EP3177435B1 - Portable appliance for marking a surface - Google Patents

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EP3177435B1
EP3177435B1 EP15753709.3A EP15753709A EP3177435B1 EP 3177435 B1 EP3177435 B1 EP 3177435B1 EP 15753709 A EP15753709 A EP 15753709A EP 3177435 B1 EP3177435 B1 EP 3177435B1
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Gérard BARRAUD
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H7/00—Marking-out or setting-out work
    • B25H7/04—Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H7/00—Marking-out or setting-out work
    • B25H7/04—Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking
    • B25H7/045—Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking characterised by constructional details of the marking elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING
    • B44B3/00—Artist's machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or able to be controlled substantially two- dimensionally for carving, engraving, or guilloching shallow ornamenting or markings
    • B44B3/02—Artist's machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or able to be controlled substantially two- dimensionally for carving, engraving, or guilloching shallow ornamenting or markings wherein plane surfaces are worked

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of portable devices for marking the surface of an object in the general sense and more specifically but not exclusively, devices for ensuring the marking by deformation of the surface of the object. 'object.
  • a marking system comprising a tip which is driven by an alternating translation movement. and which strikes the surface to be marked to form a substantially punctual impact.
  • This apparatus also comprises a device for moving the marking member to move the latter in two directions crossed in a two-dimensional area or window marking.
  • the patent FR 2,256,833 discloses an apparatus comprising a device for moving the marking member, firstly in translation, and secondly in rotation about an axis parallel to the direction of translation.
  • This device is equipped with a handle giving it a portable character constituting a solution to ensure great flexibility of use while providing an adaptation to difficult to access parts.
  • these devices are often bulky, not allowing to visualize the two-dimensional area of marking of the device. It follows a lack of precision of the marking thus achieved.
  • the operator can not easily check, before the marking operation, that the marking to achieve corresponds to that desired.
  • the operator is often obliged to clear the marking member of the surface in order to verify on the screen, that the marking to be made corresponds to that desired .
  • marking devices are not suitable, unless resorting to complex mechanisms, to offer a possibility of adjusting the impact force depending on the material constituting the surface to be marked.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art by providing a new portable device for marking a surface, designed to facilitate and make reliable marking operations.
  • the housing is equipped with a positioning nose of the appliance on the surface to be marked, this positioning nose defining on the one hand, facing the front face of the housing and remotely of this front face, the two-dimensional marking area and secondly, in the extension of the top wall, a viewing opening of the two-dimensional marking area and the top wall of the housing is equipped with the screen of display so that the latter and the two-dimensional area of marking seen through the opening of the nose of positioning, appear simultaneously in the field of view of an operator overhanging the top wall of the housing.
  • the object of the invention relates to a portable device providing one embodiment of a marking M on a surface S of an object in a general sense.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a housing 2 having a generally parallelepipedal shape and equipped with at least one handle and in the illustrated example with a single handle 3.
  • the housing 2 has the opposite of a face rear 5, a front face 6 open to allow the passage of a marking member 7 forming part of a marking system 8 of any type known per se and which will be described in more detail in the following description.
  • the housing 2 also comprises a connecting body between the rear faces 5 and front 6 , formed by at least one top wall 9 extended on either side, by two opposite side walls 10.
  • the two side walls 10 are interconnected by a bottom wall 11 extending opposite and at a distance from the top wall 9.
  • the housing 2 thus has a rigid body of rectangular section formed by the top wall 9, the bottom wall 11 and the two side walls 10, interconnected to form a rigid body.
  • the housing 2 also has on the rear face 5, a rear wall mounted integral with the body of the housing and forming a thrust surface or support for the operator as will be explained in more detail in the following description.
  • the terms above and below are taken, for the sake of clarity, in consideration of the conditions of use of the apparatus by the operator whose field of view is located on the side of the top wall .
  • the apparatus can be used in any other inclined or vertical positions so that the skilled person will easily adapt the designation of the walls.
  • the height of the housing 2 corresponding to the distance between the top and bottom walls 9 and 11 is such that it can allow the housing to be gripped from the side walls 10 so that the thumb of the hand bears on the top wall 9 while the other fingers of the hand support the housing by the bottom wall 11.
  • the height of the housing 2 is between 40 mm and 90 mm.
  • the handle 3 protrudes from the bottom wall 11.
  • the housing 2 can be envisaged to equip the housing 2, with two handles extending from both sides of the housing, from the side walls 10.
  • the marking system 8 is an electromagnetic micro-percussion system comprising, as marking member 7, a marking tip whose end is intended to impact the surface S an object to achieve a point of impact or a mark substantially punctual.
  • the marking system 8 is not described in detail because it is not part of the object of the invention and its design is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the marking system 8 provides the marking member 7 with an alternating translation along an X marking direction for impacting the surface S.
  • the marking member 7 is movable between a rest position wherein the marking member is recessed with respect to the surface S and a working position in which the marking member is in contact with the surface S.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a device 14 for moving the marking member 7 , parallel to two planes of movement P, P 1 perpendicular to each other and to the surface S to be marked.
  • the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is designed to move the marking member 7 on the surface S to be marked, in a window or a two-dimensional zone Z marking.
  • the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 can be realized by any appropriate means and in particular, in accordance with the description of the device described in the patent EP 1 809 488 .
  • the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is mounted inside the housing 2. According to a preferred variant embodiment, the displacement device 14 is supported by a carriage 16 slidably mounted relative to the housing 2 to allow the adjusting the position of the marking member 7 relative to the two-dimensional zone Z marking.
  • the displacement device 14 ensures the movement of the marking member 7 parallel to two movements P, P 1 perpendicular to each other and to the surface to be marked S.
  • the displacement device 14 comprises a translation guide path 17 formed in the form of a guide rail fixed on the carriage 16.
  • the displacement device 14 also comprises a moving element 18 which co-operates with the guide rail 17 so as to be movable in translation in a direction D parallel to a plane of displacement P.
  • a motor member 19 for translational movement of the moving element 18 the motor member 19 comprises an output pinion 21 cooperating with a rack 22 which is parallel to the direction D and which is part of the moving assembly 18.
  • the motor member 19 which is supported by the carriage 16 is connected to a control unit for controlling the translation of the moving element 18 along the rail 17 in the direction D and in both ways.
  • the displacement device 14 further comprises an oscillating cradle 25 which is adapted to the moving element 18, so as to be able to pivot by relative to the latter along an axis D1 parallel to the direction D and therefore perpendicular to the plane P1 .
  • the marking system 8 is adapted to the cradle 25 of way that the marking tip 7 extends projecting through the front face of the housing.
  • the displacement device 14 also comprises a motor member 26 whose output gear 27 cooperates with a toothed sector of a C- shaped arm 28 connected to the cradle 25.
  • the motor member 26 is mounted integral with the moving element 18 so as to be displaced in translation at the same time as the moving element 18, along the displacement rail 17.
  • the organ motor 26 is connected to a control unit for controlling the pivoting of the marking member 7 around the axis D 1 and in both directions.
