US1407576A

US1407576A - Machine for mounting press buttons on cards

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Publication number: US1407576A
Application number: US511497A
Authority: US
Inventors: Prym Hans
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-10-29
Filing date: 1921-10-29
Publication date: 1922-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1939-02-21

Description

n.PRYM. MACHINE FOR MOUNTING PRES'S BUTTONS 0N CARDS.

v APPLICATION FILED OCT 29, |921.

Patented Feb. 2l, 1922.

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IT l H. PRYM. MACHINE FOR MOUNTING PRESS BUTTONS 0N CARDS.

APPIICATION FILED OCT. 29, 41921.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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HANS PRYM, 0F STOLBERG, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR MOUNTING PRESS BUTTONS 0N CARDS.

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Application filed October 29, 1921. Serial No. 511,497.

To all 107mm t may concer/H,

Be it known that I, HANS PRYM, a subject yof Germany, and residing` at Stolberg, Rhine State, in the State Vot' Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new Vand useful Improvements in or Relating to a Machine for Mounting Press Buttons on Cards, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates toA a machine lfor mounting press buttons on cards or the like, provided withk trame plates carried by an endless chain, the lowerparts of the press buttons, the cards and the'upper part-s of the press `buttons being consecutively placed on the said plates before they arrive ,at `a press which joins together the press button parts, and consists in the press button parts and the cards being` placed. on the frame plates, that is to say the press button parts withdrawn from the .supply conduits and Vthe cards from the card case or container,

by the movement of the endless chain or of the 4frame plates carried thereby., Inv that` way an accurate 'and reliable fitting to- `gether of `the press button parts and cards is ensured.

A constructionaccording to the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation and -Figure 2 a cross-section at the pointV where'the press is situated for joining together parts of the .press button2 Figure 3 is a partial longitudinal section, on an -enlarged scale, through the supply `conduit or channel for the'upper parts of the press buttons, and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the supply conduit for the lower parts, whilst Figure 5 is a. front elevation of Figure 3. Figure 6' is a jcross-section through the card delivery device, and

Figure 7 isa Aplan thereof.

Two

spindles

2 and 3 mounted in onen frame 1, carry chain wheels `4' and 5 for an endless chain 6 constituted by links' of equal size connected together by bolts.

Each link carries Va plate 7 with pins 8 arrangedV at the-:longitudinal and transverse distances of the perforations of a press button card. To ensure eilicieiit'guiding, the

plates 7 travel in ,grooves 9 in the frame 1 (see also Figure 6). Above the chain the supply channel 10 is arranged vfor the lower Vends with grooves 13a,

Ation at the moment,

parts, and the supply channel 11 for thel and 14 (Figures 3-5) mounted on a transyerse member or carrier 12 and projecting into the supply cliannel 10 or 11. The locking pins 13 which are provided at the lower are mounted in an approximately vertically adjustable manner in the transverse carrier 12, and are forced by springs 15 into the channel 10 or 11 so that they prevent the lowest press button part contained in the channel, from escaping, and hold it in an oblique 'positionin the channel, the' hood or cap of the button being held in the groove 13a. The locking pins 14 are arranged in a horizontally adjustable manner and are pulled slightly into the channel in the lateral direction by spring 16, so that the press button part calinot emerge at the side. Only when the ,locking pins 13. 14 are forced back, the

.press button part which is the lowest posican escape from the channel 10 or 11.

Between the supply channels 10 and 11 the card container or case 17 is arranged to support a supply of the perforated cards 1&5 (Figures 6 and 7) which rest on a support 1'?a and are elevated. by springs 17D. 19 is a slide for advancing of the cards, which is advanced owing to atappet 2O provided on the chain 6, striking, duringl the advance of the latter in the direction of the arrow I, an arm 21 of a

double arm lever

21, 23 pivoted at 22. Two

rubber rolls

24 and 25, the spindles of which are mounted on springs, and which are driven by a toothed wheel 26, advance the cards supplied to them by the slide 19. At the other side of the chain to the machine frame is secured a bracket 27 into the upper end of which is firmly screwed a bar 28. Under the said bar and pivotally connected to it by bars or links 29, is a bar 30 which projects through a slot of the bracket 27 and carries at its outer end a roller 31. A spring 32 constantly pulls the bar 30 into the upper position shown in Figure 6; its height can be adjusted exactly by means of a set-screw 33. On the bar 30, at right-angles thereto and at a small distance apart, are mounted two plates 34 which clamp between them and hold fast vthe cards supplied by the

rolls

24, 25. About a. vertical p in a lever 3G can turn provided at right# angles with an arm 37. ris soon as, during the movement of the chain, a tap pet 3S screwed to thev chain plate 7 strikes the arm 2T at the point 39,'the said arm and therefore the lever 3G will be turned sideways, and the lever will drive the roller 3l, owing to which the bar 30 will be laterally pulled out of thebracket 27 (see the dotted lines in Figure 7) and owing to the-bars 29, turned vertically downwards.

is an ebonite roll (Figures 1-3) mounted by means ofrsprings immediately behind thesuppl-y channel 1l in bearings 4l ofthe frame 1 and constituted by several discs (one for each series of buttons) mounted loosely and in a freely rotatable' manner on the spin` dle ofthe roll. It is used as a press for joining together the press button parts.l lts subdivision into single loose discs for the purpose of gradually and lightly pressing Y. the press button yupper parts.

