DE102021206887A1 - Device for presenting a code - Google Patents

Abstract

With a view to safe installation using structurally simple means, a device is specified for presenting a code (1), in particular a code tape or code strip, with a carrier (2) and at least one code (1) assigned to the carrier (2), after which the carrier (2) a fixing device (10) for fixing the carrier (2) on or in a substrate (16) is assigned.

Description

The invention relates to a device for presenting a code, in particular a code tape or code strip, with a carrier and at least one code assigned to the carrier.

Devices of the type mentioned at the outset are known from practice and exist in different embodiments, for example codes printed on a metal carrier or codes assigned to the carrier in some other way being read and detected by suitable reading devices or detectors.

Furthermore, systems consisting of code tape and read head are known from the prior art, which originate from rail-guided applications in which, for example, vehicles are guided on rails and the position of the vehicles is determined relative to the rails or an environment. Recently, the systems have been adapted to a subsurface or floor, for example for tracking driverless transport systems. Due to the driverless transport system itself, but also, for example, to forklift traffic, a carrier arranged on the subsurface or floor or a code tape arranged there is exposed to strong mechanical loads, which can easily lead to damage and/or displacements of carriers or code tapes positioned relative to one another, if, for example, several carriers arranged one behind the other form a longer code path. As a result, the function of such a code tape or such a code section formed from a plurality of carriers is no longer guaranteed.

Furthermore, laying a plurality of carriers one behind the other is not easy with the known device because of the precise positioning of the carriers relative to one another, which is required for the reliable functioning of a code section. This applies not only when a code section is laid for the first time and when a code section is laid around curves, but also when one or more carriers are replaced due to wear. A robust and modular solution that enables individual carriers to be easily exchanged is desirable in practice in order to permanently ensure reliable functioning, in particular of a code path formed from a plurality of carriers.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of designing and developing a device for presenting a code of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that secure installation is made possible with structurally simple means.

According to the invention, the above object is achieved by a device having the features of claim 1. According to this, the device is designed and developed in such a way that the carrier is assigned a fixing device for fixing the carrier on or in a substrate.

In a manner according to the invention, it was initially recognized that the above object is achieved in a surprisingly simple manner by skilfully supplementing the device with a further functional element. In a further way according to the invention, the carrier is specifically assigned a fixing device with which the carrier can be securely installed on or in a substrate, for example a floor. The fixing device can be used to prevent the carrier from being displaced in an undesired manner by, for example, a transport system driving over it or a forklift truck driving over it. A mechanical impairment of the installed carrier can thus be avoided with the fixing device.

Consequently, with the device according to the invention for presenting a code, a device is provided with which secure installation is made possible with structurally simple means.

With regard to a particularly secure and protected installation of the device, the fixing device can have a receiving area for inserting or inserting and/or gluing in the carrier. This can largely prevent the carrier from coming into damaging contact with a vehicle of any kind driving over it. Excessive wear of the carrier and thus of the entire device can be prevented and a long service life can be ensured. The receiving area can be designed to be more or less complementary to the shape of the carrier in order to enable the carrier to be fitted particularly securely into the receiving area. Specifically, the receiving area can extend in the longitudinal direction of the fixing device in order to be able to securely receive a code strip or a code tape, for example. In addition to gluing, a fastening device with, for example, a screw or a bolt can also be used in order to couple the carrier to the fixing device or to fasten it in the receiving area. With regard to a simple replacement of a carrier, for example when there is wear or a change in an existing arrangement of carriers, the receiving area can have at least one recess, notch or indentation—preferably formed on an edge of the receiving area. Such a recess, notch or indentation can be made by a suitable instrument, for example a screwdriver, can be used to engage or pry a carrier out of the receiving area to remove the carrier from the receiving area. As a result, easy replacement of a carrier is enabled.

Furthermore, with regard to a particularly secure installation of the device or the carrier, the fixing device can be designed as a rail or profile rail. With such a configuration, a carrier can be easily inserted into a receiving area of the rail or profile rail. In addition, rails or profile rails are usually very dimensionally stable, which ensures permanent and stable installation of a device on a substrate.

