IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LASTING BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon and
Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, and 1, Rue Laffitte, Paris, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR LASTING BOOTS AND SHOES." A communication from abroad
by Henry G. Thompson, of Milford, County of New Haven, Connecticut,
United States of America.
Sealed the 6th October 1877, and dated the 31st July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at
the Office of the Commisioners of Patents on the 31st July 1877.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LASTING BOOTS AND SHOES." [A com-
munication from abroad by Henry G. Thompson, of Milford, County of New Haven,
Connecticut, United States of America.]
This Invention of improvements in machinery for lasting boots and shoes relates
to mechanism for lasting shoes or boots so that the soles may be subsequently
applied and secured by pegs, nails, or stitches in any of the usual ways.
The Invention consists in the combination with jaws to crimp the heel and toe of
a shoe or boot of a toggle-jointed lever to operate the jaws.
Also in the combination with the toggle joint and the crimping or pulling jaws
that draw the upper about the sole and last of a lever and link to operate the toggle
joint.
Also in the combination with crimping jaws and a slotted and pivotted supporting.
plate to carry them of a spring to regulate the pressure of the acting faces of the
jaws upon the upper.
Also in the employment of crimping or pulling jaws having openings in their
acting faces back from their edges to permit the passage of a tack or nail adapted to
be driven by a driver.
Also in a lasting mechanism supported upon a moveable rod or jack adapted to
he presented to a tacking mechanism whereby a shoe may be lasted and tacked in a
single machine

page_text: Also in a jack rod and a gimbal or universal joint to support it between its ends
in combination with an adjustable weight applied directly to the lower end of the
jack rod to counterbalance the weight of the devices carried by the upper end of the
jack rod.
Also in a jack rod gimbal joint to support it, a lasting head and counterbalancing
weight in combination with an adjusting device to raise or lower the jack rod with
reference to the gimbal joint, to adapt the height of the rod to the devices applied
to its upper end to permit the shoe to be placed in proper position with reference to
tack or nail-driving devices to hold a lasted upper.
Also in a lasting machine a pair of crimping jaws to draw over and plait in the
uppers of boots and shoes, and mechanism to operate them in combination with an
adjustable counterbalance or weight attached to the lower end of the jack rod to
counterbalance the weight of the lasting head and its devices at the upper end of
the jack rod.
For some classes of shoes it is desirable to mount the last-holding jack upon a
jack rod having a strong spring or equivalent to hold the jack and its shoe pressed
upward against the driving devices, and with such a jack rod instead of the sliding
jaws and toggle levers a pleating fork may be employed. When such a jack rod
and pleating fork are employed this Invention also consists in the combination with
an upwardly pressed jack of a pleating fork or presser foot adapted to operate
together.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot curved upward at its front end, and
provided with an opening through which a tack or nail may be driven by a driving
rod.
Also in a pleating fork curved upward at its forward end, and roughened upon its
under surface to engage the upper upon the last in combination with an upwardly
pressed jack.
Also in a pivoted pleating fork or presser foot, in combination with a bracket
and a spring, to permit the foot to adapt itself to the inequalties of the last.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot in combination with an upper holding dog
provided with pins or equivalents to enter and engage the upper and hold it while
being drawn over the last preparatory to driving a tack.
Also in a fork or presser foot and upper holding dog and pins or equivalents in
combination with means to adjust the dog to permit the pins to penetrate the upper
more or less, to adapt the dog to the various fabrics from which shoes are made.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot in combination with a horizontally mov-
able edge rest.
Also in a fork or foot and edge rest, in combination with the slide bar and the
pin-and-ball joint, to sustain and adjust the edge rest to adapt the pleating fork or.
presser foot to pull or lap the upper more or less over the inner sole.
Also in a pleating fork or presser in combination with a horizontally moving and
swivelling edge rest.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot and the upper holding dog provided with
pins or equivalents in combination with the slide bar to operate the dog.
Also in a fork or presser foot, holding dog, and pins or equivalents, and adjusting
device in combination with a slide bar and edge rest.
Also in an upwardly pressed jack and pleating fork or presser foot in combi-
nation with a sliding edge rest and an upper holding dog provided with pins or
equivalents.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
January 1878.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LASTING BOOTS AND SHOES."
