Tag attacher
AssigneeKwik Ticket, Inc.
InventorJon Levy
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Abstract
A tag attacher for inserting tag fasteners into articles such as clothing or the like has a very simplified fastener advancing and positioning mechanism consisting entirely of a gear, a stopper adapted to permit unidirectional gear rotation and a one-piece gear advancer. The gear advancer which is operably connected to a main actuating lever of the tag attacher is V-shaped and includes a pin at the base of the V for making a hinged connection to the main lever, a pawl extending from the pin to the gear and a resilient arm which biases the pawl against the gear. The main lever also operates a sliding lever supporting a driving rod adapted for back and forth reciprocating movement. The driving rod pushes a lateral bar of the tag fasteners through a needle of the tag attacher into the article to be tagged.
Claims15
A tag attacher for inserting a lateral bar of a tag fastener into an article and for advancing a tag fastener assembly through said tag attacher to position the tag fasteners one after another in a position for being inserted, said tag attacher comprising:
- a housing defining an interior space and a needle mounting opening at one end of said housing;
- a needle having a bore therethrough detachably attached to said housing at said needle mounting opening;
- a driving rod mounted for reciprocating movement in and out of said needle for pushing said lateral bar of said tag fastener through said needle;
- a fastener advancing mechanism;
- lever means for actuating said driving rod and said fastener advancing mechanism, said lever means comprising a main lever, and coupling means for moving said driving rod responsive to movement of said main lever;
- said fastener advancing mechanism comprising:
- a gear for feeding said tag fasteners one-by-one to said needle;
- means for constraining said gear to rotate in one direction only;
- a one-piece gear advancer located at an arm of said main lever, operably connected to said main lever for movement responsive to movement of said main lever, and having a pawl arm meshed with said gear and a spring arm for applying a resilient force to said pawl to maintain said pawl in mesh with said gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.