WO1987004055A1 - Structure, utilisation et fabrication d'attaches - Google Patents

Structure, utilisation et fabrication d'attaches Download PDF

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WO1987004055A1
WO1987004055A1 PCT/US1986/000037 US8600037W WO8704055A1 WO 1987004055 A1 WO1987004055 A1 WO 1987004055A1 US 8600037 W US8600037 W US 8600037W WO 8704055 A1 WO8704055 A1 WO 8704055A1
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cross bar
connector
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Arnold R. Bone
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Dennison Manufacturing Co
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Priority to DK464387A priority patent/DK464387D0/da
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/14—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by strings, straps, chains, or wires
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C7/00—Affixing tags
    • B65C7/003—Affixing tags using paddle-shaped plastic pins
    • B65C7/005—Portable tools

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  • This invention relates to attachment devices and more particularly to their structure, manufacture and use.
  • Each device is in the form of an elongated element or connector which joins a head member to a cross bar.
  • the cross bar is typically applied from the bore of a slotted hollow needle, with the con ⁇ nector extending outwardly from the needle along the slot.
  • the price tag is first positioned between the needle and the garment, following which the cross bar is propelled through the needle to the opposite side of the garment.
  • the connector is folded against the cross bar. Once the cross bar is expelled from the needle it tends to reassume its original, relatively perpendicular orientation relative to the con ⁇ nector.
  • a related object is to facilitate the use and manufacture of attachment devices which are individually formed by connectors that join enlarged head portions to cross bars, the latter being perpendicularly disposed In relation to their associated connectors.
  • Another object of the invention is to promote the restoration of cross bars to their original equilibrium position after being expelled from the bores of slotted hollow needles. Another object of the invention is to facilitate the rapid, low cost attachment of tags to objects such as garments.
  • a related object is to increase the number of fasteners per unit length of assemblages of fasteners used in fastener dispensing devices.
  • a related object is to achieve increased packaging of fasteners without detriment to the ability of individual fasteners to regain their original equilibrium positions after being expelled from a fastener dispensing device.
  • the invention provides attachments in which each has a connector that forms a different transition with a cross bar.
  • the connector forms a gradual transition with the cross bar, while in another orienta ⁇ tion, the transition is relatively abrupt.
  • the use of an abrupt transition, coupled with a gradual transition provides a toggle effect which promotes the reorientation of the cross bar after it has been folded against the connector and driven into an object.
  • the connector is tangential to the cross bar between planes that are perpendicular to the cross bar at its junction with the connector.
  • the connector is desirably tangential to the cross bar at its cross sectional bisector.
  • the cross bar desirably is connected to a neck which is coaxial with the connector.
  • the abrupt transition between the connector and the cross bar is angular, and forms substantially a right angle.
  • the cross bar is joined to a neck by an inter ⁇ mediate region which has a smaller diameter than the neck, and neck advantageously has a tapered transition to the intermediate region.
  • Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating the application of attachments in accordance with the invention in the tagging of articles
  • Figure 2 is a partial end view of an assemblage of attachments in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 3A is a partial plane view of the assemblage of attachments shown in Figure 2;
  • Figure 3B is a partial view showing the connection of cross bars to a connector in accordance with the in ⁇ vention
  • Figure 3C is a partial plane view of Figure 3B.
  • Figure 1 shows an assemblage 100 of individual attachments 10 being used in the tagging of an illustrative item 20 of merchandise using an attacher gun 30.
  • the merchandise 20 il ⁇ lustratively a piece of cloth, is being tagged with a ticket 40 by one of the attachments 10-1 of the assemblage 100.
  • the assemblage is inserted into a receiving channel of the gun 30 so that the individual connectors 11 of the attachments 10 extend outward through a slot 31.
  • An illustrative gun 30 is of the kind shown in U.S. Patent 4,416,407 which issued November 22, 1983 to Arnold R. Bone.
  • the gun 30 includes an internal plugger (not visible in Figure 1) that is used in driving a cross bar 12 of an individual fastener 10 through the bore of a slotted hollow needle 32 mounted at the frontal portion 33 of the gun 30.
  • the tag or label 40 is inserted upon the needle 32 until its surface 41 engages the gun surface 33.
  • the gun 30 and the tag 40 are then thrust through the merchandise 20 so that the needle 32 projects through the merchandise 20 to the other side.
  • the trigger 35 of the gun 30 is then depressed to expel the cross bar 12-1 of the attach ⁇ ment 10-1 through the merchandise 20. This operation leaves the head portion 13-1 joined to the connector 11-1 so that when the needle 32 is withdrawn, the tag 40 is held to the merchandise 20 by the head portion 13-1 of the attachment 10-1.
  • the cross bar 12-1 which is folded against the connectors 11-1, as the cross bar 12-1 is driven through the merchandise, does return quickly to its equil ⁇ ibrium position with the cross bar 12-1 perpendicular to the connector 11-1. In some cases, the recovery of the equilibrium position is so slow that the attachment 10-1 can be withdrawn deliberately or accidentally from the merchandise, and thus defeat the tagging operation.
  • the invention overcomes the delays often encountered in restoration of the desired equilibrium position of the cross bar, after passage through the merchandise, by the introduction of a toggle structure at the junction of the connector with its associated cross bar.
  • the toggle structure is specifically illustrated in Figures 3A - 3C.
  • the individual fasteners or attachments 10 are closely spaced upon a runner 14, without hindrance to the desired toggle effect. In this way, a large number of individual attachments 10 can be positioned upon a relatively short runner 14 and thus permit an increase in the number of attachments used with each assemblage having a prescribed length runner 14.
  • the illustrative connector 11-1 is joined to its associated cross bar 12-1 by a relatively abrupt transition T- j _ at an angle of about 90 degrees between the cross bar 12-1 and the connector 11-1.
  • the actual junction of the connector and the cross bar can also be at a 90 degree angle, or can be a fillet with a slight reduction.
  • the same connector 11-1 forms a relatively gradual transition at an angle greater than 90 degrees relative to the cross bar 12-1.
  • the second transition T2 is more gradual than the other transition T ⁇ and can be associated with a much larger radius of curvature.
  • the cross bar 12-1 produces an automatic toggle effect after being released from its condition of being folded against the connector 11-1, upon emergence from the bore of a slotted hollow needle used in driving the attachment through an object in the manner depicted in Figure 1. 8
  • the cross bars 12-1 have a diameter of about 30 mils and a length from end to end of about 300 mils.
  • the runner has an illustrative diameter of 60 mils and is joined to the cross bar by a neck 15-1 with a diameter of about 25 mils extending to a taper 15-2 of about 30 degrees and a transitional neck 15-3 to the cross bar 12-1.
  • the transition T- j _ has an illustrative 2 mil radius while the transition 2 is blended from the con ⁇ nector 11-1 to the cross bar 12-1.
  • the individual attachments 10-1 are spaced from one another by a pitch of about 45 mils and each attachment has a diameter as molded on the order of 30 mils.
  • Each fastener as molded has a length on the order of 1.4 Inches.-
  • the attachments 10 are stretched to extend the length as molded to approximately triple. There is a corresponding reduction in the connector diameter at the cross bar from about 28 mils to about 15 mils.

