US1717928A - Toe-molding machine - Google Patents

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7 June 18, 1929. w, -r 1,717,928

TOE MOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 30, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l o s s Arrogiyzzv' J n 18. 1929. w. KAUT 1.717.928

TOE MOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 30, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 18,1929. w. KAUT 1,717,928

TOE MOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 30, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 VENTO)? WM. I64 u r Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM KAU'I, OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI.

TOE-MOLDING MACHINE.

Application filed January 30, 1928.

This invention relates generally to machines for making apparel shoes, and more specifically to an improved toe-molding machine, the predominant object of the invention being to produce a machine provided with means for molding the toe of an apparel shoe and for turning the lasting allowance of the box toe, lining and upper, or of the box toe and upper only, outwardly flush with the bottom of the last, to provide the shoe with a marginal flange portion to which the sole of the shoe may be attached.

In following out my invention, and in the use of my improved machine, I apply heat to the portion of the material of which the box toe is to be formed which constitutes the lasting allowance of the box toe, and in this manner cause the tar-like substance with which the box toe material is treated to become sticky, or tacliy, enough to stick or weld together the box toe material, lining and upper. At the same time the lasting allowance of the b0 toe, lining and upper are shaped by the heat-applying means so as to provide the shoe with an outwardly extended marginal flange, which is thereafter permitted to cool and to become permanently set, whereby it permanently retains the shape given to it by the heated shaping means.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specific lly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood that the invention comprehends changes, variations and modifications which comes within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation ofa machine made in accordance with my invent-ion.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section showing the molding plate carrier and parts associated therewith.

Fig. l is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of the molding 3.11110.

Fig. means shoe bein 6 is an enlarged vertical section of the for supporting the toe portion of the operated upon by the machine.

Serial No. 250,668.

Fig. 7 is a section taken approximately on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail showing the last-holding pin of the machine.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view, partly in plan and partly in horizontal section, taken on line 99 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged cross section on line 10-1O of Fig. 2.

Fig. 11 is a vertical section on a reduced scale, showing the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 9.

The particular machine illustrated in the drawings is a multiple one, that is to say, said machine comprises four distinct sections A, B, C and D (Fig. 1), each of which is a duplicate of the other sections, and each section is a machine in itself, with the exception that only one means for heating and shaping the marginal flanges at the toe portions of the shoes is associated with a pair of sections. In view of the fact that with the exception noted each section is complete unto itself and is a duplicate of the other sections, only one section will be described herein, and the same reference charactors will be employed to designate like pa'rtsin the various sections.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the standard, or base, for the operating parts of the machine, to which is attached at its forward face and adjacent to its upper end a casting 2. The casting 2 comprises a pair of side members 2, and is provided with a plurality of cross members 3 connecting said side members to the lower one of which a lug 4 is integrally formed. Each of the side members 2 is recessed longitudinally at its inner and forward edge, as shown in Fig. 9, and 5 designates side plates which are secured longitudinally of said side members in a manner to overlap the recesses and provide vertically disposed guideways 6. The lug 4 is provided with a vertically disposed threaded opening formed therethrough, which is for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth. V

7 designates a member which is provided with a pair of laterally extended fins, or guides, 8 (Fig. 9). The fins or guides 8 are extended into the guideways 6 already referred to, and are capable of moving longitudinally thereof, said guides 8 being of substantial height, as shown in Fig. 11. The member 7 extends from a point slightly to the rear of the guides 8 to a point some distance in advance of said guides (Fig. 11), and at its forward end said member is pro vided with an upturned lug 9. As shown clearly in Figs. and 11, the member 7 is provided with a channel 10 which extends from the inner face of the lug 9 to the rear end of said member. Also, the member 7 is provided with a dove-tail guide 11, which extends *longitudinally thereof substantially from end to end of said member. Mounted on the member 7 is a member 12 (Fig. 10) provided with a dove-tail groove 18 which receives the dove-tail guide on the member 7, said dove-tail groove being extended longitudinally of the member 12. The member 12 is provided with a lug 14 which extends downwardly from said member into the channel 10 formed in the member 7, said lug 14 being provided with a threaded opening formed therethrough, as shown in F ig. 11. 15 designates a threaded rod or screw, which passes through the threaded opening formed through the lug 14, so that the threads on said rod engage the threads within said opening. The rod 15 has a reduced portion which extends through an aperture in the upturned lug 9 at the forward end of the member 7. The rod 15 has a handwheel 16 fixed to it at its outer end, and the hub portion of the hand-wheel and the shoulder at the point where the reduced portion of said rod joins the main threaded portion thereof contact with the opposite faces of the lug 9, so that the rod may rotate axially without moving longitudinally of the lug 9. It is obvious that rotation of the rod 15 by manipulation of the hand-wheel 16 will result in the member 12 being moved longitudinally of the member 7 in one or the other direction, depending on the direction of rotation of the rod.

