Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., "1888¨·
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 8th June. 1889
I, ALFRED INMAN STEELE of No. 6 Mickley Street Tong Road Armley near Leeds
in the County of York, Boot & Shoe Parer do hereby. declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The operating part of this machine consists of a spindle driven at a high velocity
on which are fixed grooved discs heated by gas. The heel, forepart or bottom of
Boots or Shoes are held against the discs, the uppers being protected by a guard
which runs between the upper and the sole. The heels, foreparts and bottoms are
made beautifully smooth and bright. The above system is capable of trebling the
amount of work of any machine now in use, and of superior quality. It will also
run the seat wheel at the same time as burnishing the heel. It will also burnish
the waists and breasts of heels. It will also prickstitch the foreparts, and crow the
.waists.

page_text: 1, ALFRED INMAN STEELE of 6 Mickley Street, Tong Road, Armley near Leeds in
the County of York, Boot! Parer, 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 :-
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 an end elevation
shewing machine. Figs. Brand 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and 10 are respectively front
and side elevations of tools employed on the same.
The frame-work of the machine is shewn at A, on the upper part of which is
mounted in bearings B the spindle C, this spindle C is caused to revolve at a 'high
velocity, such motion being imparted from a suitable motor through driving pulley D,
shaft E, pulley F through an ordinary strap to pulley G on spindle C. On the
spindle are fixed grooved discs or wheels for the purpose of finishing or burnishing
the various parts of the soles and heels of boots and shoes making them thereby
beautifully smooth and bright.
J is the waist and breast of heel burnisher corresponding with Eigs: 3 and 4. Kis
for burnishing the bottom of the sole..and corresponds with Figs. 5 and 6. L is for
burnishing or setting the fore part of sole, and may have one guard M for single
edges which protects the upper, or two guards Mand M' for double edges-asıshewn,
this burnisher corresponds with Figs. 7 and 8.
The burnishers O are for the purpose of finishing the heel, and may be of different
sizes as shewn.
The above burnishers are all heated by gas lights playing into their hollow parts N
whilst operating, or such burnishers may be heated by other means.
The burnishers above mentioned are all smooth grooved or corrugated on their
surfaces, such grooves or corrugations being either in a diagonal direction as shewn
or as may be preferred, or the periphery may be partly grooved and partly plain
as desired, and the size, shape and position of such burnishers may be altered or
changed to suit the operator and the class of work for which they are required.
The crimping operation is performed by the ".
sent"
or crimp wheel P shewn at
Figs. 2, 9 and 10, which is driven at a slow speed on another part of the machine
in which the disc P is mounted in suitable bearings at Q in the support R, the
rotary motion being imparted thereto from the driving shaft E guide pulleys S to
pulley T thence through bevel gearing U and spindle V on which are the speed
pulleys W, thence through suitable strap, the required variable speed is transmitted
to the speed pulleys X which regulates the action of the seat or crimp wheel or disc P.
On the spindle V is provided the "crow" tool Y, for the waists, and
tool Z for the foreparts, which are of ordinary construction.
prickstitch'
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The arrangement and application of grooved discs or wheels operating
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2nd. The arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts forming
the machine for finishing boots and shoes substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1889.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.