A com-
munication from abroad by Henry G. Thompson, of Milford, County of New Haven,
Connecticut, United States of America.
This Invention of improvements in machinery for lasting boots and shoes relates
to mechanism for lasting shoes or boots so that the soles may be subsequently
applied and secured by pegs, nails, or stitches in any of the usual ways.
The Invention consists in the combination with jaws to crimp the heel and toe of
a shoe or boot of a toggle-jointed lever to operate the jaws.
Also in the combination with the toggle joint and the crimping or pulling jaws
that draw the upper about the sole and last of a lever and link to operate the toggle
joint.
Also in the combination with crimping jaws and a slotted and pivotted supporting
plate to carry them of a spring to regulate the pressure of the acting faces of the
jaws upon the upper.
Also in the employment of crimping or pulling jaws having openings in their
acting faces back from their edges to operate substantially as described and set
forth, to permit the passage of a tack or nail adapted to be driven by a driver.
Also in a lasting mechanism supported upon a moveable rod or jack adapted to be
presented to a tacking mechanism whereby a shoe may be lasted and tacked in a
single machine.
Also in a jack rod and a gimbal or universal joint to support it between its ends
in combination with an adjustable weight applied directly to the lower end of the
jack rod to counterbalance the weight of the devices carried by the upper end of the
jack rod, substantially as described.
Also in a jack rod gimbal joint to support it a lasting head and counterbalancing
weight in combination with an adjusting device to raise or lower the jack rod with
reference to the gimbal joint, to adapt the height of the rod to the devices applied
to its upper end to permit the shoe to be placed in proper position with reference to
tack or nail-driving devices to hold a lasted upper.
Also in a lasting machine a pair of crimping jaws to draw over and plait in the
uppers of boots and shoes, and mechanism to operate them in combination with an
adjustable counterbalance or weight attached to the lower end of the jack rod to
counterbalance the weight of the lasting head and its devices at the upper end of
the jack rod, as herein described.
For some classes of shoes it is desirable to mount the last-holding jack upon a
jack rod having a strong spring or equivalent to hold the jack and its shoe
pressed upward against the driving devices, and with such a jack rod instead
of the sliding jaws and toggle levers a pleating fork may be employed. When
such a jack rod and pleating fork are employed this Invention also consists in
the combination with an upwardly pressed jack of a pleating fork or presser
foot adapted to operate together, substantially as described.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot, curved upward at its front end, and pro-
vided with an opening through which a tack or nail may be driven by a driving
rod, substantially as described.
Also in a pleating fork curved upward at it forward end, and roughened upon its
under surface to engage the upper upon the last in combination with an upwardly
pressed jack, substantially as described.
Also in a pivotted pleating fork or presser foot, substantially as described, in
combination with the bracket n and a spring to permit the foot to adapt itself to
the inequalities of the last.

page_text: Also in a pleating fork or presser foot in combination with an upper holding dog
provided with pins or equivalents, to enter and engage the upper and hold it while
being drawn over the last, as described, preparatory to driving a tack, substantially
as set forth.
Also in a fork or presser foot and upper holding dog and pins or equivalents in
combination with means to adjust the dog to permit the pins to penetrate the
upper more or less, to adapt the dog to the various fabrics from which shoes are
made.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot in combination with the horizontally
moveable edge rest, substantially as described.
Also in a fork or foot and edge rest in combination with the slide bar and the
pin-and-ball joint to sustain and adjust the edge rest, to adapt the pleating fork or
presser foot to pull or lap the upper more or less over the inner sole.
Also in a pleating fork or presser in combination with the horizontally moving
and swivelling edge rest, substantially as described.
Also in a pleating fork or presser foot and the upper holding dog provided with
pins or equivalents in combination with the slide bar to operate the dog, sub-
stantially as described.
Also in a fork or presser foot holding dog and pins or equivalent and adjusting
device in combination with the slide bar and edge rest, substantially as described.
Also in an upwardly pressed jack and pleating fork or presser foot in combination
with a sliding edge rest and an upper holding dog provided with pins or equivalents
to operate substantially as described.
