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Lipman's Improved
Eyelet Machine
Patented 1854-1868-1882 ~ Advertised 1878-85
H. L. Lipman
Philadelphia, PA
During the 1880s, Lipman also marketed Tri-Patent,
Indispensable, and Combino Eyelet Machines. Ads for the Improved show an
1854 patent date. Ads for the Tri-Patent show 1854-64 patent dates. The Original Self-Feeding Machine was advertised in 1885.
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Eyelet
Machine
Advertised 1883
Edwin B. Stimpson & Son
New York, NY
This eyelet machine was advertised for office use. A
similar automatic eyelet machine was patented in 1862 by Reed &
Packard, Bridgewater, MA, and advertised in 1863 for "inserting
eyelets into garments and shoes, in fact into anything in which their
presence is required."
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Challenge Eyelet Press
No. 1
Introduced 1887 ~ Patented 1887-1907 ~ Advertised 1888-1940
E. L. Sibley
Subsequently The Edw. L. Sibley Mfg. Co.
Bennington, VT
Model shown was introduced in 1888. 1887 model was
slightly different.
The much larger No. 2 is identical in appearance.
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Perforator,
Eyeleter and Tape Binder
Advertised 1888-91
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Chicago, IL
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Self-Feeding
Eyeletting Machine
Advertised 1889
W. E. Cook
London, England
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Elbe Eyelet Machine No.
1
Advertised 1912-20
Elbe File and Binder Co.
New York, NY
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Kismet
Eyelet Machine
Europe, possibly U.K. |
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Elbe
Automatic Eyelet Machine No. 3
Advertised 1912-15
Elbe File and Binder Co.
New York, NY
Machine used a strip of eyelets. |
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Eyelagraph
Advertised 1913
Premo Process Co.
New Brunswick, NJ
Machine has an internal eyelet reservoir. The similar
Premo Automatic Eyelet Machine, made by the Office Utilities Mfg. Co, New
York, NY, was advertised in 1913, and the similar Stronghold Self-Feeding
Eyeleter, which used a string of 25 eyelets, was advertised in 1915. |
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IDL Eyeleter
(a.k.a. IDL Automatic Eyelet Punch)
Patented 1915-16, Advertised 1928-30
IDL Mfg. Corp., New York, NY
Also sold as Star IDL Eyeleter
The Star Paper Fastener Co., Inc.
Westport, CT and New York, NY
The similar Engel Automatic Self-Feeding Eyelet Machine
was marketed by the
Tower Mfg. and Novelty Co, New York, NY, in
1912. |
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Ajax Paper Eyeletting
Press
(a.k.a. Bates Ajax Eyelet Fastener,
Bates Eyelet Fastener)
Patented 1916-18 ~ Advertised 1917-28 (Ajax), 1930-40 (Bates Ajax)
Machine Appliance Corp., New York, NY (Ajax, 1917-21)
Subsequently Bates Mfg. Co., Orange, NJ (1930-40)
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Ajax Paper Eyeletting Press, Patented 1916

Bates Eyelet Fastener |
Square
Eyeletting Machine
Patented 1914-16 ~ Advertised 1920-24
Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co.
Chicago, IL
The machine makes its own eyelets as they are
used,
punching them from a spool of .005" steel tape.
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