Patent ID: 6511410
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for attaching a tag and a thread length to a web of filter material with one end of the thread length secured to the tag and the other end being secured to the web adjacent one side edge of the web and the tag being attached to the web adjacent the opposite side edge, comprising gripper means for drawing the tag, with said thread secured thereto, across the web from said one edge to an extended position beyond the opposite side edge before returning the tag to a final extended position over the web, and means for attaching the tag to the web in said final position, a displacement mechanism for said gripper means comprising a first linear guide on which the gripper means is slidable, and a second inner guide transverse to said first guide on which said first guide is slidable, said second guide being fixedly located in the apparatus, whereby the gripper means is movable in the mutually transverse directions of the guides, both transversely across the web to said extended and final positions and longitudinally of the web away from the tag-attaching means.