Ornament coupling apparatus and method and ornament
OwnerHong Kwan KIMinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is an ornament including male-shaped ornaments which are attached to one surface of a desired portion, respectively; and a unit plate to fix the respective male-shaped ornaments to the other surface of the desired portion, so that the desired portion is freely flexible. A side of the male-shaped ornament is provided with a fitting protrusion which passes through the desired portion to fix the male-shaped ornament to the unit plate, and the unit plate is provided with an engaging hole into which the fitting protrusion is fitted. Also, disclosed are an ornament coupling apparatus and method for the ornament.
Claims12
An ornament coupling apparatus comprising:
- an upper mold which is moved down by operation of a pressing machine;
- a punching member which is provided on a center of a lower portion of the upper mold;
- a lower mold which is installed below the upper mold, and is provided with a washer plate seating portion on which a washer plate with a unit plate attached thereon is seated, in which the washer plate seating portion is provided with a punching hole through which the unit plate is dropped by operation of the punching member;
- a spring which is interposed between the upper mold and the lower mold to resiliently support the upper mold;
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- a male-shaped ornament seating member which is installed below the lower mold at a position corresponding to the washer plate seating portion, and the male-shaped ornament is seated on the male-shaped ornament seating member in such a way that a fitting protrusion of the male-shaped ornament faces upwardly, and the unit plate dropped through the punching hole is engaged to the male-shaped ornament.
An ornament coupling method comprising the steps of:
- placing a washer plate attached with a unit plate along a dotted line on a washer plate seating portion which is formed on an upper portion of a lower mold;
- placing a male-shaped ornament on a male-shaped ornament seating member which is provided below the lower mold in such a way that a fitting protrusion of the male-shaped ornament is facing upwardly;
- interposing a desired portion between the lower mold and the male-shaped ornament seating member;
- lowering an upper mold provided on the lower mold to separate the unit plate from the washer plate by a punching member, respectively;
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- after the upper mold is moved down and then the lower mold is moved down, penetrating the fitting protrusion of the male-shaped ornament the desired portion, and separating the unit plate from the washer plate by operation of the upper mold and the punching member, so that the washer plate is dropped through a punching hole of the lower mold, and the fitting protrusion is fitted into an engaging hole of the unit plate, thereby engaging the male-shaped ornament and the unit plate, with the desired portion being interposed therebetween.
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