WO1983001177A1 - Outil manuel a retour automatique permettant d'appliquer des etiquettes aux oreilles d'animaux - Google Patents

Outil manuel a retour automatique permettant d'appliquer des etiquettes aux oreilles d'animaux Download PDF

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WO1983001177A1
WO1983001177A1 PCT/US1982/001314 US8201314W WO8301177A1 WO 1983001177 A1 WO1983001177 A1 WO 1983001177A1 US 8201314 W US8201314 W US 8201314W WO 8301177 A1 WO8301177 A1 WO 8301177A1
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hand tool
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Corporation Y-Tex
Malcolm Norman Lynd
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Y Tex Corp
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Priority to AU89998/82A priority Critical patent/AU8999882A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K11/00—Marking of animals
    • A01K11/001—Ear-tags
    • A01K11/002—Pliers specially adapted for fixing ear-tags to ears

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  • This invention relates to hand tools. More parti- cularly, this invention relates to hand tools having an automatic return mechanism, by means of which a single compression of a pair of handles causes an applicator arm of the tool to pivot initially toward an anvil arm of the tool, and to subsequently withdraw from the anvil arm.
  • the inven- tion has been devised particularly, although not solely, for use as an ear tag applicator for piercing the ear of an animal and inserting an identification tag, commonly known as an ear tag.
  • the difficulty inherent in conventional ear tag applicators is that as soon as the ear of an animal is pierced, the animal, as a result of the pain of its ear being pierced, may start to move so that the ear maintained by the applicator may be torn, or the operator may be injured by the reacting animal. Furthermore, if the operator does not have time to disengage the applicator, the animal can escape from the operator with an ear tag applicator hooked to its ear. Also, with many conventional ear tag applicators, the operator is required to-make a stabbing motion with a sharp, pointed tool held in one hand, toward the animal's ear held in the other hand, and may easily injure himself or the animal.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a hand tool having an automatic return mechanism, such that a single pivoting movement of the handles towards each other, causes in the arms of the hand tool to first pivot toward each other to pierce the ear of the animal and insert an ear tag; and then to immediately recoil, separating the arms of the hand tool, and preventing the animal from tearing its ear or escaping with the hand tool.
  • a device having some of the advantages of the pre- sent invention is shown in Villa-Massone et al. U.S. Patent No. 4,120,303, issued October 17, 1978. As compared to the Villa-Massone invention, however, the present invention has advantages of simplicity of construction and operation. Moreover, the device of the present invention is readily adapted for use with one-piece ear tags, as hereinafter described.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a hand tool, constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the applicator arm of the device of the present invention, for use in the device illustrated in Figure 2.
  • Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8-8 of Figure 7.
  • the interconnecting means between the applicator arm 9 and the applicator arm handle 2 comprises a trigger release shoulder 10 of applicator arm 9 and a trigger release 12 mounted on applicator arm handle 2, the trigger release 12 being engageable with trigger release shoulder 10 to hold the applicator arm 9 in substantially fixed disposition to the applicator arm handle 2.
  • the protrusion 16 is preferably mounted adjustably, for example, being a set screw which is provided with a slot so that it may be turned easily within nuts 19 which hold it on handle 1, whereby to vary the length of the stroke neces- sary to engage the trigger release 12.
  • the tool is also provided with arm separation means for pivoting the applicator arm 9 away from the anvil arm 8, upon activation of the trigger release 12 by protrusion 16.
  • the arm separation means is preferably a spring 20.
  • Anvil arm handle 1, anvil arm 8, applicator arm handle 2, applicator arm 9 and spring 20 are all held in fixed relationship by shaft 5 and retaining rings 6 as best illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • applicator arm 9 may be innermost with applicator arm portions 9a and 9b adjacent spring 20; for applicator arm handle 2 to be next, see portions 2a and 2b; for anvil arm 8 to be next, see portions 8a and 8b; and for anvil arm handle 1 to b ' e outermost, next to retaining rings 6, see portions la and lb.
  • anvil arm 8 For use as an ear tag applicator, it is preferable to provide anvil arm 8 with a slot 21, and to provide piercing means such as an applicator blade 22 (suitably held by applicator blade bracket 23) to applicator arm 9.
  • the blade 22 is so constructed and positioned that a portion of the blade 22 moves into the slot 21 when handles 1 and 2 and arms 8 and 9 are pivoted together.
  • the blade 22 is prefer ⁇ ably arcuate, having the shaft 5 as its center.
  • the tool . is used with a one-piece ear tag, such as illustrated in FIG. 6.
  • the tag generally indicated by reference numeral 40, is of a flexible plastic material, and is further described and shown in J.T. Schwindt et al. U.S. Patent 3,979,847 and U.S. Design Patent No.
  • the manner of positioning the tag 40 on the blade 22 is shown in FIG 9.
  • the aperture 52 is positioned over the hook 27 on blade 22, while the shoulders 54 and 55 are placed over the tabs 28.
  • the aperture 52 preferably has an inclined forward edge in order to provide more positive engagement with the hook 27 when the flap 50 is passed through the ear 42 of an animal.
  • the tool of the present invention may also be easily adjusted to install two-piece ear tags, such as those shown in Murphy et al., U.S. Patent No. 3,371,414. It will be seen that by the foregoing construc ⁇ tion, a very simple insertion and automatic withdrawal motion of applicator arm 9 and blade 22 is produced.

