribbons, and the outer end of the
said clamp occupies a position in line with the plunger and is acted upon by
the wedge shaped end of the slide bar.
When the plunger is in one position the collar thereon rests against the plate.
and the plunger cannot be moved further toward the end of the clamp, and when
the clamp moving bar is in corresponding position, it at such time not contacting
with the inner end of the plunger, none of the force of the spring is put on
said bar and consequently upon the clamp, and said clamp under such condition
does not in any way act to hold the peg ribbon against longitudinal motion
through the passages, but when the bar is moved to the right from the above
position, its wedge shaped end entering between the end of the plunger and the
end of the clamp, the plunger is forced back against the action of its spring,
and the force of the spring is transmitted through the bar against the outer end
of the clamp and the face of said clamp is made to clamp the peg ribbon firmly
and, restrain its further movement through the passage ways in the pieces.
The flange has depending from it a stud, on which is pivotted a combined
peg cutter and carrier, said stud entering also a hole in the foot plate to aid in
confining it in a fixed position with relation to the foot plate lifting lever.
-The peg cutter and carrier may be a lever having at its front end two passages
or throats, which at times occupy a position in line with the two passages for
the peg ribbons in the pieces referred to, and at other times said cutter and car-
rier is moved into position with the passages in position directly over the pas-
sages in the bushing.
To actuate the cutter and, carrier I employ a slide bar, the front end of which
swings the cutter and carrier while the ends of the peg ribbons stand in the
passages, the distance that said peg ribbons stand into said passages varying
however as the sole varies in thickness, so that the pegs are made. to automati-
cally vary in length according to the thickness of the sole to receive the pegs.
To ensure the steady movement of the cutter and carrier in. cutting of the

page_text: pegs from the ribbon, and-carrying them into driving position so that the pas
sages of the cutter and carrier may be located unerringly under and held posi
tively in such position that the pegs may be struck by the descending drivers,
the rear end of said cutter and carrier is provided with a cam shaped wing or
projection which rides on an inclined end of a slot made in said slide bar.
The projection near the right hand end of the lever is provided with a hole
in which is located the plunger surrounded by a spring, said spring being
arranged mostly in a sleeve screwed into the main actuating lever; the outer end
of the plunger, having pivotted upon it a lever by turning which the plunger
may be retracted or drawn out to the right when it is desired to put the gripper...
to be described in its operative position to remove or apply peg ribbon to the.
machine.
The face of the said projection is bored to receive a tubular shank of a lever,
having two parallel grooves through which the peg ribbons pass on their way
to the peg cutter and carrier.
A tubular shank contains a notch faced peg feeding gripper to grasp said
ribbons firmly, and by movement of the main lever feed said ribbons down-
wardly so that their ends will enter more or less the passages in the cutter and
carrier.
The end of the tubular shanked lever enters a notch in the stationary piece,
and as the right hand end of the lever is lowered, the peg ribbon, being then
firmly gripped by the feeding gripper will feed said ribbons, and at the same
time said lever will be turned somewhat on the end of the lever then descending
in the are of a circle, such turning movement compensating for the slight differ-
ence of movement of the two feed ribbons grasned in the two feed grooves which
otherwise would occur, for without this movement the peg-ribbon in the groove
would get a little more movement or feed than the ribbon in the groove.
The awls are carried by an awl bar jointed to a lever, pivotted and connected
by a link to a stud of the lever.
The gripper is acted upon at its right hand end, by a slide bar jointed to
the lever.
In operation when the feeding gripper acts to grip the peg ribbons to feed
them, the clamp is released from its hold on the peg ribbons, and vice versa.
The link before described as actuating the main lever is joined at its lower
end with a stud which enters a hole in the said lever.
The upper end of this link is jointed to a stud on the end of a lever pivotted
on a stud of the main frame, the opposite end of said lever being jointed to
another lever mentioned above.
The overhanging lip has a depending guide or stud against which one side
of the bar slides.
The peg ribbons will be led into grooves having cooperating with them the
peg feeding gripper, and thence into the passages in the pieces before mentioned.
The lever is slotted at its lower end and said slot receives a clamp.
When the points of the awls are about to penetrate the inner sole, at its inner
side, the rod starts to descend and draw the plug into the hole in lie top of the
horn, the speed of descent of the plunger and awls being substantially. the same
so that the points of the awls will not touch the plunger yet the plunger may act
to sustain most of the thrust of the awls when entering the sole.
By the time that the awls reach the end of their down stroke the rod has turned
the arm and nut far enough to draw the clamp into position to lock the foot of
the lever firmly in place and hold it there while the awl bar acts to move the
awls to penetrate the sole and the driver bar and drivers descend to drive the.
pegs into the sole.
The locking of the foot lifting lever carrying the foot plate, causes the latter
to clamp the sole firmly and compress the same between the foot plate and 'the
top of the horn while the awls rise and the drivers deliver their blow, the lock-
ing of the said lever and foot plate down in position preventing any rising. of

page_text: the foot plate from the sole due to the blow of the drivers, the actuating shaft
for moving the drivers being carried by the foot plate lifting lever.
After the drivers have driven the pegs into the sole, the plunger is lifted
against the interior of the inner sole about and in the line of the points of the
pegs, said plunger clinching said points and smoothing the inner sole in the
line of the pegs and pushing back or smoothing the parts of the leather inner
sole which was made to protrude by the action of the awls and pegs, the lever
being unlocked after or during this operation.
The plate has an abutment; the surface of the awl bar meeting said abutment
just as the points of the awls approach the face of the outer sole, and thereafter
during the remainder of the stroke of the awls they entering and retiring from
the sole, said surface contacts with said abutment, the abutment preventing any
side strain on the awls.
The awl bar has connected with it a roller or other stud, which travels in a
diagonal slot in the guide plate, and consequently the awl bar and awls when
depressed travel in a diagonal path, and hence it is important to check instantly
any momentum or tendency of the awl bar to travel diagonally, just as the points
of the awls meet the face of the outer sole.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Pegging Boot and
Shoe Soles, or for like uses.
A communication from abroad by the MCKAY SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of
76, Lincoln Street, Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, one of the United
States of America.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES, of 55 and 56, Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent, 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:-
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In pegging machines employing a rotary horn to support the shoe sole while
being pegged, the lip of the horn has been provided with a hole in which the
point of the awl may enter as it passes through the inner sole. The hole prevents
the point of the awl from breaking, and the points of the pegs driven into the
awl holes protrude more or less into the hole in the horn, and are cut off either
by a cutter in the horn, or by other means after the shoe has been removed from
the horn.
In the pegging machine to be herein described, the length of each peg driven
into the sole is determined automatically according to the thickness of the stock
at the point where the peg is driven. Consequently the point of the peg does
not protrude through the inner sole to the same extent as in the old way, but
the point is left just at or through the inner sole.
With the pegging machine to be herein described I employ a horn having a
hole in its top, and said hole has fitted into it a plunger, which may be moved
at times to leave the hole open for the entrance of the awl point, at other times
the plunger is put into position, with its end flush with the top of the horn,
and in this position acts against the inner surface of the inner sole at or about

