DE202012011748U1 - Assortment box for fuses - Google Patents

Abstract

Assortment box for fuses with a closable container with a plurality of receiving areas, in each of which one or more fuses are arranged, the assortment box containing two or more different types of fuse.

Description

The present invention relates to the storage and distribution of fuses, in particular fusible link fuses.

Fusible element fuses are required in many electrical engineering applications by electrical specialist companies. There are both stationary workshops, as well as mobile use at the customer. Depending on the current strength and the type of fuse system installed, a bandwidth of approx. 20 types is used.

Today, all fuses are offered in simple, small cardboard boxes in packs of five to ten pieces on the market. These are designed specifically to minimize the price, since the fuse represents a product with a relatively low value. As a result, damage, contamination or confusion of the fuses may occur during operation, which can sometimes lead to serious consequential damage.

Unlike other standardized products such. B. Screws does not yet exist a viable, mobile packaging and storage unit for this product. As a result, the cost of storage, ordering and procurement can exceed the value of goods, especially in small electrical companies many times.

The present invention is therefore based on the object to improve the packaging, storage and / or ordering of fuses.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in a first aspect by an assortment box according to claim 1 and in a second aspect by an ordering system according to claim 10.

According to the first aspect, the present invention comprises a assortment box for fuses with a closable container with a plurality of receiving areas, in each of which one or more fuses are arranged, wherein in the assortment case two or more different types of security are included. The assortment box according to the invention thus represents a mobile packaging and storage unit for fuses, by means of which time and costs can be saved both in workshops and in mobile use.

Advantageously, the assortment case contains more than five different types of backup. Further advantageously, the case may contain more than ten different types of backup.

Furthermore, it can be provided that at least some and advantageously of each fuse type more fuses are available.

Advantageously, the fuses are fusible link fuses.

In a preferred embodiment, the assortment box comprises an insert of a flexible material, in particular of foam, wherein the receiving areas are formed by recesses in the insert. As a result, damage to the fuses can be largely excluded.

Advantageously, the receiving areas of the assortment box according to the invention are adapted to the shape and / or size of the fuses. In particular, the receiving areas can be designed so that the fuses are inserted individually or in groups in the receiving areas. Particularly advantageously, the fuses are held by the pressure of the side walls of the recordings in these.

Advantageously, the fuses are axially inserted at least in some, more preferably in all of the receiving areas. Advantageously, the fuses are inserted or pushed into the receiving areas so that the colored indicator is visible. Particularly preferably, the colored identifier stands out from the receiving area.

As a result, the rated current can be clearly recognized by the colored indicator, so that the risk of confusion is minimized.

In a preferred embodiment, the receiving areas have at least partially cylindrical wall sections. Particularly preferably, the receiving areas are cylindrical. Such an embodiment is of particular advantage to accommodate fuses with an at least partially cylindrical outer periphery.

In a further embodiment of the assortment box according to the invention, the receiving areas have different dimensions. In particular, receiving areas for different sized fuses can be provided.

According to the present invention, the types of fuse contained in the assortment box may differ on the one hand with regard to their rated current. In particular, the assortment case can include several fuses of the same type or size, but with different rated current. Alternatively or In addition, the types of backup contained in the assortment box may differ in terms of their design and / or size.

Preferably, the fuses in an assortment box according to the invention are each contained individually in separate receiving areas, in particular inserted into these.

Further advantageously, fuses of the same type of fuse, i. H. identical fuses, arranged in groups. Further advantageously, fuses of the same type, but with different rated current are also arranged in groups. This significantly minimizes the risk of confusion.

In particular, one or more or all of the following types of fuse can be represented in the assortment box with regard to the design: D0 fuses, D fuses, DL fuses, G fuses. Alternatively or additionally, the fuse box may also include one, several or all of the following fuse types: NH fuses, NH2 gTr fuses, NH2 gG fuses.

