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C'. A. PPBNNING- MACHINE FOR THE MANUFAGTURE 0F BUTTONS..

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C'. A. PFBNNING.

, MACHINE POR THE MANUPACTURE 0F BUTTONS.

UNITED STATES PATENT y (,)rriciaf Y CARL AUGUsT PFENNING, or BARMEN, PnUssIA, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING BUTToNsV.

JSPIECIZEICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 376,783, dated January 24, 18.88, j

Application filed March 10, 1887. Serial No. 230,476. (No model.) Patented in Norway March 24, 1886, No. 172; in England April 20. 1886, No. 5,446; in Belgium May 15, 1886, No. 73,004; -in Italy May 15, 1886, No. 20,181 in Sweden July 24,1886; in France August 20, 1886, No. 175,617; in Germany October 12, 1886, Nos. 27,881 and 28,621 in Austria-Hungary October 15, 1886,'No. 18,180; in Denmark October 27, 1886, No. 864; in Canada December 6, 1886, No. 25,407; in Spain October, 1886, No.

9,620, and in Portugal December 23,1886,No 1.085.

f 8?* To all whom zt 17mg concern:

Be it known that-I, CARL AUGUST PFEN- NING, a subject ofthe German Em peror,y residing at Barmen, (Rittershansem) in Rhenish `Prussia, Germany, have invented a new and useful Machine for the Manufacture of Buttons, of which the following isfa specification, 'ref'- `erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has been patented to me abroad as follows: In Germany, Nos. 27,881 and 28,621, October 12, 1886; in Canada, No. 25,497, December 6, 1886; in Denmark, No. 864, October 27, 1886; in Austria-Hungary, No. 18,180, October 15, 1886; in Belgium, No. 73,004, May 15, 1886; in Italy, No. 20,181, May

`15, 1886; in Portugal, No. 1,085, December23, 1886; in France, No. 175,617, August 20, 1886;

in Norway, No. 172, March 24, 1886; in Sweden, July 24, 1886; in Spain, No. 9,620, October, 1886, and in England, No. 5,446, April 20, 1886.

This invention relates to an improvement upon the machine patented to me October 5,

Vpl'oying different machines for different sizes' of buttons. By the present machine, by interchangeable parts, 1 can make any size button on the same' machine, provided said sizeis no greater than the largest button which the machine is capable of making.

" In my drawings similarletters refer to simiv lar parts.

Figure 1 represents a perspective elevation of my machine with the button-forming cap closed; Fig. 2, a perspective elevation of the same at right angles to Fig. 1, with the button-forming cap open; Fig. 3, a central trans verse section through Fig. 1.; Fig'. 4, a detail showing the method of substituting the ejector and cap for a different size button. y

A represents the frame of the machine, upon in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the cloth and The plunger O is n then swung over the button-tube D, and the which the other parts are mounted. lThis frame or base has upon its upper side-a subcstantially flat surface, upon which the other parts are mounted. A cylindrical recess, O,

is bored through the plate forthe `reception of the buttontube D and ejector E. The ejector is operated by a cam', F,'rotating crank G, as is plainly apparent from the drawings. InY the process of forming the button the ejector is first allowed todrop into the position shown f in Fig. 4, allowing of the insertion of the ma-y terials to form the button within the cylindrical cavity thus left. the ejector is then raised into the position shown in Fig. 3. The cam Fshould have a substantially dat portion, F', which' rests beneath the ejector when the ejector is raisedto its upper position. The rest of the button After the cap is closed A forming mechanism is carried upon the cover B, pivoted at J. This cover isy substantially similar to the cover of the machine previously vpatented to me. When closed, it is locked into position-by the bolt K. It carries the button-forming cap L and eyeleti'ng screw- /spindle M.y The kscrew-spindle is turnedby the handle N. The motion of this handle is by preference limited in both directions. When v 'turned backward, a pin may be employed` to. Y

arrest itsl motion, and when turned forward its motion is arrested against the pivotedv plunger O. This plunger' is supportedupon a pivoted arm, as shown, and when swung in- -ward it will bel concentric with the center of the ejector E l When swung outward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it serves to arrest the downward motion of the screw bythe handle Ny.

coming in contact with its upper portion.y

The operation of the mechanism is substantially the same as that previously patented to n The cover is raised to theposition shown shank are lput in position.

ejector E being depressed bythe motion of the crank, these parts are forced down upo'n it.

The plunger O, when'it is swung over the clothv and shank, is depressed by the hand forcingy them into the'cavity made to receive them.

The mold is then placed in positionin the button`forming cap L and the machine closed and locked. The revolution of the crank then raises the. ejector, closes the parts between the ejector, the buttonforming tube D, and the cap L. The eyeleting-spindle M is then depressed by moving the handle, and the button is completed. By withdrawing the bolt the cap is j raised and the button can be removed.

When it is desired to form a button of a dif ferent size, the parts D E L', (shown in Fig. 4,) ofproper size, are substituted for the parts D E L. The cap L is preferably held in position by a set-screw, I?. In this machine, asin that previously described, I nd it important to have a beveled rim, g, in the button-forni- I do not limit myself to the arrangement of parts shown--for instance, the plunger O need not be pivoted upon the machinee-though I prefer the form shown.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1; The combination of the base A, cover B, independent ejector E, and mechanism for raising said independentejector through the button-for1ning tube, substantially as described.

2. The combination,inabutton forming inachine, of a supporting-base having a cylindrical opening for supporting t-he button-forming cylinder, a button-forming cylinder, D, made to the size of the button desired, an ejector, E,

to [it the same, a capor cover containing button-forming mechanism and having a cavity to receive cap L, in different sizes,provided with mechanism for turning the edges of the cloth, of identical exterior but varying interior diameters, and mechanism for supporting the cover upon the base, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame A, carrying button-forming cylinder C and ejector E, the pivoted cover carrying the buttonforming cap and the eyeletingspindle M, and a stop supported upon the base ofthe machine,against which the handle of the eyeleting -plunger strikes in its operation, thereby limiting the motion ofthe eyeletingeplunger, substantially as described.

4. Thecombination,in a button-forming niachine, of the base A, the buttonforming cylindcr D, the ejector E, and the plunger O, pivoted upon the base A, whereby it may be swung into position to operate in depressing the cloth, substantially as described.

CARL AUGUST PFENNING.

Witnesses:

WM. P. ScHTTE, GEO. KOCH.

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