Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec.. 1887
Specification Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
RESERY
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to that class of bution-attaching machines in which the buttons
and the fastenings are automatically fed to the position for setting the fastening and
it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of
parts, hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of as much of the button setting machine as is
necessary to illustrate this invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of portions of the same parts.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of portions of the same parts.
Figure 4 is a transverse section of the driver-stock raceway and the cam-plate for
moving the driver latterally.
Figure 5 is an inverted plane of a portion of the grooved cylinder for holding the
staples and attached buttons and,

page_text: Figure 6 is a vertical section of a portion of said cylinder its supporting disc and
the locking device for securing said cylinder in a fixed position with one of its grooves
in line with the raceway.
A is the frame of the head of the machine, consisting of a hollow column provided
with the latterally-projecting anvil-support a, the arms and b, in which are formed
hearings for the reciprocating driver-stock or plunger c, and the curved arm d.
B is a rotatable cylinder having upon its exterior a series of vertical raceways or
grooves, e, each adapted to receive a series of button-fasteners with buttons
attached.
Cis, a lever having its fulcrum on the pin set in the curved arm d, and having
connected thereto, at or near the centre of its length, the rod D, the lower end of
which is connected to a treadle-lever mounted upon a fulcrum-pin set in the lower
portion of a supporting-column, not shown, the said rod D being provided with a
spiral spring D within the frame A, for moving the said rod, the fever C, and the
cylinder B upward, the said spring resting at its lower end upon an abutment in the
form of a plate supported by the upper end of the supporting column, not shown in
the drawings, and acting at its upper end against a collar g, secured upon the rod D,
all as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.
To the front end of the lever C is pivoted the upper end of the driver-stock c,
uounted in bearings in the arms band b¹, and provided near its lower end with the
offset h, to which is firmly secured the steel driver, as shown in Figure 1.
The cylinder B is mounted upon the spindle or short vertical shaft E, having a
bearing in the hub at the end of the curved arm d, and upon which is firmly secured
the cylinder-supporting disc, or rim F, provided at one side with the pendant ear i,
to which is secured the upper end of the plate H, which in turn is secured to the
front ends of the arms and by means of the screws, which pass through
slots k, k, formed in the said plate, and screw into the said arms, as shown in
Figure 2.
The plate E has formed therein the vertical slot or groove l, of the form shown in
Figure 4, the upper end of which coincides with the lower end of one of the corre-
spondingly-shaped grooves e, formed in the periphery of the cylinder B, when properly
set and locked, which is done by means of the spring actuated bolt, entering
one of the holes ², in the lower end of the cylinder B as shown in Figures 5
and 6.
The groove in the plate II serves as a guide or race-way to direct the fasteners
with buttons attached, to a position in close proximity to the material in which they
are to be set.
The spindle E rests at its lower end upon the boss m, formed upon the lever C, and
when the lever C is moved upward by the action of the spring within the frame A the
cylinder B, disc or rim F, and raceway H. are moved upward to, and maintained in
the position shown in Figure 1, or with the lower end of the raceway H / raised about one
quarter of an inch above the upper surface of the anvil n, firmly secured upon the
supporting-arm a, in a position directly beneath the raceway, as shown.
A slot o, is cut through the back of the raceway H 1, near its lower end, to permit
a lateral movement of the driver and the offset portion of the driver-stock e through
the same so that the driver as it descends may be moved into the groove and
descend therein directly upon the button-fastener and drive it into the material placed
upon the anvil n, and as it ascends the said driver may be retracted from said groove,
so as to permit a free passage of the fastener with the button attached down the said
raceway to a point near its lower end. This lateral movement of the driver is obtained
by means of the anti-friction roll p, mounted upon a stud set in the side of the
driver-stock e and projecting into the curved cam-slot q, formed in the cam-plate I,
secured in a fixed position upon the sides of the arms and b, as shown in Figures 2,
3 and 4.
The downward movement of the column of buttons in the raceway H and the
groove e in the cylinder B, which for the time being is set to coincide with said race-
way, is arrested by the curved lever r, the free end of which bears against the front

