Improvements in or relating to Last Stands or Supports for use in the Manufacture of Boots and 'Shoes:
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1897
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Improvements in or relating to Last Stands or Supports for use in
the Manufacture of Boots and 'Shoes:
I, THOMAS BRINING, of '36, Sussex Street, Richmond Hill, Leeds, in the County
of York, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invén-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in stands or supports employed for
holding lasts in position in the manufacture of boots and shoes, but may also be
used for "treeing purposes.
Hitherto great difficulty has been experienced 'in stands or supports for lasts in"
providing for the required rigidity and at the sametime enabling them to be
adjusted to the varying sizes and positions.
The object of the present invention is to provide a last stand or support that'
while possessing the required rigidity can also be adjusted to the varying sizes
of lasts used, and may, if so desired, be adapted to be turned on an axial bearing.
According to this invention the main portion of the stand or support, or its base
only, may be fixed upon a bench or other framework. When the base only is
fixed to the bench or framework, it is made to form an axial bearing for the
other portions of the last supporting apparatus. Jointed to 'the stand, or to a
revolving part thereof, is a receiver for the end of the removeable pivot pin, upon
the opposite or upper end of which the last is mounted with its sole upwards.
The receiver is adjusted and held in the required position by ratchet or other teeth
arranged say around its axis. A spring pin or pawl arranged to be operated by a
hand or other lever or levers is made to engage with the said ratchet or other
teeth. If desired the height of the last pivot may also be vertically adjusted by
means say for example of a screw and lock nut or nuts. To the last pivot may
also be mounted a double ended lever for engaging with the last for securely
holding it in position on the pivot pin. A loop or clip or screw being employed
for retaining the lever in position. Or in place of the said lever and loop or
clip or screw the upper end of the last pivot pin or the receiver itself may be
formed or enlarged or provided with projections arranged to engage with. the
last for preventing it turning or working out of position when a last pivot with
a round pin or round pins alone is employed.
The toe support for the last may be mounted so as to be capable of adjustment as
required upon an incline forming part of the framework, or rotary base.
In the incline is also provided a number of holes on which the sliding base of
the toe support is pinned or otherwise fixed in position after adjustment. To
the said sliding hase is jointed a bifurcated casting or piece armed with a number
of ratchet or other teeth into which a spring pin or pawl,-operated by suitable
lever or levers, works. The toe support proper may be fixed,-adjustably or
otherwise, to the said bifurcated casting or piece.
The rotary base of stand may also be armed above or below the axial bearing
with a ratchet or other wheel with which a spring pin or pawl-operated' by a
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page_text: suitable lever or levers,-engages, by which it is retained in any desired position.
Or in place of ratchet or other teeth one or more spring pin or pawls-operated as
described may be arranged to enter a hole or holes formed for it or their
reception in the revolving base.
THOMAS BRINING,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Last Stands or Supports for use in
the Manufacture of Boots and Sho88.
I, THOMAS BRINING, late of 36, Sussex Street, but now of 4, Lindley Grove,
Richmond Hill, Leeds, in the County of York, 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 improvements in stands or supports employed for
holding lasts in position in the manufacture of boots and shoes, but may also be
used for treeing purposes.
Hitherto great difficulty has been experienced in stands or supports for lasts in
providing for the required rigidity and at the same time enabling them to be
adjusted to varying sizes and positions.
The object of the present invention is to provide a last, stand or support that
while possessing the required rigidity can also be adjusted to the varying sizes
of lasts used, and may, if so desired, be adapted to be turned on an axial bearing.
In the drawing hereunto annexed
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of a last-stand constructed according to this invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively elevations of opposite sides of the last stand shown
at Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 a plan looking at the top.
Fig. 5, is a front elevation of a last stand with adjustable toe rest.
Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively elevations of opposite sides of last stand, shown
at Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 a sectional elevation on line. Fig. 6.
Fig. 8, a side elevation of a last stand adapted to receive an ordinary pivot pin,
but provided with an adjustable toc rest.
Fig. 9, a plan of same looking at the top.
Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are respectively a plan looking at the top and elevations of
opposite ends of barrel or roller C.
Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively a side and front elevation of pawl lever H.
Figs. 15 and 16 are respectively a side and front elevation of ratchet wheel for
toe rest.
