JPH08131007A - Ear-tag sticker for domestic animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an ear-tag sticker which can safely stick an ear tag on an animal ear without injury not only in the animal ears but also the person using the sticking machine on animal shipping. CONSTITUTION: In an ear tag sticker for animals which comprises the male part having a pin having an expanded head of an arrow head form at the top end and the female part in which a cylinder having a hole through which the expanded head pass through projects integrally from the plate formed by integrally extending the tub and an ear tag for an animal is stuck to the animal ear, the whole form is made in a pller, one inside of the nipping part 7 is made to be the holder for the male part, while the other inside of the nipping part 7 is made to be the holder for the female part. Further, an opening long groove 12 is formed into which the cylinder is received and a cutter 16 for cutting off the top of the expanded head is fitted to the inside of the opening long groove 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a tag attachment which can be attached to an ear for recognition of livestock such as cows and other animals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A male part having a sharp pin forcibly penetrating the ear of an animal, and a female part having a tab having a hole through which the pin is inserted and locked from the tip thereof. Various types of pliers and a pair of pliers for mounting the ear tag have already been proposed, and the inside of one clip portion of the fixture is used as a male portion holding portion and the other clip portion. The inside of the female part is a holding part of a female part, and the male and female tags arranged on both sides of the ear part of the animal while being mounted on the two holding parts are pressed by the holding part of the pliers-type fitting which is opened in advance. It can be attached all at once.

[0003]

The conical head of the pin member when the pin member of the male member is inserted through the ear shell of the animal and inserted into the hole of the female member. Of the animal may protrude from the hole and be exposed, which may damage the ears of the animal or the hand of the person holding the ear. In particular, the ear tags often cause injuries during dehorning of cattle, catching at the time of shipping, and shipping of pigs.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience of the conventional example, and even if the ear tag itself is conventional, not only the animal's ear but also the person who holds the ear is injured at the time of shipping. The object is to provide a fixture for an animal ear tag that can be used as a safe ear tag.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a male portion having a pin having an arrowhead-shaped enlarged head portion at its tip, and a cylindrical body portion through which the enlarged head portion is inserted. In a fixture to be attached to an animal's ear while combining a tab with an animal ear, which is composed of a tab and a female part integrally protruding from an integrally extended plate, the whole is formed into a pliers type and sandwiched. One of the insides of the parts is used as a holding part for the male part, a holding part for the female part is formed on the other inside of the sandwiching part, and an opening long groove for accommodating the tubular body part is formed, and the inside of the opening long groove is formed. The gist is to provide a cutting portion for cutting off the tip of the enlarged head.

The cutting portion is a blade when the tip of the enlarged head is a soft synthetic resin or a rubber body, and is a file when the tip of the enlarged head is a metal. Is.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the male portion and the female portion are held in a state in which the male portion of the ear tag is held inside one of the pinching portions and the female portion is held inside the other. Are placed on both sides of the animal's ear and pressed by the pinch, the pin of the male part penetrates through the ear shell, enters the hole of the female part, and is connected to the ear at the same time. At this time, the tip of the pin is inserted into the hole of the female part while being cut off at the cut part after penetrating the ear shell, so the tip of the pin is cut in the mounted state after coupling, and this protrudes from the female part. It is safe without any injuries because it is not sharp.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, when the tip of the enlarged head at the tip of the pin is a soft synthetic resin or a rubber body, it is a blade and the tip of the enlarged head is made of metal. In the case of, the cutting can be done easily by using a file.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the mounting device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the mounting device. 4 will be described.

Reference numeral a denotes a male portion, and b denotes a female portion. The male portion a has elasticity. For example, a pin 2 is integrally vertically formed from a circular plate body 1 made of a relatively soft synthetic resin or a rubber body. The tip of the pin was formed in an arrowhead-shaped enlarged head 2a, and the hole 2b was formed inside the pin 2 by penetrating the plate 1.

The female portion b is also made of a relatively soft synthetic resin or rubber body having elasticity, and a hole portion 5 is provided in a substantially U-shaped plate body 4 integrally formed with a tab 3 in an extended portion. The hole 5 is formed in a cylindrical shape only on one side of the plate 4 and has a diameter slightly larger than that of the enlarged head 2a of the pin 2, and is further opposite to the projecting direction. The entrance 5a of the hole 5 was formed to be slightly smaller than the maximum diameter of the head 2a so that the enlarged head 2a of the pin 2 was forced into the hole.

Next, the attachment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the whole is of a pliers type, and two lever members are pivotally connected at the center. And a holding portion 8 of the same. 8a and 8b in the figure are gripping pieces constituting the gripping portion 8. Depressions 9a and 9b are formed immediately below the pivot 6 so as to oppose each other, and the ends of the spring 10 are accommodated in the depressions 9a and 9b. And grip the spring 10 with the piece 8a,
8b and urge them to open outward.

On the other hand, the holding portion 7 is provided with grip pieces 8a, 8
The first jaw 7a is provided with a pin 11 as a holding part inserted into a hole 2b formed in the pin 2 of the male part a of the ear tag on the inner side. It protruded toward.