page_text: the line of pegging, to push back that portion of the inner sole which was made
to protrude somewhat by the passage through it of the awl.
In addition to pushing back the bulged part of the inner sole, this plunger
also performs another very important function, i.e., it hits the points of the
pegs, which are usually driven, as stated, to protrude for a short distance through
the inner sole, and by pressure and percussion clinches or brooms the end of
each peg at the face of the inner sole, thereby adding to the holding power of
the peg in the stock.
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Herein a substantially endless peg ribbon is cut cross-ways or transversely in
making each peg to be driven. The pegs are left with substantially square or
blunt ends to appear at the inner surface of the sole or stock lving on the horn,
while the outer or head ends of the pegs lie flush with the upper surface of the
stock.
Herein it is desired most frequently to employ two peg ribbons, and to drive
simultaneously, at one operation, two pegs into two holes made side by side
in the stock by two awls, consequently the hole in the top of the horn larger
than usual, and there is a greater tendency of a portion of the inner sole in the
line, of pegging to protrude and leave an objectionable ridge, which requires to
be levelled to present a properly smooth inner sole next to the foot..
In embodying my invention herein to be described, I have chosen to illustrate
it as applied to a well known type of pegging machine, but it will be understood
that my invention might also be embodied with other forms of pegging machines.
The endless peg ribbons employed have each a cross section equal to the dia-
meter of the peg to be driven.
To control the formation of pegs from the peg ribbons, I have provided a.com-
bined cutter and carrier above the usual foot-plate, which latter rests upon the
outer face of the outer sole and rises and falls according to variations in thick:
ness of the sole.
The cutter and carrier is provided with passages to receive the ends of the
peg ribbons, the latter being fed into the passages for a greater or less distance.
according to the thickness of the sole then immediately under the foot-plate and
between the latter and the horn. The thicker the sole the greater is the distance
to which the ends of the peg ribbons are inserted into the passages..
The cutter and carrier is moved laterally while cutting off the peg ribbons,
anu stops with the pegs immediately over peg passages in a bushing properly
secured in the foot plate and in line with the drivers, which, as they descend,
will meet the pegs in the passages of the cutter and carrier and drive, them
therefrom through the bushing into the sole supported on the horn.
The bushing is of considerable thickness, and the passages therein are of such
diameter with relation to the pegs being driven that the pegs are guided until
their heads are driven flush with the outer face of the outer sole. So guided,
the pegs are prevented from splitting.
The drivers descend through the passages in the bushing for a distance suffi-
cient to drive the pegs and leave their heads flush with the outer face of the
outer sole.
The machine has a shoe feeding device of usual construction, shown as a lever
having backward and forward movement, to engage and retire from the edge of
the sole, and a lateral movement while a toothed block of the lever is in contact
with the edge of the sole; to thereby feed the shoe' over the horn.
Herein, I have provided the acting or front end of this feeding device-with a
lip which rides at all times on the outer surface of the outer sole, and rises and
falls with the varying thickness of the sole, so that the toothed block or contact
surface carried by the shoe feeding device to engage the edge of the sole, always
engages said edge at a defined uniform distance from the outer face of the outer
sole.
This lip at the end of the feeding lever or device provides an effective sub-
stitute for a presser foot, which has heretofore been used in the class of maching

page_text: referred to. The lip performs all the functions of a presser foot and greatly
simplifies the machine.
By riding on the surface of the sole, the lip also causes the toothed block or
contact surface carried by the feed device to move in unison with, and absolutely
prevent the contact surface from over-riding the sole or from descending far
enough to engage or carry the upper.
The lip presents a convexed face, so that it may readily ride up the end of
a tap or half sole applied to the outer sole.
The shoe feeding device is further provided with a projection, which is en-
gaged by a suitable lifter, shown as a hook or catch regulated as to its position
through a treadle under the control of the foot of the operator, preferably the
usual starting and stopping treadle.
When the machine is running regularly, and the operator has his foot upon
the treadle, the hook is disengaged from the projection of the shoe feeding
device, so that the lip thereof rests upon the face of the outer sole. Whenever
the operator removes his foot from the treadle, to stop the machine, the lifter
is immediately turned into a position to engage the projection of the shoe feeding
device, as the foot-plate is being raised into its normal or elevated position,
preparatory to stopping the machine.
The lifter causes the shoe feeding device to rise, as the foot plate is lifted
by its actuating means, so that the free end of the shoe feeding device is removed
sufficiently from the top of the horn, and is there retained, to permit free pas-
sage of the upper of a boot or shoe between the horn on one side and the shoe
feeding device and foot-plate on the other side.
The putting of the foot on the treadle, to start the machine, immediately dis-
engages the hook letting the lip of the shoe feeding device descend upon the
surface of the outer sole.
I have supported the lever constituting the shoe feeding device in a novel
vibrating box.
That part commonly known in the trade as the nose (or foot) plate is provided
at its under side with a recess at a distance back from its front end, in which
recess the acting end of the shoe feeding device may move when returning to its
starting position, even though the foot-plate bears upon the outer face of the
outer sole.
The under side of the foot-plate is convexed in the direction of the movement
of the shoe sole under it, and also concaved transversely thereto, Such a shape
enables the foot-plate to ride up or down the end of a tap or half sole laid on
the main sole, and also enables the foot-plate to somewhat round the outer face
of the sole near its edge.
By rounding the face of the sole during the pegging operation, I am able to
do away with rounding or levelling the sole on a special machine after the usual
peg driving operation.
In practice I find that the process of driving the pegs into the rounded or
level surface of the sole, as said sole is rounded step by step, gives better results
than the process of first driving the pegs throughout the entire sole and subse-
quently rounding and levelling the sole.
With the latter process, I find that the sole resumes more or less its shape
before the rounding, whereas if the pegs are driven into the surface rounded
step by step, the pegs act to hold the sole in the position in which it is put by
pressure, previous to driving the peg.
I have herein, and will hereafter frequently use the term "peg."
The machine herein described is adapted to use a peg made as an endless
ribbon, but it will be obvious that parts of the machine might be used to equally
good advantage in a machine using the well-known peg strip, or using metal
wire.
The shaft for operating the drivers sustains the lifting lever, to which is
attached the foot-plate resting on the outer sole.

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In the earlier machines said foot-plate is liable to yield as the drivers in their
descent act to drive pegs in the stock, and the pegs are not driven properly.
To obviate this, I have provided means for locking the foot-plate in its depressed
position, to keep the stock clamped firmly while the drivers act to drive the pegs
into the stock on the horn.
I have also provided means whereby the lever employed for feeding the per
ribbons may feed said ribbons uniformly at each operation.
Figure in side elevation, represents the main working parts of a pegging
machine embodying my invention, together with part of a horn or work sup-
port, shown fully and in detail in other figures..
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional detail of the lower end of the foot-platé
lifting-lever and its clamping means;
Figure 2 shows part of the lever and the driver actuating shaft with its
eccentric gear thereon;
Figure 2 shows the lower part of the machine oniitted from Fig. 1, and with
Fig. makes a full side view of the machine.
Figure 3 is a section below the dotted liner Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows a broken out detail of the horn and the parts carried within it,
Figure 5 is a top view of the horn:
Figure 6 is a section on the line Fig. 5.
Figure 7 is a detail showing the horn and its plunger and the operating
devices for the same, also the shoe feeding lever and means for operating it.
Figure 7 is a detail looking at the front end of the feeding lever.
Figure 8 is a longitudinal section of the foot-plate in the dotted line Fig. 9.
Figure 9 is an underside view of said footplate, and
Figure 10 is a front end view.
Figure 11 shows the foot-plate lifting-lever detached and its clamping device,
the dotted lines showing the feed-lever lifting-device or hook, applied in work-
ing position thereon.
Figure 12 shows the peg feeding guide-way for the peg ribbons, and part
of its actuating lever:
Figure 13 is a detail showing the clamp for holding the foot-plate lifting-
lever.
Figure 14 shows the uppermost plunger-actuating slide rod removed from the
horn:
Figure 15 shows the so-called main lever detached, the parts shown in Fig. 12
on a larger scale, being in position on said lever,
( 1
Figure 16, shows, much enlarged, the foot-plate and the parts carried by it,
parts for feeding the peg ribbons, and the combined cutter and carrier.
Figure 17 is a sectional detail through the pieces forming the guide for the
peg ribbon just above the combined cutter and carrier, and shows the peg ribbon
clamp and part of a piece of peg ribbon.
Figure 18, is a top or plan view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 16, with
parts broken out.
Figure 19, is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 16, viewing it from the
right.
Figure 20 is a partial section in the dotted line. Fig. 19, looking down.
Figure 21, is a section of the main shaft at the inner side of the cam, to show
the brake and fast and loose members of the friction driving pulleys.
Figure 22 is a section on the line, Figure 21.
Figure 2 is a detail of the collar and its, sliding pin.
Figure 24 is a detail showing the collar 153.
The horn has a shank a which is clamped by a screw
in a recess made at
ene end of a hub, said hub having a conical bearing a surrounding a fixed
stud. The stud has a conical surface, the end
of cone shape, to enter a conical hole in a plug a
lub 3.
of the stud being shown as
secured into the top of the

