US3651526A - Lasting device for shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

A lasting device for shoes. A machine stand has means supporting a wood last on its upper face at its center and has a support pillar standing upright on the back of the stand. A piston rod is mounted on the upper part of said support pillar and has a suitable device for moving said rod up away from and down toward the shoe last. A lasting mechanism is located on both sides of the shoe last in a freely reciprocating manner and is adapted to last the shank portion by pressing the leather placed over the last against the insole of the shoe. A base plate is provided and is freely slidable in the direction of the toe of the shoe last and has a semicircular form open at the frontal portion thereof and having a corresponding circular stepped shoulder portion. A pair of platelike plungers are positioned within the shouldered portion on the base plate and together form a forwardly open generally semicircular notch and are freely pivotally connected to one another and oppositely rotatable so that the forward facing semicircular notch is made narrow following the sliding action of the base plate. A pair of fixed wiper plates is provided for lasting the toe portion and have a shape resembling the shape of the circular end of the toe part of shoes, and the circular edge corresponding to the circular shoulder portion for the platelike plungers. The wiper plates are securely attached to the platelike plungers. A pair of reciprocably movable wipers are respectively outwardly adjacent and hold the pair of fixed wiper plates therebetween and are connected in a freely resilient biased manner to the platelike plungers.

Description

United States Patent Ogawa [4 1 Mar. 28, 1972 [54] LASTING DEVICE FOR SHOES support pillar standing upright on the back of the stand. A piston rod is mounted on the upper part of said support pillar [72] Inventor 9 Ogawa 33 12 and has a suitable device for moving said rod up away from Kammegum Meguro'ku Tokyo Japan and down toward the shoe last. A lasting mechanism is located [22] Filed: Mar. 3, 1970 on both sides of the shoe last in a freely reciprocating manner and is adapted to last the shank portion by pressing the leather [21] Appl. No.: 16,186 placed over the last against the insole of the shoe. A base plate is provided and is freely slidable in the direction of the toe of [52] U.S. Cl ..12/12 the shoe last and has a semicircular form open at frontal [51] Int. Cl. ..A43d 21/00 Portion thereof and having a corresponding circular stepped 58 Field of Search ..12/10.1 10.5 12.4 12.5 P A Plunge are 12/7 1 within the shouldered portion on the base plate and together form a forwardly open generally semicircular notch and are freely pivotally connected to one another and oppositely [56] Rem-wees Cited rotatable so that the forward facing semicircular notch is UNITED STATES PATENTS made narrow following the sliding action of the base plate. A

pair of fixed wiper plates is provided for lasting the toe portion 2,891,265 6/ 1959 Dunlap ..l2/ 12.4 and have a shape resembling the shape of the circular end of 3,164,852 l/ 1965 Bowler et al ..l2/ 10.5 the toe part of shoes, and the circular edge corresponding to Primary Examiner-Patrick D. Lawson Attorney-Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack [5 7] ABSTRACT A lasting device for shoes. A machine stand has means supporting a wood last on its upper face at its center and has a the circular shoulder portion for the platelike plungers. The wiper plates are securely attached to the platelike plungers. A pair of reciprocably movable wipers are respectively outwardly adjacent and hold the pair of fixed wiper plates therebetween and are connected in a freely resilient biased manner to the platelike plungers.

10 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented March 28, 1972 3,651,526

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ATTORNEYS LASTING, DEVICE FOR SHOES The present invention relates to a lasting device for the lasting of the toe or heel part of a shoe, and more particularly to a lasting device whereby the lasting operation on the toe or heel part of a shoe can be performed simultaneously with the lasting operation on the shank of the shoe.

In the case of lasting a shoe upper in conformity with a wood last, the shoe upper is lasted by means of a shoe upper lasting device called the wiper under a tightly pulled condition along the wood last so as not to produce wrinkle. At the same time, said lasted upper piece is stuck by an adhesive on to the insole attached temporarily to the bottom of the wood last. It is however impossible to perform such lasting operation simultaneously due to the shape of shoes. Hence, it is a normal practice to divide it into the toe, heel and shank parts thereby lasting each part by means of a respective specialized wiper.

The present inventor proposed previously a lasting device for shoes per US. Pat. No. 3,435,473. With this lasting device, however, the shank part of a shoe is lasted at first, and then the entire shoe is lasted using another lasting device for the toe and heel parts.

