DRIVING RIVETS OR NAILS INTO THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES &
Year: 1884

page_text: JOHN ELLIS CUTLAN, 40 Market Square, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire,
Architect & Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for DRIVING
RIVETS OR NAILS INTO THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES &° to be as follows:-
A Stand or Frame is prepared to receive a Treadle, a weight and a Lever; The
upper part of the frame or what may be termed the Head, which is prepared to
receive the working parts is bolted to the Stand,-About the centre of the Head
and running from the front to the back is the main shaft, on the back end of the
shaft is a Fly-wheel, on the other end of the shaft (which is the front or face of the
machine) is fixed an eccentric and connected with the eccentric is a vertical bar or
plunger which has an upward & a downward movement by the revolving of the
main shaft; The lower end of the Plunger is reduced to the size required to pass
through a tube, the tube being the size required to receive the Nails or Rivits
intended to be driven;-Joining with this tube (through which the Plunger passes)
about one inch from the bottom is another tube which is connected with a case
some distance above, this case is intended to contain the Rivits or Nails intended
to be driven, the case is hinged at the point where the tube is connected and the
other end of the case is joined to the Plunger by a connecting rod, the upward and
downward movement of the Plunger gives the necessary movement to the case
containing the Rivits or Nails to cause them to pass through the aperture prepared
for them, the case is so prepared to allow only one at once and in the right position
to pass from the case into the tube;-Namely; A Slott is cut in the bottom of the
case allowing the shank of the nail to pass through, the nail held in this position
slides on by the motion of the case through an aperture in the end. There is an
arrangement also in the tube to allow only one Nail or Rivit at a time to get under
the Plunger. Near the aperture in the end of Case is a slide in which is a cavity
to receive one nail, by the motion of the slide it allows the nail to pass and fall
below the Plunger, and an arrangement below the Plunger to prevent the Nails or
Rivits from passing out of the tube until forced out by the Plunger;-The lower
end of the tube is closed by two side springs which is opened by the Plunger
driving the nail. At the back of the tube and just below the level is a Feed-wheel
which rests upon the work intended for nailing or riviting, the feed is acted upon
by the motion of the Plunger, being joined by a connecting rod or lever, the
altering of the length of the lever causes the Nails or Rivits to be driven closer or
farther apart;-The work required to be mailed or Rivitted is placed upon a bed
or stand attached to the machine under the Feed-wheel and is so prepared as to
allow the work to move in any direction required. The machine may be driven
either by Treadle or other power.

page_text: JOHN ELLIS CUTLAN, Architect & Surveyor 46 Market Square, Wellingborough,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED NAILING MACHINE
FOR BOOTS & SHOES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A Stand is prepared to receive the Treadle A and a Weight and Lever B, the
upper part of the Frame or what may be termed the Head C which is prepared to
receive the working parts, is bolted to the Stand D, running from the front to the
back through the Head in the main Shaft on the back end of which is the Fly
Wheel E, On the front end of the Shaft is a Cam F which works as an eccentric
and operates the Slide G, the Vertical Bar H is connected to the eccentric by the
Link I and has an upward & downward movement as the Shaft revolves;―The
lower end of Plunger is reduced as shewn in the Drawings to pass through the
Tube J the Tube being the size required to receive the nails or rivets intended to
be driven; Joining with the Tube J (through which the Plunger passes) is
another Tube leading up to the Slide G and to this Tube is fixed Plate K-Hinged
to Plate K is the case which has two compartments L L one for long and the other
for short nails. The Case is connected to the Bar H by the screw joint & Bar
marked M, the upward & downward movement of the Plunger gives the necessary
movement to the Case to cause the Shanks of the nails or rivets to drop through
the grooves in the Case and the Nails being suspended by the Heads they pass out
on to the grooved Plate K, inserted into the Plate K is a circular plate N with a
groove and a hole in the centre, this Plate is moved forward or back to allow the
nails from one of the grooves only to pass on into the Slide G which moves forward
and backward by the revolving of the Cam F thus allowing only one nail at a time
to pass down the Tube below the Plunger-At the bottom of the Tube below the
Plunger is a Spring Catch O one on each side which holds the nail in position to
be driven through by the Plunger,-At the back of the Tube and just below the
level is a Feed Wheel P which rests on the work intended for nailing or riveting;-
The Feed is acted upon by the motion of the Shaft which acts upon the Plunger,
on the centre of the Shaft is an eccentric Q with connecting rod R joined to Paul
Lever S. The altering of the length of this Lever regulates the distance of the
nails Under the Feed Wheel is a Roller Fence T which is moved inward or
outward by a Wheel nut on the screwed Bur;-The Boot to be mailed is fixed upon
the Stand with the Last as shewn in the Drawing.
The Upright Bar of the Stand or what may be called a Jack is dropped into a
square socket U which is fixed to the Lever B-The Top of the Bar has a flat
circular Plate fixed in an oblique direction.
The upper Plate W is joined to the under one by a Central Pin which allows the
upper portion of the Jack, with Plate W to revolve;-The Plates V & W being out
of level gives the Boot the necessary tip on each side;-The Joint X allows the
operator to regulate the position of the Boot (as it passes under the Plunger) in
accordance with the irregularity of the Sole-The Catch Y joined to the Lever
near the Weight is made to rest against the Stand to give solidity to the Stand

page_text: while the nail is being driven-The Catch Y is relieved by the upward movement
of the Treadle Rod, The nut Z passing under the Catch and lifting it whilst the
Feed is in motion.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed-I declare that what I claim is