page_text: The upper end of the horn is bored through, see Figs. 4, 5 and 6, to leave a
passage for the reception of the tubular shank a of the horn tip a¹0, said tip
having a hole and an ear a¹3 which is entered by a screw a, by which to
confine the tip to the liorn.
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The horn has also a longitudinal vertical bore a¹, which is intersected by a
diagonal bore a16.
The vertical bore a receives a slide-rod a provided at its upper end with
a diagonal groove a18, see Fig. 4, leaving a diagonal projection to enter a
diagonal groove a20 in the lower end of a second slide-rod, shown detached in
Fig. 14. The upper end of said slide-rod is reduced and grooved at opposite
sides, see Figs. 6 and 14, leaving a T-shaped end a to enter a correspondingly
shaped groove, see Fig. 6, at the underside of the plunger a², which latter is
fitted in the hole left at the top of the horn in the tip a
The position of this plunger is controlled by the rods referred to, so that the
hole in the top of the horn or its tip may be opened for the reception of the
points of the usual awls, as they pass through the inner sole supported on the
top of the horn, as in Fig. 7. Or the plunger may be moved to occupy a posi-
tion flush with the face of the tip, see Fig. 4, immediately after the pegs have
been driven into the awl holes of the sole.
The sole is clamped between the horn and the foot-plate do, to be described,
as the drivers act to drive the pegs.
When the pegs have been driven, the plunger is raised into the position shown
in Figs. 4 and 6, and consequently acts to clinch or broom the points of the
legs, at the same time forcing back the portion of the inner sole or stock, which
was made to enter the hole a in the tip of the horn by the passage of the awls
through the stock and the driving of the peg points through said holes.
The upward movement of the plunger leaves the inner sole substantially smooth
and with the peg points broomed.
To draw this plunger into the horn preparatory to the action of the awls, the
rod a will be depressed, and to put the plunger with its face flush with the
face of the top of the horn, the rod a will be lifted.
To control the movement of the rod up and down at the proper times for
actuating the plunger a, I have connected the lower end of said rod by a
pin see Fig. 7, to one end of a lever b. This lever is pivotted at 62 on a
depending ear of the hub a³, and the opposite end of said lever, see Figs.
and 7, is shown as bifurcated and provided with roller or other studs which
enter the annular groove in a sliding collar & mounted loosely on the stud a².
This collar has a depending lug, see Fig. 7, to which is jointed a lever b
pivoted on a stud 56. This stud is carried by a collar 67, see Figs. 3 and 7 which
is clamped on the stud .
2
The opposite end of the lever is jointed to a link 8, which is in turn jointed
to a lever 69. The lever 69 is mounted on a stud 60 extended from the upper
frame work 12 of the machine, and said framework is mounted on a suitable
column 6 which stands on the floor.
The column 613 sustains the stud a5, which constitutes the centre of motion of
the horn.
The lever is raised and lowered at the proper times during each operation
of the machine by its bowl 18 being acted on by a cam * to thus move the
plunger.
The plunger, see
Fig. 7, is retracted or drawn into the hole in the top of the
horn as the awls descend and pass through the stock and enter the hole in the
horn, and the plunger is then lifted flush with the top of the horn, to close the
hole, clinch or broom the peg points, and batter back and smooth the inner sole.
The horn has to be rotated during the process of putting the sole in proper
position with relation to the peg driving means, in order that, the sole may
receive the pegs in the proper place and line.

page_text: To enable this to be done, in the horn herein shown, the hub is free to be
rotated about the stud, and the roller studs of the lever travel about with
the horn in the groove of the sliding collar mounted on said stud, so that
whenever said collar is moved, it will actuate the rod a, whatever may be the
position occupied by the horn.
I will now describe the shoe feeding device.
It consists essentially of a lever 4 having its extremity near the horn pro-
vided with a lip 5, see Figs. 7 and 7, which lip, during the operation of the
machine, rests at all times upon the outer face of the outer sole, and rises and
falls with the varying thickness of sole.
This lip takes the place of a presser foot, as herein before referred to, the under
side of said lip preferably being convexed or suitably shaped, to ride easily
up the inclined or other shaped end of a tap or half-sole laid on the main sole
and to be united therewith by pegs or otherwise.
The feed lever has attached to its under side, near its front end, a feeding
block or contact surface, shown herein (Fig 7") as a toothed block 16, which acts
against the edge of the outer sole near its face, on which the lip 15 rests.
The lip, as it rises and falls according to variations in thickness of the sole,
keeps the feeding surface or block 16 always in exactly the same position with
relation to the edge of the sole and at a uniform distance from its face.
This lip prevents the feed lever from over-riding or slipping over the top of
the work, and also prevents the work from getting above the feed lever and so
allowing the feeding surface to engage and injure the upper.
Both these things would constantly occur if the feed lever 14 were used with.
Lout the lip 15.
The longitudinal movement of the feed lever 14 to enable the block 16 to
engage the edge of the sole, is derived by means such as a cam leg jointed to
one end of the main actuating lever 18 of the machine. Said lever has extended
from it, near its centre, a stud, see Fig. 1, which enters a suitable hole or
bearing in the frame part 52.
The cam leg acts between a roller 20 on a fixed stud 20x and a roller t
carried by an arm
The arm is connected by a bolt 22 with the hub 3 of a lever 6 mounted
on an upright stud 2. The lever 2 has a groove at its upper side, see Fig. 8.
in which the feed lever 6 is placed loosely, said lever being free to be slid in.
said groove, to enable the block 16 to engage or retire from the edge of the.
stock.
The arm has a stationary stud c, see Fig. 1, which enters a cross notch
in the rear end of the feed lever .
The contact of the stude and the end of the feed lever is maintained by
a spring connected at one end with said lever, see Figs.. I and 7, and at its
opposite end with a fixed stud extended from the hub 2
As the cam leg is depressed into the position Fig. 1, the lever is moved longi-
tudinally, to enable the block 6 to engage the sole edge preparatory to feeding
the same over the horn, the stock being then unclamped. When the leg is
raised, the spring e¹, before described, acts to withdraw the block from the
sole edge..
: .
The movement required to engage the sole edge is but very slight in extent."
The toothed block 6 having engaged the sole edge, the feed lever b will be
moved laterally, to feed the shoe over the horn for the distance required between
the pegs to be driven..
This movement may be effected by a lever 2 mounted on a stud 16 of the
main frame and extended upwardly, see Fig. 1, and having connected to it'
a link e, which is jointed at e3 to a lever c. The latter lever is mounted on
a, crank pin extended from the end of the main shaft c¹7
The lever
has at its lower end a roller 3, see Fig. 3, which acts against

