A New or impro
Year: 1898

page_text: A New or impro
We, THOMAS WEARDEN, of 559, Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Engineer, and
EDWARD PENNINGTON, of 4, Hazel Grove, Longsight, Clerk, both in Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for piercing cloth and similar material
and for fixing eyelets in the holes formed by the piercers.
The piercers are arranged in a row upon a vertically moving slide or bar.
Above the piercers the ends of the eyelet shoots protrude, and above the eyelet
shoots is placed a row of fixed dies or anvils against which the eyelets are
clinched. The row of dies corresponds with the row of piercers.
When
The operation of the machine is as follows. The cloth or other material is
placed in position between the piercers and the ends of the eyelet shoots. The
piercers move upwards and penetrate the cloth which is supported by the ends
of the shoots. By their continued upward movements the ends of the piercers
enter into and engage with the eyelets held in the ends of the shoots.
this has occurred the ends of the shoots are withdrawn. The piercers still move
upwards carrying with them the perforated cloth and the eyelets until they come
into contact with the fixed row of dies. The eyelets are then forced into the
cloth and are rivetted or clinched between the dies and the piercers. The
piercers are then withdrawn downwards and the perforated and eyeletted cloth
is removed.
When perforating, the piercers pass between the ends of adjacent shoots or
between horns or extensions formed thereon or attached thereto. Each piercer
consists of two parts:
:-a reduced pointed portion by means of which perforation
is effected, and a surrounding collar or shoulder arranged at a suitable distance
from the point and by means of which the eyelet is clinched against the fixed die.
Each fixed die is bored for the reception of the reduced pointed portion of a piercer so
that the shoulder of the piercer and the bottom of the die may approach each
The eyelets are held in
other and force the eyelet into the cloth and clinch it.
the shoots with their flanged parts uppermost.
The shoots are preferably all supplied from a common box which is pivotted
or otherwise suitably mounted so as to be capable of movement to withdraw the
shoots from the path of the piercers.
Any convenient mechanism may be employed to effect the movement of the
different parts, but it is preferred to construct the machine with a main shaft
which is driven by means of a pinion from the first shaft. This main shaft
reciprocates the slide carrying the piercers by means of excentrics or cranks.

page_text: This slide preferably carries a slotted link or connecting rod which, after the
piercers have moved upwards to the desired extent, comes into contact with a
stud or the like attached to the shoots or the eyelet box, and moves the shoots
out of the way, where they are frictionally held by a brake or the like, until upon
the downward movement of the slide after the clinching has been performed,
the other end of the slot in the link comes into contact with the stud and restores
the shoots to their original positions.
The eyelet box extends across the machine and the eyelets are fed forward
into the shoots by a brush or its equivalent as is well known. This brush is
preferably kept constantly reciprocating whether the machine is actually work-
ing or not.
For this purpose the first shaft carries a small crank or excentric
which is connected to a bell-crank lever pivotted to the machine framing. One
arm of this lever abuts against one arm of a spring controlled crank lever which
in its turn communicates motion to the brush or the like in the eyelet box.
Through the two crank levers not being joined together but only abutting the
second lever may be operated by hand at any time.
The main shaft of the machine may be thrown in and out of action by a clutch
controlled by a treadle.
It will of course be understood that this invention is equally applicable to a
machine with one piercer, shoot, and die, although it has been described with
reference to a machine having a plurality of such devices.
Each eyelet shoot is preferably formed with interior divergent walls, the
flanges of the eyelets passing along the widest part of the shoot. This form of
shoot is more easily kept free from dirt than that commonly employed in which
a cross section of the passage roughly approximates to the shape of the eyelet.
Dated this 28th day of September A.D. 1898.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.
A New or Improved Piercing and Eyeletting Machine.
We, THомAS WEARDEN, of 559, Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Engineer, and
EDWARD PENNINGTON, of 4, Hazel Grove, Longsight, Clerk, both in Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, 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 machine for piercing cloth and similar material
and for fixing eyelets in the holes formed by the piercers.
The cloth or other material is
The piercers are arranged in a row upon a vertically moving slide or bar.
Above the piercers the ends of the eyelet shoots protrude, and above the cyclet
shoots is placed a row of fixed dies or anvils against which the eyelets are
clinched. The row of dies corresponds with the row of piercers.
The operation of the machine is as follows.
placed in position between the piercers and the ends of the eyelet shoots. The
piercers move upwards and penetrate the cloth which is supported by the ends
of the shoots. By their continued upward movements the ends of the piercers
enter into and engage with the eyelets held in the ends of the shoots. When
this has occurred the ends of the shoots are withdrawn. The piercers still move
upwards carrying with them the perforated cloth and the eyelets until they come
into contact with the fixed row of dies. The eyelets are then forced into the

