rovementS IN COMPRES
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1900-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1900
I, HENRY WATERS, of Bisbee, Arizona Territory, U.S.A., Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to shoemakers' lasts; the object of the invention being
to provide an implement of the kind which will have adjustable and interchange-
able parts of improved construction.
My invention comprises a stand consisting of a base, and a standard movably
secured to and supported by the base.
The upper portion of the standard has a cavity which tapers inwardly. A
bracket is supported by the standard and has a tenon which fits the tapered
cavity, and which has a depending link or stud which has its lower end flattened
to fit between the eyes formed by the bifurcation of the upper end of a rod
extending through the standard.
The sole block or foot portion fits over a projection on the bracket, and has
a spring secured to the toe-portion of the block and the other end adjustably
secured to the last bracket.
Dated this 27th day of October 1899
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
rovementS IN COMPRES
I, HENRY WATERS, of Bisbee, Arizona Territory, U.S.A., Inventor, 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 shoemakers' lasts and has for its object to provide
an implement of the kind which will have adjustable and interchangeable
parts of improved construction.
Reference being had to the drawings:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a shoemakers' last embodying
the invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of portions of the last shewn separated.
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line a―a of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a view of one of the extension pieces hereinafter described.
The numeral 1 indicates a base plate designed to be bolted to a work bench,
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page_text: and provided with a central orifice for the reception of the shaft 2 of the stand 3
which is adapted to rotate therein.
In the upper portion of the stand 3 is a funnel shaped pocket 4 adapted to
receive the shank 5 of the last-bracket 6: The upper face of the last-bracket
has a V-shaped recess 7 to receive a correspondingly shaped projection 8 on
the lower end of a block 9. 10 and 12 are dovetailed V-shaped tongues on the
converging faces of the block 9 which engage similarly shaped grooves 13 and 14
in the contiguous faces of the sole-block 15 and the heel block 16. Extension
pieces 17 are provided each with similar tongues and grooves for insertion
between the block 9 and the heel block 16 to lengthen the last when necessary.
18, 18 are semicircular studs to receive sockets 19, 19 on the lower faces of the
blocks 15 and 16. 20 is a swivel joint in the lower portion of the shank 5.
21 is a sheet metal spring, the upper end of which is fixed to the toe of the
block 15 and the other end notched to engage a screw 22 in the last-block 6
and adapted, after the shoe is placed on the last, to be drawn down to fill out
the instep and help to retain the shoe in position on the last.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
(1) In a shoemakers' last, the combination with the last-bracket G and the
sole block 15, of the instep spring 21 having its outer end fixed to said last-
bracket, substantially as shewn and described.
(2) In a shoemakers' last, a fixed base plate, a standard mounted thereon and
having its upper end formed with a pocket, the last-bracket 6, seated in said
pocket, the sole block 15 removably secured to said last-bracket, and the instep
spring 21, having one end fixed to said sole block and the other end adjustably
secured to said last-bracket, substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 27th day of July 1900.