US 4,392,493 AGranted

Tattooing apparatus

AssigneeDawsonville Corp., N.V.

InventorHalbe J. Niemeijer

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Abstract

A tatooing apparatus is provided with at least one needle carrier (17, 42, 47) with an arrangement of needles (19, 44, 46) by which at least a number of the needles are mutually arranged according to a program of symbols and in such a manner that the tissue to be tattooed can be pierced by the free ends of the needles. Each of the needles is hollow and is provided with an outlet opening close to its free end for feeding a contrasting fluid into the perforation in the tissue. The apparatus is further provided with a fluid feeding mechanism a control mechanism therefore, the fluid feeding mechanism comprising a reservoir (16, 43, 54) accommodating contrasting fluid and a program carrier of non-porous material, the program carrier also including perforations (30, 49) which are directed in relation to the inlet openings of the needles.

Claims35

Dependent claims

Tattooing apparatus for marking animals by the injection of a contrasting fluid into tissue of the animal, said apparatus comprising:

a needle carrier;
a plurality of hollow needles carried by said needle carrier, said needles being arranged in a matrix capable of forming marking symbols from combinations of selected ones of said needles, each of said needles having an inlet orifice at a first end and an outlet orifice at a second, free end;
at least one reservoir for the contrasting fluid;
a marking symbol program carrier exchangeably mounted in said apparatus intermediate said needles and said reservoir, said program carrier having a plurality of fluid channels arranged in a marking symbol pattern and forming an animal marking symbol, each of said fluid channels of said plurality being separately alignable with one of said selected ones of said needles when said program carrier is mounted in said apparatus for connecting said reservoir and said inlet orifices of said selected ones of said needles;
and
operating means for inserting at least said selected ones of said needles in the tissue of the animal to be marked and for flowing fluid from said reservoir through said selected ones of said needles for injection into the tissue from the outlet orifices of said selected ones of said needles for marking the animal with the symbol of the program carrier.

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A tool for tattooing apparatus having a plurality of needles mounted in a needle carrier and arranged in a matrix capable of forming marking symbols from combinations of selected ones of the needles, a reservior for contrasting fluid, and a marking symbol program carrier having a plurality of fluid channels arranged in a pattern and forming an animal marking symbol, said channels connecting said reservior to selected ones of said needles, said tool having:

first and second opposing jaws;
said first jaw comprising a counter pressure plate;
said second jaw being formed to mount the needle carrier thereon, said second jaw having a a pair of opposing grooves in which the reservior and program carrier are exchangeably mountable in operative association with the needle carrier, said second jaw including positioning means coactable with the program carrier for obtaining alignment of the fluid channels of the program carrier with selected ones of the needles and the connection of selected ones of the needles to the reservior, said second jaw having a pressure element coactable with the reservior and relatively movable with respect to said second jaw for applying pressure to said reservior to flow fluid through selected ones of the needles;
and
actuating means for moving said second jaw between a rest position away from said first jaw and a working position in proximity to said first jaw and in which the needles are inserted in animal tissue placed between said jaws and fluid from the reservior injected therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.