Extended upwardly from the member 12 at the opposite edges thereof is a pair of lugs 17 (Figs. 9 and 10), and mounted between said lugs is a block 18, there being a pivot pin 19 extended through openings in said lugs and through an opening formed through said block at one end thereof, whereby said block is pivotally secured to said lugs. At the end of the block 18, opposite to the end thereof through which the pivot pin passes, said block is provided with a flange 20 having a vertically disposed threaded aperture through which a screw 21 extends. bears against the top face of the member 12, as shown in Fig. 11, and it is obvious, in view of this arrangement, that by rotating the screw axially the outer end of the block may be adjusted upwardly and downwardly, depending on the direction of rotation of the screw.

The block 18 is provided with a non-circular aperture into which the lower end of a last pin supporting member 22 extends The lower end of the screw 21 (Fig. 11), said member 22 having a vertically disposed arm 23 pivoted to it at the point indicated by the reference character 24:, and the last pin 25 being extended upwardly from said arm. The last pin supporting member 22 is bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 11, one leg thereof being shorter than the other, and a portion of the vertical arm 23 is extended between the legs of said bifurcati-id portion of said member. Also, the portion of the vertical arm which is ex tended between the legs of the bifurcated portion of the member 22 is provided with an arcuate slot 26 (Fig. 8), and a suitable pin 27, which may or may not be threaded, as desired, is pas. d through the shorter of the h s of the bifurcated portion of the member 22 and into the arcuate slot 26. In view of this arrangement, it is plain that the vertical arm 23 may move about the pivot 24, and i is likewise plain that movement of said arm 23 will be limited by the slot 26 and the pin 27.

By referring particularly to Figs. 7, 9, 10 and 11, it will be noted that the member 12 is provided at its upper face with a dovetail guide 28, which extends from a point removed inwardly a slight distance from the lugs 17 (Fig. 9) to the inner end .of said member. It will also be noted by referring .7 to the view mentioned that the dove-tail guide 28 is provided with a channel, which extends longitudinally from end to end thereof, in which is located a toothed bar 29 which is of approximately the same length as the dove-tail 28, and extends above the top face thereof slightly. 30 designates a hollow member, preferably of cylindrical form, which is provided at opposite sides of the opening formed therethrough with dovetail recesses, the oppositely disposed dovetail recesses referred to providing a dovetail groove through the member 30 into which the dove-tail guide 28 on the member 12 extends, which, in the absence of something preventing it, would permit the member 30 to be moved longitudinally of the dove-tail guide 28 without becoming displaced vertically therefrom.

31 designates a member which is of approximately the same diameter as the opening within the member 80, and as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, said member 81. is arranged within the opening in the member 30. The member 31 is provided with a vertically disposed elongated slot 32 (Fig. 6), into which the inner end portion of a screw, or other suitable pin 33, extends, said screw 33 being extended through an aperture formed in the upper portion of the member 30. The member 31 is provided with a teeth 34, which is adapted to be introduced between pairs of adjacent teeth formed on the bar 29, and in view of the connection between the members 30 and 81 produced by the slot 32' and pin 33, it is plain that the member 31. may be moved upwardly with respect to themcmber 30, and in this manner move the tooth 84 above the toothed bar 29, so that the members and 31 may be moved longitudinally of the dove-tail guide 28.

