US1898274A

US1898274A - Marker or tag

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Publication number: US1898274A
Application number: US595689A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles E Timson
Original assignee: William Cooper & Nephews Inc
Current assignee: William Cooper & Nephews Inc
Priority date: 1932-02-29
Filing date: 1932-02-29
Publication date: 1933-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1950-02-21

Description

Feb. 21, 1933. E TIMSON I 1,898,274

7 MARKER OR TAG Filed Feb. 29, 1932 IHII I J k2 Z VE YE'F Patented Feb. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. 'IIIMISON; OF DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T WILLIAM COOPER 8c NEPHEWS, INCORPORATED, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS MARKER OR TAG Application filed February 29, 1932. Serial No. 595,689. 7

The present invention relates to markers or tags which are permanently sealed and applied to articles and things, and whlch when applied offer no uneven or projectingportions to catch some object and then be subject to accidental removal.

The invention has been herein illustrated and described in connection with markers or tags for attachment to animals, but it is susceptible for attachment to articles and things of inanimate as well as animate nature.

The invention is of the type comprising a strip of metal bent to form two arms, the end of one of which is pointed and the other end of which is provided with an aperture or recess through which the pointed end is passed and then curled or clinched over for permanently connecting together the ends of the strip.

An object of the present invention is to provide a marker or tag which will punch its own hole so that the marker or tag may be applied and fastened permanently in position by a single operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a self-cutting marker or tag which is permanently sealed against fraudulent or accidental removal.

A further object of the invention is to provide a marker or tag which when applied in place has no corners, projections or uneven parts to become engaged by some foreign object and thus liable to be torn away from the thing marked. i

A still further object of the invention is to provide a marker or tag of simple construction so as to be economically manufac- 40 tured in quantity lots and readily applied in permanent position with minimum effort. v

The above, other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description, accompanying drawing and appended claims.

Tags of the present invention may be used for ear markers for cattle or for marking slaughtered cattle or hides, or like articles or things, as well as used for permanent mark-" ers in connection with inanimate things where it is desired to have such things identified.

Generally speaking, the invention contem plates a marker or tag formed of a strip 5 of metal having at one end a point and at the other end a covered aperture through which the point is forced and in which the cover for the aperture is provided with an indentation to cause the point to curl over or be clinched as the point is forced into the aperture, thus permanently connecting together the ends of the marker.

The accompanying drawing illustrates markers embodying the principles of the present invention, and the views thereof are as follows:

Figure 1 illustrates the ear of an animal with a marker embodying principles of the Figure 4 in which the cap has been applied to one end and in which the point at the other end has been finished.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a marker of the present invention showing the relation of the parts with the point disposed adjacent the aperture and in which the lugs securing the cap to the strip serve as guiding means for the point on its entry into the aperture.

Figure 7 is a fragmental enlarged sectional view through a marker of the present invention with the parts permanently fastened together wherein the indentation of Figure 2 is employed.

Figure Sis an end view of the arrangement illustrated in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 7 illustrating the effect of the indentation of Figure 3.

The drawing will now be explained.

The form of clip chosen to exemplify the i present invention consists of a metal strip A having formed at one end a narrowed point 1 and near the other end an aperture 2. Ad jacent the aperture 2 slots 3 and 4 are provided, one on each side of the aperture. The point 1 is further subjected to suitable action to provide an enlarged pointed and sharpened piercing extremity or tip 5 and with the lines defining the merger of the pointed end 1 with the body as being curved at 6 to prevent the formation of sharp shoulders or points when the marker is secured in position.

A cap 7 of generally semi-circular form is provided with two

lugs

8 and 9 and is applied to the strip A by passing the

lugs

8 and 9 through the slots 4 and 3 respectively adjacent the aperture 2. The

lugs

8 and 9 are then crimped so that the free ends thereof enter the aperture 2 and form guideways for the pointed end of the marker as the end is forced into the cap. Figures '6, 7 and 9 illustrate the inturnedends of the

lugs

8 and 9 which serve as guideways for the pointed end of the marker, thus eliminating the existence of any sharp edges or projections adjacent the slot which might accidentally engage some foreign object to tear or tend to tear the marker from its attached article, such for instance as the ear of an animal.

After the cap 7 has been applied in the manner described an indentation is made in the same by any suitable means.

The cap 7 of Figure 2 is formed with an elongated indentation 10 extending in the direction of the length of the strip and as there illustrated extends from near the center of the cap toward its periphery.

