IMPROVE- MENTS IN PUNCHING AND EYELETTING MACHINES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
I EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER of Wade Street Leeds in the County of York machine
maker and printer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PUNCHING AND EYELETTING MACHINES to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is the application and adaptation of a machine for folding,
punching, and eyeletting labels, [for the invention of which machine Letters Patent
were granted to me numbered 4299 and dated 21st October 1880] to punching and
eyeletting generally, and for operating on various materials; for example to the making
of lace holes in boot uppers and ladies stays, cards, tickets, and such like.
An eyeletting and punching machine in accordance with my invention is constructed
as follows:-
For feeding forward cards and similar articles, provide a pair of gripping jaws,
which carry forward the card to the punch; and a similar pair of gripping jaws carry
off and discharge the card into a box placed to receive it."
For other operations as punching and eyeletting boot-uppers, I prefer to feed the
material forward to the punch automatically by means of a milled or serrated feed
roller, actuated from some moving part of the machine.
The punching operation is performed by means of a punch and die. The punch is
mounted on a sliding piece and actuated by a cam, through a rod or lever. The die
is mounted on a swing frame. The material is held during punching by a presser
foot. After the punching operation has been completed and the punch raised, the
swing frame is moved sideways by means of a pin and slot, thereby moving the die
out of the way to allow for the insertion of the eyelet in the hole.
The eyelet is carried on an eyelet pin attached to the end of a rising rod. The
eyelets are fed one by one on to this pin from the spout of a feed box. The spout
is each time moved forwards close to the eyelet pin, and then stops, whilst the eyelet
pin drops. The spout then moves forward bringing the bottom eyelet directly over
the eyelet pin, and remains stationary until the eyelet pin rises within the eyelet.
The spout is then withdrawn leaving the eyelet on the pin. The rising rod above
mentioned then raises and inserts the eyelet in the hole in the material. The punch
then descends on the die clenching the eyelet, at the same time causing the eyelet
pin (which is kept projecting by a spring) to recede within the end of the rising rod.
Should it be desired to perform the operations of punching and eyeletting separately;
or to punch only, or to eyelet only, these may in many cases be so performed on my
machine as above described, or one or other part may be omitted in the construction
of the machine.
T IT ADR
JEFFERSON

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Punching and Eyeletting Machines.
I EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER of Wade Street Leeds in the County of York machine
maker and printer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of my Invention is the application and adaptation of a machine for
folding, punching and eyeletting labels [for the invention of which machine Letters
Patent were granted to me numbered 4299 and dated 21st October 1880] to punching
and eyeletting generally, and for operating on various materials, for example to the
making of lace holes in boot uppers and ladies stays, cards, tickets, and such like.
An eyeletting and punching machine in accordance with my invention is constructed
as follows:-
For feeding forward cards and similar articles, I provide a pair of gripping jaws
which carry forward the card to the punch; and a similar pair of gripping-jaws carry
off and discharge the card into a box placed to receive it.
For other operations as punching and eyeletting boot uppers, I prefer to feed the
material forward to the punch automatically by means of a milled or serrated feed
roller, actuated from some moving part of the machine.
The punching operation is performed by means of a punch and dye. The punch is
mounted on a sliding piece and actuated by a cam, through a rod or lever. The die
is mounted on a swing frame. The material is held during punching by a presser
foot. After the punching operation has been completed and the punch raised, the
swing frame is moved to one side by means of a pin and slot, thereby moving the die
out of the way to allow for the insertion of the eyelett in the hole. The eyelett is
carried on an eyelett pin attached to the end of a rising rod. The eyelets are fed one
by one on to this pin from the spout of a feed box. The spout is each time moved
forwards close to the eyelett pin, and then stops, whilst the eyelett pin drops. The
spout then moves forwards bringing the bottom eyelett directly over the eyelett pin,
and remains stationary until the eyelett pin rises within the eyelett. The spout is then
withdrawn leaving the eyelett on the pin. The rising rod above mentioned then raises
and inserts the eyelett in the hole in the material. The punch then descends on the
die clinching the eyelet, at the same time causing the eyelet pin (which is kept
projecting by a spring), to recede within the end of the rising rod.
Should it be desired to perform the operations of punching and eyeletting separately;
or to punch only, or to eyelet only, these may in many cases be so performed in my
machine as above described, or one or other part may be omitted in the construction
of the machine.
And in order that my Invention may be more clearly and completely understood
reference is given to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and marks
thereon

