IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FITTING AND PASTING THE GUSSETS AND OTHER PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Alfred Oldershaw, of 5, Southampton
Buildings, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FITTING AND PASTING THE GUSSETS AND
OTHER PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES."
Sealed the 18th February 1876, and dated the 19th August 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Alfred Older-
shaw at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th August 1875.
I, HENRY ALFRED OLDERSHAW, of 5, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FITTING AND PASTING
THE GUSSETS AND OTHER PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements on a former Patent,
bearing date the 5th February, A.D. 1874, numbered 472, and the
improved machinery which constitutes this present Invention is arranged
and combined with certain parts of the machine described and repre-"

page_text: sented in the Final Specification of the aforesaid former Patent of the
5th February 1874, and has reference more particularly to the machine.
when adapted for fitting gussets and other parts of boots and shoes.
The following is an example of the manner of arranging and com-
bining together the several parts of the improved machinery above
referred to, as follows:-
:-
In the first place as regards the hinged plate marked L at Figures
3 and 4 of the Drawing accompanying the Specification of the aforesaid
former Patent, instead of making and connecting the said plate in the
manner there shewn and described, I propose to substitute in lieu thereof
a divided plate or two separate plates mounted on the same plane; these
plates are connected together at their front and back edges by right and
left handed screws for the purpose of enabling the said plates to approach
each other or recede from each other to suit boots and shoes of different
sizes. Each of the afore-said plates is fitted with a gusset shaped spring
plate, upon which a hinged skeleton plate fits; this skeleton plate is
employed to hold firmly the gussets, elastics, and linings, which have to
be connected together.
In the second place, as regards the block marked U at Figures
3 and 4 of the Drawing of the, aforesaid Patent of 1874, in lieu of such
said block I employ an arm to receive the top part of the boot or shoe,
the said arm being so arranged as to be capable of being raised and
lowered, and pushed forward and drawn back to suit the size of the
aforesaid top part it has to receive. In connection with the gusset
shaped plate above described I employ a hinged lid or cover, which
is also fitted other adjustable skeleton plates which press upon the
top of the skeleton plates previously described. I also fit to each of
the skeleton plates of the said lid or cover centrally in the direction of
the length of the said plates, a slotted spring plate mounted on a hollow
pivot at one end, and in the pointed end of each of the first-mentioned
skeleton plates I fix a pin formed with a conical shaped head. The use of
these pins is as follows:-When the lid or cover aforesaid is let down,
the hollow pivots before mentioned will spring over the conical heads
of the pins, and as the lid or cover is lifted up, the skeleton plates that
previously held the gussets and linings together near their edges, will
thus be raised and enable the work when finished to be removed, and by
the time the lid has been thrown back, the heads of the pins will

page_text: become disengaged from the lid, and the skeleton plates be again ready
for use as before stated.
In the third place, as regards the thumb screws T and T', in lieu of
these I employ lever catches for holding the lid down, whilst pressure is
being exerted on those parts of the boot or shoe that are intended to be
united by the adhesive composition employed, and I would here observe
that whereas the operation of applying the paste, gum, or other adhesive
composition or mixture to those parts of the gusset linings and elastics
that are to be connected together has been performed by hand. I
propose by this Invention to perform that operation by a machine of the
following construction:-In a suitable framing I adapt a reservoir to
contain the adhesive composition (paste by preference). The front of
this reservoir is formed with a sliding plate, which by means of suitable
racks and pinions is capable of being raised' and lowered to allow paste
of different consistance to pass out at the bottom of the reservoir. In
conjunction with the aforesaid, reservoir, and in front of the aforesaid
sliding front I adapt horizontally a revolving brush, the bristles whereof
are fixed in the back of the brush in a helical direction. I also hinge a
circular cover over that part of the reservoir that contains the brush,
and fit a flat plate to the front of the cover. The edge of this plate
comes into contact with the edge of another plate fixed across the front
edge of the reservoir in which the brush works between the edges of
these two plates. The parts of the material that are to be pasted are
placed, and by a suitable catch and lever acted upon by a pin in the
handle, which is on the axis of the brush, the lid is lifted to admit the
edge of the material, and afterwards released when the weight of the lid
holds the material securely, while the brush is being turned partly
round, say about one-half of an entire revolution, by which time one
side of the material will have been pasted, and by turning the handle of
the brush in an opposite direction, the other and opposite side of the
material will be pasted, and in this manner and by these means the
parts of boots and shoes that are intended to be connected together
may be coated with paste or other suitable adhesive mixture or com-
position in a more efficient and expeditious manner than when the paste
is applied by hand as now practised.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw in the Great Scal-Patent
Office on the 19th February 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
ÄLFRED OLDERSHAW, of 5, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of August, in the year
of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw,
Her special licence that I, the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Alfred Oldershaw, my executors, administrators, and assigns,,
should at any time agree with and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle.
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FITTING AND PASTING
THE GUSSETS AND OTHER PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements on a former Patent,
bearing date the 5th February, A.D. 1874, numbered 472, and the
improved machinery which constitutes this present Invention is arranged
and combined with certain parts of the machine described and repre-