Figs. 17 and 18 are respectively a side elevation and plan of spring pin C³.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
A is the main portion of the stand or support, or its base only made of metal
and it may be fixed upon a bench or other framework. In the drawings it is
shown as a stand for fixing, say upon a bench. When the base only is fixed to
the bench or framework as shown at Figs. 1 to 7 it forms an axial bearing for the
axles or trunnions B for the other portions of the last supporting apparatus. The
axles or trunnions B are made in two parts as shown in the form of set screws,
frequently termed grub screws, that is a screw without a head and provided at the

page_text: inner end with a V point. C is a carrier which is shown at Figs. 1 to 3 jointed to
the stand A so as to work on the axles or trunnions B, but at Figs. 5 to 7 and 10
to 12, it is in the form of a roller or barrel mounted upon the said axles or
trunnions. When in the form shown at Figs. 1 to 3 it is provided with ratchet
or other teeth C partially around its base and concentric with the axles or
trunnions. But at Figs. 5 to 7 in place of the teeth C I provide a number of
holes C (see Fig. 11) around one end of the barrel or roller C concentric with its
axis. The receiver C is capable of partially rotating upon its axles or trunnions B,
and it is held in a stationary position by a spring pin C3 working in a recess
(Fig. 2,) or a fixing e (Fig. 5) provided in or on the framework A. The inner end
of the spring pin is adapted to engage with the teeth C or holes C³ provided on
or in the carrier C. When the spring pin is withdrawn from engagement with
the said teeth or holes the carrier is free to move in either of the directions indi-
cated by arrows 1 shown at Figs. 2 and 6.
At Fig. 2 the spring pin C³ may be actuated by the knee, or other portion of
the body of the operator through rod C, armed with knee plate C-which forms
part of or may be fixed to double ended lever C pivoted at C7 to the stand, and
the end of which is in engagement with second double ended lever 08 pivoted at C
to the framework. The upper end of the second double ended lever C8 being in
direct communication with the recess c¹ in the spring pin C as shown at Fig. 18.
But at Figs. 5 and 6 the second double ended lever C is dispensed with, and the
upper end of lever C is cranked and inclined as shown to form a cam or wedge
for acting upon a wedge or cam fixed to the outer end of the spring pin C.
D is a receiver for supporting the last F as hereafter described. The receiver
is mounted vertically upon the carrier C by means of a pin d and the same pin is
retained in position whilst being free to revolve by means of the V ends of the
axles or trunnions B which are made to pass into a groove provided in the
periphery of the said pin for their reception as shown at Figs. 1 and 5. The base
of the receiver is armed with teeth or projections G into which a pawl portion of
lever H is made to pass. The pawl H is made in the form of a double ended lever
pivoted at to the carrier C. The upper end of lever H is made to act as a pawl
for retaining the receiver D in a stationary position, whilst its lower end or
heel may at Figs. 1, to 3 be bifurcated and retained in an outward position by a
spring shown at Fig. 1. But at Figs. 5 to 7 the heel of pawl lever H is made
with a ring shaped end (see Fig. 13) to pass freely into the circular recessed end C
(see Figs. 10 and 12) of carrier C and it is pivoted in the vertical recess C" which
is formed in the same end of the carrier and is in communication with the
recess C .
The pawl lever H is actuated at Figs. 1 to 3 by knee lever I-armed with a knee
plate I connected to or forming part of double ended'cam lever J-pivoted at C7
to the stand so as to operate upon a second double ended lever K also pivoted at k
to the stand-the front bifurcated end of which is made to engage with the heel
of the lever H for disengaging its pawl portion from the teeth G. The front and
rear ends of the lever K, as well as the upper end of lever J are inclined to form
wedged shaped cams for respectively causing the levers H and K to turn on their
pivots whenever the pawl portion of lever H is required to be operated. But at
Figs. 5 to 7 the lever K instead of being pivoted horizontally to the stand A is
pivoted vertically thereto, and the spring his made to encircle the horizontal
pin L which is interposed between the upper end of lever K, and the ring at the
heel of lever H. The upper end of lever J and the heel of lever K in this instance
only being inclined to form edge shaped cams. When the pawl portion of lever H
is withdrawn from engagement with the teeth G the receiver D is free to be rotated
in either of the directions indicated by arrows 2 Fig. 4.
The upper portion of receiver D is armed with a pivot pin E which may either
be a piece of round metal such as steel, and when desired the top of the receiver
may also be armed with the narrow projections D¹ which fit into corresponding
recesses formed in the last for their reception,

page_text: If 'desired the height of the last pivot 'may also be vertically adjusted by means
say for example of a screw and lock nut or nuts not shown in the drawings.
To the last pivot or receiver D in which the pivot is mounted may also be
pivoted a double ended lever M for engaging with the projecting portion f of the
last for securely holding it in position on the pivot pin. A loop or clip or a
screw M (as shown in the drawings) armed with a handle, is employed for retain-
ing the upper end of lever M in engagement with the last. Or in place of the said
lever and loop or clip or screw the upper end of the last pivot pin or the receiver
itself may be formed or enlarged or provided as at Figs. 8 and 9 with projec-
tions or the sides of the last pivot pin itself may be arranged to engage with 1
the projections f for the last for preventing it turning or working out of position
when a last pivot with a round pin or round pins alone is employed.
