US1225500A - Device for taking foot impressions. - Google Patents

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G, G. ROSINO. DEVICE FOR TAKING FOOT IMPRESSIONS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 28,1916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET I GILBERT G. BOSINO, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR TAKING FOOT IM PRISSIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed March 28, 1916. Serial No. 87,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT G. ROSINO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Taking Foot Impressions, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in devices designed particularly for taking foot impressions to determine size and configuration or abnormal conditions of the foot which will serve as a guide in the manufacture and fitting of footwear.

The essence of the invention lies in the provision of an ink carrying member so ar .ranged as to be readily movable into cooperative position with respect to an impression-receiving surface for the purpose of imprinting thereon what are known as skiagraphs by pressure of the foot on said carrying member, means being employed to effectively ink this member incident to its movement to and from operative position.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion being broken away to show more particularly the specific arrangement of parts.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device.

Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views on the lines 3-3, and 44= respectively of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the ink carrying mem er.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of the ink distributing element as slightly modified.

Throughout the following detail description, and on the several figures of the drawin s, similar parts are referred to by llkc reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, and specifically describing this device, the same consists primarily of a shallow receptacle 1, the

greater portion of which is open to receive a I paper or similar pad 2 on the surface of the sheets of which the prints are to be taken. I

The rear portion of the receptacle is formed with a housing 3 within which is mounted the cylindrical inking roll or pad 4, said roll bemg loosely mounted upon'the stationary axle 5 fixed in the metal brackets 6 attached to the sides of the receptacle housing 8. The roll 4, it will be observed is preferably rovided with a silk covered felt pad 7 for mkingpurposes and said roll is provided with a spring 8 which I is designed .to hold the lnk carrying member hereinafter described wound upon the roll or in its inoperative position. The numeral 9 designates the inkcarrying member hereinbefore referred to, the same conslsting preferably of a sheet of rubberlzed or impervious material, attached to the roll 4 by means of the wire 10 connected to its inner end. The front edge of the carrying member 9 is provided with a stiffening rod 11 and with a tab 12 by means of which the ink-carrying member is readily withdrawn from the inoperative position within the housing 3 to a cooperative position in relation to the pad 2. The circumferential dimension of the inking surface of the ink roll 4.- is such that the .complete operative printing surface of the flexible member 9 will lie in contact therewith when wound 7 upon said roll. The winding and unwinding of the carrying member upon the pad 7 0pcrates to ink the under surface of this sheet and to maintain said surface adequately inked for carrying out the object of this apparatus.

Fixed to the bottom of the receptacle in advance of the ink roll 4 is a transverse strip 13, the upper edge of which is substantially in the same horizontal plane as the axis, of the ink roll 4, and this strip is preferably provided with a rubber band or equivalent member 14 which constitutes distributing means for spreading the ink upon the under surface of the carrying member 9 as it is moved to and fro in the use of the device. To insure a proper coaction of the ink mem.- ber 9 with this distributer the cover of the housing 3 is provided at its forward edge with a endent guide strip 15 the lower edge of which is located slightly in rear of the strip 13 and slightly below the upper edge of the band 14 carried by the last mentioned member 9 is drawn from the housing-3 of the receptacle by means of the tab 12 which latter is provided with an aperture 12' to enable the same to be engaged with a pin 16 projecting from the forward edge of the receptacle 1. In this manner the ink-carrying sheet is held in operative position over and spaced from the pad 2 in the forward portion of the receptacle. The said receptacle is provided with suitable strips 17 at each side for thepurpose of holding the pad or sheets of paper on which impressions are to be taken in proper position and furthermore, that one side of the receptacle is provided with a notched heel strip 18 against which the heel of the foot may be placed. hen pressure of the foot is exerted on the ink carrying member 9 it is depressed to contact with the sheet of the pad 2 therebeneath and an accurate imprint of the foot is obtained. This imprint will disclose a shadowy impression of the foot and abnormalities of the foot will be indicated by the outline of the impression as well as the difference in shading of the inked impression. In this manner fallen arches, enlarged joints, calluses, and other conditions of the foot are detected and the manufacturer of the footwear is thus enabled to properly fit the same according to particular conditions disclosed by the imprint made in the manner above described.

It will be understood, of course, that upon removal of the foot from the ink carrying member 9 the tab 12 is disengaged and said member is retracted into its inoperative position by the spring actuated roll 4, the tab 12 aforesaid coacting with the strip 15 to limit the movement of this member as shown in Fig. 8. Upon removal of the top sheet of the pad 2, the apparatus is in condition for taking subsequent impressions.

In Fig. 7 a slightly modified form of ink distributing means is shown, the same consisting of a rubber cap 14 that may readily be substituted or used in place of the rubber band 14 hereinbefore described, such change being within the purview of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A device for taking foot impressions comprising a base of suitable size to receive a foot, a rolled inking member normally disposed ad'acent to the base in inoperative position an adapted to be unwound for disposition adjacent to the base aforesaid to receive the foot in the taking of an impression thereon, means for temporarily holding the inking member in the operative position over the base and spaced therefrom whereby only such portions of the under surface as are depressed by the foot will contact with the base, and means for inking the surface of the inking member upon the side thereof adapted to contact with the base when in the operative position aforesaid, the other side of the inking member being impervious.

