Abstract: A machine for the attachment of buttons, rivets or the like, preferably to articles of clothing, which buttons, rivets or the like consist of an upper portion and a lower portion, a material held between an upper clamping jaw and a lower clamping jaw being punched by actuation of a ram, and, after movement of a slide having an upper tool and a lower tool, the button portions disposed therein being positively connected to one another by ram actuation by virtue of the upper and lower tools being brought towards one another. In order to be able to carry out the punching of the article of clothing which is necessary before the attachment of the object, using the same machine and without changing the position of the article of clothing, an attachment tool (36) at the end of the ram is disposed, in the hole punching disposition (FIG. 3), in coaxial alignment with a hole punching tool (26).

Abstract: A pack for arrays of needles has a plate-like carrier with a hinge between its upper and lower sections, and a cover which overlies the front side of the carrier and has upper and lower sections connected to each other by a hinge. The lower sections are permanently bonded to each other around a field of parallel pockets for needles in one of the lower sections, and the upper sections are separably connected to each other to permit pivoting of such upper sections relative to each other in order to expose the needles. The upper sections can be recoupled to each other, and at least those portions of the cover which are adjacent the needles consist of a light-transmitting plastic material.

Abstract: A riveting press wherein the reciprocable ram of the upper tool can be rotated by a stepping motor to transmit torque to an article holding device which is reciprocable independently of the ram to pick up randomly oriented articles from a transferring device. The latter accepts successive randomly oriented articles from a chute and carries a sensor which interrupts rotation of the article and of the holding device when its follower detects a marker on the article. An adjustable selector switch or a computer is provided to induce the motor to turn the holding device and the article therein to a final angular position prior to application of the article to a garment.