Coating mechanism for skived shoe soles

Claim 1

A COATING MACHINE COMPRISING A CONTAINER FOR A POOL OF LIQUID, A COATING ROLL ROTATABLE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS MOUNTED IN SAID CONTAINER, A HORIZONTAL TABLE MOUNTED ON SAID CONTAINER AT ONE SIDE OF SAID ROLL ON A LEVEL BELOW THE TOP OF SAID ROLL, SAID TABLE HAVING A BEVELED EDGE IN ADJUSTABLE PROXIMITY TO SAID ROLL, A SERIES OF SPRING FINGERS SUPPORTED ABOVE SAID TABLE AND SLOPING FORWARD AND DOWNWARD AT AN ANGLE TO THE SURFACE OF THE ROLL AND RESILIENTLY PRESSING ON SAID BEVELED EDGE WHEREBY A WORK-PIECE ADVANCING BETWEEN THE BEVELED EDGE AND THE FINGERS INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROLL IS FLEXED SHARPLY UPWARD AT THE LINE OF CONTACT, MEANS FOR FEEDING WORK-PIECES ACROSS SAID TABLE TOWARD SAID ROLL, A SLOPING DEFLECTOR MOUNTED ABOVE AND BEYOND SAID ROLL IS POSITION TO BE ENGAGED BY WORK-PIECES FLEXED UPWARD BY SAID ROLL, AND A HORIZONTAL WIPER BAR YIELDINGLY SUPPORTED UNDER SAID DEFLECTOR IN POSITION TO BE ENGAGED BY THE COATING SIDE OF WORK-PIECE PASSING SAID DEFLECTOR.