Coding strip for guiding containers
AssigneeErwin Sick GmbH Optik-Elektronik
InventorManfred Sillmann
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Abstract
A coding strip for attachment to a container which is routed to one of several destinations defined by a machine readable code thereon including a support member having a circular cross-sectional rail upon which a slide member is mounted for longitudinal movement along the rail. A spring is mounted on the slide and engaging the support member for urging the slide into a locking position in which ribs on the support member block longitudinal movement. The slide member can be moved by pivoting into a position in which the slide slips by the ribs.
Claims11
A coding strip which is one part of a coding device and which attaches to a transport container, said strip being code machine readable by another part of said coding device for guidance of said container to one of several possible destinations according to the code indicated, comprising:
- support member means having first longitudinal member and having a portion remote from that member and parallel thereto defining a rail,
- means for fixedly securing said support member means to said transport container,
- slide member means mounted on said rail for movement thereon along said code bearing member for indicating machine readable codes by means of spaced locked positions therealong,
- said support and slide member means having interfering portions for defining said locked positions to prevent relative movement therebetween when said member means are urged into a locked position, and
- spring means disposed for engaging said support and slide member means and urging said member means into any of said locked positions in which said slide member means is prevented from moving along said rail.
A coding strip which is one part of a coding device and which attaches to a transport container, said strip including a code machine readable by another part of said coding device for guidance of said container to one of several possible destinations according to the code indicated, comprising:
- support member means having a rail,
- means for fixedly securing said support member means to said transport container,
- machine readable coded slide member means mounted on said rail for movement thereon for indicating codes by means of spaced locked positions therealong,
- said support and slide member means having interfering portions for defining said locked positions to prevent relative movement therebetween when said member means are urged into a locked position, and
- spring means disposed for engaging said support and slide member means and urging said member means into any of said locked positions in which said slide member means is prevented from moving along said rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.