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US 2002/0157230 A1Published application
Adjusting method and adjusting jig of button attaching apparatus
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorTomoyuki Okada
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Abstract
Jigs (52 to 57) are respectively set on upper and lower holders (21, 31) of a button attaching apparatus instead of upper and lower dies; relative position of the upper and the lower holders (21, 31) is adjusted while upper and lower springs (211, 317) are disabled; while the upper spring (211) is kept disabled, the lower spring (317) having stronger biasing force is enabled to adjust the lower spring; and the upper spring (211) is enabled to adjust the upper spring.
Claims12
An adjusting method of a button attaching apparatus which has:
- a first die capable of receiving one of a pair of button components and located on a predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second die capable of receiving the other of the pair of button components and located on the advancement-retraction axis line opposing the first die;
- a first side portion having a first holder supporting the first die in an attachable and detachable manner and in a manner movable along the advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second side portion having a second holder supporting the second die in an attachable and detachable manner;
- a drive mechanism provided at least one of the first side portion or the second side portion for moving the first holder or the second holder toward and away from each other along the predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a first cushion provided on the first side portion for biasing the first die toward the second die;
- and a first cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first adjusting jig and a second adjusting jig, at least one of the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig being attached with a force gauge;
- setting the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig to the first holder and the second holder instead of the first die and the second die;
- adjusting a relative position of the first holder and the second holder so that a force measured by the force gauge becomes a predetermined value by mutually pressing the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig by bringing the first holder and the second holder closest with each other while the first cushion is disabled;
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- adjusting the first cushion adjuster so that the force measured by the force gauge becomes a predetermined value by mutually pressing the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig by bringing the first holder and the second holder closest with each other while the first cushion is enabled.
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An adjusting method of a button attaching apparatus which has:
- a first die capable of receiving one of a pair of button components and located on a predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second die capable of receiving the other of the pair of button components and located on the advancement-retraction axis line opposing the first die;
- a first side portion having a first holder supporting the first die in an attachable and detachable manner and in a manner movable along the advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second side portion having a second holder supporting the second die in an attachable and detachable manner;
- a drive mechanism provided at least one of the first side portion or the second side portion for moving the first holder or the second holder toward and away from each other along the predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a first cushion provided on the first side portion for biasing the first die toward the second die;
- a first cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion;
- a second cushion being stronger than the first cushion and being provided on the second side portion for biasing the second die toward the first die;
- and a second cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the second cushion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first adjusting jig and a second adjusting jig, at least one of the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig being attached with a force gauge;
- setting the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig to the first holder and the second holder instead of the first die and the second die;
- adjusting a relative position of the first holder and the second holder so that a force measured by the force gauge becomes a predetermined value by mutually pressing the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig by bringing the first holder and the second holder closest with each other while both of the first cushion and the second cushion are disabled;
- adjusting the second cushion adjuster so that the force measured by the force gauge becomes a predetermined value by mutually pressing the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig by bringing the first holder and the second holder closest with each other while the second cushion is enabled and the first cushion is disabled;
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- adjusting the first cushion adjuster so that the force measured by the force gauge becomes a predetermined value by mutually pressing the first adjusting jig and the second adjusting jig by bringing the first holder and the second holder closest with each other while both of the first cushion and the second cushion are enabled.
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An adjusting jig used for adjusting a button attaching apparatus which has:
- a first die capable of receiving one of a pair of button components and located on a predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second die capable of receiving the other of the pair of button components and located on the advancement-retraction axis line opposing the first die;
- a first side portion having a first holder supporting the first die in an attachable and detachable manner and in a manner movable along the advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second side portion having a second holder supporting the second die in an attachable and detachable manner;
- a drive mechanism provided at least one of the first side portion or the second side portion for moving the first holder or the second holder toward and away from each other along the predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a first cushion provided on the first side portion for biasing the first die toward the second die;
- and a first cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion,
- wherein a position adjustment thickness (T0) required for adjusting relative position of the first holder and the second holder and a first adjustment thickness (T1) required for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion are selectable.
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An adjusting jig used for adjusting a button attaching apparatus which has:
- a first die capable of receiving one of a pair of button components and located on a predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second die capable of receiving the other of the pair of button components and located on the advancement-retraction axis line opposing the first die;
- a first side portion having a first holder supporting the first die in an attachable and detachable manner and in a manner movable along the advancement-retraction axis line;
- a second side portion having a second holder supporting the second die in an attachable and detachable manner;
- a drive mechanism provided at least one of the first side portion or the second side portion for moving the first holder or the second holder toward and away from each other along the predetermined advancement-retraction axis line;
- a first cushion provided on the first side portion for biasing the first die toward the second die;
- a first cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion;
- a second cushion being stronger than the first cushion and being provided on the second side portion for biasing the second die toward the first die;
- and a second cushion adjuster for adjusting the biasing force of the second cushion,
- wherein a position adjustment thickness (T0) required for adjusting relative position of the first holder and the second holder, a first adjustment thickness (T1) required for adjusting the biasing force of the first cushion, and a second adjustment thickness (T2) required for adjusting the biasing force of the second cushion are selectable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.