Automatic tag attaching apparatus with pivotally mounted tag feed plate
OwnerSteven Kunreutherinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for automatically attaching tags to articles employs a simplified tag feed mechanism in the form of a pivotally mounted spring-loaded tag feed plate. The plate receives the printed tag from the tag dispenser. The plate, with its tag, and the article to be tagged, are moved together, either manually or by action of a pneumatic cylinder, toward an attaching device such that the needle penetrates the article and the tag at the same time. The attacher is actuated to dispense a fastener through the needle. The spring-loading of the plate then urges the plate away from the needle, allowing the article with its anchored tag to be removed, once the plate clears the needle. The tag dispenser is then actuated to dispense the next printed tag.
Claims81
Automatic apparatus for attaching a tag to an article comprising a tag attacher with a hollow needle through which a fastener is dispensed, upon actuation of said attacher;
- pivotally mounted means for receiving a tag, the article to be tagged being situated adjacent said tag receiving means, said tag receiving means, tag and article being moveable between a first position, wherein the tag and article are aligned with but spaced from said attacher needle and a second position, wherein the tag and article are positioned on said attacher needle, prior to actuation of said attacher.
Automatic tag attaching apparatus comprising a tag attacher with a hollow needle through which a fastener is dispensed, upon actuation of said attacher, means for receiving a tag;
- means for pivotally mounting said tag receiving means for movement relative to said attacher needle between a first position, wherein said received tag is aligned with said attacher needle, and a second position, wherein said received tag is positioned on said attacher needle;
- and means for spring-loading said tag receiving means toward said first position, said tag receiving means being moveable toward said second position, against the urging of said spring-loading means, to position the received tag on the needle, prior to actuation of said attacher.
Automatic tag attaching apparatus comprising a tag attacher having a hollow needle through which a fastener is dispensed, upon actuation of said attacher, means for dispensing the tags, one at a time;
- means for receiving a tag as it is dispensed from said tag dispensing means;
- means for pivotally mounting said tag receiving means for movement relative to said attacher needle between a first position, wherein the received tag is aligned with said attacher needle, and a second position, wherein the received tag is positioned on said attacher needle;
- and means for actuating said attacher to dispense a fastener
Automatic tag attaching apparatus for use in attaching a tag to an article, the apparatus comprising a tag attacher having a hollow needle through which a fastener is dispensed, upon actuation of said attacher;
- means for receiving a tag;
- means for mounting said tag receiving means for movement relative to said attacher needle between a first position, wherein the received tag is aligned with said attacher needle, and a second position, wherein the received tag is positioned on said attacher needle;
- means for holding the article to be tagged taught as it is placed over the needle;
- said tag receiving means being moveable toward said second position, to position the received tag and the article on the needle, prior to actuation of said attacher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.