AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR PEGGING THE SOLES ON BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adolf Angst, of Zurich, Switzerland, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR PEGGING THE SOLES ON BOOTS
AND SHOES."
Sealed the 11th February 1876, and dated the 13th November 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adolf Angst at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th November 1875.
I, ADOLF ANGST, of Zurich, Switzerland, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR PEGGING THE SOLES
ON BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved boot and shoe pegging apparatus
whereby a hole is made in the sole and a peg is cut off a strip of peg
wood and driven into the sole all at one operation, and by a simple blow
of a mallet.
The apparatus consists of a metal frame in which the parts are
mounted. In the upper part of the. frame which serves as a handle

page_text: a rod is fitted to slide up and down. The upper end of this rod, which
is to be struck by the mallet, projects above the frame or handle,
and in the lower end an awl and a peg driver are secured. The awl
projects downwards the whole length of a peg lower than the peg
driver, and they are placed side by side at a suitable distance apart,
so that whilst the awl is piercing a hole in the leather the peg driver
is driving a peg into the hole made at the previous descent of the awl.
The peg wood is in the form of a strip coiled up in a holder having
radial arms with hooked ends by which the coil is confined. This
holder is mounted on a central pin on a projecting arm attached to the
main frame of the apparatus. The strip of pegwood having its
sharpened edge downward is led through or along an adjustable guide
until its extremity arrives beneath the peg driver, where it is met
by a stop. The peg wood is fed along by a feed device consisting of a
claw working through a slot in the peg wood guide, an attached to an
oscillating arm pivoted to the frame, and moved backwards by the
descent of the peg driver,-and-forwards by-a spring, the peg driver
and spring each acting on an arm forming part of the feed device.
At each descent of the awl and peg driver a piece of wood sufficient
for a peg is cut off from the end of the strip of peg wood by an oscil-
lating knife pivoted to the frame, and acted on by a projection on the
awl and peg driver carrier, which projection acts as a presser against
the back of the knife to force it through the wood. It may also act
to draw the knife back again on the rising of the awl carrier. On the
under side of the frame there is fixed- adjustably a guide which is
pressed against the edge of the sole to keep the work at a uniform
distance therefrom. There is also a gauge to regulate the distance
between the pegs, and consisting of a. spring, lever projecting slightly
downwards so as to come in contact with the peg last driven in the
leather which just protrudes above the surface.
In commencing to work with this apparatus a hole should first be
made in the sole with a common awl, and a common peg inserted in
front of the peg wood strip, which is drawn back to admit it. The
apparatus is then applied to the sole so that the point of this. peg which
projects slightly shall be just in or over the hole. Upon striking the
awl and peg driver carrier the following operations will be simul
taneously effected: The peg, will. be- driven into, the hole by the peg
driver, a fresh hole will be made by the awl, another, peg will be cut off
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page_text: the end of the strip by the knife, and the peg wood feed will be moved
back in readiness to feed forward the strip of wood, and the peg just cut
off as soon as the awl carrier rises, which it is caused to do immediately
by a spring, which spring was compressed by the descent of the carrier.
The peg last cut off is now fed' forward over the hole last made by the
awl into which it is driven in the next descent of the peg driver, when
the same operations are repeated, and so on.
By means of this apparatus the operation of pegging can be performed
with great rapidity and regularity, even by a comparatively unskilled
hand.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Adolf Angst in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 12th May 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ADOLF
ANGST, of Zurich, Switzerland, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Adolf Angst, Her special
licence that I, the said Adolf Angst, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Adolf Angst, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use; exercise;
and' vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR PEGGING THE SOLES ON BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition.
(amongst others) that I, the said Adolf Angst, my executors or admini-
strators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause tlie same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after tho
date of tlie said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Adolf Angst, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
My Invention relates to an improved boot and shoe pegging apparatus
whereby a hole is made in the sole, a peg is cut off from a strip of peg
wood, and a peg previously cut off is driven into the sole, all at the
same operation, and by one blow of a mallet, the peg wood being then
fed forward to supply a peg for the next hole.
In order that the Invention may be more readily understood, I will
describe the construction of the apparatus, and the method of using it.
with reference to the Drawings annexed, in which,―
Figures 1 and 2 represent elevations of two opposite sides of the
apparatus; Figure 3, a sectional plan of the same.
Figure 4, a plan of the apparatus inverted; and Figures 5 and 6,
sectional views showing details of the knife hereafter referred to.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures
wherever they recur.
The mechanism composing the apparatus is mounted in a metal
frame A, the upper part of which serves as a handle. by which the
workman holds the apparatus and applies it to the sole of the boot or
shoe; B is a rod or plunger fitted to slide up and down in guides
in the upper and lower parts a, a', of the frame A, the upper end of
said rod or plunger B projecting above the top of frame A in order
that it may be struck by the mallet, and it may terminate in a knob;
B¹ is a spiral spring on rod or plunger B which is compressed between
a collar 6 fixed on rod or plunger B and the part a¹ of frame A when
the rod or plunger B is driven downwards, as shown in Figure 2, said
spring serving to raise rod or plunger B again to its former position
in readiness to repeat the operation; C is an awl fixed in a socket in
the lower extremity of the rod or plunger B, and secured by a set
screw c. This awl projects from the end of the awl carrier or plunger B
a distance about equal to the length of a peg, as shown, and a portion
of the carrier B is cut away at one side so as to reduce it in length

