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~ Eyelet Presses ~

Model, Year, Maker

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Lipman's Improved Eyelet Machine
Patented 1854, 1868 & 1882 ~ Advertised 1878-85
H. L. Lipman
Lipman Manufacturing Co.
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.

"Directions for use--After punching the hole, place the Eyelet in its bed under the Fastener, and the hole which has been punched, hold on to the Fastener, with the left hand, while the Lever is brought down with the right, thus clinching the Eyelet."

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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
The tape binder was used to bind manuscripts.
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Self-Feeding Eyeletting Machine
Advertised 1889
W. E. Cook
London, England
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Eyelet Closing Press No. 33
Advertised in 1920s, but design appears older
U.K.

Courtesy of Curtis Scaglione
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Eyelet Press Unmarked Eyelet Press OM.JPG (4901 bytes)
Elbe Eyelet Machine No. 1
Advertised 1912-20 
Elbe File and Binder Co.
New York, NY
1915 Elbe Eyelet Machine No. 1 OM.jpg (22023 bytes)
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. 
1915_1916_IDL_Eyeletter_Mar_231915_-_Jan_25_1916.jpg (36107 bytes)
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)

 
Alfred F. Adderly with Bates Eyelet Fastener, Bahamas, 1943.  Mr. Adderly (1891-1953) was a Bahamas politician..
Photo courtesy of LIFE Photo Archive.
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Ajax Paper Eyeletting Press, Patented 1916

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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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