Abstract: A machine for applying a patch of adhesive onto the bottom of a last (94) comprising an adhesive applying member (89) movable downwardly into engagement with the last bottom and a shifting mechanism (34, 92) operative to so shift the adhesive applying mechanism during its downward movement as to cause the adhesive applying mechanism to engage the last bottom close to the toe end of the last.

Abstract: A machine, operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon with the toe portion of the upper margin being wiped against and secured to the insole and with an unwiped portion of the upper margin extending heelwardly of the wiped margin portion projecting away from the insole and with segments of the upper margin at the boundaries between the wiped and unwiped margin portions overhanging the insole, for applying cement in the corner between the unwiped margin portion and the corresponding portion of the insole periphery. The cement is applied by a pair of nozzles that each have laterally projecting tips. The nozzles are caused to move in cement applying strokes from the heel end extremity of the shoe assembly to the margin segments while the nozzle tips are retained in the corners with the nozzle tips at the ends of the cement applying strokes each being beneath a margin segment.

Abstract: A heat transfer system for transferring heat into a first body of water flowing through a first conduit (20, 22, 24) from a heated second body of water (12) that is flowing through a second conduit (14), the two conduits being contiguous to each other. A pump (26 or 62) operates to force the second body of water through the second conduit. A motor (32 or 60) is so connected to the pump as to operate the pump when the motor is actuated and an arrangement is provided to actuate the motor in response to the flow of the first body of water through the first conduit.

Abstract: A machine for molding the quarter of a boot upper by causing a female mold (36) to press the quarter against a male mold (74). The male mold (74) is mounted bottom-up by a stem (76) connected by the front portion (72) of a beam (70) to the machine frame (14). The beam front portion (72) has a cavity (84) located above the rearmost end (82) of the male mold (74).

Abstract: A system for storing heated air in the attic of a building by solar energy and for transmitting the heated air to a heat exchanger. The attic includes a floor, a roof formed of two oppositely inclined portions that meet at a peak, one of the inclined portions being glazed to form a light pervious surface and the other inclined portion being light impervious. The attic floor beneath the light pervious roof portion is covered with a light reflective surface. Located in the attic beneath the light impervious roof portion is an entrance end of an inlet duct leading from the attic to a heat exchanger and an exit end of an outlet duct leading from the heat exchanger to the attic. A blower is provided to blow air from the attic through the inlet duct, the heat exchanger, and the outlet duct back to the attic.

Abstract: A game device comprising a cylinder (10) formed of a pair of side walls (18) and an outer circumferential wall (22) spanning the side walls. An inner circumferential wall (24) and a middle circumferential wall (26) span the side walls (18) with the middle circumferential wall being located between the inner and outer circumferential walls and the three circumferential walls being spaced from each other. A barrier (28) spanning the side walls (18) extends radially between the three circumferential walls. An entry hole (20) extends through the outer circumferential wall adjacent to and on a first side of the barrier (28). A plurality of avoidance holes (32) extend through middle circumferential wall with the avoidance hole (32) closest to the second side of the barrier (28) being spaced from the barrier (28) and with the avoidance holes (32) all being out of alignment with the entry hole (20) and all being of smaller diameters than the width of the middle circumferential wall (26).

Abstract: A heat transfer system for using solar energy to modify the temperatures of conditioned space in a building and to supply domestic hot water for the building. Part of the system is mounted to a core that forms a structural column of the building. The system incorporates selector mechanisms for selectively altering the flow of water in the system to facilitate changes in the functioning of the system.

Abstract: A machine for applying adhesive to the toe portion of an insole mounted to the bottom of a last through the top of an applicator. The insole is located on an inclined plane and the applicator lies in the inclined plane and bears flushly against the insole when the applicator is applying the adhesive to the insole. The applicator is mounted for such movement that the applicator top lies in a horizontal plane when the applicator is not moving towards and away from the insole and is not bearing against the insole.

Abstract: A machine that molds an upper to the shape of a male mold by a female mold and that flanges the margin of the upper by a pair of wipers mounted to the female mold. The wipers have bases hinged to each other for swinging movement about a vertex and legs extending forwardly and divergently of the bases, the wiper bases being mounted to a back part of the female mold and the wiper legs being mounted to side parts of the female mold. The wiper bases are so constructed as to be movable forwardly of the back part and the wiper legs are so constructed as to be movable inwardly of the side parts pursuant to the forward movement of the wiper bases relative to the back part.

