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US373540A US373540DA US373540A US 373540 A US373540 A US 373540A US 373540D A US373540D A US 373540DA US 373540 A US373540 A US 373540A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • buttons and fasteners In the process of attaching buttons to shoes, 850., by the use of metallic fasteners, particularly when a machine is employed, it is common to insertorattach to the machine a metallic tubein which the buttons and fasteners, previously threaded, are arranged and mounted.
  • Such filled tubes or holders serve as a reservoir from which the buttons and fasteners are automatically withdrawn,through the medium of a suitable feeding device, and placed in position preparatory to being secured to thefabric or other material to which they are to be attached by the subsequent action of a clinching mechanism.
  • Tubes of this character are provided with a slot which coincides with a similar opening formed in the machine, the same leading to the point where the button is held in position while its fastener is being subjected to the clinching operation.
  • These tubes are open at the ends and are readily connected with or disconnected from the machine, as desired.
  • My invention herewith consists of a metallic slotted angular tube of somewhat novel con struction, adapted for the reception of buttons and fasteners when connected or threaded.
  • the object of my improved tube is to provide a superior guide for two-prong fasteners, whereby they are prevented from disarrangement when mounted therein.
  • tubes of this character adapted as reservoirs for buttons and fasteners
  • the form of the tubes in cross-section has been such that a comparatively free movement of the fasteners in a lateral direction is permitted, thereby obviously detracting from their efficiency.
  • I overcome this disadvantage by making the sides of the tube contiguous to each prong of the fastener approximate a V-shape form, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.
  • Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the tube.
  • Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, showing a button and fastener in position therein.
  • Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view, on line 0000 of the preceding figure, showing the relative arrangement of the prongs of the fastener to the a11- gular sides of the tube, and
  • Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent cross-sectional views of slotted tubes possessing the novel features embodied in the present invention.
  • A designates the tube as a whole, having a slotted opening, 8, extending throughoutits length on one side, I), and adapted to freely receive the eye-shanks d of buttons 0.
  • the form of my improved tube in cross-section is polygonal or angular. The sides a of the tube across its major axis meet and form the apices m.
  • f indicates a fastener made of wire and having the lower portion of its two prongs swaged or flattened, as at c, the width of said flattened portion considerably exceeding that of the normal size of the wire.
  • buttons formed in one side of the tube intermediate of said V-shaped sides, adapted to receive the eye-shanks of buttons.

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J. F. THAYER.
BUTTON AND PASTENER HOLDER.
No. 373,540. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.
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BUTTON AND FASTENER HOLDER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,540, dated November 22, 1887.
Application filed October 1, 1887. Serial No.2=5l,167. (No model.)
To aZZ whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, J AMES F. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button and Fastener Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.
In the process of attaching buttons to shoes, 850., by the use of metallic fasteners, particularly when a machine is employed, it is common to insertorattach to the machine a metallic tubein which the buttons and fasteners, previously threaded, are arranged and mounted. Such filled tubes or holders serve as a reservoir from which the buttons and fasteners are automatically withdrawn,through the medium of a suitable feeding device, and placed in position preparatory to being secured to thefabric or other material to which they are to be attached by the subsequent action of a clinching mechanism. Tubes of this character are provided with a slot which coincides with a similar opening formed in the machine, the same leading to the point where the button is held in position while its fastener is being subjected to the clinching operation. These tubes are open at the ends and are readily connected with or disconnected from the machine, as desired. v
My invention herewith consists of a metallic slotted angular tube of somewhat novel con struction, adapted for the reception of buttons and fasteners when connected or threaded.
The object of my improved tube is to provide a superior guide for two-prong fasteners, whereby they are prevented from disarrangement when mounted therein. Usually,in tubes of this character adapted as reservoirs for buttons and fasteners, the form of the tubes in cross-section has been such that a comparatively free movement of the fasteners in a lateral direction is permitted, thereby obviously detracting from their efficiency. I overcome this disadvantage by making the sides of the tube contiguous to each prong of the fastener approximate a V-shape form, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my improved button and fastener holding tube, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the tube. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, showing a button and fastener in position therein. Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view, on line 0000 of the preceding figure, showing the relative arrangement of the prongs of the fastener to the a11- gular sides of the tube, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent cross-sectional views of slotted tubes possessing the novel features embodied in the present invention.
Referring again to the drawings, A designates the tube as a whole, having a slotted opening, 8, extending throughoutits length on one side, I), and adapted to freely receive the eye-shanks d of buttons 0. The form of my improved tube in cross-section is polygonal or angular. The sides a of the tube across its major axis meet and form the apices m.
f indicates a fastener made of wire and having the lower portion of its two prongs swaged or flattened, as at c, the width of said flattened portion considerably exceeding that of the normal size of the wire. An example of this form of staple-fastener is shown and claimed in the patent to George W. Prentice of February 15, 1887, No. 357,626.
It will be seen, referring to Figs. 2 and 3, that the extreme width of the fastener at the junction of the head and prong, as at e, is substantially the same as the interior major diameter of the tube, thereby serving to aeeurately guide the fasteners along the V-shaped portion of the tube. The angle of this latternamed portion of the tube is such that the swaged prongs c of the fastener bear on opposite sides thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, by means of which the fasteners are prevented from lateral movement and consequent disarraugement. Substantially the same result follows when the fasteners are mounted within tubes having cross-sections, represented in Figs. 4., 5, and G.
1. The button and fastener holder hereinbefore described, having a slotted opening, as
formed in one side of the tube intermediate of said V-shaped sides, adapted to receive the eye-shanks of buttons.
In testimony whereofI affix my signature in v i the presence of two witnesses.
JAMES F. THAYER.
Witnesses: 7
CHARLES GREENE, GEo. W. PRENTIOE.
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