NL2003097C2 - MOBILABLE WATERPROOF TRANSIT FOR THE SUPPLY OF A MULTIPLE SIGNAL. - Google Patents

Description

Mobile watertight feed-through for supplying a multiple signal

The invention relates to a feed-through, preferably water-tight, feed-through for supplying a multiple electrical signal to an information carrier.

Such an information carrier can for instance be found in a sealed plastic bag of which a part of the information is electrically controlled, such as this takes place on paper or such a suitable carrier with thereon an attention-increasing part of a text changing under the influence of the signal or alternating image, such as a luminous foil, OLED or reflective electrophoretic screen.

In modern technology it is attractive for economic reasons to provide only a part of the information carrier with electrical energy and thereby keep the connecting lines as short as possible within the information carrier. A problem that arises here is that the place where the energy supply is needed can vary considerably per information carrier, such as, for example, in advertisements. In particular, such a problem occurs when not only the information carrier, but also the location of the attention-enhancing part must be regularly exchanged.

Such advertising media are increasingly provided with electronic components such as LED lighting, electroluminescent films or electrophoretic displays, electrowetting or flexible displays such as OLEDs. The application of such a component over the entire surface of the advertising medium is expensive and environmentally unfriendly in the case of large surfaces. It is therefore economically more sensible in many cases to assemble the advertising medium from a printed material, preferably provided with a transparent material, or to provide at least one transparent opening or transparent mask, and to provide an electronic information carrier as an attention-increasing part behind this transparent mask. or a screen. In this way, printed matter and attention-enhancing part complement each other. The advantage of this is that the electronic information carrier can be arranged in several places and can be reused repeatedly in combination with other printed advertising carriers provided with such a transparent mask.

Various proposals have been made for this purpose, for example by providing an electric grid behind the information carrier on which the required energy can be tapped at different locations, while the input of that energy takes place at a fixed location. This solution is economically less attractive due to the relatively large investment required for applying the electrical screen, for example by printing with ITO. It has also been proposed to supply the energy with wireless means, but this is, in addition to being vulnerable to unwanted signals from outside, less suitable for economic reasons.

In addition, the placing of information carriers in said billboards often has to be done on location while the transport takes place in rolled-up condition. In many cases the attention-increasing parts are not or not entirely flexible, so that rolling up such parts is not possible without damaging the attention-increasing part. The placing and moving of the electronic components must be done quickly and by maintenance people who have not followed any electrical training, so that handling must also be simple.

The solution according to the invention provides for the aforementioned drawbacks and is thereby based on the insight that the information blocks within the information to be supplied with energy are in most cases oriented in one direction, for instance to promote readability and prominence, so that it is attractive to make the energy supply coincide with one or more sides of the relevant information block. Moreover, it is less attractive if the image of the information carrier is disturbed by unevennesses in the plane caused by the wiring for the electrical signal.

The invention according to the application offers to solve these and other problems an economically and technically simple solution by using a technology known in the art, namely that of the movable closures, also known as zipper in a modern, mostly toothless form made of plastic.

Such a zipper has a closing direction and an opposite opening direction, such that in the closing direction the two parts to be connected by the zipper are connected to each other and in the closing direction the parts are separated from each other.

In order to solve the above-mentioned and other drawbacks, a protective bag in which the information carrier is included is provided on at least one side with a zipper closure with two zippers operating in the opposite direction and between which the two zippers meet one another. a substantially flat feed-through is provided with directed opening sides. In a preferred embodiment, the two zippers together with the passage form a whole, so that the watertightness is as high as possible.

In a further embodiment, the passage 5 is provided with a passage, internally provided with a valve through which expanding air can escape from the bag without outside air entering.

In an embodiment variant, this passage is provided with a valve for actively extracting air from the bag or the envelope. In this way a vacuum can be created in the bag so that the electronic components are optimally protected from moisture in the air. In an embodiment the bag or cover is provided with a flexible material and at least a relatively inflexible transparent material such as a plastic such as PET or PVC which does not perceptibly crease under vacuuming under the influence of the vacuum. The attention-increasing part can then be attached with the front behind the non-creasing transparent part.

It is also possible to attach the feed-through to only one of the zippers.

This embodiment has the advantage that the information carrier can be taken out of the protective envelope by use of the same zipper and can be replaced.

