Patent ID: 6929166

Claim:
A tag attaching device comprising a main body, a grip portion extending downwardly from said main body and a lever projecting in front of said grip and swingably supported by said main body with a resilience force, an internal mechanism for driving a piston portion in response to a movement of said lever and a hollow needle provided at a front portion of said main body in front of said piston portion, so that a tag fastening means is shot out in accordance with a movement of said lever, wherein said tag attaching device is provided with a tag holding means to tentatively hold a tag at a front of said main body and said tag holding means is displaceable between a tag holding position and a tag receiving position, and further wherein said tag holding means comprises a first arm and a second arm each being pivotably supported on a side surface of a front portion of said main body, and a front plate connecting said first and second arms and which is positioned in front of said front portion of said main body, said tag holding means being configured so that when said tag holding means is in said tag holding position, said tag is held between said front plate and said front portion of said main body so that said tag does not drop out.