page_text: sented in the Final Specification of the aforesaid former Patent of the
5th February 1874, and has reference more particularly to the machine
when adapted for fitting gussets and other parts of boots and shoes..
The following is an example of the manner of arranging and com-
bining together several parts of the improved machinery above referred
to, as follows:-
In the first place, as regards the hinged plate marked L at Figures 3
and 4 of the Drawing accompanying the Specification of the aforesaid
former Patent, instead of making and connecting the said plate in the
manner there shewn and described I propose to substitute in lieu thereof
a divided plate or two separate plates mounted in the same plane.
These plates are connected together at their front and back edges by
right and left handed screws for the purpose of enabling the said plates
to approach each other or recede from each other to suit boots and
shoes of different sizes. Each of the aforesaid plates is fitted with a
gusset shaped spring plate upon which a hinged skeleton plate fits;
this skeleton plate is employed to hold firmly the gussets, elastics, and
linings which have to be connected together.
In the second place, as regards the block marked U at Figures 3
and 4 of the Drawing of the aforesaid Patent of 1874, in lieu of such
said block I employ an arm to receive the top part of the boot or shoe,
the said arm being so arranged as to be capable of being raised and
lowered, and pushed forward, and drawn back to suit the size of the
aforesaid top part it has to receive. In connection with the gusset
shaped plates above described I employ a hinged lid or cover which is
also fitted with other adjustable skeleton plates which press upon the
top of the skeleton plates previously described. I also fit to each of the
skeleton plates of the said lid or cover, centrally in the direction of
the length of the said plates, a slotted spring plate mounted on a hollow
pivot at one end, and in the pointed end of each of the first-mentioned
skeleton plates I fix a pin formed with a conical shaped head. The
use of these pins is as follows:-When the lid or cover aforesaid
is let down the hollow pivots before mentioned will spring over the
conical heads of the pins, and as the lid or cover is lifted up the skeleton
plates that previously held the gussets and linings together near their
edges will thus be raised and enable the work when finished to be
removed, and by the time the lid has been thrown back the heads of the

page_text: pins will become disengaged from the lid and the skeleton plates be
again ready for use, as before.stated.
In the third place, as regards the thumbscrews T and T in the Drawing
of the aforesaid former Patent, in lieu of these I employ lever catches for
holding the lid down whilst pressure is being exerted on those parts of
the boot or shoe that are intended to be united by the adhesive com-
position employed; and I would here observe that whereas the operation
of applying the paste, gum, or other adhesive composition or mixture to
those parts of the gussets, linings, and elastics that are to be connected
together has been performed by hand, I propose by this Invention to
perform that operation by a machine of the following construction :―
In a suitable framing I adapt a reservoir to contain the adhesive com-
position (paste by preference); the front of this reservoir is formed
with a sliding plate, which by means of suitable racks and pinions is
capable of being raised and lowered to allow paste of different consistence
to pass out at the bottom of the reservoir; in conjunction with the
aforesaid reservoir, and in front of the aforesaid sliding front, I adapt
horizontally a revolving brush, the bristles whereof are fixed in the
back of the brush in a helical direction; I also hinge a circular cover
over that part of the reservoir that contains the brush, and fit a flat
plate to the front of the cover%3B the edge of this plate comes, into
contact with the edge of another plate fixed across the front edge of the
reservoir in which the brush works; between the edges of these two
plates the parts of the material that are to be pasted are placed, and by
a suitable catch and lever acted upon by a pin in the handle which is
on the axis of the brush the lid is lifted to admit the edge of the
material and afterwards released, when the weight of the lid holds the
material securely while the brush is being turned partly round, say,
about one-half of an entire revolution, by which time one side of the
material will have been pasted, and by turning the handle of the brush
in an opposite direction the other and opposite side of the material will
be pasted, and in this manner and by these means the parts of boots and
shoes that are intended to be connected together may be coated with
paste or other suitable adhesive mixture or composition in a more
efficient and expeditious manner than when the paste is applied by hand
as now practised.
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And in order to explain my said Invention more fully, I now proceed
to describe in detail the means by which it may be carried into practical

