USRE3533E - Improved machine por pegging boots and shoes - Google Patents

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.XLPHEVS {htAliLAllUE OF RVRDALE, NEWr YORK.

IMPROVED MAKCHlNE POR PEGGING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 9,947, dated August 1G, i853; antcdated February 1B, 1853; extended seven vcars'frcissuc No. 3,533, dated July (i, 1969.

vTo nl( whom it may concern .c it known that I, Aigrrnns (l. GALL Amm, lformer] y of AlleghcnyGity, Pennsylvania, now ot liverdale, in the county ot' cstehester and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and uselul Improvements in Machines l'or Fegging Boots and Shoes, and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,A and exact description thereof', reference beii` g had to the accompanying drawings vmaking part ot' this spccilieation, and to the letters of ret'- erence marked thereon--likc letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To' enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, ll will proceed to describe it.

Fi gure l is a perspective' front view. Fig. 2 is a birdfs-cyo view ot' the table reversed. Fig. 3 is a perspective -view as seen from the back; Fig. 4, sectionaldrawings.

.ablcd to move my work under thc operative portions oi' the machine, and, b v simplifying.

the mechanism, greatly reduce the cost, and render practical the operation as applied to all. sizes and shapes ot the sole,- withont any change being necessary, except that o l" substituting one o1" the ordinary lasts l'or another.

In Figs. l and 3, I l represent the last ot' the ordinary form. .lt is provided with a staple, 01, for securing it on the block vlin. mf, and at one end of this block there is a slight hollow to receive the toc, while the other end is liat to receive the heel ot" the last. s s', avinetnllic plate, having uprights 1* 4*, between which the block mf -m is placed, it being secured' by screws to s s. This plate 'forms a turn-table for the last, the pivot thereof" b eiug a sha I't, c, Fig. 2, under the center of the heel, by which the ends of the shafts arc reversed. The last is secured to the block and turn-table by a lever, n', passing entirely through m m', and through slots in 4 4S, and having a hook t'or entering ther staple 0 in the last. y the driring ot' a wedge, q', in the slot 4S, the lever is depressed, and, drawing on the hook and staple., secure the last firmly on my m. .'r .fr is the base ofthe machine. 1r', a sliding table thereon, moving longitudinally, by tongues and grooves, through the agency of racks and a pinion. r', a second table, vibrating back and forth on ni. n is a ruil supporting the turn-table s and toc ot' the last. At each end portion of the rail is 'a square notch. or stop, a', in which the spring-hainllc fr of the turntable drops on the alternate change in the position ofthe last in pegging each side. The

straight portion of the rail on the edge ol'o supports the last-holder when the heel is being pegged. W \V are uprights sccuredto the base w', and areV braced with a cross-tie, .L n. n, sides of a sliding gate working Ain upright guides on y2v. r, Figs. l -and 3,- a crosshead connecting n n; l is'the main or driving-shaft, secured' horizontally on the upper endet' gate a. On it'is'a screw, 3, Fig. 3, the

kscrew thereot| only partially extending, say,

one-third of its circumference; vthe remaining portions at right angles to the shaft. vIt i'ncshes into a cog-wheel, 4, on the upper end of shalt 1S, giving it motion only when Athe screw portion is in contact, although the right-angled YThis shaft is sus-A partis always .in mesh. pended by a lult, resting Ourthe upper side ol' a bent arm, bolted on the top of the upright n'.

0n thclower portion of shaft 1,13 slides a pinion,.

of' the soles, is permitted b v the extension and colilraction ol' liclieal springs (l Gr, (see Fig. 2,) placed under e', one end thereof beine' secured to the shlcot'fr",tl1e other end to the side ot' vr. liy means ol' these springs the edge of -thc sole is always kept up to the gage a., Fig.v

