Improvements in Lasts and Trees for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lasts and Trees for Boots and Shoes.
I, THOMAS PAUL EVES, of 20 Moor Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
cut.
Whereas lasts, as usually made, and when used as trees are divided by a diagonal
A groove or rebate is then formed in one part, and a corresponding tongue is
screwed to or formed upon the other part. The two parts are then united by a
screw passing through the back part and entering a nut fixed in the front portion;
and the object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the
last, to enable it to be used as a boot tree, and also to improve the method of uniting
the two portions of the last.
In carrying out my invention, I form the meeting faces of the two portions of
the last, in such a manner that the ordinary groove and tongue is dispensed with ;:
the meeting faces being so formed that a sectional line, at right angles thereto,
would be of a V, channel, curved, or other suitable form.
These forms of meeting faces, in the component parts of the last, may be 'made,.
in manufacturing wooden lasts, by means of suitable saws, whereby they are
divided, as required; and, in manufacturing metal lasts, by casting the same, of the
required forms, in two parts.
The two parts of the last are fitted with the usual screw for uniting them
together; wooden lasts requiring nuts, and metal lasts being tapped to receive the
screw.
Dated 15th 1001
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lasts and Trees for Boots and Shoes.
I, THOMAS PAUL EVES of 20 Moor Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
cut.
Whereas lasts, as usually made, and when used as trees are divided by a diagonal
A groove or rebate is then formed in one part, and a corresponding tongue is
screwed to or formed upon the other part. The two parts are then united by a
screw passing through the back part and entering a nut fixed in the front portion;
and the object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the
last, to enable it to be used as a boot tree, and also to improve the method of uniting
the two portions of the last.
In carrying out my invention, I form the meeting faces of the two portions of the
last, in such a manner that the ordinary groove and tongue is dispensed with; the
meeting faces being so formed that a sectional line, at right angles thereto, would
be of a V, channel, curved, or other suitable form.
These forms of meeting faces, in the component parts of the last, may be made,
in manufacturing wooden lasts, by means of suitable saws, whereby they are divided,
as required; and, in manufacturing metal lasts, by casting the same, of the required
forms, in two parts.
The two parts of the last are fitted with the usual screw for uniting them

page_text: together; wooden lasts requiring nuts, and metal lasts being tapped to receive the
screw.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a view of the underside of my improved last.
a is the front portion of the last. is the back portion, which may be made in
one with a boot tree, if required. c is the diagonal V shaped joint, and d is the
ordinary screw for uniting the parts together.
I do not confine myself to the V form of joint, as the meeting surfaces may be of
a channel or other curved form in section.
When the back portion is formed in one with a boot tree, the screw d is shaped
so as to be enclosed in a suitable recess provided in the tree.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what. I
claim is
1. In the manufacture of lasts and trees for boots and shoes, the application and
use of the improved V joint c, between the front piece a and the back piece b,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. In the manufacture of lasts and trees for boots and shoes, the application and
use of the improved joint formed with curved meeting faces, substantially as
herein before described.
3. In the manufacture of lasts and trees for boots and shoes, the combination of
the tree with the back piece b, for use in making boots, substantially as herein
before described.
4. The general construction and arrangement and the several combinations of
the respective parts, together constituting my invention of improvements in lasts
and trees for boots and shoes, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
Dated 15th February 1892.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.