Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a fastener such as a snap closure composed of a first fastener member and a second fastener member to be combined together through a web-like material such as a fabric therebetween, includes a lower pocket mechanism for supporting the second fastener member thereon, a punch mechanism movable toward the lower pocket mechanism for fixing the first fastener member to the second fastener member with the web-like material interposed therebetween, and an upper pocket mechanism for supporting the first fastener member, the upper pocket mechanism being movable toward the lower pocket mechanism and having means for centering the first fastener member in alignment with the second fastener member. A safety mechanism is operatively coupled with the upper pocket mechanism for actuating the punch mechanism only when the upper pocket mechanism reaches a predetermined position with respect to the lower pocket mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a pair of fastener elements of a garment fastener to a garment fabric, comprises an optical indicator for designating a position of the garment fabric where the two fastener elements are to be attached. The indicator includes a light projector having a light source for projecting a beam of light, a reflector for reflecting the light beam downwardly, and means defining an aperture for the passage therethrough of the reflected light beam. An actuator is operatively connected to the light projector for reciprocating the same toward and away from a position where the aperture is in registry with a common vertical axis of the two fastener elements. The indicator is structurally and functionally separated from a pusher mechanism for supplying one fastener element to an upper unit of the apparatus.

Abstract: Male or female annular components of fasteners are applied to articles of clothing in a machine wherein the lower tool of a pair of confronting tools has a socket for reception of the heads of discrete rivet-like connectors whose shanks extend upwardly toward the upper tool which has tongs with jaws for releasably holding a male or female component in such orientation that the central aperture of the component is in register with the shank of the connector in the socket of the lower tool. The upper tool further includes a ring-shaped hold-down device for the male or female component which is held by the tongs as well as a deforming plunger which can upset the tip of the shank after the latter has penetrated a garment between the two tools and thereupon through and partly beyond the aperture of the component in the tongs in response to downward movement of the upper tool. The hold-down device is movable axially relative to the tongs and the plunger is movable within limits axially of the hold-down device.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a pair of fastener elements onto a garment includes a gripping mechanism for temporarily holding one fastener element and for releasing the latter immediately before a reciprocally punch arrives at the predetermined lowermost position in which the one fastener element is clinched to the other fastener element supported on a die with the garment sandwiched between the fastener elements. The apparatus may comprises a guide mechanism including a chute having a guide track for the passage of the one fastener element, and a speed reducing device disposed in the chute for slowing down the movement of the one fastener element prior to the arrival of the latter at a retaining portion of the gripping mechanism. An overturning device may be provided in the chute for turning over the one fastener element as the latter slides along the guide track.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of connecting ends of a fastener of the type having a filament portion of a predetermined length, a tubular socket portion connected to one end of the filament portion and a pin portion connected to the other end of the filament portion, as well as a device suitable for carrying out this method. The device comprises a main body, a first arm provided on the front end of the main body, a second arm adapted to be moved towards and away from the first arm, a lever rotatably supported by the main body, a pulley operatively connected to the lever, a flexible member wound up by this pulley and adapted to be moved alternatingly into a first guide groove in the first arm and a second guide groove in the second arm, and a clamper provided on the end of the flexible member. The pin portion of the fastener is inserted into the socket portion thereof to connect the two ends of the fastener to each other by the relative movement of the first and second arms towards and away from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for locking and dispensing self-lockable fasteners, comprising a pair of a socket holder and an inserting-part holder. The socket holder comprises a groove for holding sockets of a plurality of fasteners in a series arrangement and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged sockets to an opening at the forward end of the socket holder, and the inserting-part holder similarly comprises a groove for holding inserting parts of the same plurality of fasteners in the same series arrangement as in the socket holder and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged inserting parts toward an opening at the forward end of the inserting-part holder. The apparatus includes also a pressing means operable to press the inserting part of a fastener into the socket of the same fastener, at the corresponding forward end portions of the socket holder and the inserting-part holder.

Abstract: An upper jaw and tool assembly for a machine for attaching snap fastener components to fabric is operable to safely receive and advance upper fastener component halves for the assembly thereof with lower component halves. A stationary housing of the assembly is mountable on an attaching machine so that the lower end of the housing is spaced only slightly above the guide plate of the machine to minimize operator risks from internal moving components of the assembly. Fingers mounted on the housing receive and position successively fed upper component halves therein and an upper tool continuously advances the halves downwardly to assemble them with lower component halves. The assembly operates without conventional vertically reciprocating jaw components and hence can be operated with a minimum of operator risks.

