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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1983
Fumio Seki, Toyama, JP;
Yoshida Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for orienting and placing a button for attachment to a garment, comprising: a support; a guide mounted or said support and having a guide channel for guiding the button therethrough; a pusher slidably mounted in said guide for pushing the button through and out of said guide channel; a clinching die fixed to said support contiguous to one end of said guide for receiving thereon the button having been pushed out of said guide channel; a finger holder axially slidably and rotatably mounted on said clinching die and having at its upper end a pair of fingers for clamping the button on said clinching die, said finger holder having on its periphery a first gear; a second gear carried by said support and meshing with said first gear; a fluid-pressurized cylinder operatively connected with said second gear for turning the latter through a predetermined angle; and means for adjustably regulating the extent to which said second gear is turned.