Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1887
Complete Left, 10th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
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ARTHUR GARRETT Towcester Watchmaker and Jeweller and GEORGE WEBSTER
Astcoto Shoemaker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
The punch is driven by a moving cylinder, having a motion perpendicular to the
base of the machine. Near the lower end of the moving cylinder, an L shaped peice
of steel is attached by a joint at its upper extremity, the long arm of the L being
parallel with the cylinder, the short arm at right angles covering up the lower end of
the cylinder. The Punch is fastened to the short arm of the Land thus hangs beneath
the cylinder, and true to its centre. The cylinder being depressed drives the Punch
down and perforates the leather or other material, and as it rises, a plunger or piston,
called the crumping rod, decends the cylinder, moves the L peice carrying the punch
from its central position and emerges from the bottom of the cylinder, thus occupying
the position the punch has left. The crumping-rod is here met by a carrier supplied
with eyelets from a revolving drum. The crumping rod takes from the carrier an
eyelet, and continuing its downward stroke, drives the eyelet in the hole prepared by
the punch to receive it.
When the machine is punching the hole, a brass punching plate is beneath the
leather under the punch, but as the crumping rod decends with the eyelet, the plate
is moved away, and a properly formed steel crumping block is brought into position,
and between the crumping rod and the crumping block the eyelet is securely fixed in
the material.
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GEORGE WEBSTER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Self Feeding Punching and Eyeletting Machine.
We, ARTHUR GARRETT of High Street Towcester, Watchmaker, and GEORGE
WEBSTER of Astcote Shoemaker, both in the county of Northampton 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:
In machines as at present constructed the punching, eyeletting and hooking
operations are performed on separate machines.
Attempts have been made to perform the punching and eyeletting, on one machine,
either by causing the eyelet to punch its own hole, or by causing a hole to be first
punched and forcing therein an eyelet of a greater external diameter than that of
the punch. The defects of these machines are well known.
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A machino called a "twin punching and eyeletting machine," has also been
invented, consisting of an ordinary punch, and eyelet machine, mounted side by side
in one frame, and actuated by two or more treadles. These treadles are fixed side
by side and close together. Should the operator on this machine, when punching
the first holo near the "vamp" of an upper" misplace his foot on the treadles,
the crumping rod would descend and drive an eyelet through the " vamp," and so
spoil the "upper," or a mistake made with the treadles when clenching the last
eyelet would entail a similar disaster. Our invention is not open to these objections,
and it will as described by the following specifications and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings, punch and eyelet, punch and hook, hook only, or eyelet
only. The machine is worked with but one treadle, and this treadle is connected
by a cord or rod to the main lever of machine marked A.
The manner in which our invention is carried out is thus described.
A machine punching a hole and securing therein the eyelot or hook by one
motion of a lever.
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The lever A Fig. 1 and 9 being depressed, a Cam B acting on one end of a
horizontal bar called a punching slide D, which is jointed to a pivotted link E,
drives down the punching cylinder F carrying the punch G, which perforates the
material. B then disengages from D, and the lever A continuing its stroke, Cam C
acting on a roller connected by a lever and link H to F, raises cylinder F to its
first position.
Lever A still descending, then drives through F Fig. 1 a piston I called a
crumping rod. The punch G Fig. 1 and 6 is connected to cylinder F by an
Lshaped piece of steel.
The long arm of the L piece being jointed near the lower end of F, and when
punching, lies in a slot in its lower end, the short arm of the L covering the lower
end of F. The punch is fastened to the bottom of the piece, and thus hangs beneath F
but attached thereto, and when punching is true to the centre of F. As I descends
through F the lower end of I moves the piece on its joint, forcing the lower end

page_text: outwards, and 1, emerging from the bottom of F, occupies the position the punch has
left. The lower end of I is fitted with a central needle J, called a tit, driven down-
wards by a spring but free to work upwards in crumping rod I. At this part of the
stroke of lever A, J is met by a feeding carrier K, Fig. 8 supplied with eyelets
from a revolving box or drum M..
The curved end of K is brought under tit J, which enters and takes an eyelet
and being driven down as lever A finishes its stroke, carries the eyelet into the
hole made by the punch. The eyelet being clenched at the end of stroke by the
end of crumping rod I upon a steel crumping block N Fig. 1 which is moved into
position at the proper time by a roller O Fig. 9 actuating a lever P linked to a
slide N working in a groove in the bed of machine.
