Webber, Richard,Fletcher, Michael,Vickery, Melvin,Brown, David
申请号：
AU2016218008
公开号：
AU2016218008A1
申请日:
2016.02.05
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
An applicator (1) for animal identification tags (9) comprises: a tag magazine receiver (3) configured to receive a tag magazine (5) comprising a reservoir (7) for holding a plurality of discrete animal identification tags (9), each comprising a male (11) and female (13) engagement portion, and an opening (15), wherein the identification tags are displaceable along the reservoir to be sequentially dispensed through the opening； a pair of jaws (31. 33) arranged to receive an identification tag dispensed from the opening of a received tag magazine, wherein the jaws are operable to engage the male and female portions of the identification tag through the ear of an animal placed between the jaws； a motorised tag dispenser (23, 25, 27) operable to displace the identification tags along the reservoir of a received tag magazine to sequentially dispense the identification tags through the opening； a sensor (41) for sensing information indicative that an identification tag has been dispensed through the opening and received by the pair of jaws； and a controller configured to stop operation of the motorised tag dispenser based on an output of the sensor.
