Button attaching device
US5785230A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA41H37/008
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A button attaching device includes a top member and a bottom member which are hingedly connected together, the bottom member including an anvil. The button attaching device further includes a needle block assembly mounted on the top member. The needle block assembly includes a block of material, a pair of rodless fastener dispensing needles and a fastener. The fastener is shaped to include a foot formed at each end of a filament which can be removably mounted on one of the pair of rodless fastener dispensing needles. In one embodiment of the present invention, the needle block assembly is removably mounted on the top member and is sized and shaped so as to fit within a needle block assembly storage compartment formed in the bottom member. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of needle block assemblies are interconnected to form a needle block carousel which is rotably mounted within a hollowed portion formed in the top member. The carousel comprises a mounting block rotably mounted on the top member, each of the plurality of needle block assemblies being spring mounted on the mounting block.
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