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System for establishing production history
Assignee: TEN CATE PROTECT BV A CORP OF NETHERLANDS
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Filing: 1989-03-06
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Granted: 1991-03-19
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Expires: 2009-03-06
Abstract
Abstract A system for establishing the manufacturing and/or production history of textile material (1) being produced in strip or sheet form, in which magnetizable data carrier means (4,5) is incorporated in the strip or sheet material during the production thereof; means (8) for magnetically implanting information characteristic of and/or relating to materials used and production and manufacturing conditions prevailing at predetermined operation stations, machines, locations or the like along the route taken by the textile material during the production thereof; and means (9) for reading or otherwise interrogating the magnetizable means or material for the purposes of deriving from said information/data signals utilizable for establishing said manufacturing and/or production history.
Inventors
- 👤 Harm W. Leestemaker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 05:40
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23Q; B23Q41/00; D; D01; D01F; D01F1/00; D01F1/02; D01F1/10; G; G06; G06K; G06K1/00; G06K1/12; G06K1/125; G07; G07C; G07C3/00; G07C3/14; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S57/00; Y10S57/901
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A method for manufacturing a textile including a production history comprising the steps of: providing a selectively magnetizable means for recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of a fiber, filament, thread, and yarn; incorporating the magnetizable means continuously along a selected minor portion of a textile material in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material without changing the intended basic properties of the textile material; and recording information/data on the magnetizable means relating to at least one of the group consisting of materials used in the textile material, and predefined manufacturing processes to which the textile material together with the magnetizable means have been simultaneously subjected.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
115 words
A method for manufacturing a textile including a production history comprising the steps of: providing a selectively magnetizable means for recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of a fiber, filament, thread, and yarn; incorporating the magnetizable means continuously along a selected minor portion of a textile material in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material without changing the intended basic properties of the textile material; and recording information/data on the magnetizable means relating to at least one of the group consisting of materials used in the textile material, and predefined manufacturing processes to which the textile material together with the magnetizable means have been simultaneously subjected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the providing step comprises the steps of: selecting a magnetizable material which is at least initially in the form of a divided particulate, and introducing the magnetizable material into said fiber, filament, thread, or yarn.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the providing step comprises the steps of: selecting a magnetizable material which is at least initially in the form of a divided particulate, and introducing the magnetizable material on the surface of said fiber, filament, thread, or yarn.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the providing step further comprises the step of: forming said fiber, filament, thread, or yarn from man-made materials.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the magnetizable material is introduced into the man-made materials during the production thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as claimed in claim 5 wherein the forming step further comprises the step of: blending the magnetizable material in a melt of constituents from which said fiber, filament, thread, or yarn are to be formed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising the step of: subjecting the magnetizable means to a premagnetizing magnetic field during the forming step.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
37 words
A method as claimed in either of claims 2 or 3 further comprising the step of: coating individual particles of the magnetizable material with a composition selected from the group consisting of a polymer and a glass.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
119 words
Apparatus for establishing the production history of textile material comprising: magnetizable means for selectively recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of fiber, filament, thread, and yarn, incorporated continuously along a selected minor portion of the textile material during an initial stage of the production thereof in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material without changing the basic properties of the textile material; and means for magnetically implanting into the magnetizable means information characteristic of at least one of the group consisting of materials used for production of the textile material, and production conditions prevailing at predetermined operation locations, along the route taken by the textile material during the production thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
119 words
Apparatus for establishing the production history of textile material comprising: magnetizable means for selectively recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of fiber, filament, thread, and yarn, incorporated continuously along a selected minor portion of the textile material during an initial stage of the production thereof in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material without changing the basic properties of the textile material; and means for magnetically implanting into the magnetizable means information characteristic of at least one of the group consisting of materials used for production of the textile material, and production conditions prevailing at predetermined operation locations, along the route taken by the textile material during the production thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising means for interrogating the magnetizable means for the purposes of deriving, from said information/data, signals utilizable for reestablishing said production history of the textile material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the textile material is elongated in a lengthwise direction and the magnetizable means is incorporated in the lengthwise direction of the elongate textile material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the magnetizable carrier means extends continuously in the lengthwise direction of the textile material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the textile material is elongated in a lengthwise direction and the magnetizable carrier means is located at spaced apart intervals lengthwise of the textile material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the magnetizable means is incorporated into the material forming said fibers, filaments, threads, or yarns from which the textile material is produced.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
117 words
Apparatus for establishing the production history of textile material comprising: a textile material elongated in a lengthwise direction. magnetizable means for selectively recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of fiber, filament, thread, and yarn, incorporated continuously along only a selected minor portion of the textile material during production thereof in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material; and means for magnetically implanting into the magnetizable means information characteristic of at least one of the group consisting of: materials used for production of the textile material, time of production, and production conditions prevailing at predetermined operation locations along the route taken by the textile material during the production thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
117 words
Apparatus for establishing the production history of textile material comprising: a textile material elongated in a lengthwise direction. magnetizable means for selectively recording information/data in a form selected from the group consisting of fiber, filament, thread, and yarn, incorporated continuously along only a selected minor portion of the textile material during production thereof in such manner that it forms an integral part of the textile material; and means for magnetically implanting into the magnetizable means information characteristic of at least one of the group consisting of: materials used for production of the textile material, time of production, and production conditions prevailing at predetermined operation locations along the route taken by the textile material during the production thereof.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said selected minor portion of the textile material consists essentially of a selvedge region.
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