Letters Patent of the United States: 60 1. -In a machine for setting blind or invisible eyelets, eyelet-setting mechtnism including ,t setting tool htvi-ng ,t setting shoulder to enter a hole in a ltyer of the work, and worli:-punching mech,,tnism including a 65 punch movable relatively to the setting tool, ancl Inovable metns ,tdjtistable relatively to the plinch to P-aove the setting tool so as to place the setting shoulder in the punched hole ard between the two outer 'Laces of the -vvork. 70 2 . In -,t machiiie for Setting blind or invis-'- -].)Ie eyelets, worli:-clamplnff means, P-yeletsetti@g mechtnism ineltiding a setting tool having L setting sho Lilder to enter ,t hole in t layer of the -work while the latter is held 75 by said cl,,tmping me,,tns, and mech,,tnism ineltidi ng t ptinch movable independently of the setting tool to pulich tnd feed the work I.nd menns tcljustable rel,,ttively to the punch - @Lii ct trranged to move the setting tool so as 80 luo place 'Uhe settin;@r sho-Lilder in the punched liole tiid betv-7een the t-wo outer faces of the wor!T. 3. In a m,,i6liine for setting blind or invisib le evelets. a ptinch ellirrier and a setting 85 die arr,),-nged to move relitively to each othe r, u plinch c,,,rried by said Carrier said die li,-ving ,t settiilg shoulder to enter t hole in t I.Lyer of the work tnd said punch being, trranged to punch a hole in the worl@: to go receive s,,tid sholilder aiicl the b,,trrel of 'Itn eyelet. -means independent of said plinch for ea , using the se-ting sho-Lilder of Saict die to move through the hole in said layer, tnd means trr,,inged to co-,,tet with s,,tid die to 95 clelich tn eyelet a-ainst said shoulder. 4. In a machin@ for settincr blind or invisible eyelets, setting mecb-anism including an insertino- tool and a clenching tool, the latter h,,tvino, a setting shoulder formed ioo zn and arranged to enter a hole in a layer of the work, a punch and a c,,trri-er therefor mova ble relatively- to the clenching tool, and ,tn abLitment carried by said carrier to sustain the clenching tool against the pressure 105 of the eyelet, said abutment being adjusttble relatively to the uneh. p 5. A machine for setting invisible eyelets, havino', in combination a ptinch @nd ',t PUDeh-e,@'@r' ier movtble to I perfortte the iio otiter and lining parts of a shoe upper, -.tnd a shoiildered iipsetting die reduced in diam,.,te r to facilitate its introduction through the ptinched hole, s,,tid upsetting die being mov,,t ble tr,,tnsversely beneath the punch af- 115 ter the punch is withdrtwn from the pLinched work, and means carried by the punch -carrier tnd tdjustable relatively to the punch to force the shoulder of the die throug l-i the outer p,,trt of the upper only. 120 6. In a machine for setting blind or invisible eyelets, work-clamping means, a carrier mov,%ble independently of said means, a setting die having a setting shoulder to enter a hole in the worl@:, sai,d carrier and 125 said die having co6perative undercut portions to permit assembling and separating them by relative transverse movement, and me,@i ns to fasten the die in co6perative relation to the carrier. 130

1,341,763 T. A machine for setting invisible eyelets, having, in combinatioia, punching and setting devices, a carrier for one of said devices h-,ving a threaded bore, a tubular guide member -which has its bore reclueed in diameter at the projecting end, acljustably retained in one end of the bore, the devi,ce supported by the, earrier fitting witl@in the bore and having a redticed end projecting 10 throu(rh and beyond the reduced bore, me,,tns for frictionally retaining said device in the carrier, and an ablitment member for said device adjustgbly retained in the other end of the bore of the carrier. 