IMPROVEMENTS IN EYELETTING MACHINES to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY GUEST of 99 Antill Road in the county of Middlesex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN EYELETTING MACHINES to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in eyeletting machines in which the
punching and eyeletting mechanism are combined, the operation of the machine
being continuous.
In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable frame upon which I mount a
carriage or slide carrying both the female punching die, and the lower eyeletting
die; the said carriage or slide is adapted to the frame so that the female punching
die and the lower eyeletting die may be alternately brought under a combined
punch and eyeletting die. By means of a suitable arrangement consisting of a cam
operated by a treadle (or by power) and a lever the said cam on being moved
downwards will operate the lever on its fulcrum, and depress the spindle carrying
the above named combined punching and eyeletting die so as to punch the material
to be eyeletted; the downward movement of the cam being continued the spindle
will rise, and the carriage or slide will be moved forward so as to bring the lower
eyeletting die under the combined punching and eyeletting die, when the spindle
will again descend and clinch the eyelet which has been previously fed to the die.
In order to insure the eyelets being fed with precision on the die I adapt a knuckle
joint to the trough or slide of the feed box in such a manner that the backward
movement of the carriage or slide will by means of a double inclined projection or
cam raise the end of the trough so as to bring it immediately over the lower
eyeletting die when it will be released and an eyelet will be fed directly onto the
pin of the die, and on the reverse movement of the carriage the eyelet will be
drawn out from the end of the trough.

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY GUEST of 99 Antill Road in the county of Middlesex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
EYELETTING MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in eyeletting machines in which the
punching and eyeletting mechanism are combined the operation of the machine
being continuous.
mount a
In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable frame upon which
carriage or slide carrying both the female punching die and the lower eyeletting
die; the said carriage or slide is adapted to the frame so that the female punching
die and the lower eyeletting die may be alternately brought under a combined
punch and eyeletting die. By means of a suitable arrangement consisting of a
cam operated by a treadle (or by power) and a lever, the said cam on being moved
downwards will operate the lever on its fulcrum, and depress the spindle carrying
the above named combined punching and eyeletting die so as to punch the material
to be eycletted; the downward movement of the cam being continued the spindle
will rise and the carriage or slide will be moved forward so as to bring the lower
eyeletting die under the combined punching and eyeletting die, when the spindle
will again descend and clinch the eyelet which has been previously fed to the die.
In order to insure the eyelets being fed with precision on the die I adapt a knuckle
joint or pendulum lever to the trough or slide of the feed box in such a manner that
the backward movement of the carriage or slide will by means of an inclined
projection or cam raise the end of the trough so as to bring it immediately over the
lower eyeletting die when it will be released and an eyelet will be fed directly onto
the pin of the die, and on the reverse movement of the carriage the eyelet will be
drawn out from the end of the trough.
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 figure 1, represents a
plan, figure 2, a side elevation and figure 3 a front elevation of an eyeletting
imachine constructed according to my invention. Similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
a, is the slide or moveable carriage mounted upon the frame A and on which is
mounted in any suitable manner the female punching die b, and the lower
eyeletting or closing die e; the carriage or slide a, which may be made in two or
more parts for convenience of adjustment is adapted to the frame A so that the
female punching die b, and the lower eyeletting die c, may be alternately brought
under the combined punch and eyeletting die d; e, is the cam which is moved
downwards by means of a treadle attached to its lower end; the said cam in its
downward movement operates the lever f, which is mounted upon a stud or
fulcrum g, so as to depress the spindle h, carrying the top combined punching and
eyeletting die d, which pierces the leather or other material to be eyeletted placed
between it and the female punch die b; the downward movement of the cam e,
being continued will allow the spindle h, to be raised by means of the spring j, (or
by other suitable means) until the top die d, is clear of the female punch b, when
the cam e, in continuing its movement will move the carriage or slide a, forward so
as to bring the lower eyeletting or closing die c, directly under the top die d, when
the spindle, will again descend and press the eyelet, which has been previously
fed on to the pin of the lower closing die c, into the leather or other material and
clinch or close the eyelet. The treadle is then released and the cam e, is raised by

page_text: a spring or other suitable means whereby the spindle h, is allowed to rise and the
carriage or slide a, is caused to return to its original position by means of a spring
or other suitable means.
1, is the inclined projection or cam mounted upon the carriage or slide a, in such
a manner that when in its backward movement the carriage or slide a, returns to
its original position the projection or can k, will raise the end of the trough or
shoot 7, of the feeder box m, by means of a pendulum lever n, jointed at o, to the
shoot l, which pendulum lever n, is kept in a vertical position by means of a stop p,
(or by other suitable means) when not operated by the projection or cam k; the
lever n, swings freely forward as soon as the top of the double inclined plane or
projection l, comes directly underneath it, thereby allowing the shoot 6, of the feeder
box m, to fall with its end directly over the lower eyeletting or closing die c,
and to place the foremost eyelet in the shoot 7, on the pin of the lower eyeletting
or closing die c; on the reverse movement of the carriage or slide a, the eyelet
will be drawn out from the end of the shoot or trough. By this arrangement of
inclined plane, and pendulum lever n the shoot of the feed box m, only rises on
the return of the moveable carriage or slide a, and does not rise when the lower
eyeletting or closing die c, is being moved into position underneath the top die d,
thus insuring an eyelet being drawn out of the end of the shoot of the feed box m,
onto the pin of the lower closing die c, each time it is brought into position.
It will be obvious that by dispensing with the female punching die b, and
cutting off the lower swell of the cam e, the machine will operate as a self feeding
eyeletting machine without punching.
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.) In an eyeletting machine the combination with a horizontally moving
carriage such as that described of two bottom dies moving with the said carriage
the whole arranged and operating in the manner substantially as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
(2.) In an eyeletting machine the described means for raising the shoot of the
feed box as the lower eyeletting or closing die is being moved into position for
receiving the eyelet, and for allowing the shoot to fall so as to place an eyelet on
the pin of the said die, the said shoot resting whilst the eyelet is drawn out as
hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
(3.) In an eyeletting machine a feeder box shoot having an upward motion
imparted to it as the lower eyeletting or closing die is brought into position to
receive the eyelet-the said shoot then falling so as to place an eyelet on the pin of
the said die and resting as the eyelet is drawn out substantially as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
(4.) In an eyeletting machine a lower eyeletting or closing die having a horizontal
movement under the shoot of the feed box and top die so as to form a self feeding
eyeletting machine without punching as herein before described.
(5.) The improved eyeletting machine herein before described and represented in
the accompanying drawing.