improvements in machines for finishing boots and Jes
Year: 1898

page_text: I, O EN ROBINSON, of Champion Iron Works, Kettering, in the County of
North mpton, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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7 his invention relates to improvements in machines for finishing boots and
Jes.
It has hitherto usually been the custom to provide a separate machine for each
operation required in preparing and finishing the heels and soles of boots and
shoes, each such machine being complete in itself.
Now according to my invention I provide a single machine for carrying out
all the operations required in preparing and finishing boots and shoes, such
machine being driven by a single belt or equivalent device from the motor or
main shaft whereby amongst other advantages I am able to dispense with the
various belts for driving the different machines which have hitherto been necessary
and are usually dangerous to the workmen.
In carrying out the invention I construct a machine comprising a frame formed
of two or more standards suitably braced and connected together and providing
upon their upper ends beds or supports for the different parts of the machine for
carrying out the different processes of finishing. In the centre of the frame and
parallel therewith I mount a shaft for driving all the different parts of the
complete machine, the said shaft being mounted in bearings fitted upon each of
the standards and being driven direct from the engine or motor or in any other
suitable manner. The shaft is provided with pulleys for driving the parts of the
machine for performing the various processes.
At the rear of the various sections of my machine I arrange upon the frame an
exhaust fan with pipes running to each section of the machine, this arrangement
having for its object to remove the dust which is developed in the finishing
processes.
The shaft and pulleys are protected in the centre of the frame and the different
belts for driving each section of the machine from the machine shaft are also
protected and are under the control of the operator in such a manner that each
section of the machine can be stopped independently of any other and, if desired,
all the sections can be stopped whilst the main shaft remains running.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: chines for Finishing boots and Shoes.
I, OWEN ROBINSON, of Champion Iron Works, Kettering, in the County of
Northampton, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines for finishing boots and
shoes.
It has hitherto usually been the custom to provide a separate machine for each
operation required in preparing and finishing the heels and soles of boots and
shoes, each such machine being complete in itself.
Now, according to my invention I provide a single machine for carrying out
all the operations required in preparing and finishing boots and shoes, such
machine being driven by a single belt or equivalent device from the motor or
"main shaft whereby amongst other advantages I am able to dispense with the
various main belts for driving the different machines which have hitherto been
necessary and are usually dangerous to the workmen.
In carrying out the invention I construct a machine comprising a frame formed
of two or more standards suitably braced and connected together and providing
upon their upper ends beds or supports for the different parts of the machine for
carrying out the different processes of finishing. In the centre of the frame and
parallel therewith I mount a shaft for driving all the different parts of the
complete machine, the said shaft being mounted in bearings fitted upon each of
the standards and being driven direct from the engine or motor or in any other.
suitable manner. The shaft is provided with pulleys for driving the parts of the
machine for performing the various processes.
At the rear of the various sections of my machine I arrange upon the frame an
exhaust fan with passages or pipes running to each section of the machine, this
arrangement having for its object to remove the dust which is developed in the
finishing processes.
In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of machinery combined and arranged according to
the invention.
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 Figure 1.
a, a are the standards or supports which are connected together by the side
plates b, b and are also formed at their upper part with beds c, c for carrying the
machines for effecting the different processes of finishing. In the drawing I have
shewn machinery comprising the heel trimmer A, the fore-part trimmer B, the
heel scourer C, the bottom scourer and naumkeag D, the edge setter E and the
heel, bottom and waist finisher F, although it will be obvious that the machinery
so combined and arranged can be modified as desired for any particular purpose.
d is the shaft which is mounted parallel with the frame and in bearings e, e 4
formed in the standards a, a the said shaft carrying fast and loose. pulleys f, f¹
outside the frame, so that it can be driven from any suitable source, and
pulleys g, g for driving each of the separate machines above enumerated. With
this arrangement it will be obvious that the shaft d and pulleys g, g are protected
in the centre of the frame and the different belts for driving each section of
the machine from the machine shaft are also protected and are under the control
of the operator in such a manner that he can stop any section of the machine
independent of the others, and when necessary, all the sections whilst still leaving
the main shaft running.
In some of the processes of finishing a considerable amount of dust is developed 5

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and to remove this dust I as above mentioned, employ an exhaust device. h is
pipe or passage which communicates with the centrifugal fan i or other suitable
exhaust apparatus and passes along the rear of the frame; it is placed in con-
nection with the interior of hoods j, j enclosing these machines which develop
dust in their operation, through the medium of branch passages k, k. The
machines in the drawing, which are shewn provided with the hoods, consist of
the heel trimmer, the fore-part trimmer, the heel scourer and the bottom scourer
and naumkeag. The openings from the hoods into the branch passages k, kare
effected through narrow slit-like openings so that a good draught is provided
from the hoods for removing the dust formed when the machines are used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved machinery
for finishing boots and shoes, substantially as herein before described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 24th day of April 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.