Abstract: The tag-dispensing device is designed for use with a hand-held plastic fastener attacher of the type having a needle for penetrating an article to be tagged and through which a fastener is dispensed. The device includes a support to which the attacher is movably mounted and upon which is situated a stack of tags. A slide is utilized to move a tag along the plane between the stack and a position in alignment with the needle of the attacher. The attacher is mounted to the support by a plate which is movable relative to the support between a position wherein the needle is remote from the plane of slide movement and a position wherein the needle intersects the plane. Slide movement may be accomplished manually or automatically in conjunction with the movement of the attacher by using a mechanical linkage, an electrically driven motor, a solenoid, or a pneumatic cylinder.

Abstract: A machine for the attachment of buttons, rivets or the like on clothing pieces, the lower parts of which are fed via rails from a magazine laterally oriented up to the vicinity of the attachment position and from there are transferred into the attachment position. The rail which feeds the bottom parts in the edgewise position exits at an angle which is offset by about 90 degrees relative to the attachment position. Between the exit position and the attachment position there extends a circular arc-shaped slide surface starting tangentially from the exit area and running approximately tangentially into the attachment position. A rotatable ring section runs on the slide surface. The ring section, which is equipped on its front end with a reception pocket, transfers respectively one lower part into the attachment position and during its movement its ring-narrow-edge closes the exit of the feed rail.

Abstract: This relates to the production of folders such as those commonly used for binding loose sheets of paper into booklet form. There is provided a method and an apparatus for setting fastener elements, such as tangs and eyelets, into selected portions of a blank made of heavy paper or cardboard. The apparatus employs rotary die holding elements defining a nip or nips therebetween for receiving one or more portions of a paper blank, particularly a blank folded to a T-shaped configuration. The apparatus includes means for applying setting forces to the fastener elements during the very brief interval of time that the fastener elements are disposed in the nip or nips between the die holders. Radially movable dies are mounted in certain of the rotary holders and cam means are employed to apply momentary fastener element setting forces to the fasteners.

Abstract: Machine for attachment of rivets, buttons or the like, particularly to clothing pieces, with an upper tool traveling towards the lower tool, which upper tool sits on a vertically guided upper tool ram. The working stroke of the ram is achieved by means of an inclined surface of a wedge, the latter entering between a roller of the ram and an abutment on the machine side, with the inclined surface of the wedge running on the roller.

Abstract: A snap fastener attaching system employs a moveable carriage assembly which is controlled in linear motion by a belt system coupled to an actuator mechanism. The carriage assembly includes clamping means which are sequentially operated to clamp a garment on the assembly after emplacement by an operator. The depression of a start button enables the actuator to traverse a shaft. Associated with the actuator is a pivotable arm which is located in proximity to a selected shaft of a cam-containing turret assembly. As the actuator moves, the carriage moves proportionately due to the belt coupling system. Each time the actuator arm contacts a cam along the turret shaft, a fastener is emplaced on the garment by the snap fastener attaching machine associated with the carriage assembly. When the last fastener is emplaced, the apparatus is automatically returned to the starting position to enable accommodation of the next garment.

Abstract: A snap fastener attaching system employs a moveable carriage assembly which is controlled in linear motion by a belt system coupled to an actuator mechanism. The carriage assembly includes clamping means which are sequentially operated to clamp a garment on the assembly after emplacement by an operator. The depression of a start button enables the actuator to traverse a shaft. Associated with the actuator is a pivotable arm which is located in proximity to a selected shaft of a cam-containing turret assembly. As the actuator moves, the carriage moves proportionately due to the belt coupling system. Each time the actuator arm contacts a cam along the turret shaft, a fastener is emplaced on the garment by the snap fastener attaching machine associated with the carriage assembly. When the last fastener is emplaced, the apparatus is automatically returned to the starting position to enable accommodation of the next garment.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching fastener elements and the like to articles includes an indicator extending downward from a slide bar which advances one of a pair of mating elements to an upper station. The indicator points out the position on an article where the fastening elements will be secured to the article and is automatically retracted when the slide bar is retracted. Additionally, detent members are provided on resilient guide bars for holding elements in an intermediate position along a slide path, and a ram is provided with vertical extensions to maintain orientation of a fastener element.

Abstract: A fastener for cloth and similar materials is secured thereto by means of apparatus which includes an elongated member which is tempered in the form of a coil. Absent restraint the coil will move in a direction which is tangential to the envelope of the coil and carry therewith portions of the fastener and in cooperation with a base and a punch the members of the fastener are assembled.