IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR FASTENING BY SCREWS. BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES COMPOSED OF LEATHER
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge; of the Firm of John Gedge
and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand; in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Patent Agent; for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR FASTENING BY SCREWS. BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
COMPOSED OF LEATHER." -A communication from abroad by Henry Chretien.
Cordes and Leonard Wainschenck, both of No. 15, Passage des Petites
Ecuries, Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th January 1863.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR FASTENING BY SCREWS BOOTS. SHOES. AND OTHER
ARTICLES COMPOSED OF LEATHER," Communicated to me from abroad by Henry
Chretien Cordes and Leonard Wainschenck, both of No. 15, Passage des
Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, to be as follows:-
This machine is composed of a table with legs and uprights of a single piece.
Between the two after legs is placed an axle and the lower lever: a guide or
Price 8d.]

page_text: pulley works with this and the upper lever, turning a gearing wheel and
pinion, which serve to direct the operations. A crank may also be placed on
a spiral spring on the axle, and retained by a cap. In the lower part of the
axle is placed a tube maintained in position by a thumbscrew; in this tube is
a steel cut chiselwise, and forming a nick which serves as a turnscrew. On
pressing the upper lever, the head of the lower lever having a groove at each
side descends between a tenon or slide, which presses the bearings against the
axle (these bearers are released from the axle by two small springs). The
cap before mentioned is stopped in its descent by two screws. In the cap is
a guide placed in a square hole, retained by a pin this guide regulates
the screwing. Two small catch springs form at their junction a hole to
receive the screw intended to enter the leather. In the centre of the table is
a hole in which is the pivot of a bent lever, which is round and of unequal
height to allow of its being turned or moved as the work may require; a
platform furnished with a bolt drawn by the help of a nut placed in the form;
two quarter round slides receive a wedge for the purpose of raising the form
on each side. This machine is furnished with a pedal, and, to spare the fatigue
consequent upon working standing, a chair is adapted to the pedal. A
hopper or feeding pipe holding the screws to be used is fixed above the
machine, and supplies the operator.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th July 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence, that I, the said William
Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edward Gedge, 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

page_text: 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 OR APPARATUS FOR FASTENING BY SCREWS BOOTS, SHOES.
AND OTHER ARTICLES COMPOSED OF LEATHER," a communication to me from
abroad by Henry Chretien Cordes and Leonard Wainschenck, both of
No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain 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 William Edward Gedge, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawing hereunto
annexed, and forming part of this Specification, and to the figures and letters
of reference placed thereon, similars letters denoting similar parts where such
parts appear or may be seen at each of the Figures respectively.
The improved machinery or apparatus, the subject of this Invention, presents
the following advantages, firstly, an extreme simplicity; secondly, that of
permitting a boot or shoe to be screwed while on the last without damage
to the upper, yet with considerable pressure, also giving the facility of screwing
without a last.
The
In the Drawing, Figure 1 is a side view; Figures 2 and 4, front and
sectional views; Figure 4 lower part of Figure 4, shewing the whole of the
shoe; and Figure 3 bird's-eye view, in plan, of the improved machinery or
apparatus, composed of the table A, the feet and uprights of which are of one
piece, and between the two back feet of which are placed the axle B and
lever C. The connecting rod D plays with the levers C and E. The toothed
wheel F and the pinion G serve to direct the work more promptly.
crank handle H may he placed on the shaft I, which is set on the spiral
spring J, and held by the cap K, In the bottom of the shaft I is placed the
tube held by the press screw M, and in the tube is a small piece of steel
cut chiselwise, and forming a notch which serves as turnscrew. In bring
pressure on the lever C, the head of the lever E having a slide on each side
descends between the cap N, which presses the bearings O, O, against the

