Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – With magazine supply
Patent
1993-04-12
1994-08-23
Eley, Timothy V.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
With magazine supply
294322, 227 69, 227 45, 227 28, B23Q 710, B31B 168
Patent
active
053395174
ABSTRACT:
A tagging apparatus for attaching tags to plants includes a frame member, a holding/clamping member operably connected to the frame member for holding a tag, and a first jaw movably mounted on the frame member. The first jaw is adapted to close against a second jaw on the frame member, with the jaws including surfaces forming an opening adapted to enclose a plant stem/branch when closed. A pneumatically driven mechanism is attached to the frame member and is adapted to grip and advance a strip of flexible material onto the surfaces so that the surfaces direct the strip of flexible material around the opening means to form a loop around the plant stem/branch. The apparatus also includes a pneumatically powered cutter and stapler mechanism attached to the frame member for cutting the strip from a roll of strip material and then for stapling the strip of flexible material in the loop around the stem/branch and to the tag to thus permanently retain the tag to the stem/branch. In the preferred form, the apparatus is a portable, hand-held unit.
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Eley Timothy V.
Nguyen Khan V.
The John Henry Company
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