Marking profile for identifying electrical installations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12008927-B2
Application number	US-202017431999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 5, 2019
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

Marking profile for identifying electrical installations, comprising a marking region which has a cover surface to be labeled, comprising a support region which adjoins the marking region on the opposite side of the cover surface, comprising at least one shaped element for interlockingly securing to a receiving section, wherein the marking profile has an extruded plastic profile or consists of an extruded plastic profile and wherein the plastic profile has a constant cross-section when viewed along its longitudinal extension.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Marking profile for identifying electrical installations,
comprising a marking region which has a cover surface to be labeled,
comprising a support region which adjoins the marking region on the opposite side of the cover surface,
comprising at least one shaped element for interlockingly securing to a receiving section,
wherein the marking profile has an extruded plastic profile or consists of an extruded plastic profile,
wherein the plastic profile has a constant cross-section when viewed along its longitudinal extension,
the marking profile has optically detectable position marks that are spaced apart from one another on at least one surface on the opposite side of the cover surface, and
wherein intermediate regions are formed between the position marks and
wherein the position marks have reflective properties that differ from the intermediate regions.

2. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that
a plastic of the plastic profile has a Shore hardness that is selected from a range from 85A to 54D, or
a plastic of the plastic profile has a Shore hardness that is selected from a range from 75A to 70D, or
a plastic of the plastic profile has a Shore hardness that is selected from a range from 75A to 60D.

3. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that
the plastic profile is a solid profile.

4. Marking profile according to claim 1 or, characterized in that
the plastic profile is a hollow profile.

5. Marking profile according to claim 1 or, characterized in that
the plastic profile, when viewed in a cross-section, has an open profile cross-section, the open profile cross-section being a C-profile.

6. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the marking region, when viewed in a cross-section, is curved and has a convex shape.

7. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the marking region, when viewed in a cross-section, has a width in a range from 8 mm or more to 15 mm or less.

8. Marking profile according to claim 7 , characterized in that the marking region, when viewed in a cross-section, has a width of 15 mm, 12 mm or 11 mm.

9. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that
the position marks are formed by a plurality of regions that are spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal extension, that are reflecting to a limited extent and/or are light-permeable to a limited extent, wherein the regions reflecting to a limited extent and/or being light-permeable to a limited extent are formed by a black or dark coloring, and/or
a position mark has a length of 4 mm or more when measured in the longitudinal extension and/or a height of 3 mm or more when measured transversely to the longitudinal extension, and/or
the position marks, when viewed in the longitudinal extension, have a spacing of 20 mm or more.

10. Marking profile according to claim 9 , wherein the position marks, when viewed in the longitudinal extension, have a spacing of 30 mm or more.

11. Marking profile according to claim 9 , wherein the position marks, when viewed in the longitudinal extension, have a spacing of 30 mm.

12. Method for producing a marking profile, comprising the steps of:
plasticizing at least one plastic in an extrusion device;
extruding the marking profile by means of the extrusion device, wherein the marking profile is formed according to claim 1 ;
feeding the marking profile to a marking device;
customizing and/or perforating the marking profile to a predefined length.

13. Method for producing a marking profile according to claim 12 wherein the marking device is a label printer or a thermal transfer printer.

14. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the marking profile, when viewed in a cross-section, has a height in a range from 2 mm or more to 6 mm or less.

15. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the marking profile, when viewed in a cross-section, has a height of 3 mm or 4.2 mm or 4.4 mm.

16. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the marking region, when viewed in a cross-section, has a thickness in a range from 0 3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.

17. Marking profile according to claim 16 , characterized in that the labeling region, when viewed in a cross-section, has a thickness of 1 1 mm or 0.5 mm or 0.9 mm.

18. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the labeling region, when viewed in a cross-section, has a thickness of 1 1 mm or 0.5 mm or 0.9 mm.

19. Marking profile according to claim 1 , characterized in that the shaped element, when viewed in a cross-section, has a thickness in a range from 0.5 mm or more to 2.8 mm or less.

20. Marking profile according to claim 1 wherein the shaped element, when viewed in a cross-section, has a thickness of 1 mm.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Klocke Sandra
• Klages Kilian
• Pölker Thomas
• Paus Manuela
• Probach Nicole

Classifications

• H01R13/465

  Identification means, e.g. labels, tags, markings (H01R9/2475, H01R9/2683 take precedence) · CPC title

• G09F2003/0201

  Label sheets intended to be introduced in a printer, e.g. laser printer · CPC title

• G09F3/04

  to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion (by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10) · CPC title

• H01R9/2475

  Means facilitating correct wiring, e.g. marking plates, identification tags · CPC title

• H01R9/2683

  Marking plates or tabs · CPC title