page_text: an inclined portion of the lever 12 carrying, as already explained, the feed
lever
The movement of the lever 24 about its pivot by the lever 2* causes the
toothed block, then in engagement with the sole edge, to be moved laterally
and feed the shoe over the hern. Then the feed lever is made to resume its
normal or starting position, by or through the action of a suitable spring c
located in a sleeve, which is fixed on the main frame, said spring being
made adjustable by a suitable screw ².
In other feed levers having a surface to act against the edge of the stock, the
said surface has never been controlled as to its point of action against the edge
of the stock by a lip extended from the feed lever and lying on the sole, nor
has the lever been positively lifted into a defined position and held there while
the machine is at rest in order that ample clearance might be left between the
feed lever and the top of the horn for the removal and application of a shoe.
To effect automatically this lifting of the feed lever or device, I have provided
the said lever with a projection which may be engaged by a feed lifter
This feed lifter is herein shown as a hook pivotted on a stud e, which is extended
from one side of a foot-plate lifting-lever or device, shown separately in
Figure 11 and in position in Figure 1.
The feed lifter see Fig. 1, has at its upper end a stud 7, which is engaged
by a yielding connection attached at its opposite end to a stud e" of a three
armed lever co pivoted at clo
This lever has jointed to it, by a screw stud 2, a rod 12, which in practice
may be joined to any suitable treadle 80, see Fig. 2b, at the base of the column 613,
near the floor. The treadle will preferably be the one used to start and stop
the machine.
The third arm of the three armed lever 10 is shown partially in Fig. 7,
and fully in Fig. 21, and by dotted lines in Fig. 1.
By moving the lever 10 in the direction of the arrow &, Fig. 21, the machine
may be started, and by moving the lever in a direction opposite to said arrow,
the machine may be stopped.
The machine will be stopped whenever the operator removes his foot from
the treadle referred to, and at such time a suitable spring 5, see Fig. 1, connected
with the lever moves the latter in a direction in opposition to the foot of
the operator, to enable the lever to separate the clutch pulley and stop the
machine, as will now be described.
The arm of the lever 10, see Fig. 21, is inclined upwardly for a part of
its length, and has attached to it a curved extension 101. The face of said.
extension next the hub of the pulley 103, see Fig. 22, has an inclined or beveled
side 120. Whenever the end of said lever is drawn toward the main shaft c
by the spring e, see Fig. 1, it will be met by pin 121, shown in Figs. 21 and 22
by dotted lines and in Fig. 23 in section.
The pin 121 has at its inner end a head 124, see Figs. 22 and 23, and it slides
in a hole in the hub as shown. When the pin meets the inclined side 120 of
the arm 3 said pin is slid longitudinally in said hub, thus causing the head 124
to act against, the flange 125 of a sleeve or bushing 126, which surrounds loosely
the main shaft 7 and forms a bearing about which the loose pulley 127 turns.
The action of the head 124 against the flange 125 pushes the sleeve 120 and
pulley 127 to the right, see Fig. 22, against the stress of a spring 119, which
surrounds the shaft at the end of said bushing and embraces at one end the
flange of a collar 152 surrounding loosely the shaft . The opposite end of
the spring butts against a collar 153 fast to the shaft ".
The above described movement of the pulley 127 unclutches the latter from
the fast pulley 103, preparatory to stopping the machine."
The fast pulley 103 and the large eccentric gear 2 are common to the type
of pegging machine described, and in practice said gear engages a smaller
eccentric gear, shown fully in Fig. 2 and partially in Fig. 1.

page_text: Fig. 22 shows the gear in section, its hub and the hub of the fast pulley
being pinned at 131 to the main shaft c
The hub 122 is provided, see Fig. 21, with a cut-away-part 132, to leave a
depression in which may enter a stud 133 carried by the extension 101 of the
arm 13
This cut away part receives said stud only when the main shaft and it's
cam 613 occupy the position in which it is desired that said cam shall stop when
the machine is stopped, a brake, to be described, operating at such time to posi-
tively stop the rotation of the main shaft, and at a definite point.
The arm of the lever et has pivoted upon it at 44* one end of a suitable
flexible strap brake 84, the opposite end of which is connected with a hook or
device 100 carried by and adjustable on said lever.
The ends of the brake are attached to the lever arm at different distances
from its fulcrum, so that as the fast pulley 103 rotates in the direction of the
arrow, Fig. 21. its hub 122 acts to apply the brake closely to said hub as the stud
133 enters the groove 182.
The hub in its final movement aids in drawing and tightening the brake on
the pulley by the frictional adhesion of the pulley within the brake band, said
brake being drawn more closely about the hub 122, until the fast pulley is
fully stopped, which is always done at a definite point.
"
When the machine is running regularly, and the operator has his foot on
the treadle 80, the spring operates to keep the feed. lifter or hook 6 in its
inoperative position, shown by full lines in Fig. 7.
When the operator desires to stop the machine, he has only to remove his
foot from the treadle, when the spring starts the lever.co, and causes the
yielding connection to turn the feed lifter forward into the full line position,
Fig. 1, and dotted line position Fig. 7.
Thus, as the main lever 61s meets the shoulder 200 of the foot-plate lifting-
lever see Fig. 11, it lifts said lever, thereby causing the feed lifter ; then in
engagement with the projection of the feeding lever 64, to lift the latter lever
as in Fig. 1. Consequently the lip is removed from the stock.
The lifting of the lever stretches the strong spring
The lever has a hole at its upper end, which end embraces loosely a
suitable annular projection, see Fig. 1, of a hollow, hub at one end of a lever
The opposite end of said lever surrounds loosely the main shaft, which is
provided next said arm with an eccentric gear, see Fig. 1. In practice this
gear engages another similar eccentric gear fast on a shaft & having its bear-
ings in a hole made in the end of the lever (23.
through a suitable
at the opposite end.
drivers d², said har
Said shaft in its rotation reciprocates the driver bar d
crank 105 connected with the shaft at one end, and a link
The driver bar has, as herein shown, attached to it two
being free to be slid in a slotted case fixed to the head by means of suitable
bolts or screws 109, of which one only is shown inserted, through arm 108
extended from the case.
The driver bar is shown as having an ear 110 extended through a slot of the
case. The ear is jointed to the link .
When the foot plate lifting lever is raised it lifts the free end of the lever,
and with it the shaft d, which acts to give to the driver bar its movement,
to cause the drivers to meet the pegs and drive them into the sole.
The strong spring, at its upper end connected with a stud 112 of the lever 23,
and at its lower end with a projection 113 of a link to be described, which is
actuated to move the lever is, enables the said link and the end of the lever 18
with which it is connected, to continue their descent after the foot plate meels
and is arrested by a thick part of the sole or stock, which rests, between it and
the horn.
This is necessary because the link № and the lever 18-have a constant throw.

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The lever
see Fig. 19.
has at its lower end a hole №, (Fig 11) which receives a bolt №ª,
The bolt d enters a threaded hole in one side of a plate .
The plate d is herein shown as grooved at its under edge, see Fig. 19. to
receive a rib extended from the foot plate 10; which rib prevents any twisting
movement of the foot-plate with relation to the lever, said foot plate being
confined to the plate d by a bolt ".
The foot plate do has a hole to receive a bushing 2, see Fig 20, having as
shown, two passages through which the awls d may descend when they enter
the sole lying on the horn and held clamped between the foot plate and the horn.
These holes also serve as passages for the pegs as they are driven from the
peg cutter and carrier, to be described, into the sole, and act to guide the pegs
substantially throughout the driving operation, preventing the splitting of
the pegs.
The ends of the drivers descend into said holes in the act of driving the pegs,
and drive the heads of the pegs flush with the outer face of the sole.
It has in the past been customary to take pegged shoes to a leveling machine
and by a separate operation level the sole, but herein I have so constructed and
operated the foot plate 10 that the sole may be leveled as it is being pegged.
The foot plate 10 has its front end convexed transversely in the direction of
the movement of the sole under it, see Figs. 10 and 19.
The convexed part is shown as corrugated at 4 to prevent the slipping of
the sole under the foot plate, when the latter is going up or down the end of
a tap.
The underside of said foot plate, see Figs. 1 and 8, is also somewhat concaved
at 6 in the direction of the length of the foot plate, see Figs. 8 and 16 thus
presenting a surface which, aided by the heavy blows of the head of the machine
as it descends at each operation of the machine, rounds or moulds the face of
the sole.
The under side of the foot-plate is cut away, see Fig. 9, to afford a space
The lip at the end of the feeding lever 64 may enter this space between the
feeding movements of the lever, when the foot plate is lowered so that its part 1
rests on the sole.
The plate has an overhanging top d's, see Figs. 16 and 18, which is pro-
vided with a longitudinal slot 19, see Fig. 18. In this slot is secured a peg
ribbon guide, composed as shown, of two blocks or pieces of steel 20, 21, which
are of considerable length, in order to afford an ample guide.
The passages in these blocks, for the guidance of the peg ribbons 122 and 23,
have to be of substantially the same diameter and shape as the peg ribbons,
and great difficulty was experienced in making two passages at suitable distance
apart to guide the peg ribbons.
This difficulty was solved by employing two pieces 201, see Figs. 1, 16
and 18 and providing (by means of a milling machine) the piece with two
parallel grooves for the peg ribbons 22 and 23. The piece 21 has extended
from it a projection
The piece is notched or cut away to receive the grooved body of the part
and the lip meets the end of the piece 20. The putting together of said
'two blocks, as shown, results in the part 20 covering the grooves made in the
part, while leaving two passages with four surrounding walls.
Both these pieces, properly fitted together, are put into the slot, and
are clamped in place therein by a suitable set screw 25.
The plate has a longitudinal bore e, shown in Figs. 17, 18 and 19 and said
bore is intersected by a bore. e', see Fig. 17.
The plate has attached to it, by suitable screws 20x a sleeve e' see Fig. 19
having a chamber, see Fig. 18, in line with the bore e¹.
The chamber contains a plunger or device et having at one end a collar c