In yet another embodiment, the lead-through can be designed as a current collector for one of the halves of a zip closure. To that end, at least two tracks of one half of the zip fastener are provided with a galvanically conductive layer, while the breasts of the bushing opposite the tracks are provided with sliding contacts. Such an embodiment is particularly suitable for use as a watertight shield for, for example, a conductive light rail 35 for supplying electricity to, for example, lighting. Such an embodiment is also suitable for receiving the lead-through in, for example, a mast or flagpole. According to the invention, half of a zip closure is used as a busbar, while the lead-through part is used as a pantograph. The movable bushing then makes it possible to hoist a flag or banner along a straight line or rails in the mast, the electrical supply on the inside of the mast being connected to the bushing by means of a towing contact.

In yet another embodiment, the lead-through 10 is provided with a fastening clip on the outside for connecting the lead-through to, for example, electrical cabling in a rail, such as a light rail or the rails of a sidewalk sign or other advertising support. In this way the bushing can be fixed in one place. In another embodiment, the bushing also comprises a clip on the inside of a bag or envelope. A printed poster can hereby be attached against, for example, a rear wall of, for example, a pavement sign, wherein the electrical lead-through makes contact with a cabling at the rear or the front of this poster.

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings, which show a number of exemplary embodiments.

Figure 1 shows a top view of the zip fastener with the two parts to be connected to each other (1a and 1b), the two zippers (2a and 2b) and the lead-through (3) with breather (4). The two zippers (2) together with the bushing (3) form one whole held together by the two-part casing (4a and 4b). An opening (5) is provided in the lead-through for the passage of a flat electrical conductor, which is not further specified.

Furthermore, the lead-through is provided with a vent opening (6). Because such a passage is particularly suitable for advertising placed in the open air 6, the air in the bag can be heated and expanded during the day, while cold air can enter during cooling, which can cause condensation to form. Partly for this reason, the air passage is provided with a simple valve that prevents air entry. In a preferred embodiment, the lead-through (3) is made of non-flexible material or not very flexible in order to keep it as flat as possible.

Figure 2 shows a top view of the assembly of zippers and bushing, but here the bushing is made of flexible material. This feed-through is also preferably provided with an air opening (not shown).

Figure 3 shows a side view of the assembly 15 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 shows an example of a normal and known zip closure in section;

The two parts to be attached to each other and to be separated from each other (1a, 1b) are pushed into each other or separated from each other by means of a zipper (not shown). In the closed state, the parts (1a and 1b) are held together by the protruding breasts (7) being hooked into the recesses (8).

This embodiment is only given by way of example: other designs with the same effect are also available on the market.

Figure 5 shows the same embodiment of the two parts (1a, 1b) of the zip fastener, but here provided with a bushing according to the invention (3).

Figure 6 shows an exemplary embodiment of the bushing, which is provided with molded-on sealing surfaces (9) to promote the watertightness of the zip fastener.

It is clear that, due to the embodiment according to the invention, the current feed-through is relatively flat and therefore has no disruptive effect when it is received in a protective bag around a flat information carrier, 7 which is often provided with a zip closure.

The use of the bushing according to the invention can have a large number of embodiments, as will be explained below in a number of examples.

To that end, figure 7 shows the top view of a protective bag (10) within which an information carrier (11) is included. The electrically-to-be-supplied information part (12) is included on the information carrier (11).

A flat cable (13) enters the bag through the bushing (3). The whole is designed such that the lead-through (3), the cable (13) and the information part (12) can be placed at any desired location within the bag (10).

Figure 8 shows a spatial representation of the bag (10) with feed as described in Figure 7.

Figure 9 shows a bag (10) with a number of feed wires (14) fixedly arranged in the bag. This lead-through (3) can provide one or more of these supply wires (14) with the required voltage, whereafter a part not to be supplied can take the required voltage from one or more of the supply wires (14).

The feed-through (3) can here be designed as a single zipper, which relieves the required voltage from one part (1) of a zipper.

Figure 10 shows a more detailed example of an application of zippers according to the invention and for that purpose shows a bag (10) suspended from a mast (15) with boom (16) with three parts (12) to be fed therein.

In the mast (15) one part (1) of a zipper is included on which in this example three zippers (2) are placed as pantographs. The bag (10) is suspended free from the mast and provided with a zipper on the left-hand side to enable the information carrier (11) and the parts (12) to be fed to be exchanged.

The zip fastener is provided with three passages 8 (3) to allow the flat cables to be inserted watertight into the bag.

The part (1) of the zip fastener accommodated in the mast can contain as many cavities (8) with 5 electrically conductive current paths as is necessary to be able to provide each of the three parts to be supplied with a separate signal.