The present inventor has made an improvement on the above-mentioned lasting device for shoes so as to enable the simultaneous lasting operation on the shank and toe parts or on the shank and heel parts thereby to shorten the time required for lasting operation, in addition to making it possible to perform lasting operation by means of a single lasting device regardless of the size and shapes of the shoes to be lasted.

The drawings show the embodiment of a lasting device according to the present invention for lasting the shank, toe or heel portion of a shoe in which;

FIG. 1 is an entire, front view of the lasting machine equipped with the device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the lasting device according to the invention with its cover plate cut out;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the lasting device according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 and 5 are sectional views taken on the lines IVIV and V-V of FIG. 2, respectively; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the improved lasting device shown in a manner lasting the heel, shank and toe simultaneously.

The invention will be explained in reference to an'embodiment wherein the shank and toe parts'of the shoe are lasted simultaneously, in connection with the appended drawings.

Referring to the drawings, in FIG. 1, numeral ldenotes a box-shaped machine stand; numeral 2 denotes a support pillar extending upwardly on the back of said stand 1, the upper end of said support pillar being bent to the forward direction of said stand 1; and said bent portion of said pillar carries an oilpressure mechanism 4 being provided with a piston rod 4' protruding downwardly. At the downwardly extended end of said piston rod of said oil-pressure mechanism there is fixedly attached a holding means 7 for holding the bottom of the wood last 6 with a shoe upper attached thereon.

Numeral 8 denotes a fitting stand for installing a wood last. To the lower side of said fitting stand 8 is connected a piston rod 10 of an oil-pressure mechanism 9 provided on the machine stand 1 thereby enabling-the wood last 6 to make up and down movements.

Numerals l1, l1 denotes stay members provided upon opposite sides of the machine stand 1. Upwardly extended supports 12, 12 are securely attached upon said stay members 11, 11, said supports 12, 12 being provided respectively with lasting mechanism units 13 facing each other in order to last the last leather A of the shank of a shoe upper 5 onto the insole thereof. Each of said lasting mechanism units 13, 13 is provided with a hollow holder 14 having a sliding lever 15 movable to and from in the direction of the wood last within said holder 14 and pincers 16 provided at an end of said sliding lever 15 for lasting the shank part of the shoe. The rear protruding end of the sliding lever 15 of said mechanism is connected to the upper end of operating levers l7, 17 being pivotally attached to the projecting parts ll, 11' of said stay members 11, 11 in a freely rotatable manner. Furthermore, the lower ends of said levers 17, 17 are both bent inside the base stand 1 and are operated rotatably by an oil-pressure mechanism (not shown).

Numeral 18 denotes the lasting mechanism for the toe part of the shoe, said mechanism 18 being disposed horizontally between said wood last 6 and a wood last holding means 7. Said lasting mechanism 18 is provided, as is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with a base plate 20 being slidably attached in the forward and backward direction by means of holding members 19, 19 securely attached to the front side of a support pillar 2, and furthermore, on the upper surface of said base plate 20 there is provided an arcuate recess or step 21 defining a segmental arch which is open at its forward position, said step 21 also being provided with a guide groove 22 which is concentric with the circular arc of said step. At the lower center of the frontal edge of said base plate 20 there is provided an arcuate cutout portion 20 which is generally concentric with arcuate recess or step 21, and is larger than the outer periphery of the toe part of the wood last 6, so that the downward movement of the wood last holding means 7 is not hampered and furthermore, and which cutout facilitates the lasting of the leather at the toe part of the shoe.