In a first embodiment, the assortment box according to the invention can include fuses of the following types of fuses: D0 fuses, D fuses, NH fuses.

In a second embodiment, the assortment box according to the invention can include the following types of backup: D0 fuses, D fuses, DL fuses, if necessary G fuses. In particular, an assortment box according to the invention can include the following types of backup: D01 fuses, D02 fuses, DII fuses, DIII fuses, DL fuses.

In a third embodiment, the assortment box according to the invention may include the following types of fuses: NH fuses, NH2 gTr fuses, NH2 gG fuses.

Advantageously, the fuse box of the types described above each have fuses with different rated currents. In particular, rated currents between four amps and 63 amps can be present.

In one possible embodiment of the present invention, the container of the assortment box can be closed by a cover. Preferably, the container and / or the lid are made of plastic. In particular, the lid may be pivotally attached to the container via a hinge. Advantageously, the lid is secured to the container in the closed position via a snap closure.

In one possible embodiment of the present invention, information about the types of fuse contained in the assortment box can be attached to an element of the assortment box. This information may include one or more of the following information: a visual rendition of the backup types, technical information about the backup types, and / or an optical code for the backup types. Advantageously, information is available on all types of backup contained in the assortment box.

The information on the types of securing can be attached to a lid of the assortment box, in particular on the inside of the lid.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the information about the individual types of fuse are arranged geometrically in the same way as the types of fuse in the assortment box. This also makes a simple overview of the fuses contained in the assortment box possible.

Alternatively or additionally, information about the types of backup can be attached next to and / or in the receiving areas. In particular, information about the type can be arranged in addition to individual groups of receiving areas.

In a second aspect, the present invention comprises an order system for fuses having an order acceptance unit and at least one order-task unit, which can be connected to one another via a data line. The data connection can be made in particular via the Internet. The order system according to the invention further comprises an information carrier with information on two or more types of backup, which comprises at least one optical code for each of the types of backup. In addition to the optical codes, the information carrier can also reproduce an optical reproduction and / or technical information about the types of backup. In particular, the optical code and the further information are printed on the information carrier. The order-receiving unit according to the invention comprises a database with customer data, which permit identification of the user of the order unit. Furthermore, the database includes product data for the backup types. The order picking unit includes an optical sensor with which the optical codes are readable. According to the order of fuses of a certain type of backup thereby by detecting the optical code with the order picking unit.

Through the ordering system according to the invention, the costs of logistics for fuses from the supplier to the assembled installer can be drastically reduced.

The order-posting unit can be formed by a mobile terminal which communicates with the order-receiving unit via a software application and processes the order. In particular, the mobile terminal can be a smartphone, while the software application is an app. Advantageously, the sensor is formed by a camera of the mobile terminal, for example by the camera, which include smartphones anyway. For ordering, the optical code of the corresponding security type is then detected via the camera, the order being made by the communication between the mobile terminal and the order acceptance unit. Advantageously, in addition to the acquisition of the optical code, only the input of the number of desired fuses is necessary for ordering, while the purchaser and the delivery address are determined on the basis of the data from the customer database. Advantageously, a subsequent delivery is thus possible without carrying out a separate administrative order process.

In particular, the delivery address can be determined from the telephone number, the mail address or from other identification data which is exchanged during the communication between the order acceptance unit and the order task unit, and by the comparison with the customer data of the customers.

The prices charged for such an order may be either standard prices or individual prices negotiated in framework contracts with the customer's purchasing department. If such individual prices are concerned, these are advantageously stored in the database together with the customer data.

The prices for the backups can be displayed during the ordering process on a display of the order processing unit.

Particularly preferably, the information carrier of the ordering system according to the invention is part of a assortment box, as described above with regard to the first aspect of the present invention. In particular, the optical codes which are read in by the order-picking unit can be mounted on the lid of the assortment box. In this case, the information is particularly preferably designed and arranged, as has already been described in more detail above with regard to the assortment box.

