Animal marker implanting system - has supported tube with cooperating plunger engaging marker near entrance of tube

摘要

The system includes a hollow tube having an entrance and an exit opening. A support is provided for supporting the hollow tube. A plunger is slidably disposed between a first position and a second position within the support. The plunger cooperates with the support and the tube. The plunger engages the marker proximate to the entrance opening of the tube, and ejects the marker through the tube when the plunger is moved from a first position to a second position. The hollow tubes are stored within the support in at least two groups. A gate prevents a tube from the second group from being displaced before the tubes from the first group are depleted.