CA1170223A - Grommet-applying tool - Google Patents

Grommet-applying tool

Info

Publication number
CA1170223A
CA1170223A CA000387635A CA387635A CA1170223A CA 1170223 A CA1170223 A CA 1170223A CA 000387635 A CA000387635 A CA 000387635A CA 387635 A CA387635 A CA 387635A CA 1170223 A CA1170223 A CA 1170223A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
washer
eyelet
grommet
guide pin
cylindrical body
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA000387635A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Hiroshi Oura
Kiyotada Nishikawa
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
YKK Corp
Original Assignee
Yoshida Kogyo KK
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Yoshida Kogyo KK filed Critical Yoshida Kogyo KK
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1170223A publication Critical patent/CA1170223A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41HAPPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H37/00Machines, appliances or methods for setting fastener-elements on garments
    • A41H37/005Hand implements

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Insertion Pins And Rivets (AREA)
  • Dowels (AREA)
  • Hand Tools For Fitting Together And Separating, Or Other Hand Tools (AREA)
  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A grommet-applying tool is disclosed, which comprises an elongated cylindrical body and a spring-biased guide pin movably accommodated within the cylindrical body. The guide pin has a washer retainer portion and an eyelet retainer portion, these portions releasably holding a washer and an eyelet, respectively, of a grommet. A respectively small amount of hand or finger pressure is required to couple the washer and the eyelet together in a snapping action.

Description

-ll 1.17~ 3 BACXGROUND OF THE INVENTION ,, Field of the Invention: ¦
This invention relates to a tool for applying grommets to a sheet material.
Prior Art:
There are known a variety of grommets made of metal or plastics to be set in sheet material such as of textile articles.
The grommet usually comprises an eyelet to be pierced through the sheet material and a washer to be coupled with the eyelet, în which instance the eyelet is curled or otherwise deformed so as to fit securely over the washer. This coupling operation required considerable pressure such that may be provided for example by a relatively large lever-actuated hand press and hence ¦
is so much tedious.
SU~ARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus, the present inventîon has for its object to provide a novel grommet-applying tool which is suitable for setting plastic grommets in a sheet material, the grommets being ~of the design in which an eyelet part is snapped resiliently into engagement with a washer part.
A more specific~object of the invention is;to provLde a grommet-applying tool of~he type described which is vexy simple in-construotion and highly reliable~in operation.
Another specific object of the invention is to provide a grommet-applylng tool capable of assembllng eyelet part and washer part of a grommet securely together with a minimum of hand pressure.
According to the învention, there is~provided a grommet-applyîng tool for applying an eyelet and a washer to a sheet material, said tool comprising an elongated cylindrical body ` - 2 -, -~ 3~23 having at one of its ends a reduced diameter portion and at the other end a handle portion, a resilient means, a guide pin movably supported via said resilient means within said cylindrical body and having at its exposed end a washer retainer portion and an eyelet retainer portion, and a spring member disposed within said body and normally biasing said guide pin toward said other end of said cylindrical body, said washer retainer portion resil- ¦
iently holding the washer to be transferred to and assembled with ¦
the eyelet set in an opening of the sheet material.
Many other advantages and features of the present inven-tion will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporat-ing the principles of the present invention is shown by way of example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
. ..
FIG. 1 is a partly sectional, elevation of a grommet~
applying tool embodying the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of an eyelet constituting one part 1 of a grommet;
¦ FIG. 3 is a plan view of a washer constituting the other part of the grommet; ;
FIG. 4 is a partly sectional elevation on enlarged scale of a por~ion of the tool of FIG. 1 shown in operative position;
and ~
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the gror,~et showing the same as assembled and~set in a sheet of fabric.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OP THE PREFERRED EMBODI~ENTS
Referring to the drawings and first FIGS. 2 and 3, there is shown a kind of grommet 10 which can be applied to sheet .' ~ _ 3 - !
. . .~, , ~ ~
. . ,.. . .~ .. . .. ~ ~ . ... ;. .

