IMPROVEMENTS IN NAILING MACHINES FOR UNITING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: DUULS ади опосв.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake and Co Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NAILING MACHINES FOR UNITING THE SOLES
OF BOOTS AND SHOES to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to a machine for attaching the outer soles to the insoles of
boots and shoes by a gang or group of fastenings simultaneously driven, and
consists partly in the combination and arrangement in such a machine of devices
for simultaneously driving the sole fastenings, and devices for automatically
distributing and feeding said fastenings for simultaneously driving by nail-driving
devices. It also partly consists in the combination and arrangement, in such a
machine, of devices for automatically supplying the distributor with sole fastenings;
in the arrangement and combination of a sole-moulding device with the automatic
nail-driving devices; and in the combination of the automatic sole-nailing devices
with a beating out device.
It further partly consists in the combination of devices and details of construction
all as hereinafter described.
The elements used in the machine are substantially as follows:-
1. A jack for supporting the form or last for holding the work during the sole-
forming, nailing and beating out operations. This last or work support must be of
the character ordinarily used in beating-out machines, that is, it must be a solid
metal last with a large bearing or supporting surface to rest upon the spindle or
support for holding the same.
2. A pressure plate which is movable vertically in relation to the last or work
support, and which has formed in its under surface a cavity or mould suitable for
moulding or forming the outer sole upon the iron bottom of the last. This pressure
plate preferably is movable horizontally into and out of operative position, and is
moved vertically upon the work support to mould the outer sole upon the insole,
and to hold it compressed or clamped upon the insole of the boot or shoe during

page_text: the pricking and nailing operation. This pressure or templet plate must have
holes arranged to open within the line of the cavity or mould at a uniform distance
therefrom and from each other, in which holes the awls are reciprocated, and from
which the fastening nails are simultaneously driven.
3. A nail-carrier for transferring the nails from a position in which the nails can
be automatically fed or delivered thereto, to the holes in the templet or pressure
plate.
4. A nail distributing device for receiving the nails automatically fed, and for
arranging and holding them for automatic delivery to the nail-carrier.
5. A nail making or nail feeding device for either making the nails and 1
delivering them automatically to the nail distributor, or for sorting the nails and
delivering them automatically to the distributor as may be preferred.
6. A reciprocating presser block arranged to move upon the pressure plate and
to force it downward upon the outer sole before the awls are driven.
7. A locking device for automatically holding the pressure plate locked down
upon the outer sole and work support after it has been moved vertically thereon
by the pressure block.
8. A reciprocating gang of awls of varying lengths for pricking holes of uniform
depth in the outer sole.
9. A gang or group of drivers of varying lengths adapted to be reciprocated
vertically and to drive the fastenings from the nail-carrier and pressure plates a
uniform distance into the outer and insoles, so that the ends of the nails shall be
left flush with the surface of the outer sole, or, if channel-nailed, with the surface
of the channel.
10. A device for automatically unlatching the pressure plate upon the withdrawal
of the gang or group of drivers in order that the templet and nail-carrier plates
may be lifted and moved horizontally from over the work support and out of
operative position.
11. A beating out form or mould, adapted to be moved vertically upon the
nailed outer sole to subject it to a beating-out or moulding pressure, whereby the
ultimate form or shape is imparted to the outer sole.
12. Devices for automatically bringing into operative position, successively, the
pressure block, awls, drivers and beating-out devices.
13. Devices for accelerating the movement of the cross-head, pressure block,
awls, drivers or beating-out block or form during the lower portion of their
reciprocating movement, whereby the striking power of these parts is increased,
and the nails driven by the sudden impact of the drivers rather than by pressure.
14. Devices for holding the beating-out form or mould down upon the outer sole.
This feature of the invention is applicable for use more especially when two or
more lasts or work supports, adapted to be brought successively into operative
position, are used instead of one only, and it is herein described as being accom-
plished by stopping the machine with the cross-head in its lowest position. When
this construction is used it is also necessary to arrange the stop-motion mechanism
so that the machine when again started shall make but a half revolution of the
main shaft, whereby the cross-head is caused to be lifted from its lowest position to
its highest and then stopped, in order that the work may be removed and new
work brought into position.
It is not necessary that the machine should contain all the above named elements
as many of the elements may be combined to operate in a practical and efficient
manner when not used with the others.
In carrying the said invention into practice I provide a frame having a suitable
bed which carries a sliding jack. This sliding jack has a sleeve, in which is a post,
having a screw-thread at its lower end, upon which is a stationary nut by which
it is vertically movable. This post has a spindle for receiving the last or shoe
support, and an arm, which has at its outward end the curved support, upon which
the forward end of the shoe support or last rests. This arm is vertically movable
upon the post. Any other suitable form of jack mechanism may be employed. -

page_text: The templet or pressure plate is supported upon a table or carriage and is
vertically movable upon a post into and out of position, by means of a lever and
a cam.
In the under surface or front portion of this templet or pressure plate is formed
a cavity, which is substantially the converse in shape of the upper surface of the
last or shoe support. In the said templet plate are holes which are arranged to
open into the said cavity at a proper distance from the outer line thereof. The
nail carrier plate has holes corresponding in location to those of the templet or
pressure plate, and is moved, preferably, by a lever and a cam, to automatically
transfer the nails from where received to a position to be delivered. Attached to
the revolving head is a plate or block carrying a gang or group of awls, which
correspond in location with the holes in the templet or pressure plate. A plate or
block also supports a gang or group of drivers which correspond in location with
the holes in the templet. The said plate is supported by a revolving head.
The beating-out block has a cavity similar in shape to that of the templet plate,
and this is also supported by the revolving head.
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The revolving head is carried by a cross head which may be reciprocated in any
desirable manner.
The revolving head carries a pressure block which is adapted
to be moved upon the templet or pressure plate and to force it downward upon
the outersole, and thereby cause it to be moulded or shaped upon the surface of
the last and in sole before the attaching nails are driven.
The nail holder-plate has holes corresponding in location and arrangement with
the holes in the nail carrier and in the templet plate. It has a sliding bottom
plate, which is moved to open the holes by a pin on the nail-carrier during the
backward movement of the latter. The said plate is moved in the reverse direction,
to close the holes, by springs. The nail-holder is attached to a disc by a post and
the holes therein are connected with the holes in the nail-holder by means of tubes.
