Scovill Fasteners Inc.

Capitol Spouts, Inc.

Capital Spouts, Inc.

Paul R Bird

John J Butkus

Robert S Abrams

Joseph H Miller

A heated knife has a motor adapted to drive the knife against a cutting block with the web inbetween. The knife body is metal and has a cutting edge with side surfaces at an obtuse angle to each other. The knife is formed with a lengthwise bore which houses a Calrod capable of heating the knife up to about 950.degree. F. The knife body has relatively thin lateral ears spaced from the heater and which receive support bolts from the opposite ends of a driving yoke by which the motor drives the knife. This arrangement reduces the amount of heat withdrawn from the knife.

Apparatus for severing off pieces from an endless web

A setting apparatus directs a reinforcing tape in a perpendicular direction to the path of movement of the fabric. It comprises a machine frame, a support plate, a setting punch and die, a reinforcing tape supply under the plate and tape feeding belt for feeding the tape which is automatically activated by the punch.

Fastener setting apparatus having reinforcing tape feeder

A mechanical disconnect for the pedal operating rod of an attaching machine comprises a stationary trip slide having a downwardly inclined cam surface and a housing enclosing the trip slide and reciprocable thereon. The housing is connected to the clutch operating rod. The housing also includes a transverse trip spacer pin and a latch having a follower nose engaging the cam and a central L-shaped opening receiving the pin in the horizontal leg of the opening. A spring urges the latch toward the slide. When the pedal is depressed, the latch pulls down the housing so that the clutch activating pull down rod moves away from the clutch dog. Further downward movement of the pedal cams the latch away from the slide so that the spacer pin aligns with the vertical leg of the 'L' permitting the housing to pop up and the pull down rod to engage a clutch dog.

Safety disconnect for the pedal operator rod of an attaching machine

A container for holding pourable contents includes an exterior surface, an interior surface, an interior for holding contents and a reclosable pour spout mounted on the container. The pour spout includes a flange member having oppositely positioned first and second sides. An aperture extends through the flange member and the second side of the flange member is secured to the outer periphery of the wall of the container. An extension is connected to and extends axially away from the outer surface of the container and the extension has an aperture extending therethrough that communicates with the aperture in the flange member. A stem is connected to and extends axially away from the second side of the flange member. The stem has an aperture extending therethrough that communicates with the aperture in the flange member and the pour spout is positioned on the container such that the stem extends through the opening in the wall of the container and into the interior of the container. At least a portion of the stem is turned outwardly and toward the interior surface of the wall to which the flange member is secured to produce a mechanical engagement between the turned stem and the container which tends to resist any tendency of the pour spout to be pulled from the container.

Container having reclosable pour spout mounted thereon

A spout is attached to a wall of an article, such as a paperboard container, by pushing a stem of a spout longitudinally through a pre-formed hole in the article and against an inclined face of a flare tool so that a portion of the stem is bent laterally outwardly and into the path of a staking tool. The staking tool is displaced so that the face thereof bends a laterally outer section of the bent portion against the wall of the article while leaving a laterally inner section of the bent portion spaced longitudinally from the wall.

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Naugatuck, CT, United States of America

Paul R Bird