.
.
2~
~ ,~
. I
material by a tool (FIG. 1) embodylng the invention.
It comprises an eyelet 11 made of suitable plastic materiali such as nylon and having a center bore 11'. The eyelet 11 includes a barrel 12 having on one end thereof an annular flange 13 which is to be retained on one side of sheet material in which ¦
the grommet i9 to be set. The barrel 12 has an annular recess 16 opening radially outwardly and defined by a radial surface 16a, a slant 16_ spaced axially from the radial surface 16a in con-fronting relation, and an axial peEipheral bottom surface 16c extending between the radial surface 16a and the slant 16b. With the annular recess 16, an annular locking flange 14 is defined on the other end of the barrel 12, the flange 14 projecting radially outwardly and having an annular beveled or tapered surface 15 facing away from the flange 13. Thus, the annular locking flange 14 is located immediately above the annular recess 16 as seen in FIG. 4. The annular locking flange 14 has an outsode diameter R which is the same as that of the remainder of the barrel 12.
The grommet 10 further comprises a circular washer 17 made of similar plastics to that of the eyelet 11, the washer 17 having an annular rib 18 and a plurality (six in the illustrated embodiment) of locking tongues l9:projecting radially inwardly from the annular rib 18 and angularly spaced from each other with a plurality of radial grooves 20 therebetween. The angularly spaced locking tongues l9 with the radial grooves 20 therebetween are rendered more flexible or easy snapping action than would . '.

:
' .~ .'7(~'~

be the case if the locking tongues l9 were integral with each other. The locking tongues l9 have arcuate inner peripheral edges 21 which jointly define a circle having a diameter r that is slightly smaller than the outside diameter R of the locking flange 14, so that the inner peripheral edges 21 can ~e held against the tapered surface 15 of the locking flange 14 when the eyelet 11 and the washer 17 start being coaxially assembled together. As shown in FIG. 4, the locking tongues 19 are thinner ¦
than the annular rib 18 so as to be resiliently flexible rela-tively to the latter. Each of the locking tongues 19 has an arcuate slot 24 extending adjacent to and along the annular rib 18, and serving to give the locking tongue 19 additional resilient flexibility. The annular rib 18 has a plurality of protuberances 25 that are angularly spaced preferably at equal intervals and positioned in radial alignment with the grooves 20 and that project axially of the washer 17.
The grommet lO is a typical example applicable to the invention but should not be limited tb the precise form and construction above advanced which can be assembled by a grommet-applying tool embodying the invention.
The tool shown in FIG. 1 and generally designated 30 comprises an elongated cylindrical body or tube 31 having a reduced diameter portion 32 at one or probe end and a handle portion 33 ~hreadedly engaged as at 34 with the other end of the tube 31. The tube 31 has an lnner peripheral wall 35 defining an elongated circular chamber 36 for accommodating therein a guide pin 37. The gulde pin 37 has adjacent its opposite ends a pair of annular groove~ 38,39 receiving therein O-rings 40,41, respectively, which O-rings are fitted in peripheral engagement with the inner peripheral wall 35 of the tube 31, providing a .' ''. .; :
.
.