As an alternative or in addition to this, the fixing device can have at least one passage for a fastening means, for example a screw or a bolt. By means of such a passage, the fixing device can be easily fastened or screwed to a substrate or floor or in a floor groove or recess in the floor or substrate, with a screw or a bolt being passed through the passage and anchored in the substrate or floor. The passage can be formed in the receiving area of the fixing device, in which case the fixing device can be attached or screwed tight on or in a substrate before the carrier is assigned to the fixing device.

In principle, the fixing device can be designed to be introduced or glued into a groove in the substrate, for example a floor groove, or to be applied or glued to the substrate, for example a floor. In particular when it is introduced or glued into a groove in the substrate, the fixing device and thus the entire device is mechanically particularly well protected against transport systems or forklifts driving against the fixing device and/or the carrier or transport systems or forklifts driving over them. Depending on the type of attachment, the fixing device can have, for example, a bevelled, rounded or vertical edge area, it being possible for the edge area to extend in the longitudinal direction of the fixing device.

A beveled edge area is useful when the fixing device is fastened to a substrate or floor, with the beveled edge area being able to act like a ramp for a transport system or other vehicle or a forklift to drive over the device. The height of the edge area increases from the outer edge of the edge area and the fixing device in the direction of the inner area of the fixing device—preferably along the entire edge area. In other words, for a vehicle or a forklift, there is a constant incline from the outer edge of the edge area up to preferably one end of the edge area in the direction of the carrier. After the transport system or vehicle or a forklift truck has driven onto the device, it can drive down again on the other side of the device if a beveled edge area is also formed on the other side. In an advantageous embodiment, a beveled edge area is formed on each of the two longitudinal sides of the device or the fixing device, in order to enable the device to be driven over without problems and without damage.

A vertical--that is, not beveled--or rounded edge area is appropriate because of the simplicity of the construction and a safe and permanent fittability in a floor groove when the fixing device is fastened in a substructure. When choosing the design of the edge area, the respective application can be taken into account.

With regard to a particularly safe and simple installation of the fixing device on or in a substrate, for example in a floor groove, the fixing device can have at least one assembly aid, the assembly aid being able to be in the form of a dowel, for example a plastic lamellar dowel. Such an assembly aid can be arranged or formed on the underside of the fixing device and can interact with corresponding counter-elements, for example holes, in the substrate, for example be inserted into holes. This enables a fixing device to be precisely aligned on or in a substrate and prevents the fixing device from floating when it is glued in, for example, a groove in the floor.

With regard to a secure installation of several fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, the fixing device can have a coupling device for coupling the fixing device to a further fixing device. As an alternative or in addition to this and also with regard to a secure installation of a plurality of fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, the carrier can have a coupling device for coupling the carrier to a further carrier. An arrangement of carrier and fixing device can therefore be coupled either via the fixing device or via the carrier or also via the fixing device and the carrier take place with their respective coupling device.

Such a coupling device enables a predefinable relative positioning of two or more fixing devices and/or carriers one behind the other. In this case, in a desired row, a fixing device and/or a carrier can be coupled to another and/or another, etc., so that a code section of virtually any length can be implemented. In this case, two fixing devices and/or carriers are always securely joined together, so that the effects of mechanical stress from transport systems or forklift traffic, for example unwanted displacement of the fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, can be greatly reduced. Such a coupling device not only greatly simplifies the first laying of several fixing devices in and/or carriers to form a code section, but also makes it easy to replace worn fixing devices and/or carriers. In this case, an intact fixing device and/or an intact carrier can be securely inserted into an existing code section by means of the coupling device in exchange for a worn fixing device and/or a worn carrier. A necessary precise alignment of the codes to one another is made possible simply and reliably by coupling the fixing devices and/or carriers and aligning them with one another by means of the coupling device.

