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US3673717A
US3673717A US96573A US3673717DA US3673717A US 3673717 A US3673717 A US 3673717A US 96573 A US96573 A US 96573A US 3673717D A US3673717D A US 3673717DA US 3673717 A US3673717 A US 3673717A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C1/00—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
    • B25C1/001—Nail feeding devices
    • B25C1/006—Nail feeding devices for corrugated nails and marking tags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D1/00—Hand hammers; Hammer heads of special shape or materials
    • B25D1/005—Hand hammers; Hammer heads of special shape or materials with nail feeding devices
    • 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

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  • ABSTRACT Related Apphcauon Data A wood-marking tag for wood identification purposes printed [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 722,609, April 19, with or without markings thereon or punched therein, made of 1968, abandoned. soft material, permitting its cutting without damage to the cutter means.
  • the hardness of the tags is less than that of con- [30]
  • the material is preferably a glass-fiber reinforced April 20, 1967 Austr a"... plastic; preferably suitable for injection-molding. Optimum NOV. 30, Austria results are accomplished with Plastics Selected from the g p consisting of o-polyamide and ABS acylic nitrile-butadien- [52] U.S.Cl ..40/2, 40/22 styrenwcopolymers'
  • the tag material i one embodiment is [51] Int. Cl. ..G09f3/l2 magnetically nompermeable' in another it includes metallic [58] Field of Search ..40/2, 22; 85/DlG. 2, 13; particles to make the tag magnetically permeable.
  • the tag is 287/2092 L equipped with projections applying it to the lumber such as for driving it into the lumber and/or for retaining the tag applied [56] References Cited to the lumber thereon.
  • the retaining projections comprise retainin cli s, o tionall with claws.
  • the 1,593,522 7/1926 Woods ..40/22 X g is g g K indentations i i ut r edge, with aper- BI'OOkS tures near its outer with barbs at its outer g with tubu Sutin 2 projections at at least one Side thereof; optionally with 3240'869 3/1966 Jute" "85/13 barbs on the tubular projection and/or with corrugated projec- 512,468 [/1894 Grundy 40/2 E tions, optionally provided with barbs.
  • 178908 6/1876 Clark "40/22 the tag is separable into two parts having identical markings, 2,724,303 11/1955 Holcomb ..85/DIG. 2 by a weakened line of cohesion, or by 3 performed line, 109,430 4/1964 Latschbacher '227/113 tionally asymmetrically with one of the parts having the shape 2,666,201 l/1954 Van Orden 227/147 f segmem 2,936,454 5/1960 Lundeberg ..227/18 3,342,223 9/1967 Reid ..227/ 147 3,589,584 6/1971 Ohlsson et al ..22 7/ 10 10 Claims, 17 Drawing Figures P'A'TENTEDJUL "4 1912 3; 673 7 l 7 ig Fig M INVENTOR KAJETAN LATSCHBACHER 77 76 BY k7 x A ORNEY WOOD MARKING TAGS CROSS REFERENCES TO RELA
  • the subject matter of the present invention relates to plates which are made from a soft material, such as plastic, and which may therefore remain on the timber during processing.
  • powdered magnetically permeable material is either admixed with the plastic mixture to form the tag or sprayed thereon in an amount only sufficient to make the plate attracted by a magnetic hammer without however damaging the saw.
  • such plates may be provided on their top face with retaining clips or claws, which are preferably struck out from the plate material. Barbs for preventing a separation from the wood may be provided on the inside of the plate.
  • Another feature of the invention is to provide the plate on its underside with small projecting tubes, which optionally may be provided with barbs. Notches may be provided in the edge of the plate on both sides of the tubes.
  • the plates may also have apertures which form passages for claws which are provided on a stacking magazine and which serve to retain and release the plate.
  • the plates may have corrugated extensions, which are preferably provided with barbs.
  • the flanged plates are sub-divided into two portions by a line of weakening so that a preferably segment-shaped part of the plate can be severed for a check, the severable part being provided with the same number or other marking as the part remaining on the wood. Markings such as of consecutive numbers and of the origin of the wood may be impressed or otherwise provided on the plates. There may be some difficulty as regards the grading characteristics of the tree trunk which are not ascertained until shortly before the driving of the plate but are to be indicated on the tree trunk. For this purpose, it was previously required to provide the tree trunks with grade markings of chalk or paint or to drive color plates into the tree trunk.
  • the invention provides also a process which enables an indication of the grading characteristics on the respective plate immediately before it is driven. According to the invention, this is accomplished by punching these characteristics into the flanged disc or plate, such as in the form of a circular, triangular or other shape aperture, with the aid of punch pliers. Combinations of these apertures may be used to in dicate various characteristics.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a plate in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. la is an enlarged view of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of FIGS. 1 and 3;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar to that of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 5 is another sectional viewv similar to that of FIGS. 1 and 3;
  • FIG. 6 shows a fourth embodiment in a sectional view taken along different lines on the left and right of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan view of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom view of FIG. 6;
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are sectional views taken on lines A and B; respectively, in FIG. 7;
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 are respectively a longitudinal sectional view and a bottom view showing a fifth embodiment
  • FIGS. 13 and 14, and FIGS. 15 and 16 show additional embodiments of plates in top, plan view and sectional view, respectively.
  • the plate 51 which is preferably made of plastic material is in each case provided with two holes 52 and a flange 53, which has a recess 54, except in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3.
  • the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 have two mutually opposed claws 55. Two pairs of such claws are provided in the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5. These pairs of claws serve to secure plates of magnetically non-permeable material to a hammer which is used to drive the plates into the wood. The claws fit into corresponding apertures in the face of the hammer.
  • the flange 53 is provided with barbs 56 which prevent removal of the plate from the wood.
  • the plate 57 shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 is provided with four small tubular extensions 58, which have barbs 56 on their outside surfaces. Each tube is adjoined by a notch 59. A claw 60 is provided at each side of the plate.
  • the plate 75 shown in FIGS. 1 1 and 12 is provided on its underside with corrugated extensions 76, which have hookshaped spikes 77 and holes 78 by which they can be retained on a U-shaped tag stacking magazine.
  • the plates are to be attracted by a hammer which has a magnetized head or is provided with a magnet in its face, metallic dust may be sprayed onto the surface of the plate.
  • Such magnetically permeable plates do not constitute an obstacle to the saw which cuts the wood, and the claws 55 or 60 may then be omitted.
  • Magnetically permeable metallic dust may alternatively be'admixed to the liquid plastic material before injection molding.
  • Plates shown in FIG. 13 and 14 are provided on their underside with extensions 96, which have barbs 97. These plates have holes 98 and a transverse line of weakening 99.
  • the plate shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 has holes 108 and extensions 106, which are provided with barbs 107.
  • the plate 105 differs in form from the plate 95 in that it has a flattened contour.
  • the plate 105 further includes grading marks 109 and 110, which are punched out of the plate by punch pliers immediately before the plate is driven into the wood.
  • the extensions 106 do not obstruct the application of the plier jaws.
  • the material from which the tags are made is selected preferably among plastics to avoid damage to the cutters, which usually are sharp steel circular or crosscut saws running at high speeds; the plastics are chosen for their hardness which is smaller than that of the cutters.
  • An inventive contribution in this respect is the discovery that -polyamide and ABS-acylic nitrile-butadien-styrene copolymers are ideally suitable for the purpose.
  • the use of plastic resins, particularly of the abovementioned type also aids application of the marking when applied to the tags ,by punching in, presses or punching pliers, manually or mechanically, since these materials also have an excellent retention of the shapes imparted to them thereby, in any climate and weather conditions and do not rust.
  • the. following materials are also usable, but have various inadequacies: acrylics, primarily methyl-metacrylate; polystyrenes; polyvinyls; polyesters, phenolics, pressed celluloid; synthetic rubber and thin tags of softer metals, primarily of aluminum and of soft metal alloys.
  • the prongsof the tags made from these materials also must have stiffness permitting their penetration and anchorage in the wood to be marked.
  • a combination sandwich of a metal foil with a plastic lamina lies also within the scope of the invention.
  • a tag body formed of a material which is softer than any ferrous alloy, such as a plastic material; said tag body including a generally flat plate for identifying information; means for permanently anchoring the tag in the log to be marked, the anchoring means being capable of penetrating a distance into the log under the action of said tagdriving device;
  • a tag retaining means on the tag body for releasably retaining the tag on said tag-driving device
  • said tag retaining means comprising magnetically permeable metallic dust, thereby rendering the tag magnetically attractable by said magnetized tag driving device.
  • tag anchoring means include anchoring protrusions in the form of wall portions depending substantially perpendicularly from the tag plate near the outer rim of the latter, the wall portions including barbs at their outer edges.
  • a wood-marking tag as claimed in claim 1 said material being reinforced withfibers having a hardness greater than that of said material and less than that of cutting steel.
  • a wood-marking material as claimed in claim 1 said material comprising materials selected from the group consisting of 6-polyamide and ABS-acylic nitrile-butadien-styrenecopolymers.