The cap 7 of Figure 3 is provided with a spherical or circular indentation 11 eccentrically disposed with respect to the center of the cap.

Figure 7 illustrates the action of the indentation 10 of Figure 2 and Figure 9 illus trates the action of the indentation 11 when the pointed end is forced into and through the aperture 2.

The indentation ll of Figure 3, under some circumstances, might be preferable to the elongated indentation 10 as the pointed extremity 5 might be so shaped as to be moved sidewise, when brought into engage-- ment with the indentation 10 as not to be properly curled or clinched when the pointed end is forced into the aperture. Provision of the circular indentation therefor offers a greater obstructing surface to the entry of the point, thus insuring proper clinching or curling of the point when the parts are fastened together.

The utilization of the curved lines 6 at the junction of the pointed end with the body of the strip prevents the formation of sharr points or shoulders at this junction which might perchance, if the same were present,

engage some foreign object such as the branches of trees, wire of a fence or the like when the marker is applied to an animal, resulting in the tearing of the animals ear, infecting of the ear, and possible loss of the ta lhe marker or tag of the present invention is permanently secured to things to be marked and cannot be removed unless part of the marker or tag is broken, thus permanently destroying it and preventing its reuse.

The tags herein illustrated and described have not been provided with suitable indicia as it is presumed that the user will apply whatever indicia he desires to such markers or tags.

The gist of the present invention resides in the utilization of substantially semi-spherical caps for certain markers or tags and the formation of indentations or depressions in the caps of such nature as to assure clinching or curling of the pointed ends of the markers when forced through the apertures underneath the caps.

The extremity or tip 5 is reduced in thickness so as to readily cut through an article with minimum damage, and more easily be curled or clinched within the cap. The tip 5 is substantially that of an arrow head, and in width is greater than any part that fo lows it when forced into an animals ear, or other article to be marked.

A shoulder 5a is formed Where the tip is reduced in thickness. This shoulder limits the approach of the arms of the tag when applied to prevent squeezing together of such arms. The shoulder5a strikes the cap depression, thus stopping further entry of the point into the cap. The reduced thickness of the tip facilitates the curling action thereof within the cap. All cutting is done by the tip and none by the part below or beyond the shoulder 5a.

I claim as my invention:

1. A sealing marker comprising a U- s-haped body having an aperture in one end and slots one on each side of said aperture, a cap over said aperture, said cap having lugs extending through said slots and bent with the free ends of the lugs in said aperture to hold said cap in place, the other end of said body being bent at an angle to the same and extending toward the cap end of said body, the extremity of said bent portion being sharpened and reduced in thickness for cutting an article when applied thereto and for entering said cap, the inturned ends of said lugs forming guides for directing the sharpened end into the cap.

2. A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having one end sharpened and reduced in thickness to provide a piercing tip and having near the other end an opening for receiving said sharpened end, the piercing tip being of greater width than the balance of the tag that follows it and a cap covering said aperture on one side of said strip, said cap having an indentation therein for engagement by said sharpened end and for bending over said end when the same is forced into said cap to lock together said strip ends in permanent association.

3. A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having one end sharpened and reduced in thickness and having near the other end an opening for receiving said sharpened end, and a cap covering said aperture on one side of said strip, said cap having an eccentrically disposed circular indentation therein for engagement by said sharpened end and for bending over said end when the same is forced into said cap to look together said strip ends in permanent association.

4. A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having one end sharpened and reduced in thickness to provide a piercing tip and having near the other end an opening for receiving said tip, and a cap covering said aperture, said cap having an elongated indentation therein extending in the direction of the length of the strip for engagement by said tip and for bending over said tip when the same is forced into said cap to lock together said strip ends in permanent association, the tip being of greater width than any part of the tag following it.

5. A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having a cap covered aperture at one end and a point at the other end, the tip of the point being reduced in thickness and having a part wider than the balance of the point for penetrating purposes when said tag is applied.

6. A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having a cap covered aperture at one end and a point at the other end, the tip of the point being reduced in thickness defining a shoulder, the shoulder serving to limit the approach of the bent parts of the strip when tag is applied.

7 A marking and sealing tag comprising a bent metal strip having a cap covered aperture at one end and a point at the other end, the tip of the point being reduced in thickness and wider than the balance of the point for penetrating purposes when tag is applied, the width of the cut made being the width of the widened tip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County,

Illinois.

CHARLES E. TIMSON.