Upholstery machine
OwnerRichard H. Millerinventor
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Abstract
An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within cushions wherein a needle is caused to penetrate the cushion and pick up a string loop which is attached to a lower button. The needle is then withdrawn from the cushion and the needle removed from the string loop at which time an upper button is attached to the string loop thereby resulting in a completed button assembly being connected to the cushion.
Claims36
In combination with an upholstery machine for the tufting of a button assembly within a cushion, said upholstery machine including a movable needle, each said button assembly including a first button and a second button, said first button having an attaching eyelet protruding therefrom through which is attached a string loop which extends therefrom, a button feeding mechanism comprising:
- an elongated housing;
- a strip of frictionally grabbing material movably mounted on said elongated housing, an elongated guide channel formed between said housing and said strip, said elongated guide channel being adapted to snugly retain a row of said first buttons, said guide channel terminating in a discharge end;
- cam means attached to said strip, said cam means adapted to be contacted by an actuating means for moving said strip, said cam means for causing movement of said row of said first buttons resulting in a discharge of a said first button from said discharging end of said guide channel;
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- loop guide means attached to said housing, each said string loop of said first button being located about said loop guide means, whereby after discharge of a said first button from said discharge end the said string loop for that said first button is guided by said loop guide means to engage with said movable needle.
An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within a cushion comprising:
- first means for penetrating the cushion;
- a first button assembly comprising a button which is attached to a string loop;
- second means for singlely dispensing said first button assembly so that said string loop of the dispensed said first button assembly engages with said first means after said first means has penetrated the cushion, said second means containing a plurality of said first button assemblies;
- third means for moving said first means out of penetration with said cushion which causes said string loop of the dispensed said first button assembly to extend through said cushion and protrude exteriorly therefrom;
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- fourth means for disengaging said string loop of said dispensed button assembly from said first means, whereby a second button assembly is then to be manually connected to said string loop.
An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within a cushion comprising:
- a housing, said housing including a table section and an upright stanchion section, said upright stanchion section spaced above said table section;
- a needle mounted on said upright stanchion section, said needle being movable relative to said table section between a lower position and an upper position, said needle having engagement means, said needle being adapted to have penetrated a cushion when in said lower position;
- a button dispensing mechanism mounted within said table section, said button dispensing mechanism being adapted to retain a plurality of first button assemblies, each said first button assembly having a button body to which is connected a loop of string, said button dispensing mechanism adapted to singlely dispense a said first button assembly causing its said loop of string to engage with said engagement means of said needle when said needle is in said lower position;
- movement means for moving said needle to said upper position causing said loop of string to be conducted through said cushion and become taut;
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- disengagement means for causing said loop of string to disengage said needle after movement to said upper position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.