Rotatable ear piercing cartridge assembly
AssigneeInverness Corporation
InventorSamuel J. Mann
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Abstract
An ear piercing gun including a housing, a push rod and a stud cartridge receiving chamber for receiving a stud cartridge therein. The stud cartridge can rotate in a clockwise and/or counterclockwise direction so that a stud releasably secured within the stud cartridge can be coaxially aligned with the push rod to accurately pierce an ear. The gun may also include a clutch positioner adapted to receive a clutch cartridge. The clutch cartridge can rotate in a clockwise and/or counterclockwise direction so that a clutch releasably secured in the clutch cartridge can be coaxially aligned with the push rod. The stud, the clutch and the push rod may be simultaneously coaxially aligned with each other to accurately pierce an ear.
Claims40
An ear piercing gun for piercing an ear, said gun comprising;
- a housing;
- a stud cartridge receiving chamber coupled to said housing and adapted to receive a stud cartridge therein, said stud cartridge adapted to releasably secure therein at least a first stud, said receiving chamber permitting said stud cartridge to rotate between a first position and a second position relative to said receiving chamber while being disposed therein;
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- a push rod slidably contained in said housing so that when said stud cartridge is disposed at said first position, a stud is coaxially aligned with said push rod.
An car piercing gun for piercing an car, said gun comprising;
- a housing;
- a stud cartridge receiving chamber coupled to said housing mad adapted to receive a stud cartridge therein, said stud cartridge adapted to releasably secure therein at least a first stud, said receiving chamber permitting said stud cartridge to rotate between a first position and a second position relative to said receiving chamber while being disposed therein;
- a clutch positioner coupled to said housing and adapted to receive a clutch cartridge, said clutch cartridge adapted to releasably secure therein at least one clutch, said clutch positioner constructed to permit said clutch cartridge to rotate between a first position and a second position;
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- a push rod slidably contained in said housing so that when said stud cartridge is disposed at said first position and said clutch cartridge is disposed at said first position, a first clutch and a first stud being coaxially aligned with said push rod.
An ear piercing assembly for piercing an ear, said assembly comprising:
- a stud cartridge and at least a first stud adapted to be releasably secured therein;
- a clutch cartridge and at least a first clutch adapted to be releasably secured therein;
- an ear piercing gun including a housing and a stud cartridge receiving chamber adapted to releasably secure said stud cartridge therein and permit said stud cartridge to rotate between a first and a second position relative to said receiving chamber while being disposed therein, said ear piercing gun further including a clutch positioner adapted to releasably secure said clutch cartridge therein and permit said clutch cartridge to rotate between a first and second position relative to said clutch positioner while being disposed therein, a push rod slidably contained in said housing so that when said stud cartridge is in said first position and said clutch cartridge is in said first position, said first stud and said first clutch are coaxially aligned with said push rod.
A stud cartridge to be used with an ear piercing gun having a push rod for piercing an ear, said stud cartridge comprising:
- a casing having at least one bore dimensioned to releasably secure a first stud therein;
- said casing being dimensioned to permit said stud cartridge to be releasably removed from said gun when said first stud is not coaxially aligned with said push rod of said ear piercing gun and further dimensioned to be releasably secured in said ear piercing gun when said stud cartridge is rotated to coaxially align said push rod and said first stud, said casing further dimensioned to rotate relative to said gun while disposed in said ear piercing gun.
A clutch cartridge to be used with an ear piercing gun having a clutch cartridge receiving assembly for receiving said clutch cartridge and a push rod for piercing an ear, said clutch cartridge comprising:
- a clutch housing having at least one clutch compartment releasably securing a first clutch therein;
- means for permitting the releasable removal of said clutch cartridge from said clutch cartridge receiving assembly when said first clutch and said push rod are not coaxially aligned and for allowing said clutch cartridge to be releasably secured to said clutch cartridge receiving assembly when said clutch cartridge is rotated to a position where said first clutch and said push rod are coaxially aligned, said clutch housing adapted to rotate relative to said clutch cartridge receiving assembly while disposed in said clutch cartridge receiving assembly.
An ear piercing gun for piercing an ear, said gun comprising;
- a housing;
- a clutch positioner coupled to said housing and adapted to receive a clutch cartridge, said clutch cartridge adapted to releasably secure therein at least one clutch, said clutch positioner constructed to permit said clutch cartridge to rotate between a first position and a second position relative to said receiving chamber while being disposed therein;
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- a push rod slidably contained in said housing so that when said clutch cartridge is disposed at said first position, a first clutch is coaxially aligned with said push rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.