CA1168197A - Cluster type tag pin assembly - Google Patents
Cluster type tag pin assemblyInfo
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- CA1168197A CA1168197A CA000375220A CA375220A CA1168197A CA 1168197 A CA1168197 A CA 1168197A CA 000375220 A CA000375220 A CA 000375220A CA 375220 A CA375220 A CA 375220A CA 1168197 A CA1168197 A CA 1168197A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
- G09F3/12—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by pins, staples, or the like
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
- G09F3/14—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by strings, straps, chains, or wires
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
- Y10S206/82—Separable, striplike plural articles
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
- Y10T24/46—Pin or separate essential cooperating device therefor
- Y10T24/4691—Penetrating portion includes relatively movable structure for resisting extraction
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSRUE
Disclosed is a cluster type tag pin assembly having a multiplicity of tag pins adapted for use in securing price tags or the like to sold goods. The tag pin assembly includes a large number of tag pins each having a head portion, a cross bar and a filament portion through which the cross bar is connected to the head portion. Each side surface of the cross bar of each tag pin is formed at the central portion thereof with an expanded portion, and expanded protions of each adjacent cross bars are mutually joined.
Disclosed is a cluster type tag pin assembly having a multiplicity of tag pins adapted for use in securing price tags or the like to sold goods. The tag pin assembly includes a large number of tag pins each having a head portion, a cross bar and a filament portion through which the cross bar is connected to the head portion. Each side surface of the cross bar of each tag pin is formed at the central portion thereof with an expanded portion, and expanded protions of each adjacent cross bars are mutually joined.
Description
8~7 CI.USTER TYPE TA~; PIN ASSL'MBLY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention xelates to a cluster type tag pin assembly and~ more pa.rticularly, to a cluster Stype tag pin asse~ly in which tag pins are arranged ~ ~
on a connecting bax in contact with adjacent ones at least a~
the side sur~aces of the cross bars.
, Ta~ pins are used widely Eox securing price cards : or labels to goods to be sold. The known tag pin is constituted by a head portion 1, cross ~ar 2 and a filament portion 3 interconnecti}lg the heaa 1 and the cross ~ar 2, as will ~e understood from Fig. 1. General:iy, ~he tag pin has a ver~
small size. Fox instance, the diameter`~nd length o~ the.
cxoss bar are 0,8 to 1.O mm and 8 t~ 10 mm, respec~iv~ly. The width, height and the thickness ~f the head por~ion are 8 t~
10 mm, 3 to 5 mm and O ~ 7 to 1.O mm, respectively~ The le~gth o~ the filament p~rtion differs depending on the uses but usually ranges between 7 mm and 125 mm a~ter the elonga~ion The minimum diameter-o* the fila~ent portion after the . .
elongation is 0.3 to 0.4 m~. These tag pins generally have a weight per pin between about 0~04 and 0 and are thus very ~ine in thickness.
Due to reasons concerning the productio~, packing, _ transpor~a~ion and attaching to ~oods, 25 t~ 50 pieces o~
~ag pins are assembled in a single group ana are connected ~L~68~
through connecting necks ~ to a common connecting bar 5 at a right angle to the latter to form a tag pin assembly P.
~his tag pin assembly P is formed unitarily from a thermoplastic resin such as nylon, polypropylene and the like of which molecules can comparatively easily undergo reorientation.
In ordinary tag pin assembly, the diameter of the cross bar 2 and the thickness of the head portion are about 1 mm, respectively, due to reasons concerning the fabrication of the mold, The cross bars 2 are arranged on the connecting bar 5 at a pitch of about 2 mm. This means that the distance between the cross bars of adjacent tag pins and the distance between the head portions o~ the adjacent tag pins are about 1 mm. In the tag pin assembl~ P having a multiplicity of tag pins p arranged at intervals, it is often experienced that the assemhlies are entangled with each other with the head portions of one assembly jammed in the row of head portions of the other assembly or caught between the cross bars of the other assembly, during the packing or transportation of the assemblies.
The filament portion 3 of the tag pin assembly is usually drawn so that the minimum diameter is as small as about 0.35 to 0.~ mm. Thus, the filament portion is ~ery thin and delicate. Therefore, if the tag pin assemblies are entangled with each other, a troublesome work is required to loosen and release the entangling.
Further, with such tag pin assemblies in which ~6~
indivldual tag pins are arranged at relatively large intervals, evcn if an entanylement does not occur among -tag pin assemblies, it often occurs even in a single tag pin assembly that head portions become out of an orderly arrangernent and/or intertwined.
Particularly, with a tag pin assembly in which a great number of tag pins are arranged at relatively large intervals on a relatively long connecting bar, for example the connecting bar may be bent, and then crossbars of adjacent individual tag pins do not undergo contacting with each other, whereby the tag pin assembly is as a whole in a condition of being bent with ease. To avoid easy bending of the tag pin assembly, it is indispensable to make the connecting bar having a great thickness.
Therefore, in loading in an attachment device such a tag pin assembly of which individual pins are coarsely arranged and in applying tag pins one by one through merchandise, it occurs each time when the attachment device is operated that the tag pin assembly is as a whole caused to swing back and forth as shown in Fig. 2, or it tends to occur that tag pins of the assembly are permitted to move individually independently, whereby various difficul-ties are encountered: The attachment device cannot be operated at a desirable high efficiency. The tag pin is wrongly driven to have merchandise hooked by the same, whereby the merchandise, for example a fabric product made of a fine ~6~
fiber yarns, is permitted to ~ndergo damages such as yarn cut, fray, tear and/or the like.
Further, to provide large intervals between each adjacent tag pins as before mentioned means that the number is accordingly limited of tag pins which can be formed on connecting bars of a constant length.
For instance, assuming here that the pitch of the cross bar 2 is 2 mm, only S0 pieces of tag pins can be mounted on a single connecting rod having a length of 100 mm.
Therefore, in the tag pin assembly having a large pitch of tag pins, it is necessary to employ a mold of a large size in order to produce a tag pin assembly having a given number of tag pins. The aforementioned problems of entanglement occurs in addition to this inconvenience.
lS In order to overcome the problem of entanglement, it has been proposed to connect the heads of the tag pins by means of connecting string. This connecting string is stretched when the tag pin driven into the goods is severed and remains on the surface of the head portion of the tag pin in the form of a "whisker"-like projection.
For instance, in ~e case of a tag pin made of nylon, the connecting string is stretched to have a length which is 4 ; to 5 times as large as the original length before it is broken.
In consequence, "whisker" of considerable length remains on the surface of the head portion of the tag pin.
Tag pins are used for attaching price tags to various kinds of goods. In the case of goods woven from fine yarns, the ~.6~
"whis~er" hitches on the yarns to cause a cutting or ~xay o~
yarn.
The conven-tional tag pin asseT~ly having, for example, 50 tac~ pins arranged at 2 n~ pitch on a connecting bar o~ 100 mm long is rocked or swung as illustrated in Fig. 2 when it is loaded in an attac~nent device not only to - aeteriorate the efficiency o-E operation of the attacllmen~
device but also to cause the cutting or fray o yarns of the ~oods as stated above.
Thus, in the priox art, the pro~lem o~ entanglement of tac3 pins is avoidea by the use of a.connectin~ string - `
intexconnecting the head portions~- The use of the conn~ctins .
string, however, imposes a new problem o~ generation o Dwhisker" due to elongatiGn of the connectin~ string, xPsulting in a breakage of the goods. In addition, there still is a demand for a large-si~e mold ~or ~shaping the tag pin assembly SUM~ OE` THE I~VENTION
Under these circumstances, the pxesent inven~on aims as its major object to ovexcome the problem~s o conventional tag pin asseT~ly, such as entangleTnent, necessity for large-size mold and so forth.
