Shoe substrate reinforcing machine

A shoe substrate reinforcing machine for depositing a powder in a selected configuration, fusing the configured powder into a laminate and adhering the fused laminate to a shoe substrate to reinforce the substrate, said machine comprising a work transfer device adapted to displace a shoe substrate clamped thereon to a join station where a fused laminate can be adhered thereto, said work transfer device including

• a substrate mounting assembly having a support pad, and
• clamp means on either side of said support pad each including
• a lever arm, and
• swivel bracket means,
• said lever arm having
• a catch and
• detent means on the lever arm cooperating with said catch for releasably securing a connecting pin within said catch, and
• said swivel bracket means having a slot for slidably receiving said catch and including a connecting pin extending across said slot for insertion into said catch as said swivel bracket means is connected to said lever arm, said slot being selectively configured so that said swivel bracket can be reoriented around said pin but will be held in said catch by said pin when said clamp means is clamped on the support pad.