US126916A - Improvement in eyeleting-machines - Google Patents

Description

Eyeleing-Machines.

JHN E. WIGGIN.

Patented May 21 let-receiver at t',

- JOHhT E. VVIGGIN, OF STONEH'AM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HUGH H.

MAWHINN EY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT INEYELETING-NIACHINES.

Speciieation forming part of Letters Patent N o. 126,916, dated May 21, 1872.

To allpersons to whom these presents may come Be it known that I, JOHN E. WIGGIN, of Stoneham, of the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Eyeleting-llla'chine; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specilication and represented in the accompanying drawing, of which- Figure l denotes a top View, Figs. 2 and 3 opposite side elevations, Figs. 4 and 5 opposite end views,Fig. 6 a longitudinal and vertical section of it.

Such other figures as may be necessary to a proper illustration ofthe invention are hereinafter referred to and described.

The machine punches the eyelet-holes, feeds along the material to be eyeleted, and inserts in each hole ind upsets an eyelet, the feeding of the material being effected by the anvil and its operative mechanism, in manner as hereinafter described. The machine is so constructed that after each hole has been punched the anvil and punch are simultaneously moved backward laterally until the anvil is brought directly over the hole, after which' the anvil :is depressed intol the hole, and next is moved forward laterally, so as to move forward the material the distance that may be required for such hole to receive an eyelet, which is next inserted in the hole and upset by the upsetter.

In the drawing the feeding-anvil is shown at ct, the punch at b, the punch-bed at o, the work-supporting platform at d, the adjustable gauge at e, the presser at f, the feedingspout at g, the eyelet-compresser at h, and the eyeall being arranged as shown.

Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the punch b, the bed c, and their carriers, which consist of two arms, k l, formed and arranged as shown and hinged together at their rear ends. Fig. 8 is a top view of the work-supporting platform d and the adjustable gauge c and the presserf.

The main frame for sustaining the principal operative parts is shown at A, it having arranged in it and duly sustained in proper bearings a driving-shaft, B, provided with three grooved cams, D E F, and an additional cam, G, side views of which are given in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12. The feeding-anvil or upsetter projects from one arm of a lever, H, pivoted` to the head m of a vertical shaft, l, arranged in the main frame, as shown, so as to be capable of turning horizontally, the lever also turning vertically, as occasion may require. The bed-carrierl is fastened to the head m, and is movable therewith, the fastenings being such as to admit of the bed and punch being adjusted to their proper distances from the anvil. The tail of the lever H is extended through the slot n of a guide, K, arranged and provided with an adjustable stop or screw, o, as shown. A spring, p, for moving thc lever back is applied to the lever and an arm, q, of the frame. A lever, r, provided with a fricf tion-Wheel or stud to enter the groove of the camV F is pivoted to the frame, and has its upper arm resting against the tail of the lever H. The purpose of the cam F and lever r is to move the lever H in a direction to cause the anvil or upsetter to feed along the cloth or material to be eyeleted. The mechanism for depressing the punch-carrier consists of the cam D, a lever, s, and connection-rods t u, arranged as represented,-there being to the lever a friction-roller or stud to enter the groove of the cam. The presser f is xed upon a vertical slide-rod, t', provided with a depressing-spring, u. The said rod rests on a lever, o, which bears upon the cam G, all being arranged as shown. The eyelet-com presser h is supported by a carrier, L, arranged to slide vertically between parallel guides M M, disposed as represented, the vertical motions of the carrier being effected by a cranked wheel, N, a stud, and a slide, y, the slide turning on the stud and being disposed in a slot, z, made horizontally in the upsetter-carrier. The cranked wheel is fixed upon the outer end of the driving-shaft. In the eyeletcompresser and its carrier is the eyelet-receiver i, formed as shown, and supported upon a spring, a', arranged in the said carrier. The feedingspout g, disposed as represented, is supported by a standard, b', erected upon a slide, c, such slide being arranged between and supported by parallel and horizontal guides,

d d', projecting from the frame, all as repre sented. A rocker-shaft, e', disposed under the slide transversely of the machine and in a ysuitable bearing or bearings,carries an arm,

f', to extend from it between two projections,

lg h', ol the slide. Another arm, i', from the roclrereshat't is pivoted or jointed to the anvilcarrier, which, during its vertical motions, imparts, by means of the arm i', a reciprocating rotary motion to the rocker-shaft, in consequence of which the feeding-spout will be moved toward and away from the anvil, as occasion may require. The rocker-shaft is provided with an extra arm, It', whose otliee is to actuate a suitable mechanism for agitat ing a box or reservoir to cause eyelets to be delivered therefrom into the feeding-spout as in other eyeleting-machines. A pieceof leather or work to be eyeleted is to be placed on the platform and between such and the presser and against the edge gauge. This having been done and the machine set in operation, the punch will be driven downward, so as to punch a hole in the work, after which the punch will rise out of the material, and, with the anvil or upsetter, will be simultaneously moved back laterally until the anvil may be brought directly over the hole made by the punch. Next, the anvil will be caused to descend so as to cause its finger l to enter the said hole. Next, the presser will be raised offthe material in order to allow such materia-l to be ni o ved on the platform by the anvil or the n germakin g part of such anvil. y Next, the punch b, the bed c, and the anvil a are to be simultaneously moved forward laterally, whereby the finger will feed the material along until the ringer may come directly over the eyeletreceiver t'. An eyelet being previously deposited on the receiver, so as to encompass such and reston the compresser, the latter will next be driven upward, and the presser will be drawnl downward, the whole being so as to cause the material to be held firmly in place upon the platform, the eyelet to be forced up into the hole of the material and to be pressed against the anvil, so as to be inserted in the material and be lixed thereto by being upset in a manner well understood.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention or improvement in eyeleting-machines is l. The punch b, its bed c, and the upsettinganvil e, arranged, as set forth, to have a lateral reciprocating motion, and provided with mechanism, substantially as described, for operating them as specified, so as to cause the material to be punched and fed forward, in order to be eyeleted, by means essentially as explained.

2. And in combination therewith and the work-supporting platform, I claim the presser f, provided with mechanism for actuating it,

as described.

JOHN E. WIGGlN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

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