Abstract: A pulling over arrangement on a pulling over and lasting machine. The pulling over arrangement comprises a pincers that is operable to grip the margin of an upper and is movable downwardly under the yieldable force of an air operated motor. A locking mechanism is provided that locks the pincers against upward movement after the pincers have been moved downwardly and a release means is provided to release the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A toe pulling over and lasting machine operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon. The machine includes a support for supporting the shoe assembly bottom-down, a toe pincers operable to grip the toe end extremity of the upper margin, side pincers located on each side of and forwardly of the toe pincers operable to grip the upper margin heelwardly of the toe end extremity of the upper margin, and wipers operable to wipe the toe portion of the upper margin against the insole. Circuitry, actuated by a pedal operated control valve, causes the machine to go through its cycle. A three position selector valve is incorporated in the circuitry to determine positions, if any, the machine assumes when it comes to a halt during the machine cycle with a reactuation of the control valve causing the machine to resume the machine cycle after it comes to a halt.

Abstract: A method for stretching an upper mounted on a last about the vamp of the last while the last is supported bottom-down. The last has a throat between the tops of its toe and cone portions that is bridged by the upper with the upper being spaced from the throat above the throat. The upper margin is gripped toewardly of the throat by toe pincers and heelwardly of the throat by ball pincers. The ball pincers are then moved towards the toe pincers to cause the upper above the throat to buckle into the throat and bear against the throat after which the last is raised to effect the stretching of the upper about the vamp of the last.

Abstract: A mounting for a pincers assembly having a base at its bottom and an upwardly extending sleeve mounted to its top. The mounting, which enables the pincers assembly to have forward-rearward movement, includes a slide mounted below the base which is connected to a motor to effect forward-rearward movement of the base, a universal joint connecting the slide to the base, and a bearing mounted for universal movement through which the sleeve extends.

Abstract: A roughing machine having a support for supporting bottom-up a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon with the margin of the upper secured to the bottom of the insole and a roughing tool located above the shoe assembly and yieldably urged downwardly against the shoe assembly so as to rough the upper margin during movement of the support to move the upper margin past the roughing tool. The shoe assembly bottom has its heel seat portion, its shank portion and its forepart portion lying in different planes. The support is so constructed as to be rockable in such a manner that the heel seat portion, the shank portion, and the forepart portion of the upper margin all lie in horizontal planes during their movement past the roughing tool.

Abstract: A pulling over mechanism having pincers for gripping the margin of an upper mounted on a last for stretching the upper about the last pursuant to relative heightwise movement of the last with respect to pincers. A motor is actuable to move the pincers heightwise and a handle is so connected to the pincers as to lower the pincers in response to movement of the handle and to thereafter be disconnected from the pincers.

Abstract: A machine that molds an upper to the shape of a male mold by a female mold that presses the upper against the male mold and that flanges the margin of the upper by wipers that are mounted to the female mold for inward movement with respect to the female mold.

Abstract: A system for storing in a liquid storage medium a substantial part of the heat for a building. The liquid is contained within a large, vertical, cylindrical tank and is circulated to heat-receiving, or solar heated, structures and back to the tank. The stored heat is transferred to the building by forcing air through a limited passageway of which the cylindrical wall of the tank forms at least a major part. The tank wall thus becomes a major heat-exchanger. The air to be heated flows from a cooler to a warmer part of the tank surface and is then ducted throughout the building. The space within the tank is divided by an internal, heat-insulating, submersible barrier into a smaller, upper section in a larger, lower section. A hot water tank is suspended in the upper section, and the liquid in the upper section is maintained hotter than in the lower section, by additional solar panels, if necessary.

Abstract: A machine for roughing the margin of a shoe upper a desired distance inwardly of the non-rectilinear margin periphery during the rectilinear movement of a shoe assembly, comprising the upper mounted on a last, past a roughing tool. A sensing member, movable towards and away from the shoe assembly in unison with the roughing tool, is caused to bear against the side of the shoe assembly during the shoe assembly movement and the roughing tool is so spaced from the sensing member as to be engageable with the margin. The sensing member is laterally offsettable during the shoe assembly movement to insure that the roughing tool engages the upper margin inwardly of the margin periphery during the movement of upper margin peripheral portions that are inclined with respect to the direct of rectilinear movement of the shoe assembly.

Abstract: A mechanism, operable on a shoe assembly comprised of a last having an upper mounted thereon and an insole located on its bottom, for applying cement in a cement applying stroke along the corner formed by the upper margin and the insole periphery between an initial location at a boundary between the lasted toe portion of the shoe assembly and an unlasted side portion of the shoe assembly and a final location at the heel end extremity of the shoe assembly. The cement is applied by a nozzle that is movable rearwardly in the cement applying stroke and that is swingable about a heightwise axis during its rearward movement. The cement is applied from the nozzle into the corner through a passage that extends radially from the upright axis.

Abstract: A machine, operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an upper mounted thereon and an insole located on its bottom, that applies cement in the corners between the side and heel portions of the upper margin and the peripheries of the corresponding portions of the insole prior to wiping the side and heel portions of the upper margin against the insole and attaching the wiped margin portions to the insole by means of the cement.