DE2728702A1 - DEVICE FOR MARKING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF AN EQUIPMENT - Google Patents

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PATENT Attorney DIFL.-4NG. EBERHARD EISELE

798 Ravensburg ■ Goetheplatz 4 · Telephone (0751) 214 00

TRANSFU-LABO SERVICE 1, rue des Fontaines

F-91490 Milly / France

Device for designating the various parts of a material unit

The present invention relates to an apparatus for marking the different parts of a unit, consisting of several coupons, each of which is an identification the unit-enabling label and forming a band with the preceding and the following Coupon is connected by a tear line.

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A known device of this type is used to designate those parts of a unit of matter that are not directly can label, e.g. foodstuffs, pieces of meat, etc. If one of the originally connected Coupons attached, all of which bear the same identifier, for example the same number, after the separation of the parts of the material unit, one always knows which material unit the individual belongs to Part originally belonged.

Although such coupon sets thus identify the parts allow a material unit, they are not suitable for the properties of the material unit concerned and / or its To mark parts as these properties were determined at the moment of the separation of the material unit or shortly before have been. If, for example, when dividing an animal's carcass, one considers the growth and fattening stage of the animal wants to mark on these well-known coupons, one is forced to use a pen to mark these markings or the like to be attached to each individual coupon. Apart from the risk of making a mistake when labeling the coupons can undermine, this procedure forces the use of a pencil or other writing tool under less favorable conditions Conditions just like those given in a slaughterhouse.

The invention is based on the object of avoiding these disadvantages and of providing a device as described in more detail at the beginning

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Type to propose which other than identification related the original unit also the attachment of property-related Markings made possible.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that each Coupon has at least one series of code characters relating to the properties of the material unit and / or its parts and that this series of property code characters is affixed to each coupon in such a way that if all coupons are laid on top of one another by folding at their tear-off lines, the rows of property code characters in the same sequence are exactly on top of each other.

So if you have a If a series of property code characters attaches a penetrating mark, all coupons wear the appropriate mark Put a corresponding marking in their code character series, i.e. the one determined for the subject unit Property is uniquely and unambiguously indicated by a mark on each coupon.

Preferably, the code character rows are applied along the edges of the coupons. Marking is preferably as Understand the production of holes or cutouts. The code characters can be realized by following Letters and / or numbers.

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If the code character rows are attached along that edge of the coupons, the one longitudinal edge of the through corresponds to the band formed by the coupons, the code character rows of two consecutive coupons are symmetrical to the tear or fold line that separates the two coupons. The same is true when the code character strings along the transverse edges of the tape, i.e. along the tear or fold lines self.

so as not to be accidentally torn, the exist Coupons preferably made of a non-woven material, for example one known under the trade name "TYVEK" Material.

The markings are advantageously made by means of pliers operating as a hole punch or notch cutting pliers manufactured. The coupons can be attached to the parts of the material unit with the help of plastic clips, which enforce the coupons and the parts themselves. The plastic clips are introduced with the help of of a known type equipped with a hollow needle. For example, the commercially known types are suitable "DENISON" or "KIMBALL".

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The figures in the accompanying drawing make it possible to understand, using an example, how the invention is implemented can. In detail shows.

1 shows a designation device according to the invention, specifically for use in designating animal carcasses or parts thereof,

FIG. 2 shows the zigzag folded device according to FIG. 1 seen from the side,

3 shows the device, which has been put together closely to form a stack, in the same view;

Fig. 4 shows a detached and marked coupon and

FIG. 5 shows the device in the same view as FIG. 1 after marking.

The device of Fig. 1 consists of five coupons 1 to 5, which are arranged side by side and so on Form a band. The device is specially designed for the designation of carcasses or parts thereof in slaughterhouses and for this purpose consists of a non-woven material, for example a film known under the trade name "TYVEK", which is very moisture-resistant. All individual coupons have the same number, e.g. the number 0835.

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The coupons 1 to 5 are connected to one another by perforated tear-off lines 6, 7, 8 and 9 which enable them to be separated. They have coded marks relating to the growth and fattening stage of the animals, such as these in the appendix of the decree of March 10, 1975. The growth code characters are expressed by the letters E (excellent, U (very good), R (good), O (satisfactory), P (sufficient) and A (fabrication), while the fattening stage codes are expressed by digits: 1 (lean), 2 (streaky), 3 (fat), 4 (fat) and 5 (very fat.

As can be seen from the figures, the growth code characters are attached to the edges of the coupons 1 to 5, which through the tear lines 6, 8 and the corresponding lower edge are formed. The arrangement is such that the letter sequence E, U, R, O, P, A, which is attached to the lower edge of the coupon 1, with respect to the tear lines 6 is found symmetrically on the upper part of the coupon 2, while the same sequence of letters E, U, R, O, P, A along the lower edge of the coupon 3 symmetrically to the corresponding letter sequence of the coupon 2 with respect to the Tear line 7 is attached, etc.

