Tools for applying pronged fastenings and other components

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A PRONGED COMPONENT AND A BACK PLATE RECEIVING THE PRONGS OF SAID COMPONENT TO A POCKET OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MACHINE FRAME, A TOOL HEAD HAVING AN END MOVABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID MACHINE FRAME, A CANTILEVER ARM CARRIED BY SAID MACHINE FRAME AND HAVING AN UNSUPPORTED FREE END ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID POCKET, SAID TOOL HEAD HAVING ANOTHER END EXTENDING OVER THE FREE END OF SAID ARM, AT LEAST ONE HOLDER FOR THE PRONGED COMPONENT, SAID HOLDER BEING CARRIED BY SAID OTHER END OF THE TOOL HEAD, SAID FREE END OF THE ARM HAVING A PORTION FACING SAID HOLDER AND ADAPTED TO CARRY THE BACK PLATE RECEIVING THE PRONGED COMPONENT CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER, SAID ARM FURTHER HAVING A GUIDEWAY EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ARM AND INCLUDING SAID PORTION, A SLIDE MOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID GUIDEWAY AND HAVING PRONG-FOLDING SURFACES, A CAM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID MACHINE FRAME, A LEVERAGE CONNECTING SAID CAM WITH SAID TOOL HEAD AND OPERABLE BY ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO MOVE SAID TOOL HEAD TOWARD SAID ARM AND CAUSE THE PRONGS OF THE PRONGED COMPONENT CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER TO PENETRATE THROUGH A LAYER OF THE POCKET ENCLOSING SAID FREE END AND THROUGH THE BACK PLATE CARRIED BY SAID FREE END, AND ANOTHER LEVERAGE CONNECTING SAID CAM WITH SAID SLIDE AND OPERABLE BY A FURTHER ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO RECIPROCATE SAID SLIDE, SAID SURFACES OF THE SLIDE ENGAGING THE PRONGS OF SAID COMPONENT DURING THE RECIPROCATION OF THE SLIDE AND FOLDING THEM AGAINST SAID BACK PLATE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A PRONGED COMPONENT AND A BACK PLATE RECEIVING THE PRONGS OF SAID COMPONENT TO A POCKET OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MACHINE FRAME, A TOOL HEAD HAVING AN END MOVABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID MACHINE FRAME, A CANTILEVER ARM CARRIED BY SAID MACHINE FRAME AND HAVING AN UNSUPPORTED FREE END ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID POCKET, SAID TOOL HEAD HAVING ANOTHER END EXTENDING OVER THE FREE END OF SAID ARM, AT LEAST ONE HOLDER FOR THE PRONGED COMPONENT, SAID HOLDER BEING CARRIED BY SAID OTHER END OF THE TOOL HEAD, SAID FREE END OF THE ARM HAVING A PORTION FACING SAID HOLDER AND ADAPTED TO CARRY THE BACK PLATE RECEIVING THE PRONGED COMPONENT CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER, SAID ARM FURTHER HAVING A GUIDEWAY EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ARM AND INCLUDING SAID PORTION, A SLIDE MOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID GUIDEWAY AND HAVING PRONG-FOLDING SURFACES, A CAM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID MACHINE FRAME, A LEVERAGE CONNECTING SAID CAM WITH SAID TOOL HEAD AND OPERABLE BY ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO MOVE SAID TOOL HEAD TOWARD SAID ARM AND CAUSE THE PRONGS OF THE PRONGED COMPONENT CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER TO PENETRATE THROUGH A LAYER OF THE POCKET ENCLOSING SAID FREE END AND THROUGH THE BACK PLATE CARRIED BY SAID FREE END, AND ANOTHER LEVERAGE CONNECTING SAID CAM WITH SAID SLIDE AND OPERABLE BY A FURTHER ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO RECIPROCATE SAID SLIDE, SAID SURFACES OF THE SLIDE ENGAGING THE PRONGS OF SAID COMPONENT DURING THE RECIPROCATION OF THE SLIDE AND FOLDING THEM AGAINST SAID BACK PLATE.