EP1099637B1 - Procede et dispositif de connexion d'un corps de connexion en forme de filament - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de connexion d'un corps de connexion en forme de filament Download PDF

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EP1099637B1
EP1099637B1 EP99901920A EP99901920A EP1099637B1 EP 1099637 B1 EP1099637 B1 EP 1099637B1 EP 99901920 A EP99901920 A EP 99901920A EP 99901920 A EP99901920 A EP 99901920A EP 1099637 B1 EP1099637 B1 EP 1099637B1
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Kenji Masuyama
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B13/025—Hand-held tools
    • B65B13/027—Hand-held tools for applying straps having preformed connecting means, e.g. cable ties
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
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    • B65C7/003—Affixing tags using paddle-shaped plastic pins
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  • the invention relates to a mount method and a mount device, in which filament-shaped connecting bodies made of a synthetic resin and comprising a filament, a head provided on one end of the filament and with a latch hole, and a joining part provided on the other end of the filament and adapted to be securedly fitted into the latch hole of the head are used, and the joining part is securedly fitted into the latch hole of the head to connect the filament in a ring-shaped manner to thereby mount an indication card such as a price tag or the like, to connect two or more articles together and further to connect connecting bodies themselves together, and to filament-shaped connecting bodies.
  • filament-shaped connecting bodies made of a synthetic resin and comprising a filament, a head provided on one end of the filament and with a latch hole, and a joining part provided on the other end of the filament and adapted to be securedly fitted into the latch hole of the head are used, and the joining part is securedly fitted into the latch hole of the head to connect the filament in a ring-shaped manner to thereby mount an indication card such
  • filament-shaped connecting bodies made of a synthetic resin are provided by integral molding of a filament part, which is provided at one end thereof with an annular-shaped head (female part) and at the other end thereof with a joining part (male part), from an industrial synthetic resin such as nylon, polypropylene or the like, and by stretching the filament part to increase strength thereof and to make a cross section thereof small to make the same pliable, and the product according to the invention of the Publication is widely commercially available as "Locks" (trade mark) in Japan and in the world to be used for various applications such as mounting of a price tag or the like.
  • the head is annular or cylindrical in shape and is formed centrally therethrough with a latch hole, which is formed in a middle portion thereof with a diametrically extending, annular engagement step.
  • the joining part includes a neck dimensioned to pass through the engagement step, and latch pieces projecting on both sides of the neck in a vane-like configuration, the latch pieces being supported by and engaged with the engagement step.
  • Such filament-shaped connecting body is such that in a state, in which the filament part is made to encircle a part of goods to be formed in a ring-shape, the joining part can be inserted from either side of the head to be fitted into the head, and thus the filament part can be formed in a ring-shape in one-touch operation by connection of the head and the joining part, so that it can be effectively used when various indication cards (tags) such as a price tag and so on are mounted to goods, such as handbags, bags, footwear, for example, sandals, and so on, having string-shaped portions, and holes such as button holes and a combination of connecting bodies in the form of chain is used to connect to a show shelf goods being shown.
  • tags such as a price tag and so on
  • the mount device described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 35489/1988 includes a grip part and a grip rod, which are connected at central portions thereof to each other to provide a construction like nippers as a whole.
  • the head and the joining part are connected between a latch guiding arm being an extension of the grip part and a movable arm being an extension of the grip rod to present a state, in which goods is grasped.
  • a lower beak is provided in such a manner that manipulation of a lever causes the same to come toward and away from an upper beak provided forwardly of a body, and the both beaks are provided with guide grooves, respectively, whereby upon forward and rearward operations of a single pulley cause a belt-shaped article connected to the pulley to alternately enter into the guide grooves of the upper and lower beaks to thereby feed a head of a filament-shaped connecting body to a side of the upper beak and feed a joining part to a side of the lower beak, and to subsequently make the lower beak approach the upper beak to connect the head and the joining part to each other.
  • the reception guide projects in front of the body at all times to be liable to interfere with the connecting operation, and the forcing-in operation is unstable since the head is forced into the reception guide by the belt.
  • connecting bands arranged on both sides of the filament-shaped connecting body are inserted into guide holes, which are provided on both sides of a forward portion of the body in a longitudinal direction, and the lower connecting band is struck out, so that there is a problem that the filament-shaped portion bends over a top surface of the body to easily cause the filaments to get entangled, thus tending to causing a trouble.
  • the conventional methods and mount devices involve various problems.
  • a first requirement in developing such mount device for filament-shaped connecting bodies is the capability of simply loading a collecting body of a multiplicity of filament-shaped connecting bodies into the device and separating individual filament-shaped connecting bodies from the collecting body to rapidly feed them to a part where the connection operation is performed.
  • a second requirement is the capability of forming an adequate space (bosom portion or distance for receiving an article, to which a filament-shaped connecting body is mounted), which can receive an article, to which a filament-shaped connecting body go around, and inhibiting filament portions from getting entangled.
  • a third requirement is to surely convey a collecting body of a multiplicity of filament-shaped connecting bodies in front of the body and rapidly make them assume a striking posture.
  • a mount method, a mount device and a collecting body of a multiplicity of filament-shaped connecting bodies, according to the invention are directed to providing a device that can solve the above-mentioned various problems of the prior art.
  • FIG. 1 An outward appearance of a mount device 1 for a filament-shaped connecting body is shown in Figs. 1 to 5.
  • the mount device 1 charges thereinto and uses a sheet-shaped body formed as an aggregated body by integral molding and comprising two flexible members J, J (portions functioning as runner bars at the time of molding and as collecting members) disposed on both sides as shown in Figs. 27 and 28 in parallel, filament-shaped connecting bodies L disposed perpendicular to the flexible members J, J and in parallel to one another, and connecting parts c (portions functioning as gates at the time of molding) individually reduced in cross section, the aggregated body being disposed separably through the connecting parts.