page_text: face of the plate H when the driver, the raceway, and the cylinder are at the extreme
of their upward movements, as shown in Figure 3.
Another curved lever, located below the lever, with its free end upward, is
connected to the said lever by the spring the said levers and being provide 1,
respectively, with a rearwardly-projecting arm and .
The lever is moved outward by the action of the pins upon the arm ³ during
the last part of the upward movement of the driver-stock e, in which the said pin
is set.
When the driver-stock begins to descend, the lever begins to move inward and
continues to so move until its free end comes in contact with the front of the raceway.
at which time the pins, set in the lever C, has come in contact with the arm and
commenced to move the free end of the lever outward to release the column of
buttons and allow them to descend till arrested by the lever ¹.
The raceway has parallel sides, through the whole length of which the button-
fastener, with its button attached, may drop freely, unless arrested in its course by
some means outside of said raceway such, for instance, as the levers and ¹.
In order to arrest the single fastener and its attached button at or near the end of
the raceway in position to he acted upon by the driver in its descent, to the front of
the raceway is secured a third curved elbow-levert, with its curved free end downward
and its rearwardly-projecting arm & connected by the link to the arm, as shown
in Figures 2 and 3.
The operation of this invention is as follows:
C
The several parts being in the positions shown in the drawings, with a button
supported by the levert near the end of the race-way, a column of buttons in the
raceway above the lever and the grooves e in the cylinder B being filled with staples
with buttons attached, the operator places the material in which the fastener is to be
set upon the anvil n, between it and the end of the raceway H l, and places his foot
upon the treadle (not shown in the drawings) and presses downward thereon, to
compress the spring within the column of the frame A and move the front end of the
lever C and the driver and driver-stock ¢ downward. When the lever moves
downward, the cylinder B and raceway H 1, and disc or rim Fare all moved down-
ward by the force of gravity until the end of the raceway rest upon the material placed
upon the anvil. The first part of the downward movement of the driver-stock causes
the said stock and its driver to be moved laterally till the driver is in a vertical
position in the centre of the groove and directly over the fastener in the said groove,
near the end of the raceway, the said driver-stock pivoting about a point in line with
the upper edge of its bearing in the arm b¹. When the lower end of the raceway H
comes in contact with the material placed upon the anvil n, the downward movement
of the said raceway, the disc or rim F, and the cylinder B is arrested, while the
continued movement of the driver forces the prongs of the fastener through the
material against the anvil, by which they are clinched in a well known manner. During
the first part of the downward motion of the driver-stock c the descent of the pin
permits the lever,³, to move about its axis till the free end of the arm thereof
comes in contact with the front face of the raceway, at which time the free end of the
lever is moved outward or away from the raceway by the downward movement of
the pins acting upon the arm of the said lever, thereby permitting the column of
buttons above the said lever to descend until the lower button comes in contact with
the lever When the operator removes his foot from the treadle, the reaction of the
spring on the rod D causes the rod D, lever C, driver-stock c, raceway H7 disc or
rim F, and the cylinder B to be moved upward to the positions shown in the drawings.
The upward movement of the driver-stock e and the pins s' and s² first permits the
levers and t to be moved about their axis by the reaction of the spring s until the
free ends of the said levers come in contact with the front face of the raceway and
the end of the lever has been interposed between the lower button in the column in
the raceway above the lever and those above it, when the pin comes in contact
with the arm of the lever and causes the free end of the said lever to be moved

page_text: away from the raceway thereby permitting the single button held thereby to descend the
raceway until arrested by the lever t in position to be set at the next descent of the driver.
When the staples and attached buttons are all discharged from the groove e of
the cylinder B that is in line with the raceway groove the operator retracts the
holt and turns the cylinder B until the next groove e is in line with said raceway
groove 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner, the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign Correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In a machine for attaching buttons, a straight vertical and vertically-movable
raceway having a T-shaped cross-section and adapted to receive and guide a column
of staple-fasteners and their attached buttons, in combination with a fixed anvil located
directly beneath said raceway, a reciprocating driver arranged in close proximity to
said raceway, and parallel, or nearly so, therewith, and provided with an anti-friction
roll mounted upon a laterally-projecting stud set therein, and a fixed cam constructed
and adapted to move the lower end of said driver laterally into and out of said race-
way, and means, substantially as described, for moving said raceway vertically,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
Second. The combination, in a machine for attaching buttons, of the vertical staple-
raceway H, having the slot o cut through its back side near its lower end, the
vertically-reciprocating driver stock e, provided with the offset 4, the driver h', secured
to the front face of said offset portion of the driver-stock, the anti-friction roll p, carried
by said driver-stock, the fixed plate I, provided with the cam-slot 9: and the fixed
anvil n, located directly beneath said raceway, all constructed, arranged, and adapted
to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.
Third. In a button-attaching machine, the combination of a fixed anvil, a straight
vertical staple-raceway arranged directly over said anvil and rigidly attached to a cylinder-
supporting disc or rim firmly secured upon a vertically-movable spindle having a
bearing in the frame of the machine, a rotatable cylinder mounted upon said disc or
rim and provided upon its exterior with a series of grooves corresponding in shape
and size in cross-section to the groove in said raceway, and adapted to be brought
successively into position over and in line with said raceway, and means, substantially
as described, for moving said raceway, disc or rim, and cylinder vertically, for the
purposes described.
Fourth. In combination with a fixed anvil, a straight vertical staple-raceway, the
groove in which is of the same width throughout its entire length and movable
vertically to and from said anvil, a vertically-reciprocating and laterally-moving driver
and stock, an intermittently-vibrating elbow lever constructed and arranged to be
moved about its axis in one direction by the descent of said driver and its stock, and
in the other direction by a spring, and arranged to be operated substantially as
described, to arrest the descent of a button and its staple at or near the lower end of
said raceway when the raceway is at or near the extreme of its upward movement, and
to release said button again when said raceway is in contact with the anvil or the
material resting thereon, and in time to be moved by the driver during the last part
of its downward movement, substantially as described.
Fifth. The combination of the fixed anvil n, the straight vertical raceway H, having
a groove of uniform width throughout its entire length and movable vertically to and
from said anvil, the vertically-reciprocating and laterally-movable driver and stock hc,
the elbowl overs²²³, and it', the link 2, connecting the arms and t, the
springs, connecting the arms and, and the pins s' and s2, constructed and arranged
to be moved vertically in unison with the driver and to act upon the arms and 2
substantially as described.
Sixth. In a machine for attaching buttons, a straight vertical and vertically-movable
raceway having a T-shaped cross section, and adapted to receive and guide a column
of staple fasteners and their attached buttons, in combination with an anvil locatel

page_text: directly beneath said raceway, a vertically-reciprocating and laterally-movable driver
arranged parallel, or nearly so, to said raceway, a cam for moving said driver laterally:
and mechanism, substantially as described, for reciprocating said driver and moving
said raceway vertically, as and for the purposes described.
Seventh. The combination of the straight vertical raceway H 1, the disc or rim F,
the cylinder B, and the spindle E, all mounted and movable vertically together upon
the frame A, with the driver and stock hc, a cam for moving said driver and stock
laterally, the lever C, the treadle operated rod D, and the spring D¹, all constructed,
arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 17th day of December 1887.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.