page_text: effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheets of Drawing accom-
panying these Presents, and to the numeral figures and letters of
reference marked thereon respectively, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
At Sheet 1 Figure 1 represents a top plan view of certain parts of
my improved machinery for fitting the gussets and other parts of boots
and shoes; Figure 2 shows a vertical section through the line a, b, at
Figure 1, also a section of other parts not shown in Figure 1; Figure 3
is another transverse and vertical section through the line c, d, at
Figure 1; Figure 4 is an end view of the mechanism at A, Figure 1; and
Figure 5, a similar view at B, Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a plan view of the under side of the lid or cover hereafter
particularly described and referred to.
At Sheet 2 Figure 7 is a perspective view of the machine I employ
for applying the paste or other adhesive composition to the linings and
other parts of boots and shoes; Figure 8 is a transverse and vertical
section through the line A, B, at Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a detached view of parts herein-after particularly described
and referred to.
At each of the above mentioned Figures and Sheets of Drawings I
cmploy similar letters of reference to denote corresponding parts.
At Sheet 1 A marks a foundation for supporting the following parts :-
B, plates of metal fixed to the casting D' by screws 1, shewn at Figure 1.
The casting D' is connected by a screw W to the casting n, and this
casting is connected by the ring W₁ to a treadle not shown by the
Drawing, but described in the Specification of the aforesaid former
Patent of 5th February 1874; D is a spring plate held down by the
plate B, and flange 3 on the plate D; 4 are springs of which there are
three, namely, two beneath the widest part of the plate D, and one at
the narrowest part; E, E, are skeleton plates corresponding to the
plates D, over which they pass, as shewn. The plates E are each con-
nected by a hinge pin at 5 to the plates B and g at the points 6, and the
curved end of the plate E rests on the spring x for keeping the piece E
up when desired. In connection with the plate B are the pieces g, h,
which swivel on the pins 7 in the plates B and g, the said pieces have.

page_text: screwed holes formed through them which pass over right and left-
handed screws e and f fixed in the pieces C which revolve in the
pieces u fixed to the platen, as at Figure 3; mis-another-screw
employed to adjust and hold the plate k and lever or arm G in the required
position, for which purpose the plate n has a slot 7* formed therein.
for the piece to be slidden in by turning round the screw m; p, p, are
right and left-handed screws respectively connected by their forked ends
to the pieces k and G, and by their screwed ends to the piece o by the
turning round of which the piece G may be raised or lowered on the
pivot i fixed to the piece ; t is an adjustable pin and pointer capable
of being slidden and fixed at any part of the slot 8 in the piece D for
the purpose hereafter stated; H is a hinged cover of peculiar con-
struction pivotted at 2 to the standards N fixed to the foundation A.
The construction of the cover H is as follows:-To the under side of
the casting H I adapt by pivots and screw nuts o, two plates I of the
same shape and size as the frames E with which they are intended to
come into contact by their raised edges for the purpose hereafter
described. The casting H is made in two parts, as at Figure 2, which
are held together by the screws o, o, and there are slots 9 formed in the
casting H, as at Figure 2, for adjusting the position of the plates I to
that of the plates E to suit gussets and linings of different sizes; "is a
piece of metal connected to the back of the plate I and slot made
therein by a swivel collar x¹ working in the circular end of the said slot,
as at Figure 3, at which Figure 10 marks a helical steel spring fixed by
one end to the plate I, and by the other end to the piece for the
purpose of enabling this piece to catch hold of the under side of the conical
pin S fixed in the skeleton plate E; P is a weight to counterbalance the
weight of the cover H and parts connected thereto; K, K, are lever
catches pivotting on a rod at L on which is fixed a lever handle M for
pushing forward and pulling back the said levers as required; are
spring levers for holding the linings of the boot in proper position.