page_text: cloth and are rivetted or clinched between the dies and the piercers. The
piercers are then withdrawn downwards and the perforated and eyeletted cloth
is removed.
When perforating, the piercers pass between the ends of adjacent shoots or
between horns or extensions formed thereon or attached thereto. Each piercer
consists of two parts,-a reduced pointed portion by means of which perforation
is effected, and a surrounding collar or shoulder arranged at a suitable distance
from the point and by means of which the eyelet is clinched against the fixed die.
Each fixed die is bored for the reception of the reduced pointed portion of a piercer so
that the shoulder of the piercer and the bottom of the die may approach each
other and force the eyelet into the cloth and clinch it. The eyelets are held in
the shoots with their flanged parts uppermost.
The shoots are preferably all supplied from a common box which is pivotted
or otherwise suitably mounted so as to be capable of movement to withdraw the
shoots from the path of the piercers.
Any convenient mechanism may be employed to effect the movement of the
different parts, but it is preferred to construct the machine with a main shaft
which is driven by means of a pinion from the first shaft. This main shaft
reciprocates the slide carrying the piercers by means of excentrics or cranks.
This slide may carry a slotted link or connecting rod, which, after the
piercers have moved upwards to the desired extent, comes into contact with a
stud or the like attached to the shoots or the eyelet box, and moves the shoots
out of the way, where they are frictionally held by a brake or the like, until, upon
the downward movement of the slide after the clutching has been performed,
the other end of the slot in the link comes into contact with the stud and restores
the shoots to their original positions.
The eyelet box extends across the machine and the eyelets are fed forward
into the shoots by a brush or its equivalent as is well known. This brush is
preferably kept constantly reciprocating whether the machine is actually work-
ing or not.
For this purpose the first shaft carries a small crank or excentric
which is connected to a bell-crank lever pivotted to the machine framing. One
arm of this lever abuts against one arm of a spring controlled crank lever which
in its turn communicates motion to the brush or the like in the eyelet box.
Through the two crank levers not being joined together but only abutting the
second lever may be operated by hand at any time.
The main shaft of the machine may be thrown in and out of action by a clutch
controlled by a treadle.
Each eyelet shoot is preferably formed with interior divergent walls, the
flanges of the eyelets passing along the widest part of the shoot. This form of
shoot is more easily kept free from dirt than that commonly employed in which
a cross section of the passage roughly approximates to the shape of the eyelet.
The accompanying drawings, to which we will hereinafter refer, illustrate the
construction of the improved machine.
Figure represents the complete machine in front elevation.
Figure 2 shows it in side elevation.
Figure 3 is a back elevation of part of the machine.
Figure 4 illustrates a part of the brush which is employed in the eyelet box to
keep the eyelets agitated and to feed them into the shoot or shoots.
Figure 5 is partly a plan and partly a section of part of the eyelet shoots.
Figure 6 is an enlarged view of a piercer and its accessories soon after it has
commenced its stroke.
Figure is a similar view of the same parts in different relative positions..
Figure 8 is a further illustration of the same parts when the piercer is at the
end of its stroke and the eyelet is being rivetted in place.
It will, of course, be understood that although the machine illustrated is repre-
sented with a multiplicity of piercers, shoots and dies, these improvements are

page_text: equally applicable to a machine in which only one or any other convenient number
of piercers shoots and dies are employed.
In its simplest form, then, the machine consists of a piercer which moves up-
wards and pierces the cloth or similar material, then engages itself with an eye-
let, passes further upwards carrying with it the transfixed cloth and the eyelet,
and finally enters a fixed upper die or anvil by means of which the eyelet is
pushed into the cloth and is rivetted in place. When the piercer has entered the
eyelet, the shoot in which the eyelet is contained is withdrawn laterally, so as
to permit the further movement of the piercer. After the rivetting has taken
place the piercer is withdrawn and the eyelet shoot is returned so as to inter-
pose another eyelet in the path of the piercer ready for the next stroke.
Referring to the drawings, A is a frame within which the slide B is capable of
reciprocating vertically. It may be operated in any desired manner but prefer-
able by the excentrics C secured to the main shaft D, or by means of cranks and
connecting rods. This slide is provided with a series of upwardly projecting
piercers E each of which is formed with a thickened part or shoulder e the
function of which will be explained hereinafter. Above the piercers a series of
eyelet shoots F is arranged, each shoot opening into a box G which is mounted
upon a shaft H so as to be capable of angular motion. At the top of the machine
is a fixed series of dies or anvils I, these dies corresponding in number with
the piercers.
The material to be pierced and eyeletted is placed upon the table J with the
part to be pierced between the piercers and the overhanging shoot ends. The
eyelets in the ends of the shoots are thus visible to the operator.
The machine is then set in motion. The piercers pass upwards and pierce the
cloth or other material K which is supported against the shoots F, the piercers
passing through holes or openings forined in the shoots, or between adjacent
shoots, or between projections or horns formed on the shoots. In any
case the shoots are so formed that each of them presents an eyelet L
to the point of a piercer, the eyelets being held with their flanged parts
uppermost. The piercers, after perforating the cloth, enter the eyelets, as shown
in Figure 6. The ends of the shoots are now withdrawn and the piercers are
free to continue their upward motion carrying with them the cloth K and the
eyelets. Figure 7 illustrates a piercer when this stage has been reached. The
point of the piercer now enters an axial hole formed in its opposing die or anvil I
and the further movement of the piercer forces the eyelet into the cloth and
clinches it, the clinching being performed between the face of the die I and the
shoulder e of the piercer E. This is shown in Figure 8. The piercers are now
withdrawn and are freed from the cloth, the latter being held or drawn off by
the table J. The eyelet shoots are now returned.
The shoots are operated and withdrawn by the link N, Figures 2 and 3. The
lower end of the link is pivotted to the slide B and its upper end engages by a
slot with a pin, stud or shaft O, which is connected with the shoots, they, in
turn, being connected to the eyelet box G, which, as before explained is capable
of angular movement around the shaft H.
With the various parts in the positions shown in Figure 2 it will be seen
that the first part of the upward movement of the slide B communicates no
motion to the shoots. As soon, however, as the piercers have engaged with their
eyelets the bottom of the slot has come into contact with the stud 0, so that
continued motion of the link withdraws the ends of the shoot in the direction of
the arrow. Upon the return motion of the slide the shoots are not returned until
the upper end of the slot reaches the stud 0, and draws them back to their former
positions. This does not take place until the piercers are low enough to permit
of the motion.
In order to ensure that the shoots remain in their withdrawn position until it
is time for them to return, a frictional device or brake may be employed. This
may consist of an arm Q one end of which is loosely connected to the stud O

