Registers – Record controlled calculators – With printing
Patent
1986-01-28
1988-07-12
Trafton, David L.
Registers
Record controlled calculators
With printing
235385, 364409, 364466, G06F 1512
Patent
active
047571870
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a method for marking products in relation with an organization which is commissioned to check this marking.
There exist a certain number of applications in which checking of a quantity of packaged objects has to be controlled with strict accuracy. This is the case in particular with products which are subject to a government tax such as tobacco and alcohol. In this case, specific marking must be performed on each product which is sold commercially. For example, in the case of government taxation of alcoholic beverages, a graphic sign bearing the effigy of Marianne and various accessory identification marks are applied on each bottle capsule.
A number of constraints are associated with this requirement:
constraints imposed specifically on the person who performs the checking operation.
constraints imposed specifically on the user.
In the case of the government administration or any organization which has a right of inspection, it is necessary above all to prevent fraud and the use has to avoid storage of packages which bear an inland revenue stamp, for example, which results in immobilization of considerable sums without taking into account the risks of fraudulent misappropriations of these stocks.
The invention has for its object to overcome these disadvantages and relates to a method which is intended to remove both the risks of fraud with respect to the government administration or any other authority which has a right of inspection of the product and the storage constraints imposed on users.
The invention is more precisely concerned with a method for marking products in relation with an organization commissioned to check this marking both in regard to authenticity of the inscribed message and in regard to the number of marked products; characterized in that it consists in controlling a printer (A) from a terminal (B) for delivering control instructions which are put under the direct control of said organization and result in printing of a predetermined message.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
A better understanding of the invention will be gained from the following explanations and from the single accompanying FIGURE which illustrates diagrammatically the combination of means for the practical application of the method in accordance with the invention.
The method in accordance with the invention essentially consists in connecting the printer having the function of inscribing a graphic sign representing a code to a checking and control device put under the supervision of the organization commissioned to check and select this inscription, the function of which is on the one hand to permit this inscription and on the other hand to record the number of inscriptions actually made. It also consists in connecting the printer to the packaging chain in order to perform the inscription when the checking and control device subsequently gives the signal to do so.
Such a method is illustrated by means of the FIGURE A plurality of subassemblies cooperate with each other in the manner described below. In the first place, an assembly (A) is constituted by a printer provided with interface means (A') which connects it through a line (D) and an interface (B') to assembly (B) which constitutes the checking and control peripheral already referred-to earlier. Finally, the assembly (A) is connected to the unit (C) for packaging the products which are to be provided with a marking such as, for example, an inland revenue stamp.
In accordance with the invention, the assembly (B) is put under the direct authority of the party which is invested with a right of inspection, namely the government taxation department in the example chosen, whilst the combination of the subassemblies (A) and (C) which can be provided in any number and is put directly under the user's supervision, this user being defined here as the party who affixes the distinctive sign, namely in this case the inland revenue stamp.
The subassembly (A) is for example constructed around an ink-jet printer of the multinozzle type permitting
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Imaje S.A.
Plottel Roland
Trafton David L.
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