It is a first object of the invention to prov~de a cluster type tag pin assembly ~Thich ~oes not make a large swinging or roc~incj motion when it i~ loadec~ in an attachm~t device for the dri~in~ of each piece of tag p;n ~o the c~oods to ensure a higher efficiency of ~pera~ion ~nd ~o ~, .
~8~t7 avoid the damaging of goods attributable -to hitching of -tag pin Oll the goods.
It is a secondobject of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly having a large number of tag pins per unit length of the connecting bar to make it possible to produce a tag pin assembly having a large number of tag pins with a mold having a comparatively small siæe.
It is a third object of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly of which in applying the member tag pins to merchandise, the tag pins are separated at their joint portions by shearing force, which does not form any "whisker" on the surface of the head of tag pins and which is free from the problems such as mutual entanglement of tag pins or disorder of array of tag pins.
It is a fourth object of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly which can be produced at a low cost per tag pin and which permits a successive use of a large number of tag pins.
To these ends, according to the invention, there is provided a cluster type tag pin assembly including.a multiplicity of tag pins each having a head portion, a cross bar and a filament interconnecting the head portion and cross bar, the tag pin assembly being formed integrally from a plastic in such a state that the adjacent tag pins are joined to each other at least at expanded portions of 8~7 the central portions of side surfaces of the cross bars thereof.
BRIEF DFSCRIPTION OF THE DRAIWNGS
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a conventional tag pin assembly;
Fig. 2 is an illustration of a conventional elongated tag pin assemblyin the state of use;
Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention;
Fig~ 4 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 3;
Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevational views of filament before drawing;
Fig. 7 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow A-A in Fig. 3;
Fig. 8 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow B-B in Fig. 3;
Fig. 9 shows a modified example of joint portions of crossbars shown in Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 is a front elevational view of the first embodiment with cross bars having a polygonal or rectnagular cross-section;
Fig. 11 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention;
Fiy. 12 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 10;
Fig. 13 i5 a view taken in the direction of the arrow A'-A' in Fig. ]l;
Fig~ 14 is a view taken in the directin of the arrow B ' -B ' of Fig. 11;
Fig. 15 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 16 is an illustration showing the state of curvature of array of cross bar of this embodiment;
Fig. 17 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention in which a group of tag pins having separated head portions and a group of tag pins having joined head portions are arranged alter-natingly;
Figs. 18, 19 and 20 are plan views of head portions of tag pin assemblies constructecl in accordance with a fifth, sixth and seventh embodiments of the invention, respectively;
Fig. 21 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 22 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 21;
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Fig. 23 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accsrdance with a ninth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 24 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 23;
Fig. 25 is a side elevational view of head portion of a tag pin in a tag pin assembly constructed in accord-ance with a tenth emboaiment of the invention; and Figs. 26A to 26F are side elevational views showin~
the head portions of tag pins in accordance with eleventh to sixteen~h embodiments, respectively~
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Pxeferred embodirnents Gf the invention will be described hereinunder with re~erence to the accompanying dxawings.
- Referriny first to Figs.3 and 4 which are a front elevational view and a side elevational view respectively of a tag pin assembly of the first embodiment, a tag pin assembly P has a multiplicity of tag pins p each of which has a head portion 1, cross bar 2 and a filament portion 3 interconnecting the head portion 1 and the cross bar 2.
The tag pins are connected through connecting necks 4 to a connecting bar 5 at a right angle to the latter. Each tag pin assembly can include 25 to 50 tag pins and, in some cases, 100 tag pins connected to the connecting bar. The tag pin assembly is formed integrally from a plastic such as nylon, polypropylene or the like.
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I,inear synthetic polymers such as nylon, polypropylene and so forth are in a crystalline state under ordinary molding conditions. A shaped product, e.g. the filament portion of the tag pin, can be drawn in a hot or cold state so that the cross-sectional area of the filament is gradually decreased to increase the length and, accompanyin~
thereto, increase the strength.
The present inventor has carefully examined such relationship between the condition for molding such iinear synthetic polymers and the condition for stretching and, as a result thereof, has dlscovered that certain specific tag pins are obtainable through cold molding.
The tag pin shaped by a mold of a temperature a~ound 20 C or cooled down to a lower temperature has an amorphous nature. The filament portion of this tag pin can be easily drawn at the room temperature. This characteristic of amorphous nature can effectively be used in the tag pin of the invention. Namely, when each tag pin is driven by an attachment device, the filament portion can be drawn ~o a suitable length. More specifically, when it is desired to penetrate the goods of a considerable thickness, e.g. a plurality of sheets of handkerchieves, plurality of pairs of socks and so forth, the filament portion is drawn by the _ 25 -action of a lever of the a-ttachment device to have a length large enough to penetrate these goods thereby to ~irmly hold the latter.
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The filament portion 3 oE a tag pin blank in the state before the drawing can have a tapered shape as shown in Fig. 5 or a shape with no taper as shown in Fig. 6.
In the tag pin ass~mbly of the first embodiment, as shown in Fiys. 3 and 4, the side surfaces of the head portion is expanded at its central portion to form an expanded portion la. The expanded portion la opposes to the expanded portion la of head portion of adjacent tag pin, and the opposing expanded portions la are joined to each other at their ends lb. In order to form the expanded portion la, the side surface of the head portion 1 is gradually thinned toward its marginal edge. In this first ` embodiment, the expanded portion la has a pyramidal shape with hexagonal cross-section as will be seen from Fiy. 4.
This~ however, is not exclusive, and the expanded portion la can hav~ pyramidal shape having other cross-sectional shape such as a triangular, square or circular cross-section. Further alternatively, sides of the head portion may comprise a virtually 1at shape and have expanded portions formed only about their center portionsO
Between the adjacent head portions l having the expanded portions la, formed is a V-shaped small gap 6 as will be seen from Fig. 7 which is a view taken in the direction of the arrow A-A in Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a view taken in the direc-tion of arrow B-B in Fig. 3 and shows the cross bar 2. The cross bar 2 has such a side elevation as to have a thickness or width greatest at the lengthwise mid point and reduced toward both ends. The central portion of the cross bar having the greatest width constitutes a joint portion 7. Namely, adjacent cross bars 2, 2' are joined at their joint poxtions 7 with V-shaped small ~aps 6', 6' formed therebetween. Alternatively, it may be ~evised that as shown in Fig. 9, cross bars 2 and 2' have a substantially constant thickness in a side view thereo~, except that expanded portions are ~ormed in the vicinity of the central portion thereof.
Thus, the first embodiment of the invention is characterized in that adjacent tag pins are joinecl to each other at their head portions and cross barsv Consequently~ a plurality of tag pins are arrayed in cgood order as if they formed ~ sheet.
The joint portions lb and 7 of head portion 1 and c~oss~ar 2 have such a power of connection which is great enough to always maintain adjacent tag pins in a joinea-together state in noxmal conditions but small enough to allow the tag pins to be severed and separated when the~ are dxiven by an attachment device throuc3h an item o~
merchandise and when a shearing force is then acte~ upon the expanded portion in the joined together state, through ~he operation of the attachment c~evice.
In the ~ormation of the mold for producing the ~~ ~ag pin assembly or the flrst embod;ment, the formation of walls ~o preserve the V-shaped small gaps 6, 6' has a considerable technical significance.
In ordinary tag pin~,the head portion and cross bar have a length of about 9 mm. The thickness of the head portion and diameter of the cross bar are about 0.8 to 1.0 mm.