Numerals 23, 23 denotes segmented arcuate plate plungers formed by dividing a semicircular ring into two parts, said ring having the same outer periphery as the arc of said step 21. On the lower face of each of said plungers 23, 23 there are provided circular projections 24, 24 which are engageably disposed within the guide groove 22 of said base plate 20; thereby enabling the plungers to be fitted slidably to the step 21 of said base plate 20. Moreover, toward the middle of the upper surface of said plungers 23, 23 there are formed wiper fitting recessed guideways 25, 25 of rectangular shape opened to the direction of the inside-radius thereof to cooperably receive moveable wiper plates 28, 28 to be described hereinafter, Fixed wiper plates 26, 26 disposed adjacently opposite to each other are securely attached within said guideways 25, 25 with said wiper plates 26, 26 being provided at the end portions thereof with complemental arcuate notches 26', 26 so as to collectively conform with the outer circumference (almost circular) of the toe part of the wood last 6. The portions 27, 27 corresponding to the pivotal centers of the plate plungers 23, 23, respectively, are disposed an over a lapping manner with each other thereby enabling said plungers 23, 23 and wiper plates 26, 26 to be oppositely rotated around said pivot center portion 27. Within recessed portions 25', 25' formed partially by the sides of said wiper plate 26, 26 plates the sides of steps 25, 25 there are provided movable wiper plates 28, 28 of rectangular shaped fitted in a freely slidable manner to the direction of the wood last. A convex tongue portion 29 and a concave or groove portion 30 are complementally formed to engage with each other on the contact surface between said respective movable wiper plates 28, 28 and the fixed wiper plates 26, 26. At the base of each movable wiper plate 28, 28 there is formed a transverse penetrating hole 31 of predetermined length constituting a stop abutment, each of said stopper holes 31, 31 being engageable with stopping pins or levers 32, 32 attached to the fixed wiper plates 26, 26 thereby to regulate the strokes by said movable wiper plates 28, 28. Additionally, coil springs 33, 33 are interposed between the ends of the bases of said movable wiper plates 28, 28 and the ends of said concaved portions 25', 25 so that said movable wiper plates 28, 28 can be biased continually in the direction of the wood last. The plate plungers 23, 23 are provided on a part of their outer arcuate edges with toothed gear segments 34, 34 adapted to be engageable with pinion gears 35, 35 having means disposing same in a freely rotatable manner within recesses 36, 36 provided through said base plate 20. Furthermore, adjacent the lower surface of said pinion gears 35, 35 there are coaxially provided driving pinion gears 37, 37, respectively, preferably formed in one bodytherewith. Said driving pinion gears are operatively engageable with rack members 38, 38 which are freely slidable relative to said base plate 20, whereby the outwardly rearwardly protruding ends of said rack member 38, 38 are securely fixed onto the side of said support pillar 2, thereby enabling said plate plungers 23, 23 to be actuated by the rotation of said pinion gears responsive to the forward and backward movements of said base plate 20.

Moreover, an oil pressure mechanism 39 is provided horizontally at the back of said support pillar 2 with said rack gears provided thereon, said mechanism having a piston rod 39 penetrating through said support pillar and connected with the rear edge of said base plate 20 so as to enable the base plate 20 to move forward and backward at the time of lasting the leather at the toe part of the shoe.

Numeral 40 denotes a cover plate adapted to cover the upper surface of said wiper plate and moreover, to hold pinion gears in a freely rotatable manner.

The operation of the present invention, having the aforementioned construction, will now be illustrated hereinafter.

To begin with, the upper of the shoe 5 is fitted over the wood last 6 and the insole of the shoe is fixed and applied by a powerful adhesive to the lasting leather at the toe and shank parts of the shoe.

In this condition, the wood last 6 is fitted on the fitting stand 8 and then the control circuit (not shown) of each oil pressure mechanism is actuated by pushing switches (not shown) by hands or foot whereby a hydraulic fluid is fed into the oil pressure mechanism 4 at first and the piston rod 4' starts to come down simultaneously bringing the holding means 7 downwardly until its end comes to a points where said end of holding means 7 is protruded downwardly about a distance equal to the thickness of a sheet of a shoe upper material beneath said wiper as its stops.

When the operation of said oil pressure mechanism 4 is stopped and a hydraulic liquid is fed into the oil pressure mechanism 9 the wood last being attached to the piston rod 10 is raised as said rod 10 goes up until it reaches the lower end of said holding means 7 where it causes the oil pressure mechanism 9 to be stopped and thereby simultaneously strongly holding the wood last 6 both from above and below the last.

As the wood last 6 is held firmly as above mentioned, the oil pressure mechanism connected to the operating levers 17, 17 is actuated so as to cause the upper ends of said operating levers 17, 17 to be rotated in the direction of arrow, simultaneously sliding levers 15, toward opposite sides of the wood last and thereby each of pincers 16, 16 is pressed against the leather A of the shank part of the shoe being raised. As the pincers move forward, the shank leather A is pushed down over the insole plate of the shoe, said leather firmly attached to the insole part by a strong downward pressure exerted by the further advancement of said pincers l6, l6.