  • the displacement device 14 as described above makes it possible to ensure by a control of the motor member 19 , a translation of the marking member 7 parallel to the plane P while the control of the motor member 26 allows rotating the marking member 7 in both directions parallel to the plane P1 .
  • the combination of the movements described above defines the area or the two-dimensional marking window Z whose length is fixed by the amplitude of the translation in the direction D and whose width is determined by the amplitude of the rotation around the D1 axis. It is then possible during operation of the marking system 8 to make a point mark with the marking member 7 at any point in the marking window Z thus defined. It is thus possible to create in this two-dimensional window Z a marking M resulting from the production of a set of point marks each obtained by the marking member 7. In the example illustrated in FIG. Fig. 1 , the marking M obtained is "SIC MARKING".
  • the displacement device 14 as described above is given by way of illustration so that the displacement device 14 can be made differently.
  • the displacement of the marking member 7 can be ensured by the combination of rotations of perpendicular axes.
  • the displacement device 14 such as described above may be equipped with a system for compensating for the effects of rotation of the marking member as described for example by the European patent EP 1 809 488 .
  • the apparatus 1 also comprises a nose 30 for positioning the apparatus 1 on the surface to be marked S.
  • This positioning nose 30 delimits vis-à-vis the front face 6 of the housing and distance from this front face 6, the two-dimensional zone Z marking.
  • the positioning nose 30 comprises at least one and in the example shown, two lateral legs or feet 33, mounted integral with the housing or integrated into the housing and extending substantially in the extension of the side walls 10 of the housing and projecting relative 6. These legs or feet 33 which are intended to bear on the surface to be marked S, define between them, at opposite ends to those fixed to the housing, the two-dimensional zone Z marking.
  • the two-dimensional zone Z of marking is defined by an opening in a support plate 34 in the form of a frame and fixed at the ends of the legs or feet 33 , opposed to the ends fixed to the housing.
  • the lateral legs 33 are formed by flanges extending substantially in the extension of the side walls 10 being fixed at one of their ends to the housing 2 , and at the other of their ends, of the plate 34.
  • this positioning nose 30 could be made differently, for example by means of rods projecting from the housing and whose ends are connected to a plate or not. support.
  • the lateral legs 33 can also be connected to each other by a connecting member extending substantially in the extension of the bottom wall 11 so that the positioning nose 30 is in the form of a single piece or monoblock of section in the shape of "U".
  • This positioning nose 30 is also arranged to delimit, in the extension of the top wall 9, an opening 35 allowing the visualization of the two-dimensional zone of marking Z , through the wall. 9.
  • a void space is arranged in the extension of the top wall 9 , between the front face 6 of the housing and the two-dimensional zone Z marking defined by the plate 34.
  • the opening 35 provides a perfect view of this two-dimensional zone of Z marking, for an operator U placed on the side of the top wall or overhanging the top wall 9 , as illustrated in FIG. Fig. 1 .
  • the top wall 9 of the housing 2 is equipped with at least one display screen 40 mounted so that the latter and the two-dimensional Z marking zone delimited by the positioning nose 30 and viewed through the aperture 35 of the positioning nose, appear simultaneously in the field of view of an operator overhanging the top wall of the housing.
  • an operator U can visualize firstly, prior to the actual marking operation, the marking to be performed displayed on the screen 40 and the two-dimensional Z marking zone and secondly, during the marking operation , simultaneously the marking to be made displayed on the screen 40 as well as the marking being produced in the two-dimensional zone Z marking.
  • the display screen 40 is mounted on the top wall 9 so as to be located as close to the front face 6 of the housing 2.
  • the top wall 9 presents from the display screen 40 and up to its end edge 9 1 delimiting a portion of the front face 6 of the housing, a profile 9 2 curved towards the inside of the housing.
  • the curved profile of the top wall 9 situated between the display screen 40 and the front face 6 favors the vision of the two-dimensional marking zone Z through the opening 35 which is delimited between the front face and the two-dimensional zone. Z marking.
  • the two-dimensional Z marking zone delimited by the positioning nose 30 is located at a distance d from the front end edge 9 1 of the top wall 9 between 50 and 80 mm while the edge before the display screen 40 that is to say the edge of the screen closest to the front face, is located at a distance d 1 from the two-dimensional marking zone Z between 70 and 120 mm .
  • the top wall 9 comprises a man-machine interface 45 advantageously integrating the display screen 40.
  • the display screen 40 is positioned closest to the front end edge 9 2 of the top wall 9.
  • the human machine interface 45 can be made by any appropriate means such as a touch screen or a keyboard for example to allow the operator to enter all the commands necessary for the operation of the device.
  • the top wall 9 integrates this man-machine interface 45 provided with the display screen 40.
  • the top wall 9 has a cavity or a housing 47 allowing the positioning of the this man-machine interface 45 and the display screen 40.
  • This man-machine unit 45 is connected to a unit for controlling the operation of the display screen, the marking system 8 and the moving device 14. the marking member.
  • the start of the marking operation is provided by a control switch 48 placed for example on the handle.
  • this control unit controls the display screen 40 so as to display the marking to be performed on the screen, prior to the execution of the marking operation but also during the production of the marking operation.
  • the marking to be made M is displayed on the screen 40 in real size, that is to say on the scale.
  • the portable device 1 does not have on the rear face 5, of components fragile electronics. Indeed, all the electronic components are advantageously grouped on an electronic card located at the top wall 9 of the housing.
  • the rear face 5 of the housing can be used by the operator to exert a thrust force in order to correctly position the positioning nose 30 on the surface S, this rear face 5 being as already explained, rigidly connected to the nose 30, by the body of the housing 2.
  • the handle 3 is provided, opposite the end connected to the housing, a flat support wall 50 for positioning the device upright or standing position .
  • a flat support wall 50 for positioning the device upright or standing position .
  • the support wall 50 is part of a battery pack 52 for powering the apparatus, mounted at the end of the handle 3, opposite to that fixed to the housing.
  • the handle 3 is equipped at its end opposite to that connected to the housing, a support 53 for the interchangeable connection of a battery power supply of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus of the invention may be devoid of batteries and be equipped at the connection support 53, a connection cord to a power supply.
  • the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is mounted on a carriage 16 to adjust at will the position of the marking member 7 relative to the two-dimensional marking zone Z.
  • the carriage 16 is equipped with a manual mechanism 60 for moving and locking the carriage relative to the housing 2.
  • the trolley 16 is slidably mounted on guides 61 provided on the inner face of the bottom wall 11 of the housing. The carriage 16 is moved in translation by the mechanism 60 to ensure the spacing or the approximation of the marking member 7 with respect to the two-dimensional marking zone Z.
  • the mechanism 60 comprises a cam or a cam. eccentric 63 controlled in rotation by a wheel 64 mounted integral with an axis of rotation 65 mounted integral with the eccentric.
  • the manually actuated wheel 64 makes it possible to turn the eccentric inside a cavity 66 arranged in the carriage 16. The rotation of the eccentric thus leads to the translation of the carriage 16.
  • the control wheel 64 for controlling the rotation of the eccentric the eccentric is locked in position by a locking lever 67 to lock in position the control wheel.
  • the assembly of the entire displacement device 14 on the carriage 16 offers the advantage of being able to adjust the initial position of the marking member 7 with respect to the surface to be marked M , in particular as a function of the hardness of the constituent material. of the surface to be marked.
  • this adjustment system allows the operator to adjust directly in the marking position, the distance between the marking member 7 and the surface to be marked S.
  • the back hand of the operator plates the positioning nose 30 against the surface to be marked S, while the operator visualizes through the opening 35, the distance between the marking member 7 and the surface to be marked S.
  • the underside hand of the operator can activate the eccentric 63 to adjust, then lock in position the carriage 16.