Supported by the member 31 at the top thereof is a rotatable element which includes an enlarged head having a lillllllGCl edge and a downwzu'dly extended portion 3'? of reduced diameter. The reduced portion 37 of the element is circular in cross-section and fits closely into the upper end of a vertical opening 81 formed in the member 3i, and said portion 37 is provided with a continuous circumfercntial groove 38 into which a screw or other pin 39, which extends through a portion of the member 31, projects (Fig. In view of this arrangement, the element may be rotated with respect to the member 31, the groove 38 during such rotation moving relatively to the screw 39, but because the lower portion of the wall of the groove overlaps the screw 39, said element 3:) may not be moved upwardly with respectto saidmember 31. The rotatable element is provided with a threaded, vertical opening 40 formed therethrough and extended through said opening is a verti- "a-lly disposed screw 41, having a slightly reduce 1 upper end. The reduced upper end of the screw 41 is ext-ended into a socket formed in the lower end of a toe cushion support as, there being a pin 43 employed for securing the screwand toe cushion support together. hollow and open at the top, and said support is semi-circular in front elevation, as shown in Fig. 7, and the hollow interior thereof receives toe pad ift formed of rubber, or leather, or other suitable material.

lVhcn the element is rotated with respect to the member 81, as already described, it is plain that the coacting threads on the screw ll and within the pening l0 will cause the screw together with the toe cushion support and the too cushion, to he moved upwardly or downwardly, depending on the direction of rotation of the element 35.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 11, A15 designates a vertically disposed screw which is extended through the threaded vertical point where tne reduced portion joins the The toe cushion support is main body of the screw contact with portions of the member 7, consequently, when the screw 45 is rotated axially by manipulation of the hand-wheel lli to cause said screw to be moved longitudinally of its maj or axis, vertical movement will be imparted to the member 7, whereby all of the parts already described which are associated with, said member 7 will be adjusted vertically.

Mounted at the upper end of the base 1 f the machine is a member 48 (Figs. 1 and 2), which includes a pair of spaced apart upright wall portions 49 (Figs. 1, 3'and 4), each of which is provided with a guideway 50. 51 designates a carrier, which is provided with outwardly extended flanges 52 which extend into the guideways 50, whereby said carrier may be moved. with relation to said wall portions in a direction parallel with the guideways 50. By referring to Figs. 3 and 4; of the drawings, the more or less irregular shape of the carrier will be apparent. In these views the body portion 5]. is'shown as being extended trans versely of the space between the pair of wall portions 49, with the opposite side edges thereof terminating just short of said wall portions (Fig. s). Projected forwardly from the front edge of the body portion 51, and extended outwardly in a transverse direction from the opposite side edges thereof, is a. pair of bars 53 on which the guides 52 are formed, said bars preferably being formed integrally with said body portion 51. In like manner, the bars 53 extend a slight distance upwardly above the top of the body portion 51, and said bars are provided with notches 54: which extend longitudinally thereof.

Formed in the top face of the body portion 51 of the carrier 51 is a channel 55. which extends from the front edge of said body portion to a point slightly in advance of the rear edge thereof, and mounted immediately above said channel is a flat spring, or other resilient member 56. The flat spring is secured to the body portion 51 at the rear thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, and at its forward end said flat spring is provided with an upstanding projection 57, which has an inclined face. 58 designates the toemolding plate of my improved machine, said plate being more or less U-shaped as shown in Fi 5, and being of such width and thickness that its opposite edge. portions may be introduced into the notches 54 in the bars 53 at the forward ends of said notches and slid longitudinally of said notches. The plate 58 is provided with an aperture 59 adjacent to its rear QClQO and atits approximate transverse center, and when the plate is slid longitudinally of the notches 54 as described. the rear edge of said plate will contact with the inclined face of the projection 57, whereby the flat spring on which the opposite ends of said member.

said projection is arranged will be cammed downwardly in a manner to cause the plate to pass over said projection until the aperture 59 moves into vertical registration therewith, when said incline faced projection will snap into said aperture 59. When the incline faced projection is located within the aperture 59 as described, the straight face thereof will be in contact with the rear wall of said aperture, and the forward faces of projections 57 formed on the body portion 51 will contact with the rear edge of theplate 58. In this manner the plate 58 will be attached to the carrier 51 and will move with it when motion is imparted thereto.

