Apparatus for use in tying together a pair of shoelace eyelets w

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227 71, 227140, 12142LC, 12113, 247111, B25C 100

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056787464

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for use in tying together a pair of opposing shoelace eyelets of a shoe upper with a plastic fastener of the type comprising a flexible filament having a cross-bar disposed at one end thereof and a paddle comprising an opening disposed at the opposite end thereof. The apparatus includes a hollow slotted needle insertable through the pair of opposing shoelace eyelets and the opening in the paddle, a paddle positioning assembly for aligning the opening in the paddle with the pair of opposing shoelace eyelets, a cross-bar feeding assembly for loading the cross-bar into the needle, and a cross-bar ejecting assembly for ejecting the cross-bar from the needle. Where the plastic fastener is formed as part of a web of continuously connected fastener stock, the apparatus preferably further includes a web advancement assembly for advancing the web so that the paddle and the cross-bar of a plastic fastener are brought into register with the paddle positioning assembly and the cross-bar ejecting assembly, respectively.

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