US1281915A - Shoe-last. - Google Patents

Description

M. J. DUWD.

SHOE LAST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9. 391B.

MARK J. DOWD, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

SHOE-LAST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed January 9, 1918. Serial No. 211,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK J. Down, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lasts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawmgs.

This invention relates to certain improvements in shoe lasts and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes.

In repairing a turn-soleshoe it is impossible to turn the shoe completely insideout because the heel and counter are nonflexible, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved last which serves effectively to hold a turn-sole shoe when partly turned inside-out.

It is also an objectof the invention to provide a novel and improved last of this particular type which is provided with a recess or pocket to receive the heel of the shoe applied thereto together with means for holding the heel within said recess or cavity.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel and improved last of this type wherein toe extensions are employed so that the last may be used with facility in connection with'shoes of different sizes.

The invention has for a still further object to provide a novel and improved last of this general type having means whereby the same may be firmly held between the knees of the operator so that the work of repairing a shoe is expedited and. rendered less tiresome.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved shoe last whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention'will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation, with a part broken away, of a last constructed in portion of the shank omitted;

Fig. 3 is a View in top plan of the device as herein disclosed with portions of the toe extensions broken away; and

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view taken through the device as herein disclosed with certain of the parts in elevation.

As herein employed my improved last comprises two substantially duplicate sections A hingedly connected at their inner lower edges as at l for relative lateral swinging movement.

Each of the sections A comprises a base 2 of predetermined dimensions and provided at its outer side face is a relatively broad groove 3. The groove 3 in the bases 2 of both of the sections afford a convenient means whereby the device may be effectively held between the knees of the operator during a working operation.

The opposed faces of the sections A are provided with opposed recesses l affording a substantially tri-angular pocket in which is seated a spear head 5.

In swinging engagement with the head 5 is the elongated shank 6 which extends longitudinally between the sections A and beyond the lower ends thereof. The 0pposed faces of the sections A are provided with longitudinally disposed grooves 7 to receive the shank 6 when the sections are at the limit of their relative inward move ment. The opposed faces of the sections A are also provided adjacent their lower ends with the recesses 8 which are seated in the opposite end portions of the cross member 10. Threaded through the cross member 10 is the shank 6 whereby it will be perceived that upon requisite axial rotation being imparted to the shank 6, the head 5 will be forced outwardly resulting in a separating movement of the sections A. By this means the device may be adjusted to shoes of difierent sizes.

Extending upwardly from the tops of the bases 2 of the sections A are the curved or segmental lasting surfaces 11 which conjointly are substantially of the extent of and conform to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward. The end walls of the sections A adjacent the bases of the surface 11 are provided with the registering recesses 12 which afford a pocket or cavity to receive the heel of the shoe applied to the last and in order to maintain the heel of the shoe seated within said pocket or cavity I find it of advantage to provide the clamping member 14 herein disclosed as a shank threaded through a section A and eX- tending within the recess 12 and which is adapted to frictionally engage the heel.

My improved last may be formed of wood, metal or any other material which can be employed with facility. I also find it of special advantage to employ in connection with the lasting surfaces 11 removable extensions 15 adapted to be engaged with the toe portion of each of said surfaces 11 to facilitate the use of the device with shoes of different lengths. As herein disclosed each of the extensions 15 comprises a hollow body having one end open whereby it may be telescopically engaged with the toe portion the precise arrangement and formation of the several part herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim: I

. 1. A last for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes comprising a base adapted to be held between the nether limbs of the operator and provided in opposed side faces with grooves to receive the limbs when the base is held there'between, one end of the base being provided with a curved lasting surface conforming substantially to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward, the wall of the base at the heel end of the lasting surface being provided with a pocket to receive the heel of the shoe. 7 v

2. A last for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes comprising a base adapted to be held between the nether limbs of the operator and provided in opposed side faces with grooves to receive the limbs when the base is held therebetween, one end of the base being provided with a curved lasting surface conforming substantially to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward, the wall of the base at the heel end of the lasting surface being pro vided with a pocket to receive the heel of the shoe, and means for holding the heel within the pocket.

3. A last for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes comprising a base adapted to be held between the nether limbs of the operator and provided in opposed side faces with grooves to receive the limbs when the base is held therebetween, one end of the base being provided with a curved lasting surface cone forming substantially to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward, the wall of the base at the heel end of the lasting surface being provided with a pocket to receive the heel of the shoe, and a member disposed through the wall of the base provided with a groove and extending within the pocket for clamping action upon the heel of a shoe v when within a pocket. of the surfaces 11. The extenslon 15 is of i. A last for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes comprising a base adapted to be held between the nether limbs of the operator 'and provided in'oppo'sed side faces with grooves to receive the limbs whenthe base is held therebetween, one end of the base being provided with a curved lasting surface conforming substantially to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward, the wall of the base at the heel end of the lasting surface being provided with a pocket to receive the heel of the shoe, and a removable extension coacting with the toe portion of the lasting surface. 7

5. A last for use in the repair of turn-sole shoes comprising a base adapted to be held between the nether limbs of the operator and provided in opposed side faces with grooves to receive the limbs when the base is held therebetween, one end of the base being provided with a curved lasting surface 'confornr ing substantially to the sole of a shoe from the heel forward, the wall of the base at the heel end of the lasting surface being provided with a pocket to receive the heel of the shoe, saidbase and lasting surface consisting of two substantially duplicate sections, the end portions of the base remote from the sections of the lasting surface being hingedly connected, said sections being relatively movable in a direction transversely of the lasting surface, and means for imparting relative movement to the sections.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. MARK J. DOWD.

Witnesses:

A. A. MORRIS, F. A. Memos.

Cupid's of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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