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~ Eyelet Presses ~

Model, Year, Maker	Click Image to Enlarge
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.
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."
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.
Perforator, Eyeleter and Tape Binder Advertised 1888-91 Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict Chicago, IL
Self-Feeding Eyeletting Machine Advertised 1889 W. E. Cook London, England
Eyelet Press
Elbe Eyelet Machine No. 1 Advertised 1912-20  Elbe File and Binder Co. New York, NY
Kismet Eyelet Machine Europe, possibly U.K.
Elbe Automatic Eyelet Machine No. 3 Advertised 1912-15 Elbe File and Binder Co. New York, NY Machine used a strip of eyelets.
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.
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.
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)	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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