page_text: on the treadle which is to be connected to the ring W₁, so as to pull
down the table n and parts connected thereto sufficiently to enable the
hooked ends of the levers K to be detached from the cover H. This
done the cover is then raised and turned back on the pivots q, the effect
of which is also to lift the plate E with it,. during this time and before
the cover is quite turned back on its pivots the piece 7 pressing against
the shoulder of the conical part of the pins S will cause the said piece
to be pushed back and thus disengage it from the said pins, and the
spring 10 will cause the piece r to resume its former position. The
operator next proceeds to adjust the pieces B and G to suit the size of
the linings, gussets, and other parts which are to be united or fixed
together. This adjustment may be effected as follows:-The lining of
the boot at the instep part is placed against the arm G, and the other
parts of the lining are laid flat on the plates B, which are adjusted by
turning round the screws e, f, by the parts C, the arm G being adjusted
by turning round the screw at m and piece o, the adjustment being
continued until the gusset shaped parts of the lining fit over the gusset
shaped pieces of metal D, and the other parts of the lining lie flat on
the plates B and against the arm G; the springs Z are then placed over
the lining and the gussets or elastics with their pasted edges placed on
the pieces D; this done the operator pulls down the skeleton plates E
which fit over and around the sides of the plates D, thus holding the
edges of the lining and gussets firmly together, and finally the cover H
is brought down, and pressure exerted on the treadle of the machine to
enable the hooked lever catches K to hold down the cover on the
pressure being removed from the treadle, and by these means to cause
the several parts above mentioned to be firmly pressed and connected.
together at the desired parts.
I now proceed to describe the construction of the machine I employ
for applying paste, gum, or other adhesive composition or mixture to
those parts of the gussets, linings, and elastics that are to be connected
together, as represented at Sheet 2, where A marks a framing, to which
is affixed and connected the following parts:-B, a reservoir to contain
paste or other like adhesive composition or mixture; C, a hinged lid.
for charging the said reservoir with paste; D, a sliding plate capable
of being raised and lowered by the levers E, which are connected thereto
in any suitable manner; G is a receptacle for the paste as it passes
through the slit or opening a; H, a cylindrical brush, the hair or bristles

page_text: whereof are arranged and disposed around the wooden cylinder I in a
helical direction, as at Figure 9; K is a rod passed through I, the said
rod being supported by its ends in suitable- bearings formed-in- the-
receptacle G; L is a lever handle fixed on K for imparting alternate
circular motion to the brush H; b is a pin or stud fixed in the boss of
the handle L for slightly lifting the hinged lid or cover G¹ on its pivots
at c, for the purpose hereafter stated; d is a lever catch mounted loosely
on a pin e, fixed in one end of the receptacle G, as at Figure 7; M is a
fixed plate forming the front of the receptacle G. The upper edge of
this plate is intended to receive the edge of the material that is to be
pasted; 9, 9, are stops for preventing the material being pushed in too
far.
The operations of a machine of the above construction are as
follows: Suppose the reservoir B to be charged with paste or other like
adhesive composition, the slit or opening a is then adjusted more or
less wide in accordance with the consistence of the paste, that it may
pass out as desired. This done, the operator proceeds to impart motion
to the handle L, the effect of which is to cause the pin b to press against
the lever catch d, which in its turn presses against the pin or stud f,
and thus raises the edge of the lid or cover G¹ sufficiently far from the
edge of the plate M to allow the edges of the material that are to be
pasted to be introduced, and in this position the material is held by one.
hand while the operator with his other hand continues to move the
handle L, by which the catch d will pass the stud f, and allow the
cover G¹ to descend and hold by its edge the material whilst it is being
coated with paste on one side by half a revolution of the brush H, and
by reversing the direction of motion of the said brush the other side of
the material will be pasted, and by continuing to turn round the
handle L the cover G₁ will be again raised to enable the pasted material
to be removed and another part or piece introduced and coated with
paste, and so on in succession.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention for "Improved
Machinery for Fitting and Pasting the Gussets and other Parts of Boots
and Shoes," and the means by which it may be effected in practice, I
would remark in conclusion, that I do not claim the exclusive use of
any of the separate parts above mentioned and referred to, except in so
far as the same may be employed in combination and for the purposes
of my said Invention. And I hereby declare my Invention to consist

page_text: in, and I claim, constructing and operating machinery suitable for
fitting and pasting the gussets, linings, and other parts of boots and
shoes, substantially as above described with reference to the accom-
panying Sheets of Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.
HENRY ALFRED OLDERSHAW. (L.S.)
HENRY ALFRED OLDERSHAW. (L.S.)