  • the filament-shaped connecting bodies L comprises a filament part f, a somewhat flat cylindrical-shaped head (female part) h provided on one end of the filament part, and a joining part k (male part) provided on the other end of the filament part and adapted to be fitted into a latch hole b of the head h, the latch hole b being formed therein with two elastically movable engaging pawls t facing each other, the joining part k being adapted to be fitted into the latch hole b in a direction shown by an arrow in Fig. 28 whereby the engaging pawls t are allowed to elastically engage with and grasp a mushroom-shaped neck a formed in the vicinity of a tip end of the joining part k to connect the filament part f in a ring-like manner.
  • the joining parts k and the heads h formed on the filament-shaped connecting bodies L are formed perpendicular to the filament parts f in order to facilitate connecting operation by means of the mount device of the invention.
  • These filament-shaped connecting bodies L are used in mounting an indication tag, such as a label, to goods, such as bags, for example, handbags and so on, and sandals, in the form of string or band and having a portion sized to make winding of the filament part f easy, and to goods having a hole such as button holes.
  • the mount device 1 has an outward appearance such that a righthand body 2a and a lefthand body 2b, which are moldings of a synthetic resin, are made to overlap together to form a substantially pistol-shaped body 2, and a lever 3 is provided in front of a grip part 2c to elastically appear outside and disappear inside as shown in Fig. 4.
  • a portion of a manual feed roller 19 is exposed in front of the body 2 as shown in Fig. 5, and is turned with a finger tip to thereby enable manually feeding a collecting body of the filament-shaped connecting bodies L to load the same in the mount device 1, or a release knob 8 shown in Fig. 5 is operated downward to shut off engagement with a feed mechanism composed of feed gears described later to enable taking out a non-used collecting body.
  • Heads h connected to the flexible members J, J on a collecting body of the filament-shaped connecting bodies L shown in Figs. 27 and 28 are inserted into a head groove 6b formed lengthwise of a side of the body 2 as shown in Fig. 4, and the joining parts k connected to the other flexible member J are inserted into a lower side join groove 6a, whereby the filament parts f are loaded in a state, in which they are bent in a horizontal U-shaped configuration as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
  • the lever 3 is operatively grasped and released whereby the filament part f is connected in a ring-like manner in a state of connecting operation shown in Fig. 4.
  • the character L designates a longer connecting body and the character Ls designates a shorter connecting body in Figs. 1 and 2.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing an internal construction of the righthand body 2a, which is separately composed of a first righthand body 2a-1, a second righthand body 2a-2, a third righthand body 2a-3, and a lid 2a-4 for opening and closing a tip end of the righthand body.
  • the reason for this is that it becomes to locally disassemble the righthand body 2a to open a necessary portion to simply and rapidly adjust and repair the same.
  • the second righthand body 2a-2 is formed with a guide groove 9A for guiding a piston 9, described later, back and forth, and the first righthand body 2a-1 is formed integrally with a shaft 3c for an intermediate lever 3A (Fig. 7) and a shaft 3a for the lever 3.
  • Figs. 7, 8 and 9 The internal construction of the mount device 1 is shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and Fig. 8 specifically shows a state, in which a head h of a filament-shaped connecting body L is received in a head support part of a tip end of a head conveying arm 4 and prior to striking, and Fig. 9 shows a state immediately after a state, in which striking is effected to attain connection of the head h and a joining part k.
  • the lever 3 in front of the grip part 2c formed on a lower portion of the body 2 is pivotally supported by the shaft 3a to appear and disappear at an opening in a forward portion of the grip part 2c due to an elastic force of a spring 3d engaged by the intermediate lever 3A. Movements of the lever 3 enable guiding the piston 9, through the intermediate lever 3A, along the guide groove 9A shown in Fig. 6 to reciprocate the same back and forth. At the same time, a rod 10 for pushing out a joining part k of the filament-shaped connecting body L is caused to reciprocate together with the piston 9.
  • a hollow needle 5 provided on a side thereof with a gently spiral-shaped groove 5a, which serves for passage of a filament part f, so that the joining part k is forced into an interior of the needle to project from a discharge port at a forward portion of the needle to engage with a head h having stood by immediately in front of the hollow needle 5.
  • a joining part feed gear 14a and a head feed gear 14b which have grooves having a pitch equal to a pitch, at which filament-shaped connecting bodies L are aligned, whereby the grasping operation of the lever 3 causes intermittently advancing a single filament-shaped connecting body L.
  • Fig. 26 shows a state, in which filament-shaped connecting bodies L connected perpendicularly to two connecting bands J, J are moved to a striking position by the joining part feed gear 14a and the head feed gear 14b, striking is effected, and only the remaining connecting bands J, J are transferred rearward.
  • the body 2 includes a first base plate 20 and a second base plate 22, which are arranged in a laminate manner, and respective mechanisms assembled with the use of the base plates, a "A part” representing a pushing mechanism for the joining part k, a “B part” representing a drive mechanism for the head conveying arm, and a “C part” representing a feed mechanism for the filament-shaped connecting bodies L.
  • Respective mechanisms constituting the mount device 1 of the invention are assembled as subassemblies by compartmenting an interior of the body 2 in a thicknesswise direction by the first base plate 20 and the second base plate 22, and making use of these first base plate 20 and second base plate 22, so that an operation of assembling a multiplicity of parts is easy and the mount device can be made durable.
  • Fig. 10 shows parts laminated on the righthand body 2a shown in Fig. 6, and a joining part support member 9b (a member for precisely maintaining a posture of a joining part k) is arranged in a manner to be guided by one side of the piston guide groove 9A formed on the righthand body 2a, a tip end of the joining part support member being fitted into a guide groove 9c to be guided, and being stopped by a stopper 9d at the last step of movement.
  • the joining part support member 9b is moved back and forth due to frictional forces between it and a rubber plate 9e provided on a side of the piston 9.
  • the first base plate 20 shown in Fig. 10 is overlapped on the righthand body 2a shown in Fig. 6 as if it were a lid, and a shaft 14g of the joining part feed gear 14a is fitted into a bearing hole 14e opened to the first base plate 20 to be supported thereby, a shaft 14h of the head feed gear 14b being fitted into a separate bearing hole 14f to be supported thereby. Also, guide plates 14c, 14d made of thin metallic sheet are arranged along the gears 14a, 14b, whereby root portions of the filament parts f are made to go around to be guided.
