Apparatus for the Manufacture of Leather Caps for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Leather Caps for Boots and Shoes.
We, SALOMON DRESCHFELD and SALOMON HALBERSTADT, both of the Firm of
Dreschfeld & Halberstadt, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, of Offenbach-on-Maine,
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a construction of apparatus for the manufacture of
leather caps for boots and shoes which we will describe with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 shews a longitudinal section of one
construction of the apparatus, Figure 2 is a plan, Figure 3 is a longitudinal section
with a different form of matrix. Figure 4 is a plan of the same, Figure 5 is a
section of a modified construction for working by the foot or power, Figure 6,
a plan of the same, Figure 7 is a front view, Figure 8, a section of a modified
construction of the arrangement shewn at Figures 1 and 2, adapted for working
by foot or power. Figure 9 shews the same view as Figure 5 with the die in the
raised position.
On a base plater Figure 1 there are two vertical ears in which is mounted
the spindle of a lever to which is attached a removeable cutter m³ having a con-
figuration that is varied according to the form of the caps to be produced. Below
the cutter is a removeable matrix n on which the moistened leather for the cap
is laid.
At the top of the cutter is a. bridge piece b to which is attached a
spring f, which is also connected to a plate c which can turn on the spindle a.
When the cutter m' is pressed down by the lever e, the plate c first presses
upon the leather on the matrix n and holds it in the required position; on the
farther depression of the cutter all unevenesses of the leather are cut off thereby,
and while the cutter compresses the leather it bends down the edge thereof so
as to impart the requisite configuration thereto. On raising the lever with the
cutter and holding plate again, the shaped leather is removed. The parts can
also be arranged as shewn at Figure 8, where the cutter m is attached to a cup
shaped plate & fixed on a rod k, which is actuated by a lever o Figure 7 either by
hand or by power. The plate is suspended from d by springs f, so as to be
applied to the leather blank on the depression of the cutter. By means of these
cutters and matrices leather caps can be made of which the closed up part is applied
to the lower part of the last.
For producing caps in which the closed up part is uppermost and is applied to
the upper part of the last, a matrix is substituted with recessed base of the form
shewn at Figure 3. The process with this construction is similar to that first
described. The moistened leather is laid upon the matrix and is held by the plate c
on the depression of the cutter. When this has arrived at the bottom of its stroke,
namely at the lower edge of the matrix, the lever remains at rest and a template u
with cutting edge, shaped according to the required form of the cap is moved
forward by means of a hand lever 1, so as firstly to push the leather round the
front part of the matrix up to the recessed base thereof and then cuts off the edge
of the leather that projects down from that point.
In the modifications shewn at Figures 5, 6, 7 and 9, the arrangement is such

page_text: that in producing caps of the last described kind the plate s is automatically
pushed forward.
Instead of the cutter m² a die w is attached to the plate d, which die carries
a rod g that acts on the elbow lever h connected to the sliding plate s. On the
depression of the lever o Figure 7, the leather placed on the matrix n is held by
the plate p and then has its edge compressed and pressed down by the die w; during
the downward motion of the latter the rod g in descending forces down the lever h
(which is held up by a spring f¹) which moves forward the slides and presses
inwards the edge of the leather as before described. The cutting off of the edge of
the leather is then effected by a cutter s¹ which is moved forward upon s by the
lever Figure 6.
The advantage of the last described arrangement consists in that the operator
has his hands free; the lever o being actuated either by foot or by power.
Dated this 9th day of July 1897.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Leather Caps for Boots and Shoes.
We, SALOMON DRESCHFELD and SALOMON HALBERSTADT, both of the Firm of
Dreschfeld & Halberstadt, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, of Offenbach-on-Maine,
Germany, 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 a construction of apparatus for the manufacture of
leather caps for boots and shoes which we will describe with reference to the
drawings accompanying our Provisional Specification, in which Fig. 1 shews a
longitudinal section of one construction of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a plan, Fig. 3
is a longitudinal section with a different form of matrix, Fig. 4 is a plan of the
same, Fig. 5 is a section of a modified construction for working by the foot or
power, Fig. 6, a plan of the same, Fig. 7 is a front view, Fig. 8, a section of a
modified construction of the arrangement shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, adapted for
working by foot or power, Figure 9 shews the same view as Fig. 5 with the die
in the raised position.
