US1554990A - Shoe tray - Google Patents

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Sept. 29, 1925. 1,554,990

F. H. CRAINE ET AL SHOE TRAY Filed April 23. 1925 fiww INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 29,1925.

UNITED STATES FRANK n. caamn, or nnanronn',

AND JAMES C. SENEY, OF OHUSETTS.

SHOE TRAY.

Application filed April 23,1925. Serial Ito. 25,425.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANK H. CRAINn and JAMES C. SENEr, citizens of the United States, residing at Bradford and Lawrence, respectively, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to t-rays'especially adapted for use during the processes of manufacturing shoes.

In the ordinary shoe factories where modern machinery is used there are a great many processes, and each shoe is handled by a large number of operatives. Shoes ordinarily are handled in pairs of the same style and size, and these pairs should not be separated. If one shoe of a' pair is damaged great inconvenience is caused.

After the various parts are cut out they are assembled on a last, and some of the parts are temporarily held in place by tacks which project. As the material of the. uppers in many classes of shoes is delicate leather or fabric, it is easily injured if it comes in contact with the tacks.

It is also easily injured if it comes in contact with dirt, oil, stains, or many other things.

In being taken from one process to the next, very often a large number of shoes are placed on a rack supported by wheels, the shelves of the rack usually being made of bars so that any dirt can fallthrough, and so that the air can circulate so as to dry the shoes.

Where the partly finished shoes are laid side by side on these shelves without protection they are likely to be scratched and injured, and to protect them from any oil or stains on the bars during some processes papers are placed on the bars to protect the shoes. In some factories each shoe is partially wrapped in paper to protect it, and in still other factories an individual box for each shoe is used. v

The purpose of this invention is to provide a convenient tray in which a dozen shoes, more or less, can be held and carried around in such manner that theycannot readily be scratched by tacks nor injured by dirt, oil or stains.

Other objects are to provide a tray in which the air can circulate in order to dry the shoes after certain of the processes, and one 1n which there are a standard number of openings each to receive a shoe whereby the operator can tell at a glance that he has the right number of shoes, and that all are in place.

Another important purpose is to provide, a tray which can be placed on the workmans bench and from which he can instantly, without lost motion, remove a shoe and replace it.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an isometric yiew of a shoe rack, on one shelf of which is one of our trays, and on another shelf of which loose shoes are shown as placed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of one end of one of our trays.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a tray with a shoe in place. This is partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a tray with one shoe in position, and the other guide openlngs empty. i

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective showing a modified type of guide openings.

Fig. 7 is a detail showing a modification of the guide edges of the top shoe guides.

Fig. 8 is a detail of another modification.

A represents a shoe rack of a common type found in shoe factories, made up of four uprights, 9, 10, 11, 12, each supported by a wheel 8, and between which are the skeleton shelves 13, 14, 15, 16. These shelves are usually formed of parallel bars 17 which extend from end to end and allow any dirt or waste to fall through on to the floor. 18 and 19 re resent the cross pieces which support thes elves, and what I will call the sides. The front and back, or the long sides of these racks are generally open.

In Fig. 1 at 20 we show how shoes in the process of manufacture, either when on the last or after the last is removed are ordinarily placed upon these shelves to be transported from one process to the next, or from one department to another.

Our present invention is shown at B and consists of a tray having no bottom, but having the front and the-top walls so cut that the edges make shoe guides whereby the shoes in process, whether on the last or otherwise, will be kept firmly in place, and without touching each other while the trays are being moved by hand, or (re moved with he c mwnnncn, MASSA- Each tray B is preferably formed 'of heavy cardboard so treated that it is substantially waterproof; of fiber, thin laminated wood, or any material except metal, which will not mark the shoes. It may be covered with clothas shown at 72 in Fig. 7 or if made of the above materials such covering is unnecessar Each tray has si es and 31, and a back 33 which are ordinarily not cut. a We prefer that the front 32 should be higher than the back 33 so that the tendency of the shoes will be to'slide towards the back when placed in the guide openings 40, 41.

To form a guide opening in the front wall 32 we cut away at 41 so that the width of the cut at the bottom is less than it is at the top and this cut extends down to the line 42, which preferably is at about the position occupied by the lowest edge 51 of the shoe, and a little above that part of the last L which projects from the shoe. In this way, as shown in Fig. 3, when the shoe is in position it cannot readily slip out from the front.

To form the shoe guides in the top wall 34 we cut away at 40 in such a way as to conform with the shape of the shoe to be handled and so that the back end 43 will just about coincide with the throat 53 of a shoe S which is placed in the openin This opening 40 is narrower at the bac than it is at thefront.

A shoe such as S on a last L, having a heel 50, top edge 51, sole 52 and toe 54, to-

gether with throat 53, can be instantly dropped into a shoe gulde otpening such as 40, 41, and will stay there rmly in position. As the tray is handled or moved the shoe merely sinks more firmly into place, and will not drop out.

Moreover any tacks, or other foreign matter which may drop on the top 34 of the tray, will shake off at the back because the top slopes from the front to the back and will fall entirely clear of the rack and the trays. If anything falls throu h or between the trays it will also reach t e ground for the same reason.

82 may extend over the edges 80 and 81 of a metal top plate 83.

As shown in Fig. 6, we may use a tray having a front wall 62 with cut awayparts 64 which grow steadily wider from the bottom to the top, and a top wall 60 having cut away parts 63 which register with those at 64 in the front, wall, and are narrower at the back.

We claim:

1. A shoe tray having ends, a back wall and a frontwall which is higher than the back wall and having cut down from its upper edge cut away parts forming shoe guides, which are wider at the top than at the bottom, and a top wall having cut away parts forming shoe guides which register with those in the front wall and are narrower at the back.

2. A shoe tray having ends, a back wall and a front wall which is higher than the back wall and having out down from its upper edge cut away parts forming shoe guides, which are wider at the top than at the bottom, and a top wall having cut away parts forming shoe guides which register with those in the front wall.

3. In a shoe tray having no bottom, the combination of a front wall having cut. away parts forming shoe guides which are wider at the top than at the bottom, and a top wall having. cut away parts forming shoe guides which register with those in the front wall and are narrower at the back.

4. In a shoe tray, having no bottom, the combination of a front wall having cut away parts forming shoe ides, which are wider at the top than at t e bottom, and a top wall having cut away parts forming shoe guides which register with those in the front wall.

FRANK H. CRAINE. JAMES C. SENEY.

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