Abstract: An apparatus for piercing earlobes which comprises a pair of elongated, hand-held, parallel bars that can be moved towards and away from each other while an earlobe is positioned between the bars adjacent an end thereof. At that same end, one of the bars mounts an axially movable plunger to which an earlobe piercing stud can be attached. A compression spring drives the plunger and therewith the stud towards the second bar for piercing the ear. First and second levers are positioned for actuation by the same hand holding the piercing apparatus for retracting or cocking the plunger and for releasing it to pierce the earlobe. The second bar includes a recess into which a clip can be inserted which has an aperture for frictionally engaging the stud and retaining the stud to the earlobe after the latter has been pierced.

Abstract: An earlobe piercer which has a pair of jaws that are movable towards and away from each other and a pressure plate mounted to one of the jaws which engages and holds the earlobe to be pierced. A slot in the pressure plate has a bottom end that supports one end of a piercing stud. The other end of the stud is disposed in an actuating mechanism which can be released to drive the stud linearly forward and through the earlobe while the stud is guided by the slot bottom. An enlarged cutout in the pressure plate provides visual access to the earlobe to be pierced to facilitate the alignment of any given point on the lobe with the stud. The piercer further provides means for positioning a stud-engaging clip which has an aperture that intercepts the travel path of the stud so that the stud engages the clip at the end of the piercing operation to thereby secure it to the earlobe.