15 8. In a machine for setting blind or invisible e3,elets, settino, mechanism incluclin(y .ti-i inserting tool and ,t clenching tool, the 1,,ttter hai,ing a setting shoulder formed and ,trrano,ed to enter a hole iii ,t layer of the 20 work, a punch ,tnd a carrier therefor movable i-elatii,ely to the clenching tool, and ,tn ,tbiitm ent c,.trried by said c,,trrier to sustain tlle clenchin- tool against the pressLire of the eyelet, said punch being adjustable in25 dependently of the ,tbutrnent. 9. in a machine for setting blind or invisible eyelets, setting mechanism includino, an inserting tool and a clenching tool, the latter hav.in, ,i settinu sholilder formed and 30 trran@-ed to-ep.ter a -hole in a layer of the work, a plinch ,tnd a c,,irrier therefor movable relatively to the clenching tool ,tnd an ,tbut ent carried by s,,ti,d c,,trrier to sustain the clenching tool against the pressure of the 3 5 eyelet, the punch and the abutment being adjusiableindependently of each other. 10. In a machine for setting blind or invisible eyelets, setting mechanisra including an insertinly tool and a clenching tool, the latter havit@g a setting shoulder formed and 40 ,trranged to enter a hole in a layer of the worli:, t punch and a carrier therefor mov,tble relatively to the clenching tool, and a tubular abutment carried by the carrier and s-Lirrotindin- the punch to sustain the clench- 45 ing tool against the pressure of the eyelet sai.d punch and the t-Libular abutment being i-elatively adjustable. 11. An eyeleting machine comprisin a 9 'L--Libulir punch and a carrier therefor, a 50 p-Linch-blocli:, an eyelet-insertin- tool, an eyelet-clenching tool relatively t(; which the punch is mov,,tble to punch and feed the Nvork, and an abutment carried by said carrier and adjustable relatively to the punch 55 to sustain the clenching tool at the moment of clenchiilg the eyelet. 12. An eyeleting machine comprisitig a tubular puneh and a carrier therefor, a puiieh-block, an eyelet-inserting tool, an 60 eyelet-clenching tool relatively to which the puncli is mov,.tble to punch and feed the -work, and means arranged to sust,,tin the clenchin- tool at the rnoment of clenching the eyelet, said means and the punch being 65 relatively adjust-,tble so that, as between the punching couple and the eyelet-setting Couple, an adjustment of one ivill not affect the other. In testimony whereof I have signed my 70 n,,tme to tl-iis specification. FRED A. RUMNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. F.RED A. RU:MNEY, oF CAYLBRIDGF,, XASSACI-IUS--Plv -TS, ASSIGNOIT, BY 21ESNE ASSIGNMIENTS, TO UNITED SI-IOE MACITINERY COlt-POII.@&TI01V, OF PATE--@SON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, EYELETING-MACY@INE. 1,341,763. Specification of Letters@Patent. P.,ttented jftine 1, 1920. Application filed December 22,1916. Serial No. 138,384. To alltvhogn it may concern., Be it known th@it 1, FRRD A. Ru-,NiNEYI ,t citizen of the United St,@ttes, Ii@d resident of Caml)ridge, in the county of Middlesex ,tnd State of Mass,,Lchusetts, halte invented cert,,i,tn Improvements in Eyele@'uinz-M,@tchin-,s, of -,,vliieh the follonving description, in co-,i-iiection with the accomptnying dr,,twings, is t specific,,ttion, like reference ch,,tr,,teters io on tli.e dr,,t-@vings indicating like 1)@trts in the sea,eral fig-Lires. The present iniention relatos to improvements in machin4, -s for setting blind or iiivisible e3,eic-ts and i.9 herein ,hown is emi6 bodied iii tn eyeleting machine of the ch,,trticter disclosed in tetters Patent of the United St,,ites No. 1.205,9,7@, granted November 21, 1916, on an a,pplication of Wil,,,,,r Sh,,,w, altholigh its -Lpplic,,ttion is not 20 limited to this or to any other p,.urti'clll',tr ty,.,,)e of eyeleting rnachine. .Prior t-o 'uhe introduction of Po-wer chines for setting blind or invisible eyeletg it ivas i-he etistoni to employ upsettino, dies 25 liaving a conea-ve tillsetting surflilee shapetl to embrace and form the eiiz4ire po,@@tion of the eyelet barrel whi-ch was rolled over in clenching; that is to s,,t , the surface of thp, y upsetting die controlled the path of move30 ment of the end of the eyelet barrel duriiithe eiitire operatioii. In designing