With regard to a particularly secure installation of several fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, the coupling device can have a preferably male engagement element and a preferably female receiving element for the engagement element, with an engagement element of a fixing device and/or an engagement element of a carrier having a receiving element of a further fixing device and/or can engage with a receiving element of a further carrier for coupling the two fixing devices and/or the two carriers to one another. An engagement realized by means of the engagement element and the receiving element ensures a secure coupling of two fixing devices and/or carriers, with it being possible to largely prevent unwanted displacement of the fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another in the installed state caused by external force. With a suitable configuration of the engagement element and the receiving element, a required relative positioning or alignment of two fixing devices and/or carriers to one another can be specified reliably and permanently.

Furthermore, with regard to a particularly secure installation of a plurality of carriers relative to one another, the engagement element and the receiving element can be designed to be complementary to one another. This ensures a particularly secure coupling and a particularly secure engagement of an engagement element with a receiving element, in particular to ensure a required permanent positioning of two fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another.

Furthermore, with regard to a particularly secure and permanent installation, in particular of several fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, both the engaging element and the receiving element of the fixing device and the carrier can each be of the same design and/or of the same size or have the same outer contour. For example, when a carrier is arranged on a fixing device or in a receiving area of a fixing device, the engagement elements and/or the receiving elements of the carrier and the fixing device can be superimposed more or less congruently without one of the two elements protruding over the other. For this purpose, the engagement elements and/or the receiving elements can have the same outer contour.

In a particularly advantageous manner, the fixing device and/or the carrier can each have both an engagement element and a receiving element. This enables a secure and flexible coupling of the fixing device and/or the carrier to virtually any other fixing devices and/or carriers. Depending on the requirement, the fixing device and/or the carrier can also have only one engagement element or only one receiving element, for example at the beginning and/or at the end of a code section to be implemented.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the coupling device can be designed in such a way that a gapless and/or form-fitting coupling of fixing devices and/or carriers to one another is made possible, with an engagement element preferably being able to be joined to a receiving element like a puzzle. This enables particularly simple laying with a predeterminable alignment of the fixing devices and/or carriers and thus also of the codes relative to one another.

With regard to a particularly simple and secure installation of a plurality of fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another, in particular at a predeterminable angle relative to one another, the engagement element and the receiving element can be relative to one another in the assembled state be pivotable, wherein preferably the engaging element and the receiving element can be designed such that in the assembled state of the engaging element and the receiving element at least one recess is formed between the engaging element and the receiving element to enable such a pivoting. In this way, a predeterminable angular positioning of the fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another—in the assembled state of the engagement element and receiving element—can be undertaken. During the angular positioning process, the fixing devices and/or carriers to be coupled are thus already joined together, so that an undesired decoupling of already coupled fixing devices and/or carriers can be avoided during the angular positioning. Pivoting can take place within the scope of the recess that is realized, with the respective ends of a recess being able to form a mechanical stop for the pivoting movement of the fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another. The size of the recess can specify the angular range of the pivoting movement.

In a structurally particularly simple manner, the engagement element can have a circular disk-shaped section, in which case the receiving element can preferably have a recess that is essentially complementary to the circular disk-shaped section of the engagement element. Such a section in the shape of a circular disk can, in particular in connection with a corresponding complementary recess of a receiving element, enable the above-described pivoting movement of the fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another in a particularly simple manner. During the pivoting movement, the section in the form of a circular disk can slide with its outer edge along an inner edge of the complementary recess. The principle on which this is based is similar in two-dimensional form to the principle of a ball and socket joint with a movable ball arranged in a socket, with the engaging element corresponding to the ball and the receiving element corresponding to the socket.

In an advantageous embodiment, at least one code can be assigned to the engagement element or the circular disk-shaped section of the carrier or can be arranged on the engagement element or the circular disk-shaped section of the carrier. This enables a continuous sequence of codes arranged next to one another and thus also allows a number of carriers to be installed relative to one another in a manner that is reliable for the function of a code section formed by a number of carriers, using structurally simple means.

