Abstract: A tag attaching device for attaching a price tag or the like to a commodity, which has the construction in which a push rod moving in the axial direction of a hollow needle equipped with a transverse groove and disposed at the front portion of the main body of the device is disposed at the back of the hollow needle and is moved by a lever mechanism so that a transverse bar of a tag pin is pushed into the hollow needle. A buffer is disposed on a grip of the device at such a position where it comes into contact with a member for driving the push rod during operation of the tag attaching device.

Abstract: A tag attacher in which pulling a trigger causes a cam plate to be lifted against spring force and a linked cutting edge to be stuck into a connecting bar of a tag pin assembly at the same time that one of the tag pins of the tag pin assembly that is loaded in the tag attacher is driven through a hollow needle; and in which when the trigger is released the spring force lowers the cam plate causing the cutting edge stuck into the connecting bar of the tag pin assembly to pull down the connecting bar so as to guide the crossbar of a next located tag pin to the inlet of the hollow needle. With this tag attacher, it is possible to successively drive tag pins into merchandise if the tag pin assemblies used have different inter-pin pitches. Furthermore, since the connecting bar that has been removed of tag pins and fed out of the tag attacher has notches, it can easily be torn off by hand.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved tag attaching device, of which the feeding mechanism for feeding tag pins of a loaded tag pin assembly one at a time comprises a cam plate movable up and down along a guide groove in which the tag pin assembly is insertion loaded, an engaging pawl member pivotally mounted to the cam plate, and a spring mounted between the engaging pawl member and the main body, and in which when the cam plate is upwardly moved against the spring force of the spring, the engaging pawl member is rotated to have its front end sticked into the connecting bar of the tag pin assembly, and as the cam plate and the engaging pawl members are lowered by the function of the spring, the tag pin assembly is fed downwardly.

Abstract: A tag attaching apparatus including a frame (1), a hollow needle (2) for attaching fasteners (5), a fastener supply gear wheel (3), a plunger (8) the sliding motion of which actuates a bell crank mechanism for incrementing the fastener supply gear wheel (3), and a pawl (12) which prevents reverse motion of the fastener supply gear wheel (3).

Abstract: A method and a mechanism in and for a fastener dispensing operation, by which a plurality of fasteners individually comprising a filament having a head and an anchor bar at one and the other ends thereof and altogether integrally formed to a fastener assembly can be fed to a fastener-severing position in a fastener dispensing device one at a time of the fastener dispensing operation by the dispensing device even in case of an irregularity or a change in the inter-fastener pitch in the fastener assembly.

Abstract: A tag attaching apparatus in which the push rod is advanced by the trigger lever operation into the hollow needle provided to the front portion of the body so as to cut off one by one the tag pins from the tag pin assembly. The feeding means for the tag pin assembly consists of a support plate moved by operation of the trigger lever and a feed lever oscillatably mounted to the support plate. A backtracking prevention means provided adjacent to the feeding means uses a spring to urge the stopper claw at the front end thereof to project into the guide groove.

Abstract: This invention provides a tag attacher for use in driving tag pins into articles by an operation of a lever so as to affix price tags or the like thereto. Each tag pin consists of a head portion, a lateral rod, and a filament connecting the head portion and lateral rod together. A plurality of such tag pins are joined in an uprightly extended state to a connecting bar to form a comb-shaped tag pin assembly. The tag pin assembly is formed by integrally molding a synthetic resin, and adapted to be loaded as it is in the tag attacher. A tag attacher body has a connecting bar guide portion, and is provided with a cam plate in the vicinity of the guide portion. The cam plate is so designed that it is moved upwardly when the lever is drawn inwardly, then downwardly when the lever is released. The cam plate is provided with a stationary claw and a movable claw, which are adapted to support the connecting bar of a tag pin assembly loaded in the tag attacher body.

Abstract: The means for feeding a tag pin assembly in this tag attacher consists of a cam plate which can be moved up and down along a guide bore in which the tag pin assembly is inserted, a locking member pivotably provided on the cam plate, and a spring provided between the locking member and the tag attacher body. The locking member has locks adapted to come into contact with the opposite surfaces of a connecting bar in the tag pin assembly so as to apply force thereto for moving the same. When the cam plate is moved upward against the force of the spring during a tag pin-driving operation, opposite surfaces of the connecting bar are pressed and held by the locking member oscillatably provided on the cam plate. When the lever provided on the tag attacher body is released from the gripping force applied thereto, the cam plate is lowered by the resilient force of the spring to feed a tag pin in the tag pin assembly to a driving position in a rear portion of a side-slitted needle.

