Bar code marking the surface of an object
AssigneeM. E. Cunningham Company
InventorEdwin W. Speicher
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Abstract
A plurality of individual marks are imprinted in the surface of an object to form a plurality of substantially linear, rectangular arrays of preselected width in the surface of the object. Each imprinted substantially linear, rectangular array is spaced a preselected distance from each adjacent imprinted, substantially linear, rectangular array to provide a space of preselected width. The preselected width substantially linear, rectangular arrays and preselected width spaces are combined in alternating fashion to provide a bar code message in the surface of the object.
Claims5
A method for imprinting a bar code message in the surface of an object comprising the steps of,
- providing an object,
- imprinting a plurality of marks by indenting the surface of said object and forming recesses therein, said plurality of marks arranged in a plurality of substantially linear, rectangular arrays in the surface of said object, said plurality of marks in each of said rectangular arrays being in juxtaposition with adjacent marks, and
- spacing each imprinted substantially linear, rectangular array from each adjacent imprinted, substantially linear rectangular array a preselected distance to provide a bar code message imprinted in the surface of said object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.