Patent ID: 8241300
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A01K,G09F

Abstract:
1. An animal tag applicator including an applicator body having a longitudinal axis and adapted to longitudinally receive therein a strip of longitudinally directed and longitudinally connected tags, each tag having a male portion and a female portion both of which extend in a longitudinal direction of the strip, transporting means provided for the applicator body and adapted in use to engage with the said strip of tags, so that in use the strip is moved substantially longitudinally relative to the applicator body to position a front-most tag of the strip at a dispensing position, said applicator body further including a dispensing means adapted to engage in use, with said front-most tag so that it is separated from a next adjacent tag in the strip at said dispensing position to be secured about part of an animal, said transporting means being adapted to then be re-engageable with said strip to move a next front-most tag to said dispensing position and wherein the transporting means is adapted to engage a portion of the front-most tag in pulling the strip longitudinally relative to the applicator body, said applicator body being provided as part of a first handle extending to a first jaw portion provided at its front end, a second handle pivotally connected with said first handle and extending at its front end to a second jaw portion, the pivoting of the first and second handles together closing the first and second jaw portions together for a front-most tag to be dispensed and wherein the first and second handles and said first and second jaw portions are normally biased into an open position, said transporting means being biased towards a front end of the first jaw portion to engage the front-most tag of the strip and bias it towards the dispensing position.