US 4,323,183 A · Tag dispenser for hand-held attacher

Abstract

The tag-dispensing device is designed for use with a hand-held plastic fastener attacher of the type having a needle for penetrating an article to be tagged and through which a fastener is dispensed. The device includes a support to which the attacher is movably mounted and upon which is situated a stack of tags. A slide is utilized to move a tag along the plane between the stack and a position in alignment with the needle of the attacher. The attacher is mounted to the support by a plate which is movable relative to the support between a position wherein the needle is remote from the plane of slide movement and a position wherein the needle intersects the plane. Slide movement may be accomplished manually or automatically in conjunction with the movement of the attacher by using a mechanical linkage, an electrically driven motor, a solenoid, or a pneumatic cylinder.

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Dependent claims

In combination, a hand-held manually actuated fastener attacher of the type having a hollow needle designed to penetrate a tag and an article to be tagged and through which a fastener is dispensed and a portable tag feeding device, the device comprising:

a support;
means for mounting a stack of tags on said support;
tag transfer means;
means for mounting said transfer means on said support for movement along a first position, aligned with said stack mounting means wherein a tag is engaged, and a second position, wherein a tag is aligned with the needle;
means for mounting said support to the fastener attacher for relative manual movement therebetween, between an initial position, wherein said needle is spaced from said plane, and a second position, wherein said needle intercepts said plane;
means for biasing said tag transfer means toward said first position;
and means for latching said tag transfer means in said second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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