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AT376067A AT281077B (de) 1967-04-20 1967-04-20 Plättchen zum Bezeichnen und Numerieren von Holz
AT375867A AT285640B (de) 1967-04-20 1967-04-20 Rohrmagazin für Topfscheiben bzw. Plättchen mit Verankerungsrand
AT375967A AT279653B (de) 1967-04-20 1967-04-20 Magazin zur Aufnahme von Topfscheiben
AT1080967A AT289161B (de) 1967-04-20 1967-11-30 Hammer zum Einschlagen von Topfscheiben oder Plättchen in Holz

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US4900637A (en) * 1988-10-07 1990-02-13 Aluminum Company Of America Tag for labeling an article cast from molten material, method therefore and article
US5203962A (en) * 1989-06-01 1993-04-20 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber identification tags for wooden articles
ES2152762A1 (es) * 1997-02-24 2001-02-01 Uniarte S A Dispositivo para marcaje de puertas o elementos similares.
US6239588B1 (en) * 1997-03-17 2001-05-29 General Electric Company Method of fabricating a magnetic shield for a plastic molded electricity meter frame
US20050274229A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-15 Latschbacher Gmbh Marker tag for tree trunks and an applicator hammer for the application of same to tree trunks
US20090031669A1 (en) * 2007-07-31 2009-02-05 Matthew Stanton Method for marketing reclaimed wood as flooring

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US2936454A (en) * 1956-08-31 1960-05-17 Ind Dev Corp Hook-stay setting machine
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US3956840A (en) * 1974-04-15 1976-05-18 Melin John E Perforated animal identification tag
US4900637A (en) * 1988-10-07 1990-02-13 Aluminum Company Of America Tag for labeling an article cast from molten material, method therefore and article
US5203962A (en) * 1989-06-01 1993-04-20 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber identification tags for wooden articles
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US6239588B1 (en) * 1997-03-17 2001-05-29 General Electric Company Method of fabricating a magnetic shield for a plastic molded electricity meter frame
US20050274229A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-15 Latschbacher Gmbh Marker tag for tree trunks and an applicator hammer for the application of same to tree trunks
US7080577B2 (en) * 2004-06-15 2006-07-25 Latschbacher Gmbh Marker tag for tree trunks and an applicator hammer for the application of same to tree trunks
US20090031669A1 (en) * 2007-07-31 2009-02-05 Matthew Stanton Method for marketing reclaimed wood as flooring

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