Machine for attaching buttons, rivets, or similar to garments
AssigneeSchaeffer Scovill Verbindungstechnik GmbH
InventorsHerbert Birkhofer, Hans-Otto Hoffler
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Abstract
A machine is disclosed for feeding button parts from a magazine to an attachment position. The machine includes an arcuate sliding surface which guides the button parts to the attachment position, and a transport finger which moves along the sliding surface. The transport finger is spring-urged outwardly to move the button parts in one direction, but is shiftable inwardly to pass over button parts when moved in the opposite direction.
Claims7
A machine for attaching fastener parts to garments, said machine being adapted to receive said fastener parts in an upright position from the discharge exit of a guide channel supplied by a magazine and to transfer said fastener parts to a horizontal attachment position, said machine comprising:
- fastener part engaging means including a sliding surface extending from said discharge exit to said attachment position, said sliding surface being configurated to form a segment of a circle, said sliding surface being tangential to said discharge exit and to said attachment position;
- a guide rail concentric with said sliding surface and spaced outwardly thereof;
- a transport finger shiftable along said sliding surface toward and away from said attachment position;
- means supporting and driving said transport finger;
- spring means urging said transport finger outwardly toward said guide rail, whereby said transport finger is effective to shift a fastener part toward said attachment position when said transport finger is moved in one direction and is effective to move past a stationary fastener when the finger is moved in the opposite direction.
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