IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF- FEEDING EYELET MACHINES FOR SECURING EYELETS IN BOOTS, SHOES, STAYS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN BUCHANAN of 104 Temple Street, in the City of Bristol, Machine Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-
FEEDING EYELET MACHINES FOR SECURING EYELETS IN BOOTS, SHOES, STAYS
AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists, first, in making the upper solid or male die holder of
self-feeding eyelet machines adjustable whereby the die therein held may be
brought exactly above the lower or female die.
The bearing which carries the spindle in which the lower or female die is
contained inay also be made adjustable for equivalent reasons.
This Invention consists, secondly, in the means employed to actuate the brush
whereby the eyelets are fed to the feeding shoot.
Partly embracing the outer end of the brush spindle is a fork or slotted lever
pivotted on a pin secured to a bracket or arm forming part of the machine frame.
By the action of the shoot, to which motion is ordinarily imparted from the
treadle, the brush is caused to partially rotate, the range of rotation being greater
than has heretofore been obtained by the means employed. In lieu of the above
arrangement for rotating the brush, a pinion may be fitted on the outer end of the
brush spindle which pinion may be made to gear with a rack conveniently fixed on
the frame.
This Invention relates, thirdly, to the means whereby the feeding shoot is
withdrawn from between the dies after each eyelet is supplied to the eyelet
receiver.
The lever by which the spindle of the lower or female die is actuated is slotted
at a desired point to receive a stud on which is carried a roller. The stud is
adjustable in the slot of the lever. The roller bears upon the toe of a second
lever connected to the feeding shoot, and the arrangement is such that when, by
actuating the first mentioned lever, the eyelet receiver is raised and receives an
eyelet, the roller aforesaid is brought to bear upon the toe of the second lever
which is thereby tilted and withdraws the shoot so that the end of the latter is

page_text: clear of the dies. The roller stud being, as aforesaid, adjustable in the slot of the
first lever, its position may be altered to compensate for wear both of the roller
and the surface of the second lever on which it bears.
The shoot may be actuated by hand and so become charged with eyelets without
necessitating motion of the lever by which the receiver spindle is raised.
I, JOHN BUCHANAN, of 104, Temple Street, in the City of Bristol, Machine
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SELF-FEEDING EYELET MACHINES FOR SECURING EYELETS IN BOOTS, SHOES, STAYS
AND OTHER ARTICLES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
My said Invention consists, first, in making the upper solid or male die holder of
self-feeding eyelet machines adjustable whereby the die therein held may be
brought exactly above the lower or female die.
The bearing which carries the spindle in which the lower or female die is
contained may also be made adjustable for similar reasons.
My Invention consists, secondly, in the means employed to actuate the brush
whereby the eyelets are fed to the feeding shoot. Partly embracing the outer end
of the brush spindle is a fork or slotted lever pivotted on a pin secured to a bracket
or arm attached to or forming part of the frame of the machine. By the action of
the shoot, to which motion is ordinarily imparted from the treadle, the brush is
caused to partially rotate, the range of rotation being greater than has been obtained
by the means heretofore employed. In lieu of the above set forth arrangement for
rotating the brush, a pinion may be fitted on the outer end of the brush spindle
which pinion may be made to gear with a rack conveniently fixed on the frame.
My Invention relates, thirdly, to the means whereby the feeding shoot is
withdrawn from between the dies after each eyelet is supplied to the eyelet
receiver. The lever by which the spindle of the lower or female die is actuated is
slotted at a desired point to receive a stud on which is carried a roller. The stud
is adjustable in the slot of the lever. The roller bears upon the toe of a second
lever connected to the feeding shoot, and the arrangement is such that when, by
actuating the first mentioned lever, the eyelet receiver is raised and receives an
eyelet, the roller aforesaid is brought to bear upon the toe of the second lever
which is thereby tilted and causes the shoot to be withdrawn so that the end of
the latter is clear of the dies. The roller stud being, as aforesaid, adjustable in the
slot of the first lever, its position may be altered to compensate for wear both of the
roller and the surface of the second lever on which it bears.

