USRE2879E - Improvement in eyeleting-machines - Google Patents

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AMES L Go'wEN. Eyeleting Machine.

Witnesses:- l

@british ftute ateltt @ffice Letters Patent No. 54,734, dated May 14, 1867; reissue No. 2,879, dated February 25, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN EYELETING-MACHINES.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be. it known that NATHAN AMES, of Suugns Centre, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and JAMES E. GOWEN, of Stonelmln, in the county .ofltlddlesex, and Commonwealth aforesaid, inventedu.y new and useful Self-Feeding Eyeleting-llluchine for inserting eyelets in boots, shoes, und leuther; und I do hereby declare that the following is u full, clear, and exact description of the construction und oper- :ttion of the sume, reference being hud Ito the nccompdnying drawings forming n part of'this specification, in which- Figure l is :t perspective side view.

Figure 2, n front elevation; and

Figure 3 is n. vertical cross-section through thel eyclet-groove.

Like parts are indicated by the seme letters in :lll thc drawings.

The nntureiand ohject of this invention consist in so constructing a. machine for punching and eyeleting, that the different parts shall lie severally automatically operated, and the whole, when combined, so arranged that the mnterinl may be supported und m'oved along, the holes punched, and the eyelets sunnlied and set by the automatic movements of the mechanism. i

To encble others skilled in the art to make und .use this invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. Y

, 'A is n frame, of suitnole material, the general shnpe of which is shown in figs. 1 and il, the part A'" being, forconvenicnce, inode in separate parts, so that the endless belt R, with its driving-pulley, die., may he introduced und 'adjusted for opcrntion. Bis n punch or cutter, of ordinary construction, at 'its lower end, for punching or cutting holes in leather. Its stoel: is four-sided, and moves in suitable bearings inthe frame A. A. `0n ono side of the stock` :is represented inl hg. 2, nre wedged-shaped pieces b b, and in the ends of the'frame A A are bevclled hearings, against which the wedged-shaped projections I: slide, beingvpressed againstJ them bythe netion of the sti-night spring T. C istho houder, constructed like headers generally for heading eyelets. The stock issimpcd like thnt ofthe punch B, and provided with similar wedged-shcped pieces c, and, like it, sliding r in bcvelled bearings in fritmc A A', and held to duty by the notion of straight spring T, which in both instances raises the punch und header to their normal position when released from the pressure of operating-levers B C. It is intended that the` punch B and header C shell, when depressed, strike on or over the same fixed point, l A which is effected. by the wedged-shaped pieces e and c, and their bevelled hearings. The punch B and header C are hlternately depressed by means of the levers B und C', which move on the fulcrurn D, and :tre actuated by the pitmcn G and F, tho lower ends of which are clasped in the usual manner around the cccentrics F und G attached to shaft E. E is n. pulley or crank by which shaft E is turned.r H is another eccentric attached to shaft E, und connected by pitrnan H to the end of lever I, (see dotted lines in g.'1,) moving on fulcrum a'. J' is a. hollow rod, the lower cnd of whichrests upon the short end of lever L K is a. rod passing through J und the slot in end of lever I, und resting nn the Het spring I,'n.tta.ched to lever I, which forms for it en elastic seat. The top of the hollow rod J forms the hed or sont on which'the cyelet rests whilcbeng headed, the same. being held in place by the top or 'end of thc rod K which projects n suitable distance above hollow rod ,LVMH` is n'plnte of copper or suitable metal, upon the upper side of which the material rests while the hole inI i',4 lte he punched. lThis plate or table U is provided with an opening, e, to permit'the clinching of the eyeletj/ und slides laterally in c dove-tail or other suitable bem-ing in the frame, fig. 1, being reciprocnted and carried/over.. the heading-sent J, so as to present itself` for the punch B to operate upon, und returned nt the proper time by means of lever V which movcson fulcrnm m in the frame projection A, the lower end of said lever being bent nt an angle, as shown in fig. 2, and lresting against lever l', and is held to duty by spring V', which keeps said n, lever V in contact with lever I, and'nssists in the return of lever Many different ways or d evices muy he. employed to reciprocate the plate or table U at regular intervals, und et the proper time, without departing i from the principle of this part of' the invention. In iig. 1 the cutting-punch B is represented ns striking on the plate ortable U directly over the end oi' rod J von which the eyelet rests. After the holo is punched in the leather, the latter being` removed, the plate is drawn back by means heretofore described, and the eyelet` is forced up through the slot or recess e in pls-te U, and through the punched hole, and headed or clinched by the header C, whichdescends at the proper time by mechanism heretofore described. W is a guide, adjustable tuting a part of the eyclet-i'eeding mechanism, and being driven by the h'evel-pinion'Q, which engages with tho larger vbevel-pinion M ou the shaft E; pinion M also constituting another part of the eyelet-feeding mechanism hereafter referred to. A hopper, N, is arranged above this feeding-belt, and` has a conductor, n, which extends from it to the recess P in the frame, which forms 'the conduit for the eyelets to the feeding-beit by which they are fed to the headingseat as heretofore described. Oo the under` side oi' the frame A, and extending from the hole P, and running parallel with the top 'of thefbclt R to the eyelet-heading seat J, is a. groove, X, of form shown in lig. 3. This groove X, iig. 3, is of proper size and shape to admit an eyelet when standing on its ilaring end only, and when :in oyelet so standing on the belt R comes against the exposed end of groove X it will be carried forward therein in the direction oi' the arrow until it reaches the rod Kr When K and .l areA at their lowest point, iig. 1, the `forward eyelet will be carried onward to thc heading-seat by the belt, which, as it moves faster than the eyelets are removed one by one, will keep the grooves filled with eyelets,y

and regularly feed them to thc heading-mechanism as wanted. To prevent the eyelets in the recess P from clogging about thc end of the groove X, and also to lceep them in motion so as to constantly present vsome one of them, right end up, against thc end of the groove to be carried into it by the belt R,'we make use of a vertical shaft, O, provided at its lower end with bristles or iexible arms o, which agitate the eyelets. The-shaft O is actuated by bevelled pinion M', which is driven by pinion M, whiehalso drives other parts ofthe feedingmechanism. The material is held on sliding tableU in position, when it will be moved along, thc holes punched,

yand the eyelets inserted and headed. I Any motor may bc used.

What I claim, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A puncher andheadcr, operating reciprocally, when combined, arranged, and operating so as to strike alternately on or over the same fixed point, substantially as described. n

2. A reciprocating hoadingscat, in combination with` the pnncher and header, when arranged and operating at the same ix ed point, substantially as described.

3. A laterally reciprocating punching-table, in combination with the puucher,header, and heading-seat, all arranged and operatingV t'thc saine fixed lpoint,'substantially as described.

4. '.'L'he reciprocatingpunching-table and heading-seat, so combined, arranged, and operating` as to alternately occupy the same place for punching holes and heading eyelets at the same ixed point, substantially as described. 'V

5. Supplying the eyelets from a common hopper to the heading-seat or holding-point by abelt and groove,

substantially as described;l

6. The work-feedingdevicc, constructed and arranged with an eyeleting-machine, substantially n s described.

7. The adjustable gauge, in combination with the holding-table for regulating the line of eyelets, substantially as described.

8. ljuuching the holes and furnishingfinserting, and heading the eyelets 'at the same fixed point automatically, by means substantially as described.

WILLIAM N. ELY.

Witnesses:

W. M. PARKER. Guns. W. Fnosr.

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