In the Drawings forming part of this Specification,-
Figure 1 represents the upper portion of a machine known as the " magnetic
tacker," it showing devices to automatically drive tacks into the uppers and inner
soles after the uppers are fitted or crowded over the soles. In such Figure the
standard or support of the machine is broken away.
Figure 2 represents in side elevation the upper portion of the jack, and the head
carrying the lasting jaws.
Figure 3 represents the lower portion of such jack, showing its gimbal joint and
jack counterbalancing weight.
Figure 4, a top view on a small scale of the head and lasting devices in Figure 2.
Figure 5, a front view of the tack or nail-driving device, viewing the machine
from the left of Figure 1; Figure 6, that portion of Figure 5 broken from its top,
Figures 5 and 6 together completing the front view.
Figure 7, a front view on a small scale of a "magnetic nailing" machine having
a jack rod with a spring to bear the jack upward. In this Figure the tack-pre-
senting mechanism is omitted, but a driver is shown.
Figure 8, a side elevation of the pleating fork to be used with such machine, if
desired, instead of the head shown in Figures 2 and 4; Figures 9 and 10 are top
and under side views of Figure 8.
Figure 11, a bottom view of the jaws o.
Figure 12, side and edge views of the driving pulley and clutch broken away
from Figure 1.
And, Figure 13, an end view of the jaws o.
The main standard herein marked a of the tack-driving mechanism, the hammer
or driver b, the feeding cylinder c, and tack-presenting mechanism, are all substan-
tially as described in English Patent No. 2489, July 16, 1874, the driver being
magnetized. The foundation casting e, upon which are secured the different
portions of the lasting devices is attached at the upper end of the rod d.
When lasting boots and shoes it is necessary to change the head carrying the
devices to crowd over the upper (such devices being mounted at the upper end of
the jack) when different classes of shoes are being lasted, as, for instance, children's,
misse's, ladies, and men's work.
It is a great desideratum to so construct the machine that the operator may be
able by a like expenditure of power to move the jack and present it to the tack

page_text: or nail-driving mechanism, whether the head he heavy or light, as for a large or
small shoe.
To accomplish this the jack is pivotted upon a gimbal or universal joint, and
the jack rod is counterbalanced by means of an adjustable weight connected
therewith.
The jack rod is also provided with an adjusting device to raise or lower such rod,
to adapt it to the depth of the head, being employed so that the bottom of the
shoe may be brought on the proper level to operate in connection with the tack-
driving mechanism.
The casting e has a socket ex, by which the head is swivelled upon the rod d,
so that it may be rotated thereon freely, or be readily removed or applied to
such rod.
The jack rod is screw-threaded at 4 to receive a handled nut g*, which rests
loosely upon the upper member h* of the gimbal joint, such member being
provided with journals ix, that rest in bearings on the upper side of the second
inember of the gimbal joint, it in turn having bearings * adapted to rest upon
the support 1*.
The jack rod passes loosely through holes in the centres of these members hx, jx,
and they are each so supported as to move or rock on centres at right angles each
to the other.
The counterbalancing weight m* is applied to the lower portion of the jack rod,
and is made adjustable up or down thereon to counterbalance the weight of the
head, which varies according to the size or class of shoe being lasted. By such
weight it is possible to so counterbalance the parts that the jack with heads of
different weights may be moved with like exertion on the part of the operator.
At one end of this casting e is attached by a screw 1 a bracket 9, arranged at its
top to receive and guide a standard h, to which is adjustably secured a toe rest i.
The standard g is made horizontally adjustable.
At one end this standard g has a bracket, on which is pivotted at 4 a supporting
plate j, that supports and guides the pair of crimping jaws for the toe of the
shoe.
This supporting plate is provided with a lug k, or equivalent, which is engaged
by a spring attached to, in this instance, a pivotted block m, provided with a
screw n, or equivalent device for adjusting the block m to increase or lessen the
action of the spring upon the supporting plate, and consequently the pressure of
the pullers or working portions of the jaws, composed of two members 5, 6,
pivotted together by a pivot 7, extended through a longitudinal slot in the plate j',
a nut 8 preventing the jaws from rising as the pivot 7 reciprocates in such slot,
when the jaws are moved backward and forward, and opened and closed by the
action of the toggle lever composed of the members 9, 10, pivotted upon pins 11, 12,
of the members 6, 5, of the jaw.