The wall of the mold for forming the V-shaped small gap has a minimum thickness of about O.04 mm and maximum thickness of about 0.2 to 0.3 mm. It will be seen that the mold is formed to have walls which are as keen as a knife edge.
In the case of nylon 66, the joint portion 7 of the cross bar 2 can be broken without substantial drawing if the jointing area is selected to be about O.6 x O.4 mm. The joint portion should be designed and formed taking this point into account.
Although the cross bar 2 is shown in Fig. 3 to have a circular cross-section, it can have a polygonal cross-section as shown in Fig. 10. As in the case of the cross bar ~0 shown in Fig. 3, the cross bar shown in Fig. 10 has the greatest width at its longitudinal mid portion and the width is gradually decreased toward both ends. The central portion having the greatest width constitutes a joint portion 7 at which adjacent cross bars are connected to each other.
As has been described, in the first embodiment of the invention, a joint portion is formed at a portion of each of the head portion and cross bar~ and adjacen~
tag pins are joined at these joint portions. These joint portions are formed as contact point between opposing expanded portions of adjacent head portions or cxoss bars so that the : 5 joint area is separated easily and minimized to avoid formation of "whisker" when a tag pin is separated from the remaider tag pins formed by a shearing force.
Further, in the first embodiment of the inven~ion _ the cluster type tag pin assembly is formed in the form o head p~rtions and cross bars being respectively j~ined to adjacent head portions and crossbars, through central expanded portions, and thus the tag pin assembly as a whole behaves as if it is a.sheet so.that the undesirable : entanglementof a plurality of tag pin asse~blies, as lS . well as disorder of array of tag pins is completely avoided.
Also in the assembly of the first embodiment, tag pins are so densely arranged that when the assembly . mounted in an attachment de~ice tends to bend, adjacent crossbars can undergo contact to effectively suppress otherwise likely swinging of the assembly, whereby not only an overall handling can be greatly facilitated but also the risk of damaging mechanidise can be checked.
; Tag pins are mutually connected at a sufficiently great power of connection and in as small an area of connectin~ as possible, so that they can be free of break ~ at their joining portions during packing and/or transportation - 14 - .
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8~7 thereof. Also~ when they are applied by an attacher to merchandise, a shearing force is acted upon the joining portions to cause -tag pins severed from one another, therefore there lies no fear of formation of a "whisker"-like projection and of causing yarn breakage in applying tag pins to fiber-made goods.
Figs. ll, 12, 13 and 14 show a second embodiment of the invention, in which the head portion 1 has a flat shape and provided with no joint portion. Namely, as will be seen from Fig. ll and Fig. 13 (view taken in the direction of arrow A A of Fig. 11), the head portions 1 of adjacent tag pins in the assembly are separated from each other.
On the other hand, as in the case of the first embodiment, the cross bar has such a shape that the width is greatest at the longitudinal mid portion and gradually reduced toward both ends, the central portion having the greatest width constituting a joint portion 7 at which adjacent cross bars 2 are joined as shown in Fig. ll and Fig. 14 (view taken in the direction of arrow B-B of Fig~ 11).
The gap Q between adjacent head portions is selected to be sufficiently small with respect to the thickness t of the head portion 1. More specifically, the thickness t of the head portion is usually 0.7 to 1.0 mm~ while the gap Q is usually 0.2 to 0.7 mm, preferably 0.2 to 0.5 mm and more preferably 0.2 to 0.3 mm. By selecting the gap Q sufficiently small as compared with the thickness t of -the head portion, t~he head portions are held substantially in contac-t with each other.
In the tag lpin assernbly of the second embodiment, -tag pins are arrayed and held as if they form a sheet, 5 partly because adjacent tag pins are joined at the -joint portions 7 of the cross bars 2 and partly because the gap Q between head portions of aajacent tag pins is selected to be sufficiently small as compared with the thickness t of the head portion . Therefore ~ the gag pin assembly of 10 the second ernbodiment can be handled easil~ without any entanglement with other tag pin assernbles arld disorder of array of tag pins in each assembly. When tag pins are driven through merchandise, the joint portion or joinin~
portion is broken by shearing force, and a "whisker"-like 15 projection can b~ prevented from being formed.
Fig. 15 shows a tag pin assernbl~ of ~he third elTbodiment of the inventiorl in which, as in the case of the fîrst embodiment, the head portion 1 and cross bar 2 are expande~ at thei r mid E~ortions in each tag pin to proYide 20 joint portions lb and 7 at which adjacent tag pins are joined~ In this embodiment, however, the connectîng neck 4 and the connectirlg bar 5 are omitted. This third ernbodiment is based upon the following idea~
In the first embodiment of the invention sho~n in 25 Fig. 3, the joint portion 7 is formed at a mid portion oE
-- - the cross bar 2 of each tag pin, and V-shaped small gaps ~9 - 1 6 - ~ .
6, 6' are formed between heads of adjacent tag pins and between cross bars of the same. Therefore, when the connecting bar 5 is bent, the assembly of the cross bars
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention xelates to a cluster type tag pin assembly and~ more pa.rticularly, to a cluster Stype tag pin asse~ly in which tag pins are arranged ~ ~
on a connecting bax in contact with adjacent ones at least a~
the side sur~aces of the cross bars.
, Ta~ pins are used widely Eox securing price cards : or labels to goods to be sold. The known tag pin is constituted by a head portion 1, cross ~ar 2 and a filament portion 3 interconnecti}lg the heaa 1 and the cross ~ar 2, as will ~e understood from Fig. 1. General:iy, ~he tag pin has a ver~
small size. Fox instance, the diameter`~nd length o~ the.
cxoss bar are 0,8 to 1.O mm and 8 t~ 10 mm, respec~iv~ly. The width, height and the thickness ~f the head por~ion are 8 t~
10 mm, 3 to 5 mm and O ~ 7 to 1.O mm, respectively~ The le~gth o~ the filament p~rtion differs depending on the uses but usually ranges between 7 mm and 125 mm a~ter the elonga~ion The minimum diameter-o* the fila~ent portion after the . .
elongation is 0.3 to 0.4 m~. These tag pins generally have a weight per pin between about 0~04 and 0 and are thus very ~ine in thickness.
Due to reasons concerning the productio~, packing, _ transpor~a~ion and attaching to ~oods, 25 t~ 50 pieces o~
~ag pins are assembled in a single group ana are connected ~L~68~
through connecting necks ~ to a common connecting bar 5 at a right angle to the latter to form a tag pin assembly P.
~his tag pin assembly P is formed unitarily from a thermoplastic resin such as nylon, polypropylene and the like of which molecules can comparatively easily undergo reorientation.
In ordinary tag pin assembly, the diameter of the cross bar 2 and the thickness of the head portion are about 1 mm, respectively, due to reasons concerning the fabrication of the mold, The cross bars 2 are arranged on the connecting bar 5 at a pitch of about 2 mm. This means that the distance between the cross bars of adjacent tag pins and the distance between the head portions o~ the adjacent tag pins are about 1 mm. In the tag pin assembl~ P having a multiplicity of tag pins p arranged at intervals, it is often experienced that the assemhlies are entangled with each other with the head portions of one assembly jammed in the row of head portions of the other assembly or caught between the cross bars of the other assembly, during the packing or transportation of the assemblies.
The filament portion 3 of the tag pin assembly is usually drawn so that the minimum diameter is as small as about 0.35 to 0.~ mm. Thus, the filament portion is ~ery thin and delicate. Therefore, if the tag pin assemblies are entangled with each other, a troublesome work is required to loosen and release the entangling.