Abstract: An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long lengths, together with improved fastener stock adapted for use therewith and for molding in continuous lengths.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism is provided for a hand-operated surgical instrument having at least one operating member. The operating member is engaged by or extends from a flexible pusher member wound at least partially around the circumference of a drum and secured thereto. A pinion is connected to the drum for rotation therewith and is driven by a gear segment on a handle that is pivotally monted to the instrument. A full stroke compelling mechanism is associated with the drum for preventing return of the handle to the unactuated position unless and until the operating member has been moved through the full design range of movement.

Abstract: A device for attaching to an article a tag pin for use in affixing a price tag or the like thereto. This device consists of a side-slitted hollow needle provided at a front portion of an enclosure thereof, and a push rod provided at the rear side, and movable in the direction of the axis, of the hollow needle, the push rod being moved by a lever means so as to force a lateral rod of a tag pin into the hollow needle. A resilient member is provided between the push rod and the lever means adapted to drive the push rod.

Abstract: An improved needle construction for use in tag attachers. The needle includes an elongated body having a mounting end and a piercing end. The mounting end of the body is releasably securable to the tag attacher. The piercing end of the body includes a sharp point for piercing the article to be tagged. The elongated body includes an enlarged collar proximate the mounting end of the body which abuts against the front surface of the tag attacher when the needle is secured thereon.

Abstract: A tag attaching device having a guide groove for receiving and guiding a tag pin assembly. The device has a cutting edge and a pressing member disposed to oppose to each other across the guide groove. The pressing member is adapted to press the portion of the connecting bar from which tag pins have been severed against the cutting edge to cut that portion of the connecting bar to avoid various troubles which might otherwise be caused by the projection of the connecting bar, such as damaging of the goods to which tag pins are attached.

Abstract: Dispensing of fasteners by a device which receives an assemblage of the fasteners and is able to expel them individually through, for example, a slotted hollow needle. The dispensed fasteners can be used generally in the attachment of items to one another and, in particular, for the labeling of textile goods and the like with information bearing tags. The device includes a trigger operated feed mechanism and a simultaneously operable expulsion mechanism. Both mechanisms are controlled by the tip of a lever which is proportioned and disposed in the device to execute linear motion. The feed mechanism is disengageable from the remainder of the device to permit clearance of the inserted assemblage or the removal of jams. The feed mechanism additionally is operated by a planar pawl having a tooth that extends into contact with indentations on the periphery of a feed wheel.

Abstract: A surgical fastener of plastic or plastic-like material includes initially separate fastener and retainer members. The fastener member has at least two parallel prongs, each of which fits into a respective one of at least two apertures in the retainer member. The prongs twist as they enter the apertures. Then the prongs return to their initial orientation in which they interlock with the retainer member to form a finished fastener. The fastener is applied by forcing the fastener member prongs through the tissue to be fastened with the aid of metal pins contiguous with each prong. The pins are automatically withdrawn from the tissue after the prongs interlock with the retainer member and before the fastened tissue is removed from the fastener applying apparatus.

Abstract: A locking piece fitter of a pistol type wherein a guide needle is inserted and fitted in the tip, a push-in rod is contained, a supporting base having a supporting groove and push-in rod guiding hole coaxially aligned with the guide needle and push-in rod is arranged between the guide needle and push-in rod, a feeding groove in which a locking piece assembly can be fitted and inserted is provided above the supporting groove of the supporting base, flexible locking pawls engaging with the lateral rod of the locking piece are arranged in the feeding groove and the locking pawls are provided on a rising and falling base which can be made to rise and fall by a push-in rod mover moving together with the push-in rod and a spring. A spring and stopper are attached to a guide needle inserting depth adjusting member of the fitter and flexible pressing pieces pressing the lateral rod of the locking piece are provided in the feeding groove.

Abstract: A gun for attaching tags of bar-lock type to a fabric has a body forming a barrel for the guidance of a plunger in line with a longitudinally slotted needle which is removably inserted into the front end of that body. A trigger articulated to the body is connected with the rear end of the plunger via a spring-loaded articulated linkage guided in an arcuate channel; the plunger has a head laterally inserted into a seat on an adjoining member of that linkage and can be laterally extracted from the barrel, e.g. for replacement upon an exchange of needles, after removal of a side cover and a grooved guide block adjacent thereto.

Abstract: The assembly includes a shank part having a tip and cylindrical hollow portion, a base part having a central bore and a knife part. The central bore has first and second sections, the first section having an inner diameter equal to the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion, such that the shank can be inserted therein and secured thereto by an adhesive. The second section has an inner diameter equal to the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion. The knife part includes a body portion with a cutting edge on one end and a protrusion on the other end, the protrusion being adapted to be received within and secured to a recess adjacent the second section of the bore. The knife part extends beyond the base in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the base such that the cutting edge is accessible for re-sharpening.

Abstract: Dispensing of attachment members, each formed by a filament with a head at one end and a cross bar at the other end, using an ejector with forward and return strokes. Each attachment member is dispensed during the forward stroke of the ejector and an antijam mechanism is operated for assuring completion of the return stroke of the ejector and prevention of premature operation.

Abstract: The tag-dispensing device is designed for use with a hand-held plastic fastener attacher of the type having a needle for penetrating an article to be tagged and through which a fastener is dispensed. The device includes a support to which the attacher is movably mounted and upon which is situated a stack of tags. A slide is utilized to move a tag along the plane between the stack and a position in alignment with the needle of the attacher. The attacher is mounted to the support by a plate which is movable relative to the support between a position wherein the needle is remote from the plane of slide movement and a position wherein the needle intersects the plane. Slide movement may be accomplished manually or automatically in conjunction with the movement of the attacher by using a mechanical linkage, an electrically driven motor, a solenoid, or a pneumatic cylinder.

Abstract: An assembly for inserting attachment members through thick, bulky goods, the attachments being of the type including two end pieces connected by a thin, flexible filament. The assembly includes a fluid powered fastener inserting device, a receiver cylinder, an air cylinder, and mounting structure. A fastener dispensing needle held in a projectible member is lowered from the fastener inserting device while the receiver cylinder is raised by the air cylinder, compressing the workpiece therebetween. One end of an attachment member is inserted by the needle through the workpiece, and emerges in a cavity of the receiver cylinder, the cavity being configured to minimize stress on the attachment member during this process.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for attaching a connecting piece to objects to connect these objects to each other. The connecting pieces each having a filament portion, a head portion attached to one end of the filament portion and a cross-bar portion attached to the other end, are successively severed one by one by the attaching device from a continuous belt of connecting pieces formed integrally from a plastic and having a connecting rod to which the connecting pieces arranged in side-by-side relation are connected through respective connecting portions, and are then attached to the objects to connect them to each other. The improvement resides in a technic which ensures to correctly position the connecting piece to be severed to the severing position even when the connecting pieces in the connecting piece belt are disposed at an irregular pitch.

Abstract: An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long lengths, together with improved fastener stock adapted for use therewith and for molding in continuous lengths.

Abstract: The assembly includes a shank part having a tip and cylindrical hollow portion, a base part having a central bore and a knife part. The central bore has first and second sections, the first section having an inner diameter equal to the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion, such that the shank can be inserted therein and secured thereto by an adhesive. The second section has an inner diameter equal to the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion. The knife part includes a body portion with a cutting edge on one end and a protrusion on the other end, the protrusion being adapted to be received within and secured to a recess adjacent the second section of the bore. The knife part extends beyond the base in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the base such that the cutting edge is accessible for resharpening.

Abstract: An assembly for inserting attachment members through thick, bulky goods, the attachments being of the type including two end pieces connected by a thin, flexible filament. The assembly includes a fluid powered fastener inserting device, a receiver cylinder, an air cylinder, and mounting structure. A fastener dispensing needle held in a projectible member is lowered from the fastener inserting device while the receiver cylinder is raised by the air cylinder, compressing the workpiece therebetween. One end of an attachment member is inserted by the needle through the workpiece, and emerges in a cavity of the receiver cylinder, the cavity being configured to minimize stress on the attachment member during this process.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pistol-shaped, small-sized tag attacher, in which the transverse bar of a tag pin is caused to penetrate through an article such as cloth etc. to attach a tag thereto, said tag pin being moulded from thermoplastic resin into an H-shape comprising a transverse bar, a filament portion and a head portion.The tag attacher is constructed such that the pin is directly driven by a lever to push the transverse bar of the tag pin. On the upper portion of the body of the device a feeding knob is provided and a ratchet wheel is driven by means of the knob to feed tag pins onto the axis of the grooved needle successively. Moreover, this tag attacher includes an adjusting element for adjusting the length of insertion of the grooved needle.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding and severing fastener attachment stock. The stock is formed by elongated side members that are intercoupled by a plurality of spaced apart cross links. The side members are fed and severed between adjacent cross members to form individual fastener attachments.

