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Thi~ inyention relate~ to a t~g-pin attachin~ ap-
paratus for use in bundling or labelinq clothing and other
fiber product~.
Such tag-pin attaching apparatus are disclosed in
U.S. Patent No. 3,1Q3,666 and ~apanese Utility Model Publica-
tion No. 239~9~1972.
The present invention will ~e illustrated by way
of the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Fig~ 1 is a side view of an apparatus according10 to one embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a partial perspective view of the ap-
paratus of Fig. l;
~ ig~. 3 is a detailed assembly view of the vicinity
of a feeding groove of the apparatus of Fig. l;
Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional partial side views of
the apparatus of Fig. l;
; Flgs. 6 to 8 are views explaining the operation of
the apparatus of Fig. l;
Fig. 9 is a partly sectioned plan view of the ap-
paratus of FIg. l;
Fig. 10 is a partial side view of the apparatus
of Fig. l;
Fig. 11 is a view taken in the direction indicated
by the arrows A-~ in Fig. 10; and
Fig. 12 iS a perspective view of a tag-pin assembly Eor
use in the apparatuS of the present inVention.
The tag~pins for bundlin~ clathing ~r the like or
atta~ching SUch la~bels as price tag~s used in SUCh apparatus
aXe fo~med ~s a~n assembly ~n which ~synthetic Xesin ~oldings
~ each fo~med b~y co~necting ~ hea,d ~axt la and a transverse bar
lb throu~h a~ f~la~ment lc ~n such tag-~in 1 as is shown schem-
atically~ in Fxg. 12A generally have many transverse bars lb
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connected th~u~h connectin~ paXts ~t a proper pitch b~ one
connecting rod performing the function of a feeding guide.
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; ~uxthex~ ~n the one mentioned in Japanese Patent
-~ Laid Open Publication No, 63~49/1973, a tag-pin assembly by
a connection different from the above and a tag-pin attaching
apparatus to be used for it are disclosed.
In such apparatus the above mentioned tag-pin as-
sembly is inserted and fitted in the tag-pin attaching
apparatus and the tag-pins 1 are locked to clothing or the like
-10 one by one while cutting off the above mentioned connecting
;~parts.
The connecting rods and connecting parts as used
herein indicate such mem~ers as the assembling rod 35 and neck
36 in the above mentioned V.S. Patent No. 3,103,666 and the
base plate 9 and connecting part f in the above mentioned
Japanese Utility ~odel though not shown in Fig. 2 and in
general are schematically shown in Fig. l~A as a connecting
rod 28 and connecting part 29. As described later, the present
invention is a tag-pin attaching apparatus in which can be
used not only the tag-pin assembly having such form but also
the tag-pin assembly 1~ of Fig. 2 having connecting rods 30
shown in Fig. 12B differ from the above combined form of the
connecting rods and connecting parts.
Now, the p;tch between the ~espective tag-pins of
the conventional assembly is not always constant but often
yaries depending on the ~anuf~cturer. In most cases, the tag-
pins could not be used in common in the general conventional
; tag-pln attach~ng appaxatus~
The pXeSent ~nvention ~roy~des a tag-pin attaching
appaxatuS wherein, ~y~ a ~mple st~uc~ure, even if the pitch
of the tag-pxn assembl~ ~s irxe~ula~ or ~ts form is more or
less dif~erent, the tag-pins can be accurately fitted one by
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.~ one ~nd the ~pe~atin~ e~iC.ienc~ will be ~hle t~ be ~p~oved.
Accord~ng to the pxesent invention thexe~ore thexe
is provided ~n an apparatus for attaching a tag-pin having a
. pistol-shaped body; a lever supported on said body for rocking
.~ movement, a dxiving rod attached to a piston driven by said
lever ~or pushing a transverse bar of tag-pin; a trigger-like
. lever means directly driving said pis-ton; a feeding mechanism
of a tag-pin assembly; a grooved needle provided at one end
of said pistol-shaped body, $aid rod being located for move-
ment on the axis o~ said needle; and an adjusting means re-
movably attached at the forward portion of said pistol-shaped
` body to adjust the length of insertion of said grooved needle
into an article, the improvement comprising; said piston being
provided with a projection having a slope; and a feeding
mechanism for insert~ng tag-pins including a ~eeding member
biased downward ~y a spring, said feeding member being provided
with projections having flexible pawls, a wall member provided
with a flexible passing portion for pressing tag-pins toward
opposite wall member of feeding hole, and a supporting member
provided with a groove supporting the transverse bar of
the tag-pin and guiding hole for said driving rod, said
feeding member being force up and down by the movement of said
piston through the slope of said projection of said piston,
and said pawls forcing down the tag-pin assembly to locate the
lowest transverse bar of said tag-pin assembly into the
groove o~ said supporting member.
