Article identification device
AssigneeSpaulding & Rogers Mfg., Inc.
InventorDarwin Spaulding
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Abstract
An identification device including a device body, a drive unit housed in the device body, a sliding dovetail shaped armature with a horizontal slot, a needle bar which is inserted into the armature and is secured by means of a spring loaded ball and screw. The armature moves in a vertical direction by means of its connection with a circular rotor attached to the drive unit. The rotor has at its rear end an offset pin which engages the horizontal slot located at the upper front portion of the armature, wherein the rotational movement of the circular rotor is translated into vertical motion of the sliding dovetail armature which assures that therre will be no horizontal displacement of the needle bar and thus achieving precise columnation of the needle bar and therefore precise application of the identification ink.
Claims18
An identification device for applying permanent identification ink to an article comprising:
- a housing having a slotted portion forming a track;
- a motor mounted within said housing;
- a needle support member mounted in said slotted portion of said housing for upward and downward reciprocating movement along said track, said needle support member having a needle receiving portion and having a transmission slot;
- a rotor rotatably mounted in said housing and operatively connected to said motor for rotation about a central axis;
- a connection pin mounted on said rotor and spaced apart from said rotor central axis so as to move in a circular path upon rotation of said rotor, said connection pin extending into said needle support member transmission slot so as to be engageable with said needle support member;
- a needle bar engageable with said needle support member;
- and,
- locking means connected to said needle support member for connecting and disconnecting said needle bar, said pin member causing said needle support member to reciprocate between an upper and lower position along said track upon circular motion of said pin member as said pin member engages said needle support member in said needle support member transmission slot.
An identification device for applying permanent identification ink to the skin or an object, comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor mounted within said housing;
- a sliding dovetail-shaped armature needle support member contained in an end of said housing;
- a needle bar snap fitted into said support member in a fixed position;
- a tube housing said needle bar;
- a horizontal slot at the rear of said support member;
- a circular rotor connecting said support member to said motor.
An identification device for applying permanent identification ink to an article comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor mounted within said housing;
- a needle support member mounted in said housing for upward and downward reciprocating movement and having a needle receiving portion;
- a drive transmission means connected between said motor and said needle support member for providing reciprocating motion to said needle support member;
- a needle bar engageable with said needle support member;
- and,
- locking means connected to said needle support member for connecting and disconnecting said needle bar,
- the locking means including a needle receiving bore located on the bottom portion of the needle support member for holding the needle bar, a bore in the rear portion of said needle support member, a spring placed within this said bore that presses against a screw, a ball engaging the other end of said spring, and a notch on the upper section of said needle bar engaging said ball securing the needle bar in place by the alignment of the notch with the ball, the spring, and the screw which can be adjusted to a desired tightness,
- said housing can be adjusted forwards or backwards for accommodating a varying number of needles by adjusting an adjustment member connected to said motor housing and adjustably connected through a slotted hole on the bottom portion of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.