page_text: which latter is kept pressed against the face of the plate d at the end of the
sleeve, by means of a spring e surrounding the plunger.
The plunger has at its inner end, beyond said collar (see Fig. 18) a projection
which may be acted upon by the cam. or wedge shaped end of an actuating
bar e extended through the bore e.
The bar e is jointed at es, see Fig. 16, to a lever e which latter is pivoted on
the stud c carried by the lever . The lever c8 is connected by a link e¹0 to the
lever before described, for imparting lateral movement to the feeding lever..
The block d20 has a hole, see Fig. 17, which is entered by the peg wood
clampe, the acting end of which, next the peg wood, is serrated, to engage the
peg ribbons.
Preferably said clamp is made in two pieces, the serrated end being convexed
at its inner side, and entering a concavity at the end of the remaining part of
the clamp which occupies a position in line with the plunger et, and is acted
upon by the wedge shaped end of the slide bar e².
The semispherical back of the serrated part of the clamp enables it to. tip
so that the face of said toothed part may adapt itself to any inequalities in
the size of the peg wood grasped-by it.
When the plunger e is in the position Fig. 18, the collar e thereon rests
against the plate d, and the plunger cannot be moved further toward the end
of the clamp e19*.
When the clamp moving bar e is in the position shown in said figure, at
such time not contacting with the inner end of the plunger, none of the force
of the spring 6 is put on said bar, and consequently upon the clamp e
Under such conditions the clamp does not in any way act to hold the peg
ribbon against longitudinal motion through the the passages in the blocks (20
and №21.
When the bar e is moved to the right from its position, Fig. 18, its wedge
shaped end enters between the end of the plunger and the end of the
clamp, and the plunger et is forced back against the action of its spring.
The force of the of the spring is transmitted through the bar e against the outer
end of the clamp ex, and the face of said clamp is made to clamp the peg
ribbon firmly.
The flanges has depending from it a stud e20, see Figs. 18 and 20, on which
is pivoted a combined peg cutter and carrier 21. The stud 20 enters. see dotted
lines, Fig. 16. a hole in the footplate, said hole in Fig. 9, being marked 114 to
aid in confining. it in a fixed position with relation to the foot plate.
The peg cutter and carrier is shown as a lever having at its front end two
passages or throats 22 and 23, which at times occupy a position in line with the
two passages for the peg ribbons in the blocks or pieces 20 and 21, as shown by
full lines in Fig. 20.
At other times said cutter and carrier is moved into its dotted line position,
Fig. 20, and the passages 2 and 3 are at such times put in position directly
over the passages in the bushing
To actuate the cutter and carrier, I employ a slide bar e2+, the front end of which
is beveled at e, to act against a shoulder f of said cutter and carrier, and
swing the same aside, from its full line position, Fig. 20, into its dotted line
position in the same figure.
This movement of the cutter and carrier takes. place while the ends of the
peg ribbons stand in the passages and 23 thereof, but the distance to which
said peg ribbons stand.in said passages varies as the stock varies in thickness.
Consequently the pegs are automatically made to vary in length according to
the thickness of the sole to receive the pegs.
To ensure the steady movement of the cutter and carrier in cutting off the
pegs from the ribbon and carrying them into driving position, so that the pas-
sages and of the cutter and carrier may be located unerringly under, and

page_text: held positively in such position that the pegs maybe struck by the descending
drivers d, the rear end of said cutter and carrier has been provided with a cam
shaped wing or, projection f³....
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This projection rides on an inclined. end f; see Fig. 20, of a slot fniade in
said slide bar.
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The slide bar, derives its motion, from its connection with the lower end of
the lever e, which has sattached to itia-block-e10, entering a side notch 115 in
said bar
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The projection 20 near the right hand ends of the lever see Fig16, is
provided with a hole, in which is located the plunger f surrounded by a spring f,
shown by dotted lines in Fig. 19.
The spring f is, usually arranged in a sleeve.f screwed intoithe main lever 18,
"while the outer end of the plunger las pivoted upon it, at f; a lever-if By
turning this lever the plunger may be retracted or drawn out to the right when
it is desired to put the gripper, to be described,, in its operative position, to
remove or apply peg ribbons to the machine.i.
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The face of the lug 20 is bored, to receivežas.tubular shank f¹, see Fig. 12,
of a compensating lever f having two parallel grooves f4, 15, through which
the peg ribbons pass on their way to the peg cutter and carrier.
The tubular shank f¹? contains a peg feeding gripper f16, the face of which is
preferably notched, to grasp firmly at times the sides of the peg ribbons, and
by movement of the lever 1, feed said ribbons downwardly, so that their ends
will enter more or less the passages in the cutter, and carrier...
The end of the lever f enters a notch f; see Fig. 18, in the stationary
piece d20
As the right hand end of the lever 18 is lowered. the peg ribbons being then
firmly gripped by the feeding gripper actuated as hereinafter described, said
ribbons will be fed, and at the same time said compensating lever f³ will turn
somewhat the feeding gripper, with relation to the end of the lever 618, which is
tuen descending in the are of a circle.
This turning movement compensates for the slight difference of movement
of the two feed ribbons grasped by the two feed grooves f, f¹³, owing to the
fact that the gripper is carried by a lever, for without this movement of the
lever the peg ribbon in the groove ƒ would get a little more movement or
feed than the ribbon in the groove f
When the gripper is carried by a lever working in the arc of a circle, this
compensating for differences in extent of movement of the two feed ribbons is
essential for successfully feeding the peg ribbons for equal distances.
The gripper fe is acted upon at its right hand end, viewing Fig. 19, by a
slide bar jointed to the lever herein before described.
In operation, when the feeding gripper acts to grip the peg ribbons, to feed
them, the clamp el is released from its hold on the peg ribbons, and vice versa.
The link before described as actuating the lever 618, is joined at its lower
end with a stud g, which enters the hole g in the lever 18, see Fig. 15.
The upper end of this link a is jointed to a stud on the end of a lever 2
pivoted on a stud g³ of the main frame. The opposite end of said lever is jointed
to the lever c¹.
The overhanging lip 18 is entered by the upper end 116 of a guide or flat
edged stud g', see Fig. 20, against which one side of the bar slides.
The peg ribbons and will be led from suitable reels, not shown, into
the grooves f and f15, with which latter the peg feeding gripper co-operates,
and thence the ribbons will be fed into the passages in the pieces 20 and 21.
The lever is slotted at its lower end, as at g³, see⚫ Fig. 11, the walls of
said slot having shoulders at each side. Said shoulders receive a clamp 9º,
shown as a block having extended from it at one side a screw threaded stud g7,
see Figs. 2 and 13.
This stud is extended through a hole in the main frame 612, and receives upon

