Shoe last holding device and shoemaking machine having the same

A shoe last holding device for a shoemaking machine adapted to be mounted on a machine body unit and to clamp a shoe last, the shoe last including two spaced-apart clamped portions to be held by the shoe last holding device, said shoe last holding device comprising:

• a base seat unit mounted to the machine body unit;
• a driving unit mounted to said base seat unit and including a pushing member movable relative to said base seat unit along a front-rear direction;
• and
• a clamping unit including two clamping elements that are spaced apart from each other along a left-right direction transverse to the front-rear direction and that are pivotally mounted to said base seat unit, each of said clamping elements including a force transmission end abutting against said pushing member and a clamping end opposite to said force transmission end, said pushing member of said driving unit being disposed between and movable toward and away from said clamping elements along the front-rear direction to drive said clamping elements to convert between a releasing state, where said force transmission ends of said clamping elements are spaced apart from each other along the left-right direction by a first distance so that said clamping ends of said clamping elements are spaced apart from the clamped portions of the shoe last, and a clamping state, where said force transmission ends of said clamping elements are spaced apart from each other along the left-right direction by a second distance that is greater than the first distance so that said clamping ends of said clamping elements clamp the shoe last therebetween such that said clamping ends engage the clamped portions, respectively.