Improvements in Beating Up Together the Welts and Soles of Boots or Shoes, and in Machinery therefor.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1895
Complete. Specification Left 22nd May 1896 Accented 11th July 1806
Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1806
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Beating Up Together the Welts and Soles of Boots
or Shoes, and in Machinery therefor.
We, JOHN EDMUND HODGSON, of Montague Street, Kettering, in the County
of Northampton, Engineer, HARRY WRIGHT, of School Lane, Kettering, in the
County of Northampton, Boot Manufacturer, and THOMAS ELLETSON PARKIN
HODGSON, of Montague Street, Kettering, in the County of Northampton, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the beating up together the upper and lower edge
of that portion of a boot or shoe known as the "welt and sole," and thereby
making the edge rigid, at the same time more fully filling up or closing the
channel. It is applicable to boots and shoes either machine sewn, screwed, stitched,
or inade with a welt. The improvements in the apparatus consist in providing the
beating machine with a substantially vertical, reciprocating spindle, bar or hammer,
for the purpose of striking a blow, and below this a revolving or movable table
capable of being raised or lowered according to the various thicknesses of welt,
middle, and sole operated upon. The adjustment may also be made above the
table if desired. In our experimental apparatus this table revolves loosely on a
spindle and by this mechanism we are able to beat the bottom of the boot before
or after completion of the process of bottoming for a distance of say about one
inch round the edge, a result, which as far as we are aware has not been achieved
with existing machinery, though our invention includes altering existing machines
by the addition of our adjustable roller or table so as to obtain this effect on the
boot.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
31, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Beating Up Together the Welts and Soles of Boots
or Shoes, and in Machinery therefor.
We, JOHN EDMUND HODGSON, of Montague Street, Kettering, in the County
of Northampton, Engineer, HARRY WRIGHT, of School Lane, Kettering, in the
County of Northampton, Boot Manufacturer, and THOMAS ELLETSON PARKIN
HODGSON, of Montague Street, 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 has for its object the beating up together of the upper and lower
edge of that portion of a boot or shoe known as the "welt and sole," and thereby
making the edge rigid, at the same time more fully filling up or closing the
channel. It is applicable to boots and shoes either machine sewn, screwed, or
stitched. The improvements in the apparatus consist in providing the beating
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table capable
machine with a substantially vertical, reciprocating spindle, bar
the purpose of striking a blow, and below this a revolving or moval
of being raised or lowered according to the various thicknesses of welt, middle,
and sole operated upon. The adjustment may also be made above he table if
desired.
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In order that our invention may be more readily understood we ill proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in wh
Figure 1 is a side elevation and
Figure 2 a front elevation of the machine.
A is the frame of the machine, B a bar capable of moving in guides A¹, A¹ forming
part of or attached to the frame A. C is a spindle revolving in bearings A³, A' in
the frame A. D is a driving pulley running loosely on the spindle Cand capable
of engaging with the said spindle by means of the clutch D¹. The driving
pulley D is caused to move axially along the shaft C by means of the bell crank
lever E pivoted at E' to the frame so as to put the clutch D¹ in gear when required.
Any other suitable device may be provided for driving the shaft C when the
machine is required to work but the arrangement above described is very simple
and efficient.
F is a revoluble table mounted on a screwed spindle F¹ furnished with nuts F², F³
by means of which the table may be secured at any desirable height as shown. The
axis of the spindle F¹ is not in the same straight line as that of the bar B and this
is the preferable arrangement. The bar B is furnished at its lower end with a head
or beater B and is connected to the shaft C by means of a link B' at one end
pivotally secured to a collar B³ on the spindle B, the other end of the link being
pivoted excentrically on a disc C₁ secured on the shaft C. B is a spring which is
compressed between the collar B³ and a collar B when the bar B descends. G is
the boot or shoe which is to be beaten.
The action of the machine is very simple. When the shaft C is rotated the bar B
is caused to reciprocate and the head or beater B' is applied with considerable force
to the sole of the boot or shoe. The latter is very readily turned round so as to
bring every part of the edge under the action of the beater, and the table F being
revoluble assists very materially in this operation.
By our improved machine we are able to beat the bottom of the boot before or
after completion of the process of bottoming for a distance of say about one inch
round the edge, a result, which as far as we are aware has not been achieved with
existing machinery though our invention includes altering existing machines by the
addition of our adjustable roller or table so as to obtain this effect on the boot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
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A machine for beating up together the upper and lower edge of that portion of
a boot or shoe known as the welt and sole adjustable for various thicknesses of
the parts operated upon, substantially as described.
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W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicants.