Sterile earlobe-piercing assembly

An earlobe piercing assembly comprising in combination a piercing earring including an enlarged round portion and a piercing pin extending therefrom, an earring cartridge configured to substantially envelop said piercing earring including a first elongated opening partially supporting said piercing pin and a second opening in longitudinal alignment with said first opening plunger means adapted to longitudinally displace a plunger through a predetermined longitudinal distance, said plunger means including earlobe supporting means, housing means releasably securable to said plunger means for effecting alignment of said cartridge opening with said plunger means and preventing displacement of said cartridge by said plunger means when same is displaced through said predetermined longitudinal distance, said plunger means being adpated to enter the second cartridge opening, contact the round portion of the piercing earring and force the round portion of the earring into said elongated opening to forcibly expand said elongated opening along the lengthwise extend thereof and permit said round portion to be forced through the first elongated opening of said earring cartridge to effect ejection of said earring from said cartridge guided by said elongated opening in response to said displacement of said piston through said predetermined longitudinal distance.

A plunger assembly adapted for use with a cartridge housing supporting at least one earring cartridge having first and second axially opposed openings, said cartridge including a piercing earring having an enlarged portion and a piercing portion axially aligned with respect to said opposed openings in said cartridge comprising a barrel means for releasably securing a cartridge housing therein, earlobe supporting means integraly formed with said barrel means a plunger and operative means for axially displacing said plunger through a predetermined distance, said barrel means being adapted to position the opposed openings in the earring cartridge in axial alignment with respect to said plunger so that said plunger is forced through a first opening in said earring cartridge disposed in said cartridge housing and into contact with said enlarged portion of said piercing earring to effect a substantially axial ejectment of the piercing earring from the earring cartridge through the second axially opposed opening of the earring cartridge in response to said plunger being axially displaced.