page_text: shaft I, and gears them. The two small springs P, P, serve to draw
them apart out of gear. The two screws 0', 0¹, arrest the cap N in its
fall. In this cap is the guide K placed in a square hole, and held by a pin;
this guide serves to regulate the screwing. The two small balance beams S, S,
form at their junction a cavity in which is received the screw T, which is to
enter the leather. In the centre of the table A is a hole, in which is placed
the pivot of the block U, which is round and higher on one side in order that
it may be placed according to the requirements of the work. In the last
stock or carrier V is the bolt X, which draws by means of a nut placed in the
lasts. The two dovetailed slides or grooves Y, Y, are to receive a wedge
which serves to set the last on one side or the other. When it is desired to
screw without a last, which is mostly the case, the block and the last stock or
carrier is replaced by a bickern Z, which enters the boot or shoe, and takes
the requisite position. R, guides.
In some cases it will be found desirable to adopt the modifications and
additions illustrated, Figure 5 to 9 of the Drawings; Figure 5 shewing the
left-hand side of a modified and improved machine; Figure 6, back view;
Figure 7, top view; Figure 7, fraction of end of Figure 7; Figure 8, view
of left side of said machine somewhat altered; and Figure 9 a detail of
Figure 8, indicated by the letter E. The additions to the improved machinery
first described. consist, firstly, in a chair A', which greatly lessens the fatigue
of the workman, who, instead of being compelled to remain constantly on one
leg, has but to move himself slightly in his chair to bring the whole weight
of his body on the pedal, and with the easy slide of the roller V1 placed
between the two legs of the chair exercise an enormous pressure. Two pins
beneath the chair act as pivots, and entering the floor prevent the chair
moving from its place. Secondly, in a distributor B¹, the lower part of which
is pierced with a hole of the thickness of the screw. In the part above is a
tube Q, in which the screws are placed beforehand, and from which they run
out as fast as they are screwed into the boot or shoe; a small saw cut is made
in the distributer for the passage of a pin, and its withdrawal when the tube is
placed. The small lever G' is notched at the joint, and is lifted by a spring
which presses the point of its other end on the screw and holds it until the
pressure takes place; then the small lever coming against a small protuberance
presses down the spring, and the point releases the screw. The counter-
poise D is seated on the distributer. A small spindle or pin within the
distributer closes the passage of the screw by pressure, and opens by means
of two iron wires sliding in holes pierced in the counterpoise. These iron

page_text: wires are joined together by a bar, and held at the top of the machine by a
press screw to regulate it according to the necessities of the work. The
distributer B being consolidated against the cap, which rises and falls after
each pressure, permits a screw to fall into the balance beam without any
special movement or manoeuvre. Thirdly, in the small catch E³, which also
closes by a spring, and the point of which enters slightly into the cap in
effecting the pressure, holds it during the time required for the removal (or
shifting) of the boot or shoe, and withdraws when the lever E is met at the
height where the rod F' acts as lever to the catch. To render easy the
operation of screwing seated, and obtaining pressure by means of the chair,
the gearing F is displaced. The pinion G carries a button, which turns in the
cap K. In this pinion is placed a small pendulum bob which slides in a
groove in the shaft. The toothed wheel is placed vertically in bearings or a
socket, and the crank handle H is at the side. Fourthly, the table is round,
large, or small, as may be desired; it has but three feet, one of which is in
front, and in this is an opening in which the lever C¹ plays. Fifthly, on the
bickern Z is a small plate which is inclined on one side or the other by
means of a small spindle fitted in the plate, and placed on the bickern.
Sixthly, the guide 7 is held by a press screw that it may be the more easily
changed. It will be evident that the machine I have just described is but a
modification of that first described, the modification permitting the construc-
tion of smaller and lighter machines better adapted for exportation, and cheaper
as regards workmanship, but in nowise departing from the principle of the
machine first described, all the parts of which remain the same, excepting
the gearing, which is differently placed. The catch E¹ serves to hold the
cap N; this catch is placed in an inverted position, the point downwards;
on the other side is a large branch, which closes it by its counterweight;
it opens when the bickern Z falls on the small lever G¹, which forces a rod
on the lever to lift the said catch. The axle B, the connecting rod D,
and the levers E and C are suppressed and replaced by a single lever C¹,
which relifts the bickern Z, because the pressure comes from below instead
of above; the cap is also relifted, and causes the screw-threaded bearings to
gear on the shaft.
The additions, modifications, and improvements on the original machine of this
Invention are firstly, the addition of the chair A'; secondly, the displacement
of the gearing; thirdly, the distributer B¹; fourthly, and lastly, the smaller
dimensions given to the modified machine; but I would have it distinctly under-
stood that I claim the exclusive use of machinery or apparatus for fastening by

page_text: screws boots and shoes, and other articles composed of leather, whether con-
structed as herein-before described and illustrated, Figures 1 to 4* inclusive
of the annexed Sheet of Drawing forming part of this my Specification, or with
any or all of the modifications or additions herein-before described and illus-
trated in Figures 5 to 9 of the said Sheet of Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Seventeenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
W. E. GEDGE. (L.S.)