Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
  • G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
  • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
  • B07C5/3412—Sorting according to other particular properties according to a code applied to the object which indicates a property of the object, e.g. quality class, contents or incorrect indication
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/20—External fittings
  • B65D25/205—Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like

Definitions

• the invention relates to a transport and / or storage container, in particular for the beverage, food and / or pharmaceutical industry, with a data carrier arranged on a container wall.
• each keg was therefore provided with a 0 combination of its own digits, from which the relevant data could then be read, such as the age of the keg, the contents, the keg number, etc., so that the brewery, albeit in one very time-consuming manual procedures could monitor the ° travel of the respective barrel.
• the relevant number combinations were thermally burned or stamped into the barrel wall of wooden barrels or plastic-coated metal barrels and at Metal barrels partly embossed by the barrel manufacturer, partly hammered into the brewery with the appropriate tools.
• the invention is based on the object of creating a transport and / or storage container of the type described at the outset, which allows the use of modern data processing techniques.
• a carrier element fastened to the container wall, into which a data carrier is enclosed and which is provided with means for data tapping from the outside.
• a separate carrier element makes it possible, regardless of the shape of the container, to design the data tap in such a way that it meets the requirements of the data transmission system used in each case / on the other hand the data carrier also meets the purely mechanical operating requirements of such a transport and / or Adapt storage container, in particular to protect against damage.
• a detachable connection of the carrier element to the container there is also a higher one Application flexibility.
• the carrier element is designed as a housing, in the interior of which the data carrier is enclosed in a gastight and liquid-tight manner.
• the surface of the housing which comes into contact with the container wall is preferably provided with a seal in the region of its outer edge.
• This has the advantage that, particularly for containers to be kept sterile, the gap area into which dirt, filling residues or cleaning agents can collect and lead to nucleation is reduced to a minimum, with any gap area remaining being so small that in any case, it is included in the cleaning and sterilization of the container in question.
• the adaptation of the contact surface of the housing to the contour of the container wall is improved, so that manufacturing-related deviations in shape of the containers, which are usually made of metal, are compensated for in any case.
• At least one preferably tongue-shaped fastening element made of metal is firmly connected to the container wall, that protrudes into a .. recess of the housing and is detachably connected to the housing via an externally accessible fastening means.
• tongue-shaped fastening elements is preferred here, since these are not only easy to retrofit but also require less precision in manufacture and in connection with the container. Any deviations in the alignment of the mostly curved container walls can be compensated for by subsequently bending the tongues. At least two such Z expediently are used in order to achieve sufficient compression of the seal between the contact surface of the housing and the container wall and thus a tight seal.
• the accessibility of the fastening means from the outside ensures that the housing can be exchanged with the data carrier enclosed by it.
• the fastening means is covered in a gastight and watertight manner on the outside of the housing.
• a machine-readable data carrier preferably a bar code strip
• the means for data tapping is formed by a transparent part of the housing wall.
• This configuration according to the invention makes it possible to use a printed data strip made of paper or plastic for transport and / or storage containers of the type described above without having to be constantly renewed. Since the data carrier is protected by the housing, sensitive data carrier materials and also relatively small print data can be used, which would otherwise be damaged by little damage in the form of scratches or the like, even by the human eye, let alone machines. In contrast, the invention makes it possible to create the data carrier from a printer of the associated data processing system, so that an integrated system is possible here. The advantages of the invention are particularly evident when using machine-readable, that is to say optically processable, data carriers, since, regardless of the contour of the container wall in question, according to the invention the transparent part of the housing wall can be formed flat, so that optimum data access is ensured.
• the housing is made in one piece from plastic and has an open to the container 0 interior, that the machine-readable data carrier to the inside of the transparent part of the housing is fixed and sealed with a cover plate is sealed from the interior .
• a housing is not only easy to manufacture but also has the advantage that after the data carrier has been introduced, it is sealed against the interior again by gluing, but in particular by chemical welding l can be completed.
• this provides a hermetic sealing of the data carrier.
• Preferably 5 plastics are used for the manufacture of the housing, which are transparent, scratch and impact resistant as well as aging and cleaning agent resistant and a permanent temperature resistance up to about 140 ° C.
• the housing outer surfaces with the exception of the data tap surface, have a matt surface. This also gives a pleasing look to the one used
• the housing encloses a programmable electronic circuit, preferably in the form of a microchip in a gastight and watertight manner, and at least partially
• variable data is not only able to reproduce the usual container numbers etc., but is also able to record the manufacturing data, batch number, recipient code, delivery date etc. . While previously this variable data had to be recorded via an additional input system in connection with the fixed container data via a separate input process, it is now also possible for such containers to be used within the framework of an integrated data processing system. Depending on the type of electronic circuit used, data is tapped directly via contacts which are arranged on the outside of the housing or indirectly via corresponding sensor systems.