  • the flexible members J, J are disposed on upper surfaces of the gears 14a, 14b as shown in Fig. 26, the connecting parts c engage with the gears 14a, 14b, the heads h or the joining parts k are disposed on undersides of the guide plates 14c, 14d shown in Fig. 10, and further the filament parts f are extended below the heads h and the joining parts k.
  • a piston guide groove 9B is opened to a position in a lengthwise direction of the first base plate 20 to be opposed to the piston guide groove 9A shown in Fig. 6, the rod 10 is inserted into the piston guide groove 9B from above to be positioned on a back side of the first base plate 20, and a reduced portion of the piston 9 is fitted into the piston guide groove as shown in dotted lines to become capable of reciprocating.
  • spacers 20a for supporting the second base plate 22 described later are provided upright in suitable positions on an upper surface of the first base plate 20.
  • Fig. 11 shows, in an exploded view, parts constituting a mechanism disposed between the first base plate 20 and the second base plate 22 (Figs. 9 and 12) for permitting the piston 9 to move the head conveying arm 4 along a bundling path in the device.
  • a lever actuating part 9g described later is formed at a tip end of the piston 9, and Fig. 11 shows a first L-shaped link 17, as shown in Fig. 21, disposed on the part in an overlapping manner.
  • a projection 17a provided projectingly on a side of the first L-shaped link 17 contacts with an advancement cam face 9h to turn while being guided thereby, and slidingly contacts with a retreat cam face 9i at the time of returning motion of the piston 9 to be guided and driven, and finally is fitted into a groove portion 9k, thus terminating engagement with the retreat cam face 9i.
  • An end of the first L-shaped link 17 is inserted into a bifurcated portion of a second link 18 to be connected thereto by a pin as shown in Figs. 8 and 21, a lower end of a third link 4b is fixed to a tip end of the second link 18 by a pin, and the shaft 14h of the head feed gear 14b (Fig. 10) is fitted into a hole 4c provided in the middle of the second link as shown in Figs. 21 and 11 to support the third link 4b in a manner to enable the same swinging back and forth.
  • a horizontal portion of the head conveying arm 4 is fixed to a pair of fourth links 4a, 4a' arranged in parallel to the third link 4b and to an end of the third link 4b by pins.
  • the third link 4b, the pair of fourth links 4a, 4a' and the head conveying arm 4 pivotally mounted to these links constitute "four rod parallel linkage". Further, movements of a series of linkages including the piston 9, the first link 17, the second link 18 and the parallel linkage cause the head conveying arm 4 to move along a predetermined connection path described later.
  • the shaft 14h of the head feed gear 14b (Fig. 10) is fitted into the hole 4c of the third link 4b as shown in Fig. 11, pins are inserted through holes 4p of the pair of fourth links 4a, 4a' to be made upright on the first base plate 20, and further upper ends of the third link 4b and of the fourth links 4a, 4a' are fitted into a groove of the head conveying arm 4 to be fixed thereto by pins to constitute the "four rod parallel linkage".
  • Arcuate portions 4n are formed on lower halves of the fourth links 4a, 4a', and the arcuate portion 4n formed on the fourth link 4a is adapted to abut against the shaft 14h to latch the fourth links 4a, 4a'.
  • the fourth links 4a, 4a' turn as shown in Figs. 24 to 25 to make the fourth link 4a abut against the shaft 14h, thereby causing the hole b of the head h supported by the head conveying arm 4 to align with an axis of the hollow needle 5.
  • a buffer material composed of rubber is provided around the shaft 14h, against which the arcuate portion 4n of the fourth link 4a abuts, so as to cushion the fourth link 4a in such abutting state to stop movements of the head conveying arm 4.
  • a similar effect can be provided in the case where a buffer material is provided on a side of the fourth link 4a.
  • a head support part 4d is provided on a forward end of the head conveying arm 4, and has a head h fitted thereonto to elastically grasp the same by means of elastic forces of parts, which constitute the head support part 4d to convey the same to a forward portion of the hollow needle 5 as shown in Fig. 8.
  • Fig. 12 shows a feed mechanism for filament-shaped connecting bodies L, the mechanism being formed between the second base plate 22, which is disposed above and overlapped on the drive mechanism for the head conveying arm 4 shown in Fig. 11, and the lefthand body 2b (Fig. 9).
  • a shaft 12b provided projectingly on a surface of the second base plate 22 to serve as a spacer is fitted into a hole 12a of a gear feed lever 12 to support the same in a swingable manner.
  • a projection 9-1 provided on a side of the piston 9 is fitted into a hole 9-3 of an actuating part support body 9-2 to be fixed thereto by a screw, and a cylindrical-shaped actuating part 11 provided projectingly on the actuating part support body 9-2 is made to abut against a guide surface, described later, of the gear feed lever 12 to swing the lever as shown in Fig. 13.
  • the actuating part 11 being constituted by a roller, it can be made to act in the same manner as a cam roller.
  • a tip end of the lever 12 is bifurcated to form pawl support parts 12d, 12e, and feed pawls 12f, 12g provided on the pawl support parts 12d, 12e are made to engage with ratchet wheels 15a, 15b, respectively.
  • the feed pawls 12f, 12g are made by springs (not shown) to project to engage with the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b, as shown in Fig. 13, and are made to interlock with stoppers 24, 24A, described later, to disengage from the wheels when the stoppers 24, 24A are released (Fig. 14).
  • the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b are fitted onto a semilunar-shaped portion of a tip end of the shaft 14g of the joining part feed gear 14a and onto a semilunar-shaped portion of the shaft 14h of the head feed gear 14b, respectively, shown in Figs. 10, 12 and 13.
  • one side surfaces of the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b are formed with grooves of U-shaped cross section, into which rubber bands R (Fig. 12), respectively, are fitted and fixed, so that the wheels can be driven by frictional forces.