The slide N Fig. 1 carrying both the crumping and punching blocks. The levor A
Fig. 9 is then raised by a spring Q, and as it ascends the free end of slide Dis
forced beneath cam B by a spring, and the machine is then ready for punching the
next hole.
If the upward motion of lever A is arrested by a stop, before slide D can pass
under cam B, the machine will not punch, and it can then be used as a self feeding
eyeletter, or hooker upon uppers that have been already punched.
If the machine is required to punch only, the carrier K Fig. 8 and feeder tube 9
Fig. 14 are disconnected from Z, and the machine will only punch holes.
EYELET FEED.
The main lever A Fig. 3 is fitted upon its side with a roller R, which in its
descent by means of links S, carries a pawl T over the teeth of a ratchet wheel U,
as lever rises the links are forced upwards by a spring, and the pawl engaging in
ratchet wheel causes the ratchet wheel to revolve: The latter is firmly fixed to the
centre of a drum or box M, called a feeding box Fig. 2 and 8. The front of box M,
is partly covered by a stationary plate V, against which the flange of box M
revolves.
To the outside of V the hopper W, for holding the supply of eyelets, is affixed.
The eyelets fall from the hopper through a space in V into the feeding box M.
The flange of M Fig. S is perforated with a circle of holes, and as the box
revolves the eyelets fall into the holes in the flange, and are thus carried up to the
top. They are prevented from falling out by their own weight by a guard X
Fig. 5, which consists of a curved piece of metal the width of the flange of M
extending from the point of connection with feeder carrier K Fig. 2 at the top,
to the centre line of box M, and sufficiently close to the inside of flange.
When the eyelets reach the top they fall into the carrier K, Fig. 2-7 and 8
which is a curved piece of metal pivotted at its upper extremity _ between two
projecting lugs on plate V, such curved piece having an undercut or T groove wide
enough at the bottom to carry the flange of the eyelets freely, and extending from
the top of feeding box M to the position occupied by the punch C.
As cam B Fig. 9 disengages from the punching slide D, the lower end of
carrier K Fig. 8 is brought under tit J Fig. 1 and 6 by a lever Y, Fig. 12 which
is fixed to a vertical rod Z, Fig. 8 the rod being turned upon its axis by a click 2.
on the main lever A Fig. 7 acting on a roller projecting at right angles from the
upper end of vertical rod Z, during the descent of lever A. As pawl T is carried
over the teeth of ratchet wheel U Fig: 3 the latter is held by a hook 3, which
having a slight lateral or endwise motion on its axis as shown at 3 Fig. 3 allows the
ratchet wheel to slightly reverse, and so prevents the possibility of eyelets blocking in
the feeding box.

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The hook box 6 Fig. 14 revolves on a stud at an angle of about 45 degrees,
and is moved by a roller 4 Fig. 13 on main lever actuating a forked lever 5
connected by a link to an
arm carrying a pawl operating the ratchet wheel
attached to the hook box 6. Near the flange of look box a ring of metal 7
Fig. 15 is fixed, with sufficient space between it and the inside of flange
of box 6 to allow the heads of eyelet hooks to fall. Inside this ring are six or more
projecting pieces of metal which carry the hooks with the box as the latter revolves.
