Description of a Machine for Shoemakers. 103 



'^ I repeatedly informed liim, that his employment was 

 the cause of his disorder, and desired him to relinquish it, 

 or invent some method to do his work standing. This 

 hint, and his corporeal suflerings, prompted him to the 

 invention. That it answers the purpose, I have reason to 

 believe, as he and o'hers use it. He is now free from com- 

 plaints, and so improved in his corpulence and countenance, 

 that he is not like ihe same man, and for years has had no 

 occasion for medicine." 



See Plate W. 



A, the bed for the closing-block, and to lay the shoe in, 

 whilst sewing. 



B, the closing-block. 



C, a loose bed to lay the shoe in whilst stitching ; the 

 lower part of which is here exhibited reversed, to show how 

 it is placed in the other bed A. 



D, the hollow or upper part of the loose bed C, in which 

 the shoe is laid whilst stitching. 



E, a table on which the tools wanted are to be laid. 



F, an iron semi-circle, fixed to each end of the bed A, 

 to allow the bed to be raised or depressed. This half circle 

 moves in the block G. 



H, another iron semi-circle, with notches, which catch 

 upon a tooth in the centre of the block, to hold the bed in 

 any angle required. This semi-circle moves sidewise on 

 two hooks in staples at each end of the bed. 



I, the tail or stem of the bed A, moving in a cylindrical 

 hole in the pillar, enabling the bed to be turned in any re- 

 quired direction, and which, with the movement F, enables 

 the operator to place the shoe in *ny position necessary. 



K, the pillar, formed like the pillar of a claw table, ex- 

 cepting the two side Ices being in a direct line, and the 

 other leg at a right anale with them. 



L, the semi-circle H, shown separately, to explain how 

 it is connected \\ ith the staples, and how the notches are 

 formed. 



M, the tail or stem of the bed A, and the lower part of 

 the bed N, shown separately, to explain how the upper 

 part of ihc bed is raised or depressed occasionally. 



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