1.170'~Z3 clearance 36' between the guide pin 37 and the wall 35 of the tube 31. The O-ring 40(41) is made of a suitable resilient material such as rubber such that the guide pin 37 may be held resiliently in place within the chamber 36. A spring member 42 is provided in the chamber 36 between the threaded end of the handle portion 33 and the end of the guide pin 37 adjacent to the 1l O-ring 41 to normally bias the pin 37 toward the probe end of the ¦
tube 31 or downwardly as viewed in FIG. 1. A peripheral ledge 43 1, is formed integrally with the wall 35 of the tube 31 to project radially inwardly, which ledge 43 is disposed for abutting engage-l ment with the O-ring 40 to limit descending movement of the guide ¦
pin 37. In the position shown in FIG. 1, the guide pin 37 has a ¦
washer retainer 37' exposed beyond the reduced diameter portion 32 of the tube 31, the washer retainer 37' being diametrically slightly larger than the inside diameter r of the washer 17.
An eyelet retainer 44 is provided integral with the washer retainer 37' and axially projecting from the guide pin 37, which eyelet retainer 44 is dimensioned to fit into the center bore 11' of the eyelet 11. The retainer 44 has an inwardly tapered portion 44' for purposes to be hereafter~described.
The operatîon of the grommet applying tool 30 will now be described wlth reference to FIG. 4. The washer 17 is mounted on the guide pln 37 by:manually fitting:it around tha washer retainer 37' of the pin 37, in which instance the washer~17 is retained securely because its diameter r is slightly smaller than the diameter of the washer retalner 37'. The tool 30 thus carrying the washer 17 is manipulated to pass ~he eyelet xetainer 44 through the bore 11' of the eyelet 11 which has been previously set in an opening of a sheet of fabric F disposed on a working bed 45, as illustrated in FIG. 4. The tool 30 is now pressed - 6 - !
, ~ , . . .; ` ~ .~ -~.~'7~:~223 downwardly with the eyelet retainer 44 borne against the bed 45, so that the guide pin 37 ascends relatively to the body 31 within !
the chamber 36 against the tension of the spring 42. This brings the reduced diameter portion 32 of the tube 31 with its bottom end 32~ against the washer 17 and urges the latter to move down along the washer retainer 37' of the guide pin 37. Further pressing the tool 30 brings the washer 17 in engagement with the eyelet 11, in which instance the inner peripheral edges 21 of the !
washer 17 are first brought into contact with the tapered surface 15 of the eyelet 11. ~his causes the locking tongues 19 of the washer 17 to expand or flare upwardly along the tapered surface 15 and the locking flange 14 of the eyelet to conversely contract or flex inwardly in contact w.ith the locking tongues 19. To allow such expansion of the washer 17, there is provided an annular recess 46 in the bottom of the reduced diameter portion 32 of the tube 31, and.to allow such contraction or inward flexing of the eyelet 11, there is provided the tapered portion 44' of the eyelet retainex 44. Continued descending movement of the washer 17 causes the locking tongues 19 to be snapped over the locking 1ange 14 into the annular recess 16 of the eyelet 11 between the flange 14 and the fabric F. With the locking tongues l9 thus trapped in the recess 16, the washer 17 and the eyelet ll are securely coupled together against accidental separation. The protuberanceG 25 on the washer 17 bite lnto the fabric F to fasten the latter securely between the washer 17 and the eyelet 11 as shown in FIG. 5.
The presence of the resilient O-rings 40,41 on the guide pin 39 permits the pin 37 to move slantingly relative to the tube 31 during assembly of the washer 17 and the eyelet 11, or stated otherwise, the tube 31 tilts in sliding contact with the O-rings . _7_ , ~
~, . - , . - . - ~ : , :.
. .
,- , , . :
,. ' . , - ~ . , , ~ 7~3Z~3 `
40,41 and so does progressively starting with ~reas of least slide resistance so that the locking tongues 19 can be snapped into engagement,with the locking flange 14 progressively in the order in which the series of tongues 19 are more receptive to the ¦
flange 14, and hence much less coupling pressure is required than would be with the case where the guide pin 37 is directly 1, engaged with the tube 31, because in the latter case, all of the locking tongues l9 are subject to uniform pressure to deform simultaneously, requiring more power to manipulate the tool 30. ¦
Al~hough various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that we wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted hereon, all such embodiments as reasonably and properly come within the scope of our cont ~ution to tile ast.

: ~ :~

' ~ ,~

''': ' - ' ' ' .

, ' ~.

