Improvements in Edge Setting Machines used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1895-Accepted, 15th June. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Edge Setting Machines used in the Manufacture
of Boots and Shoes.
We RICHARD WILKINSON BATEMAN Shoe Maker and LOFTUS HANSON
BATEMAN, Mechanic, both of 5 Hanover Street, Halifax in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in edge setting machines used for
finishing and burnishing of the outer edges of the soles of boots and shoes the
object being to reduce the amount of vibration of the machine, and to enable the
burnishing iron to be removed and replaced in the machine with greater ease and
rapidity than heretofore, to enable the irons to be maintained at the requisite
temperature without the use of gas to render such machines simpler in construction,
and efficient in their action.
According to this invention we construct the stand and head of the machine as
ordinary and dispense with the connecting links, cranks or arms as now used and
substitute in lieu thereof a metal strap or slotted lever in the slot of which is a
block carried on and operated by the ordinary tappet. The opposite end of the
slotted lever or strap is fixed on the shaft which carries and operates the burnishing
irons, and as the said shaft revolves motion is thereby imparted to the said irons
for setting or burnishing the edges. The burnishing iron is held on the shaft by
incans of a clutch half of which is fixed on the shaft, the other portion being
fixed to the burnishing iron so that the latter is simply withdrawn off its shaft and
another substituted, and such change can be effected whilst the machine is in
motion.
The burnishing iron is made nearly round so that by giving a partial turn to
said iron a new part of the latter becomes the operating surface. To prevent the
burnishing iron flying off the end of its shaft, as it was heretofore apt to do, we
fix on the former a small flange behind which is a finger held in position by a
spring.
To maintain the burnishing iron at the requisite temperature a piece of felt is
by screw adjustment held against the vibrating burnishing iron and as the latter
rapidly oscillates the felt, and the frictional contact keeps the temperature of the
burnishing iron at the required degree of heat.
Dated this 2nd day of August. 1894
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Edge Setting Machines used in the Manufacture
of Boots and Shoes.
We RICHARD WILKINSON BATEMAN Shoe Maker, and LOFTUS HANSON
BATEMAN, Mechanic, both of 5 Hanover Street, Halifax, in the County of York,
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 improvements in edge setting machines used for

page_text: Dishing and burnishing the outer edges of the soles of boots and shoes, the object
being to reduce the amount of vibration of the machine, and to enable the
burnishing iron to be removed, and replaced in the machine with greater ease and
rapidity than heretofore, to enable the irons to be maintained at the requisite
temperature without the use of gas, and to render such machines simpler in
construction and efficient in their action.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of the head of the improved edge setting
machine.
Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of part of the improved edge setting machine
drawn to enlarged scale.
Fig. 3 is an end view of one end of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an end view of part of the opposite end of Fig. 2 to that illustrated
by Fig. 3.
According to this invention, we construct the stand and head of the machine as
ordinary and dispense with the connecting links, cranks, or arms as heretofore used,
and substitute in lieu thereof a metal strap or slotted lever 1 in the slot 2 of which
is a block 3 carried on and operated by the ordinary tappet 4 on the shaft 4. The
opposite end of the slotted lever or strap is fixed on the shaft 5 which carries and
operates the burnishing irons 6, and as the said shaft 4° revolves, a reciprocating or
rocking motion is by the strap 1 and block 3 imparted to the shaft 5 and irons 6
for setting or burnishing the edges. The burnishing iron 6 is held on the shaft 5
by means of a clutch 7, half of which is fixed on the said shaft 5, the other portion
being fixed to or forming part of the burnishing iron 6, so that the latter is simply
withdrawn off its shaft 5, und another substituted, and such change can be effected
whilst the machine is in motion, as the shaft 5 never changes the position of
its centre.
The burnishing iron 6 is made round, and its periphery formed the required
shape, or section so that by disengaging the clutch 7 and giving a partial turn to
said iron 6, a new part of the latter becomes the operating surface. To prevent
the burnishing iron 6 flying off the end of its shaft 5 as it was heretofore apt to
do, we fix or form on the boss of the iron 6 a small flange 8 or groove 9, behind, or
in which is a finger 10, held in position by a spring 11.
To maintain the burnishing iron 6 at the requisite temperature, a piece of felt 12
(see Fig. 2) is by adjusting screw 13, and bracket 14 held against the reciprocating
burnishing iron 6, and as the latter rapidly rocks, the felt 12 and the frictional
contact keeps the temperature of the burnishing iron 6 at the required degree
of heat.
A metal strap or straps 15 is or are placed in the strap or slotted lever 1, and
these straps 15 can be adjusted by the screws 16. 16 in the lever 1, so that wear
and tear of the block 3 can readily be compensated for.
It will be seen that this upper part of the lever 1 has an oscillating or to and
fro motion imparted to it by the shaft 4 and tappet 4, whilst the shaft 5 at the
lower end of the lever is given a part rotation only, first in one direction, then in
the other, a like motion being imparted to the buruisher 6, the latter does not
vibrate the boot or shoe or the hand of the operative "setting" the edge of the
sole of same, consequently the work is more easily and better finished.
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 :-
(1) The slotted lever 1, shaft 5, clutch 7, iron 6 with flanged or grooved boss
and finger 10, all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described and
substantially as illustrated by Fig. 2 of the annexed drawings.
(2) A circular or partially circular iron 6 having a flanged or grooved boss and

page_text: clutch, engaging with a clutch on a rocking shaft 5, a finger 10 holding the said
iron 6 in position by means of the flange or groove 9, all in combination as and for
the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
(3) A circular or partly circular iron 6 mounted on a rocking shaft 5, and
engaging with the latter by means of a clutch 7, the iron being held on the shaft 5
by means of a locking finger or device, all in combination, as and for the purpose
herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 27th day of April 1895.
RICHARD WILKINSON BATEMAN,
LOFTUS HANSON BATEMAN,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
RICHARD WILKINSON BATEMAN,
LOFTUS HANSON BATEMAN,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.