Abstract: There is disclosed apparatus for attaching tags using fasteners of a type having a bar section and a button section joined by a filament section. Opposed operating levers are pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the body. Each lever carries a cam. A first carrier is mounted by the body and a second carrier is mounted by the first carrier. A push rod is connected to the second carrier. Each cam cooperates with a respective roller. A rack is secured to each body section and the second carrier has a pair of racks. Each gear meshes with a respective body section rack and a respective second carrier rack. A pawl is coupled to the first carrier. Action of the operating levers causes the cams to drive the carrier. Movement of the first carrier causes the racks and gears to drive the push rod forward until the pawl is moved to a ready position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pistol-shaped, small-sized tag attacher, in which the transverse bar of a tag pin is caused to penetrates through an article such as cloth etc. to attach a tag thereto, said tag pin being moulded from thermoplastic resin into an H-shape comprising a transverse bar, a filament portion and a head portion.The tag attacher is constructed such that the pin is directly driven by a lever to push the transverse bar of the tag pin. On the upper portion of the body of the device a feeding knob is provided and a ratchet wheel is driven by means of the knob to feed tag pins onto the axis of the grooved needle successively. Moreover, this tag attacher includes an adjusting element for adjusting the length of insertion of the grooved needle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of tag attaching apparatus of the type having a hollow needle with a slot along one side, an ejector or push rod aligned with the needle, and feeding means for successively advancing an assembly of fasteners into position to be pushed through the needle by means of the push rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed apparatus for attaching tags using fasteners of a type having a bar section and a button section joined by a filament section. Opposed operating levers are pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the body. Each lever carries a cam. A first carrier is mounted by the body and a second carrier is mounted by the first carrier. A push rod is connected to the second carrier. Each cam cooperates with a respective roller. A rack is secured to each body section and the second carrier has a pair of racks. Each gear meshes with a respective body section rack and a respective second carrier rack. A pawl is coupled to the first carrier. Action of the operating levers causes the cams to drive the first carrier. Movement of the first carrier causes the racks and gears to drive the push rod forward until the pawl is moved to a ready position.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of tag attaching apparatus of the type having a hollow needle with a slot along one side, an ejector or push rod aligned with the needle, and feeding means for successively advancing an assembly of fasteners into position to be pushed through the needle by means of the push rod. In accordance with one embodiment, means for moving the push rod and the pawl includes cooperating gears and one of the gears includes a groove or slot. A link movably connected to the pawl carries a projection received in the groove. The groove terminates at spaced apart abutment faces. The gears are driven by an actuator. When the actuator is operated, the gear with the groove moves until one abutment face contacts the projection to move the pawl from a first position to a second position and when the actuator is released the gear with the groove moves relative to the projection until the other abutment face contacts the projection and moves the pawl to in turn drive the toothed wheel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hand-held apparatus for attaching tags to merchandise. Apparatus according to the invention uses a fastener assembly having a plurality of fasteners. Each fastener has a bar section and a button or head section joined by a filament section. Each bar section is connected to a common runner or rail by a respective neck or connector. The apparatus causes one fastener at a time to be severed from the connector at the intersection of its bar section and the respective connector. The bar section of the severed fastener is pushed by a push rod through an elongated bore of a needle while the filament section passes along a side opening in the needle which communicates with the needle bore. Fastener assembly advancing means includes a toothed member and a movable member.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of tag attaching apparatus of the type having a hollow needle with a slot along one side, an ejector or push rod aligned with the needle, and feeding means for successively advancing an assembly of fasteners into position to be pushed through the needle by means of the push rod. In accordance with one embodiment, the pawl is moved under the action of a spring to drive the toothed wheel. The spring is prevented from driving the pawl until the push rod has moved to a position clear of the path of the bar sections of the fasteners so that the leading bar section cannot bump into the push rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for attaching tags to merchandise using fasteners. The fasteners are arranged in a one-piece fastener assembly. Each fastener includes a bar section and a button section joined by a filament section. The apparatus includes a body and a needle connected to the body. A fastener advancing means is used to advance one fastener at a time into dispensing relationship with the needle. The fastener advancing means includes a toothed wheel. A one-piece pawl includes a U-shaped portion having a pair of flexible resilient arms. One of the arms has a tooth cooperable with the toothed wheel and the other arm is cooperable with an annular bearing surface which is disposed adjacent the wheel. The pawl includes a pair of integrally formed flexible resilient members or arms providing abutment faces. A pair of drive faces is connected to a gear segment which is driven by a manually operable actuator.