  • the manual feed roller 19 is arranged midway between the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b, as shown in Figs. 12 and 1, and a rubber disk 19a having a small diameter is provided on a back surface of the roller 19 to contact with the rubber bands R provided on the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b, so that rotating the roller 19 with a finger tip causes the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b to be rotated sequentially to enable advancing or retreating a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L.
  • the lever 3 adapted to appear in front of and disappear from the grip part 2c due to elastic forces of the spring 3d is grasped to cause the piston 9 with the rod 10 to advance performing an action at a forward portion of the hollow needle 5, by which the joining part k is forced into the hole b of the head h of the connecting body L.
  • the gear feed lever 12 is turned in such a manner that a forward portion thereof is raised, and when the lever is returned to its original position, elastic energy (tensile force) is stored in a spring 12h, which performs a feeding action for conveying a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L.
  • the head h is operatively connected to the joining part k. Then at the terminal end of the opening motion of the lever 3, the gear feed lever 12 is returned to its original position at a stretch by elastic energy stored in the spring 12h, whereby a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L is caused to advance by one pitch.
  • the gear feed lever 12 is made oblique, and an elastic force is correspondingly stored in the spring 12h connected to the gear feed lever 12, and in the second half step of the grasping operation the rod 10 provided in the piston 9 pushes and advances the joining part k to connect the same with the head h, which has stood by immediately before the hollow needle 5.
  • the invention has a feature in preserving the elastic force of the spring 12h as it is at the time of the connecting operation, and thereby using a grasping force of the gripping operation of the lever 3 only for connection, during which the gripping force is not increased, so that connection can be smoothly attained in a light operation.
  • Fig. 29(a) shows that the gear feed lever 12 in a state, in which the lever 3 is not grasped, is located at "reference position".
  • the piston 9, the actuating part support body 9-2 (Fig. 12) and the actuating part 11 provided on the body are returned to a predetermined retreat position.
  • the actuating part 11 reciprocates linearly along a reference line 9K in parallel to a path, along which the piston 9 reciprocates.
  • the gear feed lever 12 is formed with a cam surface having a "doglegged configuration", the cam surface being formed with a guide surface 12E, by which a rear portion of the gear feed lever 12 is pushed down to be turned downward so as to stretch the spring 12h to store elastic energy therein, and a guide surface 12K, which acts to force the joining part k into the hole b of the head h of the connecting body L in a state, in which the stored elastic energy is preserved as it is.
  • a guide body 12L is turnably supported on an extension of the guide surface 12K by a shaft 12M, and a discharge piece 12N is formed on the gear feed lever 12 in the vicinity of the shaft 12M.
  • the guide body 12L is caused by a spring 12j to have its tip end brought into pressing contact with a tip end of the guide surface 12E, and turns up and down as shown in an arrow.
  • the guide surface 12E and a guide surface 12P of the guide body 12L assume a V-shape, and the guide surface 12K is aligned linearly with a guide surface 12P of the guide body 12L, these three guide surfaces 12E, 12K and 12P assuming a substantially Y-shape.
  • the actuating part support body 9-2 (Fig. 12 corresponds to Fig. 29) starts on the reference line 9K as shown by an arrow in Fig. 29(a) upon the grasping operation of the lever 3, is positioned at a starting point of the guide surface 12E in Fig. 29(b) (allowance is given to movements of parts including the lever 3 in an interval between positions in Fig. 29(a) and Fig. 29(b)), advances pressing the guide surface 12E in Fig. 29(c) to push down the rear portion of the gear feed lever 12 about the shaft 12b as shown by an arrow to lift forwardly extending pawl support parts 12d, 12e as shown by an arrow.
  • Such inclination of the gear feed lever 12 constitutes a preparatory stage for feeding a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L by one, that is, one pitch, and in this stage the spring 12h is pulled to be gradually increased in an elastic force F generated.
  • Figs. 30(a) to 30(b) show a state, in which the actuating part 11 moves around a terminal end of the guide surface 12E pushing up the guide body 12L while elastic energy F required to feed a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L is stored in the spring 12h.
  • Fig. 30(c) shows a starting point of an interval, in which the connecting operation (fitting) of a filament-shaped connecting body L is performed, and the actuating part 11 is positioned at a starting point of the guide surface 12K.
  • the guide surface 12K and the guide surface 12P of the guide body 12L make a straight line, and are in parallel to the reference line 9K.
  • the actuating part 11 moves on the guide surface 12K as shown by an arrow, and comes to a state shown in Fig. 31(a), at which the joining part k is fitted into the head h for termination of connection of the connecting body L and so the filament part f makes a ring-shape.
  • the actuating part 11 disengages from the discharge piece 12N to make the gear feed lever 12 free to thereby release the elastic force stored in the spring 12h.
  • the gear feed lever 12 is made such that a rear portion thereof provided with the guide body 12L rises about the shaft 12b as shown by an arrow, and the pawl support parts 12d, 12e at the tip end thereof descend to rotate the feed pawls 12f, 12g provided on the pawl support parts 12d, 12e a predetermined angle as shown in Fig. 13, thus intermittently rotating the joining part feed gear 14a and the head feed gear 14b, respectively, which are provided adjacent to the feed pawls 12f, 12g, one pitch (an angle, at which a single filament-shaped connecting body L is fed).
  • the spring 12h is elongated to store the elastic force F in an interval between states shown in Figs. 29(a) to Fig. 30(c) inclusive, and in such interval an elastic force F, that is, energy for feeding of a filament-shaped connecting body L being subsequently connected is stored in the spring 12h while the lever 3 is operatively grasped to perform connection of the connecting body L.
  • Figs. 30(c) to 31(a) show an interval for connecting operation of a connecting body L, in which interval the guide surface 12K and the reference line 9K are positioned in parallel to each other, and the gear feed lever 12 is held in posture as it is to cause no change in length of the spring 12h, so that the elastic force F stored in the spring 12h is preserved as it is.