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan looking on the top
of a punching and eyeletting machine constructed in accordance with my Invention.
Fig. 4 shews a modification in the feeding arrangements.
The punching operation is performed by means of a punch a and die b. The punch a
is mounted on a sliding piece c actuated by a cam d through the lever e, vertical rod f,
and lever g. The die 6 is mounted on a swing frame h. In some cases the material
is held during punching and eyeletting by a pressor-foot (not shown in the drawings),
as is usual in sewing machines. After the punching operation has been completed
and the punch a raised, the swing frame h is moved to one side by means of a pin i
and the slot j, thereby moving the die b out of the way to allow for the insertion of
the eyelet in the hole. The eyelet is carried on an eyelet pin attached to the top of a
rising rod k. The eyelets are fed one by one on to this pin from the spout / of a feed
box m.
The spout is moved forwards each time, so that the end thereof is close to the eye-
let pin in the rising rod k, when the spout remains stationary for an instant whilst the
eyelet pin drops. The spout then moves forwards bringing the bottom eyelet directly
over the eyelet pin, and the spout remains stationary until the eyelet pin rises within
the eyelet. The spout is then withdrawn leaving the eyelet on the pin. The rising
rod above mentioned then rises and inserts the eyelet in the hole in the material.
The punch a then descends on the die at the end of the rising rod, clinching the eye-
let and causing at the same time the eyelet pin, (which is kept projecting through the
hole in the last mentioned die by a spring), to recede within the end of the rising
rod . The spout / and feed box m are moved to and fro as above described from the
rising rod k by means of the link z, and levers 1, 2 and 3; the motion being modified
by the action of the levers y actuated by the cam x.
For feeding forward cards and similar articles I provide a pair of gripping
jaws (m² m²) hinged together which lay hold of and carry forward the card to the
punch x. A similar pair of gripping jaws (n n') carry off and discharge the card
into a box placed to receive it. The top and bottom of the (above mentioned gripping)
jaws are pressed together by means of springs placed on the axis r on which the jaws
are hinged. The jaws are opened at the proper times to receive and release the cards
by means of the cam o, lever p, and rod q. Both sets of gripping jaws are connected
to one slide s in the tablet of the machine; such slides being actuated to and fro
from the rising rod k by means of the links u and v and the rocking lever w.
Fig. 4 shews a modification of this last described arrangement for feeding forward
automatically articles such as boot uppers having curved or irregular edges. In this 4, 4,
are a pair of gripping jaws attached to a slides on the tablet of the machine. The
slide sis moved in one direction by means of a wedge 5 on the end of a vertical rod 6
actuated by the cam o Fig. 1. The slide is brought back by means of a spring.
The gripping jaws are opened at the proper time by means of a second lug or projection
on the cam o, through the vertical rod 7 and hinged lever 8. During the return motion
of the jaws 4, 4, the punch remains in the eyelet, so that the boot upper is moved about
this as a pivot during the return motion of the jaws 4, 4. This arrangement ensures
that the eyelet holes are punched at equal distances from the edge of the material.
For punching and eyeletting boot uppers and other objects having irregular or
curved edges I sometimes prefer to feed these forward by means of milled feed rollers
(parallel or conical) such feed rollers being actuated at the proper time by means of
the cam o.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
In machines for punching and eyeletting generally other objects than those referred
to in the specification of my former Letters Patent No. 4299 of 21st of October 1880.

page_text: 1° The rising rod k carrying the eyelet pin and serving also to actuate the swing
frame h gripping jaws m¹, m¹ and n n¹ and feed box m substantially as herein set forth
and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2° The swing frame h carrying the die b.
3° The gripping jaws m³, m² and n n' for feeding forward and discharging the objects
to be punched and eyeletted actuated substantially as herein set forth and shewn in
the accompanying drawings.
4° The gripping jaws 4, 4, Fig. 4 for feeding forward objects to be punched having
curved or irregular edges, and the holding of such objects by the punch acting as a
pivot during the return motion of the jaws for the purpose of ensuring the punching
of the holes at a uniform distance from the edge of the material substantially as herein
set forth.
5° The use of milled or serrated, parallel or conical feed rollers actuated from a
cam on the main shaft substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.