Furthermore, with regard to a secure installation of several fixing devices and/or carriers relative to each other, the coupling device can have at least one blocking element which can be assigned to the receiving element or the engaging element - preferably removable - to prevent pivoting of the engaging element and the receiving element - in the assembled state of the engaging element and the receiving element - have relative to each other. This enables a linear arrangement of several fixing devices and/or carriers one behind the other with structurally simple means, with a blocking element being able to be arranged, for example, in a recess formed between the engaging element and the receiving element in order to prevent two fixing devices and/or carriers from pivoting relative to one another. In principle, such blocking elements can be arranged or provided in recesses in order to enable a rectilinear and aligned arrangement of fixing devices and/or carriers relative to one another. Should a curve then have to be laid, the blocking element or elements can be removed from a recess and a corresponding angular position between two fixing devices and/or supports can be formed by pivoting the two fixing devices and/or supports relative to one another.

In a structurally particularly simple manner, the fixing device and/or the carrier can be made of metal, for example aluminum, or have metallic components, for example aluminum. In particular when aluminum is used, a robust and, in terms of weight, light and therefore safe and easy-to-handle configuration of a fixing device and/or a carrier is made possible. Furthermore, with regard to safe installation, for example laying fixing devices and/or supports on a flat surface, the fixing device and/or the support can be of flat design. This enables fixing devices and/or supports to be supported over the entire surface and therefore securely and stably on a flat base.

With the device for presenting a code according to the invention, secure installation and precise alignment of codes to one another when laying is made possible by means of the fixing device, with both straight sections of code and—with a suitable design of the coupling device—also curves of codes being able to be laid securely. In this case, no code becomes illegible at joints between fixing devices and/or carriers and the distance between codes does not increase when curves are laid, as is the case with conventional rectangular carriers or codes Streaks can occur without a suitable coupling device.

With the device according to the invention, a simple and safe laying is made possible both in a straight line and in freely selectable bending radii. In addition, easy interchangeability and a professional appearance are realized.

Additional protection is desirable or even necessary in many cases, both when using a laminate tape as a carrier and when using more robust metal code tapes. Best of all, the codes and/or carriers do not present an attack surface for transport systems, vehicles and/or forklifts that are moved over an underground or floor surface. Here the device according to the invention with the fixing device and preferably a receiving area for a carrier offers good protection, both in the case of carriers designed as laminate tapes and in the case of carriers in the form of metallic code tapes.

The device according to the invention offers high mechanical robustness, simple and safe installation, easy cleaning, a professional appearance and easy replacement. New application possibilities are conceivable due to the easy cleaning and high temperature resistance.

In the context of the present invention, the term “code” is to be understood in the broadest sense, so that the term “code” encompasses the most varied configurations of codes. This can be, for example, 2D codes, matrix codes, data matrix codes, QR codes, barcodes or other codes without restriction.

• 1 in einer perspektivischen Darstellung ein Ausführungsbeispiel der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung,
• 2 in einer perspektivischen Darstellung die Fixiereinrichtung des Ausführungsbeispiels der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung aus 1,
• 3 in einer perspektivischen Darstellung eine Fixiereinrichtung eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispiels der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung,
• 4 in einer geschnittenen und schematischen Darstellung eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung mit einer Fixiereinrichtung gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel aus 3 im in einen Untergrund eingebauten Zustand,
• 5 in einer Draufsicht, schematisch, ein Ausführungsbeispiel dreier Trägers der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung zur Präsentation eines Codes,
• 6 in einer Draufsicht, schematisch und vergrößert, zwei Träger des Ausführungsbeispiels in einer gekoppelten und geradlinigen Anordnung und
• 7 in einer Draufsicht, schematisch und vergrößert, zwei Träger des Ausführungsbeispiels in einer gekoppelten und relativ zueinander verschwenkten Anordnung.

There are now various possibilities for embodying and developing the teaching of the present invention in an advantageous manner. For this purpose, on the one hand, reference is made to the subordinate claims and, on the other hand, to the following explanation of preferred exemplary embodiments of the device according to the invention with reference to the drawing. In connection with the explanation of the preferred exemplary embodiments based on the drawing, preferred configurations and developments of the teaching are also explained in general. Show in the drawing

• 1 in a perspective view an embodiment of the device according to the invention,
• 2 in a perspective view of the fixing device of the embodiment of the device according to the invention 1 ,
• 3 in a perspective view, a fixing device of a further embodiment of the device according to the invention,
• 4 in a sectional and schematic representation of a device according to the invention with a fixing device according to the embodiment 3 when installed in a substrate,
• 5 in a plan view, schematically, an embodiment of three carriers of the device according to the invention for presenting a code,
• 6 in a plan view, schematically and enlarged, two carriers of the embodiment in a coupled and rectilinear arrangement and
• 7 in a top view, schematically and enlarged, two carriers of the embodiment in a coupled and relative to each other pivoted arrangement.

