Tag holding cassette assembly for use in engraving machines
AssigneeThe Hillman Group, Inc.
InventorJames F. Huss
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Abstract
A tag cassette assembly for use in connection with an engraving process carried out in an engraving machine includes a single piece cassette body of plastic material, the cassette body including a first major side and a second major side and a periphery formed by minor edges; a tag secured in a capture space of the cassette body; wherein the cassette first major side is configured to provide access to a first side of the tag to facilitate engraving and the second major side is configured to provide access to a second side of the tag to facilitate engraving.
Claims6
A tag cassette assembly for use in connection with an engraving process carried out in an engraving machine, the assembly comprising:
- a single piece cassette body of plastic material, the cassette body including a first major side and a second major side and a periphery formed by minor edges;
- a tag secured in a capture space of the cassette body, the capture space formed, at least in part, by a lateral slot formed along one of the minor edges and through which the tag is insertable into and removable from the capture space;
- wherein the first major side is configured to provide access to a first side of the tag to facilitate engraving and the second major side is configured to provide access to a second side of the tag to facilitate engraving;
- wherein the cassette body further includes a recess in which an attachment ring is held.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.