AN IMPROVED, COMBINATION 68 ע LAST FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM BARKER of 55 St. James's Road, Halifax, Yorkshire, Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature, of iny invention for "AN IMPROVED, COMBINATION
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LAST FOR BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
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This Invention consists in combining and arranging a series of Six "Lasts” of
different sizes, all'attached to and projecting from one casting.
The combined "last" is arranged so that it will stand erect in three different
positions; each position presenting to the operator one "last" for the sole and one
for the heel, thereby producing an useful and most desirable combination, of
different sized. lasts.
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In some cases one of the heel "lasts" is dispensed with and instead thereof a.
concave or convex bar is placed to be used for the purpose of bending or otherwise
manipulating clog irons.
These "lasts" are made of cast iron, and those arranged as herein set forth are
very beneficial to the original maker and owner of the wood pattern from which
the moulds are made; as 'the six operating faced "lasts "herein mentioned
necessitate a pattern to be in two parts before a mould or impression can be made
in the moulding sand.
Those "lasts" hitherto made have proved of very little advantage to the original
maker as they have been so arranged that moulds could be taken from them
without the pattern being in two parts, consequently moulders and ironfounders
have freely used a "last" and made many castings therefrom without any wood
pattern, and have therefore undersold the original designer and owner, but by the
arrangement and combination according to my Invention, this can not be done, as
the pattern from which the mould is taken must be in two, consequently copies
cannot be taken without the copyist making a special' pattern, and the expense in
this case would be more than purchasing the lasts" direct from the original and .
authorized maker.
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page_text: I, WILLIAM BARKER, of 55, St. Jame's Road, Halifax, Yorkshire, Ironmonger,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED COMBINATION
"
LAST FOR BOOTS AND SHOES," and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention consists in combining and arranging a series of "lasts" of
different sizes, all attached to and projecting from one casting. The combined
"last" is arranged so that it will stand erect in three different positions, each
position presenting to the operator one "last" for the sole and one for the
heel, thereby producing a useful and most desirable combination of different sized
"lasts."
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Such being the nature and object of my invention, I herein give reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein my improved "last" is shewn in different
positions in order to illustrate same. This "last I will stand erect in three
different positions, as shewn in Figs 1, 2, and 3, each position presenting to the
operator different sized "lasts," whilst the heel plate A is made concave for the.
purpose of bending clog irons, but the primary object of my invention is to arrange
the various "lasts," so that a mould cannot be taken off the pattern, unless the
pattern is in more than one part. Any practical moulder would at once see that
a mould could not bo made off the combination of "lasts" shewn in the drawings.
To be able to do this I arrange that the "last" B is a loose one in the pattern, the
bottom of which enters a hole in the part C as shewn in dotted lines. In order to
make a mould off this pattern, it is placed in a moulding box .divided into three
parts as shewn in dotted lines, and after the pattern has been rammed with sand,
the top part D of the box is removed, then the loose "last" B is withdrawn, after
which the middle part E of the box is removed, and the remainder of the pattern
withdrawn. When this is done the parts E and D of the box are replaced, and
the moulten metal poured in to form the casting, by which means a casting is made
of the pattern, which could not be done unless the pattern was made in more than
one part.
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These "lasts" are made of cast iron, and those arranged as herein set forth are
very benificial to the original maker and owner of the wood pattern from which
the moulds are made, as the operating faced "lasts" herein mentioned necessitates
a pattern to be in two parts before a mould or impression can be made in the
moulding sand.
The "lasts" hitherto made have proved of very little advantage to the original
maker, as they have been so arranged that moulds could be taken from them
without the pattern being in two parts, consequently moulders and ironfounders
have freely used a "last," and made many castings therefrom without any wood
pattern, and have therefore undersold the original designer and owner, but by the
arrangement and combination according to my invention, this cannot be done, as
the pattern from which the mould is taken must be in two parts, consequently
copies cannot be taken without the copiest making a special pattern; and the
expenso in this case would be more than purchasing the "lasts" direct from the
original and authorized maker.
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Although I have shewn and described my combination "last" as composed of
five different shaped "lasts," it must be understood that a last" composed of a
different number may be employed, but so arranged that the pattern must be in
two parts.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
Firstly. The arrangement and combination of a boot "last," in such manner that
the pattern thereof must consist of more than one part.
Secondly. The use of a "last" having one of its parts concave for bending clog-
irons in manner as herein set forth.