Apparatus for assembling a pair of fastener elements

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An apparatus for assembling a pair of fastener, elements of a garment fastener includes a die having at, its upper peripheral portion a pair of opposed slant flat surfaces, and a clamp assembly slidably mounted on the die and normally urged upwardly by a spring. The clamp assembly returns to its upper position as a punch is retracted from the die after the two fastener elements have been joined together as compressed between the die and punch. During this returning of the clamp assembly the, distal end of each of a pair of spring-biased clamp jaws slides on the respective slant surface to push the joined fastener elements away from the die.