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US 6,601,366 B1Granted
Tag insertion device for a bag tyer
AssigneeBurford Corporation
InventorWilliam G. Grutter
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Abstract
An attachment for supplying printed tabs or tags to a bag neck tying device for tying a ribbon dispensed from a spool about a gathered neck and the printed tag.
Claims12
A method for securing a tag to a bag comprising the steps of:
- cutting a tag from a strip of tags joined by connectors for forming a tag on one end of the connector and a tail piece on the other end of the connector;
- positioning a tag cut from the strip of tags adjacent a path;
- moving a bag along the path toward a gathering belt;
- moving the gathering belt into engagement with the tag and the bag neck;
- and
- securing a closure around the tag and the bag neck such that the closure engages the connector between the tail piece and the tag.
3 more elements
A tag attachment device for a tying machine having gathering belts for moving a bag neck along a path comprising:
- a guide plate;
- a continuously moving tag feed belt adjacent said guide plate, said tag feed belt extending transversely of gathering belts that move a bag neck along the path;
- and
- a pair of rollers arranged to move in unison toward and away from said guide plate for moving said tag feed belt into driving engagement with a tag for positioning the tag adjacent the path along which the bag neck is moved in the tying machine.
1 more element
A tag attachment device for a tying machine for closing a bag and securing a tag to the bag comprising:
- means for cutting a tag from a strip of tags joined by connectors for forming a tag on one end of the connector and a tail piece on the other end of the connector;
- means for positioning a tag cut from the strip of tags adjacent a path;
- means for moving a bag along the path toward a gathering belt;
- means for moving the gathering belt into engagement with the tag and the bag neck;
- and
- means for securing a closure around the tag and the bag neck such that the closure engages the connector between the tail piece and the tag.
3 more elements
A tag attachment device for a tying machine having:
- a source of ribbon for dispensing a strand of ribbon having a free end and a central portion;
- a holder-shear assembly for holding the free end of said ribbon adjacent a path;
- a needle assembly for engaging and positioning said central portion of said ribbon adjacent said holder-shear assembly;
- and
- a twister assembly having a hook adjacent said holder-shear assembly, wherein the tag attachment device comprises:
- a guide plate;
- a continuously moving tag feed belt adjacent said guide plate, said tag feed belt extending transversely of said path;
- and
- a pair of rollers arranged to move in unison toward and away from said guide plate for moving said drive belt into driving engagement with a tag for positioning the tag adjacent said path.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.