2. A device for taking foot impressions comprising a base of suitable size to receive a foot, a rolled inking member normally disposed adjacent to the base in inoperative position and adapted to be unwound for disposition adjacent to the base aforesaid to receive the foot in the taking of an impression thereon, means for temporarily holding the inking member in the operative position over the base and spaced therefrom whereby only such portions of the under surface as are depressed by the foot will contact with the base, means for inking the surface of the inking member upon the side thereof adapted to contact with the base when in the operative ,position aforesaid, the other side of the inking member being impervious, and means for withdrawing the inking member into inoperative position upon release from the holdingmeans whereby to render the impression made upon the base accessible.

3. A device for taking foot impressions comprising a base of suitable size to receive a foot, an inking device for making an impression on the base consisting of a flexible member a support therefor comprising an ink supplying element with which the operative surface of the flexible member contacts normally to receive a coating of ink from the support, manipulative means for moving the flexible member into operative position over the base and into impression taking relation with respect thereto, and means for holding one end of the flexible member normally spaced fromthe base when in the operative position, said support being arranged to hold the other end of said member likewise spaced from the base whereby only such portions of the under surface as are depressed by the foot will contact with said base.

4. In combination, a sprin actuated inking member, an ink supplying roll about which the inking member is adapted to be wound to ink a surface of the same contacting with the roll, and guide means coacting with said surface to hold the inking member in elevated position and constituting ink distributing means for said inking member.

5. In combination, a foot receiving receptacle for taking foot impressions, an impervious ink carrying member mounted at one end of the receptacle and movable into position over ,the base of said receptacle, and revoluble supportin means for said carrying member or in ing the under surface thereof.

6. In combination, a foot receiving receptacle for taking foot impressions, mean! mounted therein for making said impressions consisting of a flexible ink carrying member, means for supplying ink to the operative Surface of said member, an ink distributing strip over which the operative surface of the flexible member is movable, and means at the opposite side of the ink carrying member for holding the latter depressed in firm contact with the edge of the strip aforesaid whereby to effect distribution of the ink by said strip upon movement of the flexiblemember.

7 In combination, a foot receiving receptacle, means mounted therein for taking foot impressions consistin of a-flexible ink carrying member, means %or supplying ink to said member, an ink distributing strip over which the flexible member is movable,

and means for holding the ink carrying member in cooperative relation with respect to the strip. v 8. In combination, a foot receiving receptacle provided with a pad receivin compartment, an inking device arrange adjacent thereto and consisting of a spring actuated ink carrying member, an ink roll upon which said member is mounted, manipulating means for moving the carrying member in cooperative position over the compartment, fastening means for holding said member in the last mentioned position, and distributing means for distributing ink on t he surface of the carrying member comprising a stationary strip and a cap covering the same for cooperation with the inked surface of the carrying member and a second strip coacting with the opposite surface of the carrying member to hold the latter.

in contact with the first mentioned strip during movement of the carrying member.

9. A foot impression taking device adapted to be used with'sheets or pads comprismg a flexible depressible sheet ada ted to be arranged over said pad and spaced therefrom, said flexible sheet having an under inked surface and an upper impervious surface, a sheet permitting depression thereof, and means for holding the flexible sheet in the spaced relation aforesaid whereby to effect printing on the pad upon depression of said flexible sheet into contact therewith.

10. In combination, a base, a flexible member adapted to be moved into impression yieldable support for said flexible '1) taking position over said base, and an inking roll on which said member is adapted to be wound including inking means on its surface, the inking surface of said roll substantially corresponding in circumferential dimension to the operative surface of the flexible member.

11. A device for taking foot impressions comprising in combination a receptacle having at one side a foot receiving compartment, an inking compartment at its other side, a flexible member mounted in said inking compartment and movable therefrom into the foot receiving compartment aforesaid, and means for holding the flexible member spaced from the base of said foot receiving compartment when moved thereinto.

12. A device for taking foot impressions comprising in combination a receptacle having at v one side a foot receiving compartment, a' housing atthe other side, a support in said housing, a flexible member connected to said support, the housing having an entrance thereto disposed to permit of with- A drawal of the flexible member therethrough into the foot receiving compartment, and yieldable means permitting the flexible member to be depressed bythe foot When-introduced into the foot receiving compartment upon said flexible member, said yieldable means constituting retracting means normally tending to return the flexible member into the housing. I

13. A device for taking foot impressions comprising in combination a receptacle hav-' ing a foot receiving compartment at one side, a housing at the other side, an ink carrying roll mounted in said housing, spaced guide means intermediate the housing and the foot receivin compartment, a flexible member connected movable between the guide means from the housing and into the foot receiving comartment, said guide means holding the flexible member in spaced relation to the base of the compartment, and a fastening member to which the flexible member is adapted to be connected to hold said flexible member in impression takin position.

In testimony w ereof I aflix my signature.

GILBERT G. ROSINO.

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