In particular, the ordering system can then in addition to the components already described above continue to include a corresponding assortment box.

In addition to the ordering system as a whole, the present invention further includes an order picking unit for an ordering system as set forth above. Furthermore, the present invention includes an order entry unit for an ordering system as set forth above. In addition, the present invention includes a set of an order picking unit and at least one order picking unit as described above.

Further, the present invention includes a computer program having instructions for implementing an order picking unit and / or a picking unit for an order system as set forth above. In particular, this can be a computer program stored on a data carrier or in a data memory. In particular, this can be a computer application which can be loaded onto a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone, in order to be able to use it as an order-entry unit according to the present invention.

The present invention will now be described with reference to a drawing and an embodiment.

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1 : An embodiment of a range box according to the invention in a plan view and in a schematic sectional view.

This in 1 shown embodiment of the present invention comprises a sturdy plastic case 1 with a foam insert 3 , The foam insert 3 has recesses 2 on, in which the fuses 5 can be inserted.

In 1 is with reference number 1 the outer wall of a lower part of the plastic case shown. In the area 4 can be arranged a handle. The case also has a lid, which is attached via hinges to the lower part of the container and over which the plastic case can be closed.

In the embodiment, the recesses 2 in the foam insert designed so that the fuses are individually inserted into this. The recesses are cylindrical, the fuses are inserted vertically in this.

The fuses are plugged into the recesses so that the colored indicator for the rated current is clearly visible. In particular, the part of the fuses 5 , which carries the colored identifier, from the recesses 2 look out.

Right in 1 is a compressed in view of the scale and the arrangement of the fuses sectional view through the foam insert 3 , the recesses 2 and the fuses 5 shown. It can be seen that the individual types of fuse differ both by their length, as well as by their diameter.

In the embodiment, five different types of fuses are provided, namely D01, D02, DII, DIII and DL fuses. The fuses have five different diameters D1 to D5, and three different lengths L1 to L3. Accordingly, the recesses in the foam insert are of different depths and with different diameters.

In the exemplary embodiment, the fuses of the individual fuse types are each arranged in groups, so that identical fuses are each arranged in close spatial proximity to each other as a group. Furthermore fuses of the same type, but different rated current are arranged in groups.

For example, the D01 fuses are in one area 7 grouped D02 backups, however, in a separate area 8th , Similarly, within the group of D01 fuses, for example, fuses with a rated current of 6 amperes are in one range 9 That fuses 10 amps in one area 10 That fuses with 16 amps in one area 11 arranged.

Furthermore, in the assortment box inscriptions on the foam insert 6 for the individual types of fuses arranged respectively above or in the grouping of these fuses.

A fuse box according to the invention may for example comprise between five and thirty-five fuse types, preferably between ten and twenty-five fuse types. In the exemplary embodiment, there are 18 different types of backup available.

The total number of fuses in a range box according to the invention, for example, be between ten and 500 pieces, preferably between 20 and 300 pieces, more advantageously between 50 and 200 pieces. In the exemplary embodiment, the assortment box contains 108 pieces of fuses.

The fuses are fuses, in the exemplary embodiment to fuses with an at least partially cylindrical housing.

By assortment box according to the invention damage and contamination can be largely excluded. Furthermore, the risk of confusion is significantly minimized. Both in workshops and in mobile use, time and costs can be saved. Furthermore, the security of the installation is increased.

In a further aspect, the reordering of fuses can be simplified by an inventive ordering system: for this purpose optical codes for the individual types of fuse contained in the assortment box are applied on an element of the assortment box, in particular on the inside or outside of the lid of the assortment case according to the invention. This optical code may be, for example, a bar code or a pixel image, in particular a QR code. This optical code serves as the identifier for the respective fuse type.

Preferably, the optical code can be arranged next to a brief description and / or description of the specific types of fuse, possibly with some technical data. The information on the types of backup can be arranged geometrically in the same way as the individual types of fuse in the assortment box.