Pesirably the qrooved needle inserting depth ad-
jUsting me~bex is ~iased b~ a sp~ing ~o as to come to the tip
o~ the ~ooved needle and is p~vided ~ith a stopper adapted
3Q to adjust ~t$ ~ength~
The tag-pin attaching ~pparatus. ~ the p~esent
invention o~ a p~stol type having a grooved needle inserted
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and ~itt~d ~in the tip and containin~ a pin or driving rod to
push the transverse bar of a tag-pin into this grcoved needle.
This comprises a supporting b~se having a supporting groove
and a pin or driving rod guiding hole coaxially aligned with
the grooved needle and the pin or driving rod disposed between
the grooved needle and the pin or driving rod, a feeding
groove in which a tag-pin assembl~ ma~ be fitted and inserted
disposed above the supporting graove of the supporting base t
flexible locking pawls engaging with the transverse bar of the
tay-pin disposed in the feeding groove, said pawls being
provided on a feeding member having a projection continuously
pressed downwardly by a spring, the feeding member being
arranged to rise and ~all by a piston moving together with
the pin or driving rod through the projection and a grooved
needle inserting dapth adjusting member attached to the grooved
needle inserting and fitting part.
A spring and stopper can be attached to the grooved
needle ~nserting depth adjusting member of the apparatus of
the present invention and a flexible pressing piece pressing
the transverse bar of the tag-pin can be provided in the
feeding groove.
Referring once more to the accompanying drawings, a
body 2 is pistol-shaped and is divided into two parts 2a and
2b near the center in the thickness direction and such re-
spective mechanisms as are illustrated are assembled in one
part and are covered with the other part of the body so as to
be fixed. A lever 3 is connected sO as to be operate~ in the
directions indicated by the arrows with a lever fulcrum 4 as a fulcrum on
the ~ront side of a gripped part 2a. An acutating link 6 rocking in associa-
tion with the lever 3 with a link fulcrum 5 provided in the gripped part 2a
of the body 2 as a fulcrum is arranged inside this..lever 3. Further, the
rear side wall within the body 2 and the actuating link 6 are connected with
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each o~er through a tension spring 7 so that the lever 3 and acutating link
6 may be always held in the solid line positions in Fig. 1 by this spring 7.
A guide groove 8 is formed in the horizontal direction indicated
by the arrcw in the upper ~ar~ within the body 2. A piston 10 provided with
a piston rod 9 at the tip is slidably fitted and intserted in this guide
; g~.oove 8 and is connected with the actuating link 6 and an intermediate
link 11 so as to be slid within the guide groove 8 by the
actuating link 6 and intermediate link 11 with the operation
of the lever 3.
lQA grooved needle 12 is removably inserted and fit-
ted in the tip of the body 2 positioned or. the extension
of the axis of the rod 9. A supporting base 23 having a groove
21 supportiny the transverse bar lb of the tag-pin 1 and a
guiding hole 22 for the rod g as coaxially aligned with the
guide needle 12 and rod 9 is provided between the guide needle
12 and rod 9. A feeding groove 13 in which is fitted and ,
inserted a tay-pin assembly lX intersecting substantially at
right angles with the axis of the guide needle is formed
above the above mentioned supporting groove 21.
2~As in the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, the
feeding groove 13 is formed of a part 14 provided with the
feeding groove 13 on one side surface and a cover 15. Flex-
ible locking pa~ls 16 enyaging with the lateral rod lb of the
tag-pin 1 are arranged within this feeding groove 13. For
example, as in the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, the
locking pawls 16 may be prov.ided on a rising and falling base
17. Further, flexible pressing pieces 18 molded integrally
~ith the part 14 llghtly pre~Siny the lateral rod lb of
the tag-pin 1 to the cove~ 15 side may be present ~ithin
the feeding yroove 13.
By the w~, 13a ~S ~an auxiliary ~oove which is
for~ed in the feeding-g,roo~e 13 and is to be utilized in
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the c~se o~ fitting the conventional tag-pin assembly having
~- the connectin~ part as described above.
The ~eeding memhex 17 is provided with a spring 19
so as to ~e always pressed downward and also with a projection
20. The parts 14, feeding member 17 and supporting base 23
' are combined as in the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 so that
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`' the feeding member ~ase 17 may be made to rise and fall through
the projection 20 by a slope cam lOa formed on the front part
of the piston 10 with the movement of the piston 10.
Furthermore, grooved needle 12 inserting depth
adjusting mem~er 24 is attached to the tip of the body 2
fitted with the grooved needle 12, The inserting depth adjust-
ing membex 24 is attached to the upper side surface of the body
2 as shown in Figs. 9 to 11 and always slig~tly projects
out of the tip of the grooved needle 12 so as to be pla~ed in
a safe state for the needle as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 9 and 10.
Semicircular cuts 26 can ~e made at proper intervals in the
base of the inserting depth adjusting member 24 and a stopper
27 disengagea~le with these cuts 26 can be provided in the
body 2.
