Apparatus for positioning, stacking, and dispensing cotton tie buckles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING TIE BUCKLES OF THE SIDEOPENING TYPE HAVING A PROTRUSION EXTENDING PARTIALLY ACROSS SAID OPENING, COMPRISING: (A) A BUCKLE TURNER, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO PARALLEL BELTS MOVED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS THROUGHOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE SO AS TO TURN BUCKLES RESTING THEREON IN ONE DIRECTION; (B) CONVEYOR MEANS FLATLY INTRODUCING SAID BUCKLES, SIDE OPENING LEADING, UPON SAID BELTS; (C) GUIDE MEANS POSITIONED ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID BELTS SO AS TO POSITION SAID SIDE OPENING OF SAID BUCKLES BY LIMITING TURNING OF SAID BUCKLES; (D) A VERTICAL FLIPPER DISC POSITIONED MEDIALLY OF SAID BELTS AND ALIGNED WITH SAID SIDE OPENINGS AND ROTATED ADJACENT AN END OF SAID TURNER, SAID DISC HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE IN ONE FACE THEREOF NEAR THE OUTER EDGE TO BE ALIGNED WITH SAID PROTRUSION, AND COMPLEMENTALLY ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH, SAID BUCKLE FRICTIONALLY GRIPPING SAID DISC TO BE FLIPPED THEREBY FROM A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON THE TURNER TO A VERTICAL POSITION; AND (E) A VIBRATING BLADE JUXTAPOSED AND ALIGNED WITH SAID DISC AND SAID SIDE OPENINGS TO RECEIVE BUCKLES FROM SAID DISC IN SAID VERTICAL POSITION AND TO REMOVE SAID BUCKLES.