Improvements in or relating to Tools Employed in the Finishing of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
Improvements in or relating to Tools Employed in the Finishing
of Boots and Shoes.
We, GEORGE HENRY FAIRE and ARTHUR WILLIAM FAIRE, trading as Smith,
Faire & Co., of St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of tool for the simultaneous
performance of the two operations of edge setting and stitch wheeling being
parts of the finishing processes of boots and shoes.
Our improved tool comprises a shank (for fitting into a handle or into the
oscillatory tool holder of an edge setting machine) a tubular body part, the lower
curved face of which constitutes the edge setting tool; a circular rotatable stitch
wheel located on one side of the body and a circular rotatable or non-rotatable
(preferably the former) lip or disc on the other side of the body.
The circular stitch wheel is furnished with a shank for passing through the
tubular passage in the body and when placed in that position has the disc lip
mounted on the other end of the said shank and fastened against displacement
by a lock nut.
The tubular body of the tool has therefore the stitch wheel mounted rotatably
on one side of it and the disc lip on the other, while the lower curved face of
the body part which operates on the boot sole edge is located between and forms
the bed of the said tool.
The edge setting tool proper may be formed with a renewable face to com-
pensate for wear. This is effected by forming the bed or lower part of the body
portion of two concentric rings and dividing the outer one longitudinally above
the centre so that it can be slid off when worn and another similar portion placed
thereon to renew it.
The stitch wheel on the one side and the lip disc on the other prevent
any lateral movement of such renewable parts and according to the preferred
construction the faces of the stitch wheel and the disc lip adjacent to the slidable
edge setting tool may be recessed to fit over the marginal edge of the latter.
According to a modification we construct either the stitch wheel or disc lip
or both with cone or ball bearings to ensure the tool working with the least
possible friction.
The details of construction may be varied within the main lines of the
invention.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to Tools Employed in the Finishing
of Boots and Shoes.
We, GEORGE HENRY FAIRE and ARTHUR WILLIAM FAIRE, trading as Smith,
Faire & Co., of St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, 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 an improved construction of tool for the simultaneous
performance of the two operations of edge setting and stitch wheeling which form
parts of the finishing processes of boots and shoes.
An important feature of our invention is that the edge setting tool has a fixed
working face, that is removable per se, which enables that part of such tool
subjected to the greatest wear to be renewed as occasion may require, while the
fixed working face spreads the ink better and has greater burnishing power than
a rotary surface.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description
in reference to the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of a tool constructed in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the same.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the shank and tubular body portion only of
the tool, with the removable and renewable working face of the edge setting tool
shown detached, the stitch wheel and guard being omitted for clearness sake.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of Figure 3 but with the renewable face of the
edge setting tool fitted in operative position.
Figures 5 and 6 are sectional details illustrating the cone and ball bearings
respectively of the tool.
Figure 7 is a central vertical section of a slight modification.
A tool constructed according to our invention comprises a shank A for fitting
into a handle or into the oscillatory tool holder of an edge setting machine.
The shank has combined with it an integral tubular body part A¹ the lower
curved part of which constitutes the edge setting tool, the acting face of which
is removable and renewable as hereinafter described. On one side of the tool
body there is located a stitch wheel or imitation stitch indenting tool B, the
shank B of which passes through the tubular passage A2 in the body and fits
movably therein so that the stitch wheel is freely rotatable when in contact with
the edge of a boot or shoe sole in the usual manner.
On the opposite side of the body and fitting rotatably on the stitch wheel
shank is a disc, lip, or guard C fastened against displacement by a nut D and
lock nut D. The said guard may be made non-rotatable if desired. It will be
observed most clearly in Figure 2 that the inner or contiguous faces of the stitch
wheel Band of the disc, lip, or guard C are recessed to fit snugly and revolubly
over the tubular body A' and also extend over the marginal edge of the acting
or working face E of the edge setting tool.
An important feature of this invention is the construction of the edge setting
tool with a removable and renewable acting or working face E to compensate
for wear.
This, in the construction shown in Figures 1 to 6, is effected by forming the
lower body part into two concentric approximately complete rings A¹ and E
and dividing the outer ring E longitudinally above its diameter so that it can
be slid off and on the body and renewed as becomes necessary when worn,

page_text: As the edge setting portion of the tool is the one upon which the most wear is
involved it will be seen that to be able to renew this part per se increases the
life of the complete tool and is a consideration to users.