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it a nut having a square outer end 117, which may be grasped by a wrench,
to adjust said nut on the threaded part of the stud. A washer 9 is interposed
between the nut and the main franie (see Fig. 2).
This nut has clamped about it a split hub go having a projection' g12, which
enters a suitable hole g¹³ in the rod 68 connected with the lever b.
The awls are carried by an awl bar f18, which is jointed to a lever f19 pivoted
at 20 and connected by a link fal to a stud f of the lever e¹, see Fig. 1.
When the points of the awls are about to penetrate the inner sole, at its
inner side, the rod 68 starts to descend and, acting through the lever 65, draws
the plunger a into the hole in the top of the horn.
The speed of descent of the plunger and awls is substantially the sanie, so
that the points of the awls will not touch the plunger, yet the plunger may
act to sustain most of the thrust of the awls when they enter the sole.
By the time the awls reach the end of their down stroke, the rod 68 has turned
the arm gand the nut far enough to draw the clamp g into the slot g
and has locked the lever 8 firmly in place. The latter lever and its connected
footplate are held locked down while the driver bar and drivers descend to
drive the pegs into the sole.
The locking of the lever carrying the footplate causes the latter to clamp
the sole firmly and compress the same between the footplate and the top of
the horn, while the awls rise, and while the drivers deliver their blow. The
locking of the said. lever and foot-plate down in position prevents any. rising
of the latter from the sole, due to the blow of the drivers, as the actuating shaft
for moving the drivers turns in the footplate lifting lever 8.
Substantially as the drivers act to drive the points of the pegs through the
sole, the plunger is lifted and forced against the interior of the inner sole,
about and in the line of the points of the pegs.
The plunger clinches or brooms up said points, and smoothes the inner sole
in the line of the pegs, by pushing back or smoothing that part of the leather
which was made to protrude by the action of the awls and peg points. The
lever is unlocked after or during this operation,. to allow the head to rise,
so that the stock may be fed.
The plate 18 has secured to it, by suitable screws h, see Fig. 16, an abut-
ment h, the inner face. of which occupies such a position as to receive against
it á surface h², see Fig. 1, of the awl bar.
This surface meets said abutment just as the points of the awls approach the
face of the outer sole, and thereafter, during the remainder of the stroke 'of
the-awls as they enter and retire from the sole, the surface 2 contacts with
said abutment h¹, the abutment preventing any side strain on the awls.
The awl bar. has connected with it a roller or other stud
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which travels in
a diagonal slot in a guide plate 4. Consequently the awl bar and awls, when
descending; travel in a diagonal path, and hence it is important to check in-
stantly any momentum or tendency of the awl bar to travel diagonally, just
as the points of the awls meet the face of the outer sole.
The open face of the grooves f¹ and f, see Fig. 12, are covered by a plate h
attached to the projection by suitable screws best seen in Fig. 15,
'said plate keeping the lever f" in its working position.
Fig. 1 shows the parts of the machine in the position they will occupy. when
the machine is stopped.
In said figure the feeding lever is shown forward and lifted, the plunger in
the hole in the horn is supposed to be elevated, as represented in Fig. 6, the
right hand end of lever 18 is supposed to be in its elevated position, the feed
gripper f16 is closed on the peg ribbons, and the clamp ex is supposed to be
relaxed.
Now, the operator, to start the machine puts his foot on the starting treadle
moving the lever co, which enables the usual clutch mechanism; part of which
is loose on the main shaft, to beconie engaged through the spring 119, see

page_text: Fig. 22, and start the main shaft c¹. The lever c8 carrying the footplate descends
onto the stock resting on the horn, and the descent of the foot-plate is arrested
sooner or later by variations in thickness of the stock resting on the horn.
When the foot-plate has come to rest upon the stock, the end of the lever 618
carrying the feeding gripper, which latter is in engagement with the peg rib-
bons, continues to descend to feed the free ends of the said, peg ribbons, into
the passages e, e, of the combined peg cutter and carrier ei. At such time
the clamp is loose, so as not to interfere at all with the downward movement
of the peg ribbons into the passages of the peg cutter and, carrier.
The lever 18, in its downward stroke, which is always for a defined distance,
feeds the peg ribbons for a greater or less distance into the passages 62, 23.
The distance varies according to whether the foot-plate rests on parts of the
sole of greater or less thickness.
As soon as the lever 18 completes its down stroke, the clamp * acts to
grasp the peg ribbon just fed into the combined peg cutter and carrier, at a
point just above the said cutter and carrier, and the feeding gripper f¹6 is
loosened.
As the footplate meets the sole, the awl bar descends, and the awls pierce the
sole. The plunger in the horn descends in advance of the awls, as stated, and,
when the awls have operated, the lever is locked and the awls are elevated
from the stock.
In this. condition the slide bar 24 is moved, to turn the cutter and carrier
aside, causing it to cut off the peg ribbons between the upper surface of the
carrier and the lower ends of the pieces 120, 21. Thereafter said cutter and
carrier is moved aside far enough to put the passages containing the pegs
directly over the passages in the bushing of the foot-plate.
Subsequently the drivers descend, meet said pegs, and drive them into the
sole, the foot-plate being kept locked down during such operation, to clamp
the stock firmly.
The plunger in the horn rises about as the drivers start to ascend from the
passages in said bushing, clinches or brooms the ends of the pegs, and pushes
back the protruding parts of the inner sole.
This done, the foot-plate rises, and the cutter and carrier is swung back into
position, to again receive the ends of the peg ribbons. In the meantime the
clamp holds on to the peg ribbon, during the rise of the right hand end of
the lever 618, which carries the feeding gripper yet disengaged from the peg
ribbons, so that said gripper rides up over said ribbons, to get into its normal
or starting position, and thereafter the shoe is fed.
The foot plate rises always to the same position, a position sufficient, to always
remove the under side of the foot-plate from contact with the stock, in order
that the shoe may be fed over the horn.
One awl and driver may be used, if desired, with a single peg ribbon.
Instead of using one single feeding gripper, or one clamp to engage a plurality
of ribbons, I may use two separate gripper devices or two separate clamping
devices, actuating them simultaneously.
This operation of driving pegs may be continued as long as desired, but when-
ever the operator removes his foot from the treadle, the lifting device c, during
that operation of the machine, is put automatically into position, to engage the
projection of the feeding lever or device. Consequently, as the footplate is
next lifted, the feeding lever will be lifted by it and held above the end of the
horn in such position, see Fig. 1, as to enable the work to be removed from
the horn or new work to be put on the horn.
As the foot-plate is now in its elevated position, the machine is automatically
stopped by unclutching the friction pulleys and applying the brake.
The well-known machine previously referred to shows a lever substantially
like the lever herein designated as the main lever, but that lever has imparted
to it a variable throw to provide for varying lengths of clinching of a nail. The