The disc is supported by a plate and its holes are arranged in a circular line, and
at uniform distances apart. It is intermittently revolved to bring the holes
successively in position beneath the throat, by a lever operated by a cam upon a
shaft and by a pawl, which engages with a ratchet wheel. The disc is prevented
from being moved more than the required distance, and is held locked, and each of
its holes in register with the throat of the machine by suitable mechanism.
Any form of nail can be fed to the distributor, but the one which I prefer is a
nail made of wire and having a sharp-chisel-point formed by two long tapering
surfaces; and I prefer to make the nail by devices which feed the wire from a reel
by feed rolls, or other suitable feeding devices, to cutters, which are adapted to be
reciprocated across the feed way to form the bevelled end of the nail, and also to
sever the pointed nail from the wire.
It is desirable that nails of varying lengths be used in attaching soles, shorter
nails being required generally in the shank and at the heel than at the ball or toe,
and when a half or tap sole is used the nails for this portion of the sole must. be
considerably longer. It is desirable that this variation in the length of the nails
used shall be automatically made, and this I have accomplished by the use of a
cam attached to a disc which automatically governs or controls the length of the
wire fed.
The revolving head is automatically turned during the upper portion of its
reciprocation, so that the various devices which it carries are brought successively
into operative position, and the cross head is caused to make as many reciprocations
as may be desired. The cross head also may have as many successive automatic
reciprocations imparted to it as may be desired; that is it may have one recipro-
cation and then stop, or it may have two, three, or four as may be desired. The
ends of the cross-head project beyond the side frames of the machine, and have
secured thereto connecting rods. These connecting rods are secured at their lower
ends to a lower cross-head and arranged to project upward therefrom are extensions
which preferably are integral with the head, and have flat surfaces upon which the
surface of the cam on the shaft comes in contact to move the cross-head downward.

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This cam is shaped to move the cross-bead a greater relative distance during the
interval of time of one part of its revolution than during the remainder thereof;
or, in other words, the downward movement of the cross-head is made in about one
half of the entire time of the revolution of the cam, so that the downward move-
ment, or at least the lower portion thereof, is very considerably accelerated.
The cross head is lifted by means of arms, which project from the said extensions
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and pins thereon, which enter the cam grooves in the sides of the cam.
of the grooves in relation to the pins, and the shape of the.grooves in relation to
the working surface of the cams is such as to release the pins from strain on
contact with the working surface of the cam and block so that the greater part of 1
the downward movement of the cross-head is caused by the cam surface coming
in contact with the cam-block.
⚫ The cam shaft is revolved by the gear wheels thereon one on each side of the-
cam and the pinions on the pulley shaft. The other cam shaft is revolved by
a gear wheel thereon, a pinion on an intermediate shaft and a wheel on said
intermediate shaft which meshes with a pinion on the pulley shaft.
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The templet or pressure plate is locked automatically upon the outer-sole at the
end of its downward movement by means of a suitable locking device, and is
unlatched automatically after the nails have been driven by means of a cam and
suitable connecting mechanism The nail-making device is set in operation imme-
diately after the carrier D has been moved backward and taken a load of nails
from the nail holder, and moved forward sufficiently to allow the sliding or covering
plate to be automatically moved, and it is stopped automatically after a requisite
number of nails have been made and fed.
The nail-making device is driven by a belt running to a constantly revolving
pulley on a countershaft.
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The operation of the machine is substantially as follows that is to say.
The boot or shoe is placed upon the last or heel support, mounted upon the jack,
and the outer sole is placed in position upon the insole. The pressure plate is
then moved down on the sole, preferably by a lever and the machine is then
started, the pressure plate being moved down upon the sole with great force by the
awl-holder block, or by a separate pressure plate, the holes made by the recipro-
cation of the awls, the nails automatically fed by the nail-carrier into position,
the drivers reciprocated and nails driven, the templet and nail holder plate
automatically moved out of position, and the beating-out device moved into
position and reciprocated. This spanker or beating-out device is, if desired, then
held locked upon the sole as before stated or the machine may complete its final
reciprocation. The nail-making device is set in operation immediately upon the
withdrawal of the nail carrier and the nail holder loaded with nails, the nail carrier
upon its backward movement having first taken from the nail holder the load
which had previously been deposited there.
It will be observed that by this machine the outer-sole can be placed upon the
insole after the boot or shoe has been mounted upon the last and moved into
position and that when it is so placed the inanipulation of tacking on the outer
sole, as it is commonly called, that is, temporarily fastening the outer sole to the
insole preparatory to permanently fastening the same, is dispensed with. Also that
the outer-sole is submitted to the forming operation before the nails are driven,
which renders its previous molding unnecessary. This result is occasioned not only
because the sole is then submitted to a molding operation, but because it is
'immediately fastened in place to the insole while forced by the mould to the desired
shape. It may be found advantageous for some classes of stock to slightly temper
the outsoles before they are attached.
It will be seen that by the use of the additional pressure block which moves the
pressure plate down upon the outersole before the awls are driven, the outersole is
brought into its shape or form before the awls enter the sole; and while it is
possible to move the pressure plate vertically upon the outersole by the awl-block,
or while the awls are being driven, I wish it to be understood that I can so operate
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page_text: the machine; yet it is preferable to press the outersole upon the insole before the
awls are caused to enter it.
After the outersole has been nailed by the subsequent operation of the beating-
out plate or form, the sole is reduced to its ultimate shape is compacted under
pressure, the ends of the nails are made to bear more uniform relation to the
surface of the sole, and the leather is well consolidated about the nails, so that
a desirable finish is obtained.
While I have herein described a nail-making device for making nails from wire
and for feeding them to the nail distributor, I would say that I do not confine
myself in this invention to this especial form of nail-making and feeding device,
as may use in lieu thereof any nail-making or nail-feeding devices, and I include
among these devices, the devices for receiving nails in bulk and for sorting,
distributing and feeding the same, the distinction being that the said nails instead
of being driven from said devices by driving mechanism into any given material,
are fed to the nail distributor and carrier.
