Technique for marking a prolate object

US12128696B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Kilian Klages · Detmold, DE
• Alexander Hofmann · Hanau, DE
• Markus Traenkle · Dauchingen, DE
• Markus Kiefer · Bad Krozingen, DE
• Benjamin Pradel · Lage, DE
• Bianca Hanselle · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65C3/02
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for arranging a marking circumferentially closed around a prolate object, or for providing a marking arrangeable circumferentially closed around a prolate object, includes: a material interface for receiving a print medium printed by a printer as a printed product; a data interface for communicating with the printer for arranging or providing the marking; at least one sensor for acquiring control signals that imply or indicate at least one measurand of the object to be marked, the at least one sensor being in data communication with the data interface; and at least one actuator for arranging the marking on the object in a circumferentially closed manner or providing the marking for circumferentially closed arrangement in accordance with the communication via the data interface and by the printed product output by the printer.