Procedure and device for the application of a label to an article
OwnerBengt Lunden, Tord Petterssoninventors
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Abstract
Procedure and device for application of a label to an article by means of an elastic fastening element. A label is separated from a magazine and conveyed via a guide towards a tube-shaped slit needle. The label is passed along the tip of the needle until the latter penetrates a pre-punched hole in the label. Thereafter, the label is withdrawn, threaded on the needle, and partly back into the magazine where it is retained. The tip of the needle is pressed through an article whereupon a retaining element is separated from a stem and its head is passed through the needle and thus also through the label and the article. When the needle is removed from the article the label remains hanging, anchored in the retaining element.
Claims8
A method for the application of a label having a first and a second pre-punched hole therein, to an article by means of an elastic fastening element fitted with a head comprising the steps of:
- inserting a tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle through said first pre-punched hole of said label;
- pressing said needle through the article so that the tip of the needle penetrates through the opposite side of the article;
- inserting said fastening element into said tube shaped, longitudinally slit needle such that said fastening element passes through said label and the article and such that said fastening element head is oriented at the tip of said needle;
- withdrawing said needle from the article whereby the head of said fastening element is retained on the opposite side of the article and whereby said fastening element and said label are retained in the article;
- said step of inserting said needle through said first hole of said label including;
- providing a magazine for holding a plurality of the labels therein;
- feeding at least one of the labels from said magazine towards the needle wherein at least one of the labels from the magazine is effected by means of a lug protruding into the magazine, which lug presses the label in its longitudinal direction towards a guide means which deflects the label towards the needle until the needle is in contact with the first pre-punched hole in the label;
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- feeding the label away from the needle by engaging said second hole with a hook means which partially draws the label back into the magazine whereinafter said hook means is disengaged from said second hole.
A fastener applying tool for the application of a label, having a first and a second pre-punched hole therein, by means of an elastic fastening element, said tool comprising:
- a frame having a nose section at one end thereof;
- a tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle protruding from said nose section, storage means operably associated with said needle to store said fastening elements;
- ejector means operably associated with said storage means to pass said fastening elements, one by one, through said needle;
- a magazine attached to said frame for holding a plurality of said labels therein;
- label feeding means comprising:
- guide means in said frame;
- a lug protruding into said magazine arranged to separate and feed at least one said label from said magazine along said guide means towards said needle, a groove in the frame member, and a pivotable return hook movable along said groove in the frame such that said return hook engages said second pre-punched hole in the label.
A tool for the application of a label having a first and a second pre-punched hole therein to an article with a fastening element having a flexible head thereon to an article, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame member with a nose section;
- a tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle removably mounted in and projecting from said nose section;
- storage means integral with said frame member for removably retaining therein a plurality of said fastening elements;
- feeder means operably associated with said storage means for passing the head of the fastening element through the needle;
- a magazine attached to said frame for retaining therein a plurality of said labels;
- a reciprocating label feed mechanism operably associated with said magazine for feeding at least one said label from said magazine towards said needle, said label feed mechanism also being operably associated with said fastening element feeder means whereby said label is positioned so that the first pre-punched hole therein is seated over said needle which then penetrates through the article to the opposite side thereof, and whereby said fastening element is inserted through said needle such that the head thereof extends from the tip of said needle, and wherein the flexible head of said fastening element retains said element in the article and fastens said label to the article;
- said feeder means including a groove in the frame member;
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- a return hook pivotably associated with said feed mechanism and movable along said groove in the frame such that said return hook engages said second pre-punched hole in the label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.