I would also state that I consider that the lifting of the jack, last or work-
support to the pressure plate is the equivalent of the movement of the pressure
plate to the last, work-support or jack.
I would also state that for certain classes of work the awls may be dispensed
with, and also the pressure block and in that case the head would simply carry the
drivers and beating out form or block. And I would further state that the recip-
rocating drivers alone may be used in connection with the other parts of the
machine, or that the pressure block and drivers only may be employed.
It is apparent. that the nails can be driven without first forming the awl holes,
or, in other words, that the machine can be used without the reciprocating gang or
group of awls. It is also apparent that headed fastenings can be driven as well as
unheaded nails. In this case however, in lieu of the nail-making devices, there
would be substituted any of the well known nail-feeding devices.
Dated this 12th day of Tul.. 100
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Nailing Machines for Uniting the Soles of
Boots and Shoes.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co Patent
Agents, Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NAILING MACHINES FOR
UNITING THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES" 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 a machine for attaching outer soles to inner soles
of boots or shoes by a gang or group of fastenings simultaneously driven, and

page_text: consists partly in the combination and arrangement in such a machine, of devices
for simultaneously driving said sole-fastenings, with devices for automatically
distributing and feeding said fastenings for simultaneous driving by the nail-
driving devices. It also partly consists in the combination with such a machine
of devices for automatically supplying the distributer with said sole-fastenings; in
the arrangement and combination of a sole-moulding device with the automatic
nail-driving devices; and in the combination of the automatic sole-nailing devices
with the beating-out device. It also partly consists in the various combinations of
devices and in details of construction, all of which will be hereinafter described.
The elements desirable for the improved machine are substantially as follows:-
First. A jack for supporting the form or last for holding the work during the
sole forming, nailing, and beating-out operations; and this last or work-support
must be of the character ordinarily used in the beating-out machines-that is, it
must be a solid metal last with a large bearing or supporting surface to rest upon
the spindle or support for holding the same.
Second. A pressure-plate, which is movable vertically in relation to the last or
work-support, and which has formed in its under surface a cavity or mould suitable
for moulding or forming the outsole upon the iron bottom of the last. This pressure-
plate is preferably movable horizontally into and out of operative position, and
moved vertically upon the work-support to mould the outsole upon the insole and
to hold it compressed or clamped upon the insole of the boot or shoe during the
pricking and nailing operation. This pressure or templet plate must have holes
arranged to open within the line of the cavity or mould at a uniform distance
therefrom and from each other, in which the awls are reciprocated, and from which
the fastening-nails are simultaneously driven.
Third. The nail-carrier for transferring the nails from a position in which the
nails can be automatically fed or delivered thereto to the holes in the templet or
pressure plate.
Fourth. The nail-distributing device for receiving the nails automatically fed,
and for arranging and holding them for automatic delivery to the nail-carrier.
Fifth. A nail-making or nail-feeding device for either making the nails and
delivering them automatically to the nail distributer, or for sorting ready-made
nails and delivering them automatically to the distributer, as may be preferred. In
the drawings I have represented a nail-making device.
Sixth. A reciprocating presser-block, arranged to move upon the pressure-plate
and to force it downward upon the outsole before the awls are driven.
Seventh. A locking device for automatically holding the pressure-plate locked
down upon the outsole and work-support after it has been moved vertically thereon
by the pressure-block.
Eighth. A reciprocating gang of awls of varying lengths for pricking holes of
uniform depth in the outersole.
Ninth. A gang or group of drivers of varying lengths adapted to be reciprocated
vertically, and to drive the fastenings from the nail-carrier and pressure-plates a
uniform distance into the outer and inner soles, so that the ends of the nails shall
be left flush with the surface of the outersole, or, if channel-nailed, with the surface
of the channel.
Tenth. A device for automatically unlatching the pressure-plate upon the
withdrawal of the gang or group of drivers, in order that the templet and nail-
carrier plates may be lifted and moved horizontally from over the work-support
out of operative position.
Eleventh. A beating-out form or mould adapted to be moved vertically upon the
nailed outersole to subject it to a beating-out or moulding pressure, whereby the
ultimate form or shape is imparted to the outsole.
Twelfth. Devices for autoinatically bringing into operative position, successively,
the pressure-block, awls, drivers, and beating out devices.
Thirteenth. Devices for accelerating the movement of the cross-head, pressure-
block, awls, drivers, or beating-out block or form during the lower portion of their

page_text: reciprocating movement, whereby the striking-power of these parts is increased,
and the nails driven by the sudden impact of the drivers rather than by pressure.
Fourteenth. Devices for holding the beating-out form or mould down upon the
outsole. This feature of the invention is applicable for use more especially when
two or more lasts or work-supports adapted to be brought successively into
operative position are used instead of one only; and it is herein represented as
accomplished by stopping the machine with the cross-head in its lowest position.
When this form of construction is employed, it will also be necessary to arrange
the stop-motion mechanism so that the machine when again started shall make but
half a revolution of the main shaft, whereby the cross-head is caused to lift from
its lowest position to its highest and then stop, in order that the work may be
removed and new work brought into position.
Of course it is not necessary in practising my invention that the machine should
contain all the above named elements, as many of the elements may be combined
to operate in a practical and efficient manner when not used with the others.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, of a machine constructed according to this
invention, the section being upon the line x x of Figure 2. .
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine.
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Figure 3 is a rear elevation partly in section and drawn to an enlarged scale,
showing especially the nail making and feeding devices.
Figure 4 is a plan view of the nail-distributer and adjacent parts.
Figures 5 and 6 are views in rear elevation and partial vertical section of the
devices for automatically rotating the revolving head.
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Figure 7 is a side elevation of the lower part of the machine, showing especially
the mechanism for starting and stopping the machine.
Figure 8 is a section upon the line y; y Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a view in perspective of a can for controlling the operation of the
start and stop motion mechanism, hereinafter specified..
Figure 10 is a vertical central section of a portion of the revolving head,
showing the sole beating-out or compressing form attached thereto.
Figure 11 represents a view in vertical section, and drawn to an enlarged scale,
of the nail-pointing cutters and their holding-block.
Figure 12 is a view in end elevation of the parts shown in Figure 11, and at
the right hand thereof.