60 designates a cross member which is socured to the body portion 51 of the carrier 51 at the rear thereof (Fig. 3), and 61 designates a pair of downwardly extended lugs which preferably are formed integrally withthe body portion 51', at the forward edge thereof. 62 designates a member, the opposite edge portions of which are extended into oppositely disposed guideways 63 (Fig. 41) at the lower portion of the body portion 51, which guideways extend from front to rear of said bodv portion. The member 62 is in contact with the lower face of the body portion 51 of the carrier 51, and is interposed between the cross member 60 and the downwardly extended lugs 61, and said member is in turn provided with downwardly extended lugs 64- which are in alinement with the lugs 61. The lugs 61 and 64 are provided with spring seats, and interposed between each cooperating pair of lugs and seated in the spring seats thereof a coil spring 65; and as a result of the expansion of said coil springs, the member 62 is forced rearwardly until the rear edge thereof contacts with the forward etge of the cross member 60 (Fi 6 designates a bar which is carried by the carrier and extends transversely with respect thereto, and G7 designates upstanding lugs which are arranged adjacent to Pivotally supported by the lugs (37 is a weight 68, said weight being in the form of a U- v shaped bar, and being capable of being moved about its pivots 69 from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3 by full lines to the position suggested in said view by dotted lines. The weight 68 is provided with a handle 70 to facilitate handling thereof.

71 designates a toggle comprising a pair of arms pivotally connected together at their inner ends, the outer end of the rearmost of said arms being pivotally attached to a stationary part of the machine at 72 (Fig. 2), and the outer end of the forward arm being pivotally attached at 73 to a lug 741 extended downwardly from the member 62.

The inner ends of the arms, which are pivotally attached together, have pivotally secured to them at the point of attachment a rod 75, which extends downwardly to a point adjacent to the lower end of the base 1 of'the machine, at which point the lower end of the rod 75 is pivotally attached to the inner end of a foot pedal 76, which foot pedal is in turn pivoted at 77 to a member 78 fixed to the base of the machine. 79 designates a coil spring, one end of which is attached to the toggle 71 at the point where the two arms comprising the same are attached together, and the other end of said spring is attached to a stationary part of the machine, so that the inner attached ends of said arms will be drawn downwardly.

t obvious that in the operation of the machine pressure on the outer end of the foot pedal 76 will move the inner ends of the arms comprising the toggle 71 upwardly, and as the rearmost arm of said toggle is fixed to the machine frame, the forward arm of the toggle will be moved forwardly of the machine, carrying the carrier 51 with it, which carrier will slide longitudinally of the guideways 50. The downward movement of the foot pedal 7 6 will be continued until the pivotally attached inner ends of the arms comprising the toggle 71 pass dead center, or in other words, to a position where they are inclined upwardly toward their inner ends, where upward movement of said pivotally attached inner ends will stop. lVhen the toggle is in the position described, it will. be maintained in a locked condition, and the carrier will be maintained in a forward or advanced position.

80 designates a toggle trip lever which is pivoted at 81 to suitable brackets fixed to the machine, said trip lever being arranged in vertical alinement with the toggle 71 and having a portion 82, which contacts with inner portions .of the arms comprising the toggle when said trip lever is swung on its pivot, in a manner to force said pivotally attached inner ends of said arms downwardly to break the toggle and peri'nit the spring 9 to return it to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2. The trip lever 80 is provided with a handle portion 83 and a weighted portion 8 1 to return it to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 after said lever has been operated.

Pivotally attached to the base of the machine at the pointindicated by the reference character 85 is a second foot pedal 86, to which a vertically extended rod 87 is pivotally attached at the point indicated by the reference character 88. The upper end of the rod 87 is pivotally attached at 89 to a member 90, which member is provided with a tubular portion 91. 92 designates a vertically disposed rod which is arranged for vertical movement in suitable bearings93, and said rod 92 extends through the tubular portion 91 of the member 90 and is rigidly fixed thereto by a set screw 94. Fixed to the rod 92, adjace t to the upper end thereof, is a collar 95, and mounted on said rod above said collar is a member 96 having a vertically disposed. tubular portion 90 and a horizontally disposed tubular portion 90 The vertically disposed tubular portion 96 surrounds the upper portion of the rod 92, the lower face thereof resting on the collar 95, and suitable means, such as the nut 96 and washer 97, is employed to prevent upwart displacement of the member 96 with respect to the upper end portion of the rod 92. The member 96 is capable of swinging in an arc of a circle about the rod 92.

