Seat and waist lasting machine-independently pivotable side lasting fingers

A shoe machine for use in the lasting of side portions of shoe uppers, said machine comprising;

• a support for a shoe last on which an upper, the side portions of which are to be lasted, and an insole are positioned, and a pair of side lasting assemblies arranged so as to act on opposite side portions of an upper placed on a last supported by said support;
• each side lasting assembly comprising a plurality of wiping elements arranged side-by-side so as to engage a corresponding side portion of the upper along the length thereof;
• said wiping elements being movable inwardly so as to wipe the upper portion engaged thereby over the insole margin and to press it thereagainst, each element also being mounted for limited pivotal movement independently of the element adjacent thereto about a first axis extending transversely of the last bottom, and also about a second axis extending lengthwise of said last bottom, the arrangement being such that the distance between the second axis and the work-engaging surface of the element along a perpendicular to said surface passing through said second axis is generally equal to the distance between the first axis and a reference plane in which the second axis lies and which extends parallel to said first axis, along a perpendicular to said reference plane passing through said first axis.