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Tag attaching apparatus

US4971238A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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11Claims
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Filing dateAug 2, 1988
Grant dateNov 20, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65C7/006
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tag attaching apparatus in which the transverse bar of a tag pin is pushed out of a hollow needle located at the front of the apparatus body by a piston, and which comprises a motor for driving the piston, a converter for transforming the motor rotation into reciprocating motion of the piston, and a control for returning the piston to the home position.

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