page_text: while the other end is capable of passing under the spring controlled clamp q.
The friction between the clamp and the arm holds the shoots in their withdrawn
position until the link N becomes operative.
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An improved device for ensuring the constant agitation of the eyelets in the
box G whether the machine is working or not is represented in Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4. This device also permits of the agitation being performed by hand.
Mounted lengthways within the box and capable of reciprocating or sliding
therein is a rod or shaft R. This rod carries wire or other brushes r,
Figure 4. Pivotted upon the side of the box is a crank lever S provided with a
handles and pulled constantly in one direction by the spring $1. The lever is
connected to the sliding rod R by the connecting rod R¹. Upon the end of the
box and in a plane at right angles to the plane of the lever S is mounted a second
crank lever T one of the limbs of which comes below one of the limbs of the
lever S as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3. The other limb of the lever T is
connected by a rod t to a short crank or excentric upon the constantly running
first motion shaft U. As long as this shaft is running, therefore, the levers S
and T have angular motion imparted to them and the rod R and the brushes
are reciprocated. Should it be desired to agitate the eyelets when the shaft U
is at rest, it can easily be effected by moving the lever S by the handle s.
The shoots may be of the usual construction and arrangement, with the excep-
tion that their ends are formed to support the cloth during piercing, but it is
preferred to form them with their channels approximately resembling a letter V.
in section, instead of making the channels conform to the shape of the eyelet as
is usual. By the improved section, shown in Figure 5, the sides of the channel
in the shoot are straight and have no recesses which may become choked up.
The risk of the eyelets becoming jammed is thus much reduced and the shoot
may be more easily cleaned when necessary.
Figure 9 illustrates in section a modified form of shoot in which the channel,
although V shaped, is formed with small flat ledges or flanges Y at its narrowest
part to support the neck or narrow part of the eyelet.
The first motion shaft U drives the main shaft D by means of the pinion V,
and the wheel V1, and the main shaft is thrown into gear by a suitable clutch W
which is operated by a treadle X in the manner usual in eyeletting machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. In a machine for piercing and eyeletting cloth and other suitable and
similar material, an eyelet shoot or eyelet shoots the end or ends of which is or
are adapted to support the cloth or the like while it is being pierced, constructed
and arranged substantially as described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a machine for piercing and eyeletting cloth and other similar and suitable
material, the combination of a vertically movable piercer, a laterally movable
eyelet shoot, and a fixed die or anvil, all constructed arranged and operating
substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a machine for piercing and eyeletting cloth and other suitable and similar
material, a pivotted or hinged eyelet box to which a shoot or shoots is or are
attached and which is operated by means of a slotted link attached to the slide
carrying the piercer or piercers, substantially as and in the manner herein before
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. In a piercing and eyeletting or similar machine, a brush or the like for
agitating the eyelets in the box and feeding them into the shoots or shoots, con-
structed arranged and operated substantially as and by the means or devices
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. In a piercing and eyeletting or similar machine, an eyelet shoot having a

page_text: channel of V shaped section, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illus-
trated by the accompanying drawings.
6. A machine for piercing and eyeletting cloth and other similar and suitable
material, constructed arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.