Extended into the tubular port-ion 96 is a horizontally disposed rod 98, said tubular portion being provided with an elongated slot 99 through which a screw or similar element 100 is passed, which screw is rigidly associated at its inner end with the rod 98. Fixed to the rod 98 at the forward end thereof is a handle 101, and pivotally attached to the lower end of said handle at the point designated by the reference char actor 102 is a heating and pressing iron 103. The heating and pressing iron 103 is provided with a flat lower pressing face, and said iron is provided with an opening formed therein into which a suitable electri- -al heating unit 10a is extended (F 2), the handle 101 being hollow, and the electrical conductors 105 being passed through the handle to the bottom portion thereof,

where they emerge from said handle and pass to the extended portion of the electrical heating element where same is attached to the heating and pressing iron. 106 designates a coil spring, one end ol. which is attached to the upper end of the rod 87 and the other end thereof being secured to a stationary part of the machine. The function of the spr ng 106 is to return the heating and pressing iron 103, and its associated parts, to their elevated positions after they have been drawn downwardly by depression ot the torward end of the lever S6.

in the operation of my improved machine, a last shown in dotted lines in l 2, is mouuled on the last pin in the usual manner. Lhe last L will, of course, have the upper, lining and box toe material ol" a shoe mounted on it, and the lasting allowance, or the portions of said shoe elements which subsequently shaped to provide an outwardly extended flange on the shoe, are extended upwardly. Assuming that the shoe is the first of a size to be operated upon by the machine, the first operation will be to properly position the toe cushion l lwith respect to the toe. portion of the shoe. This is done by moving the member 31 upwardly until the tooth 34- at the lower end thereof clears the teeth on the bar 29, after which the entire assembly, including the members and 31, may he slid longitudinally of the dove-tail guide 28. When the toe cushion has been positioned in its proper position with respect to the longitudinal dimension of the toe portion of the shoe, the rotatable member 35 is rotated so as to move said too cushion upwardly until same contacts with the face of the toe portion of the shoe, and because slight movement of the support e2 about the pin 43 (Fig. 6) is allowed, on account of the play between the walls of the socket and the upper end of the screw ell, said cushion may adjust itself so that it closely fits the toe portion of the shoe.

The entire arm 7, together with all 01 the machine parts associated therewith, is then adjusted vertically by axial rotation of the rod 45, to bring the shoe in'proper horizontal position with respect to the toe-molding plate 58, and the screw 21 is rotated to adjust the block 18 during this operation. Also, as the arm 23 is pivotally attached to the support 22 and may move with respect thereto within the limits permitted by the slotand pin connection, the last, and the shoe part-s thereon may be adjusted to bring t cm into proper position. The hand-wheel 16 is then adjusted to move the member 12 longitudinally of the member 7 to bring the last to its proper position with respect to distance from the toe molding plate. lt plain, of course, that all 01 these adjustments need he made only when a run of shoes of dillerent sizes are to be operated upon.

lVhen the shoe has behn properly positioned as desc ibed, the foot pedal 76 will. be engaged by the operator and the forward end thereof depressed. This will result in the carrier 51, which supports the toe-mold ing plate being moved t'orwardly, and said toe-inolding plate engages the last l! in such a manner that the top face of said plate is approximately alined horizontally with the top face of the last as it is positioned on the machine, and with the toe portion of the last extended into the cutout portion of the plate 58, whereby the side portions oi said plate will engage the side portions of the last. This will result in the box loe'mat-e l and the lining, if lining be used,being drawn closely about the toe portion of the last, so that the shoe is provided with a sn'iooth. toe portion or tip. The toe-molding plate moves into contact with the. shoe parts on the last just as the toggle 71 passes over dead center, hence said toe-molding plate will remain locked in its advanced position until the toggle is broken by operating the trip lever 80. The tunetion of the coil springs is to permit the ea or 51 and plate 58 to yield slightly, it this be necessary to prevent injuring the shoe. However, these springs are of sufflcient strength to cause the box toe material and the lining to be drawn closely about the too portion of the last.