Concurrently with the lasting action of said lasting mechanism 13, 13 for lasting the shank part leather, a hydrau lic liquid is also fed to the oil pressure mechanism 39 thereby to cause a base plate 20 connected to its piston rod 39' to be moved forward to the direction of the wood last 6. Consequently, driving pinion gears 37, 37 engaged with rack members 38, 38 are caused to be rotated, and furthermore, pinion gears 36, 36 unitarily formed with said gears 37, 37 are also rotated with a result that plate plungers 23, 23 engaged with said gears are rotated together with their wipers in the direction of arrow, respectively. Accordingly, the open end of the U-shaped notch formed collectively by wiper plates 26, 26 and 28, 28 is gradually narrowed centered around the overlapped pivot portions 27, 27. The above-mentioned narrowing speed is set to be less than the forward feeding speed of the base plate 20. As the base plate is advanced and movable wipers 28, 28 approach slightly to the toe part of the shoe, the oil channel of the oil pressure mechanism 4 is switched over to cause its piston rod 4' to be raised. (This action is to be performed simultaneously with the lasting of the shank part.) As the pressure applied over the wood last 6 by the oil pressure mechanism 4 has been released, the entire body of the wood last 6 is slightly raised by a pushing force applied by the oil pressure mechanism 9 thereby to press the toe part (same as the shank part) of the shoe being set to the wood last against the lower surface of the wiper plate. Each of said wiper plate, therefore, is subjected to a pressure from below as it moves forward with its size becoming narrower whereby the protruding leather B at the toe part is lasted in a squeezing manner, so that said lasting part is securely attached to the insole part of the shoe.

When the control circuit is opened, each oil pressure mechanism is returned to its original position to be kept in the next lasting state.

In instances of lasting said shank part and toe part, if the end portion of movable wiper plate 28, 28 come in contact with the lasting pincers 16, 16 of the shank part, the movable wiper plates 28, 28 will recede into recessed portion 25', 25', as the base plate 20 moves forward, in opposition to the forces of coil springs 33, 33 so that the lasting operations on the toe part of the shoe will not be hampered, and furthermore, the toe part and the shank part of the shoe can be lasted simultaneously regardless of the size of the shoe.

In the above explanation, the process for lasting the shank and toe parts of shoes has been described, but the invention is not limited to the above so that the process can be also carried out for lasting the shank and heel parts in the same manner, with identical devices as shown in FIG. 6.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the device of this invention carries out the lasting of the shank and toe portions, or the heel portion by a single device simultaneously. Therefore, the lasting operations on a shoe have been expedited with a drastic increase in its work efficiency together with a substantial profit in terms of the shoe cost. Furthermore, since the straight line sections, other than the circular portions opposite to the toe and heel parts of shoes, of

the wiper plate for lasting the toe and heel portions are made freely flexible or movable, it has become possible to perform lasting operations on any size of shoe. Moreover, the force that pushes the wood last upwardly from below is applied to the lower surface of the wiper through elimination of a force pushing the wood last downwardly from above, which enables the lasting operation to be performed with the lasting leather at the toe, shank or heel portion being completely and snugly fitted over the last under the tightly pulled condition inwardly. It will be understood that the device of the present invention has excellent features as mentioned above.

What is claimed is:

