Improvements in Eyelets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eyelets.
I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, of Newton, in the County of Middlesex, State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to a new and improved eyelet, and consists in the novel
features of construction and relative arrangement of parts hereinafter fully
described in the Specification, clearly illustrated in the drawings, and particularly
pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying one sheet of drawing, forming a
part of this application, in which like characters indicate like parts, wherever they
occur.
In the drawings,―
Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the form of blank used in the construction
of my improved eyelet.
Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of an eyelet constructed in accordance with
my invention, a portion of the ornamental covering being broken away in order to
show the anchoring means, the blank being of the form shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the different forms of
anchoring means.
Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the covering anchored through
the apertures in the blank.
Referring to the drawings, in the embodiment of my invention there shown and
selected by me for the purpose of illustrating my invention, a represents a tubular
shaped body, one end of which is formed with a series of projections a¹, having
laterally extending parts a 2, thereby forming spaces a 3 Letween said projections,
having a contracted mouth a 4.
6 represents a covering of plastic material molded about one end of said eyelet
blank, the projections a' being embedded in said material, and the spaces a 3 being
filled by the latter. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the laterally extending
parts a 2 are situated over plastic material in the spaces a 3, thereby making it
practically impossible to pull the covering b off the blank, as might be done were
the projections straight or tapering. I am thereby enabled to anchor the ring of
plastic material on the end of the tube, without the necessity of a projecting flange,
thereby being enabled to construct a finished eyelet, the diameter of whose head is
relatively, considerably less than would be the case were the material put upon a
flange. This is an important advantage in cases where a certain sized aperture
must be provided for, and a large head to the eyelet is objectionable.
Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, the blank therein shown is formed at one end with
one or more apertures a¹. represents a covering of plastic material molded about
the end of the blank, provided with apertures, and anchored upon said blank by
being pressed into said apertures. The particular form to be given to the plastic
material, the particular form of the eyelet blank, or of the apertures are unimportant.
These may be variously modified to suit the location in which it is designed to use
the eyelet. The plastic material being once arranged upon the head by suitable
dies, and anchored in the apertures, becomes to all practical purposes an inseparable
part of the blank, the whole constituting an eyelet that is cheap in construction,
and of a high degree of durability.

page_text: In either case, it will be seen that the complete eyelet is made up of a tubular
unflanged body, with an applied setting flange at one end, composed or formed of
celluloid, or other suitable material, said flange having a flat shoulder, or under
surface, a rounded top, and having in cross section the general shape of a semi-
circle.
I am aware that it is old to construct eyelets consisting of a flanged tubular
body, and a covering placed upon said flange, but this is not my invention, which
consists of an eyelet having a tubular unflanged body, to which a setting flange is
secured, as already described. The plastic material may be molded about this
blank by any suitable mechanism.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. An eyelet, comprising in its construction, a tubular unflanged body, and a
setting flange composed of celluloid, or other suitable materials, secured to one end
of said body.
2. An eyelet, comprising in its construction, a tubular unflanged body, anchoring
means formed in its upper end, and an applied setting flange, composed of celluloid,
or other suitable materials, and engaging the anchoring means near the upper end
of said body.
3. An eyelet, comprising in its construction, a tubular unflanged body, formed
with dove-tailed projections at its upper end, and an applied setting flange composed
of celluloid, or other materials, anchored about said projections.
4. An eyelet, comprising in its construction, a tubular unflanged body, dove-tailed
projections, extending from one end of said body, constructed to form intervening
spaces having contracted openings, and a covering, or setting flange of plastic
material molded about said projections, and filling said spaces, said covering having
a rounded top and a flat under side, that is arranged at practically right angles to
the axis of the eyelet.
Dated this 24th day of February 1896.
ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.