In Figure 3 the bed or edge setting face E of the tool is shown as removed
and when it is fixed in operative position which is effected by passing it over
the body portion A¹ as in Figure 4, any lateral movement thereof when in action
is prevented by the stitch wheel B and guard C which fit one on each side thereof
as already herein before described and illustrated most clearly in Figure 2.
In the tool illustrated in Figure 7 the working face of the edge setting tool
is renewed, not by removing it but by rotating it so that a fresh surface is brought
into work.
Referring to the said figure, A represents the shank of the tool which is
threaded to admit of being screwed into the downwardly depending arm A³ of
the oscillatory tool holder of an edge setting machine.
A is the tubular body part of such tool; the lower curved surface E represents
the working face by which the process of edge setting is effected.
B represents the circular rotatable stitch wheel located on one side of the
body A and C represents a rotatable (or non-rotatable) guard located on the
other side of the body.
The shank B¹ of the stitch wheel passes through the tubular body A¹ and the
arm A* and is fitted rotatably in position by means of a pin J passing through the
shank B. The tubular body A¹ has holes A in its face for the reception of
the prongs of a screw driver to screw it tightly in the tool holder arm A* and
a nut D on the end thereof locks it in position. K is a washer interposed
between the nut D and pin J and L are collars on the shank A.
When the working face E is worn, one of the collars L is removed which
allows the tubular shank A of the body A to be screwed further into the arm A*
thus partly rotating the said body and bringing a different part of its periphery
into operative position to renew the working face E. In order that the tool
may work with the utmost facility and free from friction, the rotatory parts may
be provided with either cone or ball bearings. Forms of construction embody-
ing these features are illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
In Figure 5 the application of a cone bearing is illustrated, the only alteration
in the construction from that herein before described in reference to Figures 1
to 4, is in the disc or guard C in which the passage, through which
the shank B' passes, is cone shaped on the exterior face C of the disc or lip C
to receive a smooth cone shaped nut F fitting also over this said shank and
secured in position by the lock nut F¹. In Figure 6 the tool is shown as provided
with ball bearings. In this case a race or circular groove for the reception of
the balls G is formed in the adjacent faces of both the disc, lip, or guard C and
the nut H and the two parts are adjustably secured together for working
purposes by a lock nut H³.
Although in the drawings the cone and ball bearings are shown as applied to
the disc or guard C only, it is obvious that such bearings can be equally well
applied to the stitch wheel B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. A boot or shoe finishing tool comprising a circular rotatable stitch wheel,
a circular lip or guard and an intermediate edge setting tool with a fixed work-
ing face for the purpose described.
2. A boot or shoe finishing tool consisting of three members B, C, E the inter-
mediate member having a fixed and renewable working face for the purpose
described.
3. A boot or shoe finishing tool comprising a shank, a tubular body having a
renewable and non-rotatable acting face, a circular rotatable stitch wheel on

page_text: one side thereof and a circular guard on the other side thereof for the purpose
described.
4. A bont or shoe finishing tool comprising a shank and tubular body with
fixed working face for edge setting, a rotatable stitch wheel having a shank
passing through the said body, a circular guard on the said shank and nuts on
the end of the said shank substantially as described.
5. A boot or shoe finishing tool comprising a fixed working face for edge
setting, a revoluble circular stitch wheel on one side thereof and a rotatable
circular guard on the other side thereof and adjustable cone bearings for the
guard for the purpose described.
said stitch wheel
or
and
6. A boot or shoe finishing tool consisting of a revoluble circular stitch wheel,
a revoluble circular guard, a fixed working face between the same for edge set-
ting and hall bearings for the said stitch wheel guaid for the purpose described.
or
7. A boot or shoe finishing tool in which the edge setting device is provided
with a renewable working face constructed substantially as described and illus-
trated with reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
8. The complete boot or shoe finishing tool consisting of the parts constructed,
arranged and operating substantially in the manner and as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings.
9. The complete boot or shoe finishing toul consisting of the parts constructed,
arranged and operating substantially in the manner and as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings.
10. The complete boot or shoe finishing tool consisting of the parts constructed,
arranged and operating substantially in the manner and as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings.
11. The complete boot or shoe finishing tool consisting of the parts constructed,
arranged and operating substantially in the manner and as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of December 1899.
Witness:
ARTHUR W. FAIRE,
E. N. LEWIS, Berridge Street Chambers, Leicester.
Boult, Wade & Kilburn,
Agents for the Applicants.