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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1985
Richard M Elliott, Beverly, MA (US);
Larry L Holland, Beverly, MA (US);
Thomas J Gilligan, III, Danvers, MA (US);
John F Martin, Essex, MA (US);
Lawrence P Ciccia, Medford, MA (US);
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An adjustable guide arrangement for aligning a substrate such as a shoe upper to be treated with a reinforcing substance, onto a biased plate of a rotatable cube for subsequent pressing against a carrier belt of a reinforcing machine. The guide arrangement comprises a housing adjustably supported on a frame portion of the machine, the housing holding a piston and cylinder unit having a piston rod therefrom which secures a guide bracket. The bracket has several slots therein which each adjustably support a guide pin. The guide pins are registerable with the biased plate, and act as an adjustable backstop for the substrate as they are being loaded onto the rotatable cube. The piston rod is retractable into the cylinder, to pull the guide pins out of the way of the cube as it is caused to rotate.