William Prym-werke Gmbh, & Co. Kg

Gerhard H Altwicker

A riveting press for the application of several types of compatible first and second articles of hardware to garments has a discrete magazine for each first and second article, applicators for first and compatible second articles, a foot pedal for initiating a cycle of operation of the applicators, and a computer-operated feeding unit for delivering selected first and complementary second articles from the respective magazines to the corresponding applicators. The computer for the feeding unit can be programmed to select the sequence in which various different first and compatible second articles are fed to the respective applicators, and to select the number of identical first and compatible second articles which are fed during successive cycles of the press. The keyboard of the programming unit for the computer has two discrete sections and has keys for transmission of signals which determine the sequence, keys for transmission of signals which determine the total number of identical articles to be fed during successive cycles, signal displaying elements and counters which indicate the numbers of remaining first and compatible second articles of selected total numbers during each stage of operation of the press in accordance with a selected program.

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Eschweiler, Germany

Gerhard H Altwicker