,

Claims (4)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A grommet-applying tool for applying an eyelet and a washer to a sheet material, said tool comprising an elongated cylindrical body having at one of its ends a reduced diameter portion and at the other end a handle portion, a resilient means a guide pin movably supported via said resilient means within said cylindrical body and having at its exposed end a washer retainer portion and an eyelet retainer portion, and a spring member disposed within said body and normally biasing said guide pin toward said other end of said cylindrical body, said washer retainer portion resiliently holding the washer to be transferred to and assembled with the eyelet set in an opening of the sheet material.
2. A grommet-applying tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient means is an O-ring of a resilient material secured to said guide pin to permit tilting movement of the pin within and relatively to said cylindrical body.
3. A grommet-applying tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reduced diameter portion is provided at its bottom with an annular recess to allow expansive deformation of the washer.
4. A grommet-applying tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein said eyelet retainer is provided with a tapered portion to allow contractive deformation of the eyelet.
CA000387635A 1980-10-09 1981-10-09 Grommet-applying tool Expired CA1170223A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP14446380U JPS588455Y2 (en) 1980-10-09 1980-10-09 Eyelet mounting jig
JP55-144463 1980-10-09

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1170223A true CA1170223A (en) 1984-07-03

Family

ID=15362850

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA000387635A Expired CA1170223A (en) 1980-10-09 1981-10-09 Grommet-applying tool

Country Status (6)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0050004B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS588455Y2 (en)
AU (1) AU528810B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1170223A (en)
DE (1) DE3163228D1 (en)
ES (1) ES268780Y (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU6057486A (en) * 1985-08-13 1987-03-26 Ykk Corporation Button holder/die assembly in button attaching device
GB2185003A (en) * 1986-01-03 1987-07-08 Eurobung Limited Bung removal tool
JP6054228B2 (en) * 2013-03-29 2016-12-27 Ykk株式会社 Eyelet mounting device
US20150007412A1 (en) * 2013-07-02 2015-01-08 Patagonia, Inc. System and method for thermally bonding grommets to fabric
DE102013109812B3 (en) * 2013-09-09 2014-12-11 William Prym Gmbh & Co. Kg Tool for attaching rivet elements to a surface element and fastening system for this purpose
RU2660516C2 (en) * 2016-12-27 2018-07-06 Глеб Владимирович Белич Device for eyelets installation
RU174214U1 (en) * 2017-01-09 2017-10-06 Глеб Владимирович Белич DEVICE FOR INSTALLING THE GATE

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1438692A (en) * 1921-02-16 1922-12-12 G W J Murphy Company Tool for setting fastener parts
US2177232A (en) * 1937-08-27 1939-10-24 Albert H Tinnerman Tool
US3918140A (en) * 1974-04-29 1975-11-11 Anthony N Konstant Snap-fastener setting tool
US3964660A (en) * 1975-03-13 1976-06-22 Hensley Donald W Snap attaching tool

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE3163228D1 (en) 1984-05-24
JPS588455Y2 (en) 1983-02-15
EP0050004B1 (en) 1984-04-18
AU528810B2 (en) 1983-05-12
JPS5768766U (en) 1982-04-24
AU7555781A (en) 1982-04-22
ES268780Y (en) 1983-12-16
ES268780U (en) 1983-06-01
EP0050004A1 (en) 1982-04-21

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CA1232741A (en) Snap-fit button
EP0228656B1 (en) Cord fastener
US4397061A (en) Grommet for setting in sheet material
EP0570814B1 (en) Cord stopper
CA1146340A (en) Fabric-covered button
KR840001280Y1 (en) Button assembly
KR850000615Y1 (en) Snap for garment
CA1170223A (en) Grommet-applying tool
US5355562A (en) Buckle
US5737808A (en) Cord fastener
US7621569B2 (en) Implantation cartridge for a pipe connection designed to be fitted in a housing
US5074601A (en) Quick-release connector for flexible hoses and the like
US4706344A (en) Button assembly
EP0425230A1 (en) Pipe joint
US4698881A (en) Socket element assembly for snap fasteners
JPS6474330A (en) Free wheel clutch with clamping member
CA2068783C (en) Snap-fit button
KR870003050Y1 (en) Button
US4751773A (en) Snap fastener
EP0101940A1 (en) Attaching post for snap fastener elements
US4571781A (en) Drainable button assembly
EP0080697B1 (en) Grommet
EP0577270B1 (en) Fastener assembly
EP0300660A2 (en) Swivel joint
US4562626A (en) Snap fastener and method of attaching same

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEX Expiry