The hooks will arrange themselves upon the inner ring, and are carried by the pro-
jections to the delivery point, and are there taken off the ring by the hook guide 8
Fig. 15. They then fall into the feeder tube 9, and from thence into the look
bridge 10 Fig. 18, by their own weight. The hook carrier 9 Fig. 17 and 18 is jointed
below feed box and at its lower end is fitted with a slide 11, to which slide, is jointed
the look bridge 10, and when slide 11 is drawn up by spring 13 Fig. 14, and bridge 10
is drawn up by spring 12 Fig. 18, a hook can fall direct into the bridge from feeder
tube 9. When using the hooking apparatus the eyelet tube or feed carrier K Fig. S
is disconnected from lever Y and the hooking feeder 9 Fig. 14 is connected by a hook
link 14 to a lever 15 securely fixed to vertical rod Z. As main lever decends, a hole
is punched as previously described, and click 2 on main lever A Fig. 7 turns vertical
rod Z, causing lever 15 to draw the hook carrier 9 towards the crumping rod I. The
bridge 10 then turning on the axis connecting it to slide 11, assumes a horizontal
position, soc Fig. 17, being brought down by its links L1 and L2 Fig. 13 and 17,
actuated by a roller or stud A 2 Fig. 13 during the travel of feeder tube 9 towards the
crumping rod I. The bridge 10 Fig. 17 is drawn under the crumping rod, until the
stem of the hook, which is in the bridge, is immediately over the hole previously made
by the punch. The stem of the hook being downwards as shown by the hook in the
bridge 10 Fig. 17. The main lever A Fig. 1 still decending, drives down the
crumping rod, and as the centre of bridge 10 Fig. 17 is then below, and true to
the contre of crumping rod, the bridge (containing the hook to be inserted) is driven
down by the lower end of crumping rod I pressing on the top of Bridge 10 Fig. 17,
and as the main lever finishes its stroke the crumping rod driving down the bridge
containing the hook, forces the stem of the hook into the hole in the leather, and the
crumping block N₁ Fig. 1 being then beneath the hole, the hook is securely clenched
in the material. The mouth or gap of the hook is filled by the lower plate of the
bridge, consequently, when the end of crumping rod decends on the top of the bridge
the lower plate of bridge filling the gap or mouth of the hook communicates the
pressure of the crumping rod to the stem of the hook without bending or damaging
the head. The bridge 10 Fig. 17 is attached by a joint to the lower end of the piece
of metal called a slide 11 Fig. 13 and 17, this slide works up and down outside, but in
contact with hook carrier or feeder tube 9 Fig. 17 and 18, and when bridge 10 Fig. 18
is in the position to receive its hook from hook carrier 9, the bridge is held up by
spring 12, the slide 11 being held up by spring 13 Fig. 14.
As 9 Fig. 18 is drawn towards the machine, L 1 and L 2 Fig. 13, being moved by
touching a roller or stud A2 turn the bridge on its axis, as shown at 10 Fig. 17, and
crumping rod decending on the bridge, forces the bridge, and the slide to which it
is jointed down to the material as previously described. The bridge and slide resume
the position shown in Fig. 18 as the crumping rod rises. Fig. 4, shows the way K is
jointed to stationary plate V. Fig. 16 is section of hook carrier 9, with finger of a
rocking toggle 16 Fig. 18 intercepting hook in hook carrier-or feeder tube.
Fixed to the feeder tube 9 Fig. 18 is a rocking toggle and cam 16; carrying two
fingers or studs, projecting into feeder tube and operated by a fixed stud, and so
arranged as to allow only one hook to pass into the bridge 10 at the end of return
stroke of feeder tube 9.
The hook is secured in bridge 10 Fig. 17 and 18, during its movement from a
vertical to an horizontal position, by a rod 17, in bridge 10, carrying two projecting
studs held in position by a spring, and operated by the motion of the bridge in such a
way that one of the projecting studs holds the hook in the bridge by pressure of the
Spring mentioned.

page_text: GUIDE OR Gauge.
A duplex guide or gauge is attached to the machine for regulating the distance
between the holes punched by the machine. These guides or gauges are situated on
either side of the slide N Fig. 8 and are elevated or depressed by the motion of a
transverse bolt, having an endwise motion from left to right, or right to left, through
the base of the machine, and are so arranged that when one is above the level of the
bed plate the other is below. The guide pins being adjustable in the guide or gauge
Having now particularly described the nature of our said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is,
First. The self feeding, punching eyeletting, and hooking, machine, punching a
hole, and affixing therein an eyelet or hook with one movement of a lever, substantially
as herein described and illustrated.
Second. The punching cylinder with the jointed punch attachment, substantially as
herein described and illustrated.
Third. The crumping rod working in centre of punching cylinder, substantially as
herein described and illustrated.
Fourth. The punching slide, with cam on main lever, actuating the punching
cylinder, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Fifth. Duplex guides or gauges, substantially as herein described and illustrated..
Sixth. The vertical rod with its attachments to the hooking and eyeletting apparatus,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Seventh. The eyelet feed box, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Eighth. The revolving hook feed box, with internal ring marked 7 Fig. 15 on
accompanying drawings, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Ninth. The hook guide 8, hook carrier 9, the bridge-slide and bridge, substantially
as herein described and illustrated.
Tonth. The combination of the various parts forming the punching, eyelotting, and
hooking machine, as a whole, constructed and arranged substantially as herein
described and illustrated.
Dated this Seventh day of March 1888.
ARTHUR GARRETT.
GEORGE WEBSTER.