After the toe of the shoe has been molded as described, and while the toe-molding plate is in contact therewith, the outer end of the :toot pedal 86 is depressed to draw the heating and pressing iron 10?) downwardly into contact with the upper face of the last, and as said heating and pressing iron reaches the top of the last, the handle 101 is grasped and said heating and pressing iron is moved laterally in various directions in contact with the top face of the last to press the lasting allowance of the shoe parts (which until this time was extended upwardly) hori Zontally and outwardly, to provide the shoe with an outwardly extended flange portion at the toe portion thereof, said flange being pressed against the toemolding plate 58. hen the heated iron 108 is applied to the box toe material, said material will be softened, and the tar-like substance with which it is treated will become sticky, or tacky, enough to cause the box toe material and the other shoe parts to stick to gether. Also, because of the soft condition of the material, it may be readily shaped to produce the outwardly extended flanges as described.

After the outwardly turned flanges have been shaped as described, the heating and shaping iron 103 is permitted to move up \vardly, and the weight 68 is moved to the position in which it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which position said weight will rest upon the outwardly turned flange of the shoe. The machine parts are allowed to remain in these positions until the flange on the shoe has cooled and thus has taken on a permanent set, when the weight will be returned to its normal position and the carrier 51 and toe-molding plate 58 will be returned to their rearward positions by breaking the toggle with the aid of the trip lever 80, whereupon the last and shoe are ready for remo *al from the machine.

As already explained, the machine is a multiple one, being made up of a plurality of duplicate sections, and therefore the operator may work on the shoe being operated upon by one section, while a shoe which he has previously worked on is drying on another section of the machine. Also, to simplify the construction of the machine, I employ but one heating and shaping iron 10?) for use with a pair of sections of the machine.

\Vhile I have described my improved machine as being intended for use in forming outwardly turned flanges on shoes, it is obvious that it. may be employed to form inwardly turned flanges on said shoes, in which event the flanges will be pressed against the last'bottoms instead of against the toe-torming plates.

[this application is a continuation in part of an application filed by me on or about June as, 1326, hearing Serial No. 118,736.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, an adjustable'last support, adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper is arranged, a carrier movable toward and from the last, a toe-m lding plate removably supported by said carrier and having an edge a aptcd to make line contact with the toe portion of the shoe upper on the last at the front and side marginal edges thereo'i and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the material forming said toe portion closely about the last, a support for said carrier mounted for movement, means for moving said support. and yieldable means for transmitting); movement from said support to said carrier.

2. In a machine of the class described, an adjustable last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper is arranged, a carrier movable toward and from the last, a toe-n'iolding plate removably supported by said carrier and having an edge adapted to make line contact with the toe portion oi? the shoe upper on the last at the front and side marginal edges thereof and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the material vtorming said too portion closely about the last, a support for said carrier mounted for movement, means for moving said support, yieldable means for transmitting movement from said support to said carrier in one direction, and rigid means for transmitting movement from said support to said carrier in another direction.

3. In a machine of the class described, an adjustable last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper is arranged, a carrier movable toward and from the last, a toe-molding plate supported by said carrier and having an edge adapted to make line contact vith the toe portion of the shoe upper on the last at the front and side marginal edges thereof and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the material forming said toe portion closely about the last, means comprising a toggle for moving said carrier, said toggle being adapted to be moved past center to maintain the toe-molding plate in contact with the shoe upper, and a trip lever for breaking the toggle when same is past center so that said toe-molding plate may be removed from contact with the shoe upper.

4. In a machine of the class described, an adjustable last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper is arranged, a.

toe-molding plate, movable toward the last and adapted to make line contact with the toe portion of the shoe upper on the last at the front and side marginal faces thereof and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the to the bottom of the last at th to ber, and a toothed bar, the teeth of which are adapted to engage said projection, whereby said horizontally guided member may be maintained in a lixed position, and means for moving the toe-molding plate.