• a protective housing which preferably surrounds the carrier element at a distance, is additionally arranged on the container, so that the carrier element with the data carrier is protected against mechanical damage.
• the fastening element is formed by at least one screw nut welded onto the container wall, in particular a spot weld nut.
• the fastening of such a spot welding nut is advantageous both in the case of new production and in the retrofitting of metallic transport and / or equipment containers, since this can be easily accomplished with so-called stud welding devices. leagues is.
• With the help of a corresponding working template, which is placed on the relevant container surface it is also possible to achieve a precisely fitting attachment when several spot weld nuts are attached.
• the particular advantage over the tongue-like fasteners lies in the fact that commercially available spot weld nuts can be used here.
• the data tapping surface is oriented inclined with respect to the standing surface of the container.
• the invention also relates to a carrier element for fastening a data carrier to a transport and / or storage container, as is required for retrofitting existing containers.
• this carrier element is characterized in that it is designed as a housing, in which the data carrier is enclosed in a gas-tight and liquid-tight manner, and in that the housing is provided with means for data tapping from the outside.
• the carrier element is characterized by one or more of the features according to claims 3 to 11.
• the carrier element is attached in a protective housing that can be attached to the container, preferably made of metal.
• a protective housing that can be attached to the container, preferably made of metal.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through the upper part of a beverage container, a so-called keg with an attached, housing-shaped carrier element for a data carrier,
• Fig. 3 shows an embodiment with spot welding as a fastener.
• Such a beverage container is made of stainless steel.
• a web 4 is welded to the curved wall parts in each wall area at both ends, the cylindrical outer surface of which is itself cursed with the outer surface of the container - tet.
• the free edge 5 of the web 4 is rolled inwards and dimensioned such that it projects beyond the filling fitting 2 with its closure parts.
• a carrier element 6 for receiving a data carrier is fastened on the curved wall part 3 in the area enclosed by the web 4.
• the carrier element consists of a housing 7 which is made of a thermoplastic, for example a polycarbonate plastic.
• the housing 7 On the side facing the curved wall part of the keg, the housing 7 has a free interior 8 and two essentially cylindrical recesses 9 and 10. As per supervision. 2 shows, the housing is cylindrical, so that the system facing the curved wall part 3 is approximately ring-shaped and its surface is adapted as a spherical cap to the curvature of the spherical surface of the wall part 3.
• tongue-shaped fastening elements 11, 12 are firmly connected to the container wall, for example by spot welding.
• the fastening elements 11, 12 protrude into the cylindrical recesses 9, 10 of the housing 7 and are angled at their ends.
• the length of the two fastening elements 11 and 12 are dimensioned such that the angled free ends lie in a plane running perpendicular to the barrel axis.
• the angled ends of the fastening elements 11, 12 are provided with bores, so that the housing 7 can be firmly connected to the container 1 by means of screws 13, for example self-tapping sheet metal screws 13 via the fastening elements 11, 12.
• the screws 13 are accessible from the outside via corresponding bores 14. However, these holes 14 are cast after the housing has been fastened or closed in a gastight and watertight manner by welding or gluing in a cover plate 15.
• the interior 8 of the attached housing 7 is sealed, preferably in the edge region of the contact surface of the housing, by a seal 16, for example a 0-ring running in a housing groove, so that the entry of liquid or steam into the interior is prevented from the outside.
• the seal 16 runs as close as possible to the outer edge 17 of the housing in order to keep any gaps as small as possible so that no germ spots can form here.
• the housing 7 which is made of a transparent plastic, is provided with a matt surface except for a partial area of its circular end face 18, which prevents the view of the fastening elements 11, 12 and the screws 13.
• the surface can be brought about by a corresponding roughness of the shape when the housing is produced from plastic.
• the central area of the circular surface 18 is, however, transparent and has the shape of a window 19, so that from the interior 8 of the housing, an externally (optically) machine-readable data carrier, for example in the form of a bar code strip, can be glued onto this window .
• an externally (optically) machine-readable data carrier for example in the form of a bar code strip
• the glued-in or inserted data carrier 20 is covered with a plate 21 which is connected in its edge region to the housing in a sealed manner by gluing or welding, so that the inserted data carrier 20 is enclosed in the housing 7 in a gas- and liquid-tight manner is.
