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US 12,686,222 B2Granted
Numbering unit with universal lower part for vertical and horizontal numbering units
AssigneeZeisergmbh
InventorOliver Kostenbader
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Abstract
In an embodiment a numbering unit includes an upper part and a universal lower part configured to receive both an upper part of a vertical numbering unit and an upper part of a horizontal numbering unit.
Claims19
A numbering unit kit comprising:
- a first upper part of a vertical numbering unit;
- a second upper part of a horizontal numbering unit;
- and
- a universal lower part configured to receive the first upper part in a first configuration and the second upper part in a second configuration,
- wherein the universal lower part is configured to be arranged on a mounting ring of a numbering machine,
- wherein the first upper part is configured to apply a first character string to a document that extends in a circumferential direction of the mounting ring, and
- wherein the second upper part is configured to apply a second character string to a document that extends perpendicularly to the circumferential direction of the mounting ring.
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A numbering unit kit comprising:
- a first upper part of a vertical numbering unit;
- a second upper part of a horizontal numbering unit;
- and
- a universal lower part configured to receive the first upper part in a first configuration and the second upper part in a second configuration,
- wherein the universal lower part is configured to remain on a mounting ring of a numbering machine when the first upper part is replaced with the second upper part or when the second upper part is replaced with the first upper part, and
- wherein the universal lower part is configured to remain on the mounting ring in case of a change between the vertical numbering unit and the horizontal numbering unit.
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A numbering unit kit comprising:
- a first upper part of a vertical numbering unit;
- a second upper part of a horizontal numbering unit;
- and
- a universal lower part configured to receive the first upper part in a first configuration and the second upper part in a second configuration,
- wherein the universal lower part comprises a connecting portion for the first or second upper part,
- wherein the connecting portion is configured to receive the first upper part in the first configuration and the second upper part in the second configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.