Marking on injection moulded parts for energy guiding chains
AssigneeIgus GmbH
InventorFrank Blase
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Abstract
An injection-moulded plastic part for a cable carrier, particularly a side part of a chain link produced in an injection moulding process. The injection moulded part has a visible, identifiable marking on a first side, particularly the outside. The at least one marking comprises a data code marking having a 2D code for data encoding which is introduced into the plastic body directly in the injection moulding process so that said marking is provided on the first side to be machine-readable. The invention likewise relates to a corresponding injection moulding tool having a number of first symbol regions and second symbol regions for producing the data code marking in the injection moulding process.
Claims23
A chain link of an energy guiding chain, comprising:
- at least one plastic injection moulded part in a form of a one-piece plastic body formed of a plastic with a colouration that is a same throughout, which has a first side having a first surface, a second side, and at least one marking visible at the first side,
- wherein the at least one marking includes a data code marking with a 2D code that is a QR code,
- wherein the data code marking with the QR code is injection moulded as a structure of the one-piece plastic body from a visually black plastic and is machine-readable at the first side, and
- wherein the at least one injection moulded part is produced from a fibre-reinforced plastic having a predominant proportion by weight of polyamide with reinforcing fibres.
A chain link of an energy guiding chain, comprising:
- at least one plastic injection moulded part in a form of a one-piece plastic body formed of a plastic with a colouration that is a same throughout, which has a first side having a first surface, a second side, and at least one marking visible at the first side,
- wherein the at least one marking includes a data code marking with a 2D code that is a QR code,
- wherein the data code marking with the QR code is injection moulded as a structure of the one-piece plastic body from a visually black plastic and is machine-readable at the first side, and
- wherein the 2D code includes at least one URL identifier associated with the chain link.
A chain link of an energy guiding chain, comprising:
- at least one plastic injection moulded part in a form of a one-piece plastic body formed of a plastic with a colouration that is a same throughout, which has a first side having a first surface, a second side, and at least one marking visible at the first side,
- wherein the at least one marking includes a data code marking with a 2D code that is a QR code,
- wherein the data code marking with the QR code is injection moulded as a structure of the one-piece plastic body from a visually black plastic and is machine-readable at the first side, and
- wherein data encoded by the 2D code includes data which directs a terminal device reading the data to a manufacturer-related internet website which is associated with the plastic injection moulded part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.