System and method of transferring textile-tool information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10872308-B2
Application number	US-201615568357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Apr 20, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

A method and an equivalent system of transferring information ( 9, 12 ) relating to textile tools—preferably to knitting-machine and felting needles—from a tool sales organisation ( 1 ) to the tool user ( 2 ) is described and claimed. With this system, each type of textile tool is provided with a name ( 5 ) by the tool sales organisation ( 1 ), wherein •a software system books orders ( 4 ) from tool users ( 2 ), •at least one identification device ( 27 ) is provided with which quantities of textile tools are provided with labels ( 8 ), •the software system can activate the identification device ( 27 ), which assigns labels ( 8 ) that do not contain the name ( 5 ), •a forwarding system ( 7 ) is provided, •an information carrier ( 10 ) is provided, which is accessible to the tool user ( 2 ) and on which information ( 9, 12, 19 ) concerning the quantity of textile tools is assigned to the label ( 8 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of transferring information relating to textile tools from a tool sales organisation to a the tool user, in which at least one textile-tool type is provided in each case with at least one name by the tool sales organisation, the method comprising:
providing, in response to receipt of an order process initiated by the tool user, a quantity of textile tools of this type with at least one label, said label one or more of differing from the at least one name and not containing the at least one name;
the label being specific to one or more of the tool user, the order process, a factory and a batch;
the quantity of textile tools ordered in the order process being forwarded to the tool user;
the at least one label being provided with the quantity of textile tools for identification thereof,
the quantity of textile tools being free of the name,
the label featuring an identification code;
the tool sales organisation granting the tool user access to an information carrier;
and information concerning the quantity of textile tools being assigned to the identification code on this information carrier.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
at least two tool users, who are being supplied with quantities of any one textile-tool type,
are supplied with differently labelled quantities of the textile-tool type.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the quantity of textile tools is one of:
a single textile tool,
a parcel of textile tools,
and a package containing a quantity of textile tools furnished with the label.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the tool user communicates requirements pertaining to the textile tool to the tool sales organisation one of before the order process and during the order process; and,
the tool sales organisation one of proposes a tool from among the existing tool types and sees to the development of a suitable new tool.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information carrier assigns information pertaining to different types of needles to different labels.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information is read out from the information carrier electronically.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information is one or more of read out from and written into the information carrier via one of electrical and electronic telecommunication means.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information is written into the information carrier by one or more of the tool user and the tool sales organisation.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein information pertaining to the production process for the textile products of the tool user is stored in the information carrier.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification code is read electronically.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification code one or more of
contains a barcode,
includes an RFID tag,
and contains a Data Matrix code.

12. A system of transferring information relating to textile tools from a tool sales organisation to a tool user, the system comprising:
a software system, wherein the software system includes at least one processor and memory configured to store software associated with the software system, wherein the software system is configured to record the material flow within the tool sales organisation to assign at least one name to tool types, and
to book orders from tool users;
at least one identification device, with which quantities of textile tools can be provided with labels that contain an electronically readable identification code;
an identification device of the at least one identification device is configured to be activated by the software system, which is set in such a way that the identification device is configured to furnish the quantities of textile tools with labels, which do not contain the name;
a forwarding system with which the quantity of textile tools can be shipped to the tool user, the label being sent together with the quantity of textile tools; and
an information carrier, which is accessible to the tool user and on which information concerning the quantity of textile tools is assigned to the identification code.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the information carrier is one or more of:
part of the computer system of the tool user,
a website of the tool user or of the tool sales organisation,
and a portal of one of the tool user and the tool sales organisation.

14. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the information carrier can be set in such a way that it can only be read by one or more of the tool user and the tool sales organisation with at least one additional password.

15. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the information carrier is set in such a way as to grant one or more of persons employed by the tool user and the tool sales organisation to fulfil an obligation, or one or more of vicarious agents of the tool user and the tool sales organisation to fulfil the obligation, different degrees of access to information pertaining to the quantity of textile tools, said degrees of access depending on levels of authorisation.

16. The system according to claim 12 , comprising at least one readout system for the tool user, with which the identification code can be read.

Assignees

• Groz Beckert Kg

Inventors

• Svejda Miroslav
• Schöller Eric

Classifications

• G06Q10/0833

  Tracking · CPC title

• G06Q10/0832

  Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods · CPC title

• G06Q10/083

  Shipping · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06K19/0723

  the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs · CPC title