IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOT AND SHOES AND FOR ATTACHING THE SAME
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Alfred Oldershaw of Leicester in the County of
Leicester machine maker for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOT AND SHOES AND FOR ATTACHING THE
SAME
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st October 1883.
HENRY ALFRED OLDERSHAW of Leicester in the County of Leicester machine
maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOTS AND
SHOES AND FOR ATTACHING THE SAME"
By means of my invention I am able to combine in one machine the two
processes of making or building the Heel and afterwards attaching the same to the
Boot or Shoe, all that is necessary being to remove a sliding pedestal and replace it
by another as afterwards described. I am also able by further improvements to
bring to bear a greater power than has usually been done by human power only.
I also adopt an improved appliance for enabling the workman conveniently to
drive the sprigs into the top piece of the Heel after it comes from the press. To
carry out these improvements I proceed as follows. The body of the machine
consists of a casting somewhat similar to the ordinary well known shape of a screw
press body. Through the head of this casting passes vertically a screw turned by
a handle at its upper extremity. The screw raises and lowers a sliding block the
object of which is to hold the heel lifts firmly in position by pressing them down
in the top of a pedestal hereafter to be described while they are fixed together
by the action of levers from below as afterwards described and to hold the heel
firmly in position in a similar manner while it is fixed to the boot by means of the
action of the same levers.
At the foot of the casting is a slotted bed into which slides the foot of a hollow
pedestal to the upper extremity of which fits a movable heel mould into which the
lifts forming the heel are placed the mould being directly under the above named
sliding block. The said block is then screwed down on the said lift and nails are
driven through them from below by the following means In the top of the

page_text: pedestal are a certain number of holes-sliding in each hole is a pin so that a nail
being inserted in each hole point upwards, it is driven upwards by the pin through
the lifts when the heel so made is taken from the press the top piece is attached by
a number of small nails-in order to do this conveniently, I take a plate, ncar one
end of which is a raised portion so shaped as to fit the hollow in the bottom of the 5
heel the heel being placed upon this it is firmly pressed against a stop by a
sliding piece actuated by a strong spring, the nails can then be driven in and the
pressure of the spring being releived by a handle the heel can be removed.
To attach the heel so made to the boot or shoe I remove the above mentioned
pedestal, and replace it by another in the top of which are a number of similar
holes for nails driven in a similar manner-upon this pedestal I fit the boot and
the heel having been placed in position it is secured there by screwing down the
sliding block. and the nails are then forced upwards into the heel securing it rigidly
to the boot or shoe
The tops of the above mentioned driving pins are slightly bevelled inwards in
order to give the nails a slight inward tendency while being driven
The pressure necessary to drive the nails is supplied by a compound arrangement
of levers worked by a treadle and acting upon a ram which enters the pillars from
beneath and drives the pins upwards.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw in the Patent Office on the 30th April
1884.
HENRY ALFRED OLDERSHAW of Leicester in the County of Leicester Machino
Maker IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE HEELS OF BOOTS AND
SHOES AND FOR ATTACHING THE SAME
By means of my Invention I am enabled to combine in one machine the two
processes of making or building the heel and afterwards attaching the same to the
boot or shoe. all that is necessary being to remove a sliding pedestal and replace it
by another as afterwards described I am also able by further improvements to
bring to bear a greater power than has usually been done by human power only
I also adopt an improved appliance for enabling the workman conveniently to drive
the sprigs into the top piece of the heel. after it comes from the press
And in order that my said Invention may be understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of accompanying sheet
of drawings
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig 1 shews side elevation partly in section of a machine constructed according
to my said Invention. Fig 2 shews front elevation partly in section of same the
standards not being shewn in this view. Fig 3 shews section of pedestal employed
in making or moulding the heel. Fig 4 shews plan of heel mould. Fig 5 shews
plan of appliance for holding the heel while the sprigs are being driven in to
attach the top piece. Fig 6 section through line A B Fig 5. The same letters are
employed to denote the same parts in the different views.
A shews the body of the machine in which works the screw fitted with a block
sliding in the tho piece B. C shews bed slotted as represented in Fig 2 and provided
with grooves D in which to slide either the pedestal E or F hereinafter referred to.
The pedestal E is shewn in section in position on the machine and the pedestal F is
shewn to an enlarged scale detached having the heel mould thereon with the lifts
> therein to form the heel ready to put into the machine as hereafter stated Both
these pedestals E and F are provided with vertical holes H in which pins h slide
these pins being fixed to or formed on the plunger K. which is actuated by the weighted
treadle lever Land compound lever in connection therewith as hereafter described.
The pedestal E has any suitable number of pins according to the number of nails
5 required for attaching the heel and the pedestal F has say three pairs (this being
the number of nails usually employed in making the heel.) In order to build and
attach a heel with machinery constructed and arranged as above I proceed as
follows I place the lifts in the heel mould put the piece of metal M on top of
same and after having put a nail point upwards in each of the holes as shewn at
Fig 31 place the mould on the pedestal F so that the pins m m on the same take into
the holes n n formed in the mould to receive them in order to keep the mould in
position I then slide the pedestal in the grooves D screw down the sliding block
in the piece aforesaid so as to press the lifts tightly in the mould then depress tho
treadle sharply with the foot which will cause the lever O to force up the pin or
5 rod P and thus drive up the nails through the lifts which form the heel. I now
unscrew the press lower the pin or rod P and slide on the pedestal F and place the
heel thus formed in my appliance shewn at Figs 5 and 6 (which I will describe
hereafter) in order to fix on the top piece I next place the boot or shoe on the
pedestal E after having inserted the nails for attaching the heel in the holes H

page_text: points upward as in the pedestal F already described I then slide this pedestal in
the grooves D after having lowered the pin or rod P place the heel in position on
the boot or shoe screw down the sliding piece so as to press the heel tightly on the
boot and actuate the treadle as before when tho nails will be driven upwards
through the sole and heel and thus attach the latter firmly to the boot or shoe.
The appliance shown at Figs 5 and 6 for holding the heel while the top piece is
being fixed on consists of a bed Q on which is cast or fixed a chamber R in which
is fitted a sliding pin S provided with spring T there is also a piece U hollowed out
at T so as to hold the heel.. The bed has a raised portion V on which the top of
the heel rests. The action is as follows. The heel is placed on the portion V and
the lever W being pushed in the position shewn in the drawing forces the pin S
forward and presses the heel tightly against the piece U and thus holding it securely
in position while the sprigs are being driven in the top pieco to attach it to the
heel. The pin S projects at its other end through the chamber and is retained
therein by the shoulder X-and to the end of the pin of S is a vertical pin y which
take in a slot. in the lever W so as to keep it in position, as shewn
Having thus described and ascertained the nature and object of my said
Invention and the means whereby the same may be carried into practical effect I
would remark in conclusion that what I claim as my Invention and desire to
secure by the by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent is
Firstly The combination and arrangement of parts constituting "Improvements
in machinery for making the heels of boots and shoes and for attaching the same."
substantially as described and shewn on the drawing
Secondly. The improved appliance for holding the heels during the attachment
of the top piece substantially as described and shewn Thirdly The improved
machinery for making or building the heel and attaching it to a boot or shoe
substantially as described and shewn.
In Witness whereof I the said Henry Alfred Oldershaw have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four
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