Although a mast with a boom is shown in the figure, a similar assembly can also be used without a boom. In that case, instead of the bag with information carrier, a flag provided with flexible electrical circuits can be hung on the mast.

It is clear that a large number of other embodiments and implementations of the invention can be realized. This makes it possible to manufacture the lead-through according to the embodiment in series, both in the lead-in and lead-through and in the lead-in version.

20 Double-closing zippers

Are well known in clothing and covers for opening and closing a two-way zip two heads in the opposite direction Open one side and close the other.

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State of the art hides various zippers in combination with electronic connecting elements, among others: US20060196017 Philips 30

US patent application 20060103641 describes a display device with an electronic zipper interconnection.

The disadvantage of these zippers is that they connect wiring via a tooth connection on the zipper. An exact fit is needed to be made between the 9 connector in a first row and the connector in a second row. That is why it is not easy to connect a display at different locations or to reposition the display.

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Another disadvantage of these zipper systems is that they do not use seamless zippers with a watertight system. The zipper is either open in one position or closed in the other. It is not allowed for the zipper to be moved along the longitudinal lines without opening or closing the bag and therefore allowing water to enter.

2.2 purpose and benefits 15

It is an object of the present invention to overcome these limitations in a simple and simple manner

It is a further object of the invention to: - create a waterproof zipper system with conduction / connector means - which can be used to move the connector closure means over the zipper - in order to provide electronic or non-electronic components connected to reposition the connectors

Without intervention / the congruence / integrity of the closed waterproof zipper closure and a bag or pouch for it.

30 A zipper with an electronic connector in between

For repositioning the connector while remaining connected • integrated in a pouch • pouch is made of transp foil 35 «printed on the outside

For watertight sealing of the content (display tile) 10 and repositioning in a pouch

The present invention relates to 1. a watertight closing zipper / zipper which is closed in two directions, provided with a connector for transmitting electrical signals 2. an assembly of a transparent bag and a watertight zipper provided with a connector on the lock, 3. a watertight flexible zipper with the objective of making a. A watertight seal b. to which electronic components can be connected by means of a connector which is fed through the opening of the closure c. so that electrical components can be sealed watertight in a bag d. in a manner that the connectors are movable along the longitudinal direction of the zipper 20

The zipper / watertight zip closure comprises: 1. a watertight bag of flexible thin material of which at least one side transparent material is 2. a continuous molded or heat-sealed zipper consisting of plastic (PE) with hooks in the longitudinal direction (3. a first closure which the zipper close to moving to a first direction and upon moving to a second direction 3b, opens a second closure which the zipper closes upon moving to a second direction and opens a connection between the first and the first when moving to a first direction 3c. second closure so that they can be detachably connected to each other.

5. a cable connection or connector which is attached between the first and the second closure 6. a rubber seal for airtight and watertight sealing of the bag on the part of the closure between the first and the second closure over the width of the cabling.

7. optionally an air lock with valve for allowing air in 1 direction (to the outside)

The closure part comprises a left part that closes the closure when moving to the left a right part that closes the closure when moving to the right, a middle part with connectors, a connecting part that detachably connects the left and the right part.

The left and right parts can be connected to each other by the connecting part. When the whole unit moves over the rails, the closure remains closed in all directions, with which the closure acts as a watertightly sealed rails for transmitting an electrical signal.

when moving to the right the left part opens the zipper up to the middle part, while the right part closes the whole to the right while moving to the left the right part opens the zipper to the middle part, while the left part closes the whole from the middle part.

The result is a connected closure that can be moved over the rails while the closure remains closed. The connectors in the middle part can in this way be moved over the rails without breaking through the watertight nature of the zipper.

The right and / or left part can also be separated from each other by folding open the connecting part by means of an injection molded hinge which is attached to either the left or right part.

In this way the left and right parts then move freely from each other and the closure can be opened.

This applies if the zipper is connected to a sealed bag, which can be provided with an electrical component such as a flexible display tile.

10 The display tile can be placed in the watertight bag when the zipper is open. By restoring the connection between the right and left part with the connecting part, a connected closure is created which realizes a watertight closed seal of the bag.

This bag can preferably be made of a transparent material or partially transparent material.

2.4 detailed description of a preferred embodiment

The invention consists of a multiple zip closure for a semi-permanent seal. The closure makes it possible to make a permanently watertight closure to which electronic components are connected, these electronic components being movable along a longitudinal direction of the closure, without the watertight nature of affect the closure.

