An Improved Channelling Machine for use in the! Channelling of the Soles and Insoles of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Channelling Machine for use in the! Channelling of the
Soles and Insoles of Boots and Shoes.
We, WILLIAM FLOYD, of 107, Hunter Street, in the Town of Northampton, Shoe
Manufacturer's Foreman, and JOSEPH PERKINS, of 48, Clare Terrace, in the said
Town of Northampton, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows;--
Our invention has reference to a machine used in the manufacture of boots and
shoes for the purpose of cutting a channel in the soles and insoles of boots and
shoes.
This channel after receiving the stitches is closed and pressed down and the
stitches are thus covered and protected. It is however found difficult in practice
to guide the sole at the waist and toe round the channelling machine when this
machine is driven by motive power and in the case of very narrow toes the use
of the channelling machine is well nigh an impossibility, as an inexpert operator
would spoil many soles or insoles by its use on very pointed work.
Our invention is an addition to the channelling machines now in use and is
for the purpose of regulating the speed of the machine to obviate the difficulty
mentioned above in regard to channelling the waists and toes of soles and insoles.
A is a hand wheel fitted to the main spindle F of the channelling machine. This
spindle F is shewn broken off and only the new portion of the machine is dis-
covered in the drawing. The handwheel A is part also of a friction clutch B.
The driving pulley C is by means of the connecting rod D, treadle E and spring G
drawn over the friction clutch B and thus acts as a brake upon the speed of the
machine. To regulate the speed still further and even to stop the machine alto-
gether one hand of the operator can be applied to the handwheel A, while the
other hand is engaged with the sole or insole in the channel cutter. Figure 1 is a
side elevation of our invention. Figure 2 is a front elevation of the hand wheel
and friction clutch.
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WILLIAM FLOYD.
JOSEPH PERKINS.
An Improved Channelling Machine for use in the mannening of
Soles and Insoles of Boots and Shoes,
We, WILLIAM FLOYD, of 107, Hunter Street, in the Town of Northampton, Shoe
Manufacturer's Foreman, and JOSEPH PERKINS, of 48, Clare Terrace, in the said
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page_text: Town 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, reference being made to the draw-
ings filed with the Provisional Specification:-
Our invention has reference to a machine used in the manufacture of boots and
shoes for the purpose of cutting a channel in the sole and insoles of boots and
shoes. This channel after receiving the stitches is closed and pressed down and
the stitches are thus covered and protected. It is however found difficult in practice
to guide the sole at the waist and toe round the channeling machine when this
machine is driven by motive power and in the case of very narrow toes the use
of the channeling machine is well nigh an impossibility as an inexpert operator
would spoil many soles or insoles by its use on very pointed work.
Our invention is an addition to the channeling machine now in use and is for
the purpose of regulating the speed of the machine by means of a hollow friction
pulley C, in conjunction with a friction clutch B, and also by using the hand as a
check upon the hand wheel A, to obviate the difficulty mentioned above in regard
to channeling the waists and toes of soles and insoles.
A is a handwheel which is checked by the workman's right hand in operating and
fitted to the main spindle F of the channeling machine. This spindle is shewn
breken off and only the new portion of the machine is discovered in the drawing.
The handwheel A is part also of a friction clutch B. The hollow driving pulley C
can by means of the connecting rod D treadle E and spring G be drawn over the
friction clutch B. To regulate the speed still further and even to stop the machine
altogether one hand of the operator can be applied to the handwheel A while the
other hand is engaged with the sole or insole in the channel cutter.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the handwheel and friction clutch.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. In a sole channeling machine the combination of a friction clutch and driving
pulley substantially as described.
2. In a sole channeling machine the combination of a handwheel friction clutch
and driving pulley substantially as described.
3. In a sole channeling machine the combination of a treadle connecting rod
spring and driving pulley substantially as described.
4. In a sole channeling machine the combination of a handwheel friction clutch
driving pulley connecting rod and spring substantially as described.
5. In a sole channeling machine the combination of a handwheel friction clutch
driving pulley treadle connecting rod and spring substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of October 1898.
WILLIAM FLOYD.
JOSEPH PERKINS.