EP0597184A1 - Bobbin of thread with bar code - Google Patents

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EP0597184A1
EP0597184A1 EP93110660A EP93110660A EP0597184A1 EP 0597184 A1 EP0597184 A1 EP 0597184A1 EP 93110660 A EP93110660 A EP 93110660A EP 93110660 A EP93110660 A EP 93110660A EP 0597184 A1 EP0597184 A1 EP 0597184A1
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Bernhard Kraske
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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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/182—Identification means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • the invention relates to a spool of bar code according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of developing a spool of bar code of the type mentioned in such a way that the bar code can be applied to spools of thread smaller than 27 mm in diameter.
  • the technical teaching according to claim 1 serves to solve the problem.
  • An essential feature of the invention is that, according to the invention, a miniaturized bar code is now used, which according to the invention can now be applied to coil flanges with a diameter of less than 27 mm.
  • the bar code can be designed as an EAN-13 code or also as a UPC-A code (US standard).
  • the distance between the left and the right bar of the bar code is less than 19.5 mm, the white zone being disregarded.
  • the yarn package 1 has mutually opposite bobbin flanges 2, 3, the bar code 8 according to the invention being applied to the end face 6 of the front bobbin flange 2.
  • the bar code 8 defines an approximately rectangular frame 7 which surrounds the bar code 8.
  • the bobbin 4 which is wound with a yarn package 5, is arranged in a manner known per se.
  • the diameter 9 is selected at least in such a way that the bar code 8 is miniaturized and there is a distance of less than 19.5 mm from the left blackened bar to the right blackened bar. This corresponds to the width of the frame 7.
  • the diameter is less than or equal to 27 mm, coil diameters 9 in graded sizes of 27/19/12 mm are preferably used.

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Abstract

A bobbin (1) of thread with bar code (8) bears the bar code (8) on the end face of a bobbin flange (2), the bar code (8) being miniaturised so that bobbin diameters of less than 27 mm may be used. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Garnspule mit Strichcode nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a spool of bar code according to the preamble of claim 1.

Derartige Garnspulen sind bekannt geworden, wobei der Strichcode in an sich bekannter Weise an der Stirnseite des Spulenflansches angeordnet ist. Bisher war es jedoch nur möglich, den Strichcode in einer gewissen Größe auf der Stirnseite eines Spulenflansches anzuordnen, weil die genormten Barcodelaser in Verbindung mit genormten EAN-Codes eine gewisse Auflösung nicht unterschreiten konnten.Such spools of thread have become known, the bar code being arranged in a manner known per se on the end face of the spool flange. So far, however, it was only possible to arrange the bar code in a certain size on the end face of a coil flange, because the standardized bar code lasers in conjunction with standardized EAN codes could not be less than a certain resolution.

Dies führte dazu, daß um die bekannten Strichcodes auf der Stirnseite von Garnspulen anbringen zu können, ein bestimmter Spulendurchmesser des Spulenflansches nicht unterschritten werden konnte. So war es beispielsweise nicht möglich, Spulendurchmesser von kleiner als 27 mm mit einem genormten EAN-Strichcode zu versehen.This meant that, in order to be able to affix the known bar codes on the end face of yarn packages, it was not possible to fall below a specific package diameter of the package flange. For example, it was not possible to provide a coil bar diameter of less than 27 mm with a standardized EAN barcode.

Der Erfindung liegt deshalb die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Garnspule mit Strichcode der eingangs genannten Art so weiterzubilden, daß der Strichcode auf Garnspulen kleineren Durchmessers als 27 mm angebracht werden kann.The invention is therefore based on the object of developing a spool of bar code of the type mentioned in such a way that the bar code can be applied to spools of thread smaller than 27 mm in diameter.

Zur Lösung der gestellten Aufgabe dient die technische Lehre nach dem Anspruch 1.The technical teaching according to claim 1 serves to solve the problem.

Wesentliches Merkmal der Erfindung ist, daß nun erfindungsgemäß ein miniaturisierter Strichcode verwendet wird, der nun erfindungsgemäß auf Spulenflanschen mit einem Durchmesser von kleiner als 27 mm angebracht werden kann.An essential feature of the invention is that, according to the invention, a miniaturized bar code is now used, which according to the invention can now be applied to coil flanges with a diameter of less than 27 mm.

Hierbei kann der Strichcode als EAN-13-Code oder auch als UPC-A-Code (US-Norm) ausgebildet sein.The bar code can be designed as an EAN-13 code or also as a UPC-A code (US standard).

Mit der technischen Lehre nach der Erfindung ist es nun erstmals möglich, Spulen der Größen 27/19/12 mm mit einem Code der Normgröße zu versehen. Hierzu bedarf es geeigneter Drucker und entsprechender Tests von Barcodelasern, um diesen miniaturisierten Code auch fehlerfrei erfassen zu können.With the technical teaching according to the invention, it is now possible for the first time to provide coils of sizes 27/19/12 mm with a code of the standard size. This requires suitable printers and corresponding tests of barcode lasers in order to be able to capture this miniaturized code without errors.