The toe support 'N' for the last may be mounted on a bifurcated carrier O. That
is to say, a vertical hole is provided in the top of the carrier 0 into which the
screwed threaded stemn' passes. The toe support being capable of adjustment, in 1
a vertical direction, to and from the top of the carrier by the nut n, whereby the
height of the toe support is regulated. The stem is provided with a longi-
tudinal grooven into which the end of a screw n³ enters to prevent the stem from
turning into the carrier O. The carrier O is also capable of both adjustment radially,
as well as also to and from the receiver D 'upon an incline P forming part of the :
stand A'or it may be mounted upon a rotary base when such latter is used.
When the carrier O is mounted upon the incline P,-so that it may be used for
lasts of various lengths and sizes,--it is mounted upon what is termed a sliding
base Q (see Figs. 15 and '16), constructed as follows:-
A disc Q-provided with a central hole 7 and a number of ratchet or others
teeth g, cut or formed in its face, is provided or armed at its back with a projec
tion arranged near the top of the disc, as shown at Figs. 15 and 16. The
projection 9 on its lower side is inclined as shown by dotted line at 'Fig. 15 for
sliding upon the incline P as shown at Figs. 6 and 7. By making the lower
edge of the projection q' to slide upon the incline P the disc Q is hot only pre
vented from turning round, but it can also rest against the side of the said incline
and be pendant from its upper edge as shown at Fig. 16. Whilst the carrier (
is kept from turning on its retaining pin by a spring pin or pawl R-operated'
by, a double ended or other lever S fulcrummed to carrier O as shown at Fig. 6,-
which is arranged to engage with the ratchet teeth 7. In the incline P is also
provided a number of holes p through' one of which the retaining pin' p enters
after passing first through one part of the bifurcated carrier O, then through
central hole g of the sliding base Q into a hole in the incline P and thence into
the other part of the carrier O. By this means the carrier 0 can be moved to and
from the receiver D, in a longitudinal direction as required, and after being pinned"
in position can afterwards be radially: adjusted to suit the contour or position' of
the last 'used.
Instead of making the receiver D to rotate as above described the whole of this
portion of the stand may be made to rotate, and it may also be armed 'above or
below the axial bearing with a ratchet or other wheel with which a spring pin or
pawl, operated by a suitable lever or levers such as herein described engages, by
which it is retained in any desired position. Or in place of ratchet or other teeth
one or more spring pins or pawls operated as described--may be arranged to
enter a hole or holes formed for it or their reception in the revolving base.
Or if desired an ordinary last pivot may be employed and 'mounted in the
stand A, as shown at Figs. 8 and 9, for use with an adjustable toe support such as
herein described and illustrated.
By the use of last stands, and parts connected therein, as herein described
not only has the operator both hands free for performing the lasting operation,
but also the last may be turned into any position required for lasting purposes
without removing the last from its pivot.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A stand or support for boot lasts such as herein described, consisting essen-
tially of a stationary or revolving base in or to which the last pivot pin and its
carrier is adjustably mounted, so as to permit of the last being turned in any
position required for lasting purposes without necessitating its removal from the
pivot pin, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. In a stand or support for boot lasts the method of adjusting and supporting
the last to the various positions required during the lasting process by means of
(1) a stand on which is mounted in axial bearings a carrier armed with teeth or
holes in which engages a spring pin for holding it in a stationary position, said
spring pin being operated by cam levers as described; (2) a receiver armed with a
last pivot pin mounted upon a carrier so as to revolve, and armed at its base with
a number of teeth or projections with which engages a pawl lever pivoted to the
said carrier for holding the receiver in a stationary position, said pawl lever being
actuated by cam levers as described; and (3) the means for preventing the last
turning on its pivot pin except when the receiver is rotated, consisting of a
double ended lever pivoted to said receiver and retained in position by a screw and
spring, all combined and arranged in the manner herein before described and
illustrated.
3. In a stand or support for boot lasts, the combination of a stand or support,
such as A, ou which a moveable or rotating receiver, such as C, is axially mounted,
and a receiver, such as D, mounted so as to revolve upon and independently of the
carrier, said receiver being armed with a last pivot pin, such as E, with or with-
out projections, such as D', with an adjustable toe support, such as N, mounted
upon a carrier, such as O, connected to and to be axially turned upon a base, such
as Q, arranged to slide upon an incline, such as P, perforated with a number of
holes, and forming part of said stand, said carrier being held in any desired
position by means of a spring pin arranged to engage with ratchet or other teeth
formed in the face of the sliding base Q all arranged and operating substantially
us herein set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. In a stand or support for boot lasts, a pivot pin or support provided with a
round pin for entering the last, and arranged so that one of its sides will engage
with a projecting portion of the last for preventing the latter turning on the said
round portion of the pivot pin, as and for the purposes set forth.
5. In a stand or support for boot lasts, the combination of a pivot pin fixed in
the stand; and arranged to prevent the last turning round thereon, with an adjust-
able toe support mounted upon a carrier jointed to a base sliding upon an incline
forming part of said stand, and the means for retaining the toe support in position,
all arranged substantially as herein set forth and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
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