1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention for presenting a code 1 with two connectable carriers 2, each having codes 1. dem in 1 Carrier 2 shown on the left is associated with a fixing device 10 for securely fixing the carrier 2 on or in a substrate.

2 shows a perspective view of the fixing device 10 of the embodiment of the device according to the invention 1 . The fixing device 10 has a receiving area 11 for inserting or inserting and/or gluing in the carrier 2 . The receiving area 11 has a notch 12 on the edge of the receiving area 11 in order to lever a carrier 2 placed in the receiving area 11 out of the receiving area 11 again using a suitable instrument, for example a screwdriver. This enables a simple exchange of carriers 2 from a fixing device 10 .

The fixing device 10 is designed as a profile rail, with the receiving area 11 extending along a longitudinal direction of the entire profile rail. Two passages 13 are formed in the receiving area 11 of the fixing device 10 in order to screw the fixing device to a substrate or floor.

The fixing device 11 has a beveled edge region 14 on both sides in order to allow a transport system, vehicle or forklift to drive over the device easily without damaging the device.

3 shows a perspective view of a fixing device 10 of a further exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention, which basically has the same structure as the fixing device 10 according to FIG 2 shown first embodiment. Thus, the fixing device 10 according to 3 a receiving area 11 with a notch 12 and passages 13 on. However, the fixing device 10 has a rounded edge region 15, which makes this fixing device 10 particularly suitable for an arrangement in an in 4 shown base 16 suitable, for example in a formed or embedded in the base 16 floor groove 17. 4 shows a sectional and schematic representation of a device according to the invention with a fixing device 10 according to the embodiment 3 in the state installed in a base 16, the device being arranged at ground level in the base 16. Such an arrangement usually withstands mechanical loads better than an arrangement fixed on the base 16 . The rounded edge area 15 enables the fixing device 10 to be securely glued into the bottom groove 17, with an adhesive 18 being able to securely enclose the rounded edge area 15 to produce a particularly secure adhesive connection. A carrier 2 is arranged in the fixing device 10, wherein the carrier 2 can be arranged slightly countersunk in the receiving area 11 in all conceivable embodiments in order to particularly reliably prevent damage to the carrier 2 by transport systems, vehicles or forklifts driving over it.

Depending on the requirements, an arrangement of fixing devices 10 does not have to be used along an entire code path. One or more protective restraints 10 may be deployed in selected sections where transit, vehicle, or forklift traffic is expected to pass. In other sections, carriers 2 can also be used unprotected without a fixing device 10 . For example, in 1 Such an arrangement and coupling of two carriers 2 is shown by means of a coupling device 3, in which the left carrier 2 is protected by a fixing device 10 and the right carrier 2 is arranged without a fixing device 10.

5 shows a schematic plan view of an exemplary embodiment of carriers 2 of the device according to the invention for presenting a code 1, a plurality of codes 1 being assigned to a total of three metal carriers 2 in the longitudinal direction one behind the other. Each carrier 2 thus forms a code strip, the in 5 The three codestrips shown have different lengths to accommodate different installation needs. Each of the three carriers 2 or codestrips can be coupled to one of the other carriers 2 or codestrips. the inside 5 The carrier 2 shown on the left has a total of four codes 1.

In this exemplary embodiment, the codes 1 are in the form of data matrix codes. Several carriers 2 or code strips of this type can be arranged one behind the other in order to form a continuous code arrangement or code bar.

The carriers 2 are in 5 shown in the decoupled state. The carriers 2 can each be coupled to one another by means of a coupling device 3 . The coupling device 3 has a male engaging element 4 and a female receiving element 5 for the engaging element 4 . Each carrier 2 has both an engaging element 4 and a receiving element 5, the engaging element 4 and the receiving element 5 being designed to be essentially complementary to one another.

