US608978A - Machine for attaching g love-fasteners to garm ents - Google Patents

Description

Patented Aug. 9, 1898.-

E. ruse. MACHINE FDR ATTAGl-IING GLOVE FASTENERS T0 GARMENTS.

(Application filed Apr, 14, 1697.)

(No Model.)

llnri nn STATES PATENT FFlCEt ELISHA FLAGG, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO TnErLAee BROTHERS COMPANY, on SAME PLACE. i

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING GLOVE-FASTENERS TO CARM ENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,978, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed April 14, '7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA FLAGG, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Attaching Glove-Fasteners to Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines by which fastenerssuch as are commonly known by the 'names glove-fasteners, coat-fasteners, and snap-fasteners -are riveted to garments and which comprise holding devices whereby the parts of the fasteners are held in proper relations to each other during the operation of the machines upon them; and theobject of the improvements is to provide such machines with bold ing devices in which a part of the stud and the socket of such afastener may be inserted and from which they maybe withdrawn with especial facility and by which they are sure to be held in proper relations -'to the other parts of the fastener and protected from injury when they are applied to a garment.

On the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying the invention Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a vertical section of one of the holding devices; Fig. 4, an inverted plan of that device; Fig. 5, an elevation and vertical section of the other holding device; Fig. 6, a detail of one of the parts of the latter device. Figs. 7 and 8 are views of the parts of a stud member ora fastener, and Figs. 9 and 10 are views of the parts of the socket member of the fastener. Similar reference-numerals designate like parts in different views.

The machine represented in the drawings is novel with respect only to the parts illustrated in Figs. 3 et seq. to 6, inclusive, ma-.

chines comprising all'the other parts thereof having been in use before this invention was made. The invention might-be embodied in a machine differing from this in various particulars ofconstruction, as will appear from the following description andclaims.

The frame of this machine is a casting 1,

Serial No. 632,054.. (No model.)-

having a that base, the headlO, andtheblock 11 at the front end of the base under the head. In the head are two plunger's 2 and coil-spring 20, which surround and support the plungers. A lever 3 is pivoted at 3 in a projection 12 of the frame, and to the front arm of this lever a block 31 is pivoted on the under side of the arm by a bolt 32, and on the top of the arm 30 is fixed a spring 33, which rests in a recess 34 at the front end of the block 31. This recess extends nearly across the block 31 and is deeper at each end than it is elsewhere, and the spring 33 is so arranged with relation to the block 31 that the block is held by the spring directly over whichever plunger it may be desirable to actuate by the lever. A pin 35 is fixed in the front end of the block 31. to enable the block to be conveniently moved from one plunger to the other. To-the lever 3 at its rear end is pivoted a link 36, which is also pivoted to a lever 37, and to the power-arm of this lever, which is within a cavity in the frame and is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the lever being pivoted by a pin 38 between the sides of the frame, is pivoted a rod 39, which is to be connected with a treadle or other actuating mechanism.

It will now be understood that either plunger may be forced downward, while the other is left at rest in its highest position, by a downward pull on the rod 39, the block 31 being over the plunger which is to be actuated, since the pull on the rod 39 will throw the rear arm of the lever 37 forward and upward and force upward the rear arm of the lever 3 through the action thereon of the toggle formed by the lever 37 and,link 36.

On the block 11 are fixed two anvils. These are composed of hollow posts 4: and 5, which are screwed into the block 11 and onwhich are set-nuts 40 and 50, and of the caps41 and 51, the capsbeing provided with stems which fit loosely inthe hollow posts. In the top of the capAl is a seat-conforming-to that part of the fastener which is shown inFig. 8, and

in the top of the cap 51 is a seat conforming to that part of the fastener which is shown in Fig. 10.

That part of the stud member of the fastener which is shown in Fig. 7 comprises the head 42,

base 43,and prong 44,permanentlysecured together, and the other part 45 of this member, this being the part shown in Fig. 8, is a shell in which the prong 44 is clenched when the stud is attached to a garment. The parts of the socket member consist, respectively, of the shell 52, a spring Within the shell, and the prong 53, permanently secured together, as appears in Fig. 9, and of the button-shaped cap 54, which is shown in Fig. 10, and which contains a cavity in which the prong 53 may be clenched. The prong 53 is the stem of an annealed tack whose head rests against that side of the shell 52 which is the lower side in the drawings, there being in the opposite side of the shell an opening adapted to receive 'the head 42 of the stud.