1. In a lasting device for shoes having toe, shank and heel parts, comprising a machine stand provided with means supporting a wood last on its upper face at its center and having a support pillar standing upright on the back of said stand, said wood last having at least toe and shank portions; a piston rod mounted onto the upper part of said support pillar and means for moving said rod upwardly away from and downwardly toward the shoe last; a shank lasting mechanism located on both sides of the shoe last in a freely reciprocating manner and adapted to last the shank portion by pressing the leather placed over said shoe last against the insole of the shoe; the improvement of an improved toe lasting mechanism in combination therewith and comprising a base plate 20 with means to mount it on said stand in a reciprocably slidable manner toward and away from the toe of said shoe last, and having a semicircular open form 20' at the frontal portion thereof to accommodate the toe portion of said shoe last; a pair of adjacently disposed, generally quadrant-shaped, platelike plungers 23,23 pivotally interconnected at a center point 27 of their quadrant shapes, each having means forming arcuate forward edge portions collectively defining a generally semicircular notch, and pivotally connected at said center point upon said base plate in a freely rotatable manner, means on and operably connected with said base plate and plungers whereby said semicircular notch is rendered more narrow following the sliding action of the base plate; said means on said platelike plungers forming said semicircular notch comprising a pair of wiper plates 26,26 fixedly attached to said platelike plungers for lasting the toe portion, and wherein their collective arcuate shape resembles the shape of the circular end of the shoe toe part; and a pair of movable wipers 28,28, respectively, mounted adjacently outwardly of said fixed pair of wiper plates 26,26 and having forward portions which extend forwardly to form side continuations beyond the arcuate forward edge portions of said fixed wiper plates 26,26 to further help define the generally semicircular toe notch; and means for mounting said movable wipers 28,28 for reciprocable movements in a generally fore and aft manner relative to said toe portion upon said platelike plungers, 23,23 during lasting operations.

2. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said means for rendering the semicircular notch formed by said fixed and movable plates on said platelike plungers includes arcuate gear portions formed on the arcuate portion of the respective quadrant shaped platelike plungers, pinion gear means rotatably mounted on said plungers and cooperable therewith, and with rack members respectively mounted on said machine stand and disposed to operably rotate said pinion gear means responsive to the reciprocable slidable movement of said base plate with attendant pivotal rotation imparted to said plungers.

3. A lasting device as defined in claim 2 wherein said pinion gear means include a two-stage, unitarily formed pinion gear rotatably mounted on each of said plungers, and one stage including a pinion gear engageable with the gear portion of said plungers, and the other of the two stages including a second coaxially disposed pinion gear disposed below the first stage gear and engageable with said rack members to effect the said rotation during lasting operations.

4. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said base plate and said platelike plungers are provided with complemental rail and groove means of arcuate shape to facilitate positive and smooth movement of said plungers of said base plate so as to rotate said plungers. relative to said base when actuated during lasting operations.

5. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said shank lasting mechanism includes pairs of plunger means for operating the shank lasting means, which plunger means include a contact pincer for contacting and lasting opposite sides of the shank portion of the shoe, and wherein each of said movable wiper plates 28,28 as disposed adjacent said fixed wiper plates 26,28 is also disposed intermediately adjacent said pairs of plungers and oppositely disposed pincers, and means mounting said movable wiper plates to enable them to be automatically adjustable responsive to any contact between the said movable wiper plates and said shank lasting mechanism for the shank part of the shoe, whereby said moveable wiper plates move out of the way of said shank lasting mechanism so as not to impede the latter.

6. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said base plate 20 is provided with an arcuate recess open toward its front in which to complementally mount the pair of quadrantshaped platelike plungers 23,23.

7. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein one each of said fixed wiper plates 26,26 and said movable wiper plates 28,28 are mounted in a recessed manner respectively on each of said platelike plungers 23 with the upper surfaces of each of said wiper plates and plungers being flushly disposed and having cover means overlying same.

8. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said fixed and moveable wiper plates respectively have complementally interacting guide means on their adjacently disposed sides to better facilitate said generally fore and aft movement of said moveable plates.

9. A lasting device as defined in claim 5 wherein adjacent pairs of said fixed and movable wiper plates have complementally formed and relatively coacting stop and abutment means formed therewith to effect a predetermined limit for the amount of movement of said movable wiper plate relative to said fixed wiper plate during sald lasting operation as stated in the latter part of said claim 10.

10. In a lasting device for shoes as defined in claim 1, the further improvement of including a second of said improved lasting mechanism disposed adjacent to and having like means for effecting similar movement thereof toward and relative to the heel portion of a shoe last to also last the heel portion of shoes, and means for operating said improved toe and heel lasting mechanisms in a simultaneous manner.

