Improvements in Pincers for Use in the Lasting of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pincers for Use in the Lasting of Boots
and Shoes.
1, FREDERICK CUTLAN of Castle Hill, Wellingborough, in the County of
Northampton, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to pincers for use in the lasting of boots and shoes and may
be carried out in the following manner :-
The instrument consists of three separate parts pivotted together, the first part
which I will call the body comprises the handle, one of the nipping jaws and a
working face or movable fulcrum when required when using the instrument upon
the waist of the boot or shoe so as to allow of the instrument sliding over the work
without damaging it while drawing up the edge of the upper.
The second part consists of a lever pivotted in the first part, the long end serving
as a handle by which the jaws are operated and the second part forming one of the
jaws. The jaws of the first and second parts are preferably turned outwards and
away from each other, a portion of the space between them being occupied by
The third part which consists of a yoke shaped piece, the sides of which fit
outside the first part and are pivotted thereto preferably upon the same pivot pin
which connects the first and second parts. The operative portion of the third part
comprises two jaws, one to complete the gripping device of the first part, and the
other the gripping device of the second part, these jaws being formed so as to
respectively match the corresponding jaws of the first and second parts. Any
convenient spring arrangement may be employed to normally maintain the third
part in its proper position against a stop upon the first part or other means may be
employed to maintain the various parts in their proper relative positions, and springs
may be employed wherever required. I may provide the jaws with roughened or
other gripping surfaces, a suitable arrangement consisting in projecting pins or teeth
formed upon each of the jaws of the third part and corresponding holes or recesses
formed upon the jaws of the first and second parts; these gripping devices may be
placed in special lines not parallel with the ends of the jaws.
The gripping is effected by the operator taking the first part or handle in his
band and placing the fingers upon the handle end of the second part; by drawing
these two parts together the jaw of the second part is caused to engage with one of
the jaws of the third part thus turning the third part upon its pivot and against its
spring until the remaining jaw of the third part engages with the jaw of the first
part. In use either of these pairs of jaws may be the one which at the moment is
doing useful work according to the position in which the instrument is held and the
work required to be done.
The first part may be provided with a heel or fulcrum in addition to the fulcrum
previously described and the end of the handle may be used as a hammer head or
pointed for removing tacks or employed for any useful purposes.
The details of the instrument may be varied but the above description will serve
to indicate the salient features of the invention.
Dated this 10th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Pincers for Use in the Lasting of Boots
and Shoes.
I, FREDERICK CUTLAN of Castle Hill, Wellingborough, in the Connty 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 pincers for use in the lasting of boots and shoes and may
be carried out in the following manner;
The instrument, one example of which is illustrated in perspective in the
accompanying drawing, consists of three separate parts A B and C pivotted together
at D; the first part A which shall be called the body, comprises the handle A', one
of the gripping jaws A, and a curved portion A³ the working face A of which
constitutes a shifting-fulcrum surface when the instrument is employed upon the
waist of a boot or shoe and has to slide over the work without damaging it while
drawing up the edge of the latter.
The second part B consists of a lever pivotted in the first part A on the pin D,
the longer end B₁ serving as a handle by which the jaws herein described are
operated, and the shorter end B³ serving as one of those jaws. The jaws A² and B³
are preferably turned outwards away from each other as shown, a portion of the
space between them being occupied by the
Third part C which consists of a yoke-shaped piece, the sides C₁ of which fit
outside the first part A and are pivotted thereto upon the pivot pin D, which also
connects the parts A and B. The operative portions of the part ( comprise two
jaws, one, C, to complete the gripping device of the first part, and the other, C³,
to complete the gripping device of the second part, these jaws being formed so as to
respectively match the corresponding jaws A³ B³.
Any convenient spring arrangement, for instance the spring E interposed between
the parts A and C and entering sockets in each, may be employed to normally
maintain the part C in its position against a stop A on the part A which enters a
notch C in the part C, or other means may be employed to maintain the various
parts in the desired relative positions, and springs may be employed wherever
required.
Roughened or other gripping-surfaces can be provided upon the jaws, a suitable
arrangement consisting in projecting pins or teeth such as C formed upon each of
the jaws C3 C3, and entering holes or recesses A B formed in the jaws A³ B³
respectively; these gripping devices may be disposed as desired upon the face of the
jaws, and are not necessarily in line parallel with the ends of the latter.
The gripping is effected by the operator taking the part A in his hand aad placing
the fingers of the same hand upon the part B'; by drawing these two parts together
the jaw B³ is caused to bear against the jaw C3 and turn the part C upon its pivot in
the direction indicated by the arrow in the drawing, thus moving forward the jaw C³
against the resistance of the spring E to grip any material which may be interposed
between the jaws (A*. In use either of these pairs AC or C3 B³ of jaws may be
the one which at the moment is doing useful work, according to the position in
which the instrument is held and the work required to be done. A is a heel which
may be provided upon the part A in addition to the curved portion A³ previously
described. The end A' of the part A may be used as a hammer head and be pointed
as shown for removing tacks or for other useful purposes.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The pincers comprising three parts such as A B and C pivotted together
substantially as described.
2. The combination with a three-part pincers of the kind described of a spring or
springs substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. In a three-part pincers such as described parts such as A3 A6 or either of them
for the purpose specified.
4. In a three-part pincers of the kind described the combination with the part C
of a stop such as A substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete three-part
pincers substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of November 1896.
F. CUTLAN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.