1, back ot the awl d, under the peg-driver. This gage u is made adjustable, so that by changing it a desired number of rows can lines,) while the awl is in operation. g', ahelbe pegged aro..v ud' the slice, eneafter another. ical spring, giving a quick descending in otion By a pinion, D, Figs. 2 and 3,' plaeedvou a horkJ zontal shaft, E, which carries a bevel-Wheel,

n .u 15, ineshii-ig in a second bevel-wheel, F, on the upright shaft c, motion is' given "turn-tables', placed on the upper end-ofgthis shaft, Y,

when required in turning tlielastV in pegging the heel. A lever, c c', pivoted at 4f, and a lpitinan, y', attached, f to.fr,- and -a Weight, b,

as a counterpoise to adjust theliieiglitof the sliding frame on the roller f, Eig. 1,.pressing o u the.sole, serves asaineans of giving greater or less pressure to this frame. Suspended vi'roin the erosstie-J, Fig. 3, is a helical spring,

la', connected with the lever 16, having its pivotat the endtableaf, lwhich is'drawn up Wardv by the vspring lifting the pinion 9. This leyer 1 6 'lielil, ilo\v `i1' byla catch, 3S, until it is )relieved by th'ejshort projecting armA 3*-, projecting frein-the vra 5, Astriking against the .catch wreaths "spring n' 'lifts the lever 16,

'spring 'secured to .the base mf, the upper end thereof resting onv4 theshonlder of another catch, L.' The 'pinion being novr` engaged with the rack which slides byinea'ns of aslot therein on screw', el, projecting from the tabled', carries with V itfthe rack 5, and thus gives r`niotion :to'tlietuin-'table s', by! the pinioii new ,abovedesciibed 'the same am 3i Anew is ln ioved algainsttlie eatclili, and throws niv undersiriii g liihielildepresses lever 1 6,aii" d "throws"they pinioiijoutof'rack G into 'ra-elif?. l?, Fig. 3,*"isfa, trip'-1e`verseeured to the i'ioiitoifthe base x', and yacts on the'spring ,l0/,and lever A51,' placed under the spring- 4handle rl, throwing vsaid spring-handle out of the stop a/,Wheinthc' lever 16 is lifted by the helical spring fand'thus perii'iitstlie turiitable to'cllange the position of ,thfe'l last while zhe table w" jg Ipor ioii is repre- 4sentedb'yi, a' 1 od in "Nga 'l 5 thelower end "c rr s 'tl'ie'a'wl andtheupper end the head isahelical spring attached to the head,

giving tlieaivl-rod 'a quick lstroke-when rela Llea-sed from 'the cani Y 53,"Figz 3," the arm ii'ected with vcani 2,'actin`g on #project-ing arri', 1, being.

kheld ,upbyjthlis cani, (a portion seen in dot 'init-lle rod 'and aivl,

the hainnier. i, Fig. 1', (also in Fig'. 4, secitional'draiif'ingsd Figs. 1 and?, is the rod of the peg-driver, lifted by -a stirrup, n, (coml i'ieeted at 17,) and by the cani e on the main shaft?. It slides on the'fgce vof kthe peg-cut ter'lt'bynieans of a slot, 18, andpsorew. The

lower part of i' is rounded andreduced in size,

(see l]i`ig.i4,) of which 3 is the front and 4 the side" 'view, soV asv to enter freely the tube 55. InR, (see Fig. 4,) of which 1 is the side and 2 the front `view, the peg-Wood passes through slot 20, and stops against a spring-gage plate,

10. A knife, represented by the angular piece at 55 ot' l, in Fig. 4, is drawn upward, and

,the knife' at 55 splits the peg with the grain s of the Wood by the stirrup m, connected at 22,'raisingR, and forcing upward the Wood againsta stop pressing into a slot, 20, arrests it, and the` peg is forced into the tube. This stop is adjustable, by aA slot -iii 8, to suit diiferent lengths of peg-Wood.' It is represented by 8, the front, andi), the side, vieiv. (See Fig. 4.) T, Fig. 4, tile basefblock, upon which all the sliding portions are fsecured. It is swung to the frame-work by a screivf, at

L, abent arm, on which tiie-stiriups ony and n The operatioi'i is as follows: The `last being turned toward the Wheel and handle on shaft l?, the toe thereof' toward the right hand, the edge of the sole bearing againstthe .gage a., and the drop-bar i", inA a', under the toe, the peg-wood, supplied iii strips in the holder. g,

Vturn the shaft l toward the right, or in direction of dart. The cani 53 raises the hammer z, and rod 52, by a projecting aiiu, 54, thereon, and the awlrod h, sliding in Ways (il), andawl d, on the arni 54,-being`released froml the cani, the springj" quickeiis the descent of the aw), and-drives it into the sole of the shoe. Then the cain c, through the stirrup n, lifts the peg-driver l suliieient to let the peg-Wbod under it against the gage 1U, and` the cani lifts the arin l of the sliding hainnier Y, keeping it up until the aivlvis raised ont ofthe way by the cuni y53 again coming in play, and

both hannners are kept up until the upper end' of thelcver A being moved 4to the right, in

i thein a slight side movement, independent ol The aiifl'and cwi-redder the purpose ol' brin ing the charged tube and driver over the pre viously-punehed hole in the sole.