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The central portion of the toggle lever is connected by a link with one end of
lever s pivotted at 13. The pins 11, 12, extend through diagonal slots 14, 15, in
the supporting plate; the slots acting as guides for the pivots 11, 12, to ensure
the movement of the jaws in a right line as they are reciprocated, and closed
and opened.
The jaws so far described are for fitting the upper about the toe of the last.
At the opposite end of this casting e is attached a horizontally adjustable bracket
g', and to g is attached a rest ', to which is pivotted a second supporting plate j',
adapted to sustain the crimping or pulley jaws p', composed of members 5', 6',
operated by toggle lever 91, 10¹, and lever s¹, constructed and operated as the
corresponding parts of the toe-fitting devices. The parts last referred to and repre-
sented at the right of Figure 2 are adapted to fit or pull the quarter of the shoe
about the heel of the last.
Lifting levers y, pivotted on the portions h, h, and provided with toes 20, act
upon the lugs k or k to elevate the supporting plate or j', and jaws p or pl, to
introduce or remove the shoe and last. When the levers y are not pressed toward

page_text: the rod d, the springs and act to press the acting portions o, o', of the jaws p, p',
down firmly upon or in a path to engage the upper, and fit or pull its edges over
the last.
The upper to be lasted is properly placed upon a last supported upon a pivotted
last pin t, provided with a handle, and a spring u, to hold the toe of the last pressed
forward toward the toe rest i. The handle upon the pivotted last pin aids the
operator in placing the heel and toe in correct position with relation to the move-
ment of the jaws, and in removing and replacing the last.
When the last is put in place with an upper and an insole thereon (the jaws p, p
having been drawn back away from the last, and the acting portions o, o', thereof
bing opened) the operator seizes the hand levers s and s', and moves them in the
direction of the arrows, such movement straightening the toggle levers, at the same
time moving the jaws longitudinally and closing them.
As the concaved edges of these jaws meet the upper at the edges of the last and
fold the bottom edges thereof closely about the last, working from the outside of
toward the central line of the last in all directions, it is obvious that the edges
of the upper will be fitted and crimped to conform to the curvature of the last.
When using a magnetized hammer or driver, it is very essential that the portions
of the upper through which the nails or tacks are driven be smooth on the inner
sole, for if there are bunches or ridges in the upper the points of the tacks will
g'ance, causing the tack to tip, so that its head will become disengaged from the
magnetic driver.
To overcome this difficulty the working edges of the working members o, o', of
the jaws (these members being made of spring metal and elastic) are provided with
a series of holes 21 made therein, back from their concaved working edges. The
portions of the concaved edges immediately opposite the holes (preferably elongated
holes) operate upon the edges of the upper and prevent the formation of bunches in
the edges of the upper, or prevent it buckling up and presenting a convex surface
at the point at which the tack is to be driven.
This construction of the working edges of the working members of the jaws
enables the edges of the upper to be held down firmly against the insole at the
points where the tacks are to be driven.
In using a magnetic hammer for driving tacks, it will be remembered that the
face of the magnet does not possess any considerable power to hold the tack against
lateral movement, and if the leather or edge of the upper into which a tack held by
a magnet was to be driven was bunched up, the tack would be diverted from its
straight path, and not being provided with a holding or guiding tube for the tack
cr nail it could not be driven with any degree of certainty; but with jaws con-
structed with holes as described, and with edges to bear upon the edges of the
upper in advance of the holes the edges of the upper are kept smooth, and the
tack or nail can be readily driven straight through the substance of the edge of the
.1.per.
The under sides of the jaws for the toe (see Figure 11) are provided with
serrations or rasp-like points 23 that engage the edge of the upper, and aid the
working portions o in drawing or wiping its edges over the edge of the last, and in
holding such edges in position to receive the tacks or nails driven through the
holes 21.
When the concaved working edges of the working members are formed, as
herein described, it is possible to last a shoe with a narrower or less portion of the
edge of the upper bent over upon the inner sole than is the case when notched jaws
are employed, and stock is therefore saved.
