摘要 |
<p>The side lasting machine has a shoe support (10) and two side lasting assemblies (16) arranged one at each side of the shoe support. Each assembly (16) comprises a plurality of lasting fingers (46), a plurality of clamp pads (72), disposed each beneath a pair of the fingers (46), and a plurality of lasting bands (128), depending one from each finger (46) and interposed between the pads (72) and shoe upper. The clamp pads (72) are mounted for limited heightwise sliding movement in mountings therefor, the arrangement being such that the heightwise position of any one of the pads in relation to the shoe support will not be affected when it is urged against a substantially vertically ending last wall portion, but when it is urged against a last wall portion which is significantly inclined to the vertical, it will be caused to move upwardly in its mounting. In this way, the upper can be clamped against the last, relatively closely to the featherline, without requiring a left/right switching arrangement.</p> |