US755884A - Machine for attaching buttons. - Google Patents

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H. KERNGOOD.

MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 17v 1903.

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No. 755,884. PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

' H. KERNGOOD.

MAGHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1903.

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' UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

HERMAN KERNGOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALMA BUTTON COMPANY OF BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,884, dated March 29, 1904.

Application filed April 17, 1903 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN KERNGOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for attaching buttons without the use of thread to any articlesuch as gloves,

cloth, clothing, or other fabric the object beis a view in side elevation of the anvil block or support and its connected parts. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the feed-controller. Fig. 5 is a view showing one kind of fastening means which can be handled by this machine, such as a resilient friction-clasp for gloves, the upper elements a and b constituting the male portion of thefastener, abeing the outermost button and b the fastener therefor, and 0 and d are the two members of the female portion of the fastener. Fig. 6 is a view of the machine in front elevation; and Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the anvil block or support and its connected parts, taken from the side opposite to that shown-in Fig. 2.

Reference-letter A designates the frame, base, or body portion of the machine, which may be formed'from a casting and is secured to a bench, table, or other suitable support. The frame is provided with a rearwardly-project- .ingarm 1, having a sleeve 2 formed thereon. The forward-end of the frame is ofiset, as at 3, and is provided with a bracket 4, as shown, hav- Serial No. 153,072. (No model.)

ing an aperture 5,having a seat 6 formed therein. Extending forwardly from the bracket 4 is an arm 4, provided with a box 7 the bore of which receives a plunger 8, sliding there-- in. The box is provided with a plurality of apertured lugs 10 10, in which are received rods 10' 10, and a yoke 57 connects the rods. Coiled springs 58 58surround the rods and rest upon the lugs 10 10, the upper ends of the springs bearing against the yoke to retain the rods at their upper limit of movement. Rod 10 projects through one of the lugs 10 and has securedthereto a forked interchangeable die 9 at its lower end. A spindle 11 is received in the sleeve 2, and a plurality of hoppers 14 14 are supported in an inclined position upon the spindle. These hoppers are provided with the usual openings 15 15, discharging onto the aprons 16 16' of chutes 17 17 the aprons being supported by means of of braces 12 12.

Pivotally supported in a boss 18 on the frame is a lever-arm 19, the forward end of which is received in a groove 20, formed in the upper end of plunger 8. pivotal support and its engagement with the plunger the lever is offset to provide an aperture 21, adapted to receive the upper end of a pull-bar 22, received in the aperture 5 in thebracket, passing down in the offset 3, the lower end of the pull-bar being secured in any suitable manner to a foot-treadle. (Not shown.) The upper end of the pull-bar is slotted to receive a pin 23, carried by the walls of the aperture 21 of the lever. Located in the bracket 4 is a coiled spring 24, surrounding the pull-bar, the lower end of the spring resting on the seat or shoulder 6 and its upper end abutting the lever 19 to retain it and the plunger in raised position.

A stud-shaft 25, journaled in the boss 18, to which shaft the lever 19 is keyed, is provided with an arm 26, keyed thereto and having a slot 27 formed in its outer end for the loose reception of the end of a link 28, the opposite end of which rod is pivotally secured to the outer end of a plate 29, journaled on the spindle 11, and this plate has a pawl 30 pivoted Intermediate its thereto, the pawl adapted to engage a ratchetwheel 31, keyed on the spindle 11, whereby the spindle is given a step-by-step rotation.

To the base of the frame, at the forward end thereof, beneath the die 9, is placed an anvilblock 32, to which a bell-crank lever 33 is pivotally secured at its angle, one arm, 34, of the bell-crank constituting the anvil proper, being provided with a recess 35, which recess is adapted to receive a portion of the fastening delivered thereto by the chute 17, the other chute adapted to deliver the remaining portion of the fastening to the die 9. The recessed arm of the bell-crank lever serves as the anvil proper,since it receives the impact of the blow from the plunger, the anvil-block 32 merely serving as a support and brace therefor. The remaining arm,37, of the bell-crank has a roller 38 journaled thereon, which roller is engaged by a tongue 39, pivotally secured in an ear 40, formed on the frame and operated by a roller 41, journaled in a projection 42 of the pull-bar 22. A guard or stop 44, secured to the anvilblock, operates to limit the movement of the bell-crank 33 in one direction, and a projection 45 on the bell-crank is connected with a spring 46, the opposite end of which is secured to the anvil-block, the tendency of the spring being to normally retain the bell-crank at the opposite limit of its movement, or away from the stop.

The anvil-block 32 is provided with a hanger 47, in which is journaled a short shaft 48,upon the inner end of which is secured an arm 49, adapted to normally bear against the arm 34 of the bell-crank, and the opposite end of the shaft has fastened thereto a short lever 50, to the outer end of which is secured a spring 51, the opposite end of which is secured to the anvil-block 32, the spring being normally under tension to retain the stop-arm 49 in engagement with the arm 34 of the bell-crank lever 33. The spring 51 is lighter and less strong than spring 46. The anvil-block is also recessed or cut away, as at 62, for the reception of the roller 38 when the bell-crank is moved.