page_text: variations in length of stroke are controlled by an eccentric lever actuated by
the foot lift bar.
Herein the lever carrying the foot-plate does not in its movements affect
the throw of the main lever.
Herein also, for the first time, the lever has combined with it locking means,
to keep it down on and. compress the stock on the horn, and also round the
sole, while the drivers act to drive pegs therein, and preferably while the awls
rise from the. stock.
The drivers and the awls d¹³ are each held in their respective bars in usual
manner.
The feeding gripper f16 and the shank thereof are .constructed each as described
of the clamping gripper ex, to permit them to adapt themselves to the surfaces
of the peg ribbons. Said gripper may in practice have a central hole, see
Fig. 17, in which may enter loosely a pin or projection 149, extended from
the part or f16x, said pin preventing the accidental escape of the grippers.
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. In a pegging machine employing an awl and awl bar, a driver bar and
driver, a horn having a hole at its top, a plunger, and means to operate said
plunger to retract it and open the hole in the horn in advance of the descent
of the awl and to elevate said plunger during the driving of a peg, said plunger
brooming or clinching the point of the peg, substantially as described.
2. In a pegging machine the following instrumentalities, viz-a plurality
of awls, actuating means therefor, a stock supporting horn having a hole in its
top, said hole being enlarged to receive simultaneously said plurality of awls,
a plunger in the hole of the horn, means to retract said plunger in said hole
as the awls penetrate the stock, and means to elevate said plunger in said hole
after the awls rise from the stock, said plunger meeting the portion of the under-
side of the stock which was made to protrude and enter the hole in the horn by
the descent of the awls pushing back and smoothing such portions of the stock,
substantially as described.
3. In a pegging machine the following instrumentalities, viz:-a plurality of
drivers, actuating means therefor, a stock supporting horn having a hole in its
top large enough to receive the points of a plurality of pegs, a plunger in said
horn, and means to actuate it to meet the ends of the driven pegs, broom or
clinch the same and push back portions of the stock made to protrude into
the hole in the horn with the points of the pegs as the latter penetrates the
stock at the top of the horn substantially as described.
4. A stock supporting horn having a hole at its top, a plunger fitted to be
slid in a vertical passage in said horn, and means to move said plunger to retract
it while an awl acts to penetrate the stock, and to then lift the plunger to meet
and broom or clinch a peg driven through the stock, substantially as described,
5. A revolving stock support having a hole at its top, a plunger in said hole,
a slide rod in engagement with said plunger, a second slide rod to actuate the
slide rod co-operating with the plunger, and means to actuate said second slide
rod, substantially as described.
6. A revolving horn or stock support having a hole at its top, a plunger fitted
in said hole, a lever carried by said horn, connections between it and said plun-
ger, a collar or device in operative engagement with said lever in the different
positions of the horn, and means to actuate said collar or device to actuate said
lever and move said plunger to open and close the hole in the horn, for the
purpose set forth,
7. In a pegging machine; a revolving stock support, a plunger therein, a
lever carried by and movable with said horn, connections between, said lever and
plunger to operate the same, a cam, a.lever actuated thereby, and connections

page_text: between said lever and the lever carried by said horn to actuate the plunger,
substantially as described.
8. In a pegging machine, a stud,' a revoluble work supporting horn mounted
on said stud, a plunger in said horn, a lever, and connections between it and
said plunger, a collar or, device surrounding said stud loosely and in operative
engagement with said lever' in the various positions occupied by said horn, and
a lever to move said collar or device.
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9. In a pegging machine, a horn having a hole for a plunger, a plunger
therein, a vertically movable slide rod in said horn, and a connection between
said rod and plunger to actuate the latter.
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10. In a pegging machine, a horn having at its upper end a hole, a tip lay-
ing a hollow sleeve entering said hole, a plunger having its shank guided in
the hole of said tip, and means to move said plunger vertically.
11. In a pegging machine, a horn having a vertically movable plunger pro-
vided with a transverse groove below its upper end, a slide rod having one end
adapted to enter said groove, and a vertically movable slide rod, operatively
joined with the opposite. end of the rod in engagement with said plunger, sub-
stantially as described.
12. In a machine of the class described, a stock support and a feeding device
provided with a lip to ride on the outer face of the stock.
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13. In a machine of the class described a stock support, and a feeding device
having a contact surface to engage the stock, and a lip, said lip riding on the
exposed face of the stock thereby ensuring the action of the toothed block
upon the sole at a uniform distance from its outer face.
14. In a machine of the class described, a stock, support, and a feeding device
having a lip presenting a convexed under side to ride on the outer face of the
sole sustained on said support, said lip being shaped to ride up and over the end
of a tap sole.
15. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a feeding device,
and means to lift said feeding device away from the stock support when the
machine is stopped to thereby provide for the ready removal and application of
the stock from the horn.
16. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a feeding device
having at its front end a lip to bear on the stock during the operation of the
machine, and means to lift said feeding device away from the stock support,
removing the said lip from the stock when the machine is stopped to thereby
provide for the ready removal and application of the stock from the horn.
17. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a feeding device
having a lip to ride on the stock during the operation of the machine and a
contact surface to engage the edge of the sole, and means to move said feeding
device to and fro and laterally to engage the stock, feed it and retire from the
stock into its starting position..
18. In a pegging machine, a feeding device shown as a lever having a contact
surface to engage the stock and having a lip projecting beyond said contact sur-
face to bear upon the upper surface of the stock.
. 19. In a pegging machine, a feeding device shown as a lever having a contact
surface to engage the stock, and a lip to overlap and bear upon the face of the
stock and means to move said feed lever forward to engage the stock.
20. In a pegging machine, a feeding device shown as a lever having a contact
surface to engage the, stock, and at its forward end a lip to overlap and bear
upon the face of the stock, a cam leg to move said feed lever forward and cause
the contact surface to engage the stock.
21. In a pegging machine, a feeding device shown as a lever having a contact
surface to engage the stock, and at its forward end a lip to overlap and bear
upon the face of the stock, a pivoted lever in which said feeding lever is free
to slide, a cam leg to move said feeding lever in said pivoted lever to cause the
contact surface to engage the stock, and means to move the said pivoted lever

page_text: about its pivot to thereby cause the feed lever in engagement with the stock
to: feed the stock over the horn, substantially as described.
22. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a feeding device
having a lip to bear on the stock during the operation of the machine, a lifting
device under the control of the operator and normally occupying its inoperative
position when the machine is in operation, said device when the machine is to
be stopped being put automatically into its operative position to engage and
lift said feeding device away from the upper end of the stock support.
23. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a feeding device to
engage and feed the stock, a foot plate, to bear on the stock, means carrying
said foot-plate, means to lift said foot plate during the regular operations of
the machine, a lifting device moving in unison with said foot-plate, means
under the control of the operator to normally keep said lifting device in its
inoperative position, and means to put said lifting device automatically in its
operative position to engage and lift the feeding device with the foot plate when
the operator desires that the machine shall stop.
24. In a machine of the class described, a vertically movable foot plate; a
feeding device, a lifting device occupying its inoperative position during the
operations of the machine, a starting and stopping treadle, and means, inter-
mediate it and said lifting device to put the lifting device in its operative posi
tion to engage and lift the feeding device in unison with the foot plate as the
latter is being put into its elevated position of rest with the machine stopped.
25. In a machine of the class described, a lever to control the time of start-
ing and stopping the machine, a treadle under the control of the operator, con-
nections between said- treadle- and said lever, a feeding device having a lip to
ride on the outer face of the stock during the operations of the machine, a
lifting, device, a connection between said:lifting device and said lever to keep.
said lifting device in its inoperative position during the operations of the
machine, means to raise and lower said lifting device, the removal of the foot
of the operator from said treadle to stop the machine putting said lifting device
into its operative position to lift the feeding device from the stock as the
machine comes to rest.
26. In a pegging, machine, a feeding device shown as a lever having a con-
tact surface to engage the stock and having a lip projecting beyond said contact
surface to bear on the upper surface of the stock, and means under the control
of the operator to lift said feeding device away from the work to allow the work
to be removed from or applied to the horn.
27. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a vertically movable
foot plate; and a device carrying it; and a locking device, and suitable actuating
means operating intermittingly to lock the foot plate in position on the stock
to clamp the same on the stock support.
28. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a foot plate, means
to move it toward and from the stock support to hold and to release the stock
thereon; and an intermittingly operated device to temporarily lock the foot
plate in its position to clamp the stock between itself and said stock support.
29. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a foot plate to bear
on the stock, a lever or device carrying the said foot plate, means to lift the foot
plate from the stock, a device to cause said foot-plate to descend and adapt itself
to varying thicknesses of stock, a locking device and actuating means therefor
to lock said-foot-plate temporarily in its position to clamp the stock between
the foot plate and stock support.
30. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a lever carrying a
foot plate, a driver bar having a driver, a driver bar actuating shaft rotatable
in a hole in said lever, and a locking device to hold, said "lever and its foot
plate in position to clamp the stock between itself and said stock support while
the driver is operated to drive a peg into the clamped-stock.
31. In-a machine of the class described; -a stock-support having a movable

