Brooks Rizer from 705 Lumpkin St, Dalton, GA 30720, age 92, Phone: 706-226-3069

Fastener Dispenser
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US Patent:

55989489, Feb 4, 1997
Filed:

May 18, 1995
Appl. No.:

8/443724
Inventors:

Brooks Rizer - Dalton GA
Assignee:

Textile & Industrial Sales, Inc. - Dalton GA
International Classification:

B65H 100
US Classification:

221198
Abstract:

A dispenser for applying dual head fasteners from a fastener stock which comprises a plurality of fasteners attached to a runner bar such that the fasteners extend outwardly from the runner bar substantially parallel with one another and substantially perpendicular to the runner bar. The first heads are side-by-side and have longitudinal axes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the runner bar, and the second heads are side-by-side. The dispenser comprises an actuator, a magazine for feeding fasteners from the fastener stock to the actuator, and a slide assembly for moving the fastener stock through the magazine and actuator. The actuator comprises a hollow slotted needle and a reciprocating plunger for dispensing the fasteners through the hollow slotted needle. The magazine comprises an elongate guide member defining a chute having an elongate slotted runner passage for receiving the runner bar of the fastener stock and an elongate slotted head passage for receiving first heads of the fasteners as the fastener stock is fed through the magazine. The dispenser may also include a presser foot.