The holding device whose construction is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 holds that part of the stud member of the fastener which is shown in Fig. 7. The head 6 of this device corresponds in size to the base 43 of the stud, and in it is a cavity 60, which is slightlylarger than the head 42 of the stud. The face of the head 6 around the cavity conforms to the surface of the base 43 of the stud around the head 42. On the head 6 is a stem having flat faces ('31, which adapt the device to be turned by a wrench, and having a screwthreaded section 62. The diameter of the section 62 is less than that of the adjacent part of the stem, a shoulder 63 being formed at the base of the section In the head 6 are two holes 64, which are diametrically opposite one another and extend from the eX- terior of the head to the cavity 60 near the face of the head. Springs 65, which are attached to the head by screws 66, project through the holes 64 into the cavity 60, their ends being quite near the wall of the cavity, as appears by Fig. 4. This device is screwed into the plunger which is over the anvil that is to receive the shell or back 45 of the stud member of the fastener, so that the shoulder 63 is in contact with the end of the plunger, as is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the plunger is in its highest position, the stem of the holding device is entirely within the head 10 of the frame, andthe head 6 of the device forms a stop, it being in contact with the bottom of the head 10, which prevents the plunger from being raised too high by the spring in the head 10. This device receives the head 42 of the stud in the cavity 60 and holds it, together with the base 43 and prong 44, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, by means of the springs 65, which press against the head 42 near the base 43. The head of the stud is easily and quickly forced between the springs 65 by the hand, and is withdrawn from them instantly, after the stud has been attached to a garment, by a slight downward pull on the garment. The other holding device is also composed of a head and stem. It differs from that which has been described with respect to the construction of its head only. Among the parts of its head are the driver 7 and section 70, and these and the stem of the device are integral, the stem having fiat faces 71, a screw-threaded section 72, and a shoulder 73, corresponding to the portions 61, 62, and 63 of the stem. (Shown in Fig. 3.) In the driver 7 is a fixed pin 74, which projects from it, as shown in Fig. 5, and on this pin are two blocks 75, which surround the driver. Each of these blocks has in it a cavity 76, which is adapted to fit closely against the socket of the fastener, and has at the lower edge of the cavity a lip or bead 77. The blocks are held on the pin 74 as they are shown in Figs. 2 and 5, their tops being in contact with the section 70, and the face of each, which is shown in Fig. 6, being close to the face of the other, so that the cavities 76 form together a chamber whose wall conforms to that part of the surface of the socket which in Fig. 9 is the upper surface. In the blocks 75 is a groove 78, and a coil-spring 79, resting in the groove 7 8, encircles the blocks and tends to keep them close together and close to the driver. ing device is screwed into the plunger which is over the anvil on which the cap 54 of the socket member of the fastener is to be laid and bears to the plunger and head 10 of the frame the relations represented in Fig. 2,the shoulder 73 being in contact with the end of the plunger and the section forming a stop which limits the upward movement of the plunger when that section is in contact with the bottom of the head 10. The socket of the fastener is inserted in this holding device by pushing it with the hand into the chamber in the blocks 75, the blocks being forced to separate slightly, sliding on the pin 74 by the pressure of the socket against them, and when the broadest part of the socket passes the lips 77 the blocks are drawn toward each other by the spring 79, and the lips 77 then prevent the socket from falling out of the holder and press it firmly against the wall of the chamber. The socket surrounds the driver 7, which extends through the spring within the socket and bears against the head of the tack 53. The socket is securely held, as represented in Fig. 2, while the prong 53 is being forced through the garment and clenched in the cap 54. It is withdrawn from the holder by a slight downward pull on the garment.

The members of the fastener are attached to a garment by actuating the plungers alternately, the garment being held upon the proper anvil. The prongs 44 and 53 are driven by the plungers through the garment and into the shell 45 and cap 54, respectively, and clenched therein. These holding devices greatly facilitate the attachment of the fas teners to garments, both by so holding the parts of each member of a fastener that they are bound to be properly secured together and to the garment without being crushed or otherwise injured and by so readily receiving and releasing them that it takes but an instant to handle them.

This hold- Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding" device comprisinga h ead 6, and springs 65, the head containing a cavityOO and holes 64, and the springs extending through the holes 64 into the cavity 60, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding device composed of the head 6, and springs 65, and a stem having the flat faces 61 and screw-threaded section 62 and shoulder 63, the head having in it the cavity 60 and holes 64, and the springs being fastened to the exterior of the head and extending through the holes 64 into the cavity 60, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding device comprising the driver 7, blocks 75, and a spring, the blocks being mounted on the driver, and the cavities 76 of the blocks forming a chamber Whose wall conforms to the face of asocket member of a fastener, and a part of the driver being within the chamber, and of a proper size and length to enter the socket and make contact with the head of the rivet or back of the socket, and the spring acting on the blocks and tending to force them toward each other, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding device comprising the driver 7, the pin 74, the blocks 75, and a spring, the blocks being on the pin 74 and containing cavities 76, and the spring being adapted to force the blocks toward each other, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding device comprising the driver 7, section 70, pin 74, blocks 75, spring 79, and the stem having the flat faces 71 and screw-threaded section 72 and shoulder 73, the blocks being on the pin and in contact With the section 70 and containing cavities 76, substantially as described.

ELISHA FLAGG.

In presence of (hats. COLEMAN MILLER, ARTHUR F. THoMPsoN.

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