Abstract: This invention relates to an automatic toe forming machine for shoes, in particular shoes designed for dancers and gymnasts. The machine according to the invention comprises a last holding assembly, a first assembly of mechanical fingers movable to a working position in which they rest against the toe of a shoe last contained in said last holding assembly, and a second assembly of mechanical fingers movable to a working position in which they are disposed between the fingers of the first assembly so as to make the vamp covering the last assembly a pattern in the form of folds, its path passing under the fingers of one assembly and over the fingers of the other.

Abstract: A machine for assembling uppers directly on assembly forms which comprises means for removably blocking at least a form against rotation and translation, means for holding an upper predisposed for string lasting assemblage and an insole which is externally covered with glue on the form, grasping members for removably engaging the string projecting from the upper whose movement may be controlled so as to pull the string in order to have the tip and the heel of the upper adhere to the glue of the insole placed on the form, and finally elements for pressing the uppers so as to cause them to adhere to the insole.