US1549284A - Shoe-stretching device - Google Patents

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Aug. 11, 1925.

A. H. ANDERSON SHOE STRETCHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 4. 1925 IN1/:Arme M Arron/wry Patented Aug. 1l, 1925e untreu stares Parent orifice.

ADELBERT H. ANDERSON, oFcANAs'ro'rA, new YORK.

sHoE-sranrcnrne DEVICE.

Application filed August 4, 1923. Serial No. 655,640.

To all @0730mt't Amay concern.' ln the drawings:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT H; Asume Figure l is a perspective view of a shoe soN., a citizen of the United States of stretching device embodying the various fea- Anierica, of Canast'ota, `in the 'county of tures of my invention. 55

Madison, in the State of New York, have in- `Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ventedy new and useful improvements in of the same taken on line 2-2, Figure 1. Shoe-Stretching Devices, of which the fcl- Figures 3 and 4- are transverse sectional lowing, taken in connection with the accom- Views taken onl lines 5L-3, and 4-4, F panying drawings, is a full7 clear, and exact ure 1. Y 6o 1o description. Figure is a sectional view of. a shoe rthis invention relates to a device for showing the larger end of the stretchingdestretching and smoothing the counter i vice in position for stretching and smoothand cross seams of the uppers of shoes 111g the upper marginal edge of the and analogous articles of wearing apparel to Counter the dotted lines indicating the 15 otros@ the Some to t moro oomfortably upon smaller end of the salue device in operative the foot of the wearer. position for stretching and smoothing the It frequently happens that shoes which Cl'OSS-Sea1ns and toe caps of the upper are lcarried in Stock for greater or logs po- This device 1s preferably made of hard riod of time become more or less deformed, WOOd Such as maple although it may be 20 p-rrtoularly along the upper marginal edge made of any suitablematerial and consistsA of the oounter around ,the rear of tho of an elongated bar of greater length than heel and at the oros? seams and too box of the length of the shoe so that when one end the upper and at other torres, @von is inserted in the toe, theothei' end will er;A though the shoes of a pair may be Por-foot tend some distance beyond the heel to serve 25 in form and Woll matched so that @von 'rf as a handle by which the A*device may' be one shoe may properly fit the oorregponding l'OClCl by hand about itS lOiSjitudiHal axis foot of the wearer, the other foot may be of 0I Whellthe last Hamed Gnd `is inserted into slightly different conformation than its fmthe heel end of the Shoe and its vOpposite end responding shoe so that the wearing ofthe mayv pro]ect some distance above the tip'of So latter might produce more or less irritation th@ S110? EO 2,1150 Serv@ as a handigJ whlch of the foot particularly at the points named7 the device may be rotated ahOUU lts. lOlg'GU" and the main object of my present invention dlnal axis. v p is to provide a simple and comparatively -certain portion of the length of one inexpensive implement capable of being end as -1-, of the device somewhat greater 85 used by the seller or user for reforming such than the height of the COlulter 7 as 1r-1 portions of the shoe as may be required to 0f the Shoe -A-, is oblong in cross section adjust to be comfortable upon the foot or with its greatest width somewhat less than the wearer. the transverse width of the portion of the In other words7 I have sought to render shoe which receives the heel of the user and 90 the same implement useful for application therefore of less width than the opening in to either the counter or to the various the top of the shoe which receives the ankle parts including the cross seams and caps of thus permitting that end of the device to be the upper of the shoe, and at the saine readily inserted into the opening of the shoe time to avoid any excessive pressure or force adjacent the counter -f/ras shown in 9.5 which would overstrain the leather or seams Figure 5, whereupon the shoe may be taken during the stretching or smoothing operain one hand and the upper end of the device tions and to determine such pressure or in the other hand and said device rotated force solely by the sense of feeling, about its longitudinal axis with sufficient Other objects and uses relating to specific manual force or pressure against the upper .59 parts of the device will be brought out in marginal edge of the counter i to stretch the following description. i' and smooth the same as may be required to,

render the wearing of the shoe more comfortable at that point. l

The outer or lower end of the enlarged oblong portion 1- is tapered or rounding at e-2-h to enable it to coliform more closely to the interior contour of the portion ot the shoe at the base of the counter -a and to also form a smooth bearingon the upper portion of the heel to prevent mutilation of the lining or' the shoe and also to facilitate the rotation of the device around and against the upper marginal edge of the counter with the pressure required to'produce the desired stretching and smoothing.

The opposite end as of the device is reduced in cross sectional size, but is also oblong or `elliptical in cross section and of less size than the interior cross sectional size of the toe of the shoe into which it is adapted to be inserted under forward endwiser` pressure by hand, and then rotated about its longitudinal axis to produce the desired stretching and smoothing of the transverse seams or capas shown, of the upper -b-. Y

The elliptical portion +8- of the device continues from the small :end some distance toward thelarger end a distance equal to or slightly greater than the distance from the toe cap to the opening in the top of the 'shoe to permit all parts thereof to Vbe utilized in stretching and smoothing the cross seams and toe cap oit' the upper, the portionsbetween the enlarged end- 1 and smaller ellipticalend being graduallyfreer in one direction or tapered in the opposite direction so that the'outer surfaces named, gradually merge withV the larger and smaller ends.

The longitudinal cornersof the oblong end -lare also rounding in cross section, and gradually merge into the elliptical portion 4 3- oi' the small end so as to prevent abrasion or mutilation of the lining or leather of the shoe when the device is rotated about its longitudinal axis in the act of stretching the different parts of the shoe.V

For a similar reason, the corners of the outer end 'ofv the small elliptical portion 3-4 are also rounded and serve as bear` ings against the `inner sole of the shoe when the smaller end is inserted in the toe thereof, and the device rotated for stretching and smoothing the seams and toe caps.

When the device is used for stretching and smoothing the counter, the larger end -lis inserted through the opening in the top of the shoe with its lowerV end resting upon the heel of said shoe, the upper or small endv being then used as a handle whereby the larger end may be pressed lirmly against the counter and rotated about its longitudinal axis to effect the desired stretching and smoothing of the counter, p i l In order to fstretch and smooth the cross seams and fits cap of the upper, the smallereelliptical end of the device is inserted through the opening in the top of the shoe until tightly wedged between `the upper side ofthe upper and insole Whereupon the larger end may be used as a han- 'dle by which the device is pressed forwardly and simultaneously rotated about its 1ongitudinal axis to produce the desired stretch and smoothing ot' thecross seams and toe cap. f

What I claim is: e i

A shoe stretching device consisting of an elongated bar having one ,end relatively larger than its other end, the larger end being substantially rectangular in cross section and the smaller end substantially ellip-` tical in cross section, the length of the largerrectangular end' being `greater than the depth of the counter of a shoe forstretching all portions of said counterf'by a rotary pressing motion ofsaid rectangular portion against the inside of the counter, the smaller elliptical end being adapted to be used to stretch the toe of the shoe.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25 day of July, 1923.

ADELBERT H. ANDERSON.

Witnesses: Y i

ALBERT E. CAMPBELL, ETHEL M. YoRToN.

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