Apparatus for contouring surfaces of articles

摘要

Apparatus for shaping a surface of an article such as a shoe sole platform has a carriage reciprocable between a loading and unloading position and a remote position. The carriage has a work holder operable to clamp in place an article positioned therein. The path of the carriage is so spaced relative to the periphery of a rotatable cutting member that the clamped article is engageable therewith as the carriage is reciprocated and the carriage has a cam operable to control the position of the cutting member relative to the article and thereby control the contouring of its exposed surface as it is reciprocated. Control means are operative to effect an operating cycle in which the article is clamped, the carriage reciprocated, and the article unclamped when the carriage returns to its starting position. The path of the carriage is shown as below the rotatable member with the work holder holding the clamped article in a rearwardly and upwardly inclined position.