Apparatus for attaching tag pins

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, A tag attaching apparatus in which the push rod is advanced by the trigger lever operation into the hollow needle provided to the front portion of the body so as to cut off one by one the tag pins from the tag pin assembly. The feeding means for the tag pin assembly consists of a support plate moved by operation of the trigger lever and a feed lever oscillatably mounted to the support plate. A backtracking prevention means provided adjacent to the feeding means uses a spring to urge the stopper claw at the front end thereof to project into the guide groove.