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US 5,020,713 AGranted
Assembly of attachments and device for attaching same
OwnerSteven J. Kunreutherinventor
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The assembly includes first and second parallel connecting bars between which individual attachments are situated in parallel, spaced relation. Each of the attachments includes first and second T-bar ends with a flexible filament extending therebetween. The attaching device includes a housing with a recess having a first and second sections adapted to receive the first and second connecting bars, respectively. First and second hollow needles extend from the housing. The T-bar ends are pushed through needles by simultaneously actuatable ejector rods after each is severed from the associated connecting bar. The assembly of the attachments is advanced through the housing to align the T-bars with the needles by simultaneously actuated indexing gears. The gears cooperate with the elements which join the T-bar ends and the connecting bars.
A device for dispensing attachments of the type having first and second T-bar ends with a flexible filament therebetween, the attachments being supplied in an assembly between first and second spaced connecting bars joined to the first and second T-bar ends, respectively, the device comprising a housing, a recess in said housing having first and second spaced sections adapted to receive the first and second connecting bars, respectively, first and second hollow needles extending from said housing, each of said needles comprising a channel through which a different one of the T-bar ends of an attachment is adapted to move, means within said housing for pushing the T-bar ends through said needles to dispense an attachment, means for severing each of the T-bar ends from the connecting bar to which it is joined and means for advancing the assembly through the housing.
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