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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Birkhofer, Braunschweig, DE;
Hans-Otto Hoffler, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C / ; B27F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227105 ; 227118 ; 112113 ;
Abstract
A machine is disclosed for feeding button parts from a magazine to an attachment position. The machine includes an arcuate sliding surface which guides the button parts to the attachment position, and a transport finger which moves along the sliding surface. The transport finger is spring-urged outwardly to move the button parts in one direction, but is shiftable inwardly to pass over button parts when moved in the opposite direction.