The zipper consists of two plastic closures with at least 2 rails which are connected to each other in a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal closure

In a second embodiment, the 13 closure consists of at least 3 rails in the longitudinal direction next to each other.

A conductive material, such as metal or a conductive plastic layer, is provided in the inside of each rail.

The layer thus forms a wiring over the longitudinal direction of the zip fastener.

The conductive material is slidably connected to a conductor on the closure 10 2.4.1 Top zipper with bag

Zipper is at the top.

Connector is fed through from top to bottom.

Zipper closure can be moved in a preferred position, for example at one of the ends of the enclosure. At this preferred position, the connectors connect to a (conductive) material at the end of this enclosure, such as a segar grid, printed electronics on the bag.

2.5 Electronically printed embodiment 25

Electronically printed variant

Bag is made of plastic with high air and water resistance.

The front is transparent, preferably matte. The reverse side is provided with a conductive printed layer made, for example, of electronic polymers or a printed pattern of conductive inks or a net of conductive sephar fabric.

FIG 11 shows the rear side and FIG 11 shows the front side of an application of the zipper and envelope on a banner (Large banner in 1 location with a bag 14 with zipper and display) FIG 12 Sidewalk sign with clamping strip provided with an inner pocket, clamp close the double zipper.

5 2.8.1 in pile

Version 2 banner post 10 The zip fastener works as a watertight light rail.

The zipper is mounted on the side of the banner post, the connector leads to the screen

Helps to raise and lower the flag.

15 Consists of 1. Flagpole 2. Climbing motor in the flagpole (or manual construction) 3. Zipper on the side facing the flag 4. Two or more suspensions protrude through the closure to the banner, at least 1 of which is a connector 5. The banner is preferably attached to the top and bottom with a hoisting cable, suspension eye or flexible elastic for movement.

5. the connectors are loosely connected on the inside of the mast to the defined space (or only on the banner side?) 3 0 6. The connectors are connected on the side with at least 12 display tile.

The connectors are extra long on the section between the mast and the banner, at least as much play as the maximum freedom of movement of the banner relative to the mast as defined by lifting points

By hoisting the banner (manually or with a climbing motor) the flag is raised into the mast via the eye and the lifting point.

The connectors are pulled upwards through the closure. 5 The connection remains intact, the connectors are flexible enough to withstand gusts of wind

Problem:

When hoisting digital flags: the electronics must be raised. The traditional guide rails for attaching and hoisting a banner or flag along a pole are open and therefore essentially not watertight. There is a need for a system for hoisting and ironing electronic flags and banners to which electrical connections for the screens / information carriers are connected. In combination with electronics, this opening must be sealed against the influence of moisture or water.

Solution: 20 The (watertight) zipper closure can be attached or integrated in a flagpole.

With mast can be the vertical part (mast) or horizontal part (boom).

Placed in line with the flag or banner side.

2.8.2 In banner holder

The zipper can also be mounted in the banner holder both at the top and at the bottom of the banner

Connectors are connected to the banner members 35 as soon as bad weather slides the banner in, as in aeoled patent, the banner slides out again in more favorable position 2.9 in street sign 5. In another embodiment the zipper can serve for both guidance and connection. The zipper then forms an integrated cabling and fastener that allows for multiple functions -confirmation 10 -current conduction (wiring) -positioning (sliding over the rials) -closure (for water and air)

The closable zip closure consists of two flexible parts, each provided with at least one connection or rails, arranged in the longitudinal direction of the rails, whereby a connection of the said two flexible parts can be attached under pressure and thus forms a closed connection between the two parts. .

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Invention (implementation variant)

The closable zip closure consists of two flexible parts, each consisting of at least one connection or rails, longitudinal attachment, which sides of the connections can make contact under pressure and thus make a sealed connection between the two sides.

Description of the invention The rails of the zip fastener are provided with a conductive material.

The inside of one or more of the rails is provided with a precipitate of a conductive material, or the rails themselves are made of a conductive material such as an electric polymer.

Both the male and female side of the rail, so that the rail in longitudinal form can be used as a connector.

- Deposited on the inside of one or more rails made of conductive polymer.

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Depending on the number of feed channels required, the rails can be widened from 1 to 8 channels.

The outer rails are non-conductive and suitable for termination.

The outer rails can be provided with EP

(Electronic Polymer) with a defomerable memory metal that can be activated under tension, o This would allow additional sealing and fixation.