  • Figs. 31(a) to 32(a) show a state, in which a force to grasp the lever 3 is released to allow the piston 9 to return to its original position, and in which the actuating part 11 moves along the reference line 9K, so that the elastic force F stored in the spring 12h is preserved as it is.
  • Figs. 32(b) to 32(c) show a state, in which a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L is fed one unit, that is, the head h and the joining part k are fed to a location where a subsequent connecting operation is to be performed, and in which the elastic force F stored in the spring 12h is released as Fa to return the gear feed lever 12 to a position shown in Fig. 32(c) or Fig. 29(a).
  • a stopper release body 8A provided the release knob 8 (Fig. 5) is supported with its central hole 8b fitted onto a portion of a shaft 12c, which is formed on an extension end of the shaft 12b pivotally supporting the gear feed lever 12.
  • Projections 24b formed on sides of the stoppers 24, 24A are made to be inserted into engagement holes 8c opened in the stopper release body 8A, and the release knob 8 is operatively pulled down as shown by an arrow in Fig. 14 whereby the stoppers 24, 24A are caused by the projections 24b to retreat so that latch pawls 24c having meshed with the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b by the use of elastic forces of spring portions 24e are retreated to release engagement of the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b and the stoppers 24, 24A, thus enabling the joining part feed gear 14a and the head feed gear 14b to freely rotate.
  • the stoppers 24, 24A are provided centrally thereof with projections 24d, which are fitted into bearings provided on the second base plate 22 (Figs. 9 and 12), portions, which are disposed on one sides of the projections 24d to constitute extensions of the spring portions 24e to contact with hatched, stationary parts (projecting from an inner surface of the lefthand body 2b) as shown in Fig. 14, and portions, which are formed on the other sides of the projections 24d to have the latch pawls 24c and the projections 24b for engagement with the stopper release body 8A.
  • Fig. 13 shows a state, in which the joining part k and the head h, which engage with the joining part feed gear 14a and the head feed gear 14b, respectively, are sequentially fed to predetermined positions by the swinging operation of the gear feed lever 12 accompanied by reciprocation of the piston 9, that is, by rotating by one pitch the ratchet wheels 15a, 15b provided adjacent to and coaxially with the joining part feed gear 14a and the head feed gear 14b, as described with reference to Figs. 21 to 25 and Figs. 29 to 32.
  • this state is easy to understand with reference to Fig. 26.
  • the lever actuating part 9g is formed at a front of the piston 9, and is formed with an advancement cam surface 9h, a retreat cam surface 9i and a groove 9k, which is formed laterally middle of the retreat cam surface 9i, and into which the projection 17a provided on the first link 17 is fitted.
  • Fig. 15 shows a state, in which the piston 9 is in a start position P 0 before the lever 3 is grasped, and which corresponds to that in Fig. 7, the projection 17a of the first link 17 being fitted into the groove 9k.
  • Fig. 16 shows a state, in which the lever 3 begins to be grasped, and the piston 9 advances to a position P 1 as shown by an arrow immediately before the drive mechanism for the head conveying arm 4 starts action, in which position an engagement 17b on the first link 17 abuts against the advancement cam surface 9h formed on the piston 9.
  • Fig. 17 corresponds to Fig. 8, and shows a state, in which the piston 9 advances to a position P 2 whereby the joining part k fits into the hole b of the head h of the connecting body L at a terminal end of advancement of the head conveying arm 4 to make the filament part f ring-shaped, and in which the engagement 17b on the first link 17 abuts against a non-actuating surface 9m of the piston 9.
  • the head conveying arm 4 advances and mores, as shown in Fig. 8 (see Figs. 21 to 25), immediately in front of the hollow needle 5 to force into the hollow needle 5 a rod 10 mounted to the piston 9.
  • Fig. 18 shows a state, in which grasping of the lever 3 is released, and the piston 9 retreats from the position shown in Fig. 17 to a position P 3 immediately after the projection 17a of the first link 17 abuts against the retreat cam surface 9i on the lever actuating part 9g of the piston 9.
  • the presence of such buffer zone eliminates excessive forces on the linkage to thereby permit smooth retreating movement of the head conveying arm 4.
  • the rod 10 retreats simultaneously with retreat of the piston 9.
  • Fig. 19 shows a state, in which the piston 9 retreats to a position P 4 from the position P 3 shown in Fig. 18 immediately before the projection 17a of the first link 17 slides down the retreat cam surface 9i to fit into the groove 9k formed laterally.
  • Fig. 21 corresponds to a state of the mechanism shown in Fig. 15 or Figs. 20 and 7, in which the projection 17a of the first link 17 is positioned in the groove 9k in the lever actuating part 9g of the piston 9, the first link 17 is rendered horizontal and the third link 4b is positioned upright.
  • the head conveying arm 4 pivotally mounted to upper ends of the third link 4b and of the pair of the fourth links 4a, 4a' is positioned in a location most retreated.
  • the head h in such location fits into the head support part 4d shown in Fig. 11 to support the same.
  • An operation of bringing the mount device 1 of the invention near goods, to which an indication card is to be mounted may be performed when the space Q (space shown in Figs. and 8) between the head conveying arm 4 and the hollow needle 5 is adequately large. Also, by mounting an indication card to the hollow needle 5 prior to the connecting operation of a connecting body L, the mount device 1 can be operated with one hand.
  • Fig. 22 corresponds to Fig. 16, and shows a state, in which the engagement 17b on the first link 17 abuts against the advancement cam surface 9h on the lever actuating part 9g, and the piston 9 advances to the position P 1 .
  • Fig. 23 shows a state, in which the head conveying arm 4 has moved in front of the rod 10 extended from the tip end of the piston 9, and the piston 9 advances to a position P 5 from the initial position P 0 .
  • Fig. 24 shows a state, in which the head conveying arm 4 is made to gradually come in front of the rod 10, that is, in front of the hollow needle 5, and the piston 9 advances to a position P 6 .