Figures 13, 14 and 15 represent in vertical section, plan and elevation
respectively variations in the arrangements of certain of the operative devices,
to which reference will hereinafter be made.
Figure 16 is a rear elevation of the central and lower part of the machine.
Figure 17 is a front elevation of the revolving head.
Figure 18 is a horizontal section on the line 1, 1 of Figure 15.
Figure 19 is a horizontal section upon the line 2, 2 of Figure 15.
Figure 20 is a vertical section upon the line 3, 3 of Figure 8 and an elevation
to the left of said line.
Figure 21 represents a shoe with the outsole attached, a portion thereof being
broken out to show the fastening.
Figure 22 shows in elevation various forms of the fastening which I prefer to use.
Figure 23 is an enlarged view in vertical central section of the device for locking
and registering the nail-distributer, hereinafter described
Figure 24 is a view in sectional elevation of the devices for operating and then
locking the nail-distributer.
Figure 25 is a view in plan and partial horizontal section of the devices for
automatically varying the length of the nails made and fed.
Figure 26 is a vertical section on the line 4, 4 of Figure 25.
Figure 27 is a side elevation of the post and carriage, illustrating the carriage
or templet locking device, and a portion of the mechanism for automatically
unlatching it.

page_text: A A' are the side frames of the machine; a the bed; and B a sliding jack
'baving a sleeve b, in which is a post b' having a screw-thread 62 at its lower end,
upon which post is the stationary nut 63 by which it is rendered vertically
movable. This post 6¹ has a spindle 6' for receiving the last or shoe-support; and
the arm 65, which has at its forward end the curved support 66, upon which the
forward end of the shoe-support. rests. This arm b³ is vertically movable upon
the post 61, and this adjustment is represented in the drawings as being provided
by the sleeve b, which surrounds the post, by the screw-thread 68 upon the post,
and by the nut 69, which screws thereon, and upon the upper surface of which
the sleeve rests. Of course any other suitable jack may be used in lieu of this.
C is the templet or pressure plate. It is supported upon the table or carriage c,
which is vertically movable upon the post c¹, and preferably is moved automatically
into and out of position by means of the lever c2 and cam c³. There is formed in
the under surface or front portion of this templet or pressure plate a cavity c¹,
which is substantially the converse in shape of the upper surface of the last or
shoe-support. The shape of this surface is well shown in Figure 1. Arranged in
the said templet-plate are the holes c, which are placed to open into the cavity c¹.
at a proper distance from the outer line of the cavity.
D is a nail-carrier plate, which has holes d corresponding in location to those of
the templet or pressure plate, and which is moved preferably by the lever d¹ and
cam d² to automatically transfer the nails from where received to a position where
delivered,
E is a plate or block attached to a revolving head El, and carrying a gang or
group of awls, which correspond in location with the holes in the templet or
pressure plate.
F is a plate or block supporting a gang or group of drivers which correspond in
location with the holes in the templet C. The plate is also supported by the
revolving head.
G is a beating out block, which has a cavity g similar in shape to that of the
ten plet-plate C, and this is also supported by the revolving head. The revolving
head is carried by the cross-head A which may be reciprocated in any desirable
way, but I prefer the mechanism hereinafter described.
The nail-holder plate H, which receives and holds the uails made by the nail-
making device, is shaped in plan as represented in Figure 19, and has the holes h
corresponding in location and arrangement to the holes in the nail-carrier and in
the te plet-plate. It also has a sliding bottom plate, which is moved to open
the holes by the pin on the nail-carrier Dupon its backward movement, and
the pate is moved in the reverse direction to close the holes by the spring h³,
The nail-holder is attached to the disc H by a post, and its holes are connected
with holes h³ in the disc by means of the tubes hⓇ.
The disc is supported by the plate H³, and its holes are arranged on a circular
line and at uniform distances apart. It is intermittently revolved, to bring the
holes 5 successively in position beneath the throat 7, by the lever h³, operated by
the cam upon the shaft K and by the pawl ho, which engages with the ratchet-
wheel. The disc is prevented from being moved more than the required
distance, and is held locked when each of the holes h³ is in register with the
throath, by means of the lock K', which is moved vertically by the cam k and
connecting-rod k, and which is adapted to be engaged at intervals, as hereinafter
stated, with the teeth H³, which are formed upon the block H, attached to the
disc H', to project upward therefrom. The movements imparted to the lock are
such as to cause the teeth or projections H³ thereon to be moved into line with
the teeth or projections H³ of the. block H' immediately after the beginning of the
feed-motion of the disc; or, in other words, upon the beginning of the operation
of the pawl h in moving or revolving the disc. This brings into line a series
of abutments against which the feed-pawl forces the teeth H³ upon the block H*,
so that, when the feed-pawl reaches the end of its throw, the disc H¹ is held
locked by it and by the teeth H of the lock K¹, and is prevented from being

page_text: revolved any further, and this position brings a hole in the disc in register with
the throat. The lock remains stationary during the backward movement of the
feed-pawl, and immediately before the pawl begins its next movement forward the
block is lifted by its operating-cam k sufficiently to permit the teeth upon the
block H.to pass the locking-teeth H5 when it is shut down by the cam to bring
the locking projections or abutments into place to act as stops.
Any form of nail may be fed to the distributer; but the one which I prefer is
a nail made of wire and having a sharp chisel-point formed by two long tapering
surfaces, as shown in the forms in Figure 22. I prefer to make this nail by
devices in which the wire is fed from a reel, by the feed-rolls k² or other feeding
devices through the feedway k³ in the block k to the cutters. The latter are.
fastened or secured to the block 6, and are reciprocated across the feedway to
form the bevelled point to the nail, and also to sever the pointed nail from the
wire, the operation of pointing and severing being simultaneously done upon oue
reciprocation of the cutters, so that a nail is severed and the end of the wire
pointed; the pointed wire is then fed forward past the cutters and the nail severed
in its turn.
The block supporting the cutters is reciprocated by means of the lever k',
pivotted at 8, and the cam k. The movement of feeding the wire into position
expels the previously cut nail from the throat, if it has not fallen by gravity, so that
the wire itself is used as a feeding device.
