Apparatus for controlled dispensing and conditioning of stacked objects

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SUCCESSIVELY DISPENSING INDIVIDUAL ELONGATED TAGS FROM A SLACK OF TAGS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CONDITIONING A PORTION OF THE DISPENSED RAGS WITH LIQUID ADHESIVE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT TAG MAGAZINE HAVING END SUPPORT MEANS WITH AN OPENING THEREIN PROVIDING A FLAT SUPPORT SURFACE FOR THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ELONGATED TAG AT THE LOWER END THEREOF, A SOURCE OF LIQUID ADHESIVE, MEANS FOR COMMUNICTING ADHESIVE FROM SAID SOURCE TO THE OPENING IN SAID SUPPORT MEANS WHEREBY TO CONTACT ADHESIVE WITH THE LOWERMOST TAG IN THE STACK ADJACENT ONE END OF THE TAG SUPPORT SURFACES, AND SHUTTLE MEANS OPERABLE TO PUSH SAID LOWERMOST TAG LATERALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF THE STACK ACROSS SAID SUPPORT FACE AND TO PIVOT THE TAG ABOUT SAID OPENING TO A POSITION PERMITTING ITS SUBSEQUENT MANUAL SEPERATION FROM THE STACK.