Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY GUEST of 280 Broad Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of Eyeletting Machines
styled Self-feeding Eyeletting machines & in which the Eyelets are fed continuously
down a shoot from a feeder box or hopper without the assistance of revolving or
other brushes or revolving boxes.
The object of my invention is to simplify the working parts of Eyeletting
machines & to reduce the cost of making same.
In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable frame upon which is mounted
a feeder box or hopper supported by an oscilating pillar or other suitable frame-
work so arranged as to have as long a radius as possible so as to give to the said
hopper a movement as nearly horizontal as possible the said movement is given to
the said hopper by a three armed lever which is operated either by treadle or by
hand on depresing the treadle or hand the said lever causes to rise a vertical
When the bottom die has risen
spindle upon which is mounted the bottom die
sufficiently for its centre pin to pass through the Eyelet in the end of the aforesaid
shoot of the aforesaid hopper the centre arm of the aforesaid lever comes in contact
with the framework of the said hopper & throws it violently backwards or away
from the said bottom die & thus leaves an eyelet on the centre pin of the
bottom die the said eyelet having come out of the box or hopper with its base or
wide end downwards retains that position during the whole operation in order to
facilitate the free delivery from the Eyelet box or hopper of a sufficient supply of
Eyelets I employ a box with a straight front having a number of holes of a
suitable size & shape & in order further to insure a sufficient number of Eyelets
coming to the front of the box in a proper position for passing out of the said holes
with their bases or wide ends downwards I cut one or more groves in the bottom
of the box or hopper crosswise by preference so that the Eyelets that may be laid
on their sides are by the motion of the said feeder box or hopper caught with their
edges in the aforesaid groves & turned over on to their bases ready to come out
of the said holes in the said feeder box or hopper & further to assist the free
passage of the eyelets through the holes & to prevent Eyelets that may be laid

page_text: upon their sides from getting in the way of those that are on their bases & so prevent
their easy passage through the said holes I employ a strip of metal or other suitable
material fastened on the inside of the hopper & immediately over the said holes
in such a way that eyelets laid on their sides cannot get near the said holes by
reason of the Eyelets being larger in their diameter at the base than they are in
the length.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eyeletting Machines.
I CHARLES HENRY GUEST of 280 Broad Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN EYELETTING MACHINES 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 improvements in that class of Eyeletting machines
styled Self-feeding Eyel etting machines & in which the Eyelets are fed continuously
down a shoot from a feeder box or hopper without the assistance of revolving or
other brushes or revolving boxes.
The object of iny invention is to simplify the working parts of Eyeletting
machines & to reduce the cost of making same.
In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable frame upon which is mounted
a feeder box or hopper supported by an oscilating pillar or other suitable frame-
work so arranged as to have as long a radius as possible so as to give to the said
hopper a movement as nearly horizontal as possible. The said movement is given
to the said hopper by a three armed lever which is operated either by a treadle or
by hand Or depressing the treadle or hand the said lever causes to rise a vertical
spindle upon which is mounted the bottom die when the bottom die has risen
sufficiently for its centre-pin to pass through the eyelet in the end of the aforesaid
shoot of the aforesaid hopper, the centre arm of the aforesaid lever comes in contact
with the framework of the said hopper & throws it violently backwards or away
from the said bottom die & thus leaves an eyelet on the centre-pin of the botto
die the said eyelet having come out of the box or hopper with its base or wide end
downwards retains that position during the whole operation in order to facilitate
the free delivery from the Eyelet Box or hopper of a sufficient supply of Eyelets
I employ a box with a straight front having a number of holes of a suitable size
& shape & in order further to insure a sufficient number of eyelets coming to the
front of the box in a proper position for passing out of the said holes with thei
bases or wide ends downwards I cut one or more groves in the bottom of the box
or hopper crosswise by preference so that the Eyclets that may be laid on their

