Patent ID: 6053926
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Apparatus for fitting ear tags in animal ears (40), wherein the ear tags comprise first parts (18,18a) each provided with a pin (25) and second parts (19) each provided with an eye (21), said apparatus comprising a fitting zone (11); first and second positioning means (31,31a,32) spaced from each other and arranged on two opposing sides of the fitting zone (11) respectively and comprising means for arranging the first and second parts (18,18a,19) in fitting positions; two magazines (9,10,59) in the form of guide tracks for receiving a plurality of said first and second parts (18,18a,19) respectively, said magazines (9,10,59) being so arranged and designed that the first and second parts (18,18a,19) can be fed one after the other to the positioning means (31,31a,32) under the action of gravity; a stop (37) associated with the second positioning means (32) for the second parts (19); and a reciprocating punch (12), by means of which one of the first parts (18, 18a) located in the fitting position can be so punched out of said fitting position and moved transversely through the fitting zone (11) in the direction of one of the second parts (19), whereby the pin (25) and the eye (21) come into engagement with each other and connect the two parts (18,18a,19) together.