Attaching machine has readily removable upper and lower tool assembly which can be slid out of the machine frame when tools need to be changed. Tool assembly drive means is automatically connected as the new tool assembly is slid into final position.

A device for attaching or affixing one article to another, or for bundling and holding articles together. The device is formed by a filamentary member having a shielded pronged socket at one end and a head at the other end. The head is insertable into the socket and is proportioned to forestall accidental or deliberate distortion of the socket, and consequent release of the head, after it has been locked in position by the prongs of the socket. The prongs desirably include appendages to enhance ...

An improved attachment element includes a housing, and an elastic band which may be extended from a suitable opening in the housing to embrace a member to which the housing is to be attached. The elastic band may then be retracted into the housing to tighten the band about the member for firm attachment of the housing to the member. The element also features rotatably mounted devices on two opposite faces of the housing to accommodate the attachment of additional members to the housing.

An improved attaching clip is disclosed for use with a roll of steel wire mesh reinforcing that is designed to be utilized in concrete negative buoyancy coatings. The clip is secured to the leading or free end of the roll and may be used to connect the leading end of the roll to the remaining portion of the roll so as to prevent the unrolling of the roll during storage and handling. The clip may also be utilized to connect the leading end of the roll to the trailing end of another similar roll o...

An assembly is provided which is adapted to be used in attaching a secondary unit, such as a face protective device, to a primary unit, such as a safety helmet. The helmet is of rigid material and has the lower peripheral edge thereof provided with a flange forming a gutter or trough. A gap is formed in the flange so as to enable the assembly to be slidably mounted on and removed from the primary unit flange. The assembly includes a bracket having a base portion adapted to be in slidable support...

An arrangement for attaching a machine element to a shaft, especially for impellers of pumps, comprises a spiral-formed key which is firmly fixed to the shaft, with the element to be attached being provided with a corresponding keyway.

A design part composing a lamp unit includes a plate part positioned at a cabin side and covering an attaching hole of a roof trim, and a pair of vertically extending parts. The vertically extending part includes a frame part vertically extending from the plate part in a direction perpendicular to the plate part, and a movable piece continued to a connecting part of the frame part at a far side from the plate part. When a function part is pushed into between the pair of movable pieces, the gap b...

An assembly is provided for use in securing a secondary unit, such as a welder's mask or the like, to a primary unit, such as a protective helmet often referred to as a hard hat. The secondary unit is mounted for adjustment between operative and inoperative modes relative to the primary unit. The primary unit is provided with at least one exterior shoulder projecting laterally outwardly from a wall surface. The shoulder is provided with an upwardly extending passageway. The assembly includes a b...

A clip is attached to an insertion part of an object and inserted into an attachment hole formed in an object receiving attachment. The clip is formed of a pair of clamping plates facing each other for receiving therebetween the insertion part of the object and having elasticity for expanding outward. The clamping plates have a plurality of teeth with tips formed on inner surfaces. The tips form a multiple stage pattern across a direction of insertion into the attachment hole to be pressed to th...

Apparatus for securing a pronged member to an article such as a garment or the like having a punch member for receiving and carrying the pronged member from the supply to an anvil where the pronged member is attached to the article. The punch member includes a tongue having a tip portion thereof displaceable from a surface of the punch member for the purpose of accepting a pronged member at the exit of the supply, with the tongue adapted to grasp the pronged member and carry the same to an anvil...