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US 4,033,498 AGranted
Apparatus for stapling heels
OwnerManuel Morales Romaninventor
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Abstract
Staples are delivered to guides in a vertical column by a plurality of slides which move out of the way after the delivery. A boot or shoe and a heel to be stapled is fitted upside down over a heel-shaped last at the top of the column. A pneumatic cylinder and hammers force the staples through the guides and into the shoe and heel thereby attaching them together.
Claims3
Apparatus for stapling an element to an item of footwear comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a column attached to said base;
- (c) said column having an upper portion shaped to conform to the counter portion of said footwear;
- (d) a plurality of longitudinal slots in said column;
- (e) a plurality of hammers moveable in said slots;
- (f) means pivotably mounted exterior of said column for loading one staple into each of said plurality of longitudinal slots;
- (g) means for moving said means for loading into abutment with said column prior to said loading and clear of said column after said loading;
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- (h) means for driving said hammers whereby said staples are driven along said slots into said footwear and said element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.