US1396146A - Shoe-capping last - Google Patents

Description

E. SMILEY.

SHOE CAPPING LAST.

APPLICATION HEEp SEPT 15, 1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

INVENTOR. Zwrjmz PATENT OFFICE.

SMILEY, 0F MORAVIA, IOWA.

SHOE-GAIPING LAST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Application filed September 15, 1920. Serial No. 410,374.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that ELMER SMILEY, a citizen of the: United States; residing at Moravia,in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa,-has-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Capping Lasts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to shoe capping lasts and has for its object to provide a device of this character which snugly fits the toe of the shoe to permit the efiicient application of a cap.

Another object is to provide a capping last of this character wherein'theshoe is forced over the toe or last block and held rigid dur-.

ing the capping operation.

Another obj ect is to provide a capping last of this character wherein the heel .block'is provided with an extension which extends outwardly and beyond the heel surface of the block to receive a toe block, the sole engaging surface of the toe block being offset with respect to the heel engaging surface of the heel block.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a capping last of this character including a heel block having an extension, the end of said extension being provided with an angularly disposed tongue and adapted to support a toe block, pressure on the toe block causing the same to be forced into engagement with the extension through the medium of the angular tongue.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section f a shoe capping last constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, a shoe being diagrammatically indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a view in top plan of the last, and

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the heel block.

' Referring to the drawings, A designates the standard of a shoe supporting jack, the end B of said standard being arranged to receive shoe form blocks. The standard is also provided with a lever C including a tooth D adapted to engage the racks E carried by the standard A, a slot F being formed in the standard for the reception of thejack or holding strap G. This strap is connected to the handle and extends on both sidesof the standard A. The above structure forms no part of my invention.

Inorder to properly support a shoe or the like, during the capping operation and prevent movement of the shoe, I provide a novel capping last com'prisinga heel block 5 having one face thereof formed into a heel'engaging surface 6. The opposite face 7 is provided with a recess 8 adapted to receive the end portion B of the shoejack to properly support the block. The heel block 5 isprovided with an extension 9 which projects outwardly from one end portion thercof, and beyond the heel engaging surface 6. The end 10 of the extension has a tongue 11 disposed therein, said tongue extending in angular relation to the end 10, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

To complete the shoe form, I provide a toe or last block 12. Any number of these blocks may be used in connection with the heel block 5, the blocks may be formed into various shapes according to the shapeof the toe of the shoe. Each of the last blocks has a curved sole engaging surface 13, the portion of said block beneath the surface 13 being slotted as at 14 so as to render the block light. The ends of the slots 14, terminate adjacent the end 15 of the block. This end of the block is constructed to coincide with the end 10 of the extension, and has an angularly disposed socket 16 formed therein. This socket is intended to receive the tongue 11 of the extension.

It will be noted that when the toe or last block 12 is applied to the extension that the surface 13 of the toe block is disposed above the surface 6 of the heel block. In addition to this, the ends 10 and 15 are disposed on an incline with respect to the standard A, which serves to properly position the toe block on the heel block. Furthermore, the socket 16 and tongue 11 extend in angular relation with respect to the standard A so that downward pressure on the toe block will cause the ends 10 and 15 to be drawn into firm engagement with each other. This eliminates the necessity of using screws or like fastening means as it is impossible for the toe block to become disengaged from the heel block unless the same is moved upwardly by the operator so as to permit the tongue 11 to disengage the socket 16. The

greater the pressure on the surface 13, the

tighter the blocks will be drawn together.

In use, the heel block 5 is disposed on the end of the standard A and the desired form of toe block applied to the extension 9. The

shoe is then placed on the form and the heel or jack strap G extended over the shoe and adjusted. The lever D is then moved downwardly so as to move'the shoe toward the heel block. As the surface 13 of the toe block is disposed above or. in offset relation to the surface 6 of the heel block, downward movement of the strap will force the heel portion of the shoe toward and into engage:

ment with the heel surface 6 thereby forcing the toe or last block 12 snugly'into the toe of the shoe. In view of the novel position of the extension 9, the heel portion of the block does not interfere with the snug engagement of the toe block with the toe ofthe shoe. In this way, the shoe is held in a rigid position on the standard so that the capping operation may be efficiently and quickly performed. It is of course, obvious that if'the toe block was disposed in aliinement with the heel block or in other words, if the surface 13 and surface 6 were disposed in the same plane, it would be difiicult to force the toe block 12 snugly into engagement with the toe of the shoe.- Another important feature is that this capping last may beused in connection with all forms of shoe supporting jacks and is capable of capping any style of shoe as the toe or last block 12 may be made in various shapes and firmly held. in position by means of the angular tongue and socket.

What is claimed is V 1. A shoe capping last comprising a heel block having an extension, said extension 40 projecting beyond and obliquely with respect to the heel engaging surface of the heel block, a tongue disposed in the end face of the extension and extending toward the sole engaging surface of the extension, and a toe block having an angularly disposed socket adapted to receive the tongue, whereby pres sure upon the sole engaging surface of the toe block will tend to move the toe block toward the extension. r

2'. A device of the character described comprising a heel block, an instep extension projecting from the heel block beyond the heel surface thereof, said extension having a flat end face, a tongue having oneend embedded in the end face of the extension and extending in angular relation to and away from said end face, and a toe block having a fiat end face and an angularly disposed socket, said tongue and socket gradually urging the end faces of the extension and toe block into binding engagement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ELMER SMILEY.

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