Method and device for attaching an ear tag
AssigneeBerner Innovations GmbH
InventorAlexander Berner
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Abstract
To attach an ear tag (6, 10) to an ear (16) and to remove a sample (22) containing tissue of the ear therefrom, a mandrel (8), which is fastened to a mandrel region (6) of the ear tag, is brought by means of pliers (1) on a first movement path through the ear (16) into a hole (12) formed in a hole part (10) of the ear tag and anchored there, while the sample (22) is taken with the aid of a removal head (17) and is brought out of engagement with the hole (12) by interaction with the mandrel (8) with a movement component oriented transversely to the first movement path, before the mandrel (8) is anchored in said hole.
Claims19
A method for attaching an ear tag to an ear and for severing a sample containing tissue of the ear from the ear, the method comprising:
- moving a mandrel, which is fixed to a mandrel part of the ear tag, by means of applicator pliers along a first movement path through the ear and into a hole formed in a hole part of the ear tag and such that the mandrel becomes anchored in the hole formed in the hole part of the ear tag, and
- obtaining the sample with the aid of a removal head that is removably mounted on the applicator pliers, wherein the sample moved transversely with respect to the first movement path of the mandrel and thereby prevented from engaging with the hole formed in the hole part of the ear tag before the mandrel becomes anchored in the hole.
A device for attaching an ear tag to an ear and for severing a sample containing tissue of the ear from the ear, the device comprising:
- applicator pliers;
- the ear tag;
- and
- a removal head for retaining the sample;
- wherein the removal head is removably mounted on the applicator pliers,
- wherein a mandrel is fixed to a mandrel part of the ear tag,
- wherein the mandrel is configured to be brought by means of the applicator pliers on a first movement path running through the ear and into a hole formed in a hole part of the ear tag and to become anchored in the hole formed in the hole part of the ear tag, and
- wherein the removal head is configured such that the sample retained therein moves transversely with respect to the first movement path of the mandrel and is thereby prevented from engaging with the hole formed in the hole part of the ear tag before the mandrel becomes anchored in the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.