FR2770738A1 - HOUSING COVER, PARTICULARLY FOR A FENCING ELECTRIFIER AND HOUSING PROVIDED WITH THIS COVER - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing cover (C) in particular for a fence energizer, said cover also serving as an information carrier, characterized in that it comprises a flexible flat front plate (2) on one side (2a ) from which information is pre-printed by screen printing, said plate being intended to be pressed onto the upper face of the cover so that it conforms to its profile, fixing means (3, 4) being provided to retain said plate in its conformation on the cover.

Description

Housing cover, in particular for a fence energizer

  and case fitted with this cover. The present invention relates to a housing cover in particular for an energizer apparatus for

  enclosure and the housing fitted with this cover.

  It is often advantageous to carry information on a housing cover, in particular a manual for the device contained in the housing. Adhesive printed papers are generally used for this purpose, which are directly glued to the front of the cover. However, during the use of the device, these self-adhesive papers can peel off or tear, so that their fixing is not reliable and a loss of information may occur over time. This risk of deterioration of the adhesive papers on the cover is all the greater when the box is intended to be used outside, like a box of a fence energizer device.

which is subject to the weather.

  Instead of self-adhesive papers, it is also known to print information by screen printing directly on the front of the cover. Although the quality and the hold of this print are better than a self-adhesive paper, the screen printing on a cover is difficult because of the variable and sometimes complex geometry of the covers which can have for example a curved profile. In addition, the covers must all go through a screen printing step, which requires storing the covers before and after printing, which strikes the manufacturing process. Because of their three-dimensional shape, sometimes complex, the covers can be difficult to stack, which increases the size of the storage. This printing method also presents

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  the disadvantage that if the printing is defective, the

  entire cover is for scrap.

  The object of the invention is to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks and to propose a new cover on which it is possible to easily carry printed information of good quality and having good service performance, while eliminating the problem of storage of the covers and

  the risk of discarding the covers.

  To this end, the subject of the invention is a housing cover, in particular for a fence energizing apparatus, said cover also serving as an information carrier, characterized in that it comprises a flexible flat front plate on one face of which are pre-printed by screen printing information, said plate being intended to be pressed on the upper face of the cover so that it conforms to its profile, fixing means being provided for retaining said plate in its conformation on the cover. Advantageously, a housing of complementary shape to said plate is formed in the face

  upper of said cover for fixing said plate.

  Thanks to the invention, as the plate and the cover can be produced independently, if the printing of a plate is defective, the cover will not be affected. In addition, there is no longer a problem of

  storage of covers, as these are the pre-

  prints which are now stored and can be easily stacked with a small footprint due to their flat profile, before being assembled on each cover. In addition, these plates can be easily assembled on the cover, while retaining the quality and durability of the screen printing. Another advantage lies in the fact that the plate has a plane profile better suited to screen printing than the cover, the shape of which can be arbitrary, for example.

curved example.

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  In a first alternative embodiment, the fixing means consist of at least one point

  glue between the plate and the cover.

  According to another variant, the fixing means consist of at least one clip or button projecting from the face of the plate opposite its printed face, said clip or said button being able to engage in a cavity of conjugate shape planned

  on the upper side of the cover.

  According to another characteristic, the cover has a curved profile and the flat plate is shaped to this profile by bending and held in position by the

fixing means.

  According to yet another characteristic, the plate and the cover are separate parts which have come from molding. Advantageously, the front plate is interchangeable with other forms of plates or

  plates with different printed information.

  The invention also relates to a housing for a fence energizer, equipped with the cover such that

previously defined.

  the invention will be better understood, and other objects, details, characteristics and advantages thereof

  will appear more clearly during the description

  detailed explanatory which will follow of a particular currently preferred embodiment of the invention, given solely by way of nonlimiting illustration, with reference to the appended schematic drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a plan view and from above a cover according to the invention; - Figure 2 is a partial sectional view along

line II of Figure 1.

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  According to the particular embodiment shown in the drawings, we see a cover C comprising on its outer upper face a recess or housing 1 intended to receive a plate of complementary shape 2 which fills the aforementioned housing. The front plate 2 has on its face

  superior 2a of information and / or pre-

  printed by screen printing, while its lower face 2b has a plurality of staples 3 which are

  perpendicularly projecting under said plate 2.

  These staples 3 consist for example of two symmetrical elastically flexible hooks in a direction parallel to the plane of the plate 2. These double hooks 3 are intended to come to hang inside a conjugated cavity or buttonhole 4

formed in the bottom of the housing 1.

  These cavities 4 comprise an inlet passage 4a of reduced section opening into a chamber of larger section under the bottom of the housing 1. Thus, when the hooks 3 are forced into the cavity 4, the hooks 3 are resiliently stressed l towards each other during the passage of the opening 4a, then elastically recalled at a distance from each other when the ends 3a of the hooks 3 have passed the passage

  4a and enter the chamber of the cavity 4.

  In other words, the ends 3a of the hooks 3 are hooked under the lower edge of the inlet passage 4a of the cavity 4. As visible in FIG. 2, the cavity 4 is defined by a protrusion 5 projecting from the underside inside of the cover C. Preferably, the cover 2 comprises several clips 3, for example, four clips arranged in the vicinity of each corner of the lower face 2b of the plate 2 so as to irreversibly hang the plate 2 on the cover C. Note that the free ends 3a of the hooks are inclined to facilitate

  inserting the hooks through passage 4a.

  Of course, one could alternatively provide other means for fixing the plate 2 to the cover C, for example glue dots or other

mechanical connection systems.

  Although this is not shown, the cover C is intended to close a housing of a fence energizer. In this case, the information printed on the upper face 2a of the plate 2

  relate to the operating instructions for this device.

  Advantageously, the plate 2 as the cover C are manufactured separately and come from molding, by

example, plastic.

  The front plate 2 is initially flat to facilitate its screen printing, then it is deformed by bending, if necessary, so that it matches the shape of the cover C, and it is kept in its state thus deformed by the fixing means. who

  retain the plate on the cover.

  Although the invention has been described in connection with a particular embodiment, it is obvious that it is in no way limited thereto and that it includes all the technical equivalents of the means described as well as their combinations if these come under

of the invention.

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Claims (8)

  1. Housing cover (C) in particular for a fence energizer, said cover also serving as an information carrier, characterized in that it comprises a flexible flat front plate (2) on a face (2a) of which are pre-printed by information screen printing, said plate being intended to be pressed on the upper face of the cover so that it conforms to its profile, fixing means (3,4) being provided for retaining said plate in its conformation on the lid. 2. Lid according to claim 1 characterized in that the fixing means are constituted by at least one point of adhesive between the plate (2) and the cover (C).   3. Lid according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing means consist of at least one clip (3) or a button projecting from the face (2b) of the plate opposite its printed face (2a), said clip or button being able to snap into a cavity (4) of conjugate shape   provided in the upper face of the cover (C).   4. Cover according to one of claims   above, characterized in that the cover (C) has a curved profile and the flat plate is shaped to this profile by bending and held in position by the fixing means.   5. Lid according to one of the claims   above, characterized in that the plate (2) and the cover (C) are separate parts which have come molding.   6. Cover according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the plate front (2) is interchangeable.   7. Cover according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that a housing (1) of complementary shape to said plate (2) is formed in the upper face of said cover (C) to fix said plate (2). 8. Enclosure for fence energizer,   fitted with the cover (C) according to one of claims previous.