When the shoe is properly drawn and fitted to the last, as above described, the
operator moves the jack (the rod permitting it to be moved at will in either
direction), so that the holes 21 will come in line with the end of the hammer or
nail driver rod, and the hammer will then be thrown down, driving a tack or nail
through such hole into the upper and inner sole, confining them in position to be
subsequently united by any usual process of nailing, sewing, or pegging. After the

page_text: upper is tacked to the inner sole, the jaws are withdrawn, and the last is removed
from the pin t.
It is understood that a hammer or driver rod not magnetized might be used in.
connection with suitable devices to operate the driver rod, and present the tacks to
be driven. The driving rod however will be so operated as to drive a tack, then to
rise from its lowest position, and then to rest until a new opening 21 is placed
under the driver or hammer, when the operator will again, through a link 24
joined to a foot lever or equivalent, connect the driver-operating devices with the
constantly rotated pulley of the machine, which will drive another tack, after
which the driver will then again rest, and so on.
The under side of the jaws for the toe portions of the upper is provided with a
space, represented at 25, Figure 4, for the reception of the seam extending from
the toe up along over and in the direction of the length of the foot, such a
seam being common in ladies cloth shoes, and in some leather shoes. This provision
obviates pulling the seam portion of the upper more than the other adjacent
portions.
The elastic working portions o of the jaws or pullers are turned or curved upward at
their inner corners a³, and the jaws from their inner concave to their outer convex
edges a¹ (see Figure 13) incline downward. This construction of the jaws permits them
to rest at their upturned or elevated inner corners upon the upper when preparing
the work for the operation of the jaws in pulling the upper over the last, and also
prevents the inner corners of the jaws cutting the upper, and as the jaws are closed,
the outer lower edges at press harder and harder on the upper turned over the
last.
The jack d², upon which the last containing the upper and inner sole are mounted,
as shown in the modification, Figure 7, is arranged to rotate upon the jack rod
therein, shown as divided into two parts e², f2, the jack rod being supported at its
lower end by a globe or ball-like termination 92 that permits the jack rod to swivel
or turn in any desired direction with relation to the fork or foot i. One portion e
of the jack rod is herein shown as surrounding the other portion f² and a spring h²
bearing against the collar t², and a sleeve u² acts to press the jack and last upward
against a pleating fork or presser foot attached to the vertical standard a of the
machine just below the usual tack-assorting cylinder that ensures the correct
presentation of the tacks to the magnetic tack-driving rod.
The jack rod might be mounted upon a pivoted lever, and be pressed upward by
means of a weight as usual instead of by a spring, but the spring is preferred.
The jack and last to be operative in this present Invention must be held pressed
upward against the fork or presser by a yielding pressure. Such a jack is herein
denominated an upwardly pressed jack.
The forward end of the pleating fork is pronged, as shown at Figures 9, 10, and
turned upward, as shown at Figure 8. The back end of the fork is attached by a
bolt to or it may form part of a block 2, having a pin or rod m² extended into
a bracket ² to be attached to the upright frame a, the rod m² in this instance
being free to turn in the bracket n². The nut o² holds the fork and block 12 from
longitudinal motion, but allows them to turn a little on the rod m² as a centre to
perimit the under side of the fork or foot to adapt itself to the irregularities of the last.
and upper.
An adjustable flat spring p² bears upon and acts to restore the foot or fork to its.
true horizontal position when the latter is not obstructed by the work. The fork or
foot has an opening q² for the passage of nails or tacks held on the end of the
magnetic driving rod b into the edge r of the upper s2, and into the inner sole t² on
the last u². Pieces v, v, held by screws w, w, Figure 10, form guideways for the
sbank 2 of a slide bar pressed outward toward the opening 2 by a spring a³. Anl
edge rest 63 is connected with a ball-like termination of a rod d³ screwed into the
slide bar, and made adjustable longitudinally therein by turning the rod out or in,.
or in any other proper or usual way. This adjustment regulates the extent to which
the upper shall be pulled over the edge of the last under the action of the pins or awls i³,
3

page_text: or equivalents (one or more) of an upper engaging dog e pivoted to the foot or fork
at 2, and provided at its end with an adjusting device f2 (in this instance a screw)
adapted to be acted upon by the incline 12 (see dotted lines, Figure 8) upon the back
end of the slide rod. The pins pointed or roughened at their lower ends (as the
dog is acted upon by the slide) are projected through the openings m² in the foot
or fork, so as to engage the edge of the upper, but at all other times the dog is
acted upon by a spring n², shown in dotted lines, Figure 8, that elevates the pins
above the under side of the foot. The under side of the foot is roughened, as shown
at 2, Figure 10. This roughened surface assists the pins in engaging and drawing
over the upper.
