EP0220380A2
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Data storage and retrieval apparatus for controlling systems
Assignee: IRVING N ARNOLD ASSOCIATES Ltd
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Filing: 1986-07-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-07-04
Abstract
Abstract A system for writing data into or reading data from an alterable data storage carrier is described as embodied in an article (garment) transport system. A passive (unenergized) data carrier is associated with a particular article carrier and as it is transported into a work station, a sensing means makes contact with the data carrier, energizes it and writes into it or reads from it data relating to the article being carried or relating to the work station at which the sensing means is located. A central processing unit controls the contacting of the sensing means with the data carrier and the entry or retrievai of data therefrom. The data entered into or received from the data carrier may be used to compile statistics relating to the travel of that particular article carrier, relating to the processing status of the article being carried, etc.
Inventors
- 👤 Altan Uslu
- 👤 Irving N. Arnold
- 👤 Jose Gomes-Simoes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 20:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/0013; G06K7/0086; B; B07; B07C; B07C5/00; B07C5/34; B07C5/3412; G06K17/00; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; G06K19/07743; G06K7/0021; G07; G07C; G07C3/00; B65; B65G; B65G2201/00; B65G2201/02; B65G2201/0229
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A data storage and retrieving system, comprising: (a) a normally unenergized and alterable passive data carrier adapted to be associated with a predetermined object or objects and constructed to permit data to be written into or read therefrom when energized, and (b) means normally independent of said carrier and having at least one part arranged to be in proximity thereto, said means including means for energizing said carrier and also including means for writing in or reading out data stored in said carrier when said carrier is energized.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data storage and retrieving system, comprising: (a) a normally unenergized and alterable passive data carrier adapted to be associated with a predetermined object or objects and constructed to permit data to be written into or read therefrom when energized, and (b) means normally independent of said carrier and having at least one part arranged to be in proximity thereto, said means including means for energizing said carrier and also including means for writing in or reading out data stored in said carrier when said carrier is energized.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said data is related to said objects.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said energizing means energizes said carrier for selected time periods.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said (b) means makes contact with said carrier when said energization and said writing or reading are effected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system according to claim 4 wherein said energization and writing and reading are effected electrically.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said carrier is brought to rest near said part of said (b) means and the latter is moved into signal-transfer relation to said carrier to effect energization thereof or to effect writing in or reading out of data therefrom.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system according to claim 6 wherein said signal-transfer relation is ohmic contact and wherein said energization, writing and reading are effected electrically.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said system is a system for transporting articles from one station to another, wherein said data carrier is associated with a carrier for at least one of said articles, wherein said carrier for said article is dispatched to circulate between a plurality of said stations, and wherein said part of said (b) means is fixedly disposed at least at one of said stations.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
92 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein said (b) means includes a central processing unit coupled to said part of said (b) means and further includes sensing means adapted to make contact with said data carrier as said carrier for said article is transported into predetermined ones of said stations whereupon said central processing unit transmits electrical signals via said sensing means to said data carrier which energizes the latter and permits said central processing unit to write into or read from said data carrier as determined by said central processing unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system according to claim 9 wherein said sensing means comprises a plurality of electrically conductive members and wherein said data carrier includes a plurality of conductive traces adapted to be engaged by said conductive members.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system according to claim 10 wherein said conductive members comprise a plurality of resilient conductive strips.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system according to claim 10 wherein said conductive members comprise a plurality of pins.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
A system according to claim 9 wherein said sensing means are disposed at points where said carriers for said articles come to rest and said data carrier is disposed opposite said sensing means and further wherein means are provided to cause said sensing means to move into contact with said data carrier.
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