EP3177435B1 - Appareil portatif pour le marquage d'une surface - Google Patents

Appareil portatif pour le marquage d'une surface Download PDF

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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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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25HWORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H7/00Marking-out or setting-out work
    • B25H7/04Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25HWORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H7/00Marking-out or setting-out work
    • B25H7/04Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking
    • B25H7/045Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking characterised by constructional details of the marking elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING
    • B44B3/00Artist'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
    • B44B3/02Artist'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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