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Description

(No Model.)

1 A. G. WILKINS 81; J. B. MILLER.

IMPLEMENT FOR SECURING BUTTONS TO FABRICS.

No. 321,411. P1161 161 Jun 30, 1885.

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UNITED States Patent Orrien.

B. MILLER, OF KENT, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS TO THE RAILIVAY SPEED RE- CORDER COMPANY, OF KENT, OHIO.

iMPLEMENT FOR SECURING BUTTONS TO FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,411, dated June 30, 1885. Application filed January 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER G. \VIL- KINS, of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, and J AMES B.

MILLER, of Kent, Portage county, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Implement or Machine for Securing Buttons to Fabrics; and we hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side elevation showing abenchmachine embodying our improvements, the working parts being in section. Fig. 2- is a detail of the removable adjustable clinchingdie.

In the class of buttonfastening machines to which our invention relates it is highly desira- 2o ble that the clinching-die may be easily replaced when worn or broken, and it is also desirable to set the machine so as to make high or low loops, as the user may desire or require.

To this end our invention consists in a pc- 2 5 culiarly-constructed removable clinching-die and an adjustable stop so arranged as to prevent the jaws of the machine from approaching each other beyond a predetermined point, all of which will be hereinafter fully described,

and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use our inventi0n,we will proceed to describe the manner in which we have carried it out.

5 5 For purposes of illustration we have shown our invention as applied to a bench-machine having one jaw fixed and the other jaw adapted to be attached to a treadle by means of a connecting-rod, and having aretractingspring to hold the jaws normally open, as is usually applied to such bench-machines.

Ordinary mechanical appliances well known in the art and ordinary mechanical skill can convert the machine illustrated into a hand- 5 machine without departing from the spirit of our invention.

In the said drawings, A A are the jaws,pro vided with barrels B E,cast on their ends, the barrel B containing the springbolt O, provided on its lower end with a spring button holding latch, D, and the barrel B containing the telescopic spring fastener-holding device E, the details of which it is not necessary in this patent to describe.

Immediately behind barrel B the jaw is bored at a, and length wise the machine, through the hole so bored, is out a slot, 1), the slot 12 and the lower portion of hole a being ina lump or projection, F, cast integral with the head. The slot Z) is in line with and behind a slot, (1, out in the sliding bolt 0 to receive the upsetting-die.

The upsetting-die consists of a shank, 6, having its upper end threaded atf, and carrying in its lower end a thin metallic piece or 6 blade, H, one edge of which rests within slot d in barrel B and bolt 0 when the shank e is inserted into hole a, and secured by not a. The lower corner of the edge of blade or piece H, which projects into slot (1, is cut away in a 0 curved line, as seen at i, and the face of this curved edge acts on the point of the fastenerpin and coils it around the button-eye. The construction of the bearingsurfaces of this upsetting-die and the socket to receive it make it exceedingly easy to manufacture, strong and steady in operation, and easily removable and interchangeable. Moreover, it can be easily and quickly ad j usted with the other working parts of the machine.

In order that the loops of the fastening-pins may be left of apredetermined length when finished, I provide between the projections of the jaws, behind the pivot y, an adjustable stop, I, which in the present instance is shown as resting in a bracket or lump, K, cast on the stationary jaw-piece of the machine. The adj ustable. stop I is a bolt having a screwthread, k, on its lower end, which the bracket K is tapped to receive. The upper end of the 0 stop I being in the line of travel of the approaching jaw extensions or arms, one jawarln brings up against it upper end, and furupsetting-die provided with shank e, and ther approach of the jaws is stopped and any curved corner 1', all constructed substantially further crushing down of the loop prevented. as set forth.

By screwing stop I into the bracket and 7' T 5 withdrawing it, the position of its upper end i F is changed so as to stop the approach of the 1 jaws at any desired point. Vitnesses to \Vilkins signature:

Having thus described my invention, what 0. M. BOUSH, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters OTTO A. SToLZ.

IO Patent, is- XVitnesses to Millers signature.

The head provided with slotted bolt 0, and S. P. TOLOOTT,

slotted and bored at b a, in combination with A. B. YOUNG.

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