a power oper,ited machine, which would piinch 'the shoe iippei- @tnd insert the invisible eyelet at one operition, it was foiind imprtetical. to 35 introdtice between the liniiio,, qncl the oiiter p,ti-t of tlie-upper -,t complete or perfect upsettin-,- die. ConseqLiehtly it was prop6sed to miitil-,ute or to modify the Lipsettin die 9 by reducinff its dimensions in slich a cliree40 tion ,ts to f,,teilit,,tte its introdiieti6n ttnd prer sent,ttion to the Irequi ed positioii bet-@,een the lini.ng and the outer part of the tipper. A po-wer operate(I m,,tchine of o-ne tl,pe for performing this worli: is disclosed in'Lettets 45 P,-Ltent of -the TTnited States No. 1,143,741.1 granted June 22, 1915, on an ,tpplicttion o@f A. B. Wales. As show-Ti in tb.at p@ttent the i-ipsetting die is modifieci by thinnino, it so that it m,,ty be inserted edgewise betw@@n the 50 P'.tr-ts of the -tipper. In other worcls, tl-ie lip-setting die i@ red-Liced in that diMenSiOTI which would facilitate its introduction bepresent iiiventioxi relates 4uo power operttecl m@tchines of the type wherein the upsetting 55 die is modified by beiilg re(Iiieed diametrically, the upsetting surC ce i'st,-,ad of co-.istituting ,t complete semi-e-irelillir ,tnnLilir surface, comprising nierely a. curirecl shoiilcl 'nitiit 60 er of stifficient ext6nt to impart an@l eiirl to the @dvincing end of the eyelet barrel. By the use of slieli a clie the'complete rolle d e'lench is formocl bec,,tiiso the maferi,-@l of the eyelet b,,trrel follows the direction impa rted to 6,,tch @oi@tion thereof ,ts it is ,tcl- 65 vaiie ed over the settinu s-Lii-fice. Such@.qTi upse tting (Ii.e m,,ty be introduced to the clesired location in the ui-)per by bei@@ig passecl thro uo,li the hole p-reriminar'ily formed by the punch. 70 An object of the invention is to provide, in ,tn eyeleting m,,tchl'nE@ ha-%,ini-t a, clenching tool formed with a (.Ieiichi-ng,-slio-Lilder reduce d in ditmeter as liforesaid, me,,tns 'ior punc hing -,t hole of tdequ,,tte size to entble 75 the barrel of the eyelet to enter' re,,tdily, so th,@ t the eyelet will not force the eyelet-receivi n(y material be@oiid the elenching sh6l-ilder. Ftirthermore, .tn object is to provide impr bved nieans for susttining the clench- 80 ing tool against t I he presstire of the eyelet to the end that the reduced clenchin,6- shotilder Nvill occupy the desired p . 1,,tne at the mom ent of clenching, so th,,tt the ellenelling tool will cobpcrate ,tce-Liraiely with the in- 85 sorti ng tool witfloiit beinc, affect,-,d by ad'tistm ent of the p'unch. The invention is illustrtted, for convenienc e . , as being ombodied in ,i m,,tchine, orginiz ,@ition sir@ilar in soiile respoets to th I ttt 90 discl osed iii Letters @ !latent No. TO 7-,644 gran ted August 26, 1902 on tn api:)Iication filed by me. An im@ort, nt diterenco., however , betwee-n th,,tt disclosure ,tnd the present is thtt, accordin,,x to the 1,,ttter, the means 95 for siistairiing the efenchino, tool ,tgtinst the eyel et m,,ty be adii-isted @r-elatively to the pun eb. Consequently whatever tdj List-M. eiit is made in respect to, the said sust@Lining mea ns will not diqtiirb the relaluioii of the 100 punc h tnd puiich-bed by which the Work is perf orated to receii,e the@eyelet. The features of the invep-tion will be be@-t Und erstood and appreciated from the' followi n(,y description of a preferred embodi- IL05 tween separated layers of the work. The ment thereof selected for purposes of ilius-

