Improvements in or relating to Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 28th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
I, JOSEPH WHITE GREASLEY of the Firm of Thorpe & Co. of Mill Road,
Kettering in the County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a peculiar construction of last which is specially
applicable for use during the processes of finishing boots and shoes, but which may
be used also for other purposes.
The main object of the invention is to produce a last which can be readily
placed within and removed from boots and shoes, this. feature being of especial
service when finishing machinery is employed for finishing such goods.
This invention consists of a sectional last, i.e. a last formed of at least two
portions, held apart by one or more springs or other elastic means, so that the said
portions may be pressed or brought nearer together when being put in or taken out
of a boot or shoe & resume their normal relative positions at other times.
Dated this 6th day of February 1894
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
I, JOSEPH WHITE GREASLEY of the Firm of Thorpe and Co. of Mill Road,
Kettering, in the County of Northampton, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, 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 a peculiar construction of last which is specially
applicable for use during the processes of finishing boots and shoes, but which may
be used also for other purposes.
The main object of the invention is to produce a last which can be readily placed
within and removed from boots. and shoes, this feature being of especial service
when finishing machinery is employed for finishing such goods.
This invention consists of a sectional last, i.e. a last formed of at least two
portions, held apart by one or more springs or other elastic means, so that the
said portions may be pressed or brought nearer together when being put in or
taken out of a boot or shoe and resume their normal relative positions at other
timés.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawing showing two forms of carrying out my invention.
Figure 1 is a perspective view and Figure 2 a side elevation of a sectional last
constructed in accordance with one form of my invention and Figures 3 and 4 are
similar views of another form thereof.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, A. B. represent the two parts of a last which in
this instance are connected together by the simplest means I have found
practicable for facilitating the quick insertion into and removal from a boot
or shoe, viz. a flat-steel plate C preferably enlarged at each end and secured to
the adjacent faces of A and B by screws C¹. It is obvious that only a slight
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page_text: pressure is required to bring the parts A and B nearer together as in Figure 2 or
even into contact with each other if needful.
In Figures 3 and 4 the elastic means for connecting together the two parts A
and B of the last, consists of a spring E encircling a rod D, one end of which rod
is let into an opening in the part B and fixed therein by a pin D' as shown, or it
may be hinged thereto in any suitable manner.
The other end of the said rod is received into an opening A' (shown by dotted
lines in the instep portion A of the last) and is free to move to and fro therein
to an extent limited by a slot D2 in the said rod and a piu D³ passing through the
same and into the sides of the said opening A'.
I do not confine myself precisely to the elastic means shown and described for
connecting together the two parts of the last as it is obvious that various
modifications thereof may be employed to effect the same purpose.
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 :-
1. The combination with a last formed in two parts of a spring or equivalent
elastic means substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The improvements in sectional lasts substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of August 1894.
JOSEPH WHITE
GREASLEY.
W. P. Thompson & Boult.