Patent ID: 6206256
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B65B,D05B

Abstract:
A needle to attach a filter bag containing a product for infusion to a pick-up tag using an intermediate thread knotted at least at one of its end sections, the needle comprising:two eyes located at different distances from a point of the needle, the first eye being constructed and arranged to hook the thread, stretched and retained at the end sections and to make a loop in the thread when the needle is pulled in the direction of its axis,the second eye being located closer to the point of the needle and oriented at right angles to the first eye such that it can be surrounded by the loop and can guide an end section of the thread across the loop to make a knot; andtwo lengthways grooves that connect at least the first eye to the second eye and that are constructed and arranged to accommodate the loop and to keep it in position while the knot is being formed.