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La présente invention concerne le domaine technique des appareils portables permettant d'assurer le marquage de la surface d'un objet au sens général et elle vise plus précisément mais non exclusivement, les dispositifs permettant d'assurer le marquage par déformation de la surface de l'objet.The present invention relates to the technical field of portable devices for marking the surface of an object in the general sense and more specifically but not exclusively, devices for ensuring the marking by deformation of the surface of the object. 'object.

Dans le domaine technique préféré ci-dessus, il est connu de réaliser le marquage d'objets métalliques par exemple, par micro-percussion à l'aide d'un système de marquage comprenant une pointe qui est animée d'un mouvement alternatif de translation et qui vient frapper la surface à marquer pour former un impact sensiblement ponctuel. Cet appareil comporte également, un dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage permettant de déplacer ce dernier selon deux directions croisées dans une zone ou fenêtre bidimensionnelle de marquage.In the preferred technical field above, it is known to carry out the marking of metal objects for example by micro-percussion using a marking system comprising a tip which is driven by an alternating translation movement. and which strikes the surface to be marked to form a substantially punctual impact. This apparatus also comprises a device for moving the marking member to move the latter in two directions crossed in a two-dimensional area or window marking.

Dans l'état de la technique, il a été proposé diverses variantes de réalisation d'appareils de marquage. Par exemple, le brevet FR 2 256 833 décrit un appareil comportant un dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage, d'une part en translation, et d'autre part en rotation autour d'un axe parallèle à la direction de translation. Cet appareil est équipé d'une poignée de préhension lui conférant un caractère portable constituant une solution garantissant une grande souplesse d'utilisation tout en offrant une adaptation à des pièces difficiles d'accès.In the state of the art, various embodiments of marking apparatus have been proposed. For example, the patent FR 2,256,833 discloses an apparatus comprising a device for moving the marking member, firstly in translation, and secondly in rotation about an axis parallel to the direction of translation. This device is equipped with a handle giving it a portable character constituting a solution to ensure great flexibility of use while providing an adaptation to difficult to access parts.

Dans l'état de la technique, il est également connu des appareils de marquage dont certains modèles comportent un écran permettant d'afficher le marquage à réaliser.In the state of the art, it is also known marking devices some models have a screen for displaying the marking to achieve.

L'utilisation pratique de tels appareils portatifs de marquage conduit à constater que de tels appareils ne sont pas ergonomiques dans la mesure où ils ne sont pas adaptés aux conditions d'utilisation de l'opérateur.The practical use of such portable marking devices leads to the conclusion that such devices are not ergonomic insofar as they are not adapted to the conditions of use of the operator.

En effet, ces appareils sont souvent encombrants, ne permettant pas de visualiser la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage de l'appareil. Il s'ensuit un défaut de précision du marquage ainsi réalisé. Par ailleurs, dans le cas d'appareils portables ne comportant pas d'écran d'affichage, l'opérateur ne peut pas vérifier facilement, avant l'opération de marquage, que le marquage à réaliser correspond à celui souhaité. Dans le cas d'un appareil portable pourvu d'un écran d'affichage, l'opérateur est souvent obligé de dégager l'organe de marquage de la surface afin de vérifier sur l'écran, que le marquage à réaliser correspond à celui souhaité. De plus, il apparaît fréquemment une difficulté pour assurer un appui correct de l'appareil sur la surface de marquage en raison notamment de l'architecture du boîtier. Enfin, de tels appareils de marquage ne sont pas adaptés, sauf à avoir recours à des mécanismes complexes, à offrir une possibilité de réglage de la force d'impact en fonction du matériau constitutif de la surface à marquer.Indeed, these devices are often bulky, not allowing to visualize the two-dimensional area of marking of the device. It follows a lack of precision of the marking thus achieved. Moreover, in the case of portable devices that do not have a display screen, the operator can not easily check, before the marking operation, that the marking to achieve corresponds to that desired. In the case of a portable device provided with a display screen, the operator is often obliged to clear the marking member of the surface in order to verify on the screen, that the marking to be made corresponds to that desired . In addition, it frequently appears a difficulty to ensure proper support of the device on the marking surface due in particular to the architecture of the housing. Finally, such marking devices are not suitable, unless resorting to complex mechanisms, to offer a possibility of adjusting the impact force depending on the material constituting the surface to be marked.

L'objet de l'invention vise à remédier aux inconvénients de l'état de la technique en proposant un nouvel appareil portable pour le marquage d'une surface, conçu pour faciliter et fiabiliser les opérations de marquage.The object of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art by providing a new portable device for marking a surface, designed to facilitate and make reliable marking operations.

Pour atteindre un tel objectif, l'objet de l'invention concerne un appareil portatif pour le marquage d'une surface d'un objet comportant :

  • un boîtier équipé d'au moins une poignée et présentant à l'opposé d'une face arrière, une face avant ouverte pour le passage d'un organe de marquage faisant partie d'un système de marquage et adapté pour réaliser au moins une marque sensiblement ponctuelle, les faces avant et arrière étant reliées entre elles par au moins une paroi de dessus et deux parois latérales opposées, au moins l'une des faces du boîtier étant équipée d'un écran d'affichage ;
  • un dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage monté à l'intérieur du boîtier et adapté pour déplacer l'organe de marquage, sur la surface à marquer, dans une zone bidimensionnelle de marquage.
To achieve such an objective, the object of the invention relates to a portable device for marking a surface of an object comprising:
  • a housing equipped with at least one handle and having opposite an aft face, an open front for the passage of a marking member forming part of a marking system and adapted to achieve at least one mark substantially punctual, the front and rear faces being interconnected by at least one top wall and two opposite side walls, at least one of the faces of the housing being equipped with a display screen;
  • a device for moving the marking member mounted inside the housing and adapted to move the marking member on the surface to be marked in a two-dimensional marking zone.

Selon l'invention, le boîtier est équipé d'un nez de positionnement de l'appareil sur la surface à marquer, ce nez de positionnement délimitant d'une part, en vis-à-vis de la face avant du boîtier et à distance de cette face avant, la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage et d'autre part, dans le prolongement de la paroi de dessus, une ouverture de visualisation de la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage et la paroi de dessus du boîtier est équipée de l'écran d'affichage de manière que ce dernier et la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage vue à travers l'ouverture du nez de positionnement, apparaissent simultanément dans le champ de vision d'un opérateur surplombant la paroi de dessus du boîtier.According to the invention, the housing is equipped with a positioning nose of the appliance on the surface to be marked, this positioning nose defining on the one hand, facing the front face of the housing and remotely of this front face, the two-dimensional marking area and secondly, in the extension of the top wall, a viewing opening of the two-dimensional marking area and the top wall of the housing is equipped with the screen of display so that the latter and the two-dimensional area of marking seen through the opening of the nose of positioning, appear simultaneously in the field of view of an operator overhanging the top wall of the housing.

De plus, l'appareil selon l'invention peut présenter en outre en combinaison au moins l'une et/ou l'autre des caractéristiques additionnelles suivantes :