In Fig. 11, instead of the formation in A, in
order to more positively hold the grooved needle 12, as
in B, the tip position 24a may be formed to be partly cut
circular.
Such tag-pin assembly lX as is shown in Fig. 2
is used in the apparatus of the present invention. The tag-
pin assembly ~ is ~ormed to ~e ~n assembly wherein synthetic
resin moldings each made by connecting the head part la and
transve~se ~ax lb o the tag-pin 1 through a fila~ent lc have
3Q many t~ansveXse ~rs lb connected at a ~roper pitch by one
connectlng ~od 3Q perfor~ng t~e function o~ a feeding guide
shown ~n ~ig. 12b. However, according to the present inven-
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tion, not ~nl~ the ~ove ~enti~ned ta~-pin ~sse~hl~ lX is
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,~ used ~ut also the knQwn con~entional tag-pin assemhly as shown
in Fig. 12~ connected to t~e connecting rod through the con-
necting partS can be used b~ a,uxiliary ~roove 13a.
.; The above mentioned tag-pin assembl~ lX is fitted
and inserted in the feeding groove 13, -the transverse bar lb
of the lowermost tag-pin is suppoxted b~ the groove 21 of
' the suppoxting base 23 and the feeding depth adjusting member
24 is contracted a~ shown by the chain line in Fig. 10, is
fitted to the thickness of the clothing or any other article
for the ~xooved needle 12 inserting length and is fixed in
the position by the stopper 27.
,' After the ~xooved needle 12 is inserted into the
article, when the lever 3 is operated as gripped, the piston
1~ will he moved leftw~rd in Fig. 1 by the actuating link 6
intermediate link 11, the rod 9 will pass through the guide
hole 22, will contact and push the transverse bar of the tag-
pin supported on the supporting base, will cut and separate
it from the assembly, will guide it into the needle 12 and
will pass it through the article so that the tag-pin 1 may be
locked with the article.
In the present inventi~n, the separating operation
can ~e smoothly made ~ithout providing such a cutter mechanism
as in the conventional apparatus. Simultaneously with the
above mentioned operation, as shown in Fig. 5, the slope cam
; lOa part of the piston 10 will pu~h up the pxojection 20 of
the feedàng mem~er 17 and the me~bex 17 will rise. When the
leve~ 3 ~ then xelea~sed, contra~xy to the above, the piston lQ
~ill be ret~,a,,cted by the ~es~l~enc~ ~f the sp~in~ 7, the
3~ feeding me~bex 17 will f,a~ll, therefare the loc~ing pawls 16
will eng~e w~h another tag-pin ~nd will lower it and the
transverse bar of the lowermost ta~-pin will be supported on
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the suppo~ting b~se 23. Th~t is to sayt aS in Fig. 6A,
first the tag-pin assembly will be fitted and inserted in the
feeding ~oove 13, the lowe~m~st transVerse bar will be sup-
ported by the supporting ba$e 23 and will be guided into the
grooved needle 12 b~ the ~od 9 and, at the same time, with
the move~ent of the pistan 10, the feeding member 17 will
rise through the projection 20 as is shown inFigs. 6B to ~C~
At this time, the lockin~ pa~ls 16 ~ill also rise substantial-
ly without such resistance to the tag-pin. However, when the
fitting o~ one tag-pin ends and the piston 10 retreats as
mentioned above, the feeding members 17 will fall, the lock-
ing pawls 16 will fall as engaged with the -.ransverse bar, and
therefore the lowermost txans~erse bar will ~e supported on
the sUpporting base 23 50 as to be ready for the next fitting.
Thus, thereafter, the repeated operations of Figs.
6C and 6D will be made ~ee ~ig. 6E) and the tag-pins will
be fitted to the articles inturn. However, as the locking
pawls 16 are flexible, a~ sho~n in Fig. 7, when not required,
the ta~-pin assembly can be simply pulled off with fingers in
the direction indicated by the arrow to be arranged and stored.
Further, if the pressing pieces 18 of the part 14 are present
in the feeding groove 13, as shown in Fig. 8, the transverse
bars of the tag-pin assembly will be able to be positively
held in a line and the work will be able to be carried out
efficiently and pleasantly without any ~is-operation in fit-
ting the ta~-pin.
~ S descrihed ~bove, the present invention has such
~any pr~ctically advantageous effects~ that, even if the ta~-
pin asse~ S ~x~e~ula~ in the pitch o~ ~ore or less differ-
ent in the connectinq system, the ta~pin~s will be able to beaccurat~ly~ ~itt~d one ~y~ one, the ta~pin ~ssembly will be able
to be easily inserted into or removed out of the feeding
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groove, the grooved needle in$ertin~ length ~ill be ~ble
to ~e ad~usted in xesponse to the thickness of the article
and the s~fet~ measures for the ~uide needle when not used
need not ~e considered.
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