A link 52 is journaled at one end to arm on the movable shaft 48, the opposite end of the link being secured to the stem 53 of a valve-disk 54, pivotally secured in the chute 17, the disk 54 lying in the chute and having a segmental or other suitably-shaped recess 55 formed therein and adapted to receive and inclose one of the fastening members at a time, moving the latter from a position above to a position below the valve-disk 54, where it can fall by gravity along the chute to the recess 35 in the arm 34 of the bell-crank lever 33, the "alve-disk 54 serving as a stop to prevent the remaining fastenings from feeding down to the anvil. A similar valve disk and stem are pivotally attached to the remaining chute 17, and a link 56 has one end secured to the stem thereof, the opposite end of the link being pivotally connected with a bar 59, secured to and moving with the lever 19.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the fastening portions to be in position in the bellcrank arm and die, the operator places his foot on the treadle (not shown) attached to the pullbar 22 and depresses the latter against the action of the spring 24. The downward movement of the pull-bar depresses the lever 19 and plunger 8, as well as causing the projection 42, carrying the roller 41, to engage and press against the pivoted tongue 39, whose opposite face abuts against the roller 38, journaled on arm 37 of bell-crank lever 33, moving the bell-crank against the tension of spring 46 and bringing the arm 34 of the bell-crank, carrying one part of the fastening, against the stop 44. Simultaneously with the movement of the bell-crank lever 33 the pull-bar 22, by

vmeans of the lever 19, depresses the plunger 8 and the die 9, so that as the arm 34, carrying a portion of the fastening, reaches its stop 44 the die 9 has exerted pressure thereupon to unite the two portions of the fastening and has reached its limit of downward movement. The manner of securing the fastening members to the material designed to receive them may be traced as follows: Fastening members a and I) having been fed to the recess 35 of bell-crank 33 and to the cleft portion 60 of the die 9, the operator causes the descent of the pull-bar 22, whereby the recessed arm 34 of the bell-crank is moved to the stop 44 and the plunger8 is forced down by lever 19. The end of the plunger protrudes through and engages the apertured portion of the die 9, moving the die downward against the tension of springs 58 58. The reduced end 61 of the plunger presses upon that portion of the fastener a received within the cleft portion 60 of the die and after forcing it through the material to which it is to be attached and through the aperture in the correlative portion 6 of the fastener causes a slight spreading of the end of member a against the bottom of recess 35, whereby the two portions of the fastening member are secured to one another. The release of the treadle (not shown) permits the spring 24 to raise the treadle. pull-bar, lever 19, plunger, and die, the rise of the pull-bar withdrawing the projection 42 and roller 41,whereupon the strong spring 46 moves the bell-crank 33 to its normal position and raises the tongue 39. During these operations the reciprocating movement of the lever has rocked the arm 26, which in turn, bymeans of the link 28, operates to oscillate the plate 29, carrying pawl 30, to move the spindle 11 forward one step to effect the discharge from each of the hoppers of a single fastening portion. Furthermore, the downward movement of the lever 19 has rocked the feed-disk 54, lying in the chute 17 by means of link 56, whereby a fastening has been received in the recess 55, and

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the succeedingupward movement of the -le ver 19 oscillates the disk to discharge the fastener into'the raceway, and simultaneously therewith the movement of the arm 49 toward the short shaft 48 by reason of the engagement of arm 49 on shaft 48 with arm 34: of the bell-crank lever, placing the light spring 51 under tension and operating the remaining disk-valve 54: in chute 17 to discharge a fastening portion by means of the link 52.

It is obvious that changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully disclosed my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever, of a plunger operated thereby, a die engaged by the plunger, the die comprising a plurality of perforate members.

rigidly disposed with relation to each other, means for supplying the die with a fastener, a receiver for the correlative portion of the fastener, and means for moving the receiver into and out of alinement with the die. I

2.. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever, of a plunger operated thereby, a die located in the path of movement of the plunger, the die comprising a plurality of apertured members rigidly disposed with relation to one another, means for supplying a fastener to one of the apertured members, the plunger engaging and moving the die and means for returning the die to normal position to receive a fastener.

3. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever and a pull-bar pivotally secured thereto, of a plunger operated by the lever, a bell-crank located beneath the plunger, a tongue engaging one arm-of the bell-crank, and means on the pull-bar engaging the tongue to move the bell-crank.

4:. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger and lever for operating the plunger, of a pull-bar for operating the lever, a roller carried by the pull-bar, a bellcrank located beneath the plunger, a movable tongue secured adjacent to and engaging the bell-crank and itself engaged by the roller and means for returning the bell-crank to normal position.

5. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a box, of a reciprocating plunger provided with a reduced end received in the box, rods mounted exteriorly of the box, a die carried by one of the rods, the die consisting of a plurality of open members spaced apart from and rigidly disposed with relation to each other, means for discharging a fastener onto one of the members, the die located in alinement with the path of travel of the plunger, the reduced end of the plunger projecting through the other of said members to engage the fastener and depress the die and means for raisingthe die to its normal position.

6. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute, a disk-valve pivotally mounted therein and a link connected therewith, of a bell-crank lever located adjacent the discharge end of the chute, an arm engaged by the bell-crank lever, a shaft on which the arm is mounted, means connected with the shaft for moving it in one direction, the link connected with the shaft and means for operating the bell-crank lever. I

7. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute, and a feed-controlling member, of a shaft connected with the feed-con trolling member, a movable member, an arm carried by the shaft and engaged by the movable member, means for actuating the shaft in one direction, the movable member nor: mally preventing such actuation of the shaft and means for operating the movable member.

8. In a button-setting machine, the combi.

nation with a chute and a feed-controlling member, of a shaft connected with the feedcontrolling member, means connected to the shaft for automatically actuating the shaft in one direction, an arm on the shaft, a movable member engaged by the arm, the movable member normally preventing theautomatic actuation of the shaft in one direction and means for actuating the movable member.

9. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and a feed controlling member, of a shaft connected with the member, a spring connected with the shaft for automatically rotating it in one direction, an arm on the shaft, a bell-crank lever engaged by the arm and normally preventing the automatic movement of the shaft in one direction and means for moving the bell-crank lever.

10. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and a feed-controlling member, of a shaft connected with the feedcontrolling member, means for actuating the shaft in one direction, an arm carried by the shaft, a bell-crank lever engaged by the arm, means connected with the bell-crank lever for preventing the movement of the shaft and means for overcoming the bell-crank-connected means.

11. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an operating-lever, a pull-bar and a plunger, of a lever provided with a recess, a chute for conveying a portion of a fastening directly to the recess in the lever, the lever normally lying adjacent the chute, means for normally retaining the recessed arm adjacent the chute and means for moving the recess into alinement with the plunger.

12. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an anvil-block, of a lever provided with a recess, a chute for conveying a fastening directly thereto, means for normally retaining the recess in position adjacent the chute, an operating-lever, a plunger connected therewith, means for moving the lever to bring the recess into alinement with the plunger and a stop against which the lever is pressed for limiting the movement of the recessed lever in one direction.

13. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger and means for operating the same, of an anvil-block, a lever pivotally mounted with respect to the anvil-block, means for feeding a fastener thereto, means for feeding afastener in position to be directly engaged by the plunger, a shaft suitably journaled on the anvil-block, a feed-controller in the means for feeding the fastener in position to be engaged by the plunger, means connecting the feed-controller and shaft, and means carried by the shaft and engaged by the lever for operating the feed-controller.

14. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an operating-lever, means for actuating the same and a plunger operated by the lever, of a second lever located beneath the plunger, a chute for conveying a portion of a fastener thereto, a feed-controller located in the chute, a suitably-journaled shaft, means extending between the shaft and feed-controller, means connected with the shaft and normally tending to actuate the same in one direction, an arm carried on the shaft and engaging the second lever, and means for actuating the second lever and the plunger.

15. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and a feed-controller, of a lever, the chute conveying a fastener thereto, means connected with the lever for normally retaining it at one limit of its movement, a shaft connected with the feed controller, means secured to the shaft for actuating it in one direction, an arm carried by the shaft and engaging the lever for normally preventing the movement of the shaft in one direction, and means for operating the lever.

16. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an operating-lever and a pull-rod secured thereto, of a projection mounted on the pull-rod, a pivoted member engaged by the projection, an anvil-block provided with a recess therein, a lever mounted on the anvilblock, one arm of the lever receiving and carrying a fastener, the remaining arm en gaged by the pivoted member, and a plunger with which the fastener-carrying arm is normally out of alinement, the pivoted member forced against the adjacent arm of the lever to force the fastener-carrying arm into alinement with the plunger.

17. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger, of a lever located beneath the plunger, the lever provided with a recess for receiving a fastener, and normally out of alinement with the plunger, means for feeding a fastener to the recess in the lever, means for moving the recessed end of the lever into alinement with the plunger, the recessed lever constituting an anvil to receive the stroke of the plunger and retain the fastener during the fastening operation.

18. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger, of a lever located beneath the plunger, means for conveying a fastener to the lever, the lever normally lying out of alinement with the plunger, means for moving the lever into alinement with the plunger, the lever constituting an anvil to receive the stroke of the plunger and retain the fastener during the fastening operation.

19. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger and means for operating the same, of an anvil-block located beneath the plunger, an oscillating anvil pivotally secured to the anvil-block, means for feeding a fastening member to the anvil, means for normally retaining and automatically returning the anvil to a position out of alinement with the plunger, and means operated simultaneously with the plunger for moving the anvil into alinement therewith.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN KERNGOOD.

Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, ROBERT C. RHODES.

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