The feed which I prefer to use comprises the rolls ², one of which is fixed to
the shaft K, but is not shown, and the other of which is attached to the spring
arm ko, and has the pinion k¹ which meshes, when the rolls are together, with a
pinion on the feed-roll on the shaft K. The time that these rolls are in contact
fixes the extent of the feed of the wire and the length of the nail. This time is
varied to make longer or shorter nails by means of the wedge-block k¹², which is
oscillated past the end of the spring-arm ko, to alternately move the same outward
and hold it outward for a certain portion of the revolution of the shaft and then
permit it to return. This oscillating movement is produced by means of the
cam ka, on the shaft K and the lever k¹. The wedge-block with its support is
movable transversely of the line of the oscillation by the lever or arm 15, whereby
its position in relation to the end of the spring-arm or lever ko to determine the
duration of the contact of the two feed-rolls is varied, as if the wedge-block be
moved in one direction the movable feed-roll is held longer from the stationary
feed-roll than if it be moved in the other direction; and when it be so held the
feed is shorter, and when moved in the opposite direction the feed must be longer.
It is desirable that nails of varying lengths be used in attaching soles, shorter
nails being required, generally, in the shank than at the heel or the ball and toe;
and when a half, or tap sole is used, the nails for the front portion of the sole must
be considerably longer. It is desirable that this variation in the length of the nail
used shall be automatically made, and this is done by securing to the disc H¹, to
be revolved therewith, a ring or disc M, having a cam-groove m which controls, by
connecting mechanism hereinafter specified, the position of the wedge-block k¹² of
the variable feed-adjusting device, so that the longer and shorter nails are
immediately made and delivered as the requirements of the work may demand.
The connecting mechanism in this case comprises the lever m¹, one arm m² of which
has the cam roll which fits in the cam-groove m, and the other arm m³ of which
is attached at one end of a link m which connects it with the variable feed lever
or arm 15. The lever m¹ is pivotted at m³. The variable feed-arm or lever k¹³ is
adjustable upon the end of the link, by means of the pin m having the clamping-
plate m the slot m³ and the clamping-nut m aud screw m¹º.
The wire may be corrugated or indented before it is placed in the machine; or
it may be serrated, recessed, roughened, or grooved by cutters or burrs reciprocated
by the cutter-holding block in passages which extend across the feed-way.
The cavity in the spanking-block G, is like that formed in the templet or
pressure plate, and it is brought down or reciprocated after the nails have been.

page_text: driven to give form, shape, and evenness to the sole, and it acts in this respect as a
beating-out form or die, and has all the features thereof.
In Figures 13, 14, and 15 I have shown the cavity in the templet-plate arranged
cross-wise of the plate, and the last or shoe support correspondingly arranged,
instead of arranging them lengthwise of the plate, as shown in Figure 1. I have
also shown in these figures the awls, drivers, and spanker-block as correspondingly
arranged upon the revolving head, and the nail-carrier plate as likewise arranged.
The object of this is to produce a strong construction, as the portion of the templet
plate which is submitted to the upward pressure will then be nearer its carriage or
support, and the strain thereof will consequently be much less; and because the awl
and driver block will be nearer the central line of reciprocation of the cross-head.
In Figure 15 I show a revolving plate or bed N supporting two jacks, which are
adapted to be moved alternately into operative position beneath the templet-plate;
and when the double jack is used I have arranged the stop-motion mechanisin of
the machine so that the machine, instead of stopping at the highest point of the
throw, stops at the lowest point of the throw; and also so as to make two and a
half or three and a half reciprocations and then stop, and then half a reciprocation
and stop, whereby before starting the machine the cross-head is lifted to its highest
position. The object of this construction is to enable me to leave the nailed boot
or shoe under pressure beneath the spanker or beating-out form or plate while
another boot or shoe is being adjusted upon the other last or support; after it has
been adjusted the machine is set in operation, makes a half revolution, and the
cross-head is moved to its highest position, when the finished boot or shoe can be
removed and the one to be nailed brought into operative position.
I do not confine my invention to a machine arranged to stop in this manner;
but when two jacks are used I consider this construction advisable.
I prefer to mount the spauker or beating-out block G so as to be slightly
yielding upon its support against a very powerful spring pressure; and in Figures 2,
3, 10, 13 and 17 I have shown this construction. The block G has the bolts or
studs g, which pass through holes in the arm g¹ of the revolving head into the
block G and hold it thereto, so that it has a vertical movement in relation to the
arm and against the pressure of the spring 93. This method of supporting the
spanking or beating-out block provides it with an adjustment which is desirable,
as by allowing a slight yield thereof in relation to the cross-head or the revolving
head when the sole is admitted to pressure, there can be no injury done to the
machine or work by an excess of pressure. The stop motion mechanism is
represented in Figures 1, 2, 7 8 and 20, where O is a treadle, pivotted at o and
having at its end an upwardly projecting wedge-block o' pivotted thereto, which
block shuts into the recess o², (see Figures 8 and 20,) against the wedge end o³ of
a lever of pivotted at 0%, and having a yoke 06 carrying pins 07, which enter a
groove 08 in the hub o of the driven pulley oo, which is movable on the shaft o¹¹.
Upon the downward movement of the treadle O the driven pulley is moved upon
the fixed pulley 012 fastened to the shaft ol, and the machine immediately begins
to revolve, the driven pulley being held in contact with the fixed pulley o¹ by
means of the cam o¹³ and cam roll o¹ on the lever 0%, which cam is adapted to hold
the driven pulley in contact with the other pulley, and the cam holds the lever in
this position until a notch or groove o¹ is reached, when the spring ole automatically
throws the upper end of the lever o back and disengages the driven pulley from
the fixed one, the cam o¹³ unlocking the lever so that the cam-roll may shut into
the recess o¹. This cam, when the machine is adapted to stop with the cross-head
down, has two such recesses or grooves, one placed immediately beyond the other,
so as to allow the spring o¹6 and lever o to disengage the driven pulley after half
a revolution of the operating shaft o¹ has been made.
To stop the momentum of the machine immediately after the driven pulley has
been disengaged from the fixed pulley, I use a block 018, carried by the arm 018
attached to the upper end of the lever o'. This arm o¹ extends over the driven
pulley, to bring the block 18 so that it can be moved by the movement of the

page_text: lever o against the side of the fixed pulley. The block has a leather pad o for
its contacting or working surface, so as in operation upon the movement of the
cam o to bring the recesses o18 into place. The spring o¹ throws the upper end of
the lever away from the driven pulley, and thereby brings the friction pad or brake
to bear thereon, and this immediately checks or stops the revolution of the machine.