Sliding zipper with conformable EP material The EP material used can be partially conformable under a certain applied voltage, with the male rails expanding. This expansion causes it to engage on the inside of the female sliding rails;

This leads to a closer connection and closure. The zipper guides can also be used to activate the deformable EP and the conformable EP can also push the seals open.

II Pavement sign ADVERTISING WITH REFLECTIVE SCREEN FOR OUTDOOR USE.

Sidewalk sign with integrated reflective screen in a watertight housing, the reflective screen being lockable to the advertising medium.

35 Problem:

Outdoor advertising means such as sidewalk signs and billboards, shelters and the like are known.

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Street advertising: pulling people in, more movement for passers-by activating certain parts of text 5 HERE IS THE FINDING OF ADVERTISING DEVICE provided with I. a poster provided with an opening or transparent mask for making visible part of the printed text.

10 2. an e-ink display positioned behind the opening 3. control electronics WITH THE FEATURE THAT: 15 I. replaceable mounting display by means of a light rail provided with a pulley with flat cable slidable over the axis in horizontal position 20 extendable over the vertical position or vice-versa versa II holds simple movable cabling with a flat surface

25 flat cable mounted on magnetic tape (this is DIT

AL as a separate product ??) magnetic tape repositionable over metal board surface cable is made of 3 layers 30 flatcable EMS shielding tape magnet or magnet tape both display tile and cabling mounting on 35 metal back wall in this way movable over surface 19 III movable waterproof connectors zip connection, zip connection both sides closing part 5 in between a connector for wiring connector can be moved back and forth over the zip cable without losing watertightness 10 IV energy-neutral operation through energy extraction from wind double-spring system small springs for energy-harvesting movement large springs for stop cover in strong wind 15 where energy harvests can consist of: piezo-electronics M2e power system according to, attached by photovoltaic cells to the base of the display installation 20 4.2 Summary

For example, place a sign for outdoor advertising in front of the door in the wind.

25 The board is provided with a poster of transparent plastic material.

The material is provided with a mask and / or opening.

Behind the opening a tile is attached of a reflective such as e-ink

For the protection of water and condensation, the tile is mounted in a watertight bag with the display component detachably connected on the inside of a plastic bag envelope of transparent plastic, preferably of a light and airtight protective material.

The bag can be closed with a watertight "zipper" zipper with injected plastic slots with two zipper heads with the connectors movable in the longitudinal direction of the zipper slots

This makes the connectors movable to various positions in the screen.

so that the images can be adjusted in various ways.

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The battery is built into a watertight housing.

This housing is attached with a screw under the aluminum click edge.

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The display tile is movably mounted by means of magnetic tape which is stuck to the screen on one side and slidably connected to the cable on the other side.

The magnetic cable is possibly mounted on a pulley.

The pulley is slidable on an axis.

The pulley has a sliding contact.

In this way the cable can be moved to any desired position and the display can be brought to the desired position. 4.3 Bag 30

The watertight seal consists of a bag of an insulating and protective plastic material with a back plate (?? NOTE Backplane is specialized for matrix layer of a screen, so one with printed electronics and intended for controlling pixels. What is this now called ?? )

A transparent front, preferably made of a protective material such as Barix.

A resealable zipper on at least one side.

5 The rear is facing the board and attached to it.

The reverse side is printed with electronically conductive wiring.

The wiring is arranged in vertical tracks.

10 The electronic wiring may consist of a complete circuit.

The wiring may consist of local circuits.

The information carriers are mounted on the billboard by means of a magnetic strip.

The tile is moved to a suitable location by the user. In accordance with the mask on the print.

The connection of this tile is connected to the electrical rear with the help of a movable connection.

The movable connection can be a magnetic (conductive) adhesive tape with a central portion comprising at least two conductive surfaces which make the electronic connection between the connection of the display.

4.4 Connectors 30

Optionally, a flat cable reel can be found in the frame

This pulley is connected on one side to the power supply, and on the other side to the tile.

35 The pulley has a built-in control for the screen.

22 4.5 Clamping system

Possibly a rubber layer for air sealing is still possible between the two zippers.

5 This layer is foamy flexible and has the mechanical tendency to expand but can change its shape under pressure

The cable runs through this layer.

Where the cable runs, the closure can close less well.

However, due to the foam strip and the mechanical pressure of the clamp closure, a good waterproofing is created.

The cable itself can also be provided with a collar of such foam-like rubber, which ensures sealing.

The enclosing bag is provided with a double closure, with an intermediate distance of between 5 and 10 mm. These closures extend from one side of the board to the other side.

The closure falls

The clamp falls precisely between the two closures 25 and provides additional airtightness due to mechanical pressure.

