Process and Apparatus for and connected with the Attachment of Hooks and Eyes to Cards and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
Process and Apparatus for and connected with the Attachment of
Hooks and Eyes to Cards and the like.
I, JACOB PROSKAUER, of No. 12, Farberstrasse, Leipsic, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:--
My invention relates to a process and apparatus for attaching hooks and eyes to
cards and the like intended for sale whereby the work is more effectually and more
cheaply done than is possible when they are sewn on by hand.
Figure 1 of the accompanying sheet of drawings is a plan section of a frame
in which the hooks and eyes are laid ready for being attached to a card by means
of wire staples or the like.
Figure 2 is a cross section on the line A, B, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a cross section showing how my apparatus is applied to a machine
for attaching the hooks and eyes to a card by means of wire staples and,
Figure 4 represents a finished card with two rows of hooks and eyes.
My process consists in putting the desired number of hooks and eyes in a row
or rows in such relative positions that each pair of hooks and eyes is held firmly
in place ready for being attached to the card with regard to each other and to the
next pair of hooks and eyes and my apparatus is so constructed that both these
conditions can be carried out with facility, certainty and despatch.
In the construction shown on the drawing the hooks and eyes are hooked together
in pairs in two rows, the hooks being laid in slots C in two bars C C which bars
are mounted in slots in a frame A' or at all events so that each is capable of being
moved bodily away from the wedge-shaped bar D of which two are shown fixed to
the frame. These bars D also have slots or recesses D³ in which the eyes are
placed. In order to cause the lateral motion of the movable bars C to hold the
hooks and eyes taut there are two wedges B B' with plain ends at one end to
pass through holes in the frame A¹ at the left hand (Figure 1) and with screwed
ends at the right hand (Figure 1) having nuts vv thereon. The bars C C and D D
have holes and the wedges B B' have slots through which pass the pins I and the
movable bars C C are kept in place by springs G G and H H. When the nuts
are screwed up it follows that the wedges are drawn out to a certain extent the
slots allowing of such longitudinal movement and the said wedges force the hooks
and eyes apart by reason of the lateral movement of the movable bars C whereby
the hooks and eyes are uniformly held taut and cannot be displaced except by
using considerable force. The card E is then laid in the frame being held in
position by ledges or stops As as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The hooks and eyes
are attached to the card E by means of wire staple attaching devices such as
n n¹ n² n³m m² m² and m³ in any well known manner for instance as shown
applied to buttons in the specification and drawing of my Application of even date
herewith No. 2387 A.D. 1898 and the frame A' is intermittently moved forward

page_text: by means of a pinion F operated in any convenient way gearing with a rack A³
on the frame A. When all the hooks and eyes have been attached by staples W¹,
see Figure 4, the frame is withdrawn from the stapling machine, the nuts are
unscrewed thus releasing the hooks and eyes and the card is removed. Figure 4
shows a finished card ready for sale. The frame is again filled with hooks and
eyes, the card is laid on and the stapling is effected as before. It is evident that
several frames may be used for one machine, so that while one or more frames
is or are being filled the hooks and eyes in the one in the machine are being
attached to a card.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention. and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The process of holding all the hooks and eyes for a card taut and in their
proper relative positions ready for attachment to a card or the like substantially
as set forth.
2. The process of holding taut all the hooks and eyes for a card and in their
proper relative positions and of attaching said hooks and eyes to the card sub-
stantially as set forth.
3. The apparatus for holding all the hooks and eyes for a card consisting of a
frame provided with fixed and movable bars having slots or the like for holding
the hooks and eyes and movable wedges for stretching the hooks and eyes apart
substantially as shown and described.
4. The apparatus for attaching hooks and eyes to a card or the like consisting
of a frame provided with fixed and movable bars having slots or the like for hold-
ing the hooks and eyes and movable wedges for stretching the hooks and eyes apart
such frame being provided with gear to cause it to move intermittently a definite
distance in combination with apparatus for attaching wire staples substantially
as described and shown.
Dated this 29th day of January 1800