Further, with such tag pin assemblies in which ~6~
indivldual tag pins are arranged at relatively large intervals, evcn if an entanylement does not occur among -tag pin assemblies, it often occurs even in a single tag pin assembly that head portions become out of an orderly arrangernent and/or intertwined.
Particularly, with a tag pin assembly in which a great number of tag pins are arranged at relatively large intervals on a relatively long connecting bar, for example the connecting bar may be bent, and then crossbars of adjacent individual tag pins do not undergo contacting with each other, whereby the tag pin assembly is as a whole in a condition of being bent with ease. To avoid easy bending of the tag pin assembly, it is indispensable to make the connecting bar having a great thickness.
Therefore, in loading in an attachment device such a tag pin assembly of which individual pins are coarsely arranged and in applying tag pins one by one through merchandise, it occurs each time when the attachment device is operated that the tag pin assembly is as a whole caused to swing back and forth as shown in Fig. 2, or it tends to occur that tag pins of the assembly are permitted to move individually independently, whereby various difficul-ties are encountered: The attachment device cannot be operated at a desirable high efficiency. The tag pin is wrongly driven to have merchandise hooked by the same, whereby the merchandise, for example a fabric product made of a fine ~6~
fiber yarns, is permitted to ~ndergo damages such as yarn cut, fray, tear and/or the like.
Further, to provide large intervals between each adjacent tag pins as before mentioned means that the number is accordingly limited of tag pins which can be formed on connecting bars of a constant length.
For instance, assuming here that the pitch of the cross bar 2 is 2 mm, only S0 pieces of tag pins can be mounted on a single connecting rod having a length of 100 mm.
Therefore, in the tag pin assembly having a large pitch of tag pins, it is necessary to employ a mold of a large size in order to produce a tag pin assembly having a given number of tag pins. The aforementioned problems of entanglement occurs in addition to this inconvenience.
lS In order to overcome the problem of entanglement, it has been proposed to connect the heads of the tag pins by means of connecting string. This connecting string is stretched when the tag pin driven into the goods is severed and remains on the surface of the head portion of the tag pin in the form of a "whisker"-like projection.
For instance, in ~e case of a tag pin made of nylon, the connecting string is stretched to have a length which is 4 ; to 5 times as large as the original length before it is broken.
In consequence, "whisker" of considerable length remains on the surface of the head portion of the tag pin.
Tag pins are used for attaching price tags to various kinds of goods. In the case of goods woven from fine yarns, the ~.6~
"whis~er" hitches on the yarns to cause a cutting or ~xay o~
yarn.
The conven-tional tag pin asseT~ly having, for example, 50 tac~ pins arranged at 2 n~ pitch on a connecting bar o~ 100 mm long is rocked or swung as illustrated in Fig. 2 when it is loaded in an attac~nent device not only to - aeteriorate the efficiency o-E operation of the attacllmen~
device but also to cause the cutting or fray o yarns of the ~oods as stated above.
Thus, in the priox art, the pro~lem o~ entanglement of tac3 pins is avoidea by the use of a.connectin~ string - `
intexconnecting the head portions~- The use of the conn~ctins .
string, however, imposes a new problem o~ generation o Dwhisker" due to elongatiGn of the connectin~ string, xPsulting in a breakage of the goods. In addition, there still is a demand for a large-si~e mold ~or ~shaping the tag pin assembly SUM~ OE` THE I~VENTION
Under these circumstances, the pxesent inven~on aims as its major object to ovexcome the problem~s o conventional tag pin asseT~ly, such as entangleTnent, necessity for large-size mold and so forth.
It is a first object of the invention to prov~de a cluster type tag pin assembly ~Thich ~oes not make a large swinging or roc~incj motion when it i~ loadec~ in an attachm~t device for the dri~in~ of each piece of tag p;n ~o the c~oods to ensure a higher efficiency of ~pera~ion ~nd ~o ~, .
~8~t7 avoid the damaging of goods attributable -to hitching of -tag pin Oll the goods.
It is a secondobject of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly having a large number of tag pins per unit length of the connecting bar to make it possible to produce a tag pin assembly having a large number of tag pins with a mold having a comparatively small siæe.
It is a third object of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly of which in applying the member tag pins to merchandise, the tag pins are separated at their joint portions by shearing force, which does not form any "whisker" on the surface of the head of tag pins and which is free from the problems such as mutual entanglement of tag pins or disorder of array of tag pins.
It is a fourth object of the invention to provide a cluster type tag pin assembly which can be produced at a low cost per tag pin and which permits a successive use of a large number of tag pins.
To these ends, according to the invention, there is provided a cluster type tag pin assembly including.a multiplicity of tag pins each having a head portion, a cross bar and a filament interconnecting the head portion and cross bar, the tag pin assembly being formed integrally from a plastic in such a state that the adjacent tag pins are joined to each other at least at expanded portions of 8~7 the central portions of side surfaces of the cross bars thereof.
BRIEF DFSCRIPTION OF THE DRAIWNGS
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a conventional tag pin assembly;
Fig. 2 is an illustration of a conventional elongated tag pin assemblyin the state of use;
Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention;
Fig~ 4 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 3;
Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevational views of filament before drawing;
Fig. 7 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow A-A in Fig. 3;
Fig. 8 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow B-B in Fig. 3;
Fig. 9 shows a modified example of joint portions of crossbars shown in Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 is a front elevational view of the first embodiment with cross bars having a polygonal or rectnagular cross-section;
Fig. 11 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention;
Fiy. 12 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 10;
Fig. 13 i5 a view taken in the direction of the arrow A'-A' in Fig. ]l;
Fig~ 14 is a view taken in the directin of the arrow B ' -B ' of Fig. 11;
Fig. 15 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 16 is an illustration showing the state of curvature of array of cross bar of this embodiment;
Fig. 17 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention in which a group of tag pins having separated head portions and a group of tag pins having joined head portions are arranged alter-natingly;
Figs. 18, 19 and 20 are plan views of head portions of tag pin assemblies constructecl in accordance with a fifth, sixth and seventh embodiments of the invention, respectively;
Fig. 21 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 22 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 21;
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Fig. 23 is a front elevational view of a portion of a tag pin assembly constructed in accsrdance with a ninth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 24 is a side elevational view of the tag pin assembly shown in Fig. 23;
Fig. 25 is a side elevational view of head portion of a tag pin in a tag pin assembly constructed in accord-ance with a tenth emboaiment of the invention; and Figs. 26A to 26F are side elevational views showin~
the head portions of tag pins in accordance with eleventh to sixteen~h embodiments, respectively~
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Pxeferred embodirnents Gf the invention will be described hereinunder with re~erence to the accompanying dxawings.
- Referriny first to Figs.3 and 4 which are a front elevational view and a side elevational view respectively of a tag pin assembly of the first embodiment, a tag pin assembly P has a multiplicity of tag pins p each of which has a head portion 1, cross bar 2 and a filament portion 3 interconnecting the head portion 1 and the cross bar 2.
The tag pins are connected through connecting necks 4 to a connecting bar 5 at a right angle to the latter. Each tag pin assembly can include 25 to 50 tag pins and, in some cases, 100 tag pins connected to the connecting bar. The tag pin assembly is formed integrally from a plastic such as nylon, polypropylene or the like.
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I,inear synthetic polymers such as nylon, polypropylene and so forth are in a crystalline state under ordinary molding conditions. A shaped product, e.g. the filament portion of the tag pin, can be drawn in a hot or cold state so that the cross-sectional area of the filament is gradually decreased to increase the length and, accompanyin~
thereto, increase the strength.
The present inventor has carefully examined such relationship between the condition for molding such iinear synthetic polymers and the condition for stretching and, as a result thereof, has dlscovered that certain specific tag pins are obtainable through cold molding.