Abstract: There is disclosed apparatus for attaching tags and the like to a variety of articles by means of fasteners. The apparatus is provided with a body and a one-piece needle having a piercing end extending outwardly of the body and having an enlarged portion. A bore extends lengthwise of the needle and an elongated first slot in the side of the needle extends into the bore. A second slot in the side of the enlarged portion enables entry of the bar section of a fastener into alignment with and into the bore. A one-piece knife is inserted into the enlarged portion of the needle. When a push rod is actuated the bar section is severed from a fastener assembly utilized by the apparatus, and thereafter the fastener assembly is advanced to bring a bar section of another fastener into the bore.

Abstract: Apparatus for laminating crossties comprising means for conveying a plurality of railroad crossties in substantially mutually parallel relationship onto a lifting mechanism, said lifting mechanism being operable for simultaneously moving a plurality of the crossties into a clamping apparatus wherein the crossties are securely clamped in side-by-side relation, drill means operable for drilling transversely extending bore means through said plurality of crossties, means for inserting dowel pine through said bores for securing the plurality of crossties together in a laminated arrangement and means for removing the laminated crossties from the clamped position and from the apparatus.

Abstract: An improved hollow needle is provided for inserting through a material a fastener having a flexible filament with a retaining cross-bar at one end. The improved needle has an end for penetrating the material, a hollow central bore for slidably receiving the fastener cross-bar, a longitudinal slot along one side of the bore for slidably receiving the filament, and an upstanding flange at or adjacent one or preferably both edges of the slot for protecting the material and/or filament from damage during insertion of the fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hand-held apparatus for attaching tags to merchandise. Apparatus according to the invention uses a fastener assembly having a plurality of fasteners. Each fastener has a bar section and a button or head section joined by a filament section. Each bar section is connected to a common runner or rail by a respective neck or connector. The apparatus causes one fastener at a time to be severed from the connector at the intersection of its bar section and the respective connector. The bar section of the severed fastener is pushed by a push rod through an elongated bore of a needle while the filament section passes along a side opening in the needle which communicates with the needle bore. Fastener assembly advancing means includes a toothed member and a movable member. A guide is provided for the movable member and a flexible resilient arm connected to the movable member exerts a force on the guide. The arm enables the movable member to deflect as it moves relative to the guide.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of tag attaching apparatus of the type having a hollow needle with a slot along one side, an ejector or push rod aligned with the needle, and feeding means for successively advancing an assembly of fasteners into position to be pushed through the needle by means of the push rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of tag attaching apparatus of the type having a hollow needle with a slot along one side, an ejector or push rod aligned with the needle, and feeding means for successively advancing an assembly of fasteners into position to be pushed through the needle by means of the push rod.

Abstract: The invention comprises a spring loaded plier-type holder adapted to receive an ear tag applicator on one of the jaws. The other jaw is bifurcated and consists of two centrally apertured plates between which the ear of the animal is received. Squeeze pressure on the two jaws forces the applicator together with the associated ear tag, through the aperatures in the plates and through the ear of the animal whereupon it is retained. Slots are formed in the plates to permit withdrawal of the plates from around the ear tag as the ear is disengaged from the plates. The device enables the ear tag to be inserted with one hand leaving the other hand free to control the animal.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing fastener attachment members of the type having a filament with heads on both ends, the device including a casing, a needle projecting from the casing, the needle having a bore through which the fastener attachment member is adapted to be dispensed, a plunger or ejector adapted to force one head of the attachment member through the needle bore, the plunger advanced by the combination of a gear and sliding rack, the sliding rack in the form of a thin plate and in which the attachment members are fed before the needle and in front of the ejector by an indexing wheel advanced by a feed pawl with a slotted hole which allows it to rock in and out of engagement with the indexing wheel as it is moved back and forth.

Abstract: A needle tube or the like useful in dispensing fastener attachment members, the needle including a tip, a central portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion having a hollow rearward end in which there is provided a knife edge extending inwardly towards the tip, a first feed slot at substantially ninety degrees to the knife edge and a second slot for feeding fastener attachment members through the needle, the second slot substantially ninety degrees to the first slot. In one embodiment of the invention the mounting portion comprises a plastic shank in which there is mounted a needle core which includes the aforementioned knife edge.