(57) In tack seat lasting machines, operator skill is often required because of irregularities
in last manufacture, especially in drilling the last pin hole. Thus automatic presentation
is difficult. In accordance with the invention the last pin (32') is mounted for limited
rocking movement about an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe bottom, and shoe centralising
means (424) engages edges of the shoe, at opposite sides of the last pin, to ensure
alignment with a longitudinal centre line of the machine. Furthermore, the rocking
axis can be adjusted angularly, about a heightwise axis, to locate it substantially
in the heel-to-toe plane of the shoe. The centralised shoe is then clamped by a holddown
(406), the centralising means released, and the shoe heel end clamped by a heel band
(520) which, by equalised pressure being applied to both "legs" thereof, holds the
shoe in position as presented.
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