1,341,763 tration and shonvn in the ,tecompanying drawino,s, in whichFigure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of the machine; Fig. 2 is a similar vie-Nv in side elevation; Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive are views in front elevation, with p,,@rts broken away, indic,,tting successive positions of the machine arts p durin- one cycle, and io , Flig@ T is a vieAv in perspective of the - Lipsetting die. The machine frame 2 is provided with vertical bearings for a plunger 4 ,trr,,tnged to be reciprocated by a c,,tm 6. The lower 15 setting or eyelet carrying die 8 is ,tdjust,tbly mounted in the upper end of the plunger 4 and is provided @vith ,t yi ' elding central spindle 10 of the usual constructioii. A raceway 7 is molinted -Lipon the machine 20 frame for movement into ancl out of the path of the bottom of the lower set 8 for the pui-pose of supplying eyelets thereto, as will be readily understood. Journaled iii the macbine frame 2 is tli 25 oscillatoi-y cari-ier t4 in wliieli is iiloiiiited i i e,;@1-yin- levei- 12. The levei- 12 is PLIUCI arranged to be oscillated vertically toward and from the plane of the work and also transversely for feedin(,, the work in the 30 manner flilly disclosed in the patent to Shaw No. 1,205,2@@. The construction ,tnd mounting of the punch is best shown in Fig. 3 from which it. will appear that the p-tinch is acylindrical shouldered tube whicl-i, in 35 the form illtistr,,ited, is composed of two parts. Its transverse position is determine(-.1 by one of these parts formed as t tubtilar StLid 16 threaded into a bore in the forward end of the lever 12 and having its bore re40 duced at the lower end. The st-Lid 16 is provided with a lock nut 20 by ivhich its adjustment is m,,tintained. An adjtist,,tble bearing piece 22 is thre,,tded into the upper eiid of the bore in the lever 12 ,ind tets i-ig45 idly to supl)ort tlle I)LIIICII. The iil)l)ei- eii(I of the ptinch is m,,tiiitiiiied iii ciigagement with the betrin(r piece 22 by t set screw 24 threaded into one si(l.e of the lever 12, btit if it becomes loose it cannot drop out of the 50 carrier because of the red-Liced bore of the part 16. The punch co8perates with a h,,trdened cutting block 26 mounted upon the machine frame and trranged to occupy ft slot in the 55 %A,-oi-k plate 28. A presser foot'30 is -trran-ed to engage the work plate at a position in front of the cutting block, being lifted intermittently dtiring the operation of the machine to permit the feeding operation to 60 take place. The feeding operation is effected by the transverse movement of the punch while in engagement with the punched hole in the work, as will be presently described., The upsetting die is maintained in a,n 65 oscillatory carrier arranged to swing about the txis of ft stotion,,try stucl 32 set in the machine frame at the re,,ir of the w6rk plate 28. The stud 32 is stirrounded by a sleeve 34 formed integral with or otl-ierwise attached to an arm 36 extending forwardly 70 and terminating in alinement -with the ptth of the lower setting die. A compression spring 38 surrounds the sleeve 34 tnd, beariiig ,tg,,iinst the uncler side 6f the arm 36, tends to elev,,tte the I-,Ltter. The upward 75 moveiiient of the trm 36 is limited by a cap plate 40 socu.ied to the top of the sttid 3), by a scre@v 42. The ,trm 36 h,,ts a regrwardly extending projection 44 in ",Iiieh is set an tdjiistable stol) screw 45. The stop 80 screw 45 norm,,tlly bears agtinst ,t stationary stud 46 projecting doAAiiwardly from the rear end of the cap plate 40. The spriiig 38 which elevttes the trm 36 is connectecl ,tt its lower end to an acljust,,tble collar 48 85 on the stu(-l 32 ,Lnd at its upper end to the trm 36, being wound under tension so that it teiicls noi-mally to swing the irin 36 t6- wtr(T the r'i(-Ylltl "is seen in Fi(ys 3 to 6. At its oi-iter encl the ti-m is provided Avith 90 (lo\,etaile(I ia,ays to receive an iindei-eiit pl,,tte r)O from the low(,r side of which projects I-,he shouldere(i tipsetting die 52. The pl.ate 50 is removably lielcl iii pltee by a screw 54 threaded into the end of the trm tnd ptssing 95 ,,tt its encl ii'lto tn tpert-Lire in the plate 50 ' The end of the arm 36 is recessed tt its upper i-ight hand side to receive the rectliced end of the ptinch 18 d-Liring the setting op(',ration, this i-ecess being of such ,t depth that 100 the ciitting el-id of the punch c,,Lnnot touch t,l-ie pllte 50 when the- shoulder formed by the t-Llbtil,,tr face of the st-Lid beELrs ,tgai.nst III)E til)per end of the trm 36. A spring sti-ipper pl,,tte 56 is secured to the tinder side 105 of the arm 3C) and providecl with tn Ipertiire to siii-round the upsettidg die 52. The settin,@), die 52 is of slightl)T (,re,,tter @71 (Iitmetei- iii its body ptrt thtn the I)iii-icli 1.8, bi@it it may I)e foi-(,T(I easily into the hol.