  • Fig. 25 corresponds to Figs. 17 and 8, and shows a state, in which the piston 9 is in a position P 2 , and the joining part k having been pushed by the rod 10 to be moved in the hollow needle 5 fits into the hole b of the head h supported in the head support part 4d at the tip end of the head conveying arm 4.
  • a collecting body composed of the connecting bodies L is inserted into the head grooves 6b and the join grooves 6a, respectively, which are formed above and below on a side of the body 2 of the mount device 1, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 to be fed forward, and connecting parts c of the connecting bodies L are fitted into peripheral grooves on the head feed gear 14b and on the joining part feed gear 14a as shown in Fig. 26 to go around, are grasped at a central position of a tip end of the gear, which is the foremost portion, by the head support part 4d and simultaneously or immediately thereafter are cut by a knife N shown in Fig. 9.
  • the head support part 4d comprises a holding body 4f disposed inside of the most forward one of a plurality of successive heads h, which move going around the head feed gear 14b while being guided by the head grooves 6a, and a first elastic piece 4g and a second elastic piece 4h, which are disposed double-overlapping outside in opposition to the holding body 4f.
  • the first elastic piece 4g is provided with a projection 4j, which is adapted to be fitted into the hole b of the head h
  • the second elastic piece 4h is provided with a projection 4k, which functions to push a back surface of the first elastic piece 4g.
  • the holding body 4f is provided with a projection 4m, which functions to position the head h.
  • the head support part 4d As shown in Figs. 34(a) to 34(c) being side views, at the end of the lever 3 of the mount device 1 being grasped and released, the head support part 4d provided at the tip end (lower end) of the head conveying arm 4, which is caused by the linkage to perform a circular arc movement in front of the body 2, advances to a predetermined path and then returns to make the second elastic piece 4h contact with a stop 2t, as shown in Fig. 34(a), which protrudes laterally of the head groove 6b of the body 2.
  • the second elastic piece 4h evacuates to make an elastic force of the first elastic piece 4g render weak.
  • a head h (simultaneously, joining part k) being subsequently connected is fed into the head support part 4d from below as shown by an arrow in Figs. 34(a) and 34(b), and the projection 4j on the first elastic piece 4g is fitted into one side of the hole b of the head h, as shown in Fig. 34(b), so that the head h will be elastically interposed between the holding body 4f and the first elastic piece 4g.
  • the head conveying arm 4 moves in front of the body 2 together with a series of motions of the linkage to come to a state shown in Fig. 34(c), and a lower end of the second elastic piece 4h separates from a stoppage portion 2t formed on the body 2 to permit the projection 4k of the second elastic piece 4h to push a back surface of the first elastic piece 4g to thereby surely hold the head h on the head conveying arm 4.
  • the head conveying arm moves to a position for connection of the head along a predetermined path of connecting operation.
  • Fig. 34(d) shows a means for surely stopping the head conveying arm 4 in front of the body 2, and comprising a magnet type attracting device 4M provided on a back of the head conveying arm 4 and a front surface of the body 2.
  • the magnet type attracting device 4M is composed of a magnet plate and a metallic plate so that a single head h can be fed to the head support part 4d by securing the head conveying arm 4 on a front of the body 2.
  • Fig. 35 shows an operation of connecting a joining part k to a head h.
  • the head conveying arm 4 moves in front of the hollow needle 5 along a circular arc path to stand by, although momentarily, with a center of a head h positioned on a center line of the hollow needle 5.
  • the rod 10 advances together with the piston 9 to make the joining part feed gear 14a push and advance a rear portion of a joining part k having been fed in front of the body 2 to thereby force and fit a tip end of the joining part k into the hole b of the head h, which has stood by at the forward end of the hollow needle 5.
  • the joining part k is further advanced together with the rod 10 whereby the head h and the joining part k are completely joined as shown in Fig. 35(b).
  • an inclined surface 4j' on the underside of the projection 4j formed on a tip end of the first elastic piece 4g pushes a flame-shaped portion of the joining part k.
  • the head h pushed against and held on the holding body 4f by elastic forces of the double-overlapped elastic pieces is simply disengaged when a filament part f encircling a handle of goods, for example, a bag or the like is pulled upon movements of the goods, thus making it possible to efficiently mount an indication card to the goods or connect two or more goods together.
  • Fig. 36 is a perspective view showing another type of head support part 4d comprising a first elastic piece 30 and a second elastic piece 31 constructed such that upon advancement of a connecting body L a leading single head h is forced between grasping portions 30a, 31a of the pieces having grooves m at tip ends thereof to be grasped elastically.
  • Fig. 37 is a perspective view showing another type of head support part 4d comprising a first elastic piece 30, a second elastic piece 31 and a third elastic piece 32 provided between and laterally of the first and second elastic pieces, the third elastic piece 32 being provided at a tip end thereof with a projection 32a, which is adapted to fit into a hole b of a head h to position the head.
  • the mount device I of filament-shaped connecting body L according to the invention can be subjected to connection operation through the movement shown in Fig. 7, Fig. 8, Figs. 5 to 20, and further, Figs. 21 to 25.
  • Heads h of and joining parts k of filament-shaped connecting bodies L together with connecting bands J, J are fed, as shown in Fig. 4a and 26, to the head grooves 6a and the join grooves 6b formed on the side of the body 2 of the mount device 1 to be successively conveyed, as shown in Fig. 13, by the head feed gear 14b and the joining part feed gear 14a and with operation of the respective members such as the feed lever 12 and so on.
  • the following operation is performed at a tip portion of the body 2 around these gears 14b, 14a.
  • the head h is held, as shown in Figs. 34(a) to 34(c), by the head support part 4d at the tip end of the head conveying arm 4, and connecting parts c shown in Fig. 27 are cut by the knife N shown in Fig. 9, the head then being conveyed in front of the discharge port of the hollow needle 5 and made stand by as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the joining part k is pushed by the rod 10 as shown in Figs. 9, 26 and 35(a) to 35(c), and forced into the hollow needle 5 after the connecting part c shown in Fig. 27 is cut by the knife N shown in Fig. 9, the joining part then being forced and fitted into the hole b of the head h, which has stood by at the discharge port end of the hollow needle 5, to connect the filament part f in a ring-shaped manner.