page_text: And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, I now
proceed more particularly to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings and the Figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1, on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, represents a side elevation of
a self feeding eyelet machine having the improvements constituting my Invention
applied thereto.
The
The holder A in which is held the upper solid or male die, is made apart from
the frame C and is secured by the screws c to the flange B of the frame.
holes formed in the flange B to receive the screws c are made larger than the said
screws to permit of the adjustment of the die holder A to bring the die a exactly
over the lower hollow or female die b. Thus when, from any cause, the adjustment
of the dies, necessary for the proper execution of work, is disturbed or destroyed
the die holder A is moved to restore it.
The bearing D which carries the spindle d in which the lower or female die b is
contained may be also made apart from the frame C and adjusted to the desired
position thereon by the screws d².
One method, comprised in my said Invention, of actuating the brush whereby the
eyelets are fed to the shoot E consists in the employment of the fork or slotted
lever made to partially grasp the flat sided block e¹ secured by the pin e* to the
lower end of the spindle e shaped as shown. The brush F and eyelet box G are
of the ordinary form.
The fork or slotted lever i is pivotted to the pin o carried at the outer end of the
arm I attached to or forming part of the frame C. At Fig. 2 is shown a plan,
partly diagramatic, of the block e¹ and the fork or slotted lever i.
As motion is imparted to the shoot E and the box G forced back on the
pivots g g³, the fork or lever i is turned outward on the pin o, the lower end of the
spindle e is forced to recede towards the pivot pin o, and the brush F rotates in
one direction as the box G is moved back and in the opposite direction as the box
returns.
A greater range of rotation of the brush is obtained under this arrangement for
actuating it than by the ratchet and pawl or other means hitherto adopted for the
purpose.
Under another arrangement a pinion may be secured to the lower end of the
spindle e and made to gear with a rack formed upon the arm I, so that by the
motion, as aforesaid, of the shoot E, the pinion would be rotated.
My Invention relates further to the means whereby the shoot E is withdrawn
from the dies a and b after each eyelet is taken off by the eyelet receiver n.
The lever M through which the spindle d is actuated is slotted at m to receive
the stud P on which is carried the roller s. The stud P is adjustable in the slot m
by means of the nut u. The roller is adjusted to bear against the lever R
pivotted to the frame C at r, and to the shoot E at r. The lever M is connected
to the working treadle by the rod p or by other suitable means. When the said
lever M is tilted on its pivot m' and the spindle d thereby raised to receive an
eyelet on the receiver n, the adjustment of the parts of the mechanism is such
that when the receiver n has received an eyelet the roller s is brought to exert a
downward pressure on the toe of the lever R which is thus tilted on its pivot 7,
and the shoot E is withdrawn clear of the dies a and b which then act upon the
eyelet and the substance in which the eyelet is to be fixed, in the usual manner.
As the face of the rollers and the surface of the lever R, against which it
bears, become worn, the position of the roller is altered accordingly by adjusting
the stud P as required in the slot m of the lever M.
The shoot E may be moved backwards and forwards by hand, and thus, at any
desired time become charged with eyelets without motion of the spindle & and
lever M being necessitated.
At Fig. 3 is shown a modification of the form of the toe of the lever R. With
this modification, as the lever M resumes the position in which it is shown at

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Fig. 1, after having been actuated to cause an eyelet to be fixed, the roller & is
influenced to assist the shoot E to return to its normal position.
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
1. The employment, in a self-feeding eyelet machine, of the movable die holder A
for adjustment of the upper or male die a substantially as described and illustrated.
2. Making the bearing D of the spindle d separate from the frame C and
adjustable thereon, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
3. The fork or slotted lever i pivotted and operating upon the spindle e to rotate
the brush F to feed the eyelets to the shoot E, substantially as described.
4. The use, in a self-feeding eyelet machine, of a pinion carried on the lower end
of the brush spindle and gearing with a rack secured to or formed in one piece, with
the frame for the purpose of actuating the brush to feed the eyelets to the shoot.
5. In a self-feeding eyelet machine, the employment of the stud P and roller s
adjustable in the slot m of the lever M as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 15th day of July 1901