The tag pin shaped by a mold of a temperature a~ound 20 C or cooled down to a lower temperature has an amorphous nature. The filament portion of this tag pin can be easily drawn at the room temperature. This characteristic of amorphous nature can effectively be used in the tag pin of the invention. Namely, when each tag pin is driven by an attachment device, the filament portion can be drawn ~o a suitable length. More specifically, when it is desired to penetrate the goods of a considerable thickness, e.g. a plurality of sheets of handkerchieves, plurality of pairs of socks and so forth, the filament portion is drawn by the _ 25 -action of a lever of the a-ttachment device to have a length large enough to penetrate these goods thereby to ~irmly hold the latter.
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The filament portion 3 oE a tag pin blank in the state before the drawing can have a tapered shape as shown in Fig. 5 or a shape with no taper as shown in Fig. 6.
In the tag pin ass~mbly of the first embodiment, as shown in Fiys. 3 and 4, the side surfaces of the head portion is expanded at its central portion to form an expanded portion la. The expanded portion la opposes to the expanded portion la of head portion of adjacent tag pin, and the opposing expanded portions la are joined to each other at their ends lb. In order to form the expanded portion la, the side surface of the head portion 1 is gradually thinned toward its marginal edge. In this first ` embodiment, the expanded portion la has a pyramidal shape with hexagonal cross-section as will be seen from Fiy. 4.
This~ however, is not exclusive, and the expanded portion la can hav~ pyramidal shape having other cross-sectional shape such as a triangular, square or circular cross-section. Further alternatively, sides of the head portion may comprise a virtually 1at shape and have expanded portions formed only about their center portionsO
Between the adjacent head portions l having the expanded portions la, formed is a V-shaped small gap 6 as will be seen from Fig. 7 which is a view taken in the direction of the arrow A-A in Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a view taken in the direc-tion of arrow B-B in Fig. 3 and shows the cross bar 2. The cross bar 2 has such a side elevation as to have a thickness or width greatest at the lengthwise mid point and reduced toward both ends. The central portion of the cross bar having the greatest width constitutes a joint portion 7. Namely, adjacent cross bars 2, 2' are joined at their joint poxtions 7 with V-shaped small ~aps 6', 6' formed therebetween. Alternatively, it may be ~evised that as shown in Fig. 9, cross bars 2 and 2' have a substantially constant thickness in a side view thereo~, except that expanded portions are ~ormed in the vicinity of the central portion thereof.
Thus, the first embodiment of the invention is characterized in that adjacent tag pins are joinecl to each other at their head portions and cross barsv Consequently~ a plurality of tag pins are arrayed in cgood order as if they formed ~ sheet.
The joint portions lb and 7 of head portion 1 and c~oss~ar 2 have such a power of connection which is great enough to always maintain adjacent tag pins in a joinea-together state in noxmal conditions but small enough to allow the tag pins to be severed and separated when the~ are dxiven by an attachment device throuc3h an item o~
merchandise and when a shearing force is then acte~ upon the expanded portion in the joined together state, through ~he operation of the attachment c~evice.
In the ~ormation of the mold for producing the ~~ ~ag pin assembly or the flrst embod;ment, the formation of walls ~o preserve the V-shaped small gaps 6, 6' has a considerable technical significance.
In ordinary tag pin~,the head portion and cross bar have a length of about 9 mm. The thickness of the head portion and diameter of the cross bar are about 0.8 to 1.0 mm.
The wall of the mold for forming the V-shaped small gap has a minimum thickness of about O.04 mm and maximum thickness of about 0.2 to 0.3 mm. It will be seen that the mold is formed to have walls which are as keen as a knife edge.
In the case of nylon 66, the joint portion 7 of the cross bar 2 can be broken without substantial drawing if the jointing area is selected to be about O.6 x O.4 mm. The joint portion should be designed and formed taking this point into account.
Although the cross bar 2 is shown in Fig. 3 to have a circular cross-section, it can have a polygonal cross-section as shown in Fig. 10. As in the case of the cross bar ~0 shown in Fig. 3, the cross bar shown in Fig. 10 has the greatest width at its longitudinal mid portion and the width is gradually decreased toward both ends. The central portion having the greatest width constitutes a joint portion 7 at which adjacent cross bars are connected to each other.
As has been described, in the first embodiment of the invention, a joint portion is formed at a portion of each of the head portion and cross bar~ and adjacen~
tag pins are joined at these joint portions. These joint portions are formed as contact point between opposing expanded portions of adjacent head portions or cxoss bars so that the : 5 joint area is separated easily and minimized to avoid formation of "whisker" when a tag pin is separated from the remaider tag pins formed by a shearing force.
Further, in the first embodiment of the inven~ion _ the cluster type tag pin assembly is formed in the form o head p~rtions and cross bars being respectively j~ined to adjacent head portions and crossbars, through central expanded portions, and thus the tag pin assembly as a whole behaves as if it is a.sheet so.that the undesirable : entanglementof a plurality of tag pin asse~blies, as lS . well as disorder of array of tag pins is completely avoided.
Also in the assembly of the first embodiment, tag pins are so densely arranged that when the assembly . mounted in an attachment de~ice tends to bend, adjacent crossbars can undergo contact to effectively suppress otherwise likely swinging of the assembly, whereby not only an overall handling can be greatly facilitated but also the risk of damaging mechanidise can be checked.
; Tag pins are mutually connected at a sufficiently great power of connection and in as small an area of connectin~ as possible, so that they can be free of break ~ at their joining portions during packing and/or transportation - 14 - .
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8~7 thereof. Also~ when they are applied by an attacher to merchandise, a shearing force is acted upon the joining portions to cause -tag pins severed from one another, therefore there lies no fear of formation of a "whisker"-like projection and of causing yarn breakage in applying tag pins to fiber-made goods.
Figs. ll, 12, 13 and 14 show a second embodiment of the invention, in which the head portion 1 has a flat shape and provided with no joint portion. Namely, as will be seen from Fig. ll and Fig. 13 (view taken in the direction of arrow A A of Fig. 11), the head portions 1 of adjacent tag pins in the assembly are separated from each other.
On the other hand, as in the case of the first embodiment, the cross bar has such a shape that the width is greatest at the longitudinal mid portion and gradually reduced toward both ends, the central portion having the greatest width constituting a joint portion 7 at which adjacent cross bars 2 are joined as shown in Fig. ll and Fig. 14 (view taken in the direction of arrow B-B of Fig~ 11).
The gap Q between adjacent head portions is selected to be sufficiently small with respect to the thickness t of the head portion 1. More specifically, the thickness t of the head portion is usually 0.7 to 1.0 mm~ while the gap Q is usually 0.2 to 0.7 mm, preferably 0.2 to 0.5 mm and more preferably 0.2 to 0.3 mm. By selecting the gap Q sufficiently small as compared with the thickness t of -the head portion, t~he head portions are held substantially in contac-t with each other.
In the tag lpin assernbly of the second embodiment, -tag pins are arrayed and held as if they form a sheet, 5 partly because adjacent tag pins are joined at the -joint portions 7 of the cross bars 2 and partly because the gap Q between head portions of aajacent tag pins is selected to be sufficiently small as compared with the thickness t of the head portion . Therefore ~ the gag pin assembly of 10 the second ernbodiment can be handled easil~ without any entanglement with other tag pin assernbles arld disorder of array of tag pins in each assembly. When tag pins are driven through merchandise, the joint portion or joinin~
portion is broken by shearing force, and a "whisker"-like 15 projection can b~ prevented from being formed.