  • la paroi de dessus présente, à partir de l'écran d'affichage et jusqu'au bord d'extrémité avant délimitant une partie de la face avant du boîtier, un profil incurvé vers l'intérieur du boîtier ;
  • la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage délimitée par le nez de positionnement est située à une distance du bord d'extrémité avant de la paroi de dessus, comprise entre 50 et 80 mm tandis que le bord avant de l'écran d'affichage est situé à une distance de la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage, comprise entre 70 et 120 mm ;
  • la paroi de dessus comporte une interface homme machine avec l'écran d'affichage situé le plus proche du bord d'extrémité avant du panneau de dessus ;
  • le nez de positionnement comporte au moins deux jambes latérales s'étendant sensiblement à partir des parois latérales du boîtier et reliées entre elles par une plaque d'appui ouverte pour délimiter la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage ;
  • le boîtier comporte en face arrière, une paroi arrière d'appui pour l'opérateur, reliée rigidement au nez de positionnement ;
  • une unité pour piloter le fonctionnement de l'écran d'affichage et du dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage, de manière à afficher sur l'écran, le marquage à réaliser, préalablement et simultanément à la commande de l'organe de marquage ;
  • le boîtier comporte une poignée s'étendant à partir d'une paroi de dessous située en face de la paroi de dessus ;
  • la poignée est équipée à son extrémité opposée de celle reliée au boîtier, d'un support pour la connexion interchangeable d'une batterie d'alimentation électrique de l'appareil ;
  • la batterie d'alimentation comporte une face plane de support de l'appareil en position dressée ;
  • le dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage est monté sur un chariot monté coulissant pour régler la position de l'organe de marquage par rapport à la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage, un mécanisme de déplacement et de blocage du chariot par rapport au boîtier étant muni d'une commande manuelle ;
  • le mécanisme de déplacement du chariot comporte un excentrique commandé en rotation par une molette et assurant le déplacement en translation du chariot guidé en translation sur le boîtier, la molette de commande de l'excentrique étant bloquée en position par une manette de verrouillage.
In addition, the apparatus according to the invention may additionally have in combination at least one and / or the following additional characteristics:
  • the top wall has, from the display screen and to the front end edge delimiting a portion of the front face of the housing, a curved profile towards the inside of the housing;
  • the two-dimensional marking zone delimited by the positioning nose is situated at a distance from the front end edge of the top wall, between 50 and 80 mm while the front edge of the display screen is located at a distance of distance from the two-dimensional marking zone between 70 and 120 mm;
  • the top wall has a man-machine interface with the display screen located closest to the front end edge of the top panel;
  • the positioning nose comprises at least two lateral legs extending substantially from the side walls of the housing and interconnected by an open support plate to define the two-dimensional marking area;
  • the housing comprises on the rear face, a rear support wall for the operator, rigidly connected to the positioning nose;
  • a unit for controlling the operation of the display screen and the device for moving the marking member, so as to display on the screen, the marking to be produced, before and simultaneously with the control of the control device. marking;
  • the housing has a handle extending from a bottom wall facing the top wall;
  • the handle is equipped at its end opposite to that connected to the housing, a support for the interchangeable connection of a battery power supply of the apparatus;
  • the battery pack has a flat support face of the apparatus in upright position;
  • the device for moving the marking member is mounted on a slidably mounted carriage for adjusting the position of the marking member with respect to the two-dimensional marking zone, a mechanism for moving and locking the carriage relative to the housing being equipped with a manual control;
  • the mechanism for moving the carriage comprises an eccentric controlled in rotation by a wheel and ensuring the displacement in translation of the carriage guided in translation on the housing, the control wheel of the eccentric being locked in position by a locking handle.

Diverses autres caractéristiques ressortent de la description faite ci-dessous en référence aux dessins annexés qui montrent, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, des formes de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention.

  • La Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un exemple de réalisation d'un appareil de marquage portable conforme à l'invention, en condition d'utilisation.
  • La Figure 2 est une vue en perspective d'un appareil de marquage portable conforme à l'invention,
  • Les Figures 3 et 4 sont des vues en coupe élévation partielle de l'appareil de marquage portable conforme à l'invention, avec l'organe de marquage positionné respectivement en position avancée et en position reculée.
  • La Figure 5 est une vue d'un détail caractéristique de l'appareil de marquage portable conforme à l'invention, illustrant le montage coulissant du dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de montage.
  • La Figure 6 est une vue de dessus du chariot supportant le dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage, placé en position reculée.
  • La Figure 7 est une vue en élévation montrant un détail de la commande du chariot supportant le dispositif de déplacement de l'organe de marquage.
Various other characteristics appear from the description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings which show, by way of non-limiting examples, embodiments of the subject of the invention.
  • The Figure 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a portable marking apparatus according to the invention, in use condition.
  • The Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portable marking apparatus according to the invention,
  • The Figures 3 and 4 are views in partial elevation section of the portable marking apparatus according to the invention, with the marking member positioned respectively in the advanced position and in the retracted position.
  • The Figure 5 is a view of a characteristic detail of the portable marking apparatus according to the invention, illustrating the sliding mounting of the displacement device of the mounting member.
  • The Figure 6 is a top view of the carriage supporting the device for moving the marking member, placed in the retracted position.
  • The Figure 7 is an elevational view showing a detail of the carriage control supporting the device for moving the marking member.

Tel que cela ressort plus précisément des Fig. 1 à 4 , l'objet de l'invention concerne un appareil portatif 1 assurant la réalisation d'un marquage M sur une surface S d'un objet au sens général.As more specifically Fig. 1 to 4 The object of the invention relates to a portable device providing one embodiment of a marking M on a surface S of an object in a general sense.

L'appareil 1 selon l'invention comporte un boîtier 2 présentant une forme générale parallélépipédique et équipée d'au moins une poignée et dans l'exemple illustré d'une seule poignée 3. Le boîtier 2 présente à l'opposé d'une face arrière 5, une face avant 6 ouverte pour permettre le passage d'un organe de marquage 7 faisant partie d'un système de marquage 8 de tout type connu en soi et qui sera décrit plus en détail dans la suite de la description.The apparatus 1 according to the invention comprises a housing 2 having a generally parallelepipedal shape and equipped with at least one handle and in the illustrated example with a single handle 3. The housing 2 has the opposite of a face rear 5, a front face 6 open to allow the passage of a marking member 7 forming part of a marking system 8 of any type known per se and which will be described in more detail in the following description.

Le boîtier 2 comporte également un corps de liaison entre les faces arrière 5 et avant 6, formé par au moins une paroi de dessus 9 prolongée de part et d'autre, par deux parois latérales opposées 10. Dans l'exemple illustré, les deux parois latérales 10 sont reliées entre elles par une paroi de dessous 11 s'étendant en vis-à-vis et à distance de la paroi de dessus 9. The housing 2 also comprises a connecting body between the rear faces 5 and front 6 , formed by at least one top wall 9 extended on either side, by two opposite side walls 10. In the example illustrated, the two side walls 10 are interconnected by a bottom wall 11 extending opposite and at a distance from the top wall 9.

Tel que cela ressort clairement des Figures, le boîtier 2 présente ainsi un corps rigide de section rectangulaire formé par la paroi de dessus 9, la paroi de dessous 11 et les deux parois latérales 10, reliées entre elles pour former un corps rigide. Le boîtier 2 comporte également en face arrière 5, une paroi arrière montée solidaire du corps du boîtier et formant une surface de poussée ou d'appui pour l'opérateur comme cela sera expliqué plus en détail dans la suite de la description. Il est à noter que les termes dessus et dessous sont pris, pour des raisons de clarté, en considération des conditions d'utilisation de l'appareil par l'opérateur dont le champ visuel est situé du côté de la paroi de dessus 9. Bien entendu, l'appareil peut être utilisé dans toutes autres positions inclinées ou verticales de sorte que l'homme du métier adaptera facilement la désignation des parois.As is clear from the figures , the housing 2 thus has a rigid body of rectangular section formed by the top wall 9, the bottom wall 11 and the two side walls 10, interconnected to form a rigid body. The housing 2 also has on the rear face 5, a rear wall mounted integral with the body of the housing and forming a thrust surface or support for the operator as will be explained in more detail in the following description. It should be noted that the terms above and below are taken, for the sake of clarity, in consideration of the conditions of use of the apparatus by the operator whose field of view is located on the side of the top wall . Of course, the apparatus can be used in any other inclined or vertical positions so that the skilled person will easily adapt the designation of the walls.

Selon une caractéristique avantageuse de réalisation, la hauteur du boîtier 2 correspondant à la distance prise entre les parois de dessus 9 et de dessous 11 est telle qu'elle puisse permettre la préhension du boîtier à partir des parois latérales 10 de sorte que le pouce de la main vient en appui sur la paroi de dessus 9 tandis que les autres doigts de la main supportent le boîtier par la paroi de dessous 11. Typiquement, la hauteur du boîtier 2 est comprise entre 40 mm et 90 mm.According to an advantageous characteristic of embodiment, the height of the housing 2 corresponding to the distance between the top and bottom walls 9 and 11 is such that it can allow the housing to be gripped from the side walls 10 so that the thumb of the hand bears on the top wall 9 while the other fingers of the hand support the housing by the bottom wall 11. Typically the height of the housing 2 is between 40 mm and 90 mm.

Dans l'exemple de réalisation illustré, la poignée 3 s'étend en saillie à partir de la paroi de dessous 11. Bien entendu, il peut être envisagé d'équiper le boîtier 2, à l'aide de deux poignées s'étendant de part et d'autre du boîtier, à partir des parois latérales 10. In the illustrated embodiment, the handle 3 protrudes from the bottom wall 11. Of course, it can be envisaged to equip the housing 2, with two handles extending from both sides of the housing, from the side walls 10.

