Identifier Scanning Joinder Tools
First Claim
1. ) A joinder system comprising:
- a joinder tool, said joinder tool being used to join a plurality of parts, an assembly being comprised of said plurality of parts, at least one of said plurality of parts being associated with a part identity, said part identity being machine-readable;
a part identity reading means, said part identity reading means being coupled to said joinder tool, said part identity reading means reading a part identity;
a part identity database, said part identity database containing information associated with at least one of said plurality of parts, said part identity database resident on a computing means, each said part identity being associated with a dataset within said part identity database, each said dataset containing information associated with each said part;
a data transmission means, said data transmission means facilitating data communication between at least said part identity database resident on said computing means and said part identity reading means;
wherein said part identity reading means automatically or intentionally reading said part identity during an assembly process;
and wherein said part identity being decoded, compared, and matched to a correlating dataset, the reading of said part identity being recorded as an occurrence on said computing means.
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Abstract
A joinder system comprising: a joinder tool, the joinder tool being used to join a plurality of parts, an assembly being comprised of the plurality of parts, at least one of the plurality of parts being associated with a part identity; a part identity reading means, the part identity reading means being coupled to the joinder tool; a part identity database, the part identity database containing information associated with at least one of the plurality of parts, the part identity database resident on a computing means, each the part identity being associated with a dataset within the part identity database, each the dataset containing information associated with each the part; a data transmission means, the data transmission means facilitating data communication between at least the part identity database resident on the computing means and the part identity reading means; wherein the part identity reading means automatically or intentionally reading the part identity during an assembly process; and wherein the part identity being decoded, compared, and matched to a correlating dataset, the reading of the part identity being recorded as an occurrence on the computing means.
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1. ) A joinder system comprising:
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a joinder tool, said joinder tool being used to join a plurality of parts, an assembly being comprised of said plurality of parts, at least one of said plurality of parts being associated with a part identity, said part identity being machine-readable;
a part identity reading means, said part identity reading means being coupled to said joinder tool, said part identity reading means reading a part identity;
a part identity database, said part identity database containing information associated with at least one of said plurality of parts, said part identity database resident on a computing means, each said part identity being associated with a dataset within said part identity database, each said dataset containing information associated with each said part;
a data transmission means, said data transmission means facilitating data communication between at least said part identity database resident on said computing means and said part identity reading means;
wherein said part identity reading means automatically or intentionally reading said part identity during an assembly process;
and wherein said part identity being decoded, compared, and matched to a correlating dataset, the reading of said part identity being recorded as an occurrence on said computing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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