Fig. 15 shows a tag pin assernbl~ of ~he third elTbodiment of the inventiorl in which, as in the case of the fîrst embodiment, the head portion 1 and cross bar 2 are expande~ at thei r mid E~ortions in each tag pin to proYide 20 joint portions lb and 7 at which adjacent tag pins are joined~ In this embodiment, however, the connectîng neck 4 and the connectirlg bar 5 are omitted. This third ernbodiment is based upon the following idea~
In the first embodiment of the invention sho~n in 25 Fig. 3, the joint portion 7 is formed at a mid portion oE
-- - the cross bar 2 of each tag pin, and V-shaped small gaps ~9 - 1 6 - ~ .
6, 6' are formed between heads of adjacent tag pins and between cross bars of the same. Therefore, when the connecting bar 5 is bent, the assembly of the cross bars
2 is curved into an arcuate form having a radius R as shown in Fig. 16. ~Iowever, as a matter of fact, the assembly can hardly be bent at such a small curvature partly because the side surfaces of the cross bars do not tightly contact each other and partly because the cross bar has a diameter and a length of 0.8 to 1 mm and 8 to 10 mm, respectively. In addition, the resiliency of the connecting bar 5 itself prevents the assembly from being bent at such a small curvature.
Needless to say, the radius R shown in FigO 16 becomes comparatively large if the angles of the V-shaped gaps 6, 6' between adjacent cross hars 2 is selected to be small.
Thus, if the connecting bar 5 and the connecting necks 4 are omitted, it becomes possihle to bend the tag pin assembly in a manner shown in Fig. 16 and to prevent further deformation of the same.
~n the tag pin assembly o the third embodiment, the connecting necks 4 and the connecting bar 5, which have nothing to do with the attaching of price tag or the like, are omitted, while allowing the tag pins to be ; connected only at the joint portions lb and 7 on the head portion and cross bar. In consequence, the tag pin assembly as a whole is made quite compact and the plastic ..
~ ~i8~7 material is saved considerably~
In addition, since the head portions and cross bars of adjacen-t tag pins are join~d, the tag pi~s are arranged highly densely to provide a high degree of integration of tag pin assembly. For instance, it is possible to arran~e 100 pieces o~ tag pins in an assem~ly havi~g a leng~h o~
substantially 100 mm The andesirable entanglerrent of assemblies and disorder of array of ta~ pins in each assemb~y are completely avoided as inthe cases of the preceding embodiments.
FigD 17 shows a fourth embodimen~ of the invention in which a group Pl of tag pins in which the head portions are separated and a group P2 cf tag pins in which the head portions are joined are arranged alternatingly. This alternating arrangement of two groups Pl~ P2 is quite effectiYe in preventing the disorder of array of head portions of ta~
pins.
Namely, in the case where the head portions 1 of adjacent tag pins are joined as in the first embodimen~
(Fig 3) and third emb~diment (Fig. 15~ t the oscillation of the joined head portions is not so large provided that the filament portion 3 has a srnall length, so that the head portions move as a unit. However, if the f;lament portion
Needless to say, the radius R shown in FigO 16 becomes comparatively large if the angles of the V-shaped gaps 6, 6' between adjacent cross hars 2 is selected to be small.
Thus, if the connecting bar 5 and the connecting necks 4 are omitted, it becomes possihle to bend the tag pin assembly in a manner shown in Fig. 16 and to prevent further deformation of the same.
~n the tag pin assembly o the third embodiment, the connecting necks 4 and the connecting bar 5, which have nothing to do with the attaching of price tag or the like, are omitted, while allowing the tag pins to be ; connected only at the joint portions lb and 7 on the head portion and cross bar. In consequence, the tag pin assembly as a whole is made quite compact and the plastic ..
~ ~i8~7 material is saved considerably~
In addition, since the head portions and cross bars of adjacen-t tag pins are join~d, the tag pi~s are arranged highly densely to provide a high degree of integration of tag pin assembly. For instance, it is possible to arran~e 100 pieces o~ tag pins in an assem~ly havi~g a leng~h o~
substantially 100 mm The andesirable entanglerrent of assemblies and disorder of array of ta~ pins in each assemb~y are completely avoided as inthe cases of the preceding embodiments.
FigD 17 shows a fourth embodimen~ of the invention in which a group Pl of tag pins in which the head portions are separated and a group P2 cf tag pins in which the head portions are joined are arranged alternatingly. This alternating arrangement of two groups Pl~ P2 is quite effectiYe in preventing the disorder of array of head portions of ta~
pins.
Namely, in the case where the head portions 1 of adjacent tag pins are joined as in the first embodimen~
(Fig 3) and third emb~diment (Fig. 15~ t the oscillation of the joined head portions is not so large provided that the filament portion 3 has a srnall length, so that the head portions move as a unit. However, if the f;lament portion
3 has a substantial length and reduced diameter~ i~ can no more support the united head portions. In such a ~ase, the fiiament portions 3 is bent extremely.
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The movement of the head po~tions as a unit can be avoided by arranging two groups Pl and P2 f tag pins alternatingly in the manner shown in Fig. 17 As a xesult, an alt~gether motion of the plurality of head portions is effectively checked and the number of head portions which are to be born by the filament portion 3 is decreased, so that the undesirable bendin~ of the filament portion 3 a~d, hence the disorder of array of head portions 1, are ~oided even when the filament portion 3 is made long and thin.
In E'ig~ 17, further, between the thickness of the head portion and the distance between head poxtions o~
each adjacent tag pins in the case of group Pl Of head portions in the separated cond~ti~n there lies a same relationship as inthe above described second embodiment (Fig. 11), and the distance between head portions is maintained sufficiently small in comparison to the thickness of the head portion.
In the second and fourth embodiments of the invention, as shown in Fig. 11 the head portions are not joined and arrayed perpendicularly to the connecting bar 5 It is, however, possible to arrange the head portions at any desired angle to the connecting bar 5, i~e at an inclination to the line normal to the connecting bar The fifth to seventh embodiments described hereinunder ~5 are realized on the basis of this concept.
As will be seen from Fig. 18, in the tag pin , .
assembly of the fifth emhodiment, head portions 1 axe inclined at an angle ~ to the neutral line, i.eO the connecting bar, of the assem~ly as viewed in plan~ The adjacent cross bars are joined in a manner shown in ~ig. 8. At the same time, the distance between adjacent head portions 1 is selected to be suf~icien-tly small as compared with the thickness of the head portion 1 as in the case of the second embodiment shown in Fig. 11. By arran~ing the head portion.1 at such an inclination~ when two assemblie~
10 are brought together, the direction of gaps between head portions in the first assembly differs from the directioll of head portions in the other assembly, so that the entanglement : between two assemblies due to the catching of head poxtions in the gaps Ol the other assembly :is fairly avoided.
ln addition, when the head portions are moved ~rom the inclined position to the position shown by broken line, i.e. to the position 1' pe.rpendicular tothe neutral line C, the head portions l are superposed in mutual contact so that the entanylement of assemblies as well as the disor~er of array o~ heacl portions due to displacement of heads in each assembly, is eliminated. The disorder of array of head portions is prevented also when the connecting bar is bent.
Referring now to Fig. 19 showing the sixth embo-dimcnt, the head portion 1 has a boomerang-shapea plan and adjacent cross bars are connected to each other~ In - 2~
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addition, the relationship between the dis-tance Q between adjacent head portions and the thickness t of the head portion as specified in the second embodiment, i.e~ the relationship of t > Q applies also to this embodiment.
In this embodiment, since the head portion has a boomerang-shaped plan and since there is a relation e~pressed by t > Q, the head portion la, when it is forced to move laterally with respect to the neutral line C, comes to contact the head portion 1 andhead portion lb, so that the disorder of array o~ tag pins in each assembly is eliminated effectivel~.