• the transparent wall part 19 of the housing 7, which is designed as a window represents the means for data tapping.
• the bar code can be borrowed in addition Data carriers with the bar code used contain corresponding numbers and / or letter combinations, which also identify the container in question by humans of printed lists.
• the wall thickness s of the housing in the area of the window 19 must now be dimensioned such that, on the one hand, there is sufficient mechanical strength of the housing, and on the other hand, the coding can still be detected using the available optical scanners.
• the drawing of the illustrated embodiment shows that the arrangement of a separate carrier element for the data carrier, here the arrangement of the housing for the bar code strip, is optimally adapted to the various requirements.
• the carrier element in the present case the housing, makes it possible to create the optimal flat surface data reading for reading a bar code strip, so that disturbing reflections are excluded, and on the other hand, due to the hermetic closure, the bar code strip itself against mechanical and chemical effects to protect, at the same time to ensure the condition of good sterilizability of such a container.
• the web 4 also fulfills the function of a protective housing for the carrier element.
• a protective housing which only encompasses the carrier element is expediently arranged on the container surface in question.
• the curved wall part 3 of the keg need to be attached to the curved wall part 3 of the keg with a spot welding device. Since it is this is a standard container, the dimension of the spherical surface of the curved wall part 3 is also predetermined, so that there are no difficulties in retrofitting.
• a programmable electronic circuit which is designed to meet the requirements can also be arranged in the housing, preferably in the form of a microchip.
• the dimensions of the housing then depend on the size of the chip used, with the option of either inserting the chip later, like the barcode strip, and sealing it gas- and liquid-tight with the aid of an appropriate cover plate, or already with the Pour the manufacture of the housing into the housing wall.
• the transparent window-like wall part 19 is then omitted as a data tap and is replaced by a data tap matched to the circuit used.
• This can be formed, for example, by contacts which are arranged on the outside of the housing and which are connected to the electronic circuit inside the housing, and the data carrier can then be connected to the data processing system via the contacts.
• Fig. 3 shows a particularly flat embodiment for the housing 7 1 , in which so-called spot weld nuts 22 are welded onto the outer surface of the curved wall part 3 as fastening means for connecting the housing 7 'to the curved wall part 3 of the container.
• spot weld nuts are commercially available components which can also be welded on with hand welding devices, so that such containers can be retrofitted even in small quantities.
• With an appropriate working template that is placed on the container it is possible in a simple manner for the exemplary embodiment, two spot weld nuts required to be welded on with a precise fit.
• the design of the housing otherwise corresponds to the design described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
• the data tap area 19 is inclined at an angle with respect to the horizontal standing surface of the keg, so that the light beam of the scanner which is incident vertically from above is not caused by reflections from the bare surface of the window-like data access area when using a bar code Strip is disturbed.
• each container is provided with a fixed coding, which is applied to a new drum at the entry ° and is thus included in the inventory management, allows the entire drum run to be recorded using modern data processing:
• the input data and the supplier are recorded, so that, in addition to inventory management, supplier-related quality control of the barrels is also possible.
• the barrel circulation for example at a brewery or a beverage filler, enables the data received in the return to be received by the beverage manufacturer or filler and, if appropriately coded, also the name of the return supplier.
• This enables automatic output of empties fonts as well as monitoring of the keg inventory as well as the keg circulation and inventory management of the empties in a simple manner.
• the carrier element for the data carrier which is firmly connected to the container, cannot detach it from the filling to the consumer and back to the filler during the entire run.
• the data carrier which is firmly attached to the container, enables containers that are not the property of the filler and / or drums that need to be calibrated to be sorted out as soon as they are returned.
• the containers can be sorted with respect to the filling material before filling, so that it is ensured that only a certain filling material is always filled into a drum.
• the filling date and the recipient of the container in question can already be included in the data processing.
• a label can be output at the same time via a corresponding printer in the data processing system, which label can also be in the form of a barcode label, but also specifies the details of the filler, quantity and type of the filling material and the filling date in plain text .
• a further interchangeable label can also be printed out, which is glued, for example, to a pallet or collecting container if several smaller containers are combined to form a larger container by means of a corresponding packaging element, for example a pallet or a container.
• the interchangeable label for the large container can have the data of the individual containers combined in the container. After filling, the connection with the data additionally stored or still to be entered in the data processing system, the starting date, the recipient and also the inventory management of full goods can be checked by tapping off the data carrier attached to the container. Automatic delivery of delivery papers and invoices is also possible.

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