Button badge making machine

A button badge making machine adapted to make a button badge, the button badge including an upper body, a pattern layer and a lower body, the button badge making machine comprising:

• a support frame including a lower support member, an upper pressing member which is disposed above and movable relative to said lower support member in an upright direction, and a first resilient unit and a second resilient unit which extend in the upright direction and project upwardly from said lower support member, said first resilient unit having at least one first support surface which faces upwardly, said second resilient unit having at least one second support surface which faces upwardly, said first and second support surfaces being resiliently movable downwardly relative to said lower support member;
• a lower die including a lower center die seat which is disposed and supported on said lower support member, and a lower peripheral die seat which surrounds and is movable relative to said lower center die seat in the upright direction for the upper body and the pattern layer to be placed thereon in beginning of a first making step, said lower center die seat being adapted for the lower body to be placed thereon in a second making step, said lower peripheral die seat being turnable relative to said lower support member about a rotating axis between a first angular position, where said lower peripheral die seat is engaged with and supported on said first support surface, and a second angular position, where said lower peripheral die seat is engaged with and supported on said second support surface;
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• an upper die cooperating with said lower die to press and make the button badge, said upper die including an upper center die seat which is disposed on and movable with said upper pressing member and which is correspondingly located above said lower center die seat, and an upper peripheral die seat which surrounds and is movable relative to said upper center die seat in the upright direction and which is correspondingly located above said lower peripheral die seat, said upper peripheral die seat being turnable relative to said upper pressing member about the rotating axis between a third angular position, where said upper peripheral die seat corresponds with said lower peripheral die seat in the first angular position and is movable with said upper center die seat downwardly toward said lower peripheral die seat to perform the first making step so as to press the upper body and the pattern layer together and transfer the upper body and the pattern layer into said upper die against a first counteracting force generated as a result of a first downward resilient movement of said lower peripheral die seat and said first support surface, and a fourth angular position, where said upper peripheral die seat corresponds with said lower peripheral die seat in the second angular position, and is movable relative to said upper center die seat in the upright direction to permit a downward movement of said upper center die seat and said upper pressing member relative to said upper peripheral die seat to perform a removal sub-step of the second making step so as to remove the upper body and the pattern layer from said upper die back to said lower peripheral die seat, and where said upper peripheral die seat is movable with said upper center die seat downwardly toward said lower peripheral die seat to perform a pressing sub-step of the second making step so as to press said lower peripheral die seat against a second counteracting force that is generated as a result of a second downward resilient movement of said lower peripheral die seat with said second support surface, a maximum amount of the first downward resilient movement of said lower peripheral die seat in the first angular position is larger than that of the second downward resilient movement of said lower peripheral die seat in the second angular position.