.5. In a machine of the class described, a vertically adjustable member, a horizontally adjustable member mounted on said vertically adjustable member, screwthreaded means for adjusting said horizontally adjustable member with respect to said vertically adjustable member, an adjustable last support mounted on said horizontally adjustable member and adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper is arranged, a toe-molding plate movable toward the last and adapted to make line contact with the toe portion of the shoe upper on the last at the front and side marginal faces thereof and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the material forming said toe portion closely about the last, and means for noving the toe-molding plate.

(3. In a machine of the class described, an adjustable last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upp r is arranged, a toe-molding plate movable toward the last and adapted to make line contact with the toe portion of the shoe upper on the last at the frontand side marginal faces thereof and adjacent to the last bottom to draw the material forming said toe portion closely about the last, means for moving the toemolding plate, heated means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe upper to provide flanges approximately parallel with the last bottom, and a weight arranged for movement to a position where it rests on the ilange on the shoe upper to maintain said flange in the position to which it has been moved.

7. In a machine of the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper including box toe mate rial arranged, an element positioned adjacent to the bottom of the last at the toe portion thereof. and heated means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe upper and of the box toe material outwardly in con-- tact with said element to provide a flange approximately parallel with the last bottom.

8. In a machine or" the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper inclncing box toe rial is arranged, a plate positioned adjacent portion thereof, and healed means for '0. ng th lasting allowance of the shoe upper and of the box toe material outwardly in contact with said plate to provide a flange approximately parallel with the last bottom, said heated means during formation of said flange being located out of direct contact with the outer layer of material of the shoe upper.

i). In a machine of the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper including box toe material is arranged, a plate positioned adjacent to the bottom of the last at the toe portion thereof, and heated means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe upper and of the box toe material outwardly in contact with said plate to provide a flange approximately parallel with the last bottom, the heated means being so positioned with respect to the last and the elements comprising the shoe upper thereon that the box toe material is interposcd between the outer layer of material of the shoe upper and said heated means so the heat of said heated means will have free access to said-box toe material.

10. In a machine of the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper including box toe material is arranged, a plate positioned adjacent to the bottom of the last at the toe portion thereof, and heated means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe upper and of the box toe material outwardly in contact with said plate to provide a flange approxi mately parallel with the last bot-tom, said heated means being movable during the flange forming operation in a plurality of directions including transversely with respect to the major axis of the last.

11. In a machine of the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper including box toe material is arranged, a plate positioned adjacent to the bottom of the last at the toe portion thereof, and universally movable heated means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe and of the box toe material outwardly in contact with said plate to provide a rlange approximately parallel with the last bottom.

12 In a machine of the class described, a last support adapted to receive a last on which a shoe upper including box toe material is arranged, a plate movable toward the last and arranged to make line contact with the toe portion of the upper on the last at the front and side marginal faces thereof and adjacent to the last bottom, and heated. means for wiping the lasting allowance of the shoe upper and of the box toe material outwardly in contact with said plate to provide a flange approximately parallel with the last bottom.

13. In a device of the character described, forming means, a movable support for said forming means, means for receiving a shoe upper mounted upon a last and arranged to present the toe of said upper to said forming means, a support for said last, the support for the forming means being movable parallel with the long axis of said shoe upper, means for causing said forming means to contact with the toe of said shoe upper, and an ironing pad adapted to Contact With said last and the edges of said shoe upper to flatten outwardly the edges of said shoe upper.

14-. In a device of the cha actor described, forming means, a movable support for said forming means, means for receiving a shoe upper mounted upon a last and arranged to present the toe of said upper to said forming means, the supportfor said forming means being movable parallel with the long axis of the shoe upper, a support for said shoe upper, means for causing said forming means to contact with the toe of said shoe upper, an ironing pad adapted to contact With said last and the edges of said shoe upper for flattening outwardly said edges, and a foot pedal for controlling the ertical movement of said ironing pad.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aliix my signature.

WILLIAM KAUT.

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