In serge or cloth work the pins may be omitted, as the roughened surface will
alone work well to draw over the upper. In working about the curved portions of
the last the edge of the upper is in a measure pleated or crimped as it is folded
over the inner sole. The space between the branches of the fork permit the
formation of the folds or pleats, but owing to the portion between the base of
the fork opening 2 and the opening 92, such pleats or ridges are not permitted to
extend back and form under the opening sufficiently to interfere with the proper
driving of the tacks by the magnetic driver.
_ In operation, the upper and inner sole are placed upon the last in the usual way.
The upwardly pressed jack is then taken hold of by the operator, and the upper
and jack are pushed back against the pleating fork or presser, meeting its under
side at about the point 12, Figure 8. Further movement of the jack toward the
edge rest 2 (the jack being constantly pressed upward by its spring or equivalent
against the foot causes the upper as it is moved along down the under side of
such foot to be wiped or bent over and about the edge of the last, as shown in
Figure 8.
When the upper and last strike the edge rest 62, the slide bar is moved backward
so that its inclined end 2 tips the dog e², causing the pins to descend through the
openings m², enter the edge of the upper just beyond the edge of the last and inner
sole toward the centre of the last bottom, and hold such edge and draw it closely
about the last and inner sole, as shown in Figure 8, in which position a nail is
driven through the opening 92 into the upper held by the pins projecting below
the fork or foot. The operator repeats this operation of pushing the jack with its
upper down under and along the under side of the foot or fork at the points where
it is desired to have a nail driven, one nail being driven at the completion of each
backward movement of the edge rest under the action of the last and upper against
it. By adjusting the screw the pins may be made to engage and penetrate the
upper more or less. The pins may be made to engage the upper for a greater or
less time, during the time the operator moves the jack and edge rest backward,
thereby drawing in the edge, more or less, in a horizontal direction or parallel with
the surface of the inner sole. This device has been found very efficient for lasting
the sides and shanks of shoes, and it works well for the heels and toes.
to
It is preferable to use the pleating fork with its opening 2, but instead thereof,.
the under side of the fork might be grooved to permit the formation of a crimp
within the groove. In some instances the opening and groove might be omitted
altogether, and then the under side of the fork would act as a surface, against which
press the upper and inner sole held upon the jack. It would then be a foot to
resist the upward pressure of the jack and shoe. A groove a extended along the
under side of the pleating fork from the opening to the opening 2 receives the
pleat formed in the work by the pleater, and the under side of the fork is thereby
permitted to rest evenly upon the work at each side the opening through which the
tack is being driven. The pin ³, instead of having a single point, as in Figure 8,
may have several sharp points.
In this Specification it has been considered unnecessary to specifically describe
the operation of the devices for presenting the tacks and driving them automatically,
for such mechanism is substantially such as described in English Patent, No. 2489,
July 16th. 1874.

page_text: Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of the said Invention
and the manner of carrying the same into effect, 1 would have it understood that
what 1 claim is,―
First. A crimping jaw or puller to push and draw over and plait in the uppers of
boots and shoes in combination with a toggle joint to operate the same, substantially
as described.
Second. Crimping jaws or pullers to push and draw over the uppers of boots and
shoes when provided with holes, substantially as described, back of the working
edges of the jaws to permit tacks or other fastenings to be driven for the purpose of
securing the upper to the inner sole.
Third. Crimping jaws or pullers to draw over and plait in the uppers of boots
and shoes preparatory to lasting the same, in combination with a toggle joint,
and a lever and a link to operate the toggle joint and jaws, all substantially as
described.
Fourth. A pair of crimping jaws or pullers to draw over and plait in the uppers
of boots and shoes in the process of lasting the same, in combination with an
adjustable spring to cause the jaws to bear with greater or less force upon the upper
bent over the inner sole to push and draw it over the edge of the last under more or
less tension.
