Steel section tagging system

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EP 1 475 167 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/06

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/46

(21)	Application number: 04252648.3

(22)	Date of filing: 06.05.2004

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B21C 51/00, B65C 7/00, G09F 3/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

06.05.2003 ZA 200303449
02.12.2003 ZA 200309369

(71)	Applicant: Delmas Engineering Works (Proprietary) Limited
	Springs, Gauteng (ZA)

(72)	Inventor:
	Gidish, Philip Stanley Farrarmere Benoni Gauteng (ZA)

(74)	Representative: Piésold, Alexander J.
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	Steel section tagging system

(57) The invention concerns a steel section tagging system in which an identification mark, typically a computer-readable 2D code (22, 56), is applied to the steel section (12, 62). The mark is located in a recess in or on the steel section. In a preferred embodiment, the mark is carried by the base of a cup-shaped receptacle (16, 60) which is fixed in a hole (14) through the steel section. The mark is protected by a plug (26, 68) located over it in the receptacle. The plug is typically moulded or castin situ of a material, such as a settable refractory cement, over the identification mark and is removable to expose the mark when identification of the steel section is necessary.

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