page_text: at that part to receive the peg driver, which is a pin D also fixed in a
socket in B, and secured by a set screw d, the extremity of the peg
driver being flush with the longer portion of carrier B, as shown, so
that the awl C projects downwards the length of a peg lower than the
peg driver. The awl and peg driver are placed at a distance from one
another about equal to the distance the pegs are to be apart, so that
whilst the awl is piercing a hole the peg driver is forcing a peg into
the hole made at the previous descent of the awl; E is the peg wood
cut in the form of a strip with the grain of the wood running trans-
versely so as to be in the direction of the pegs cut off from the end
of the strip. The strip of peg wood is coiled up in a holder consisting
of a number of hooked arms or clips F by which the coil E is confined,
as shown, one of the arms being made detachable and adjustable by a
slot and set screw, as shown at f, in order to insert the coiled strip.
This holder is fixed by a central stud or screw to an arm or bracket G
fixed to the frame A. The lower edge of the strip L is V shaped or
bevelled on both sides, and the free end of the strip is led through an
adjustable guide H until its extremity is beneath the peg driver D, where
it is met by a stop g at the end of the guide. The strip E is fed along
by a feed device consisting of a claw i working through a slot ; in a
plate forming part of the guide H, and jointed to one arm I¹ of a lever
pivoted at I to the said plate, the lever having two other arms, one I²
being acted on by a spring stud k contained in a recess in the frame A,
and the other arm I³ projecting through a slot or opening so as to be-
acted on by carrier B in its descent. The lever is oscillated in one
direction by the spring / to carry the claw i forward to feed the strip
along in the direction of the awl, and on the awl carrier B descending
it comes in contact with arm I³ and moves the claw back a distance
equal to the thickness of a peg in readiness to feed the strip forward
again when carrier B rises. At each descent of the said carrier with
the awl C and driver D a piece of wood sufficient for a peg is cut of
from the end of the strip of peg wood E (as shown at e, Figure 3) by an
oscillating knife L pivoted to part of the frame A at 7, and acted on
by a projecting cam or nib M fixed to the carrier B which presses
against the curved back of the knife L and forces its edge through the
wood; it also acts to draw the knife back again on the rising of
carrier B by coming in contact with the upper or tail end of the knife.
The peg thus cut off is fed forward, when carrier B rises in readiness
for the next down stroke of the peg driver.

page_text: On the under side of the frame there is a T shaped guide N fixed
adjustably by a screw n and collar engaging with teeth or serrations
on the tail of the guide N. This guide is pressed against the edge of
the sole to keep the work at a uniform distance therefrom. There is
also a gauge to regulate the distance between the pegs; it consists
of a crank lever O pivoted at o. The extremity o¹ of one arm of the
lever projects slightly below the frame A. so as to come in contact with
the peg last driven into the leather which just protrudes above the
surface. The other arm of the lever is acted on by a spring p contained
in a suitable recess in the frame A.
In commencing to work with this apparatus a hole should first be
made in the sole with a common awl, and a common peg inserted in
front of the pegwood strip E, which is drawn back to admit it. The
apparatus. is, then applied to the sole so that the point of this peg,
which projects slightly; shall be just in or over the hole. Upon striking.
the carrier B the following operations. will be simultaneously effected :-
The peg will be driven into the hole by the peg driver D, a fresh hole
will be made by the awl C, another peg will be cut off the end of the
strip by the knife, and the pegwood feed claw i will be moved back in
readiness. to feed forward the strip of wood, and the peg just cut off
as soon as the carrier B rises, which it is caused to do immediately by
spring B. The peg last cut off is now fed forward over the hole
last made by the awl into which it is driven on the next descent
of the peg driver D, when the same operations are. repeated, and
so; on..
By means of this apparatus the operation of pegging can be performed
with great rapidity and regularity even by a comparatively unskilled
hand.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to
be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,---
1st. An apparatus for pegging boots and shoes, consisting of the com-
bination of mechanism and devices, constructed and operating substan-
tially as specified, whereby the several different operations herein
mentioned are performed in the manner described.
2nd. The combination with, a spring rod B fitted to slide in guides

page_text: in a frame, of an awl C and peg driver D, arranged and operating as
described.
3rd. The combination with the awl and peg driver and their carrier B,
operating as described, of the knife, pivoted and operated as described,
for cutting off a peg from the end of the strip.
4th. The combination with the awl and peg driver, their carrier, and
the knife, all constructed and operating as described, of the guide H,
the stop g, and the device for feeding the strip of peg wood, constructed
and operated as shown and described.
5th. The combination with the foregoing apparatus of the adjustable
guide N, substantially as described, also of the spring gauge O, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described.
6th. The combination with the other apparatus herein described of the
holder for the strip of peg wood, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adolf Angst, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
A
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