(-, 110 foi-me(I by the piincli ' Tt is pi,ovided with ,-L coiietvc@ settiiip, Slioillder forming ,tn incomj-)Iete upsettii-ig stirf,,tce of the character fiilly disclosed and bro,,tdly cla,imed in the o-pendino, application of 1-fenrv T. Doulett, ii5 Augu-st 1, 1914, Serial No. 854,483. In ing the tipsettino, die 52 in operttive ion its shoiilder -is passed through the -Lippermost 1,,tyer of the work under the control of a suitab@y constrticted cam opera- 120 ti-,,ely connected to the lever 12 tnd will be so positioned as to clench the end of the eyelet b,,trrel upon the concealed surface 6f the lower layer or layers. In the acomp,,tnying dr@twings the outer or leather portion of a 1 2 5 shoe Lipper is indicated by reference char,tcter 90 and the lining po@tion by reference ch,,tr,,teter 92. It will be unders'toocl, however, that the lining portioii f an uppei- is 0 frequently made up of two or more layel,s 130

1,341,763 of sheet m,,iterial such for example as a textile lining ptrt and t le,,tthor s-,,ty strip. H,,iving described the construeu-ion and ,trrangement of the mechanisni Nvhich constitiites one embocliment of the inveiition, its operati-on will now, be briefly described. The m,,tchine comes @to rest ivith the p-Linch IS elev,,uted and the set 8 in its lower position, -,is shorn in Fi . 1. When it is desired to set 9 10 invisible eyelets in a shoe Lipper the tipper i-s pltced 1-ipon the. work table 28 with its otiter or lelitlier p,,irt tippermost ,tnd the Poilit ,tt which the first eyelet is to be set located bene,,tth the p-Li-neh 18. The m,,tchine 15 is then set in operation whereupon the punch immediately descends perforating both pa,-t,,, of the Nvork. The punch is then retractecl ver.), sli-glitly to release the pressure upon the etittinly bl6cl@: 26 tnd is then moved toward 20 the left carrying the plii-iched hole into line -with and above the lower set -8 to ivhich an eyelet is delivered by the rteeway 7. Fig. 4 represents the ptipch in position ,it the end of its feecting movement tnd it NiTill be 25 seen th,,tt in this movement the side of the piincliencounters the ai-m 36 aiid sivings the lipsetting die towtrd the left to an inoperati-je position. The presser foot 30 is e'Levated during th-- feecling oper,,ttion blit ,tt its 30 (,,oneltision immedicttely @ieseencls tnd holds the worli: in place Lipon the t-,tble 9- 8. The p-Linch 18 is now elev,,tlt-led sufficiently to permit the ar-Tn 36 'uo re,tsstime its normal position in Iiiie with the lower set, as cle,,trly 35 shown in Fig. 5. The punch 18 is then lowore(l, and by reason of the eng,,to-ement of m the shouldered part 16 with the top o-f the ,trm 36, forces the -Lipsetting die downnvtrdly in advance uiitil its Lipsettino- sho-Lilder is 40 located exactly in oper,,ttive @position between the 1,,tyers of the worli:. Me,,ipwhile the lower set is elevated and the end of the eyelet barrel is forced through the Iiiiing part 92 of the upper ,t,nd is clenched @ipon 'ts-conce,,tled surface, ,is showii in Fig. 6. 45 1 n The press-Lire of the eyelet tgii st the cleiiehing slioulder is siist,,tine,d by the ,tbLitment 16, ,ind lilthoti,-h this ablitment, in the illustrated m,,tchine, ig-cirried by the same 5o lever that e,.irrieC, the p-Linch it may be adjiusted withotit distiirbiiig the acljtistment of the ptinch. Finally the p-Linch 18 and the loai,or set 8 disengtge the work which is still beld by the presser foot, ,tnd return to their 55 initial positions, as shoiiii in Figs. 1 and 3 in readiness for t repetition of the cycle. I-laving thus described my invention, I claim as ne,@i, ancl desire to seelire by