Improved Boot and Shoe Finishing Jack.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 20th Dec., 1890
DE BOLICATION.
Improved Boot and Shoe Finishing Jack.
I, CHARLES HARE, of 88 Calvert Street, Norwich, Chairmaker, 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, and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawing :-
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The said improved finishing jack consists of five pieces :-No. 1, the bottom stand,
being a circular bottom with four holes for screwing on bench, and square upright
stem, square cut at the top to half the thickness to form a joint with No. 2. No. 2
consists of a bottom part, square cut to half the thickness to form a joint with No. 1,
so that No. 2 can stand firm perpendicularly or fall one side square. The top part
of No. 2 consists of a tapored square with round pin above it. No. 3 part consists of
a socket with elbow attached, the bottom of socket tapered square to fit tapered
square part of No. 2, the top of the socket round to fit the round pin of No. 2, so that
No. 3 and No. 2 may work together, No. 3 moving freely up and down No. 2, in
order that No. 3 may be turned round to any position required, and set fast in any
one of four different positions when dropped. The elbow attached to socket is right
angled and has two pins on the top to hold the last. The top of No. 2 is protected
by a collar to keep No. 3 from coining off. No. 4 part consists of a round joint pin
go
through No. 1 and No. 2 joint, with diminishing end to receive bole in end of
spring No. 5. No. 5 part consists of a strong spring fixed to stem of part No. 1,
being bolted to the stem in the centre with a screw bolt, with a hole in the top of the
spring to come on diminishing end of joint pin No. 4, keeping No. 1 and No. 2 firmly
fixed whether No. 2 is in the perpendicular or horizontal position.
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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) That the chief novel feature of this invention is the socket of part No. 3, which
can be moved to any position required, and instantly set firm when dropped, without
the aid of any screw, bolt, spring or any mechanical appliance whatever, but by the
tapered square part of the socket fitting firmly on the tapered square part of No. 2.
(2) That by means of this invention a boot and shoe finisher can stand at his work,
and can fix his boot firmly in eight different positions, changing the position of the
boot instantly as required, without loss of time or any appreciable effort.
(3) That, besides the eight fixed positions in which the boot is kept firm, when
No. 2 is in the horizontal position, the boot may be operated upon in any position
whatever, by keeping the whole of the socket on the round pin of No. 2, instead of
allowing the tapered square part of the socket to fix itself upon the tapered square
part of No. 2.
(4) That the second novel feature of this invention is the strong spring-No. 5-
which, being bent, and pressing firmly on the bottom of the stem No. 1, and on the
joint of No. 1 and No. 2, keeps No. 2 firm in either the perpendicular or horizontal
position as required, while allowing the position to be changed easily and without loss
of time.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1890