Automatic lock slider assembling machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING LOCK SLIDERS FOR SLIDE FASTENERS, A SUPPORTING MEMBER, A CIRCULAR PLATE-LIKE MEMBER ARRANGED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR ROTATION RELATIVE THERETO, A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART MEANS ARRANGED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND AND ON SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING A SLIDER BODY, A PLURALITY OF ASSEMBLING STATIONS ARRANGED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER, MEANS ARRANGED AT A FIRST STATION FOR DELIVERING A SLIDER BODY SUCCESSIVELY TO EACH OF SAID SLIDER BODY HOLDING MEANS AS THEY PASS THEREALONG, MEANS ARRANGED AT SUCCEEDING STATIONS FOR DELIVERING AND POSITIONING A SLIDER COMPONENT PART ON EACH OF SAID SLIDER BODIES AS THEY PASS THEREALONG, MEANS ARRANGED OPPOSITE THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER AFTER EACH ASSEMBLY STATION THEREAROUND FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A COMPONENT PART ON EACH OF SAID SLIDER BODY HOLDING MEMBERS AND SLIDER BODIES THEREON AS THEY PASS THEREALONG FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTUATION OF THE NEXT SUCCEEDING ASSEMBLY OPERATION AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER, MEANS ARRANGED OPPOSITE THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER FOR EJECTING THE COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED SLIDERS FROM EACH OF SAID SLIDER BODY HOLDING MEANS AFTER THE COMPONENT PARTS HAVE BEEN POSITIONED THEREON AND ATTACHED THERETO, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID CIRCULAR MEMBER SO AS TO POSITION THE SLIDER HOLDING MEANS SUCCESSIVELY OPPOSITE EACH OF SAID STATIONS.