Ear tag applicator
AssigneeAllflex New Zealand Limited
InventorPetrus A. B. van Amelsfort
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Abstract
An ear tag applicator tool for applying a tag of the type having a portion which is able to be passed through an opening in the ear of an animal and the tag then bent into a substantially annular shape. The applicator tool has engagement means for engaging with the tag and being operable to force the portion of the tag through the ear of an animal and then bend the tag into a substantially annular shape. The applicator tool is characterized by an ear support surface which is substantially normal to the line of movement of the portion of the tag as the portion of the tag engages with and passes at least part way through the ear.
Claims10
In combination an ear tag and an applicator tool, said ear tag being of a type including first and second legs forming a substantially V shape and a return which projects from the distal end of said first leg toward the distal end of the second leg, the applicator tool including first and second jaw members, said first jaw member having tag engagement means with which said first leg is engaged, said second jaw member having an elongate recess in which the distal end of said second leg is engaged, said elongate recess being at least in part defined by a pair of spaced apart walls, said walls presenting a surface against which an ear of an animal can engage during application of the ear tag to the ear, said surfaces being substantially normal to the line of movement of said return as the return is, upon relative movement between the jaws, moved into engagement with the ear and passes at least part way through the ear.
An applicator tool for an ear tag for an animal ear, the ear tag being of the type including first and second legs forming a substantially V shape and a return which projects from the distal end of said first leg toward the distal end of the second leg, the applicator tool comprising:
- first and second jaw members;
- tag engagement means with said first jaw, the first leg of the ear tag when loaded into the applicator tool being engageable with said tag engagement means;
- an elongate recess with said second jaw said recess having first and second parts which are conjoined by an intermediate part, said second part being of less width than the first part whereby when the ear tag is loaded into the applicator tool the distal end of the second leg is engageable in said first part and upon relative movement between the jaws, said distal end of the second leg is moved from the first part through the intermediate part and into the second part;
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- an ear engagement surface located to each side of the elongate recess, said surfaces being substantially normal to a line of movement defined by said return as the return is, upon relative movement between the jaws, moved into engagement with the ear and passes at least part way through the ear, said return after passing through the ear becoming located within said second part of the elongate recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.