It is necessary, in order that the nails may all be driven at the proper angle to
the sole, and be clinched upon the iron surface of the shoe-support, that most of
the awls be tapered upon one side only, and be arranged in the awl-block with
relation to the work or especial hole which each is to make. For instance, it is
desirable that all the holes formed be inclined slightly inward, and at the begining
of the shank this inclination should be more towards the ball, so that the awls
which form holes for this portion of the sole will be fixed or have their turning
surfaces arranged with special reference to the inclination which it is necessary that
the holes for receiving the nails shall have at this point; and the same is true
regarding the locating and arranging of the turning surfaces of the awls for the
remainder of the sole.
I prefer, on account of the number of nails simultaneously driven, that they be
provided with sharp clinching-points, in order that they may turn more easily upon
the iron bottom of the last or support and require less pressure or force in the
driving.
I also prefer to use for driving or reciprocating the cross head, mechanism, as
hereinafter specified, or its equivalent, whereby the cross-head is moved more
rapidly during the lower half of its reciprocation than during its upper half. This
is for the purpose of increasing the speed or momentum of the cross-head suffi-
ciently to cause the nails to be simultaneously driven with a sharp, quick blow,
rather than by a somewhat gradual pressure. The mechanism for accomplishing
this purpose is as follows, reference being especially made to Figures 1 and 2 in
explaining it.
The cross-head A2, which carries the revolving head, has the guide rods P P₁
which are bolted thereto and reciprocated in the boxes p, bolted to the side frame A¹
of the machine. The ends p¹ of the cross-head project beyond the side frames of
the machine, and to these ends are secured the connecting-rods p² (see Figure 2.)
These connecting-rods are secured at their lower ends to the lower cross-head P³,
and the extension p³ is arranged to project upward therefrom, which extension is
preferably integral from the head, and has the flat surface p* upon which the surface
of the can p³ on the shaft o¹7 comes in contact to move the cross-head downward.
The form of this cam is well shown in Figure 1, and it will be observed that it is
shaped to move the cross-heads P³, A³ a greater relative distance during the interval
of time of one part of its revolution than during the remainder of its revolution;
or, in other words, the downward movement of the cross-heads is made in about one-
third of the entire time of a complete revolution of the cam, so that the downward.
movement, or at least the lower portion thereof, is very considerably accelerated.
The cross-heads are lifted by means of the arms p, which project upward from
the block p³, and by the pins p thereon which enter the cam-grooves 27 in the side
of the cam.
The size of the groove in relation to the pins, or the shape of the
grooves in relation to the working surface of the cam, is such as to relieve the pins
from strain upon contact of the working surface of the cam with the block p³ of the
lower cross-head, so that the greater part of the downward movement of the cross-
head is caused by the cam surface coming in contact with the cam-block.
The shaft o is revolved by the gears p³, one on each side of the cam P³, and by
the pinions P on the pulley-shaft o". The shaft p³ is revolved by the gear-wheel plo
thereon, the pinion p" on the shaft p¹³, and the gear wheel pla on the shaft p¹³,
which latter is driven by the gear wheel p¹ on the shaft o, the gear wheel p10
making one revolution to every four revolutions of the shaft o¹7.
The mechanism for revolving or turning the revolving bead causes the revolving
head to be turned or revolved one complete revolution upon four reciprocations of
the cross-head, if the awls are used,

page_text: Briefly stated, this mechanism comprises the disc V which is fastened to the end
of the revolving-head shaft v, and has the four pins v¹, v², v³, v, which project
horizontally therefrom. is a swinging latching-pawl, a guide upon which
the pins are successively brought; va vertical passage in which the pins are
successively reciprocated; and the switch-block which receives a reciprocating
horizontal movement by means of the cam-pin v³ and cam 10. These parts are
formed upon or carried by the cross-plate bolted to the side frames A. Upon
the reciprocating movement of the cross-head the pins v¹, v³, v³, v are caused to
pass successively the pawl v³, and to ride down the incline v into the vertical
guiding-passage v7 to pass upward therein, to be moved outward therefrom by the
guiding-surface of the switch-block v³, so that every reciprocation of the cross-
head causes the revolving head to be moved a quarter of a revolution; and this
turning or revolution of the revolving head is done during the upper part of the
reciprocation of the cross-head, while during the lower part of the reciprocation of
the cross-head the revolving head is locked by one of the pins above referred to,
and the guiding recess v7.
The templet or pressure plate is locked automatically upon the outer sole at the
end of its downward movement by means of the latch W, and it is unlatched
automatically after the nails have been driven by means of the cam w on the cam-
shaft p and the lever w', which is pivotted at w to bring its end w³ below the
latch, whereby upon the upward movement thereof it disengages the latch from
the latch-block w¹.
I prefer to operate the nail-carrier plate, the nail distributer and the nail making
devices, to cause the bail-making devices aud distributer to be set in operation
immediately after the carrier has been moved backward and taken a load of nails
from the nail-holder, and moved forward sufficiently to allow the covering or sliding
plate h¹ to be automatically moved; and also to stop the nail making and dis-
tributing devices automatically after a requisite number of nails have been made
and fed. The mechanism for thus starting and stopping the nail making and
distributing devices comprises the cam X upon the shaft p, the push bar or rod x,
and the hinged arm a pivotted at x² to the lever a³, which latter is pivotted at x*,
and has the surface which carries the friction-pad adapted to be moved against
the fixed member of the friction-pulley x7. This swinging-arm x¹ is arranged
to be moved horizontally by the projection upon the disc H, so that to start the
nail making and distributing devices the arm a¹ is lifted by the push rod x.
.releases the brake or friction device 5, and allows the spring to move the driven
portion of the clutch against the fixed portion, the driven portion being
movable upon the shaft K of the nail-making device, and having the lever 10
pivotted at connected therewith, or with its hub, by means of the pins
which enter the recess x¹³ in the hub. The disc H having made its revolution, and
the push-rod x having been moved downward or fallen because no longer supported
by the cam, the bar-arm a¹ is returned to a position to be moved by the projection
outwardly, and this causes the lever 3 to push the lever alo (being connected
therewith by the arm 14) outward sufficiently to disengage the driven member x7
of the pulley from the fixed member of the clutch.
