Machine for feeding and setting fasteners

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN EYELET SETTING MACHINE FOR FIXING TANGS COVERS, SAID COVERS HAVING PREFORMED TANG RECEIVING HOLES IN THE BINDING EDGES THEREOF, MECHANICAL MEANS FOR DELIVERING TANGS ONE AT A TIME TO THE EYELET SETTING TOOLS OF THE EYELET SETTING MACHINE IN A PRESELECTED SETTING POSITION, SAID MECHANICAL MEANS INCLUDING A VIBRATOR FEEDER MECHANISM FOR SELECTING, ORIENTING AND TRANSPORTING SAID TANGS TO A TANG TRANSFER MECHANISM, SAID TANG TRANSFER MECHANISM FEEDING THE TANGS ONE AT A TIME AUTOMATICALLY INTO A TANG COMPARTMENT CARRIED BY THE EYELET MACHINE FOR AUTOMATIC POSITIONING A SUCCESSIVE TANG RELATIVE TO THE EYELET SETTING TOOLS AND THE BINDING EDGE OF THE COVER TO WHICH THE TANG IS TO BE ATTACHED; SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED BY THE MANUAL POSITIONING OF A TANG COVER WITH ONE HOLE OF THE BINDING EDGE IN REGISTERING POSITION WITH THE EYELET SETTING TOOLS WHEREBY THE TANG IN THE COMPARTMENT IS RELEASED THEREFROM AND FIXED IN POSITION ON A BINDING EDGE OF THE TANG COVER, SAID SWITCH MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTUATING SAID TRANSFER MECHAINSM TO FEED ANOTHER TANG TO SAID TANG COMPARTMENT.