摘要 |
<p>An apparatus, for assembling a pair of fastener elements of a garment fastener, includes a safeconfirmation member mounted on a lower end of a vertically movable supporting rod supported by a frame in parallel relation to a punch-carrying plunger, and a drive means for moving the supporting rod vertically between an uppermost position in which the safe-confirmation member is disposed around a punch, and a lowermost position in which the safe-confirmation member is disposed around the die in the absence of the operator's finger or a tool around the die. Upon arrival of the safe-confirmation member at the lowermost position, a detecting means produces a command signal to start lowering of the punch toward the die. The invention reduces the danger of the operator's finger or a tool becoming jammed between a die and a punch during the operation without safety cover between the die and the punch.</p> |