An Improved Treeing Machine.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
An Improved Treeing Machine.
We, BENJAMIN LADDS, of Wellingborough Road, Rushden, in the County of
Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, and GEORGE HENRY GARDNER, of
the same place, Foreman to the said Benjamin Ladds, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved machine for treeing boots and shoes.
Our improved treeing machine is constructed of a leg portion formed in two
parts connected together hingewise at the top and provided with a screw arrange-
ment whereby the two parts can be opened out or brought together as required.
The lower end of the front part of the leg portion is provided with a suitable device
to allow of detachably connecting thereto a foot-piece or last.
Our improved treeing machine which we propose to call a treeing jack can be
adapted to be fixed to a bench, or to a separate stand.
Dated this 31st day of January 1896
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
An Improved Treeing Machine.
We, BENJAMIN LADDS, of Wellingborough Road, Rushden, in the County of
Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, and GEORGE HENRY GARDNER, of
the same place, Foreman to the said Benjamin Ladds, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved machine for treeing boots and shoes.
Our improved treeing machine is constructed of a leg portion formed in two parts
connected together hingewise at the top and provided with a screw arrangement
whereby the two parts can be opened out or brought together as required. The
lower end of the front part of the leg portion is provided with a suitable device to
allow of detachably connecting thereto a foot-piece or last.
Our improved treeing machine, which we propose to call a treeing jack, can be
adapted to be fixed to a bench or to a separate stand.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a treeing machine constructed according to
our invention:
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 ; and,
Figure 3 is a view shewing the method of attaching the foot-piece or last to the
leg portion of the machine.

page_text: a and b are the two parts of the leg portion of our treeing machine the part b
being hinged to the part a at its upper end as shewn at c Figure 1. d is a bolt
which passes through the part b and is prevented from leaving it by the
shoulders d', d' on the bolt. The part of the bolt d in front of the inner of the
shoulders d' is screw-threaded and passes through the part a which is internally
screw-threaded to receive it.
e is a crank or handle secured to the outer end of the screwed bolt d and designed
to rotate the same in order to move the parts a and b of the machine on the hinge o
so as to bring them together or to open them out as shewn respectively in full and
in dotted lines in Figure 1. f, f, Figures 1 and 2, are plates, preferably of sheet
metai, secured laterally to the part b and clasping the part a so as to act as a guide
to the former.
This arrangement of treeing jack allows of the foot-piece g, being made from an
ordinary wood last, by sawing it to the shape shewn in Figure 3, which is
of considerable importance in the matter of economy.
The foot-piece or last g is fitted to the portion a of the machine by means of a
downwardly prejecting pin or dowel h on the said part a which enters into a hole gl
in the said foot-piece g. We also advantageously form a horizontal hole g through
the foot-piece g through which a pin is passed into a corresponding hole h¹ in the
lower portion of the part a of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A treeing machine comprising a foot-piece (advantageously inade from an
ordinary wooden last), a leg portion formed in two parts hinged together at their
upper ends, and means for attaching the foot-piece to the leg portion and for
moving the said parts of the leg portion on their hinge towards or away from one
another, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved treeing jack for boots and shoes
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of October 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.