Fig. 20 shows the seventh embodiment of the invention in which the head portion has such a winding plan as to include both end portion lc, ld perpendicular to the neutral axis C and a central portion le inclined to the neutral axis C. The adjacent tag pins are joined at the cross bars. The relationship of t > Q between the pitch Q and the thickness t of head portion applies also to this embodiment. In this embodiment, the displacement of the tag pin la laterally with respect to the neutral axis C is prevented because the bent point lf or lg contacts adjacent tag pins due to the ! -shaped winding planar form of the head portion and due to the relation t > Q.
Figs. 21 and 22 shows the eighth embodiment of the invention in which the head portion 1 and the cross bar 2 have an identical shape and are joined respectively i8~9~
to the head portion and cross bar of the adjacen-t tag pin.
In this embodiment, the amount of resin used in the formation is saved and the construction of the mold is simplified because the head portion is formed to have the same shape as the cross bar.
Figs. 23 and 24 show a ninth embodiment of the invention in which the connecting necks4 and the connecting bar 5 are omitted from the tag pin assembly of the eighth embodiment so that assembly as a whole has an H-shaped cross-section as shown in Fig. ~4. In this embodimént, the construction of the tag pin assembly is extremely simplified and compact to further save the resin material.
Also, the handling of the assembly is facilitated thanks to the simplified construction.
Hereinafter, a discussion will be made as to the shape of the head portion in tag pin assembly having separated head portions.
In the second and fourth embodiments, the arrangement of the tag pins are considered in front elevation and plan.
The side elevation of each tag pin, however, is also an important factor for preventing the entanglement of the head portions. Thus, the tag pin can have various shapes as viewed in side elevation~
In the tag pin of the tag pin assembly of, for example, the second embodiment shown in Fig. 12, the lower edge lh of the head 1 extends in parallel with the ~8~7 cross bar 2. This shape of the tag pin, however, makes it difficult -to release entangling head portions 1 from each other. This problem is overcome by forming the lower edge lh of the head 1 in a V-like shape, because such a shape of lower edge permits a sliding movement to facilitate release of entanglinghead portions. Fig. 25 shows a tenth embodiment in which the lower edge lh is formed to have a V-like shape. In other words, the lower edge gets remoter from the cross bar as it gets farther from the filament portion 3.
Figs. 26A to 26F show eleventh to ~ixteenth embodiments having different forms of the head portion.
More specifically, in the eleventh embodiment shown in Fig. 26A, the head portion 1 has a sector shape, while, in the twelfth embodiment shown in Fig. 26B, the head portion has a semicircular form. In the thirteenth embodiment shown in Fig. 26C, the head portion has a form resembling that of a cathode ray tuhe~
In fourteenth to sixteenth embodiments shown in Figs. 26D or 26F, the lower edge lh of the head portion 1 is gradually narrowed to approach the extension of the filament portion 3.
By adopting these side elevational shapes of the head portion with tapered lower edge, the head portions can be easily released even when they are entangled with each other.
~ s has been described, according to -the invention, there is provided a cluster type tag pin assembly having a multiplicity of tag pins each having a head portion and a cross bar interconnected by a filament portion, wherein the ~djacent tag pins are joined at least at their cross bars.
Therefore, according to the invention, it is possible to obtain a high degree of integration of tag pins such that cross bars of tag pins form a sheet or plate.
In consequence, the filament portions of tag pillS are arrayed in the form of a flat sheet so that head portions are arrayed in good order even if the head portions are formed in the separated state.
In the conventional tag pin assembly, the assembly is largely deflected and rocked when treated in an attachment device as shown in Fig. 2, so that the efficiency of operation of the attachment devicé is lowered impractically.
In addition, there is a fear that a part of the tag pin is caught by woven goods to cause a cutting or fray of the yarn. These problems are completely avoided in the tag pin assembly of the invention.
The tag pin assembly of the invention is suitable for mass production and conveniently used in the attaching of a large number of tags in a short time, because each assembly can contain tag pins of a number which is twice or more as large as that carried by the conventional tag pin assembly having an equal length.
In addition, since tag pins are arrayed without substantial gap, the undesirable entanglement and o-ther problems are avoided -to permit an easier handling in packing and transportation.
In the concentional tag pin assembly, head por-tions are connected by short connecting strings which are torn, when the tag pins are severed, to leave a projection like "whisker" which seriously damages the goods. This problem is completely overcome by the present invention because the joint portion on the cross bar is constituted at least by expanded portion onthe side face of the cross bar as shown in Fig, 11 so that no "whisker" is formed when the tag pin piece is severed from the assembly.
Furthermore, since tag pins are arranged at a high density to reduce the size of the tag pin assembly as a whole,`the size of the mold for forming the assembly is reduced c,orrespondingly to ensure a good flow of molten ~e~c~
B resin to ~e~ the rate of production of unacceptable products.
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The movement of the head po~tions as a unit can be avoided by arranging two groups Pl and P2 f tag pins alternatingly in the manner shown in Fig. 17 As a xesult, an alt~gether motion of the plurality of head portions is effectively checked and the number of head portions which are to be born by the filament portion 3 is decreased, so that the undesirable bendin~ of the filament portion 3 a~d, hence the disorder of array of head portions 1, are ~oided even when the filament portion 3 is made long and thin.
In E'ig~ 17, further, between the thickness of the head portion and the distance between head poxtions o~
each adjacent tag pins in the case of group Pl Of head portions in the separated cond~ti~n there lies a same relationship as inthe above described second embodiment (Fig. 11), and the distance between head portions is maintained sufficiently small in comparison to the thickness of the head portion.
In the second and fourth embodiments of the invention, as shown in Fig. 11 the head portions are not joined and arrayed perpendicularly to the connecting bar 5 It is, however, possible to arrange the head portions at any desired angle to the connecting bar 5, i~e at an inclination to the line normal to the connecting bar The fifth to seventh embodiments described hereinunder ~5 are realized on the basis of this concept.
As will be seen from Fig. 18, in the tag pin , .
assembly of the fifth emhodiment, head portions 1 axe inclined at an angle ~ to the neutral line, i.eO the connecting bar, of the assem~ly as viewed in plan~ The adjacent cross bars are joined in a manner shown in ~ig. 8. At the same time, the distance between adjacent head portions 1 is selected to be suf~icien-tly small as compared with the thickness of the head portion 1 as in the case of the second embodiment shown in Fig. 11. By arran~ing the head portion.1 at such an inclination~ when two assemblie~
10 are brought together, the direction of gaps between head portions in the first assembly differs from the directioll of head portions in the other assembly, so that the entanglement : between two assemblies due to the catching of head poxtions in the gaps Ol the other assembly :is fairly avoided.
ln addition, when the head portions are moved ~rom the inclined position to the position shown by broken line, i.e. to the position 1' pe.rpendicular tothe neutral line C, the head portions l are superposed in mutual contact so that the entanylement of assemblies as well as the disor~er of array o~ heacl portions due to displacement of heads in each assembly, is eliminated. The disorder of array of head portions is prevented also when the connecting bar is bent.
Referring now to Fig. 19 showing the sixth embo-dimcnt, the head portion 1 has a boomerang-shapea plan and adjacent cross bars are connected to each other~ In - 2~
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addition, the relationship between the dis-tance Q between adjacent head portions and the thickness t of the head portion as specified in the second embodiment, i.e~ the relationship of t > Q applies also to this embodiment.
