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Animal ear tag and method of application

US6510630B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2000
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F9/35
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An animal ear tag wherein the head of the ear tag is engaged by a driving pin of the applicator, which is guided by an open slot or channel into an aperture in the head and into a bore extending towards a tip portion of the head. This allows easier fitment of the tag to an applicator in the circumstances where cross-infection through contact between the applicator pin and the animal's ear is not an issue.

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