USRE12008E - Of new bedford - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES' f PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN c. RHODES, or NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, -AssIeNoa BY Masiva ASSIGNMENTS, To CORPORATION or MAINE.

vRHODES d'. CO., INCORPORATED, *A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent N o. 12,008, dated July-8, 1902.

Griginal No. 565,091, dated August 4, 1896. Application :To a/ZZ whom t my concern.:

Be tknown thatI, JOHN QRHODES, ofN'ew Bedford, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Eyelets, of which the following description, in

. connection with the accompanying drawings,

- is a specillcation,

like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to flanged metal eyelets used in connection with the manufacture of boots, shoes, and for other like purposes. My invention is especially adapted to ilanged eyelets having the face-flange rolled over to form a suitable facing for the eyelet when set. Prior to my invention eyelets of thl'i'ifype have been formed with a tubular Shel-k 0,1' bOdy,.Withtheiacem ange-fn:- lipsirn ply rounded 0r rolled outwardly and resting at its edge against theV leather when the fastoning is set. After the eyelets are formed they are usually covered with a coating of japan or other pigment to present a smooth and iinished appearance: In practice, howcver,when setting such eyelets the face-flange -or lip yields or changes its form under the action of the setting instruments to such extent'as would crack a hard'thickcoat of japan or covering material, making it necessary to use a thin and very elast/ic coating, so thin, in fact, thatin practice'the said coating soon Wears through to thel 'metal of the eyelet, which, if of brass, as is usually the case, leaves a' bright spot or ring at the face of the eyelet, making the saine conspicuous and Objectionable. To avoid this diculty, it is now common to provide eyelets with a cap, of

equivalent. material, attached to the face-flange, of suflicieut thickness to hold its shape in setting; but such eyelets are expensive and objectionable in other Ways.

The object of this present invention is to construct an eyelet ot' the class referred to in such a manner as will obviate the springing or yielding of the face-flange or lip referred to, to thereby enable a sufficiently thick and hard surface-coating of japan or other pigment to be employed Without danger of cracking or breaking the same during the setting operation.` This object I attain by celluloid Or other for reissue iil'eii da nary 11,1902. Serial No. 89,386.

providing the face-,flange with a downturned peripheral portion having a stilening-lip, preferably continuous and preferably turned inwardly beneath or within the face-flange, such stitfening-lip acting in practice to stiften andA prevent any yield or movement of the face-Hangs during thesetting operation. In the drawings, Figure l, on an enlarged scale, is a vertical section of an eyelet embodying my invention. Fig. 11L is a transverse section on the line :r Le, Fig. l; Fig. 2, top and sectional views, respectively, of a blank from which an eyelet is made embodying my present invention; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5', similar views illustrating different steps in the method by which my improved eyelet is preferably constructed. Y

Reterringto the drawings, Fig. 2the blank there shown consists of a tubular body o., having a usual face-flange b, thesaid tubular body being closed at its end o'. is substantially such as is used at the present time in t-he formation of. eyelets with a curved tlange, the face-flange b in the completed eyelet slightly more than is there shown. The edge shown in Fig. 3. I next in suitable dies turn at an abrupt angle or short curve, and preferably under or inwardly, the lip or edge of the face-ilange b to form thereby a pressurereceiving and stiiening lip c. The closed end of the body a is then punctured and opened Or swaged, thereby thinning the shank, as shown in Fig. l, and preferably the small end of the tubular body is longitudinally scored, as at c', Figs. l and l, lforming the completed eyelet,` which is then covered With a suitable coating of japan o r other usual covering material. I prefer to provide at the inner or shank end of the tube a plurality of longitudinal lines of Weakness, herein shown as formed by longitudinal soorings; but the shank may be gr'ooved or cut in any other Way. Weakness enable the setting of the eyelet to be accomplished with less pressure, and also Vcause the eyelet to hold more firmly than it would otherwise.

The auxiliary or-additional strengthening Such a blank being usually rolled or rounded (See Fig. ai.)v

These scorings or lines of 9 flange or lip described strengthens or stiffens the face-flange andreceives the pressure to rsuch an extent that the latter will -not change its form or yield to the thrust of said pres-- sure during the operation of setting the eye let, thereby enabling me to apply to the fastener as thick and as hard a surface-coating d as may be necessary to standthe usual use required without wearing through to thesurface of the metal eyelet proper.`

I am aware that prior to my invention gromets for sailsA and other purposes having a turned-overfiange have' been described 'and used. Suchigromets are shown and described in United States Letters Patent to W. vW.

' V-ilcox, No. 304,249, dated August 26, 1884; but these gromets were intended to have their anges distorted or changed in shape when applied hyclenching, and .hence were not adapted to receive a thick coating of japan or other Vmaterial liable to crack. the patent of M. D. Shipman, No. 350,020, datedvSeptember 28,1886, which illustrates a button made up of several metallic pieces, in which one ofthe parts of the unfinished button resembles an eyelet in shape, butit is not japanned or otherwise covered, nor is the shank'fiutended to be clenched, nor is the structure adapted otherwise to perform the functions of'an eyelet. These vstructures I- disclaim, but Itbeli'eve myself to be therst to construct a tubular eyelet suitably coated, as above described, and adapted to be applied to boots, shoes, &c., by being provided at one curl with a turned fiange having an abruptlyturned seating and strengthening lip and at i he other with an open shank, which will yield under a pressure insulicient 'to distort such Harige. v

- 'lhe additional vstiiening and pressure-receiving lip referred to also prevents cutting the leather, as bythe usually sharp edgevof the face-flange.

WVhile I have found the method described an excellent one for the production of my novel eyelet and fastener, yet my invention is not limited to such method alone.

I am also aware ofv I claim- 1. A coated eyelet, as described, consisting` A'of a tubular body rolled outwardly and over at one end to form a flange, presenting within the saine a smooth Haring entrance, the peripheral edge of the said flan ge being turned or bent abruptly at anaugle to form aring-like seat-lip outside the body, and adapted to rest upon the material in which the eyelet vis set, to thereby receiveV the setting pressure and stiien the eyelets-flange to prevent cracking of its surface or finishing coating, said eyelet also having a plurality of lines of Weakness at its clenehing end, lsubstantially as described.

2. A coated eyelet as described, consisting of a tubular body, open at both ends and provided at'one end with an` outwardly-flaring face-flange having its ou ter or peripheral portion turned downwardly outside the body, said downwardly-turned portion seating upon the face of the material and providedw-ith a laterally bent ,or turned strengthening-lip outside the body to hold the eyelet-face in proper forniagainst the setting thrust and thereby prevent cracking of aA hard surfacecoating, substantially as described.

3. A coated eyelet as described consisting vof anopen tubularbody, thinned at one end,

and provided at the other with an outward1ylflaring face-lian ge having its outer or peripheral portion abruptly turneddownwardly outside the body, said downwardly-turned portion seated upon the face of the material and provided with a laterally bent o r turned strep t'heningelip outside the body to hold the ey let-face in proper, form against the setting thrust and thereby prevent cracking of its hard surface-coating, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I-have hereunto signed my name this Gtliday of January, 1902.

, JOHN C. RHODES.

Witnesses:

A. R. VooD, W. E. WILSON.

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