page_text: peg clinching plunger, a lever carrying a a foot plate, a driver bar having a
driver, a driver bar actuating shaft rotatable in a hole in said lever, and a lock-
ing device to hold said lever and the foot plate in position to clamp the stock
between itself and said stock support while the driver is operated to drive a
peg into the clamped stock, and means to move said plunger to clinch the end
of a driven peg.
32. In a machine of the class described, a stock support having a movable peg
clinching plunger, a lever carrying a foot-plate, an awl bar having an, awl, a
driver bar having a driver, a driver bar actuating shaft rotatable in a hole in
said lever, and a locking device to hold said lever and the foot-plate in position
to clamp the stock between itself and said stock support while the awl bar is
lifted to withdraw the awl and the driver is operated to drive a peg into the
clamped stock, and means to move said plunger to clinch the end of a driven
peg.
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33. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a lever carrying
foot plate, means to lift said foot plate from the stock, means to cause said foot
plate to descend for a variable distance to meet the upper side of the stock,
whatever its thickness, a sliding clamp co-operating with a slotted part of the
foot plate carrying lever, and means to move said clamp to temporarily clamp
the said lever in its down position.
34. In a machine of the class described, a rotatable driver bar operating shaft,
a lever hung on said shaft and provided with a foot-plate, a main lever, means
to actuate the same uniformly at each stroke to lift the foot-plate, its carrying
lever and the driver shaft to enable the foot-plate to release the stock, and a
spring to cause said lever and foot-plate to descend and meet the stock of vary-
ing thickness.
35. In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a lever carrying a
foot-plate, means to lift said foot-plate from the stock, means to cause said foot-
plate to descend for a variable distance to meet the upper side of the stock what-
ever its thickness, and means to clasp the lever and hold the foot-plate tempor-
arily in contact with the stock during part of one operation of the machine, a
sliding clamp cooperating with a slotted part of the foot-plate carrying lever,
and means to move said clamp to temporarily clamp the said lever to its down
position.
36. In a machine of the class described, a stock support having a vertically
moveable peg clinching plunger, a lever carrying a foot-plate, means to lift
said foot-plate from the stock in order that it may be fed over the stock support,
means to cause said foot-plate to descend on the stock varying in thickness, a
locking device, a lever, means to actuate it, a rod connected with said lever,
and connections between said rod and the plunger in the horn to move the latter,
and devices also actuated by said rod to operate said locking device.
37. In a machine of the class described, a lever carrying a foot-plate, a feed-
ing device, a lifting device pivotted on the foot-plate carrying lever, means to
lift said foot-plate, and a starting and stopping treadle, the release of said treadle
by the operator putting the said lifting device in position to engage and lift
the feeding device with it.
38. In a machine of the class described, a foot plate convexed at its lower
side in the direction of movement of the shoe sole under it.
39. In a pegging machine, a foot-plate convexed on its lower side in the
direction of the feeding movement of the sole, and concaved.in the direction of its
length, whereby said foot-plate acts to round or level the sole, substantially as
described.
40. In a pegging machine, a foot-plate having a recess at its under side and
convexed externally at its end beyond said recess, and a feed lever having at
its front end an extended lip to bear on the sole, said lip entering at times said
recess, substantially as described.
41. In a pegging machine, a main lever, a peg ribbon gripper adapted to

page_text: grip and feed a plurality of ribbons, a compensating. lever carried by said
main lever, and a device to govern the position of said compensating lever and
the ribbon gripper relatively to said main lever, in order that the peg ribbons
may be fed for the same uniform distances...
42. In a machine of the class described, a lever, a combined peg carrier and
cutter, a peg ribbon feeding gripper carried by it, and means to operate said
lever always for the same distance..
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43. In a machine of the class described, a feeding device, a lever. * to cause
the movement of said feeding device laterally, a peg ribbon feeding gripper,
and a peg ribbon holding gripper, a lever c, devices carried by it to actuate
said grippers alternately, and a connection between said levers and e?, and
said lever being actuated positively whereby it through said connection
Factuates the lever. e...
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44: In a machine of the class described, a stock support, a foot-plate and its
carrying lever, means to lift said lever to a uniform starting point and cause it
to descend for a variable distance depending on the thickness of the stock, a
combined peg cutter and carrier moving up and down in unison with said, foot-
plate,, a plurality of peg ribbons having an area in cross section to correspond
with the diameter of the peg desired, means to equally and uniformly. feed
said peg ribbons simultaneously each for a greater or less distance into the
holes of the peg cutter and carrier, means to operate said cutter and carrier to
put..the pegs therein in driving position, a plurality of drivers to drive said
pegs, and means to lock said plate in position to. clamp and hold the stock while
the pegs are being driven.
45. In a machine of the class described, a gripper semispherical at its back
that it may tip to adapt the cover to an inequality of thickness of the peg ribbon.
46. In a machine of the class described, a rocking gripper, means to sustain.
it in position, and means to move said gripper toward and to grasp a peg ribbon.
47. In a machine of the class. described, a gripper having a curved back,
combined with a shank having a seat to receive said back.
48. In a machine of the class described, a gripper toothed at its face and
presenting a curved back, and means to sustain said gripper that it may tip
to adapt itself to the peg ribbon, and means to actuate said gripper.
49. În a machine of the class described, peg ribbon grippers presenting a
curved back and a seat therefor, combined with a pin entering loosely a hole in
said gripper.
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50. In a machine of the class described, a peg carrier and cutter, and a plate,
combined with two blocks sustained therein above said peg carrier or cutter,
said blocks being fixed in said plate and presenting two grooves for the recep-
tion of a plurality of peg ribbons, one of said blocks acting as a closer for said
grooves.
51. In a pegging machine, a foot-plate, locked, or prevented from movement
or fixed at its underside in the direction of movement of the stock under it, to
clamp, or prevent slipping of the stock under the foot plate as the latter comes
onto a tap sole.
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52. In a pegging machine, a work support, a foot-plate provided at its under
side with a recess, combined with a feeding device having a lip moveable in
said recess as the feeding device is operated and the foot plate bears on the
stock.
53. In a machine of the class described, a suitable support for the shoe to be
pegged, a foot-plate concaved at its under side to bear on the outer face of
the sole, and round the same, and means to insert fastenings in succession into
the rounded sole.
54. In a machine of the class described, intermittingly operating means for
compressing and rounding or levelling the sole step by step, and means for
inserting fastenings successively in said sole as it is being rounded or levelled.
55. In a machine of the class described, a lever, means to move it, a feeding

page_text: gripper, and a block or guide having grooves to receive a plurality of peg rib-
bons carried by said lever, and means to oscillate said block as the gripper car-
rier by said lever acts to feed a plurality of peg ribbons, whereby the peg ribbons
may be fed each for the same distance.
56. In a machine of the class described, a lever, a compensating lever moved
thereby and grooved for the reception of a plurality of peg ribbons, a lever
having a foot plate, a peg ribbon feeding gripper, a peg ribbon holding gripper,
two, rods for moving said grippers alternately, a lever to which said rods are
attached, said lever being pivotted on the lever carrying the foot plate, and
means to lock and hold said lever in position to clamp the stock while a peg is
being driven into the same.
57: The main lever, a compensating lever grooved to receive and direct a
plurality of peg ribbons, and a peg gripper, combined with means to turn said
compensating lever on said main lever as the latter is actuated to cause the peg
ribbon to be fed into the machine uniformly.
58. In a machine of the class described, automatic stock callipering means
composed of a horn and a foot plate, said horn having an opening for the recep-.
tion of the point of an awl combined with means to close the said opening after
"the awl rises from the opening in the horn.
59. In a machine of the class described, automatic stock callipering means
composed of a foot plate and a horn having an opening for the reception of the
'point of an awl, an awl bar and awl, and a driver bar, combined with a plunger,
and means to move said plunger to admit the awl into the opening of the horn
to then again. move said plunger and fill said opening and close the exposed
end of a peg.
1000
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.