Improvements in Abrading Coverings for Buffers such as are Used to Finish the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Abrading Coverings for Buffers such as are Used
to Finish the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
A communication from abroad by SIDNEY WILMOT WINSLOW, of Beverly,
Massachusetts, United States of America, Manufacturer.
I, JOHN EDWARD LLOYD BARNES of the firm of Sloan and Lloyd Barnes, Castle
Chambers, Castle Street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Patent Agent, 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:-
My invention hereinafter described relates to the abrading coverings for buffers
such as are used to finish the soles of boots and shoes. It is well known to those
skilled in the art that these abrading coverings wear rapidly and require to be
frequently changed and it is important that they should be cheaply made and adapted
to be quickly and easily applied and removed. The object of the present invention is
to provide a covering having twice the wearing surface of an ordinary buffer, by
making it with abrading material on both sides, so that it is adapted to be reversed
when one side becomes worn, and a second object is to provide attaching connections
adapted specially for such a covering so that it may be secured to the foot of a buffer
with either one side or the other exposed for work. A third object is to provide
attaching connections of simple form and of non-abrading material adapted to extend
outward from the periphery of the abrading disc and capable of use in connection
with a covering having a single abrading face or two abrading faces.
important object attained by the use of this invention is that the covering has an
exposed edge which will work up to the breast of the boot or shoe heel without
abrading its face.
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In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a
reversible covering. Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the covering as connected
to a buffer foot. Figure 3 is a detail view showing more clearly the mode of
connecting the attaching device with the covering. Figure 4 shows a modified form
of attaching connection. Figure 6 is a sectional view showing the attaching con-
nections of Figure 4 applied to a reversible covering. Figures 5, 7, and 8 represent
still another form of attaching connection.
In Figure 1 the abrading covering is shown as formed of two thicknesses of sand
paper placed back to back in the shape of discs, thus forming a double faced abrading
covering. Instead of sand paper any other abrading material may be used which is
adapted for the work for which this invention is intended, this work requiring that
the covering shall be flexible. The discs are secured to each other in any suitable
manner but instead of forming the abrading covering of two discs placed back to
back, a single thickness may be used with abrading material on both sides as in
Figure 8.
In order to provide for the working exposure of one face or the other of the two
faced reversible covering, I provide attaching connections which will hold the
covering to the foot of a buffer to expose either face. One form of these attaching
connections is shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3. They consist of strips B, of stiff sheet
metal, having their lower ends bent at right angles to form feet b, which are inserted
into slits in the faces of the covering and between the two parts thereof as shown in
the enlarged view Figure 3. Figure 2 shows the covering as connected to the foot
with one face exposed and when this face becomes worn the covering is simply
detached from the buffer, the attaching connections removed from the slits on one
side and inserted in the slits on the other side and then connected to the foot, exposing
the other face.

page_text: In Figure 5 instead of making the attaching connections removable as in
Figures 1, 2, and 3, they are formed out of the material of the covering in the shape
of tongues and may be cut out radially or peripherally, and it will be seen that this
arrangement allows the covering to be connected to the foot of the buffer with either
face out as the tongues are simply pushed through so as to project upon one side or
the other according to the face to be exposed. I do not limit myself to the application
of the attaching connections formed out of the material of the covering to a roversible
or double faced covering as a single thickness of material may be provided with a
single abrading face having the connections or tongues cut out as shown in Figure 8
radially, or peripherally as in Figure 7.
In Figure 6 I have shown still another way of attaching the reversible covering to
the buffer foot, namely, by inserting flexible attaching strips d, between the parts of
the covering on the periphery, the strips being of non-abrading material so as not to
interfere with tho working of the covering close to the breast of the heel, and it will
be seen that these strips may be turned one way or the other for connection with the
buffer foot so as to expose either working face of the covering.
The form of attaching connection just described is also desirable for use in con-
necting an abrading covering with a single abrading face as shown in Figure 4 in
which the strips are secured directly to the inner face of the covering and the ends
may be turned up as shown for connection with the buffer foot as before described.
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. A flexible abrading covering for buffers having abrading material on both sides
so as to be reversible as shown.
2. Attaching connections for the reversible abrading covering removably secured
to said covering.
3. Flexible attaching connections secured to the covering and projecting outwardly
from the periphery thereof.
4. The reversible covering for buffers consisting of two discs placed back to back
with abrading material on the outer face of each.
5. A double faced abrading covering removably connected to the buffer foot.
6. An abrading covering for the foot of a buffer having attaching connections
formed out of the material of the covering itself.
7. An abrading covering for the foot of a buffer having attaching connections
formed of tongues cut circumferentially out of the material of the covering.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1889.
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Castle Chambers, Castle Street, Liverpool, Agents for Applicant.