An opening long groove is formed at the upper end of the second jaw 7b.
An opening long groove 13 having the same shape as the outer shape of the opening long groove 12 is formed.
The holding plate 14 provided with a shaft is axially mounted inside the jaw 7b.
The spring body 15 formed by cutting and raising the lower part of the
b, and urges the upper portion of the holding plate 14 so as to be pressed toward the jaw 7b.

[0015] In such a fixture, the second jaw 7
The enlarged head 2a is provided above the inside of the opening long groove 12 formed in b.
A cutting portion 16 for cutting off the tip of the is provided. This cutting section 16
When the expansion head 2a is made of synthetic resin or rubber as described above, it is composed of the blade 16a, and when the expansion head 2a is made of metal, it is composed of a file 16a.

Next, the method of use and operation will be described. To attach the ear tag to the ear of the animal, insert the pin 11 protruding inside the first jaw 7a of the attachment into the hole 2b provided in the male portion a of the ear tag. a is held on the first jaw 7a.

On the other hand, the upper portion of the holding plate 14 provided inside the second jaw 7b is raised against the elasticity of the spring body 15, and
The plate body 4 of the female portion b is inserted between the jaw and the jaw portion 7b and clamped and fixed. At this time, the holes 5 protruding from the plate 4 are fitted into the long grooves 12 and 13.

In this state, the ears of the animal are inserted between the male part a and the female part b, and if the gripping pieces 8a and 8b of the gripping part 8 are firmly gripped by the hand against the elasticity of the spring 10, the jaw part 7a, 7b come close to each other, and the pin 2 of the male portion a penetrates the ear portion and then the hole 5 of the female portion b.
Is strongly inserted into.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
Is made of synthetic resin or rubber, the blade 16 constituting the cutting portion 16 provided in the opening long groove 12 immediately before it is inserted into the hole 5.
It is pressed against a and cut by further pressing.
Then, the enlarged head 2a is inserted into the hole 5 with the sharp tip cut off.

If the enlarged head 2b at the tip of the pin 2 is made of metal as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the cut portion 16 provided in the long slot 12 immediately before the pin 2 is inserted into the hole 5 is formed. It is pressed against the constituent file 16b and is scraped by further pressing. Then, the enlarged head 2a is inserted into the hole 5 with the sharp tip cut off. Finally, remove the ear tag from the fixture.

The male portion a inserted into the female portion b is inserted while the enlarged head portion 2a pushes and widens the entrance 5a of the hole 5, so that the male portion a does not come off thereafter. Further, even if the tip of the enlarged head 2a projects outward, the projecting portion is not sharp because it is cut off, and the tip of the animal may scratch the ear of the animal or catch the cat during dehorning or shipping. Workers are not injured when the pigs are shipped.

[0022]

As described above, according to the mounting device for an animal ear tag according to the present invention, the pointed end of the male pin is cut off when the ear tag is attached to the ear of the animal. In addition, it is possible to prevent workers from being injured at the time of shipping as well as the animals themselves, and it is safe. In addition, a conventional tag can be used as it is, and the cost is low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of an attachment for an animal ear tag according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the attachment for an animal ear tag according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of an ear tag attached with the animal ear tag attachment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing an example of an ear tag to be attached with the animal ear tag attachment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part showing a use state of the attachment for an animal ear tag according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the state of use of the mounting device for an animal ear tag according to the present invention immediately before cutting when the ear tag is made of synthetic resin.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the state of use of the mounting device for an animal ear tag according to the present invention when the ear tag is made of synthetic resin and is cut.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view after cutting when the ear tag is made of a synthetic resin and shows the usage state of the attachment tool for the ear tag for animals of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a state in which the tip of the ear tag is made of metal and shows a state of use of the mounting device for an animal ear tag according to the present invention when cut;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view after cutting the case where the tip of the ear tag is made of metal, showing a state of use of the mounting device of the ear tag for animals of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a ... Male part b ... Female part 1 ... Plate 2 ... Pin 2a ... Enlarged head 2b ... Hole 3 ... Tab 4 ... Plate 5 ... Hole 5a ... Inlet 6 ... Pivot 7 ... Pinch 7a, 7b ... Jaw 8 ... Gripping portion 8a, 8b ... Gripping piece 9a, 9b ... Recessed portion 10 ... Spring 11 ... Pin 12 ... Long opening groove 13 ... Long opening groove 14 ... Holding plate 15 ... Spring body 16 ... Cutting portion 16a ... Blade 16b ... File

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A male part having a pin having an arrowhead-shaped enlarged head portion at its tip and a cylindrical body portion through which the enlarged head portion is inserted are integrally projected from a plate body integrally extending a tab. In a fixture to be attached to an animal's ear while being combined with an animal ear tag composed of a female part, the whole is formed into a pliers type, one inner side of the pinching part being a holding part of the male part, and the pinching part A holding portion for the female portion is formed on the other inner side, and an opening long groove for accommodating the cylindrical body portion is formed, and a cutting portion for cutting off the tip of the enlarged head is provided inside the opening long groove. An ear tag attachment for animals. 2. The animal ear tag attachment according to claim 1, wherein the cutting portion is a blade when the tip of the enlarged head is a soft synthetic resin or a rubber body. 3. The animal ear tag attachment according to claim 1, wherein the cutting portion is a file when the tip of the enlarged head is made of metal.