Claims (10)

1. In a lasting device for shoes having toe, shank and heel parts, comprising a machine stand provided with means supporting a wood last on its upper face at its center and having a support pillar standing upright on the back of said stand, said wood last having at least toe and shank portions; a piston rod mounted onto the upper part of said support pillar and means for moving said rod upwardly away from and downwardly toward the shoe last; a shank lasting mechanism located on both sides of the shoe last in a freely reciprocating manner and adapted to last the shank portion by pressing the leather placed over said shoe last against the insole of the shoe; the improvement of an improved toe lasting mechanism in combination therewith and comprising a base plate 20 with means to mount it on said stand in a reciprocably slidable manner toward and away from the toe of said shoe last, and having a semicircular open form 20'' at the frontal portion thereof to accommodate the toe portion of said shoe last; a pair of adjacently disposed, generally quadrant-shaped, platelike plungers 23,23 pivotally interconnected at a center point 27 of their quadrant shapes, each having means forming arcuate forward edge portions collectively defining a generally semicircular notch, and pivotally connected at said center point upon said base plate in a freely rotatable manner, means on and operably connected with said base plate and plungers whereby said semicircular notch is rendered more narrow following the sliding action of the base plate; said means on said platelike plungers forming said semicircular notch comprising a pair of wiper plates 26,26 fixedly attached to said platelike plungers for lasting the toe portion, and wherein their collective arcuate shape resembles the shape of the circular end of the shoe toe part; and a pair of movable wipers 28,28, respectively, mounted adjacently outwardly of said fixed pair of wiper plates 26,26 and having forward portions which extend forwardly to form side continuations beyond the arcuate forward edge portions of said fixed wiper plates 26,26 to further help define the generally semicircular toe notch; and means for mounting said movable wipers 28,28 for reciprocable movements in a generally fore and aft manner relative to said toe portion upon said platelike plungers, 23,23 during lasting operations.

2. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said means for rendering the semicircular notCh formed by said fixed and movable plates on said platelike plungers includes arcuate gear portions formed on the arcuate portion of the respective quadrant shaped platelike plungers, pinion gear means rotatably mounted on said plungers and cooperable therewith, and with rack members respectively mounted on said machine stand and disposed to operably rotate said pinion gear means responsive to the reciprocable slidable movement of said base plate with attendant pivotal rotation imparted to said plungers.

3. A lasting device as defined in claim 2 wherein said pinion gear means include a two-stage, unitarily formed pinion gear rotatably mounted on each of said plungers, and one stage including a pinion gear engageable with the gear portion of said plungers, and the other of the two stages including a second coaxially disposed pinion gear disposed below the first stage gear and engageable with said rack members to effect the said rotation during lasting operations.

4. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said base plate and said platelike plungers are provided with complemental rail and groove means of arcuate shape to facilitate positive and smooth movement of said plungers of said base plate so as to rotate said plungers. relative to said base when actuated during lasting operations.

5. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said shank lasting mechanism includes pairs of plunger means for operating the shank lasting means, which plunger means include a contact pincer for contacting and lasting opposite sides of the shank portion of the shoe, and wherein each of said movable wiper plates 28,28 as disposed adjacent said fixed wiper plates 26,28 is also disposed intermediately adjacent said pairs of plungers and oppositely disposed pincers, and means mounting said movable wiper plates to enable them to be automatically adjustable responsive to any contact between the said movable wiper plates and said shank lasting mechanism for the shank part of the shoe, whereby said moveable wiper plates move out of the way of said shank lasting mechanism so as not to impede the latter.

6. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said base plate 20 is provided with an arcuate recess open toward its front in which to complementally mount the pair of quadrant-shaped platelike plungers 23,23.

7. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein one each of said fixed wiper plates 26,26 and said movable wiper plates 28,28 are mounted in a recessed manner respectively on each of said platelike plungers 23 with the upper surfaces of each of said wiper plates and plungers being flushly disposed and having cover means overlying same.

8. A lasting device as defined in claim 1 wherein said fixed and moveable wiper plates respectively have complementally interacting guide means on their adjacently disposed sides to better facilitate said generally fore and aft movement of said moveable plates.

9. A lasting device as defined in claim 5 wherein adjacent pairs of said fixed and movable wiper plates have complementally formed and relatively coacting stop and abutment means formed therewith to effect a predetermined limit for the amount of movement of said movable wiper plate relative to said fixed wiper plate during said lasting operation as stated in the latter part of said claim 10.

10. In a lasting device for shoes as defined in claim 1, the further improvement of including a second of said improved lasting mechanism disposed adjacent to and having like means for effecting similar movement thereof toward and relative to the heel portion of a shoe last to also last the heel portion of shoes, and means for operating said improved toe and heel lasting mechanisms in a simultaneous manner.

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