For simplified ordering, the owner or user of the assortment box, for example, make an order via his smartphone. For this purpose, the optical code is photographed or scanned, whereby the desired type of fuse can be identified. The smartphone establishes a data connection with an ordering system of a retailer or manufacturer, via which information about the desired type of backup is transmitted. The order system also includes a database of customer data, which can be used to automatically identify the orderer. For ordering, in addition to the scanning of the optical code only the indication of the desired quantity is necessary, which can also be done via the smartphone. The ordering system of the dealer or manufacturer then sets a subsequent delivery in motion, without a separate administrative ordering process must be performed.

This can be implemented, for example, by calling a web page assigned to the ordering system via the smartphone. Alternatively, a corresponding software application can also be installed on the smartphone, for example an app which carries out the communication with the ordering system.

The delivery address can then be determined on the telephone number, the e-mail address, login data or device data in comparison with the customer data of the customer of the assortment box.

The prices may be either standard prices that can be queried on the Internet, or individual prices negotiated in framework contracts with the purchase of the customer companies. The prices can be displayed as part of the ordering process on a display unit of the smartphone.

The ordering system according to the invention can drastically reduce the costs of logistics for fuses from the supplier to the installing installer.

Claims (15)

Assortment box for fuses with a closable container having a plurality of receiving areas, in each of which one or more fuses are arranged, wherein the assortment box two or more different types of backup are included. Assortment box according to claim 1, with an insert of a flexible material, in particular of foam, wherein the receiving areas are formed by recesses in the insert. Assortment box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the receiving areas are adapted to the shape and / or size of the fuses, wherein the fuses are advantageously inserted individually or in groups in the receiving areas, the fuses advantageously further by the pressure of the side walls of the recordings in these being held. Assortment box according to claim 3, wherein the fuses are axially inserted at least in some of the receiving areas, wherein the receiving areas advantageously have at least partially cylindrical wall sections and are particularly preferably designed cylindrical. Assortment box according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving areas have different dimensions. Assortment box according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the types of fuse contained in the assortment box differ in terms of their rated current and / or in terms of their design and / or size. Assortment box according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the container is closed by a lid and / or wherein the container and / or the lid is made of plastic, wherein advantageously the lid is pivotally attached via a hinge to the container. Assortment box according to one of the preceding claims, wherein attached to an element of the assortment box information about the types contained in the assortment box types, the information in particular an optical reproduction and / or technical information and / or an optical code for all types contained in the assortment box include. Assortment box according to claim 8, wherein the information is attached to a lid of the assortment box, in particular on the inside of the lid, and / or wherein the information about the individual types of fuse are arranged geometrically in the same way as the fuse types in the assortment box. Order system for fuses with an order-taking unit and at least one order-task unit, which are connected to each other via a data connection, in particular via the Internet, and an information carrier with information on two or more types of backup, which at least one optical code and advantageously an optical reproduction and / or technical information about the backup types, wherein the order acceptance unit comprises a database of customer data allowing identification of the user of the order unit and product data of the backup types, wherein the order entry unit comprises an optical sensor with which the optical codes are readable, wherein an order of fuses of a fuse type is made by detecting the optical code with the order picking unit. Order system according to claim 10, wherein the order-task unit is formed by a mobile terminal, in particular via a smartphone, which communicates via a software application, in particular an app, with the order-receiving unit and handles the order, the sensor advantageously by a Camera of the mobile terminal is formed. Order system according to claim 10 or 11, wherein for ordering in addition to the detection of the optical code, only the input of the number of desired fuses is necessary while the purchaser and the delivery address is determined based on the data from the customer database. An ordering system according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the information carrier is part of a assortment box according to any one of claims 1 to 9. Order acceptance unit and / or order application unit for an order system according to one of claims 10 to 13. Computer program, in particular on a data carrier or in a data memory stored computer program, with instructions for implementing an order picking unit and / or a order-picking unit for an order system according to one of claims 10 to 13.

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