Sidewalk sign is provided with rails

Place a poster clamp in those rails

A lead-through or seal in said poster clamp This lead-through or seal is connected to fastening means

Provided on the outside for mounting on a metal rail, for example provided on the inside with a sliding contact

On the inside of the connected casing, the seal 23 can be connected to a clamp for simultaneously feeding current and clamping, for example, a poster on a rear wall

If these two fastening means are used, a sliding seal with permanent closure is created.

4.6 induction 10 Display tile is mounted on a magnet foil tile

The magnetic foil is attached to the metal back panel of the sidewalk board.

A part of the magnetic foil has a magnet.

15 4.7 Energy supply 1 wind 2 sun 3 fuel cell 20 1. Pavement sign is mounted on springs.

Springs consist of a rigid outer spring and a more flexible inner spring which carries the board.

When the board moves in the wind, the flexible inner spring is set in motion and with it a movement generator.

With strong wind, the movement reaches the rigid outer spring, which slows down the movement.

Generate energy with low wind, stabilize at high wind.

2. Solar cell

Fitted in the foot.

Made in the click list that keeps screen in 35 place ad 3 Fuel cell 24

Is attached in the foot.

The fuel cell and water reservoir are suitable for weighting the pavement sign against the wind falling.

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new approach sustainable medium

Display street sign with o-led or e-paper type displays with 10 1. solar cell 2. fuel cell wind harvests

The basis of a street sign is usually already provided with water for stability.

Water must be removable for mobility.

Now based on this also provided with solar and fuel cell.

20 Solar or wind movement provides power.

Stroom separates water in basics in H2 and 02.

Is stored in 2 separate tanks.

With low sun energy is recovered from fuel cell.

25 Cel provides both weight and power reserve, green way, but not distilled water from the tap or rain water! (cooling is possible with that)

Fuel cell can either be equipped with a reversible cell or with H2 input.

30 For this a limited can with H2 has to be introduced which can run for at least 1 year

Fuel cells have high efficiency, better than battery 35 output max 1.2 v, by increasing stacking high power 25 but disadvantage that it must have a permanent load, otherwise the electrodes close (for example usable for liqiavista) must also be cooled sometimes 5 power is used for cooling, eg a pump from a flexsolar at the base and a fuel cell in it (but li-ion probably simpler 10 and possibly cheaper)

III. SPOTTBANNER Summary SPOTTBANNER

Spott banner: = banner with a part that can be activated

The spott banner is a system of packaging flexible displays, in particular reflective displays in banners, banners and the like.

20 for simply placing, positioning and replacing display tiles (or tiles) in banner, where display is in cases only a shiny on-off / black and white bi-color application consists of 1. an outer material which is printed with masks 2. an inner pocket, for watertight sealing of display component 3. a display component. (EL foil, e-phoretic, electrowetting, OLED or other flex material)

The zipper can be used for the connectors, in particular as a 35 - closing pocket for display component - watertight rails for the mast 26

Solution 1 e-tile rear panel total banner printed on a plastic layered substrate with a transparent material and a non-transparent 5 material rear panel behind mask in zipped bag cold laminated 10 Solution 2 e-tile active panel 5.1 subject area and background 15 For a ÜS patent there are various types of flexible displays provided with matrix displays they are insufficiently suitable for flags • too expensive * too unstable • too easily broken by wind movement • often based on light that is not visible during the day • not durable enough an object of the present invention is to provide a way to facilitate interactive flags and banners, through a combination of print and reflective tiles in which the display tile can be placed and replaced in a banner to be reused in an easy and cost effective way with a diversity of printing.

5.2 Purpose and benefits 35

Issue 1

Development of flexible screens, 27 applications on tarpaulin and the like, small tiles can be integrated into larger printed surfaces. The problem is that prints on large surfaces are usually transported rolled up to save space in transport. However, the flexible display tiles are only flexible to a limited extent and can often not be bent on the roll. They can also be damaged by a long stay in a rolled up state.

It is an object of this invention to: provide a system for adding an interactive component to printed surfaces with a large surface, which can be transported and installed separately at a location.

Aims of the invention: 1. creating printed banners that offer limited animation of reflective materials, for activating the ink, in such a way that the animation or flashing action creates more view and response of viewers, for more effective displaying advertisements on the banner.

2 creating an inexpensive and ecological sound solution for interactive banners in a way that interactive tiles can be recycled and repositioned in a banner bag, in a way that different prints can be provided to match the reflective display tiles so that they are seamless integrate, and can be resent and easily recycled.

35 Problem 2.

Banner materials available in different capacities 28 transparent materials are not easy to print and always keep a certain transparency, are not opaque enough to be examined. As a result, display elements behind it are still 5 partially visible.

- transparent films are printable and recently also with white ink, but this is still expensive - printed matter with a large surface are used to working on white backgrounds for eco-solutions and 10 digital printing - many materials are not good for the environment OBJ2 material wants a versatile film. / foil forms with which 1. can be printed on with normal print 2 5.3 Summary of the invention 20 5.4 Inner bag

Transparent bag hung tight in banner.

Printed matter is put around it at a time.

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The tile is moved in the bag. This way, a different banner is used every time.

Electrowetting

The tile can preferably be prepared in a precise color scheme.

The bi-stable positions of the display can preferably be prepared in 2 exact colors.

The colors are set preferably at the location of the print.

29 5.6 Banner or: a sticky bag with double-sided waterproof 5 zip fastener with cable entry.

Stick the bag on a tent Add tile and poster Connect the tile with the zipper 10 Connect the power .... but blink.

The bag can either be a closed bag OR an adhesive strip with zipper that can be glued in various sizes, whereby a bend must also be made with the adhesive dot, which is watertight. So this can sometimes be a problem, most plastics will start to wrinkle and make air-water channels with this. Possibly material can bring a solution like silicone gel, which has good flexible qualities.

20 5.7 Front mask covering material

Front mask material Problem 2a 25 Mask needed on canvas - printers usually work on transparent white PCV / PET + printing can remain transparent, especially when the sun shines behind it 30

The tile behind it is then visible as a block, this makes print on transparent unsuitable for banners (or for sidewalk boards, etc.).

35 Problem 2

You can only make a bag and put it behind it, but the problem with letters and logos is that there are also 30 inside parts, such as the zeros in 8, these would then have to be pressed or glued onto the transparent puvh which is inaccurate.

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Spot banner has a front that exists for the outside the need for a material that is a. Printable from the front with conventional UV ./ digital printing techniques b. has transparent matte recesses as a mask

Solution: print material consisting of 3-4 layers (+ not the zipper!) IDEA:

New banner material 3-layer with on the outside a white front lighting. PVC / bysonyl-like material 1 transparent PVC PET recyclable, or barix (PVE matt, no gloss, recyclable or non-permeable) 1. a removable adhesive layer / adhesive (PVE: 25 sticks when attached, removable, then no longer sticking towards 2 / 3) 2. blackout, thin layer of dark PVC, (PVE, not transparent, also for rear-side lighting) b fixed bonding (pve ": non-removable, also 30 with half plot thickness) 3. white bysonyl, front-end lighting (PVE: recyclable material, printable for digital printing, eco-solutions and the like) 35 It is likely whether a sustainable variant for short term OR a barrix variant for long term 31

Properties • thickness • stretch • weatherproof 5 · sunproof • waterproof

Method 1. With a large-surface printer, image 10 is printed on layer 1 2. With plotter letters or images are cut, with precise depth to layer 2 3. Layers 2 and 3 are extracted by hand or by machine 15 - the letters remain on the transparent as a mask - the adhesive layer leaves no stains or contamination ... (!) - the remaining layer 1 forms a matt, non-reflective transparent mask.

A display tile can then be placed behind the mask.

The blackout layer 2 is necessary to prevent the tile from remaining visible as a shadow in case the banner is placed in its entirety against the light. The layer allows tile to be placed without transparency, 30

In other words

The outer material consists of an integrated plastic of 3 layers 35 1. a white outer layer: for printing image 2. a black blackout layer: for counteracting 32 for translucent light 3. a transparent layer for transmitting light and or showing underlying layer 5 Layers 2 and 3 can be removed via plotter.

Layer 3 is preferably a liquid-tight packaging material or encapsulation material such as BARIX from Vitex.

10 A material with the following properties: - high transparency - high water resistance, non-permeable

Method of manufacture 1 15

Sketches about possible methods to achieve this effect

Method I

20 1. print image on transparent banner foil 2. the mask part remains open 4. attach transparent foil bag with zipper on the backside behind the mask 5. attach this foil to the backside using glue, tape, laser welding or cold laminating.

possibly send the banner to the location of the placement.

6. open the zipper connector and place the display tile t 7. move the display tile to the right place 35 8. close the zipper on both sides 9. connect the connector of the zipper to control via a cable 33 10. activate the controller -> banner works

Step 6 can also be done on location of suspension, after transport in roll form, the advantage of this is that a large banner can be transported on the roll, even if the display tile is not completely flexible.