Fifth. Crimping jaws or pullers to draw over and plait in the uppers of boots and
shoes in combination with the pivoted supporting plate slotted at q to guide the
jaws, and the adjustable spring to regulate the downward pressure of the plate and
jaws, substantially as described.
Sixth. Crimping jaws or pullers to draw over and plait in the uppers of boots
and shoes, preparatory to lasting the same, in combination with the pivoted sup-
porting plates and lifting levers to elevate or depress the plates and jaws, substan-
tially as described.
Seventh. The pivoted supporting plate in combination with the crimping jaw or
puller and pivot 7, adapted to move in the slotted portion 9 of the plate, substan-
tially as described and for the purposes set forth.
Eighth. The vertically adjustable toe support and its laterally adjustable rest g
in combination with crimping jaws or pullers to adjust the shoe up and down and
backward and forward with relation to the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
Ninth. Crimping jaws or pullers to push and draw over and plait in the upper
of boots and shoes, in combination with an automatically operated hammer or driver
to drive tacks or nails through holes made in the working portions of the jaws, sub-
stantially as described.
Tenth. The elastic crimping jaws or pullers provided with elevated inner corners
to rest upon the uppers at the edge of the last, and made lower at their outer than
at their inner edges, to operate substantially as described.
Eleventh. A jack rod and a gimbal or universal joint to support it between its ends,
in combination with an adjustable weight applied directly to the lower end of the
jack rod to counterbalance the weight of the devices carried by the upper end of the
jack rod, substantially as described.
Twelfth. The jack rod, gimbal joint to support it, a lasting head, and counter-
balancing weight, in combination with an adjusting device to raise or lower the jack
rod with reference to the gimbal joint, to adapt the height of the rod to the devices
applied to its upper end to permit the shoe to be placed in proper position with
reference to tack or nail driving devices, substantially as described.
Thirteenth. In a lasting machine a pair of crimping jaws to draw over and plait
in the uppers of boots and shoes, and mechanism to operate them in combination
with an adjustable counterbalance or weight attached to the lower end of the jack
rod to counterbalance the weight of the lasting head and its devices at the upper
end of the jack rod, as herein described.
Fourteenth. The combination with an upwardly pressed jack of a pleating fork or
presser foot adapted to operate together, substantially as described.

page_text: Fifteenth. The pleating fork or presser foot curved upward at its front end, and
provided with an opening through which a tack or nail may be driven by a driving
rod, substantially as described.
Sixteenth. The pleating fork curved upward at its forward end, and roughened
upon its under surface to engage the upper upon the last, in combination with an
upwardly pressed jack, substantially as described.
Seventeenth. The pivoted pleating fork or presser foot, substantially as described,
in combination with the bracket n, and a spring to permit the foot to adapt itself to
the inequalities of the last.
Eighteenth. A pleating fork or presser foot, in combination with an upper holding
dog, provided with pins or equivalents to enter and engage the upper, and hold it
while being drawn over the last, as described, preparatory to driving a tack, sub-
stantially as set forth.
Nineteenth. The fork or presser foot and upper holding dog and pins or equivalents,
in combination with means to adjust the dog to permit the pins to penetrate the
upper more or less, to adapt the dog to the various fabrics from which shoes are
made.
Twentieth. The pleating fork or presser foot in combination with the horizontally
movable edge rest, substantially as described.
Twenty-first. The fork or foot and edge rest, in combination with the slide bar and
the pin and ball joint, to sustain and adjust the edge rest, to adapt the pleating fork
or presser foot, to pull or lap the upper more or less over the inner sole.
Twenty-second. The pleating, fork or presser in combination with the horizontally
moving and swivelling edge rest, substantially as described.
Twenty-third. The pleating fork or presser foot and the upper holding dog,
provided with pins or equivalents in combination with the slide bar, to operate the
dog, substantially as described.
Twenty-fourth. The fork or presser foot, the holding dog, and pins or equivalents,
and the adjusting device in combination with the slide bar and edge rest, substan-
tially as described.
Twenty-fifth. An upwardly pressed jack and pleating fork or presser foot, in
combination with a sliding edge rest and an upper holding dog provided with pins
or equivalents, to operate substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN. (L.S.)