Apparatus for controlling the printing on cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10733486-B1
Application number	US-201916363990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling the printing on wire or cable. The apparatus including a processor, a bus connected to the processor, a user input connected to the bus, a display screen connected to the user input and the bus, a first storage system connected to the bus, data stored in the first storage system and displayable on the display screen, wherein the data includes manufacturing and print information, a printer connected to the bus, wherein the printer prints the data on the wire or cable, a communication device connected to the bus, and an identification device connected to the bus, wherein identification device receives information from a user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling the printing on wire or cable, the apparatus comprising:
a first storage system;
data stored in the first storage system and displayable on a display screen, wherein the data includes manufacturing and print information;
an identification device connected to the first storage system, wherein identification device receives user identification information from a user; and
an authentication system connected to the identification system and the first storage system, wherein the authentication system compares the user identification information received by the identification device with the manufacturing and print data in the first storage device; and
a printer connected to the authentication system, wherein the authentication system communicates authority to the printer to print manufacturing data and wherein the printer prints the data on the wire or cable.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the identification device is a card reader.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the identification device is a biometric sensor.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user identification information is stored in the first storage system.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second storage system in wireless communication with a wireless communication device and the authentication system, wherein the second storage system includes manufacturing and printing data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the manufacturing and printing data from the second storage system is wireless transmitted to the authentication system.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the user identification information is stored in the second storage system.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the print data includes the user information.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data and information received is stored in a log file in the first storage system.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a sensor connected to the first storage system, the sensor measuring the wire or cable;
sensor data collected by the sensor, the sensor data stored in the first storage system.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the sensor measures the thickness of the wire or cable.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the sensor is a laser micrometer.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a scale connected to the first storage system, the scale measuring the weight of the wire or cable; and
weight information collected by the scale, the weight information stored in the first storage system.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a user input connected to the first storage system;
wherein user input data is entered through the user input.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the user input data received from the user includes information received from multiple users.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the user input data received from the user includes information modifying information stored in the first storage device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the user input data received from the user includes requests for the printing of manufacturing data on the wire or cable.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the user input includes a touch screen.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the identification device includes a keyboard.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the printer is a dot matrix printer.

Assignees

• Encore Wire Corp

Inventors

• Bigbee Jr William T
• Thompson Clifton S
• Gomez Ferrin E
• Ornelas Iii Tony

Classifications

• G06K15/10

  by matrix printers {(G06K15/028 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G06K15/021 Primary

  Adaptations for printing on specific media · CPC title

• G01G17/02

  for weighing material of filamentary or sheet form · CPC title

• G06K15/022

  for printing on continuous media, e.g. tapes · CPC title

• H04N1/00315

  with a radio transmission apparatus (with a cordless telephone H04N1/00305; systems or arrangements for the transmission of a picture signal specially adapted for transmission via radio H04N1/00103; H04N1/00307 takes precedence; radio transmission systems H04B7/00; wireless communication networks H04W) · CPC title