Patent ID: 6115993
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B65B,B65C

Abstract:
Apparatus for intermittently presenting tags in a posture for attachment to merchandise, comprising a pay-out tape of tags severable from the tape by lines of weakness extending laterally at spaced intervals along the length of the tape, drive rollers intermittently activated to advance tape from the pay-out roll, breaking rollers that receive tape advanced by said drive rollers and that rotate when said drive rollers are rotated and that rotate at a greater speed than said drive rollers, thereby to sever a single tag from the advancing tape at a line of weakness, and a curved path for receiving said severed single tag as it is advanced by said breaking rollers, said curved path being formed by curved opposing holding guide members on opposite sides of the severed single tag for presenting a leading portion of said tag in a position exterior to said curved path for attachment to merchandise by a twist tie while temporarily holding the remaining portion of said severed single tag within said curved path between said opposing guide members in a manner for easy removal therefrom.