Patent ID: 9199756
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A41H,B65C,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for dispensing a plastic fastener, the plastic fastener including a pair of cross-bars that are interconnected by at least one thin filament, the device comprising: (a) a first needle shaped to define a longitudinal bore; (b) a first ejector rod adapted to axially penetrate through the longitudinal bore in the first needle and eject one of the pair of cross-bars out therefrom; (c) a second needle shaped to define a longitudinal bore; and (d) a second ejector rod adapted to axially penetrate through the longitudinal bore in the second needle and eject the other of the pair of cross-bars out therefrom; (e) such that the first ejector rod and the second ejector rod are separate from one another and operate using independent ejection mechanisms and the first and second ejector rods operate in an offset relationship.