Selon un mode préféré de réalisation mais non exclusivement, le système de marquage 8 est un système à micro-percussion électromagnétique comprenant, en tant qu'organe de marquage 7, une pointe de marquage dont l'extrémité est destinée à venir impacter la surface S d'un objet pour y réaliser un point d'impact ou une marque sensiblement ponctuelle. Le système de marquage 8 n'est pas décrit en détail car il ne fait pas partie précisément de l'objet de l'invention et sa conception est bien connue de l'homme du métier. D'une manière générale, le système de marquage 8 assure à l'organe de marquage 7, une translation alternative selon une direction de marquage X pour impacter la surface S. Classiquement, l'organe de marquage 7 est mobile entre une position de repos dans laquelle l'organe de marquage est en retrait par rapport à la surface S et une position de travail dans laquelle l'organe de marquage est en contact avec la surface S. According to a preferred embodiment but not exclusively, the marking system 8 is an electromagnetic micro-percussion system comprising, as marking member 7, a marking tip whose end is intended to impact the surface S an object to achieve a point of impact or a mark substantially punctual. The marking system 8 is not described in detail because it is not part of the object of the invention and its design is well known to those skilled in the art. In a general manner, the marking system 8 provides the marking member 7 with an alternating translation along an X marking direction for impacting the surface S. Conventionally, the marking member 7 is movable between a rest position wherein the marking member is recessed with respect to the surface S and a working position in which the marking member is in contact with the surface S.

Dans la mesure où l'organe de marquage 7 réalise des conformations sensiblement ponctuelles et où il est souhaité, conformément à un objectif de l'invention, de réaliser sur la surface S, un marquage M en deux dimensions formé d'un ensemble de conformations ponctuelles réalisées par l'organe de marquage, l'appareil 1 comprend un dispositif 14 de déplacement de l'organe de marquage 7, parallèlement à deux plans de mouvement P, P1 perpendiculaires entre eux et à la surface S à marquer.Insofar as the marking member 7 makes substantially punctual conformations and where it is desired, in accordance with an objective of the invention, to produce on the surface S, a two-dimensional marking M formed of a set of conformations. punctures made by the marking member, the apparatus 1 comprises a device 14 for moving the marking member 7 , parallel to two planes of movement P, P 1 perpendicular to each other and to the surface S to be marked.

Le dispositif de déplacement 14 de l'organe de marquage 7 est conçu pour déplacer l'organe de marquage 7 sur la surface S à marquer, dans une fenêtre ou une zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage. Bien entendu, le dispositif de déplacement 14 de l'organe de marquage 7 peut être réalisé par tout moyen approprié et notamment, conformément à la description du dispositif décrit dans le brevet EP 1 809 488 .The displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is designed to move the marking member 7 on the surface S to be marked, in a window or a two-dimensional zone Z marking. Of course, the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 can be realized by any appropriate means and in particular, in accordance with the description of the device described in the patent EP 1 809 488 .

Le dispositif de déplacement 14 de l'organe de marquage 7 est monté à l'intérieur du boîtier 2. Selon une variante préférée de réalisation, le dispositif de déplacement 14 est supporté par un chariot 16 monté coulissant par rapport au boîtier 2 pour permettre le réglage de la position de l'organe de marquage 7 par rapport à la zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage.The displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is mounted inside the housing 2. According to a preferred variant embodiment, the displacement device 14 is supported by a carriage 16 slidably mounted relative to the housing 2 to allow the adjusting the position of the marking member 7 relative to the two-dimensional zone Z marking.

De manière classique, le dispositif de déplacement 14 assure le mouvement de l'organe de marquage 7 parallèlement à deux mouvements P, P1 perpendiculaires entre eux et à la surface à marquer S.In a conventional manner, the displacement device 14 ensures the movement of the marking member 7 parallel to two movements P, P 1 perpendicular to each other and to the surface to be marked S.

Dans l'exemple de réalisation illustré, le dispositif de déplacement 14 comporte une voie de guidage en translation 17 réalisée sous la forme d'un rail de guidage fixé sur le chariot 16. Le dispositif de déplacement 14 comporte également un équipage mobile 18 qui coopère avec le rail de guidage 17 de manière à être mobile en translation selon une direction D parallèle à un plan de déplacement P. Afin d'assurer la translation de l'équipage mobile 18 le long du rail 17 selon les deux sens de déplacement, il est également prévu un organe moteur 19 de déplacement en translation de l'équipage mobile 18, L'organe moteur 19 comporte un pignon de sortie 21 coopérant avec une crémaillère 22 qui est parallèle à la direction D et qui fait partie de l'équipage mobile 18. L'organe moteur 19 qui est supporté par le chariot 16 est relié à une unité de commande permettant de piloter la translation de l'équipage mobile 18 le long du rail 17 selon la direction D et dans les deux sens.In the exemplary embodiment illustrated, the displacement device 14 comprises a translation guide path 17 formed in the form of a guide rail fixed on the carriage 16. The displacement device 14 also comprises a moving element 18 which co-operates with the guide rail 17 so as to be movable in translation in a direction D parallel to a plane of displacement P. In order to ensure the translation of the moving element 18 along the rail 17 in both directions of movement, it is also provided a motor member 19 for translational movement of the moving element 18 , the motor member 19 comprises an output pinion 21 cooperating with a rack 22 which is parallel to the direction D and which is part of the moving assembly 18. The motor member 19 which is supported by the carriage 16 is connected to a control unit for controlling the translation of the moving element 18 along the rail 17 in the direction D and in both ways.

Afin de permettre un déplacement de l'organe de marquage 7 parallèlement au plan P1 perpendiculaire au plan P, le dispositif de déplacement 14 comporte en outre un berceau oscillant 25 qui est adapté sur l'équipage mobile 18, de manière à pouvoir pivoter par rapport à ce dernier selon un axe D1 parallèle à la direction D et donc perpendiculaire au plan P1. Le système de marquage 8 est adapté sur le berceau 25 de manière que la pointe de marquage 7 s'étende en saillie à travers la face avant du boîtier.In order to allow displacement of the marking member 7 parallel to the plane P 1 perpendicular to the plane P, the displacement device 14 further comprises an oscillating cradle 25 which is adapted to the moving element 18, so as to be able to pivot by relative to the latter along an axis D1 parallel to the direction D and therefore perpendicular to the plane P1 . The marking system 8 is adapted to the cradle 25 of way that the marking tip 7 extends projecting through the front face of the housing.

En vue de piloter la rotation du berceau 25 portant le système de marquage 8, le dispositif de déplacement 14 comporte également un organe moteur 26 dont le pignon de sortie 27 coopère avec un secteur denté d'un bras 28 en forme de C lié au berceau 25. Dans l'exemple illustré, l'organe moteur 26 est monté solidaire de l'équipage mobile 18 de manière à être déplacé en translation en même temps que l'équipage mobile 18, le long du rail de déplacement 17. L'organe moteur 26 est relié à une unité de commande permettant de piloter le pivotement de l'organe de marquage 7 autour de l'axe D1 et dans les deux sens.In order to control the rotation of the cradle 25 carrying the marking system 8, the displacement device 14 also comprises a motor member 26 whose output gear 27 cooperates with a toothed sector of a C- shaped arm 28 connected to the cradle 25. In the illustrated example, the motor member 26 is mounted integral with the moving element 18 so as to be displaced in translation at the same time as the moving element 18, along the displacement rail 17. The organ motor 26 is connected to a control unit for controlling the pivoting of the marking member 7 around the axis D 1 and in both directions.

