ES2245565B1 - Reflecting tag for use on e.g. cattle, ovine includes reflecting material on which alphanumeric characters or bar code may be inscribed - Google Patents

Abstract

A pointed portion is provided in one of two laminar bodies while the other laminar body is provided with a retainer for the pointed portion which is configured to pierce the cartilage of the ear of cattle, ovine, goat, or pig. A reflector comprises one or both surfaces of each laminar body by integrating a reflecting material to the tag or by adhering a reflecting material of diverse forms to cover any zone of the tag. Alphanumeric characters or a bar code may be inscribed on the reflecting material.

Description

Reflective tag.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a request of invention patent relating to a reflective tag, for cattle, sheep or pigs, preferably fully or partially incorporated reflective elements, both in its rear area as front, and can also be all tag made of reflective material, which allows once placed on the animal the visualization of the reflex of said tag, especially on roads and highways in low conditions luminosity, thus avoiding accidents.

Field of the Invention

This invention has its application within the industry dedicated to the manufacture of elements and accessories for livestock, more specifically the components for identification of cattle, sheep and pigs.

Background of the invention

The applicant knows the existence and use of different types of tags for identification of cattle that are installed in the ears of the cattle and that in their most successfully perform the function for which they were designed.

Crotales known to the applicant they consist of a sheet, preferably made of material plastic, equipped with an element with a configuration in the form of bolt, harpoon or pointed body in general, fully constituted in plastic material, designed to pass through the cartilage of the ear of a beef, sheep or pig, and that is received in a second body located on the opposite side of the ear that through the most various devices retain the aforementioned pointed body, holding the plastic sheet to the ear.

The retention element can be independent of the set formed by the pointed body and the sheet or, by the Otherwise, be part of the aforementioned set, placing each element at one end of the plastic sheet.

Obligatory on the plastic sheet are recorded the numbering or identification legend of the animal, existing also crotales in which those characters are engraved in the form of bars, being able to be read by code readers of bars, which allow a direct computer processing of the information, that is, it is not necessary to transcribe the characters so that they can be treated informally, and can be imported through a communications port of a computer through a adequate computer program.

The applicant is aware of the existence of perfected tags that have different elements, such as PCT Patent No. 91/10982, which refers to an electronic responder located inside the body of the tag, usually inside the pointed body. Also the Spanish patent n ° 9801340 which corresponds to an electronic tag whose utility lies in allowing the identification of animals by electronic instrumentation
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However, until now there is no knowledge of the existence of an invention that is equipped with the ideal characteristics to allow the signaling of an animal of the bovine, sheep, goats and swine species in areas of low light.
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Description of the invention

The reflective tag that the invention proposes It constitutes an obvious novelty within its scope, since it incorporates reflective means in the tag, both for its back or front face that allow long viewing distances the reflection of the tag of the animal that carries it and be aware of its presence, preferably in roads and roads where there is little light, avoiding accidents and mishaps with these animals, which in many are deadly

Thus, in a conventional structure of a tag reflective elements can be attached covering the two bodies that form the tag, on both sides of them so partial or total, to achieve a greater area of reflective, allowing the display of the identifying characters existing in the tag.

Also the reflective tag object of this invention patent may be constituted from a sheet plastic made of reflective material with a body pointed, intended to pierce the ear of the animal and a second plastic sheet also all made of material reflective, which has a retaining element at the end of the pointed body, constituted from a blind hole that It has an inverse spatial configuration to that of the aforementioned end, allowing the retention of the ear between the two plates previously recorded with the identification elements and Animal tracking

In all cases the reflective media can allow alphanumeric registration or insertion of a code bars on them.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, is attached herein descriptive, as an integral part of it, two sheets of plans in which with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, they have been represented the following:

The first figure shows a view in perspective of a type of crotal formed by two bodies, with a partial reflective zone.

The second figure is a plan view of one of the bodies of the tag, appreciating that everything is reflective

The third and fourth figures correspond to different forms of reflective elements placed on the bodies that form a tag.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of these figures, it can be seen in Figure 1, a format of tag (1), with its main sheet (2) and minor (3), both having a reflective zone (4) and (5) both by its anterior face as posterior, appreciating that in the area reflective (4) a barcode (6) is inscribed corresponding to the characters on the animal's history. Also in the free space of the upper area of the sheet (2) you can record or register any type of numbers, letters or Symbols

In the second figure the body or major sheet (2) of the tag (1) which is totally reflective, thereby increasing the display power of Your reflect. In this case the characters on the identification of the animal can be done by printing or using labels stickers (7), which have said characters written.

The third figure corresponds to a sheet or body (2) of the tag (1) in which an area has been represented reflective (8), corresponding to the perimeter or contour of the same, made by adhesion of the reflective element (8), leaving Free space to record the animal's history.

Finally, the fourth figure represents another way in which a reflective element (9) can be attached on the sheet (2) of the tag (1).

The use of large reflective elements power, with adherent system is very useful for placement in the crotales already existing in the market, which are mostly they find subjects in the ears of the animals, being able to Easy and convenient way to attach a reflective label.

Claims (4)

1. Reflective tag, of the type constituted by two laminar bodies, one of them presenting a pointed part and the other a retaining element of said pointed end, designed to pass through the cartilage of the ear of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, characterized by comprising reflective means in the two laminar bodies that form the tag, on one side or both of them totally or partially. 2. Reflective pad, according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the reflective means can be integrated into the tag. 3. Reflective pad, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the reflective elements can have various shapes to cover any area of the tag, by adhesion or other means. 4. Reflective tag, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the reflective elements allow the registration of alphanumeric characters and the insertion of a bar code thereon.