Pin insertion machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR INSERTING PINS INTO A BOBBIN COMPRISING: AN UPPER MEMBER HAVING A LOWER SURFACE AND INCLUDING HOLDING MEANS FOR HOLDING AND ORIENTING A BOBBIN AT SAID UPPER MEMBER, A LOWER MEMBER SPACED FROM AND RECIPROCALLY MOUNTED RELATIVE TO SAID UPPER MEMBER, SAID LOWER MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, SPRINGS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER MEMBER, A FLOATING PLATE SUPPORTED ON SAID SPRINGS, SAID FLOATING PLATE HAVING A LOWER SURFACE, AN UPPER SURFACE, A THROUGH OPENING AND AN UPWARDLY FACING SHOULDER ING SAID OPENING, SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLOATING PLATE FACING SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO ABUT AGAINST SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER MEMBER WHEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER MEMBERS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID FLOATING PLATE BEING SPACED FROM SAID UPPER SURFACES OF SAID LOWER MEMBER BY A FIRST PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE, A PIN HOLDER PLATE SUPPORTED ON SAID UPWARDLY FACING SHOULDER WITHIN SAID OPENING, SAID PIN HOLDER PLATE HAVING A VERTICAL HOLES THERETHROUGH FOR POSITIONING PINS, SAID PIN HOLDER PLATE HAVING A LOWER SURFACE, AND A HAMMERING PLATE ATTACHED TO SAID LOWER MEMBER, SAID HAMMERING PLATE HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE FACING AND SPACED FROM SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID PIN HOLDER PLATE BY A SECOND PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE, SAID FIRST PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE BEING NO GREATER THAN SAID SECOND PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE, WHEREBY PINS PLACED IN SAID VERTICAL HOLES OF SAID PIN HOLDER PLATE WILL REST AGAINST SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID HAMMERING PLATE, WHEREBY AN UPWARD THRUST BY SAID LOWER MEMBER WILL BRING TOGETHER SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLOATING PLATE AND SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER MEMBER AND WILL CAUSE SAID HAMMERING PLATE TO HAMMER THE PINS HELD BY SAID PIN HOLDER PLATE INTO WHATEVER BOBBIN IS HELD BY SAID HOLDING MEANS, WHEREBY SAID SPRINGS WILL ABSORB A PORTION OF THE ENERGY TRANSMITTED BY SAID LOWER MEMBER DURING THE HAMMERING OF PINS INTO THE BOBBIN, WHEREBY SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID FLOATING PLATE WILL ABUT AGAINST SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER MEMBER TO LIMIT THE EXCURSION OF SAID HAMMERING PLATE TO SAID FIRST PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE.