US1194508A

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Publication number: US1194508A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1916-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 1933-08-15

Description

F. KOHNLE,

PRICE TAG. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1912.

' Patented A11 15,1916.

FREDERICK KOI-INLE,

new A F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOTHE MONARCH TAG COMPANY, .15. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PRICE-TAG.

Sp eeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 11, 1912. Serial No. 683,161.

-- manufacture comprising a continuous series of price tags for merch andise,the fastening means for securing the tags to the merchandise'beingpre-aiiixed to the-strip at regular intervals. f

Thejobject of theinvention'is .to produce these strips as an article of commerce adapted to be utilized in connection with a stathis application,

pling machine forsevering and marking the strip into independent tags.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawing. forming a part of in'.which: v Figure 1 is a plan view 'of the strip showing one of the unitsse ered. =-Fig. 2 is a plan 'view of one of theunits of the strip unfolded, and showing. the "manner'of attaching the cord. Fig. 3. is a side elevation ofthe folded strip showing the cord in section.- r

1' represents the stripof paper of asuitable length to as' shownin Fig. 3. 2 represents the fold edge of the strip, provided at regular intervals with marginal divisional cuts 3 disposed at regular intervals' and terminating near the medial line of thelstriPythe terminating ends being in alinement."

4 represents a series of orifices in the fold gangs withdrawal tag. comprise a selected number of tag units. This strip consists of a'papertape folded upon' itself,

being concealed within the fold when the strip is folded upon itself, the meeting faces being glued together and securing between them the base or anchoring endof the cord 6. When a gang is operated upon by the appropriatemachine, the loops. 5extend upon .one side of the cutter and the Patented M it, iaic.

cutter operat'esto continue the divisional cuts 3 and sever the strip .into suitable units, the divisional'cuts also being functional 'in enabling the appropriate 'step feed. The machine is supposed to sever and mark the tags which may then be attached to' the articles to be identified by simply passing the tag through its loop and catching some convenient portion of the article into the slip-noose thus formed. This is very simple; cheap and convenient, requiring very simple forming and operating means, the make convenient articles of commerce and the severed units can be readily attached to the article to be identified. The

divisional cuts sever the continuous cord at the'edges of the tag 'l'engthawhich dispose the ends of each loop parallel with the fold ed edge of the tag, securing .the ends at right angles to looped portlon of the cord, resisting any tendency of the ends from the Having described my invention, 1 claim A new article of manufacture comprising a tape folded upon itself with the fold edge .75 the pulling strain. of the e extended longitudinally and the laps of the fold adhesively united forming a continuous tag strip longitudinally partially divided by parallel notches, adapted to cooperate with-feeding devices into a plurality of tag widths, the notches extending from the fold edge inwardly, and a cord secured between the fold edge and pro ecting through a notchmedial of each tag 'width.

In testimonyflw hereof, I have hereunto setmyhand. H FREDERICK KOHNLE.

Witnesses: v

' OLIVER B. KAISER,

CLARENCE B. Fos'ren.