  • the filament part f passes through a hole of an indication card mounted on the hollow needle 5 to mount such indication card to various goods.
  • the connecting operation of a filament-shaped connecting body L is completed as shown in Fig. 35(c).

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  1. Méthode de connexion de corps de connexion en forme de filaments et de chargement dans un dispositif de montage d'un corps d'assemblage d'une multiplicité de corps de connexion en forme de filaments (L) connectés en parallèle entre deux éléments flexibles (J,J) à travers des parties connectables (c) de section réduite, les corps de connexion en forme de filaments comprenant une tête (h) avec un trou de verrouillage (b) formé à une extrémité et une partie de jonction (k) formée à l'autre extrémité et adaptée pour s'ajuster dans le trou de verrouillage (b) de manière de s'y engager de façon élastique, et d'ajustement de la partie de jonction (k) dans le trou de verrouillage (b) pour la connexion, la méthode comprenant les étapes de
    placer les têtes (h) et les parties de jonction (k) dans une gorge de la tête (6b) et une gorge de jonction (6a) s'étendant de l'arrière à une portion avant du dispositif (1) de sorte que les parties de filament (f) sont courbées en forme de U et disposer le corps d'assemblage dans un sens avant,
    recevoir une tête (h) dans une partie de support de la tête (4d) d'un bras de convoyage de la tête (4) dans une position en avant du corps (2) du dispositif et espacée de ce dernier d'une distance suffisante pour recevoir un article devant être monté, la tête (h) étant à une certaine distance de l'axe d'une aiguille creuse (5) sortant du corps (2),
    déplacer le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) pour s'approcher de l'axe de l'aiguille (5), et
    contraindre une tige (10) disposée sur un piston (9) à forcer la partie de jonction (k) dans l'aiguille creuse (5) et à la pousser en dehors d'un port de déchargement et à l'ajuster dans le trou de verrouillage (b) de la tête (h) ;
       caractérisée en ce que :
    la méthode comprend en outre, l'étape de fournir à partir de l'arrière du dispositif de montage (1) deux éléments flexibles (J, J) disposés des deux côtés d'une multiplicité de corps de connexion en forme de filaments (L) disposés en parallèle pour les obliger à passer autour d'un engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et un engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b) qui sont disposés dans une portion avant du dispositif de montage (1), et à se déplacer vers l'avant et être convoyés le long d'un chemin latéral, et
    dans l'étape ci-dessus contraindre le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) à agripper une des têtes (h) dans une position où les éléments flexibles (J, J) passent autour des surfaces périphériques des deux engrenages (14a), 14b) obligeant la tige (10) disposée sur une extrémité du piston 9 à forcer une des parties de jonction (k) dans l'aiguille creuse (5) disposée dans la portion avant du dispositif de montage (1) pour ajuster à la partie de jonction (k) dans le trou de verrouillage (b) de la tête (h) qui se trouvait immédiatement devant le port de déchargement de l'aiguille creuse (5), de manière à connecter la partie de filaments (f) dune manière annulaire.
  2. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments comprenant un levier (3) supporté par une portion avant d'une partie de serrage (2c) d'un corps creux (2) pour apparaítre et disparaítre, un levier intermédiaire (3A) entraíné par le levier (3), un piston (9) qui est guidé pour se déplacer en sens avant et en sens arrière du corps (2) et avec lequel s'engage le levier intermédiaire (3A), une tige (10) qui s'étend en avant à partir du piston (9) pour pousser une partie de jonction (k), une aiguille creuse (5) disposée axialement par rapport à la tige (10) à monter dans le corps,
       Caractérisé par un levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) adapté pour se mouvoir avec le mouvement de va et vient du piston (9), un engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et un engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b) qui sont disposés dans une portion de l'extrémité avant du corps (2), des roues à rochet (15a, 15b) respectivement, disposées de façon adjacente aux deux engrenages (14a, 14b), des cliquets d'entraínement (12f, 12g) incorporés dans des parties de support de cliquets (12d, 12e) disposés à l'extrémité du levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) et adaptés pour engrener avec les roues à rochet (15a, 15b), respectivement, une gorge de la tête (6b) et une gorge de jonction (6a) qui servent pour communiquer avec les positions d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (k) de la tête (h) sur les surfaces périphériques de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b), et un bras de convoyage de la tête (4) entraíné par un piston (9) et supporté par une tringlerie oscillante comportant une tringlerie parallèle,
    et dans lequel le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) agrippe une tête principale (h) dans une position de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b) à laquelle sont fournis les corps connectables en forme de filaments (L) et la déplace le long d'un chemin prédéterminé au moyen d'une tringlerie supportant le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) pour la placer juste devant un port de déchargement de l'aiguille creuse (5), et dans le même temps la tige (10) sortant à l'extrémité du piston (9) oblige une partie de jonction principale (k) dans une position de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a), à laquelle les corps connectables en forme de filaments (L) sont fournis, à être insérée et verrouillée dans le trou de verrouillage (b) de la tête (h) agrippée par le bras de convoyage de la tête (4).
  3. Dispositif de montage pour connecter des corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, dans lequel des têtes (h) et des parties de jonction (k) de corps connectables en forme de filaments (L) sont poussés par intermittence pour être connectés entre eux par l'opération d'agrippage du levier (3), qui est fourni sur une portion avant de la partie d'agrippage (2c) du corps (2) du dispositif de montage (1) de manière à être poussée de façon élastique ;
    l'opération d'agrippage de levier (3) oblige le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) à tourner en étant solidaire de l'avancement du piston (9), et emmagasine une force élastique dans un ressort (12h) connecté au levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) suite à la rotation du levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12), et l'opération de relâchement du levier (3) provoque la rotation des engrenages (14a, 14b) en se servant de la fore élastique du ressort (h);
    et le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) emmagasine une force élastique dans le ressort (12h) à une étape antérieure de la rotation, et à une étape ultérieure effectue la connexion de la tête (h) et de la partie de jonction (k) dans un état dans lequel la force élastique est préservée dans le ressort (12h), et libère la force élastique du ressort (12h) lors de l'opération de relâchement du levier (3) de façon à convoyer les corps connectables en forme de filaments (L).
  4. Dispositif de montage pour connecter des corps en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) comprend une surface guide (12E) pour relier le levier (12) solidaire de l'avancement du piston (9) à une étape antérieure de l'opération d'agrippage du levier (3) pour emmagasiner une force élastique dans un ressort (12h), et la surface guide (12k) contiguë à la surface guide (12E) dans une disposition en patte de chien maintenant une position du levier (12) à une étape ultérieure de l'opération d'agrippage durant l'avancement du piston (9), et un corps guide (12L) qui est disposé pour coopérer avec la surface guide (12E) pour assurer une forme en V et duquel une extrémité est contiguë à la surface guide (12K) ;
    une force élastique est emmagasinée dans le ressort (12h) tandis qu'une partie d'entraínement (11) adaptée pour se déplacer sur la surface guide (12E) avec le mouvement du piston (9), la connexion d'un corps connectable (L) est effectuée alors que la partie d'entraínement (11) se déplace sur la surface guide (12K), une position du levier (12) est maintenue alors que la partie d'entraínement (11) se déplace sur la surface guide du corps guide (12L), et lorsque la partie d'entraínement (11) quitte l'extrémité du corps guide (12L), la force élastique du ressort (12h) oblige le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) à osciller pour déplacer le corps connectable en forme de filaments (L) vers une position suivante.
  5. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b) sont disposés dans une portion avant du corps (2), et des chemins sont formés dans le corps (2) le long desquels des éléments flexibles (J, J) s'engagent avec les moitiés des périphéries des deux engrenages (14a, 14b) et sont déchargés.
  6. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, comprenant en outre, des parties de support de cliquets (12d, 12e), respectivement, formées à l'extrémité du levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) d'une manière bifurquée, et des cliquets d'entraínement (12f, 12g) disposés et supportés par les parties de support de cliquets (12d, 12e) pour engrener avec les roues à rochet (15a, 15b), respectivement, qui sont disposées de façon adjacente à l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a), et à l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b) et se projeter en avant grâce aux forces élastiques.
  7. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, comprenant en outre, une première plaque de base (20) et une seconde plaque de base (22) disposées en parallèle entre un corps à droite (2a) et un corps à gauche (2b) qui constituent le corps (2), l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage de l'entraínement de la tête (14b) étant disposés sur une portion avant d'une surface de la première plaque de base (20), une gorge de la tête (6b) et une gorge de jonction (6a) disposées dans une direction longitudinale du corps (2) de façon à communiquer avec les surfaces d'entraínement de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b),
    la tige (10) étant disposée sur le piston (9) de façon à se déplacer transversalement dans une direction diamétrale de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a), l'aiguille creuse (5) étant disposée axialement en avant de la tige (10), la seconde plaque de base (22) étant disposée sur une surface, une gorge guide (9A) pour guider le piston (9) et une première liaison (17), une seconde liaison (18), une troisième liaison (4b) et des quatrièmes liaisons (4a, 4a',) qui sont entraínées par le piston (9),
    le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) monté pivotant aux extrémités supérieures de la troisième liaison (4b) et des quatrièmes liaisons (4a, 4a') définissant une tringlerie parallèle,
    et comprenant en outre, le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) les roues à rochet (15a, 15b) entraínées par le levier d'entraínement d'engrenage (12) et l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage de la partie de la tête (14b), qui sont fixés aux arbres des roues à rochet (15a, 15b).
  8. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 7, comprenant en outre un mécanisme d'arrêt pour maintenir une position où les parties constituant la tringlerie parallèle s'incline vers l'avant.
  9. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication7, dans lequel le mécanisme d'arrêt est entraíné au contact d'une extrémité d'au moins une des quatrièmes liaisons (4a, 4a') avec un arbre de l'engrenage d'entraínement de la tête (14b).
  10. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 7, comprenant en outre un élément d'arrêt disposé entre le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) et le corps (2) pour empêcher la vibration dans une position où le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) est retourné.
  11. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'élément d'arrêt comprend des éléments pour fournir une attraction magnétique et se fixer entre le bras de convoyage de la tête (4) et le corps (2).
  12. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 2, comprenant en outre un galet d'entraínement manuel (19) disposé à mi chemin entre les roues à rochet (15a, 15b) pour les entraíner.
  13. Dispositif de montage pour la connexion de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 7, comprenant en outre des bouchons (24, 24A) disposés sur les côtés des roues à rochet (15a, 15b), et un corps de libération de bouchons (8A) pour libérer l'engagement entre les bouchons (24, 24A) et l'engrenage d'entraínement de la partie de jonction (14a) et l'engrenage de la partie de la tête (14b).
  14. Corps d'assemblage de corps connectables en forme de filaments, réalisé par moulage intégral d'une résine synthétique, et composé de corps connectables en forme de filaments (L), qui comprend un filament (f), une tête (h) disposée à une extrémité du filament et formée en son centre avec une extension à travers un trou de verrouillage (b), et une partie de jonction (k) disposées à l'autre extrémité du filament, la tête (h) et la partie de jonction (k) étant disposées entre 2 éléments flexibles (J, J) avec, entre eux, des parties connectables de section réduite (c), le trou de verrouillage (b) de la tête (h) s'étendant perpendiculairement à travers un plan, dans lequel le corps d'assemblage est disposé, caractérisé en ce que la partie de jonction (k) est disposée dans une direction perpendiculaire au plan dans lequel dans lequel le corps d'assemblage est disposé.
  15. Corps d'assemblage de corps connectables en forme de filaments selon la revendication 14, comprenant en outre des cliquets de verrouillage (t) disposés des deux côtés extérieurs du trou de verrouillage (b) s'étendant à travers la tête (h) et opposés l'un à l'autre.
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