The fattening stage code characters are along a longitudinal edge of the band formed by the coupons 1 to 5 arranged. On coupon 1, these code characters are in the order

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, while on Coupon 2 they are in the order 5 »4, 3, 2, 1 and thus symmetrically with respect to the former the tear line 6 are arranged. Also on coupon 3 are the same code characters in the order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 arranged and symmetrical to the corresponding code characters of the coupon 2 with respect to the tear line 7, etc. If you have the Coupons 1 to 5 zigzag with respect to their tear lines 6 to 9 folds as shown in Fig. 2, a stack of coupons lying on top of one another is obtained, as indicated in flg. 3, where every single code character 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or E, U, R, 0 »P, A of any coupon is exactly congruent Location with the corresponding code characters of the other coupons. If you thus, for example by means of a notch cutting pliers of a known type, on the edges of the upper coupon, cutouts 10 and 11 at the point of one of the code characters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and in the place of one of the code characters E, ü, R, 0, P, A to assign one of these code characters mark that corresponds to the quality of the carcass concerned, so the other coupons have cutouts 12, 13, 14 and 15 in the appropriate places on the fattening stage markings and cutouts 16, 17, 18 and 19 at the corresponding positions of the growth code characters. Fig. 5 shows the entirety of the connected coupons of FIG. 4 after the marking.

When a carcass from the killing room of a slaughterhouse comes out, you can attach a set of five coupons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to it, for example by having the coupon

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1 attached to this carcass by means of a plastic clasp using a staple gun of a known type. Then, when examining the carcass, the appraiser can open the recesses 10 to 15 and 11 to 19 by pressing twice as a result of the free mobility of the entirety of the coupons with the aid of the aforementioned notch cutting pliers snap out and thus distinguish the fattening stage and the growth of the carcass. If the carcass is subsequently divided into pieces, one of the coupons 2, 3, 4, 5 is attached to each of them and is fastened in the same way as explained above. Each part of the carcass now bears an identification number (in the example 0835), which establishes the connection to the carcass from which the part originates, and the quality mark of the meat.

The totality of the coupons 1 to 5 can also be used to refer to the live animals prior to entry into the slaughterhouse. For this purpose, it is advantageous to put the stack of coupons in a transparent envelope, for example made of plastic , with the identification number remaining visible , and to fasten this envelope to the animal . This is therefore equipped with a set of coupons even before slaughter. The coupons are then taken out of the plastic bag in the killing room and the carcass parts are labeled in the manner mentioned above.

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Claims (8)

Expectations 1 J Device for designating the various parts of a material unit, consisting of several coupons, of which each one bears a mark enabling identification of the entity and forms a link with the preceding one and the subsequent coupon is connected by a tear line, characterized in that each coupon (1 to 5) at least one series of code characters (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or E, U, R, O, P, A) relating to the properties of the Material unit and / or its parts and that this series of property code characters on each coupon in the manner it is appropriate that when all coupons are placed on top of one another by folding at their tear-off lines (6 to 9), the rows of property code characters are exactly one above the other in the same sequence. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the series of property code characters (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is attached along an edge of the coupon which corresponds to the longitudinal edge of the band formed by the coupons and that the code character rows of two successive coupons are symmetrical with respect to the tear line separating them are arranged. 709882/0817 OFUQINAL INSPECTED 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the code character series (E, U, R, O, P, A) along the transverse to the tape extending edge of the coupon, i.e. along the tear line of the same, in such a way that the code character rows of two successive coupons are arranged symmetrically with respect to the tear line separating them are. 4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the coupons (1 to 5) from one consist of non-woven material, which essentially have the properties of what is known under the trade name "TYVEK" Material has. 5. Method of designating the various parts of a unit of matter by means of a device according to one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the coupons (1 to 5) of the device by zigzag folding (Fig. 2) are placed on top of each other (Fig. 3) and that then on the upper or lower coupon (1 or 5) at the point a code character of a series of property code characters a marking acting through all coupons (10, 15; 11, 19) is attached so that markings (12, 13, 14; 16, 17, 18) arise with the same informative value. 709882/0817 6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that that the markings (10 to 19) are holes or cutouts. 7. Tool kit for designating a carcass and its various parts in a slaughterhouse, labeled by a device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, by marking pliers and by a device for fastening the aforesaid Device and the individual coupons with the help of clasps made of a plastic. 8. Tool kit for designating animals intended for slaughter and later the carcasses and their parts, characterized by a device especially suitable for this purpose according to one of claims 1 to 4, by marking pliers, through a device for attaching the mentioned device and the individual coupons to the carcass and through a bag made of transparent material that can be attached to the living animal and contains the device. 709882/0817