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US 2019/0239477 A1Published application
Piglet ear-tagging station
OwnerDave Klockeinventor
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Abstract
An ear tagging station includes a cart or table having at least one tagging pliers mounted thereon. The pliers have jaws which are normally open to receive male and female tag parts. An actuating arm engages one of the plier handles. A foot pedal on the cart is depressed to lift the arm and thereby close the plier jaws so as to secure the ear tag to a piglet's ear.
Claims20
A piglet ear tagging station, comprising:
- a cart;
- left and right pliers on the cart adapted to hold male and female ear tag components;
- left and right arms slidably mounted on the cart for vertical movement between a lowered position disengaged from the left and right pliers and a raised position engaging the left and right pliers, respectively;
- left and right foot pedals pivotally mounted on the cart, and engaging the left and right arms, respectively, and being moveable between a neutral position which moves the arms to the lowered position and a depressed position which pushes the arms up to the raised position;
- whereby depressing the left and right foot pedals actuates the left and right pliers, respectively, to install the male and female ear tag components on a piglet's ear.
2 more elements
A station for applying an ear tag to an ear of a piglet, comprising:
- a table;
- a first pair of pliers mounted on the table for holding opposing ear tag pieces;
- a first pivotal foot pedal on the table;
- a first arm having a lower end engaging the first foot pedal and an upper end engaging the pliers;
- whereby actuation of the foot pedal raises the arm to close the pliers so as to install the ear tag pieces on a piglet ear positioned in the pliers.
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A method of tagging an ear of a young animal held by an operator, comprising:
- loading male and female tag components on opposite open jaws of a pair of pliers;
- positioning the ear between the open jaws;
- actuating a foot pedal to close the jaws and thereby install the tag components on the ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.