Pinning method and apparatus

Details Pinning method and apparatus Pinning method and apparatus

1975-12-18

1977-05-17

Custer, Jr., Granville Y.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Assembling or joining

227 65, 227 25, G09F 312

Patent

active

040232549

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a tag attaching method, particularly a method of pinning tags to merchandise and apparatus for carrying out the method. The illustrated apparatus includes a plunger and a cooperable anvil between which a tag and merchandise are positioned and through which a fastener specifically a pin is driven to attach the tag to the merchandise. While the pin is being driven through the tag and merchandise, a movable pin guiding and crimping member moves relative to the plunger, the tag and the pin. The pin is driven firstly through the tag, secondly through the merchandise, thirdly through the merchandise again, fourthly through the tag again, and fifthly through the tag again, and thereupon the movable pin guiding and pin crimping member is moved again to crimp the pin. A bottom tag in a stack is separated by feeding it toward the pinning zone in one machine cycle and the separated tag is positioned between the anvil and the plunger during the early part of the next machine cycle. The tag feeding device for separating the bottom tag and the tag feeding device for positioning the separated tag at the pinning zone move relative to each other during the pinning cycle. A cycle of machine operation can only be initiated when manually operable actuators disposed on opposite sides of the anvil and plunger are both actuated.

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patent: 3357618 (1967-12-01), Parker
patent: 3527396 (1970-09-01), Dudley
patent: 3837554 (1974-09-01), Grushon

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