Patent ID: 6892920

Claim:
Apparatus for actuating a tag attaching tool of the type which dispenses plastic fasteners from a clip in response to the depression of a trigger, each of the fasteners having a T-bar, the fasteners being dispensed by severing the fastener from the clip and ejecting the T-bar from a hollow slotted needle, said apparatus comprising means for actuating the tool in two actuating stages, said first actuation stage severing the fastener from the clip and said second actuation stage ejecting the fastener from the needle, wherein said tool actuating means comprises first actuating means for severing the fastener from the clip during said first actuation stage and said second actuating means for ejecting the T-bar through said second actuation stage, further comprising means for operating said first and said second actuating means in sequence, an abutment aligned with the attacher trigger and wherein said first actuating means comprises means for advancing the tool toward said abutment, wherein said abutment is fixed and wherein said second actuating means comprises an extendable rod aligned with the tool trigger and further comprising means for operating said second actuating means to extend said rod, said operating means comprising a switch actuated by the tool as it is advanced toward said abutment.