In this embodiment, since the head portion has a boomerang-shaped plan and since there is a relation e~pressed by t > Q, the head portion la, when it is forced to move laterally with respect to the neutral line C, comes to contact the head portion 1 andhead portion lb, so that the disorder of array o~ tag pins in each assembly is eliminated effectivel~.
Fig. 20 shows the seventh embodiment of the invention in which the head portion has such a winding plan as to include both end portion lc, ld perpendicular to the neutral axis C and a central portion le inclined to the neutral axis C. The adjacent tag pins are joined at the cross bars. The relationship of t > Q between the pitch Q and the thickness t of head portion applies also to this embodiment. In this embodiment, the displacement of the tag pin la laterally with respect to the neutral axis C is prevented because the bent point lf or lg contacts adjacent tag pins due to the ! -shaped winding planar form of the head portion and due to the relation t > Q.
Figs. 21 and 22 shows the eighth embodiment of the invention in which the head portion 1 and the cross bar 2 have an identical shape and are joined respectively i8~9~
to the head portion and cross bar of the adjacen-t tag pin.
In this embodiment, the amount of resin used in the formation is saved and the construction of the mold is simplified because the head portion is formed to have the same shape as the cross bar.
Figs. 23 and 24 show a ninth embodiment of the invention in which the connecting necks4 and the connecting bar 5 are omitted from the tag pin assembly of the eighth embodiment so that assembly as a whole has an H-shaped cross-section as shown in Fig. ~4. In this embodimént, the construction of the tag pin assembly is extremely simplified and compact to further save the resin material.
Also, the handling of the assembly is facilitated thanks to the simplified construction.
Hereinafter, a discussion will be made as to the shape of the head portion in tag pin assembly having separated head portions.
In the second and fourth embodiments, the arrangement of the tag pins are considered in front elevation and plan.
The side elevation of each tag pin, however, is also an important factor for preventing the entanglement of the head portions. Thus, the tag pin can have various shapes as viewed in side elevation~
In the tag pin of the tag pin assembly of, for example, the second embodiment shown in Fig. 12, the lower edge lh of the head 1 extends in parallel with the ~8~7 cross bar 2. This shape of the tag pin, however, makes it difficult -to release entangling head portions 1 from each other. This problem is overcome by forming the lower edge lh of the head 1 in a V-like shape, because such a shape of lower edge permits a sliding movement to facilitate release of entanglinghead portions. Fig. 25 shows a tenth embodiment in which the lower edge lh is formed to have a V-like shape. In other words, the lower edge gets remoter from the cross bar as it gets farther from the filament portion 3.
Figs. 26A to 26F show eleventh to ~ixteenth embodiments having different forms of the head portion.
More specifically, in the eleventh embodiment shown in Fig. 26A, the head portion 1 has a sector shape, while, in the twelfth embodiment shown in Fig. 26B, the head portion has a semicircular form. In the thirteenth embodiment shown in Fig. 26C, the head portion has a form resembling that of a cathode ray tuhe~
In fourteenth to sixteenth embodiments shown in Figs. 26D or 26F, the lower edge lh of the head portion 1 is gradually narrowed to approach the extension of the filament portion 3.
By adopting these side elevational shapes of the head portion with tapered lower edge, the head portions can be easily released even when they are entangled with each other.
~ s has been described, according to -the invention, there is provided a cluster type tag pin assembly having a multiplicity of tag pins each having a head portion and a cross bar interconnected by a filament portion, wherein the ~djacent tag pins are joined at least at their cross bars.
Therefore, according to the invention, it is possible to obtain a high degree of integration of tag pins such that cross bars of tag pins form a sheet or plate.
In consequence, the filament portions of tag pillS are arrayed in the form of a flat sheet so that head portions are arrayed in good order even if the head portions are formed in the separated state.
In the conventional tag pin assembly, the assembly is largely deflected and rocked when treated in an attachment device as shown in Fig. 2, so that the efficiency of operation of the attachment devicé is lowered impractically.
In addition, there is a fear that a part of the tag pin is caught by woven goods to cause a cutting or fray of the yarn. These problems are completely avoided in the tag pin assembly of the invention.
The tag pin assembly of the invention is suitable for mass production and conveniently used in the attaching of a large number of tags in a short time, because each assembly can contain tag pins of a number which is twice or more as large as that carried by the conventional tag pin assembly having an equal length.
In addition, since tag pins are arrayed without substantial gap, the undesirable entanglement and o-ther problems are avoided -to permit an easier handling in packing and transportation.
In the concentional tag pin assembly, head por-tions are connected by short connecting strings which are torn, when the tag pins are severed, to leave a projection like "whisker" which seriously damages the goods. This problem is completely overcome by the present invention because the joint portion on the cross bar is constituted at least by expanded portion onthe side face of the cross bar as shown in Fig, 11 so that no "whisker" is formed when the tag pin piece is severed from the assembly.
Furthermore, since tag pins are arranged at a high density to reduce the size of the tag pin assembly as a whole,`the size of the mold for forming the assembly is reduced c,orrespondingly to ensure a good flow of molten ~e~c~
B resin to ~e~ the rate of production of unacceptable products.
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A cluster type tag pin assembly comprising a number of tag pins which are connected through their res-pective connecting necks to a connecting bar at a right angle to the latter, which altogether are integrally formed from a synthetic resin into a comb-like assembly as a whole, each of said tag pins comprising a head portion, a cross bar and a filament portion connecting together said head portion and said cross bar, said cross bar having an expanded por-tion formed on a central part on each side face thereof, adjacent cross bars being connected to each other through apices of their respective expanded portions whereby all cross bars in the tag pin assembly are arranged in a sheet-like form, adjacent head portions being spaced with a gap smaller than the thickness of the head portion.
2. A cluster type tag pin assembly comprising a number of tag pins are connected through their respective connecting necks to a connecting bar at a right angle to the latter, which altogether are integrally formed from a synthetic resin into a comb-like assembly as a whole, each of said tag pins comprising a head portion, a cross bar and a filament portion connecting together said head portion and said cross bar, said head portion having an expanded portion formed on each side face thereof, said cross bar having an expanded portion formed in a central part on each side thereof, each adjacent head portion being connected to each other through apices of their respective expanded portions and each adjacent cross bars being connected to each other through apices of their respective expanded por-tions whereby all head portions and all cross bars in the tag pin assembly are arranged in a sheet-like form.
3. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said expanded portion of said head portion has an inclined face from a central part on the side face thereof toward the edge of the head portion.
4. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in either claim 1 or 2, wherein said expanded portion of said cross bar has an inclined face from a central part toward the edge of the cross bar.
5. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein head portions of the number of tag pins in the tag pin assembly comprise a first and a second group which are alternately disposed in the assembly, each head portion of said first group having said expanded portion formed on each side face thereof through which each adjacent head portion of this group are connected to each other, while each head portion of said second group being devoid of said expanded portion and being flat on each side face thereof, each adjacent head portion of said second group being spaced with a gap smaller than the thickness of a head portion.
6. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in either claim 1 or 2, wherein said head portion has flat side faces and, in a top plan view of the tag pin assembly, is arranged with an inclination relative to said cross bar (Fig. 18).
7. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in either claim 1 or 2, wherein said head portion has flat side faces and, in a top plan view of the tag pin assembly, has a bent shape resembling a boomerang.
8. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in either claim 1 or 2, wherein said head portion has flat side faces and, in a top plan view of the tag pin assembly, has a bent portion at an interior portion thereof.
9. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said head portion has a same configuration as said cross bar.
10. A cluster type tag pin assembly as claimed in either claim 1 or 2, wherein the edge of said head portion on the side facing said cross bar is so formed as to grad-ually increasingly depart from the cross bar.
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