Le dispositif de déplacement 14 tel que décrit ci-dessus permet d'assurer par une commande de l'organe moteur 19, une translation de l'organe de marquage 7 parallèlement au plan P tandis que la commande de l'organe moteur 26 permet d'entraîner une rotation de l'organe de marquage 7 dans les deux sens parallèlement au plan P1. La combinaison des mouvements décrits ci-dessus définit la zone ou la fenêtre bidimensionnelle de marquage Z dont la longueur est fixée par l'amplitude de la translation selon la direction D et dont la largeur est déterminée par l'amplitude de la rotation autour de l'axe D1. Il est alors possible lors de la mise en fonctionnement du système de marquage 8 de réaliser une marque ponctuelle à l'aide de l'organe de marquage 7, en tout point situé dans la fenêtre de marquage Z ainsi définie. Il est ainsi possible de créer dans cette fenêtre bidimensionnelle Z, un marquage M résultant de la réalisation d'un ensemble de marques ponctuelles obtenues chacune par l'organe de marquage 7. Dans l'exemple illustré à la Fig. 1 , le marquage M obtenu est « SIC MARKING ».The displacement device 14 as described above makes it possible to ensure by a control of the motor member 19 , a translation of the marking member 7 parallel to the plane P while the control of the motor member 26 allows rotating the marking member 7 in both directions parallel to the plane P1 . The combination of the movements described above defines the area or the two-dimensional marking window Z whose length is fixed by the amplitude of the translation in the direction D and whose width is determined by the amplitude of the rotation around the D1 axis. It is then possible during operation of the marking system 8 to make a point mark with the marking member 7 at any point in the marking window Z thus defined. It is thus possible to create in this two-dimensional window Z a marking M resulting from the production of a set of point marks each obtained by the marking member 7. In the example illustrated in FIG. Fig. 1 , the marking M obtained is "SIC MARKING".

Bien entendu, le dispositif de déplacement 14 tel que décrit ci-dessus est donné à titre d'illustration de sorte que le dispositif de déplacement 14 peut être réalisé de manière différente. A titre d'exemple, le déplacement de l'organe de marquage 7 peut être assuré par la combinaison de rotations d'axes perpendiculaires. De même, le dispositif de déplacement 14 tel que décrit ci-dessus peut être équipé d'un système de compensation des effets de rotation de l'organe de marquage tel que décrit par exemple par le brevet européen EP 1 809 488 .Of course, the displacement device 14 as described above is given by way of illustration so that the displacement device 14 can be made differently. For example, the displacement of the marking member 7 can be ensured by the combination of rotations of perpendicular axes. Likewise, the displacement device 14 such as described above may be equipped with a system for compensating for the effects of rotation of the marking member as described for example by the European patent EP 1 809 488 .

Conformément à l'invention, l'appareil 1 comporte également un nez 30 de positionnement de l'appareil 1 sur la surface à marquer S. Ce nez de positionnement 30 délimite en vis-à-vis de la face avant 6 du boîtier et à distance de cette face avant 6, la zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage. Le nez de positionnement 30 comporte au moins une et dans l'exemple illustré, deux jambes latérales ou pieds 33, montés solidaires du boîtier ou intégrés au boîtier et s'étendant sensiblement dans le prolongement des parois latérales 10 du boîtier et en saillie par rapport à la face avant 6. Ces jambes ou pieds 33 qui sont destinés à venir en appui sur la surface à marquer S, définissent entre eux, au niveau des extrémités opposées à celles fixées au boîtier, la zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage. Dans l'exemple illustré sur les dessins, la zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage est délimitée par une ouverture aménagée dans une plaque d'appui 34 se présentant sous la forme d'un cadre et fixée au niveau des extrémités des jambes ou des pieds 33, opposés aux extrémités fixées au boîtier. Dans l'exemple illustré, les jambes latérales 33 sont réalisées par des flasques s'étendant sensiblement dans le prolongement des parois latérales 10 en étant fixées à l'une de leurs extrémités sur le boîtier 2, et à l'autre de leurs extrémités, à la plaque 34. Bien entendu, ce nez de positionnement 30 pourrait être réalisé de manière différente, par l'intermédiaire par exemple de tiges s'étendant en saillie à partir du boîtier et dont les extrémités sont reliées ou non à une plaque d'appui. De même, les jambes latérales 33 peuvent aussi être reliées entre-elles par un organe de liaison s'étendant sensiblement dans le prolongement de la paroi de dessous 11 de sorte que le nez de positionnement 30 se présente sous la forme d'une pièce unique ou monobloc de section en forme de « U ».According to the invention, the apparatus 1 also comprises a nose 30 for positioning the apparatus 1 on the surface to be marked S. This positioning nose 30 delimits vis-à-vis the front face 6 of the housing and distance from this front face 6, the two-dimensional zone Z marking. The positioning nose 30 comprises at least one and in the example shown, two lateral legs or feet 33, mounted integral with the housing or integrated into the housing and extending substantially in the extension of the side walls 10 of the housing and projecting relative 6. These legs or feet 33 which are intended to bear on the surface to be marked S, define between them, at opposite ends to those fixed to the housing, the two-dimensional zone Z marking. In the example illustrated in the drawings, the two-dimensional zone Z of marking is defined by an opening in a support plate 34 in the form of a frame and fixed at the ends of the legs or feet 33 , opposed to the ends fixed to the housing. In the example illustrated, the lateral legs 33 are formed by flanges extending substantially in the extension of the side walls 10 being fixed at one of their ends to the housing 2 , and at the other of their ends, of the plate 34. Of course, this positioning nose 30 could be made differently, for example by means of rods projecting from the housing and whose ends are connected to a plate or not. support. Similarly, the lateral legs 33 can also be connected to each other by a connecting member extending substantially in the extension of the bottom wall 11 so that the positioning nose 30 is in the form of a single piece or monoblock of section in the shape of "U".

Ce nez de positionnement 30 est aménagé également pour délimiter, dans le prolongement de la paroi de dessus 9, une ouverture 35 permettant la visualisation de la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z, à travers la paroi de dessus 9. En d'autres termes, un espace vide est aménagé dans le prolongement de la paroi de dessus 9, entre la face avant 6 du boîtier et la zone bidimensionnelle Z de marquage délimitée par la plaque 34. Dans la mesure où le nez de positionnement 30 comporte uniquement, entre la face avant 6 et la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z, des pieds 33 qui s'étendent sensiblement parallèlement aux parois latérales 10 du boîtier, l'ouverture 35 aménagée permet une parfaite vision de cette zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z, pour un opérateur U placé du côté de la paroi de dessus ou en surplomb de la paroi de dessus 9, comme illustré à la Fig. 1 . This positioning nose 30 is also arranged to delimit, in the extension of the top wall 9, an opening 35 allowing the visualization of the two-dimensional zone of marking Z , through the wall. 9. In other words, a void space is arranged in the extension of the top wall 9 , between the front face 6 of the housing and the two-dimensional zone Z marking defined by the plate 34. Insofar as the positioning nose 30 comprises only, between the front face 6 and the two-dimensional zone Z marking feet 33 which extend substantially parallel to the side walls 10 of the housing, the opening 35 provides a perfect view of this two-dimensional zone of Z marking, for an operator U placed on the side of the top wall or overhanging the top wall 9 , as illustrated in FIG. Fig. 1 .