In the same way, a coupling device 3 of the fixing devices 10 each have an engaging element 4 and a receiving element 5, as shown in FIGS 2 and 3 is particularly recognizable. In the coupled state of a carrier 2 and a fixing device 10, the engagement elements 4 of the carrier 2 and the fixing devices 10 lie flush on top of one another, so that when two carriers 2 and two fixing devices 10 are coupled, a quasi double engagement of two engagement elements 4 with two receiving elements 5 can be implemented.

The connection of the code strips formed by the fixing devices 10 and/or carrier 2 is similar to the puzzle principle. With the fixing devices 10 and carriers 2, both straight-line code sections or code sections and code sections or code sections that go around curves or form curves can be generated.

For this shows 6 in a schematic and enlarged plan view and partially a coupling area of a straight line of code. The engagement element 4 and the receiving element 5 of the coupling device 3 of a carrier 2 are in the coupled state.

Furthermore shows 7 in a schematic and enlarged top view and partially a coupling area of a curved code path. The engagement element 4 and the receiving element 5 of the coupling device 3 are in the coupled state, with the respective supports 2 being pivoted relative to one another about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is located approximately in the center of the circular disc-shaped engagement element 4. So that this pivoting is possible, two recesses 6 are formed between the engagement element 4 and the receiving element 5 . Specifically, the engagement element 4 has a circular disk-shaped section 7 , the receiving element 5 having a recess 8 that is essentially complementary to the circular disk-shaped section 7 of the engagement element 4 . When the two carriers 2 are pivoted relative to one another, the outer edge of the circular disk-shaped section 7 slides on an inner edge of the complementary recess 8. With this technology, on the one hand, two carriers 2 are securely coupled and, on the other hand, a flexible laying of a code section is possible due to the possibility of pivoting the carrier 2 allows relative to each other.

With the linear arrangement of the beams 2 in 6 there are also two recesses 6, these recesses 2 being filled by blocking elements 9 in order to prevent unintentional, accidental pivoting of the carrier 2 relative to one another and to ensure that the carrier 2 is aligned in a straight line. Depending on the requirement, the blocking elements 9 can be inserted into the recesses 6 or removed from these recesses 6 in a simple manner. As a result, flexible routing of a code section—even around curves—is made possible with the present embodiment. When the blocking elements 9 are fixed to the engagement element 4 or the receiving element 5, the carrier 2 can be aligned in a straight line during laying, quasi automatically or independently. If the laying direction is subsequently corrected, one or more blocking elements 9--depending on the requirement--can be removed in order to enable the carrier 2 to be pivoted relative to one another in the required manner. The degree of pivoting or the desired angle between the carriers 2 can be adjusted in the coupled state of the engaging element 4 and the receiving element 5 by pivoting about the pivot axis.

The coupling of the carrier 2 is form-fitting for both straight lines and curves. It can be the in 5 shown three or more or less module lengths of the carrier 2 to meet different sections with different dynamics in a desired code section. It must be ensured that the codes 1 can also be easily recognized at the connection point at any time by means of a camera or a detector.

In the 5 until 7 the design and flexibility of the coupling device 3 is shown using carriers 2 . The trained with the same coupling device 3 and in particular in the 1 until 3 Fixing devices 10 shown have the same functionality with regard to the coupling in straight and curved laying areas. It should be noted here that the carriers 2 can be assigned to the fixing devices 10 in the state assigned to the fixing devices 10 in such a way that the respective engagement elements 4 and receiving elements 5 of the fixing devices 10 and carrier 2 lie directly on top of one another and can therefore engage with one another in the same way as this based on the engagement of the male elements 4 and female elements 5 of a carrier 2 in connection with the 6 and 7 is described. There is no functional difference here.

Furthermore, it may be stated that - as in 1 shown - a receiving element 5 of a carrier 2 can engage with an engagement element 4 of a fixing device 10 . In the same way, an engagement element 4 of a carrier 2 can engage with a receiving element 5 of a fixing device 10 . In both cases, a reliable coupling and arrangement of codes 1 along a desired code path, which is formed by a plurality of carriers 2 and the codes 1 of these carriers 2, is ensured.

