Toe lasting of shoes

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR LASTING THE TOES OF SHOE UPPERS EACH MOUNTED UPON A GRADED LAST, COMPRISING A MACHINE FRAME CARRYING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A LEAST, A WIPER ASSEMBLY CARRYING WIPING MEANS FOR DRAWING UPPER MATERIALS SMOOTHLY ABOUT THE TOES OF LASTS AND MOVABLE ON SAID FRAME HEIGHTWISE IN RELATION TO THE TOE ENDS OF LASTS SUPPORTED ON THE FRAME, MOTIVE MEANS OPERATED BY FLUID PRESSURE THE CONNECTED TO POWER MOVEMENT OF SAID WIPER ASSEMBLY IN RELATION TO SAID FRAME, MEANS FOR ADMITTING PRESSURIZED GASEOUS GLUID TO SAID MOTIVE MEANS TO POWER UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID WIPER ASSEMBLY IN RELATION TO SAID FRAME BY SAID MOTIVE MEANS, HYDRAULIC STOPPING MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDER AND PISTON ASSEMBLY FILLED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY IMCOMPRESSIBLE LIQUID, A RESERVOIR FOR THE LIQUID, NORMALLY-OPEN VALVE MEANS COMMUNICATING THE LIQUID IN SAID STOPPING MEANS WITH SAID RESERVOR, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO HEIGHTWISE ORIENTATIONS OF PREDETERMINED PORTIONS OF LASTS SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME CLOSING SAID VALVE MEANS AND THEREBY STOPPING UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE WIPER ASSEMBLY WHEN SAID WIPER ASSEMBLY IS IN PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOE END OF THE LASTS FOR THE LASTING OF THE UPPER ABOUT THE TOES.