Method of printing a tag and attaching the tag to a bag
AssigneeCMSI Technologies
InventorsRobert Herfindahl, Matthew Benner, Eric Sorensen, Lamar Sorensen
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Abstract
A method of printing a tag and attaching the tag to a bag for printing, severing and feeding non-curled tags to sewing machines. The method of printing a tag and attaching the tag to a bag comprising providing a control unit, a bag conveyor, a bag switch, a printer unit, a chute, a chute sensor, and a feeder assembly; printing and severing a tag in the printer unit; dispensing the tag into the chute to prevent the tag from curling and jamming; and feeding the tag to a sewing machine whereupon the tag is attached to a bag.
Claims11
A method of printing a tag and attaching the tag to a bag comprising:
- providing a control unit, a bag conveyor, a bag switch, a printer unit, a chute, a chute sensor, and a feeder assembly and further including compressed air lines for dispensing compressed air into the chute;
- printing and severing a tag in the printer unit;
- dispensing the tag into the chute and applying compressed air to the tag in the chute to prevent the tag from curling and jamming;
- and
- feeding the tag to a sewing machine whereupon the tag is attached to a bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.