US11287A - Gailahtte - Google Patents

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` tion of the construction and `operation of chine, showing my improvement, the old and end a pinion, F, seen in Figs. 1 and 2. This carriage by pivots and 'governed by a spring, by which the edge of the sole ofthe boot., or 1 s IunrrEl) sTATEs PATENT oEErcE A. c. GAL'LAHUE, or' NEW YORK, N..Y.

MACHINE EUR PEGGING Boo'rs AND SHOES.

Specification ofil'letters Patent N o. 11,287, dated July- 11, 1854.

To all whomz'mzy concern.' Be it known that I, A. C. GALLAHU'E, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for PeggingBoots and Shoes; and` IVdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descripthe same, reference being had` to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichb Figure 1, is a perspective view of a mawell known devices, such as the hammer `for drivingthe pegs, and the device `for cutting the pegs and placing them in theholes inthe sole, being omitted in the drawing. MFig. 2, is a plan of the frame and Carriage; the rocking bed plate being removed. Fig.3, is aside elevation ofthe machine. Fig. 4, is a front view of the stop lever and mecha-` nisni by which it is operated.

. Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingpart's in each of the figures.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machinesfor pegging boots and shoes,kand it consists lst, in the employment or use of a rocking bed plate, on which the boot or shoe isplaced or attached, said bedplate being attached to a shoe is made to bear against the gage block, and cause the pegs to be driven into the sole at an equal distance from its edge.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de-` scribe it-s construction and operation.1 's

A, is a rectangular frame, having on. its upper or top part, two ways or guides, (a), (a), between which a carriage,` B, works. On the carriage, B, there isa rocking bed-A plate, C, attached to the carriage` bya;` longitudinal arm, D, the ends of which pass through end pieces, (b), (b), of the plate, C, and into the end pieces of the carriage, B, as seen in Figs.` 1. and 2.

E, is a vertical shaft, having at its lower shaft has its bearing upon the arm, D,and passes upward through the bed plate, C, and has the boot or shoe block, F', secured on it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

i i edge of the sole of the boot `or shoewhen on the block, F bears against this gage-block, G, in consequence of aspiral spring, I, one end of which is attached to the bedplate, and the other end to the carriage, B, as shown in Fig. 1 s i J, in Fig. l, is a roller, which bears upon the sole of the boot-or shoe.` This roller is attached to a vertical rod, (c), having a spiral' spring, (d), around it. The rod, (c), passes through a lever, (c), having one end connected to the gage block, Gr, and one edge of the lever catching into a rack, (p), on the gage block. The lever is connected to the rod, when said` rod passes through it, `by means of pins, (f), which pass through the rod, one pin being above and another below the lever. One pin is shown in Fig. 1.` By means of the lever, (e), and rack, (p), the roller, J, may be elevated or depressed, so as to suit soles which are transversely either rounding or flat.` Some soles being quite rounding, would, if the roller, J, were not adjustable,

throw the gage above the edge of the sole.

K, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a rack `attached to one `side of the carriage, B. The rack `extends the lwhole length of the carriage; but has fa blank space, (g), in it, which oclcupies the space of about iive teeth or cog's. InFigs. 2 and 3, the space, (g), is seen.`

L, isa rack, immediately undenthe rack, `K. `This rack, L, passes through-:a slot in lthe side of the carriage, B, and has both e'dges provided with `teeth or cogs. `The inner" teeth or cogs, (h), gear into the pinion,

.ofthe rack,- K. The rack, L, has a screw, I

(j), seen in Figs. 2 and 3, whichwscr'ew lpasses up through a slot, (73), in the rack, K, said screw having a head which extends ,over the sides of the slot, (7c). The screw `working in the said slot, (7c), keeps the rack,

L, in proper place while operating. M, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a pinion on the lower end of a vertical rod, N. Said pinion, M, gears into t-he teeth of the two racks, K, L, and operates both at intervals, the pinion being sufficiently wide `to act upon the teeth of both racks. s

O, is a lever through which the lower end of the shaft, N, passes, and by which lever,

Gr is a gage-block attached to a sliding lgate or frame, H. The block, F, or the the pinion, M, is thrown in or out of gear, with the racks, K and L. On the upper part of the vertical rod, N, there is a pinion, P, into which a screw, R, on a horizontal shaft, S, works, as seen in Figs. l and 3.

T, is a stop lever one end of which is connected to the frame, A, and the opposite end passes through a slot in the frame, and has a spiral spring, (Z), attached to it, said spring, (l), having a tendency to keep the lever thrown upward.

U, is a catch, secured by a pivot to the frame, A. Said catch, when placed over the end of the stop lever, keeps it down in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4.

V, is a lever, Vplaced directly underneath the stop lever, T, and having its fulcrum, (m), at about its center, as Shown in Fig. 4. One end, (n), of the lever, V, is bent upward and passes through a slot in the frame, and over the end of the stop lever, T, the upper part of the end, (n), bearing upon the frame, A. The opposite end of the lever, V, is provided with a spiral spring, W, somewhat stronger than the spring, (l), of the stop lever, T.

Operation The boot or shoe is placed upon the block, F, and the carriage, B, is moved back until the toe of the boot or shoe is underneath the hammer, (not represented,) which is at the front of the gageblock, G. Vhen the 'carriage is in this position, the two racks, K, L, will be in the position shown in Fig. 3, the rack, K, being considerably in advance of the rack, L. Motion is now given the horizontal shaft, S, and the screw, R, communicates motion to the pinion, P, and shaft, N, and the pinion, M, by gearing into the rack, K, moves the carriage, B, along, the boot or shoe consequently moving underneath the hammer from the toe to the heel. The roller, J, by resting upon the sole, is raised or lowered owing to the inequalities of the sole, and the gate or frame, Gr, is also raised or lowered acordingly, and the hammer will strike an equal blow upon each peg. When the heel of the boot or shoe reaches the hammer, the rack, K, will have been moved along until the blank space, (g), has reached the pinion, M, and at this point the front of the rack, K, will strike the top of the catch, U, and free it from the end of the stop lever, T, which rises by means of the spring, (l), and prevents any casual movement of the of which the block, F is afliXed. The heel of the boot or shoe is also turned around directly under the hammer, and the pegs are driven into the sole around the heel.k The opposite side of the boot or shoe now bears against the gage block, G, and the rack, L, throws the bent end, (n), of the lever, V, from olf the frame, A, and the spring, W, forces the end, (n), downward, and the stop lever, T, is also depressed or brought down to its original position. The pinion, M, again gears into the rack, K, and the carriage is moved along, the boot or shoe passing underneath the hammer from heel to toe. In the above manner, the boot or shoe is completely pegged at one operation and by an extremely simple arrangement of parts. By means of the rocking bed plate the boot or shoe is made to bear against the gage block, and operate with but little friction, said rocking bedplate causing the boot or shoe to bear against the gage block, so that the pegs will be driven into the sole, all around the sole at an equal distance from the edge,whatever the size or shape of the sole may be, andY no cams orpatterns beingrequired, while the two racks, arranged as herein shown, operate perfectly and require no particular care or attention on the -part of the attendant.

I do not claim a rocking bed plate, irrespective of its attachment to the carriage, as herein shown, for rocking bed plates have been previously used; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment or use of the rocking bed plate, C, when such bed plate is attached to a movable Carriage, B, as herein shown and described, for the purpose of causing the edge of the sole of the boot or shoe to bear against the gage block, as the carriage is moved without the intervention of a pattern or cam.

A. C. GALLAHUE.

Witnesses:

O. D. MUNN, S. F. COHEN.

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