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EP0091410A2
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Hand-held tag attaching device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-03-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-03-10
Abstract
Abstract Procedure and device for application of a label to an article by means of an elastic fastening element. A label (44) is separated from a magazine (11) and conveyed via a guide (43, 86) towards a tube-shaped slit needle (19). The label is passed along the tip of the needle until the latter penetrates a pre-punched hole (100) in the label. Thereafter the label is withdrawn, threaded on the needle, partly into the magazine where it is retained. The tip of the needle is pressed through an article whereupon a retaining element is separated from a stem (1) and its head (3) is passed through the needle and thus also through the label and the article. When the needle is removed from the article the label remains hanging, anchored in the retaining element.
Inventors
- 👤 Bengt Lundén
- 👤 Tord Pettersson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 12:26
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65C; B65C7/00; B65C7/003; B65C7/005; B65C7/008; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49838; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53657; Y10T29/53696
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
A procedure for application of a label of cardboard, plastic, stiff woven fabric or similar material to an article by means of an elastic fastening element fitted with a head, according to which a label in a pre-punched hole is attached to a tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle, whereafter the needle is pressed through the article so that the tip of the needle penetrates all the way out on the opposite side of the article, a fastening element is separated from a stem and the head of the fastening element is forced through the needle and thus also through the label and the article to be oriented at the tip of the needle across the needle so that when the needle is finally withdrawn from the article the head of the retaining element is retained on the opposite side of the article and the fastening element with attached label is removed from the needle and remains hanging in the article, characterized in that the label (44) is separated by means of a driver (56) from a magazine (11) and fed in a track along the bottom (74) of the magazine towards the needle (19), along which the label is then fed until the tip of the needle is in contact with the label hole (100), whereafter the label is threaded onto the needle and in that the label is then retained until the needle is removed from the article.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
A procedure for application of a label of cardboard, plastic, stiff woven fabric or similar material to an article by means of an elastic fastening element fitted with a head, according to which a label in a pre-punched hole is attached to a tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle, whereafter the needle is pressed through the article so that the tip of the needle penetrates all the way out on the opposite side of the article, a fastening element is separated from a stem and the head of the fastening element is forced through the needle and thus also through the label and the article to be oriented at the tip of the needle across the needle so that when the needle is finally withdrawn from the article the head of the retaining element is retained on the opposite side of the article and the fastening element with attached label is removed from the needle and remains hanging in the article, characterized in that the label (44) is separated by means of a driver (56) from a magazine (11) and fed in a track along the bottom (74) of the magazine towards the needle (19), along which the label is then fed until the tip of the needle is in contact with the label hole (100), whereafter the label is threaded onto the needle and in that the label is then retained until the needle is removed from the article.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A procedure as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that a lug (69) protruding into the magazine is imparted a movement largely towards the needle and presses a label in its longitudinal direction towards a guide (86) which deflects the label towards a needle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
A procedure as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that when the needle tip is in contact with the label hole a hook (60) is brought to engagement with a second hole (62) in the label and returns the label over the needle tip and partly back into the magazine, whereafter the hook is brought 'out of engagement in the second hole in the label.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
194 words
A device for application of a label of cardboard, plastic, rigid vowen fabric or similar material to an article by means of an elastic fastening element as claimed in any of Claims 1-3, comprising a frame with partly a nose section with a protruding, tube-shaped, longitudinally slit needle, a groove connected to the latter for storage of a plurality of elastic fastening elements equipped with heads, the said fastening elements being disposed to be fed one by one to the needle by a stepwise rotatable gearwheel, partly an ejector unit for passing the head of a fastening element through the needle and partly a feed hook movable in its longitudinal direction which during its forward movement actuate the gearwheel and turns this one tooth, characterized in that it incorporates a magazine (11) attached to the frame (6) for labels (13), a guide (86) arranged at the magazine, a reciprocating feed mechanism (8) with a lug (69) intruding into the magazine and arranged to separate and feed one label (44) from the magazine via the guide towards the needle (19) and an arrangement for threading (60) and retention (77-79) of the label on the needle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
A device as claimed in Claim 4, characterized by a return hook, (60) pivotably mounted in the feed mechanism, the said return hook being arranged to be movable along a groove (14) in the frame (6) in such a manner that the hook at the end of the forward movement of the feed mechanism and in the beginning of its return movement is brought to engagement with a hole (62) in the label.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
113 words
A device as claimed in Claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the feed mechanism incorporates a slide (56) with a protruding pin (58) which is arranged to be slidable along a groove (47) defined by the frame and the ejector unit (9), in that the lug (69) is secured to the slide and is movable in a groove (12) milled in the frame and in that the return hook (60) is carried in the pin and guided by a milled groove (48) in the ejector unit and a coinciding groove (14) in the frame, the said groove consisting of a milled section (16) a core-out section (15) and a transition section (17).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
167 words
A device as claimed in Claim 6, characterized in that the feed mechanism consist of a drive source with a longitudinally reciprocatingly disposed rod (51) to one end of which a feed head (54) is attached, in that the slide is movable mounted on the rod and is pressed towards the feed head by a compression spring (55) attached to the rod in that a rotatably mounted fastening hook (63) in the slide is arranged to be insertable completely into a core-out in the feed head and by means of a lug (68) detachably unite the slide with the feed head through the action of a draw spring (67) attached to the retaining hook and in that a pin (7) mounted in the nose section (7) in a recess (36) is arranged to cause at the end of the forward movement of the feed head the retaining hook to be turned out of engagement with the feed head whereupon the slide is removed from the feed head.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
97 words
A device as claimed in Claim 7, characterized by a feed hook (71) rotatably mounted in the feed head, which feed hook is pressed by means of a spring (73) against the upper side of the ejector unit (9) and is so disposed that upon completion of the forward movement of the feed head it is in encaae- ment with the gearwheel (31) mounted in the nose section and rotates this one tooth towards locking influence by a spring-loaded ball (35) in engagement with the gearwheel so that a fastening element is fed forward to the needle.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
141 words
A device according to any of Claims 4-7, characterized in that the label magazine consist of a bottom bracket (74) attached perpendicularly to the frame, and end plate (75) oriented at the drive source of the feed mechanism, and end plate (76) applied to the nose section and a plate (82) disposed movably towards and away from the frame, and in that a spring-loaded lever (77) protruding through a hole in the frame is mounted in one end plate (75) and rotatably secured through the plate, in that a slot (85) of the thickness of one label is provided between the frame (6) and the other end plate (76) which supports a guide profile (86) which is oriented over a lug (43) in the nose section (7) for steering of a label (44) discharged from the magazine towards the needle (19).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
- A device as claimed in Claims 4-8, characterized in that the feed mechanism and a drive source incorporated in the ejector unit (9) consist of pneumatic piston cylinders whit return springs (67,50) and of different diameters, in that attached to the frame (6) is a bracket (91) which carries two operating valves (92,93) one for each piston cylinder, in that a pawl (89) is pivotably suspended in association with the bracket and so disposed that when the pawl is pressed in towards the bracket one operating valve (92) is actuated first and then the other operating valve (93).
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