Fig. 6 shows the position ot T in detail, as seen in Fig. 1. i

By the turning et' cam 2, the arm I is released therefrom, and `permits the head Y sliding on the arri-rod h, moving` in iixed ways of the frame 6i), to give a quick descending stroke on the head of the peg-driver, and thus insure theperfeet insertion of eaeh peg successively inte the sole of the shoe.

lt is ob\;ious `that, instead of using the hammer to operate the peg-driver, and attaching the spring g to that, the spring may be applied direct to the peg-driver, the saine as is done with the awlearrier, either plan being used at will.

,By this method of constructing a machine,

*man v advantages are gained over the machines heretofore made.

In a-ll machines ot' this class, as previousl1 constructed, the shoe or boot, wheir being pegged, was simply moved forward in a straight line,'and instead of gaging the rowo't pegs, by having the edge of the sole bearing against a gage, as I do, they had to use patterns corresponding in size and form to the boot or shoe being pegged, to gage and ferm the rows, and at every change in the size or'form of the boot or shoe the patterns had to be changed also.

'Iy my plan the sole itself.' becomes the pattern, and thus my machine, withoutuauy change or alteration, will peg a boot or shoe ot' any size or form, and'by simply adjusting the gage so as to throw the last farther in or out. successive rows may be formed in the same manner.

In the previously made maehines, .where the shoe simply moved to and fro, they could only peg along the sides, leaving a space around 'both heel and toe unpegged, and

' whieh had afterward to be finished by hand.

By my plan ot' pivoting the last-holder so thatit can be turned around, I am enabled to Continue 'the pegging entirely around the heel, starting at the'toe on one side, and continuing around to the toe on the opposite side, thus completing at one operation the entire pegging, with the exception of a 'small space at the toe, where it is usual to insert nails.

ly using a spring and attaching it directly to the awl-earrier, or to the weight attached rigidl5v thereto, (if a weight be used,-) I drive the awl by a quick percussive movement, and then by using a cam to withdraw the awl, I makesureof overcoming an y tendency of the awl te stick in the sole.

I relT on the spring for driving the awl, and it is obvious that the spring may be used for this purpose with or Without a weight, as may be desired; andby regulating or altering the tension of the spring, the lCoree ot' the blew can, be adjusted to adapt the maehine to making boots and shoes of any style, with vsoles light or heavy, thick or thin.

I ain awa-,re that machines have heretofore been made in which a eam was used to force the awl and the peg into the sole, and a spring used to withdrawr the awl lgv and there fore I do not claim, broadly, the use ot a spring or eamin a pegging-machine; but having thus described 1n uv invention,

il. The use, in a pegginglmaehine, of a gage, arranged in relation to the part that supports the boot or shoe, to forni a bearing for the edge of the sole, and thus insure the insertion of the pegs at a uniform distance' from the edge of thesol Without the use of patterns, substantially as described.

2. Adjusting the tension. of the spring that opera-tes the awl-carrier or peg-driver, substantially as described. for Athe purpose ot' regulating the force of the blow, as may bev desired.

3. rihe combination of the. awl-carrier and the peg-driver, each separately lifted by a cam and driven down by a spring, substantially as described.

4. rlhe eombinatiomin a pegging-maehine, ot a gage for the edge ot' the sole to rest against, and ran awl-earrier, driven b v a-l spring, substantially as herein deseribed.

5. Illa-king the gage a, against which the edge of the sole bears, adjustable, for the purpose of enabling the shoe to be so adjusted as to have two or more rows ot' pegs inserted therein.V

. 6. Aliso, the combina-tion, in apegginganaehine, et' a gage for the edge of the sole-to bear against, `and a.rotating last-holder or support, substantially as described.

" ALPIIEUS (i. GALLAHUE:

\\'itnesses:

W. i). Denen, J. l\1`el'\1.NNF.Y.

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