Tractor feed plant labels
AssigneeEconomy Label Sales Co., Inc.
InventorGary L. Stover
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Abstract
An elongated plant labeling tag has an opening adjacent a first end of encircling the stem of a plant. A notch in the first end has a slit projecting toward the opening leaving a thin web between the slit and the opening. A plurality of such tags are lightly attached along the longitudinal edges thereof and provided with sprocket holes along the lateral edges thereof to permit printing of the tags in a tractor feed printer; the web functioning to prevent lifting of portions of the tag from the printer platen which causes jamming of the tractor feed.
Claims5
A plant labeling tag to permit feeding said tag through a printer without catching or snagging thereof and suitable for being supplied in a roll comprising:
- an elongate body portion having a first and second end;
- said first and second ends each having printer sprocket drive holes therethrough;
- said first end having a plant stem attaching opening adjacent thereto;
- a lead-in slit formed in said first end and extending from said first end toward said opening;
- an easily broken web between an inner end of said lead-in slit and said opening;
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- means for lightly joining a plurality of said body portions to form said roll.
A plurality of plant labeling tags in a roll comprising:
- (a) a plurality of essentially rectangular tags, each of said tags having
- (i) a first end and a second end, each of said ends having sprocket holes therein for a tractor drive printer,
- (ii) said first end having an opening formed therethrough to fit a plant stem and spaced apart from a lateral outer edge of said tag,
- (iii) a lead-in slit extending from said lateral outer edge toward said opening,
- (iv) a lead-out slit extending from said opening toward said lead-in slit, and
- (v) a narrow web between an outer end of said lead-out slit and an inner end of said lead-in slit;
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- (b) means for lightly joining said plurality of tags along longitudinal edges thereof to form a roll, said sprocket holes spaced to permit feeding of said tags of said roll into a tractor feed printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.