The working of the machine is as follows-:- Y

The chain travels in the direction of the arrow (Figures 1v and 7)', and the supply channels 10are filled with the lower parts of the press button, and the channels 11 with t Athe upperparts. (if these channels as many yare arranged Vside by side as there are rows of pins on the frame plates 7. Thevlower parts 42 which areat the'outlet of the channels 10 at the discharge pOints,'arc iii-such Vanoblique position'that the pins 8 of the plates 7 engage by means of their offset ends, y

flower parte ofthe pressibuttons supported with the openings of the button caps (Figure 4)-and pull' them out from their

holding devices

13, 14, the button caps being guided in ythe grooves 13a. Each pin 7 carries therefore one lower part 42.

In the meantime the tappet 2O has moved the

lever

21, 23. v Owing to that, the slide 19 introduces a perforated card 18 with its front edge between the rubber -

rolls

24 and 25, and the said rolls introduce the card between the clamping plates 34. The'lever 21,

v28 is pulled back by a spring (not shown) immediately after the sliding off of the tap-V During the continued movement of the chain, the vtappet 38 provided on the frame plate 7, strikes at 39 the arm C37 and by means of the lever'36 andthe roller 31, pulls the bar 30 out of the-bracket 27, the said bar turning downwards and pressing on the card 18 held -by the clamping plates 34. At the same momenthoweverduring the travel ling of the chain the tappet 38 arrivesat a slot 43 of the bar 30 and pushes the card 18 out of the clamping `plates 34. The card therefore will be pressed down by the bar 30 on the pins 8 travelling` under it, with the lower parts 42 mounted on them, so that-- roll 40 which, by the pressure of its spring` controlled spindle, presses the button caps into eachother and thus secures them to the card. The finished cards then drop, during the continued movement v'ofthe chainover the chainwheel 5, into a collector tank.

lila-ving now particularly ldescribed and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the salme vis to be performed, l' declare that what I claim is :--V

1. .A machine for mounting press buttons onrca rds including a movable carrieuguides associated with said carrier and being adapted to supply the lower parts of press buttons to said carrier, means mounted on said carrier and engageable with the lower parts of from said' guides, means associated with said carrier and actuated by said carrierlfor separately supplying perforated cards to the lower partsvof the pressbuttons carried-by said carrier, a second set of'guides for supplying upper parts of press buttons to the .and engageable with the lower parts ofthe "press buttons `includes pins, and holding devices cooperating with said `first' mentioned guides for holding the lower'parts of the press buttons in oblique positions at such aV distance above the carrier `that the pins of the latter may engage said lower parts. 3. A machine of the kind defined by claim `1 in which the first mentioned guides are provided with a plurality of springcon trolled locking members for normally pre- Aventing the lower parts of the pressY buttons from movingV outfA of the first mentioned '-giiides, said locking members being arranged Y "in, pa1rsone lockingmember of each pair.

projecting into the guide from the topand the other member ofthe pair the guide-fromxthe side;V Y

4.V A' machine' of the kind defined by claim 1 in whichth'emeans for supplying perforated cards to the carrier includes a sliding member actuated by said carrier, a card supprojecting into ply case from which the cards are moved by said sliding member, a clamping plate adapted to grasp the cards fed by said sliding member, and means'actuated by said carrier for causing said plate to move toward'the carrier for depositing a card carried by the clamping plate on the carrier.

A machine of the kinddefined by claim l in which `the means for supplying perforated cards to the carrier includes a bracket arranged adjacent to the carrier, links pivotallyconnected to said bracket, a clamping plate pivotally connected to said links, a levervfor actuating said clampingV plate to cause the same to move toward said carrier, and a tappet mounted on the carrier and engageable with said lever for causing actuation of the clamping plate.

6. A machine of the kind claimed in` claim in which the clamping plate is provided with a slot adapted to permit the passage of said tappet for the purpose of dislodging a card carried by the clamping plate.

7. A machine of the kind defined by claim l in which the means for pressing the press buttonfparts together includes a roll formed zine, means associated with said carrier for placing a perforated card over the lower parts of the press buttons supported by said carrier, a second magazine associated with the carrier and adapted to contain the upper parts of press buttons and to hold the saine in such manner that the lower parts of the press buttons supported by the carrier may withdraw the upper parts of the press buttons from the second magazine, and means or'exerting pressure on the press button parts supported by the carrier for causing the same to be clamped to said card.

9. A machine of the kind defined by claim 8 in which the carrier consists of an endless chain, and the projecting members on the carrier include pins. i

10. A machine of the kind dened by claim 8 in which each of the magazines is provided with spring-controlled locking members for normally preventing withdrawal of the press button parts from said magazines, said locking members being arranged in pairs, one locking member of the pair being movable towards and away from the carrier, and the other locking member of the pair being movable toward and away from the irst mentioned member of the pair.

In testimony whereoll I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HANS PRYM. Witnesses WALTImR DoMoIs, B. GTsoHow.