This
The templet plate may be moved down by hand upon the outside after it has
been placed in position by means of the lever Y, pivotted at y, and connecting-
link fastened at one end of the lever and at the other end to the carriage
supporting the pressure-plate, if desired.
I do not confine myself to the use of two jacks, as one may be used where it is
not desirable to employ two.
The operation of the machine is substantially as follows:-The boot or shoe is
placed upon the last or heel-support mounted upon the jack, and the outersole,
it not previously moulded and temporarily tacked onto the innersole, is placed in
position upon the innersole. The pressure-plate is then moved down on the sole
by the lever Y.. The machine is then started, the pressure plate is moved down
upon the sole with great force by the awl-holder block or by the separate pressure-

page_text: block G¹, the holes are made by the reciprocation of the awls, the nails are
automatically fed by the nail carrier into position, the drivers are reciprocated and
the nails driven, the templet and nail-holder plate are automatically moved out of
position, and the beating out device is moved into position and reciprocated. This
spanker, or beating out device is, if desired, then held locked upon the sole, as
before stated, or the machine may complete its final reciprocation. The nail-
making device is set in operation immediately upon the withdrawal of the
nail-carrier, and the nail-holder loaded with nails, the nail-carrier upon its
backward movement having first taken from the nail-holder the load which had
previously been deposited there.
It will be observed that by this machine the outersole can be placed upon the
innersole after the boot or shoe has been mounted upon the last and moved into
position, and that when it is so placed the manipulation of tacking on the outersole,
as it is commonly called, that is, temporarily fastening the outersole to the
innersole preparatory to permanently fastening the same, is dispensed with; also,.
that the outersole is submitted. to a moulding operation before the nails are driven,
which renders its previous moulding unnecessary. This result is occasioned, not
only because the sole is then submitted to a moulding operation, but because it is
immediately fastened in place to the innersole while forced by the mould to the
desired shape. It may be found advantageous for some classes of stock to slightly
temper the outersoles before they are attached.
:
It will also be seen that by the use of the additional pressure-block which moves
the pressure plate down upon the outersole before the awls are driven, the outersole
is brought into its shape or form before the awls enter the sole; and while it is
possible to move the pressure plate vertically upon the outersole by the awl-block,
or while the awls are being driven, (and I wish it to be understood that I can so
operate the machine) yet it is preferable to press the outersole upon the innersole
before the awls are caused to enter it.
After the outersole has been nailed by the subsequent operation of the beating
out plate or form, the sole is reduced to or given its ultimate shape, is compacted
under pressure, the ends of the nails made to bear more uniform relation to the
surface of the sole, and the leather to be well compacted about the nails, so that a
desirable finish is obtained.
While I have herein described a nail making device for making nails from wire
and for feeding them to the nail-distributer, I would say that I do not confine
myself in this invention to this especial form of nail making and feeding device;
as I may use in lieu thereof, any of the well-known nail making or nail-feeding
machines of the market or which have been previously patented; and I include
among these devices, of course, the devices for receiving nails in bulk, and for
sorting distributing and feeding the same, the distinction being that the said nails,
instead of being driven from said devices, by a driving mechanism into any given
material, are fed to the nail-distributer and carrier.
I would also state that I consider that the lifting of the jack, last or work-
support to the pressure-plate, is the equivalent of the movement of the pressure
plate to the last, work-support or jack.
While I have shewn and described herein the cross-head as operated by devices
which provide it with a gradually accelerating motion, I would not be understood
as limiting myself to this especial form of construction, as I may use any of the
well known mechanical devices for reciprocating the cross-head in lieu thereof.
I would also state that for certain classes of work, the awls may be dispensed
with, and also the pressure-block, and in that event the head would carry simply
the drivers and beating out form or block; and I would further state that the
reciprocating drivers alone may be used in connection with the other parts of the
machine or that the pressure block and drivers only may be so employed..
It is of course apparent that the nails can be driven without first forming the awl-
holes; or, in other words, that the machine can be used without the reciprocating
gang or group of awls..

page_text: It is also apparent that headed fastenings can be driven as well as unheaded.
In this case, however, in lieu of the nail-making devices, there would be substituted
any of the well known headed nail-feeding devices.
When the machine is used without the pressure-block G' and the gang of awls,
or either, it will be necessary, of course, to modify the devices for revolving the
head and for stopping the machine. If the pressure block G¹ is not used, then
there will be but three reciprocations of the machine, and the devices for revolving
the head will be correspondingly modified and the machine will be stopped at the
end of two and a half or three reciprocations, and the cam o¹s will be revolved
once every three reciprocations of the cross-head instead of once in every four. If
only the drivers and beating out form are used, then the devices for turning the
revolving head will be arranged to turn it in every two reciprocations of the cross-
head, and the cam o¹³ will be revolved once in every two reciprocations of the
cross-head A, and will stop the machine after one and a half reciprocations and
after an additional half reciprocation. If drivers only are used, then of course
there will be no necessity for the employment of the revolving head, and the
cam o will have one revolution for every reciprocation of the cross-head, and will
stop the machine after such reciprocation.
