公开(公告)号：US6063458A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-16

申请号：US248409

申请日：1999-02-11

申请人： John A. Robertson ,  Walter Nickolaus Arth, Jr. ,  Edward S. O'Neal ,  Ken R. Vaughn

发明人： John A. Robertson ,  Walter Nickolaus Arth, Jr. ,  Edward S. O'Neal ,  Ken R. Vaughn

IPC分类号： G09F3/00 ,  G09F3/02 ,  G09F7/00 ,  A47G1/12

CPC分类号： G09F3/00 ,  G09F3/0297 ,  G09F7/00 ,  Y10T428/12347 ,  Y10T428/24802 ,  Y10T428/24876 ,  Y10T428/24917 ,  Y10T428/2495

摘要： Broadly, the present invention is directed to a method for making a metal tag bearing visible indicia thereon and which can be welded onto a workpiece. Such inventive method commences by providing a metal sheet having a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of ends. The top face bears a painted zone upon which is imprinted with visible indicia. At least one of the ends of the bottom face has exposed bare metal. Such bare metal end is folded so as to reveal the bottom face bare metal adjacent to the imprinted painted zone. The thickness of the folded ends is effective for the metal tag to be welded onto a metal workpiece at such folded tag end. Another aspect of the present invention is a metal tag bearing indicia thereon and which can be welded onto a metal workpiece. The tag includes a metal sheet having a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of ends. The top face bears a painted zone upon that is imprinted with visible indicia. At least one of the ends of the bottom face having exposed bare metal which bare metal end having been folded so as to reveal the bottom face bare metal adjacent to the imprinted painted zone, whereby the metal tag can be welded onto a metal workpiece at the folded tag end.

摘要翻译： 广泛地，本发明涉及一种用于制造其上具有可见标记的金属标签并可焊接在工件上的方法。 通过提供具有顶面，底面和一对端部的金属片开始这种创造性的方法。 顶面上涂有一个油漆区域，印有可见的标记。 底面的至少一个端部露出裸露的金属。 该裸露的金属端被折叠，以露出邻近印刷的涂覆区域的底面裸露的金属。 折叠端的厚度对于金属标签在折叠的标签端焊接到金属工件上是有效的。 本发明的另一方面是在其上承载标记的金属标签并且可以焊接到金属工件上。 标签包括具有顶面，底面和一对端部的金属片。 顶面上有一个涂有区域的印有可见的标记。 底面的至少一个端部具有暴露的裸露金属，裸露的金属端部被折叠以便露出邻近印刷的涂覆区域的底面裸露金属，由此金属标签可以焊接在金属工件上 折叠标签结束。