Method of manufacture Spottbanner 10 Method II

1. print the image on standard PVC or bysonyl 2. mask cut with laser cutter or plotter the plotter cuts exactly as deep as layer 2 15 3. transparent part cut in shape of the image 4. transparent laser welding on mask on top continued with pocket behind 20 2 plot the shape of the mask from the front, 3 remove the mask parts (which must be transparent) from layers 1 and 2), what remains is layer 3: the transparent foil, layer 1, 2 also remains in eg the 25 cavities of a number or letter.

METHOD III

Step 1. digital printing on bysonyl or other PVC step 2. turn over lay on laser table 30 step 3. align (upside down so think about this) step 4. with laser cutter cut out holes / masks in precise form image step 5. remove from cut out component 35 manually or with suction cup step 6. place a transparent FOIL (TPF) behind the cut out 34 step 7. laser weld the TPF on the edges, 5mm overlap reflection of non-transparent part provides heat and melt 5 mask in precise form of cut out, free-form step 8. place the bag

transparent bag made of PVD, double sided, U

profile with zipper mini-grip with connector! ! ! bag 10 must be opened step 9. sealing the bag through the transparent laser-cut ends of the bag (points) along the cut-out (mask) step 10. place the tile in bag step 11. close the bag zipper step 12. connect the connector

The demand for inventiveness of both methods is:

Is this masking not already done for tents and tarps?

If so does tile then just lie back in the pocket behind it, with zippers? 25 FURTHER MORE POSSIBLE INVENTIVE if - instant welding of active tile into shape !! or - poster printing (POSTER = large area print 30 bysolyl, banner, etc.) - poster fixed on a bench - weld a mask, including center pieces - put tile e-ink behind it - laser cut the e-ink on the mask 35 - laser weld the cut out e ink on the canvas

The advantage of this is everything on 1 surface, 35 layers less thick

Downside is middle pieces. At the circles of the 8 must remain exactly where intended in the print. This means that cutting and welding must be done in 1 pass. Either 5 - lay the tile behind the poster - laser cut through the tile and the poster - in one go: laser weld the tile on the poster (possibly first push through mm?) OR put another transfer over and weld it 10 close to the poster 5.10 Alternatives 5.12 pve 15 Total application • combining inexpensively between printed matter and reflective displays • must cause simple forms of animations in displays 20 · a light energy

Benefit:

The print must be able to be transported on the roll, the tile must be inserted later, certainly if the flexibility is limited, such as current e-ink tiles: are these namely rigid, reasonable ratio in a curved curve?

The cost of active print must be reduced by covering 30 materials with standard types of printers as used in industry • -uv print, 35 · should preferably be recyclable • must be light in color • must be matte or matte 36 • must create optimal insight for tile behind 2003097

Claims (8)

A watertight passage which can be moved along a straight line for supplying a multiple electrical signal to an information carrier placed in a housing such as a bag, the passage being accommodated between two zippers operating in opposite directions and forming part of a zip closure. Pass-through according to claim 1, wherein the pass-through forms one whole with the two zippers. 3. Feed-through according to claim 1, wherein the feed-through forms one whole with one of the two zippers and wherein the other zipper can move independently of the feed-through. 4. Pass-through according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the pass-through contains a vent hole. 5. Conduit as claimed in one or more of the foregoing claims, wherein one or more galvanic conductors are arranged in one of the fixed parts of the zip closure and wherein the conductor is provided with contacts, each of which makes a connection to a galvanic conductor. 6. Bag provided with a bushing according to one or more of the preceding claims and in which an electrical circuit is included, characterized in that the electrical circuit is placed in the bag at the same height or width with respect to a side where the bushing is mounted . 7. Bag provided with a number of substantially parallel conductors for the supply of an electrical circuit to be accommodated in the bag and of a feed-through according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the outputs of the feed-through are each connected with a number of those conductors. 2003097 8. Bag in which one or more electrical circuits are included and wherein a bag or a flag provided with one or more electrical circuits is included and wherein the bag or the flag is suspended from a substantially vertically arranged mast, characterized in that the mast comprises a zip fastener or part thereof as claimed in claim 5, that the bag or flag is provided with a zip fastener and that one or more lead-throughs according to one or more of the claims 1 to 6 are mounted on the zip fastener for receiving an electrical signal provided with one or more of the electrical circuits. 2003097