The pressure-block G¹ may be mounted upon its supporting arm of the cross-
head in the same manner in which the beating out block G is mounted, that is, so
as to be provided with a slight yielding movement in relation to its supporting-arm
against the pressure of a powerful spring if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
First. In a sole-nailing machine, in combination with the last or work support,
the sole moulding or laying pressure plate C, having the sole-forming cavity c and
the holes c; and means for moving the same automatically horizontally into and
out of operative position, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Second. The combination of the jack; a work support or last carried thereby;
and the sole-moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-shaping cavity c
and the holes c, with the reciprocating block G₁, adapted to be brought down
automatically upon the pressure plate and to move the same vertically to mould
and compress the sole, and a lock for holding the said plate locked upon the sole,
all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Third. The combination of the last or work-support; the sole-moulding or laying
pressure-plate C, having the sole-shaping cavity c¹, and the holes c opening into
the cavity, and arranged in the plate as specified; the pressure-block; a gang or
group of awls of varying lengths arranged as described; and a gang or group of
drivers of varying lengths, arranged as described; the said block, awls and drivers
being adapted to be brought successively into operative position and reciprocated,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Fourth. The combination, in a sole-nailing machine of the last, or work support;
the sole-holding or laying pressure plate C, having the sole-shaping cavity cand
the holes opening into the cavity and arranged in the plate as specified; the
sole-nail carrier D; the presser-block G₁; and the gang or group of sole-nail drivers
of variable lengths adapted to be brought successively into operative position and
reciprocated, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Fifth. The combination in a sole-nailing machine, of the last or work-support;
the sole-moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-forming cavity c, the
holes c; the sole-nail carrier plate D; and a reciprocating gang or group of drivers
of variable lengths, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Sixth. The combination, in a sole-nailing machine, of the last or work support;
the sole-moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-shaping cavity e, and
the holes c opening into the cavity and arranged in relation to each other as
specified; the sole-nail carrier D; the reciprocating gang or group of sole-nail

page_text: drivers of variable lengths; and the sole-beating out form or mould G, all
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Seventh. The combination, in a sole-nailing machine, of the last or work-support;
the sole-moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-shaping cavity c; the
holes opening thereinto, and arranged in relation thereto, as specified; means for
moving the same into and out of operative position; and a sole finishing or
beating-out device, adapted to be brought into operation after the removal of the
sole-moulding or laying pressure-plate, all substantially as, and for the purposes,
described..
: Eighth. The combination, in a sole-nailing machine, of the sole-moulding or
laying pressure-plate C, having the sole forming cavity c¹ and the holes c³, arranged
in relation to each other, as specified; the sole-nail carrier-plate D; and the sole-
nail holder H, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Ninth. The combination in a sole-nailing machine, of a last or support for the
work; the sole moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-shaping
cavity and the holes c; the sole-nail carrier D; the sole-nail holder H; and
devices for automatically feeding nails thereto; all substantially as, and for the
purposes, set forth.
Tenth. The combination, in a sole-nailing machine, of the last or work-support
for the boot or shoe; the sole-moulding or laying pressure plate C, having the sole-
forming cavity c², and the holes 05, arranged therein as described; the sole-nail
carrier D; the sole-nail holder H; and devices for making sole-nails and feeding
them to the holder H; all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Eleventh. The combination of the last support for the boot or shoe; the sole-
moulding or laying pressure-plate C; the lock W; the cam w; and the lever w¹;
all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twelfth. The combination of the last or support for the boot or shoe; the sole,
moulding or laying pressure-plate C, having the sole-forming-cavity c and the
holes c, and being horizontally movable as specified; the nail-holder D, also
horizontally movable; the presser-block; a gang or group of awls; a gang or
group of drivers; the beating out form or mould, adapted to be reciprocated; and
means for bringing them successively into operative position, all substantially as,
and for the purposes, described.
Thirteenth. In a sole-nailing machine, the combination of a last or work-support;
a sole-moulding and clamping plate C having the hole c³ through which the uniting
nails are driven; devices for arranging the gang or group of sole-fastenings and
feeding them automatically into position for driving, the nail driving devices
arranged to simultaneously drive all the fastenings used in securing the sole to the
innersole; and a beating out mould or device adapted to be brought into operation
after the nails have been driven, all substantially as, and for the purposes,
described.
.
Fourteenth. The combination, in a sole nailing machine, of the last or work-
support; the sole-laying or moulding presser-plate C, having the sole-shaping
cavity and the holes c; the sole-nail carrier, and nail making and feeding
5 devices; and a cam for automatically varying the length of the nails, which
are made by the nail-making devices, all substantially as, and for the purposes,
specified.
Fifteenth. The combination of the reciprocating cross-head, with the pressure-
block G; a gang or group of awls; a gang or group of drivers; and the
0 beating-out form or block G, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
5
Sixteenth. The combination of the reciprocating cross-head with the pressure-
block G¹; a gang or group of awls; a gang or group of drivers and the beating
out form or block G; with the connecting rods p²; the lower cross-head P³, and
the cam P³, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Seventeenth. The combination of the cross-head A2, the connecting rods p²; the
lower cross-head P³; the pulley shaft o¹¹; the pinions p'; the gear wheels p8;
the shaft o; and the cam P³, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
.

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Eighteenth. The combination of the cross-head A*; the lower cross-head P²;
the arms p; and the cam-pins p6, all substantially as, and for the purposes,
described.
Nineteenth. The combination of the cross-head carrying the beating-out block
or form, with the driving-pulley and connecting devices whereby the machine is
stopped at both its lowest and highest positions, all substantially as, and for the
purposes, described.
Twentieth. The combination of the last or work-support; the sole-moulding or
laying plate C; the sole-shaping cavity c, and the holes co, substantially as
specified; the cross-head supporting the pressure-blocks; a gang or group of awls;
a gang or group of drivers, the beating-out block; the sole-nail carrier D; the
pulley-shaft o; and connecting devices, whereby the machine is stopped after
every fourth reciprocation of the cross-head, all substantially as, and for the
purposes, described. .
Twenty-first. The combination of the reciprocating cross-head with a gang or
group of drivers and the yielding sole beating-out block or form, all substantially
as, and for the purposes, described.
Twenty-second. The combination of the sole moulding or laying pressure-plate C,
having the sole-forming cavity c4 arranged to extend crosswise the end of the plate,
as described, and the holes c; the cross-head; and the revolving head having the
awl-holding block, the driver-holding block, and the beating-out block carried
thereby, and arranged to extend their length crosswise the shaft, all substantially
as, and for the purposes, described.
'
Twenty-third. The combination of the jack or work-support arranged to present
its side to the line of the horizontal movement of the sole-moulding or laying
pressure-plate C, with the said pressure-plate having the sole-holding cavity c
arranged crosswise its end, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twenty-fourth. The combination of the table c with the horizontally-movable
sole moulding or laying presser-plate C, having the sole-holding and shaping
cavity c¹, arranged cross wise therein and near the end thereof, all substantially as,
and for the purposes, described.
Dated this 0th day of November 1985