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, la paroi de dessus 9 du boîtier 2 est équipée d'au moins un écran d'affichage 40 monté de manière que ce dernier et la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z délimitée par le nez de positionnement 30 et vue à travers l'ouverture 35 du nez de positionnement, apparaissent simultanément dans le champ de vision d'un opérateur surplombant la paroi de dessus du boîtier. Ainsi, tel que cela ressort clairement de la Fig. 1 , un opérateur U peut visualiser d'une part, préalablement à l'opération de marquage proprement dite, le marquage à réaliser affiché sur l'écran 40 et la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z et d'autre part, pendant l'opération de marquage, simultanément le marquage à réaliser affiché sur l'écran 40 ainsi que le marquage en cours de réalisation dans la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z.According to another characteristic of the invention, the top wall 9 of the housing 2 is equipped with at least one display screen 40 mounted so that the latter and the two-dimensional Z marking zone delimited by the positioning nose 30 and viewed through the aperture 35 of the positioning nose, appear simultaneously in the field of view of an operator overhanging the top wall of the housing. Thus, as is clear from the Fig. 1 , an operator U can visualize firstly, prior to the actual marking operation, the marking to be performed displayed on the screen 40 and the two-dimensional Z marking zone and secondly, during the marking operation , simultaneously the marking to be made displayed on the screen 40 as well as the marking being produced in the two-dimensional zone Z marking.

Selon une caractéristique préférée de réalisation, l'écran d'affichage 40 est monté sur la paroi de dessus 9 de manière à être situé au plus près de la face avant 6 du boîtier 2. Avantageusement, la paroi de dessus 9 présente à partir de l'écran d'affichage 40 et jusqu'à son bord d'extrémité 91 délimitant une partie de la face avant 6 du boîtier, un profil 92 incurvé vers l'intérieur du boîtier. Le profil incurvé de la paroi de dessus 9 situé entre l'écran d'affichage 40 et la face avant 6 favorise la vision de la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z à travers l'ouverture 35 qui est délimitée entre la face avant et la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z.According to a preferred embodiment, the display screen 40 is mounted on the top wall 9 so as to be located as close to the front face 6 of the housing 2. Advantageously, the top wall 9 presents from the display screen 40 and up to its end edge 9 1 delimiting a portion of the front face 6 of the housing, a profile 9 2 curved towards the inside of the housing. The curved profile of the top wall 9 situated between the display screen 40 and the front face 6 favors the vision of the two-dimensional marking zone Z through the opening 35 which is delimited between the front face and the two-dimensional zone. Z marking.

Selon un exemple préféré de réalisation, la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z délimitée par le nez de positionnement 30 est située à une distance d du bord d'extrémité avant 91 de la paroi de dessus 9 comprise entre 50 et 80 mm tandis que le bord avant de l'écran d'affichage 40 c'est-à-dire le bord de l'écran le plus proche de la face avant, est situé à une distance d1 de la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z comprise entre 70 et 120 mm.According to a preferred embodiment, the two-dimensional Z marking zone delimited by the positioning nose 30 is located at a distance d from the front end edge 9 1 of the top wall 9 between 50 and 80 mm while the edge before the display screen 40 that is to say the edge of the screen closest to the front face, is located at a distance d 1 from the two-dimensional marking zone Z between 70 and 120 mm .

Selon une variante préférée de réalisation, la paroi de dessus 9 comporte une interface homme machine 45 intégrant avantageusement l'écran d'affichage 40. Comme indiqué précédemment, l'écran d'affichage 40 est positionné le plus près du bord d'extrémité avant 92 de la paroi de dessus 9. L'interface homme machine 45 peut être réalisée par tout moyen approprié comme un écran tactile ou un clavier par exemple pour permettre à l'opérateur de saisir toutes les commandes nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'appareil. Il doit être compris que la paroi de dessus 9 intègre cette interface homme-machine 45 munie de l'écran d'affichage 40. Selon une variante préférée de réalisation, la paroi de dessus 9 comporte une cavité ou un logement 47 permettant le positionnement de cette interface homme machine 45 et de l'écran d'affichage 40. Cette unité homme-machine 45 est reliée à une unité pour piloter le fonctionnement de l'écran d'affichage, du système de marquage 8 et du dispositif 14 de déplacement de l'organe de marquage.According to a preferred embodiment, the top wall 9 comprises a man-machine interface 45 advantageously integrating the display screen 40. As indicated above, the display screen 40 is positioned closest to the front end edge 9 2 of the top wall 9. The human machine interface 45 can be made by any appropriate means such as a touch screen or a keyboard for example to allow the operator to enter all the commands necessary for the operation of the device. It should be understood that the top wall 9 integrates this man-machine interface 45 provided with the display screen 40. According to a preferred embodiment, the top wall 9 has a cavity or a housing 47 allowing the positioning of the this man-machine interface 45 and the display screen 40. This man-machine unit 45 is connected to a unit for controlling the operation of the display screen, the marking system 8 and the moving device 14. the marking member.

Le démarrage de l'opération de marquage est assuré par un interrupteur de commande 48 placé par exemple sur la poignée. Selon une caractéristique de l'nvention, cette unité de commande pilote l'écran d'affichage 40 de manière à afficher le marquage à réaliser sur l'écran, préalablement à l'exécution de l'opération de marquage mais également pendant la réalisation de l'opération de marquage. De préférence, le marquage à réaliser M est affiché sur l'écran 40 en taille réelle c'est-à-dire à l'échelle.The start of the marking operation is provided by a control switch 48 placed for example on the handle. According to a feature of the invention, this control unit controls the display screen 40 so as to display the marking to be performed on the screen, prior to the execution of the marking operation but also during the production of the marking operation. Preferably, the marking to be made M is displayed on the screen 40 in real size, that is to say on the scale.

Il ressort de la description qui précède que l'appareil portatif 1 selon l'invention ne comporte pas sur la face arrière 5, de composants électroniques fragiles. En effet, tous les composants électroniques sont regroupés avantageusement sur une carte électronique située au niveau de la paroi de dessus 9 du boîtier. Ainsi, la face arrière 5 du boîtier peut être utilisée par l'opérateur pour exercer un effort de poussée afin de placer correctement en appui le nez de positionnement 30 sur la surface S, cette face arrière 5 étant comme déjà expliqué, rigidement reliée au nez de positionnement 30, par le corps du boîtier 2. It follows from the above description that the portable device 1 according to the invention does not have on the rear face 5, of components fragile electronics. Indeed, all the electronic components are advantageously grouped on an electronic card located at the top wall 9 of the housing. Thus, the rear face 5 of the housing can be used by the operator to exert a thrust force in order to correctly position the positioning nose 30 on the surface S, this rear face 5 being as already explained, rigidly connected to the nose 30, by the body of the housing 2.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'objet de l'invention, la poignée 3 est pourvue, à l'opposé de l'extrémité reliée au boîtier, d'une paroi plane de support 50 permettant de positionner l'appareil en position dressée ou debout. Une telle disposition facilite la saisie des opérations sur l'interface homme machine 45 du boîtier dans la mesure où, dans cette position dressée, la paroi de dessus s'étend dans un plan sensiblement horizontal ou incliné jusqu'à un angle inférieur de l'ordre de 20°, Par ailleurs, il est à noter que la saisie des commandes sur cette interface homme-machine 45 peut être réalisée par les pouces de l'opérateur tenant par ses deux mains, l'appareil reposant ou non en position dressée.According to another characteristic of the subject of the invention, the handle 3 is provided, opposite the end connected to the housing, a flat support wall 50 for positioning the device upright or standing position . Such an arrangement facilitates the capture of operations on the man-machine interface 45 of the housing in that, in this upright position, the top wall extends in a substantially horizontal plane or inclined to a lower angle of the By the way, it should be noted that the seizure of commands on this man-machine interface 45 can be achieved by the thumbs of the operator holding by his two hands, the device resting or not in erect position.

Selon une caractéristique de réalisation illustrée, la paroi de support 50 fait partie d'un bloc batterie 52 d'alimentation électrique de l'appareil, monté à l'extrémité de la poignée 3, opposée de celle fixée au boîtier. Avantageusement, la poignée 3 est équipée à son extrémité opposée de celle reliée au boîtier, d'un support 53 pour la connexion interchangeable d'une batterie d'alimentation électrique de l'appareil. Bien entendu, l'appareil selon l'invention peut être dépourvu de batteries et être équipé au niveau du support de connexion 53, d'un cordon de raccordement à une alimentation électrique.According to an illustrated embodiment, the support wall 50 is part of a battery pack 52 for powering the apparatus, mounted at the end of the handle 3, opposite to that fixed to the housing. Advantageously, the handle 3 is equipped at its end opposite to that connected to the housing, a support 53 for the interchangeable connection of a battery power supply of the apparatus. Of course, the apparatus of the invention may be devoid of batteries and be equipped at the connection support 53, a connection cord to a power supply.