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Abstract

Dispositif de fixation (10), son procédé de fabrication et un mode d'utilisation caractérisés par le fait que l'attache (10) comporte une barrette transversale (12) reliée à une tête (13-1) par un connecteur formant différentes transitions angulaires (t1, t2) par rapport à la tête (13-1) et à la barrette transversale (12). On obtient ainsi un effet de basculement qui facilite l'orientation correcte de la barrette transversale (12) par rapport au connecteur (11-1) après introduction de la barrette transversale (12) dans un objet.
PCT/US1986/000037 1986-01-08 1986-01-08 Structure, utilisation et fabrication d'attaches Ceased WO1987004055A1 (fr)

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PCT/US1986/000037 WO1987004055A1 (fr) 1986-01-08 1986-01-08 Structure, utilisation et fabrication d'attaches
DK464387A DK464387D0 (da) 1986-01-08 1987-09-07 Fastgoerelsesorgan og fremgangsmaade til fremstilling af dette

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US4416407A (en) * 1981-11-02 1983-11-22 Dennison Manufacturing Company Dispensing of fasteners with a pivoted and disengageable feed mechanism
US4417656A (en) * 1980-09-11 1983-11-29 Toska Co., Ltd. Cluster type tag pin assembly
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US1983558A (en) * 1933-12-07 1934-12-11 Whitehall Patents Corp Method of molding or die casting predetermined articles of manufacture
US2825162A (en) * 1954-01-18 1958-03-04 Dennison Mfg Co String tag attachment device
US3103666A (en) * 1961-12-28 1963-09-17 Dennison Mfg Co Tag attaching apparatus
US3399432A (en) * 1965-12-08 1968-09-03 Dennison Mfg Co Button attachment
US3444597A (en) * 1966-12-12 1969-05-20 Dennison Mfg Co Filament type attachment device and manufacture of same
US3470834A (en) * 1968-03-08 1969-10-07 Dennison Mfg Co Fastener attaching device
US3571885A (en) * 1968-11-08 1971-03-23 John L Mcgrath Traction stud applicator
US3765110A (en) * 1971-10-22 1973-10-16 Monarch Marking Systems Inc Security-type fastener
US3875648A (en) * 1973-04-04 1975-04-08 Dennison Mfg Co Fastener attachment apparatus and method
US3850297A (en) * 1973-04-12 1974-11-26 Dennison Mfg Co Assembly of attachments
JPS5141756A (ja) * 1974-10-07 1976-04-08 Satoogoosee Kk Keishigu
US4347932A (en) * 1977-10-27 1982-09-07 Clements Industries, Inc. Tag pin
US4315587A (en) * 1979-01-02 1982-02-16 Dennison Manufacturing Company Powered attaching assembly
US4417656A (en) * 1980-09-11 1983-11-29 Toska Co., Ltd. Cluster type tag pin assembly
US4416407A (en) * 1981-11-02 1983-11-22 Dennison Manufacturing Company Dispensing of fasteners with a pivoted and disengageable feed mechanism
US4465217A (en) * 1982-04-01 1984-08-14 Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd. Fastener feeding method and mechanism
US4536933A (en) * 1983-01-31 1985-08-27 Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd. Device for connecting ends of filamentary fastener

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EP3946081A1 (fr) * 2019-04-01 2022-02-09 The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Fermeture de plaie
EP3946081B1 (fr) * 2019-04-01 2025-09-03 The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Fermeture de plaie

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