摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for supplying slide fastener sliders comprises track means for carrying thereon the sliders stacked sideways with their respective pull tabs arranged in the recumbent position for gravity delivery of the sliders to a groove in a base, slider retaining means engageable with the recumbent pull tab of the leading slider for retaining the same with the slider body positioned just above the groove, pull tab orientating means serving to erect the leading slider pull tab from its recumbent position so as to release the same from engagement with the slider retaining means, and substantially at the same time to allow the leading slider to fall in the groove, and means for feeding the slider in and along the groove to a predetermined position. The apparatus further comprises means for correcting the posture of the slider to have the pull tab raised substantially perpendicularly to the slider body wings.</p> |