With regard to further advantageous configurations of the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention, to avoid repetition, reference is made to the general part of the description and to the appended claims.

Finally, it should be expressly pointed out that the exemplary embodiments described above only serve to explain the teaching claimed, but do not restrict it to the exemplary embodiments.

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Claims (15)

Device for presenting a code (1), in particular code tape or code strip, with a carrier (2) and at least one code (1) assigned to the carrier (2), characterized in that the carrier (2) has a fixing device (10) for fixing of the carrier (2) on or in a substrate (16). device after claim 1 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) has a receiving area (11) for inserting or inserting and/or gluing in the carrier (2), the receiving area (11) preferably having at least one - preferably formed on an edge of the receiving area (11). - Recess, notch or indentation (12). device after claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) is designed as a rail or profile rail and / or that the fixing device (10) has at least one passage (13) for a fastener, such as a screw or a bolt. Device according to one of Claims 1 until 3 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) has a bevelled, rounded or vertical edge area (14, 15), the edge area (14, 15) preferably extending in the longitudinal direction of the fixing device (10). Device according to one of Claims 1 until 4 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) has at least one assembly aid, it being possible for the assembly aid to be in the form of a dowel, for example a plastic lamellar dowel. Device according to one of Claims 1 until 5 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) has a coupling device (3) for coupling the fixing device (10) to a further fixing device (10). Device according to one of Claims 1 until 6 , characterized in that the carrier (2) has a coupling device (3) for coupling the carrier (2) to a further carrier (2). Device according to one of Claims 1 until 7 , characterized in that the coupling device (3) has a preferably male engagement element (4) and a preferably female receiving element (5) for the engagement element (4), wherein an engagement element (4) of a fixing device (10) and / or an engagement element ( 4) a carrier (2) with a receiving element (5) of a further fixing device (10) and/or with a receiving element (5) of a further carrier (2) for coupling the two fixing devices (10) and/or the two carriers (2 ) can interfere with each other. device after claim 8 , characterized in that the engagement element (4) and the receiving element (5) are designed to complement one another and/or that both the engagement element (4) and the receiving element (5) of the fixing device (10) and the carrier (2) are each identical and/or are of the same size or have the same outer contour. device after claim 8 or 9 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) and / or the carrier (2) have or has both an engaging element (4) and a receiving element (5) and / or that the coupling device (3) is designed such that a gapless and/or positive coupling of fixing devices (10) and/or carriers (2) to one another is made possible, with an engagement element (4) preferably being able to be joined together with a receiving element (5) in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle. Device according to one of Claims 8 until 10 , characterized in that the engagement element (4) and the receiving element (5) are pivotable relative to one another in the assembled state, the engagement element (4) and the receiving element (5) preferably being designed in such a way that in the assembled state of the engagement element (4) and of the receiving element (5) between the engagement element (4) and the receiving element (5) at least one recess (6) is formed to enable such pivoting. Device according to one of Claims 8 until 11 , characterized in that the engagement element (4) has a circular disc-shaped section (7), wherein preferably the receiving element (5) has a circular disc-shaped section (7) of the engagement element (4) substantially complementary recess (8). Device according to one of Claims 8 until 12 , characterized in that at least one code (1) is assigned to the engagement element (4) or the circular disc-shaped section (7) of the carrier (2) or is arranged on the engagement element (4) or the circular disc-shaped section (7) of the carrier (2). . Device according to one of Claims 8 until 13 , characterized in that the coupling device (3) has at least one - preferably removable - blocking element (9) which can be assigned to the receiving element (4) or the engaging element (5) to prevent pivoting of the engaging element (4) and the receiving element (5) - in the assembled State of the engaging element (4) and the receiving element (5) - having relative to each other. Device according to one of Claims 1 until 14 , characterized in that the fixing device (10) and/or the carrier (2) are or is made of metal or have or has metallic components and/or that the fixing device (10) and/or the carrier (2) are flat or is.

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