Hierbei ist vorgesehen, daß der Abstand zwischen dem linken und dem rechten Balken des Strichcodes kleiner als 19,5 mm ist, wobei die Weißzone nicht berücksichtigt ist.It is provided here that the distance between the left and the right bar of the bar code is less than 19.5 mm, the white zone being disregarded.

Der Erfindungsgegenstand der vorliegenden Erfindung ergibt sich nicht nur aus dem Gegenstand der einzelnen Patentansprüche, sondern auch aus der Kombination der einzelnen Patentansprüche untereinander.The subject matter of the present invention results not only from the subject matter of the individual patent claims, but also from the combination of the individual patent claims with one another.

Alle in den Unterlagen, einschließlich der Zusammenfassung, offen barten Angaben und Merkmale, insbesondere die in den Zeichnungen dargestellte räumliche Ausbildung werden als erfindungswesentlich beansprucht, soweit sie einzeln oder in Kombination gegenüber dem Stand der Technik neu sind.All of the information and features disclosed in the documents, including the summary, particularly the spatial design shown in the drawings are claimed to be essential to the invention insofar as they are new to the prior art, individually or in combination.

Im folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand einer, lediglich einen Ausführungsweg darstellende Zeichnung näher erläutert. Hierbei gehen aus der Zeichnung und ihrer Beschreibung weitere wesentliche Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung hervor.The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of a drawing which represents only one embodiment. Further essential features and advantages of the invention emerge from the drawing and its description.

In der Abbildung ist beispielshaft eine Garnspule nach der Erfindung dargestellt.In the figure, a yarn package according to the invention is shown as an example.

Die Garnspule 1 weist einander gegenüberliegende Spulenflansche 2,3 auf, wobei auf der Stirnseite 6 des vorderen Spulenflansches 2 der erfindungsgemäße Strichcode 8 aufgebracht ist. Der Strichcode 8 definiert hierbei einen etwa rechteckförmigen Rahmen 7, welcher den Strichcode 8 umgibt. Zwischen den Spulenflanschen 2 ist in an sich bekannter Weise der Spulenkörper 4 angeordnet, der mit einem Garnwickel 5 bewickelt ist.The yarn package 1 has mutually opposite bobbin flanges 2, 3, the bar code 8 according to the invention being applied to the end face 6 of the front bobbin flange 2. The bar code 8 defines an approximately rectangular frame 7 which surrounds the bar code 8. Between the bobbin flanges 2, the bobbin 4, which is wound with a yarn package 5, is arranged in a manner known per se.

Erfindungsgemäß ist der Durchmesser 9 mindestens so gewählt, daß der Strichcode 8 miniaturisiert und von dem linken geschwärzten Balken bis zum rechten geschwärzten Balken ein Abstand von kleiner als 19,5 mm besteht. Dies entspricht der Breite des Rahmens 7.According to the invention, the diameter 9 is selected at least in such a way that the bar code 8 is miniaturized and there is a distance of less than 19.5 mm from the left blackened bar to the right blackened bar. This corresponds to the width of the frame 7.

Der Durchmesser ist kleiner oder gleich als 27 mm, wobei bevorzugt Spulendurchmesser 9 in abgestuften Größen von 27/19/12 mm verwendet werden.The diameter is less than or equal to 27 mm, coil diameters 9 in graded sizes of 27/19/12 mm are preferably used.

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  • 1 Garnspule1 spool of thread
  • 2 Spulenflansch2 coil flange
  • 3 Spulenflansch3 coil flange
  • 4 Spulenkörper4 bobbins
  • 5 Garnwickel5 spools of thread
  • 6 Stirnseite6 end face
  • 7 Rahmen7 frames
  • 8 Strichcode8 barcode
  • 9 Durchmesser9 diameters

Claims (4)

1. Garnspule mit Strichcode bestehend aus einem Spulenkörper, der mindestens an einer Stirnseite einen Spulenflansch aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Durchmesser (9) des Spulenflansches (2,3) kleiner als 27 mm ist und daß der Strichcode auf der Stirnseite (6) des Spulenflansches (2,3) angeordnet ist.1. bobbin with bar code consisting of a bobbin, which has at least one end face a bobbin flange, characterized in that the diameter (9) of the bobbin flange (2,3) is less than 27 mm and that the bar code on the end face (6) of the coil flange (2,3) is arranged. 2. Garnspule nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Strichcode (8) ein EAN-13-Code ist.2. Spool of thread according to claim 1, characterized in that the bar code (8) is an EAN-13 code. 3. Garnspule nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Strichcode (8) ein UPC-A-Code ist.3. Bobbin according to claim 1, characterized in that the bar code (8) is a UPC-A code. 4. Garnspule nach einem der Ansprüche 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Abstand zwischen dem linken und rechten Balken des Strichcodes kleiner ist als 19,5 mm.4. Spool according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the distance between the left and right bars of the bar code is less than 19.5 mm.
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