page_text: sides are by the motion of the said feeder box or hopper caught with their edges
in the aforesaid groves & turned over on to their bases ready to come out of the
taid holes in the said feeder box or hopper & further to assist the free passage of
the Eyelets through the holes & to prevent Eyelets that may be laid upon their
sides from getting in the way of those that are upon their bases & so prevent their
easy passage through the said holes I employ a strip of metal or other suitable
material fastened on the inside of the hopper & immediately over the said holes
in such a way that Eyelets laid on their sides cannot get near the said holes by
reason of the Eyelets being larger in their diameter at the base than they are in
length.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 represents a
side elevation of an eyeletting machine constructed according to my invention
Fig. 2 represents a section of the hopper & Fig. 3 a plan of the hopper without the
lid Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts. a is the hopper
which by means of its pillar b is mounted on the frame A in such a manner that
by depressing the end of the lever d the upright arm of the said lever comes in
contact with the end of the screw e which fastens the link s to the arm t which in
its turn is fixed to the feeder box or hopper a & so throws the hopper & its shoot r
away from the bottom die p. & leaves an eyelet on the pin of the said die the
hopper a. being thrown backwards the eyelets it contains are also thrown backwards
a further consequence of the said depression of the aforesaid lever d causes to rise
the spindle h upon which is mounted the bottom die p. upon the pin of which an
eyelet has been left by reason of the shoot r of the hopper a being thrown away
from it & the said eyelet is pushed upwards & clenched against the top die q
on raising the end of the lever d either by means of a spring or other suitable
contrivance the upright arm of the said lever comes in contact with the point of
the screw f. which is fixed to the link s & so throws the hopper a forwards until its
pillar comes in contact with the set screw g which causes the hopper to suddenly
stop & so throw the Eyelets forward.
b
kis a bridge placed across the bottom of the hopper a to prevent the whole
bulk of the eyelets in the hopper being thrown at once as that would tend to
prevent the eyelets from passing out of the box by reason of their being over-
crowded & also its duty is to cause those eyelets that do pass it to change their
position or be shaken about.
l is a guage so fixed to the front of the hopper a that only eyelets which are
stood on their bases or else upside down can pass under it & also that eyelets which
are laid on their sides will be prevented from passing under it by reason of their
being higher when laid on their sides than when on their bases
m are groves cut
across the bottom of the hopper of the shape shewn by preference so that eyelets
laid on their sides will on being thrown forwards catch the broad edge of their
bases in the said groves & so get turned over on to their bases in readiness to pass
under the guage v is one of a series of holes which are cut in the front of the
hopper to allow the eyelets that may be on their bases to pass out into the shoot r
after passing under the guage 7 the said holes being made wider at the bottom than
at the top so that eyelets which may pass under the guage upside down will not
pass out through the said holes but will be thrown back again amongst the other
eyelets the next time the end of the lever d is depressed.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In an Eyeletting machine the application of an oscillating movement of all the
parts of the hopper as hereinbefore described & set forth in the accompanying
drawing.
2. In an Eyeletting machine the combination with an oscillating movement of
all the parts of the hopper as herein before described, of the application of one or

page_text: more groves cut in the bottom of the hopper as, & for the purposes hereinbefore
described & represented in the accompanying drawing.
3. In an Eyeletting machine the application of one or more groves cut in the
bottom of the hopper as, & for the purposes hereinbefore described & represented
in the accompanying drawing.
4. In an eyeletting machine in which the eyelets are fed on to the bottom die
the application of a radial movement as a means of getting the eyelets to come out
of a hopper not employing a brush or having a revolving hopper, as herein before
described & represented in the accompanying drawing.
5. In an eyeletting machine in which the eyelets are fed on to the bottom die in
combination with a radial movement of a hopper not employing a brush or having
a revolving hopper of the application of a guage to prevent the Eyelets which are
laid on their sides from getting close to the outlets provided for the eyelets as
herein before described & represented in the accompanying drawing.
6. The improved Eyeletting machine as hereinbefore described & represented in
the accompanying drawing.
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