Printer paper for tachographs

• US 20050134673A1
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Bendek, Ernst
• Application Number:
  US11/031,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20050134673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/215
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/0006 Paper provided with guiding marks, e.g. ruled, squared or scaled paper
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 7/00 Details or accessories common to the registering or indicating apparatus of groups G07C3/00 and G07C5/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to printer paper for a tachograph, the paper having a front and a rear side. The front side can be printed on by a printer of the tachograph. The rear side is provided with at least one matrix for manual recordings.

Claims

1. Printer paper for a tachograph, the printer paper being windable about a roll, comprising:

a front side and rear side, the front side arranged to be printed upon by a printer of the tachograph, and the rear side is provided with a plurality of matrices arranged one after another in a longitudinal direction for manual recordings.

2. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matrices is assigned at least as many fields as necessary to accommodate statutorily prescribed information relating to vehicle driver, the information including name, card number of the vehicle driver, and date.

3. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matrices comprises a sufficient number of columns to depict 24 hours with an accuracy of half an hour.

4. The printer paper according to claim 3, wherein at least a first column includes a separating line marking a full hour and provided with a label indicating the hour.

5. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matricies includes at least four rows arranged so as to depict four activities of the vehicle driver.

6. The printer paper according to claim 5, wherein each row is provided with standardized pictograms to symbolize “

traveling time”

, “

other working time”

, “

standby time” and

“

rest time”

, the pictograms being located at the start and/or end of a row.

7. The printer paper according to claim 1, further comprising fields provided with standardized pictograms for statutorily prescribed information.

8. The printer paper according to claim 1, further comprising at least one certification mark for the tachograph and/or for the printer paper, the mark being printed on at least one margin.

9. The printer paper according to claim 1, further comprising a “

watermark”

which can be detected at least on the front side and which names a manufacturer of the printer paper and/or a manufacturer of the tachograph.

10. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein said paper is printable by printers for both analog and digital tachographs.

11. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein the paper is rolled up on a coil as an elongated strip of about 6 m to 10 m.

12. The printer paper according to claim 11, wherein the coil has a diameter of about 25 mm-30 mm.

13. The printer paper according to claim 11, wherein an area to be printed is located on a side of the coil that points outward and is provided with a thermal layer.

14. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein the printer paper has a thickness of about 0.05 mm to 0.07 mm.

15. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein the paper comprises a width of about 50 mm-70 mm.

16. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matrcies, on the rear side, has rows and columns, the rows extending in the longitudinal direction of the printer paper and the columns extending in the transverse direction of the printer paper, along the rows a time scale is reproduced by means of labeling, and various activities corresponding to the statutory regulations are reproduced along the columns.

17. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matricies extends about 80 mm-100 mm along a longitudinal direction of the printer paper.

18. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matricies is labeled with symbols and/or numbers and the labeling is arranged to be legible in a longitudinal direction.

19. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein each of the matricies is divided up into two matrices arranged beside each other in the transverse direction.

20. The printer paper according to claim 1, wherein at least one field for a driver'"'"'s name, a card number, a current date and/or a signature is provided between matrices arranged in a longitudinal direction.