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B. F. McCOY. METALLIC SHOE COUNTER. APPLICATION FILED JULYH. ma.

Reissued May 4 UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. MOCOY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Original 80. 1,064,928, dated June 17, 1918, Serial No. Serial No.

To till whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. MCCOY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St; Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rovernent; in Metallic Shoe-Counters, 0 which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom-' pan drawings, forming a part hereof.

y invention relates to an improved metallic shoe. counter, and consists in the novel construction hereinafter described and point- U ed out in the claims appended hereto. I

i ance with this invention hassu'flicient flexitive view'of my improved shoe counter ap- 80 The object of my invention is to provide 'an improved metallicfshoe counter which shall be very cheap to manufacture and to place in the shoe,'and which can be lasted tothe shoe in a highlyeflicient manner. I

I Metallic shoe counter'sas heretofore made must be pro-formed exactly to lit. the shoe,

and are not suitable for lastin by'machine.

A. metallic shoe counter me. e .in accord-- bility combined with the necessaryrigidity to enableit to be fitted to the shoe on the last and lasted by machine.

In the drawings,-'.Figure 1 is a perspeclied to a shoe, the shoe being represented Ey'dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the metallic counter blank covered with fabric and ready for the former; Fig. 3 is asection taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.2; Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of my improved shoe operation; Fig. 5 is an enlargedta il cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

' Fi 6 is a detailed side elevation of the front .or taperedfldownwardly to its en% en of one win illustrating the manner of 'Thd ii umer zl 1 indicates the metallic body" I of the counter, which may be composed of any suitable sheet metal having the roper and thesame is stamped ma sheet byimean's of suitabledies, and provided with a series of integral V-shaped pro-' iections 2 at the lower ed of the blank, the upper edge of the bl rounded 1n order counter the desired shape after the same has been run throu h a suitable counter forming machine. e1 V-shaped rejections 2 extend a considerable distance Beyond the adjacent edge of the blank, and

to give the heavy. metal.

sitionb said fa ricbeing ,to double u on itse specification or Beissued Letters Patent. Reissued May 4,, 1915,

717,112. Application for reissue filed July 14, 1913.

the forming operation approximately the line ofbend between the vertical portion of the counter .and the inturned nailing and sewing flange. The metal near the points of the \{-shaped rojections may be thinned in case it is too t ick for the tacks used in lastmg to penetrate it readily. Thinning theV- shaped points is unnecessary except for counterswhich are made of comparatively The numeral 3 indicates a series of vertical slits formed in the lower edge of the blank near its ends, the purpose of which will be explained later on.

Afterthe blank has been stain ed into the form in which it is shown in same is provided with a suitable covering 4 of fabric, whichis preferably securedin P0- means of paste or other adhesive,

oubled over the lower edgeof the blank and folded over the up r edge of the same, as shown in Figs. 4 an 5, to form a. reinforcement 5 upon the outersurface near the u per edge. I also refer the metal near t e u per edge 0 the blank to form a meta c reinforcement 6 upon the outer surface of the blank near the upper edge'thereof.

I will now describe one means for securingthe wing flaps to the blank. It is evident that other means for securing the wing flaps maybe used, or the wing flaps may be dispensed with, without rendering the counter unfit for use in a shoe lasting machine.

The numeral 7 indicates the wing flaps, which may be composed of leather or any suitable fabric. In case they are made of fabric, the fabric is first doubled upon itself as shown in Fi 5, and then a series of verormed in the usper edge of the double portionto correspon to the posi tion of the slits 3 in the win of the blank; then the metal and fabric ocated between the adjacent slits 3 is alternately bent outwa'rdly and inwardly to receive a securing pinor wire 9; and then the correspondin slitted portions of' the upper edge of said flaps 7 are laced alternately in the spaces between sai slits 3 of the fabric covered metal blank and then said wire or in 9 is inserted in the passages formed tween said slits 3 and in the space between the slitted layers of said flaps. Finally, the joint between the slitted portions of the ig. 2, the I in ,the shoe.

the counter to approximate form may be carried outin acounter forming machine at.

wings of the flaps is flattened and the lower edge of the covered blanks, including the V-shaped projections 2, is bent inwardly to form a nailing or sewing flange 10, whereby the counter may be secured in position with- The preliminary shaping of the same time that the nailing and sewing flange is bent along its lower edge. The

counterblank thus approximately shaped is inserted in the'shoe upper and fitted to the last ina lasting machine, the lasting operation giving the counter the desired form to fit the shoe. Hy counter being adapted for fitting-to the last obviates the necessity for making the counter blanks lefts and rights,

vand also enables. a few sizes of counter blanks to be usedfor an entire run of shoes of assorted sizes a v Suitable nails may bev driven through the V-shaped projections 2 and through the flange 10, and also throug'hzthe flap 7, if

- used, for securing the. counter in position; or the inturned portion of the counter, with or without the flap, may be: stitched. to the underlying portion of theshoe; In either case, the operation. may be-performed en'- tirely'on machines ordma-rily'used in -shoefactories. lfl oreover, the finishing of the shoe bystandard welti'ng, sewing and nail-" ing machines in the usual manner is not in-.

.terfered with by-a metallic counter made in accordance with this invention. The counter, when lasted and nailed in place, becomes a rigid part of the shoe not likely to get out of shape. v

a sewingmachine needle.

What I claim is:

1. A metallic shoe counter comprising a flexible heel portion arranged to be bent and fitted to lasts of diflerent heel contours, said heel portion havin a series of inturned teeth 3. A metallic shoe counter consisting of flexible side walls and a flexible heel portion arranged to bebent andfittedto lasts of different contours, said counter being'provided along its lower edge with narrow inturned projections spaced around the heel a portion, the arran ement and relative spac- Jingof the teeth beingsuch that the counter may be machine-lasted in a shoe, the side walls of said counter being provided adjacent to their ends with inturned stitching flaps or extensions which are BENJAMIN F. MoCQY. Witnesses: I I AMAsA M. HOLOOMBE,

M. A. SHELTON.

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