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Un outil manuel permet d'appliquer des étiquettes aux oreilles d'animaux et est pourvu d'un système de retour automatique de sorte qu'avec un seul mouvement des bras (8, 9) portant une fente (21) et un couteau applicateur (22) pivotent ensemble de manière que le couteau applicateur portant une étiquette d'oreille perce l'oreille d'un animal pour y fixer une étiquette d'identification; les bras ayant effectué cette opération se retirent immédiatement de manière automatique en s'éloignant par pivotement l'un de l'autre, réduisant ainsi au minimum la blessure sur l'oreille de l'animal. Le dispositif s'adapte particulièrement aux étiquettes en une pièce.
PCT/US1982/001314 1981-09-29 1982-09-24 Outil manuel a retour automatique permettant d'appliquer des etiquettes aux oreilles d'animaux WO1983001177A1 (fr)

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AU89998/82A AU8999882A (en) 1981-09-29 1982-09-24 Automatic return hand tool for applying ear tags

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NZ19848681A NZ198486A (en) 1981-09-29 1981-09-29 Ear tag applicator with automatic release of ear piercing blade immediately after installation of tag
NZP198486 1981-09-29
US41724582A 1982-09-14 1982-09-14
US417,245820914 1982-09-14

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Cited By (4)

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EP0125915A2 (fr) * 1983-05-16 1984-11-21 Tagland, (Nz) Limited Outil pour appliquer des marques d'oreille
EP0199577A1 (fr) * 1985-04-19 1986-10-29 Allflex New Zealand Limited Outil applicateur
WO1999021414A1 (fr) * 1997-10-24 1999-05-06 Ritchey Eugene Dispositifs et procedes de mise en place de marques d'oreille
EP0961578A1 (fr) * 1996-11-15 1999-12-08 Michael Stuart Gardner Applicateur d'etiquettes pour oreilles

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US3952439A (en) * 1974-06-17 1976-04-27 Armand Walter R Animal tag
US4120303A (en) * 1976-03-29 1978-10-17 Cooper France S. A. Tongs, in particular for mounting ear-buttons on animals

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US3952439A (en) * 1974-06-17 1976-04-27 Armand Walter R Animal tag
US4120303A (en) * 1976-03-29 1978-10-17 Cooper France S. A. Tongs, in particular for mounting ear-buttons on animals

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0125915A2 (fr) * 1983-05-16 1984-11-21 Tagland, (Nz) Limited Outil pour appliquer des marques d'oreille
EP0125915A3 (fr) * 1983-05-16 1986-07-30 Tagland, (Nz) Limited Outil pour appliquer des marques d'oreille
EP0199577A1 (fr) * 1985-04-19 1986-10-29 Allflex New Zealand Limited Outil applicateur
US4738258A (en) * 1985-04-19 1988-04-19 Allflex International Limited Applicator tool
EP0961578A1 (fr) * 1996-11-15 1999-12-08 Michael Stuart Gardner Applicateur d'etiquettes pour oreilles
EP0961578A4 (fr) * 1996-11-15 2000-03-08 Michael Stuart Gardner Applicateur d'etiquettes pour oreilles
WO1999021414A1 (fr) * 1997-10-24 1999-05-06 Ritchey Eugene Dispositifs et procedes de mise en place de marques d'oreille

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