Comme expliqué précédemment, le dispositif de déplacement 14 de l'organe de marquage 7 est monté sur un chariot 16 permettant de régler à volonté la position de l'organe de marquage 7 par rapport à la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z. A cet effet, le chariot 16 est équipé d'un mécanisme manuel 60 de déplacement et de blocage du chariot par rapport au boîtier 2. Comme cela ressort plus précisément des Fig. 5 à 7 , le chariot 16 est monté coulissant sur des guides 61 aménagées sur la face interne de la paroi de dessous 11 du boîtier. Le chariot 16 est déplacé en translation par le mécanisme 60 pour assurer l'écartement ou le rapprochement de l'organe de marquage 7 par rapport à la zone bidimensionnelle de marquage Z. Dans l'exempte illustré, le mécanisme 60 comporte une came ou un excentrique 63 commandé en rotation par une molette 64 montée solidaire d'un axe de rotation 65 monté solidaire de l'excentrique. La molette 64 manoeuvrée manuellement permet de faire tourner l'excentrique à l'intérieur d'une cavité 66 aménagée dans le chariot 16. La rotation de l'excentrique conduit ainsi à la translation du chariot 16. La molette 64 de commande en rotation de l'excentrique est bloquée en position par une manette de verrouillage 67 permettant de bloquer en position la molette de commande. Le montage de l'ensemble du dispositif de déplacement 14 sur le chariot 16 offre l'avantage de pouvoir régler la position initiale de l'organe de marquage 7 par rapport à la surface à marquer M, en fonction notamment de la dureté du matériau constitutif de la surface à marquer.As explained above, the displacement device 14 of the marking member 7 is mounted on a carriage 16 to adjust at will the position of the marking member 7 relative to the two-dimensional marking zone Z. For this purpose, the carriage 16 is equipped with a manual mechanism 60 for moving and locking the carriage relative to the housing 2. As is more particularly apparent from the Fig. 5 to 7 , the trolley 16 is slidably mounted on guides 61 provided on the inner face of the bottom wall 11 of the housing. The carriage 16 is moved in translation by the mechanism 60 to ensure the spacing or the approximation of the marking member 7 with respect to the two-dimensional marking zone Z. In the illustrated example, the mechanism 60 comprises a cam or a cam. eccentric 63 controlled in rotation by a wheel 64 mounted integral with an axis of rotation 65 mounted integral with the eccentric. The manually actuated wheel 64 makes it possible to turn the eccentric inside a cavity 66 arranged in the carriage 16. The rotation of the eccentric thus leads to the translation of the carriage 16. The control wheel 64 for controlling the rotation of the eccentric the eccentric is locked in position by a locking lever 67 to lock in position the control wheel. The assembly of the entire displacement device 14 on the carriage 16 offers the advantage of being able to adjust the initial position of the marking member 7 with respect to the surface to be marked M , in particular as a function of the hardness of the constituent material. of the surface to be marked.

Il est à noter que ce système de réglage permet à l'opérateur de régler directement en position de marquage, la distance entre l'organe de marquage 7 et la surface à marquer S. La main de derrière de l'opérateur plaque le nez de positionnement 30 contre la surface à marquer S, tandis que l'opérateur visualise par l'ouverture 35, la distance entre l'organe de marquage 7 et la surface à marquer S. Simultanément, la main de dessous de l'opérateur peut activer l'excentrique 63 pour régler, puis bloquer en position le chariot 16. It should be noted that this adjustment system allows the operator to adjust directly in the marking position, the distance between the marking member 7 and the surface to be marked S. The back hand of the operator plates the positioning nose 30 against the surface to be marked S, while the operator visualizes through the opening 35, the distance between the marking member 7 and the surface to be marked S. Simultaneously , the underside hand of the operator can activate the eccentric 63 to adjust, then lock in position the carriage 16.

L'invention n'est pas limitée aux exemples décrits et représentés car diverses modifications peuvent y être apportées sans sortir de son cadre.The invention is not limited to the examples described and shown because various modifications can be made without departing from its scope.

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  1. A portable appliance for marking a surface (S), the appliance comprising:
    • a housing (2) provided with at least one handle (3) and presenting remote from a rear face (5) an open front face (6) for passing a marker member (7) that forms part of a marker system (8) and that is adapted to make at least one substantially dot-shaped mark, the front and rear faces (6, 5) being connected together at least by a top wall (9) and by two opposite side walls (10), at least one of the faces of the housing being provided with a display screen (40); and
    • a movement device (14) for moving the marker member (7) that is mounted inside the housing and that is adapted to move the marker member (7) over the surface for marking (S) in a two-dimensional marking zone (Z) ;
    the appliance being characterized in that the housing (2) is provided with a positioning nose (30) for positioning the appliance against the surface for marking (S), the positioning nose (30) defining firstly the two-dimensional marking zone (Z) in register with the front face (6) of the housing and at a distance from the front face, and secondly an opening (35) in line with the top wall (9) for viewing the two-dimensional marking zone (Z), and in that the top wall (9) of the housing is fitted with the display screen (40) in such a manner that the screen (40) and the two-dimensional marking zone (Z) as seen through the opening (35) of the positioning nose appear simultaneously in the field of view of an operator above the top wall (9) of the housing.
  2. A portable marker appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the top wall (9) presents a profile (92) that is curved towards the inside of the housing, extending from the display screen (40) and as far as the front end edge (91) defining a portion of the front face of the housing.
  3. A portable marker appliance according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the two-dimensional marking zone (Z) defined by the positioning nose (30) is situated at a distance (d) from the front end edge (91) of the top wall (9), which distance lies in the range 50 mm to 80 mm, while the front edge of the display screen (40) is situated at a distance (d1) from the two-dimensional marking zone (Z) that lies in the range 70 mm to 120 mm.
  4. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the top wall (9) includes a man-machine interface (45) with the display screen (40) situated as close as possible to the front end edge (91) of the top panel (9).
  5. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the positioning nose (30) includes at least two arms (33) extending substantially from the side walls (10) of the housing and connected together by an open bearing plate (34) for defining the two-dimensional marking zone (Z).
  6. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the housing (2) includes at its rear face (5) a rear thrust wall for the operator, which rear thrust wall is rigidly connected to the positioning nose (30).
  7. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it includes a unit for controlling the operation of the display screen (40) and of the device (14) for moving the marker member (7) in such a manner as to display on the screen the marking that is to be made prior to and simultaneously with controlling the marker member.
  8. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the housing (2) includes a handle (3) extending from a bottom wall (11) situated in register with the top wall (9).
  9. A portable marker appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that, at its end remote from its end connected to the housing, the handle (3) is fitted with a support (53) for interchangeably connecting an electrical power supply battery of the appliance.
  10. A portable marker appliance according to claim 9, characterized in that the power supply battery has a plane face (50) for supporting the appliance in an upstanding position.
  11. A portable marker appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the device (14) for moving the marker member (7) is mounted on a carriage (16) that is slidably mounted for adjusting the position of the marker member (7) relative to the two-dimensional marking zone (Z), a mechanism (60) for moving and locking the carriage relative to the housing being provided with a manual control.
  12. A portable marker appliance to claim 11, characterized in that the mechanism (60) for moving the carriage (16) includes an eccentric (63) that is turned by a knob (64) and that serves to move the carriage (16) in translation, the carriage being guided to move in translation relative to the housing, the control knob (64) of the eccentric being locked in position by a locking lever (67).
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