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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Charles L Deschenes, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Paul A Davignon, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Douglas Cooke, Charlestown, MA (US);
Terrence K Jones, Sharon, MA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A button attaching device for attaching a button to a layer of material includes a C-frame having a top portion, an intermediate portion and a bottom portion. A plurality of needle block assemblies are disposed inside the top portion of the C-frame in a stack. A manually operable plunger is slidably mounted on the top portion of the C-frame for up and down movement and positioned to receive and move downward the lowermost needle block assembly in the stack. Each needle block assembly includes a block of elastomeric material, a pair of rodless fastener dispensing needles and a fastener of the type having a foot at each end of a filament. Each foot is removably mounted on one of the pair of rodless fastener dispensing needles. In use, a button and a layer of material to which the button is to be attached are positioned on top of an anvil formed on the bottom portion of the C-frame. The lowermost needle block assembly is pushed down by the plunger so that the needles extend through a pair of holes in the button and through the layer of material. The plunger is then retracted leaving the button secured to the layer of material by the fastener.