On a base plater Figure 1 there are two vertical ears 1 in which is mounted
the spindle of a lever to which is attached a removeable cutter m having a con-
figuration that is varied according to the form of the caps to be produced. Below
the cutter is a removeable matrix n on which the moistened leather for the cap
is laid. At the top of the cutter is a bridge piece b to which is attached a
spring which is also connected to a plate c which can turn on the spindle x.
When the cutter m is pressed down by the lever e, the plate c first presses
upon the leather on the matrix n and holds it in the required position; on the
farther depression of the cutter all unevenesses of the leather are cut off thereby,
and while the cutter compresses the leather it bends down the edge thereof so
as to impart the requisite configuration thereto. On raising the lever with the
cutter and holding plate again, the shaped leather is removed. The parts can also
be arranged as shewn at Figure 8, where the cutter m is attached to a cup
shaped plate d fixed on a rod k, which is actuated by a lever o Figure 7 either by
hand or by power. The plate pis suspended from d by springs f, so as to be
applied to the leather blank on the depression of the cutter. By means of these

page_text: cutters and matrices leather caps can be made of which the closed up part is applied
to the lower part of the last.
For producing caps in which the closed up part is uppermost and is applied to
the upper part of the last, a matrix is substituted with recessed base of the form
shewn at Figure 3. The process with this construction is similar to that first
described. The moistened leather is laid upon the matrix and is held by the plate c
on the depression of the cutter. When this has arrived at the bottom of its stroke,
namely at the lower edge of the matrix, the lever remains at rest and a template u
with cutting edge, shaped according to the required form of the cap is moved
forward by means of a hand lever h¹¹, so as firstly to push the leather round the
front part of the matrix up to the recessed base thereof and then cuts off the edge
of the leather that projects down from that point.
In the modifications shewn at Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 9 the arrangement is such
that in producing caps of the last described kind the plate s is automatically
pushed forward.
Instead of the cutter m a die w is attached to the plate d, which die carries
a rod g that acts on the elbow lever h connected to the sliding plate s. On the
depression of the lever o Fig. 7, the leather placed on the matrix n is held by
the plate p and then has its edge compressed and pressed down by the die w; during
the downward motion of the latter the rod g in descending forces down the lever h
(which is held up by a spring f') which moves forward the slides and presses
inwards the edge of the leather as before described. The cutting off of the edge of
the leather is then effected by a cutter s¹ which is moved forward upon s by the
lever Fig. 6.
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The advantage of the last described arrangement consists in that the operator
has his hands free, the lever o being actuated either by foot or by power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. Apparatus for the manufacture of leather caps for boots and shoes consisting
of a removable cutter m shaped according to the form of the heel, and actuated
either by a hand lever e or by a lever o worked by foot or by power, so as in
descending to pass over a moistened piece of leather on a matrix n, and thereby
to trim and compress its edges, and bend them down to the required shape the
leather being held during such action by a plate p made to press thereon with
spring action, substantially as described.
2. The modified construction of the apparatus referred to in the first claim,
wherein the matrix n is provided with recessed base and the bending of the
leather round the edge of the matrix and the cutting thereof is effected by means
of a plate s having a correspondingly shaped cutting edge, and actuated by a
lever h¹, substantially as described.
3. The modified construction of the apparatus referred to in the first and second
claims wherein the bending of the leather round the edge of the matrix is effected
by a plate s which on the downward motion of a lever o is actuated by a lever h¹,
and which carries a sliding cutter plate s that effects the cutting of the leather,
substantially as described.
Dated the 0th doveof 1000
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