WO2006077473A2 - Tool having an integral system for remotely ordering inventory - Google Patents
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- WO2006077473A2 WO2006077473A2 PCT/IB2005/054322 IB2005054322W WO2006077473A2 WO 2006077473 A2 WO2006077473 A2 WO 2006077473A2 IB 2005054322 W IB2005054322 W IB 2005054322W WO 2006077473 A2 WO2006077473 A2 WO 2006077473A2
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- the present invention relates generally to host tools using consumables and requiring the repeated ordering of consumables, and specifically to fastener-driving tools requiring the repeated ordering of fasteners.
- Host tools using consumables are known in the art, and one type of such tool, also known as BUILDEX® brand tools for use in driving fasteners into workpieces, is described in commonly assigned patents to Nikolich U.S. Pat. Re. No. 32,452, and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,522,162; 4,483,473; 4,483,474; 4,403,722; 5,197,646; 5,263,439 and 6,145,724 , all of which are incorporated by reference herein. Similar nail and staple driving tools are available commercially from ITW-Paslode of Vernon Hills, Illinois under the IMPULSE®, BUILDEX® Dand PASLODE® brands.
- Such tools typically incorporate a tool housing enclosing a small internal combustion engine.
- the engine is powered by a canister of pressurized fuel gas, also called a fuel cell.
- a battery-powered electronic power distribution unit produces a spark for ignition.
- the engine includes a reciprocating piston with an elongated, rigid driver blade disposed within a single cylinder body.
- the above-identified needs are met or exceeded by the present host tool having an integral system for ordering inventory from an inventory order interface.
- the tool has a processing unit, a location provider and a remote connector.
- the location provider is configured to selectively provide the location of the host tool to the processing unit, while the remote connector is configured to establish a remote connection between the processing unit and an inventory order interface of the supplier of the inventory.
- a customer identification card having order information is selectively connected to the host tool. When the card is connected, the information is read by and transmitted from the host tool to the inventory order interface through the remote connector.
- the processing unit is configured to interface location information from the location provider, payment information and order information from the customer identification card, through the remote connector, to place an order for inventory at the inventory order interface.
- a method for ordering inventory from an inventory order interface using a host tool having a customer identification card reader includes the step of providing power to the host tool.
- a customer identification card can be connected to the customer identification card reader to transmit order information to the host tool.
- a connection between the host tool and the inventory order interface is automatically established, and the order information from the host tool to the inventory order interface is automatically transmitted.
- a customer identification card for providing order information to a host tool is also provided.
- the customer identification card includes payment information and order information.
- the customer identification card is configured to be electrically or magnetically connected to the host tool to enable the host tool to read the payment and the order information.
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS [14]
- FlG. 1 is a side view of the present tool having remote ordering capability;
- FlG. 2 is a constitutional diagram of the host tool and an inventory order interface.
- an apparatus having an integral system for remotely ordering inventory is designated 10. While the present apparatus 10 is depicted as a fastener driving tool, it is contemplated that the present principles of operation are convertible into any mechanical device associated with the use of consumables. For purposes of this application, the apparatus will herein be referred to as the host tool 10 and the consumables will generally be referred to as inventory.
- the host tool 10 includes an integral system 12 having a location provider 14, a remote connector 16 and a processing unit 18 disposed within the host tool.
- the host tool 10 allows the user to remotely order inventory from a supplier, such as consumables like fasteners, through the integral system 12.
- a supplier such as consumables like fasteners
- the user first provides power to the host tool 10. It is contemplated that the system 12 is powered by an internal tool battery 19.
- the user provides a customer identification card 20, similar to a debit bank card or other monetary payment card, which has payment information 22 and order information 24.
- the payment information 22 can be associated with a bank account number, a credit account number, or any other manner of payment.
- the order information 24 can include the predetermined order quantity, the product type, the user's main shipping address, office address, phone number, or any other information required by the supplier of the inventory.
- the customer identification card 20 is selectively connected either electrically or magnetically to an identification card reader 26 disposed on the host tool 10.
- the identification card reader 26 is the hardware on the host tool 10 that the user preferably swipes or otherwise engages the identification card 20.
- the card reader 26 allows the host tool 10 to read and to transmit to the processing unit 18 the payment information 22 and the order information 24 when the card 20 is selectively connected.
- the remote connector 16 is preferably a cellular card for a cell wireless connection, a wireless Int ernet connection or a modem for a direct modem connection.
- the remote connector 16 is configured to establish a remote connection 27 between the processing unit 18 and an inventory order interface 28 of the supplier.
- the processing unit 18 automatically sends the payment information 22 and the order information 24 to the supplier through the inventory order interface 28, to be described with more particularity later.
- the location provider 14 is provided.
- the location provider 14 is preferably a global positioning system (GPS) receiver disposed in the host tool 10 and used t o trilaterate the location of the tool on the earth's surface.
- GPS global positioning system
- the location of the host tool 10, as determined by the location provider 14, is provided to the processing unit 18 as location information 30.
- the processing unit 18, in turn, provides the location information 30 to the inventory order interface 28.
- the location provider 14 can be overridden by a bypass switch 32.
- the bypass switch 32 When the bypass switch 32 is activated, the switch allows the location provider 14 to be by-passed to direct shipment of the inventory to a default location stored in the processing unit 18 or the customer identification card 20.
- the processing unit 18 preferably a SMART chip, is configured to interface the location provider 14, the remote connector 16 and the customer identification card 20 to provide the inventory order interface 28 of the supplier with the location information 30, the payment information 22 and the order information 24.
- the processing unit 18 automatically establishes the connection with the inventory order interface 28 to automatically place an order when the customer identification card 20 is connected to the tool 10.
- the supplier's inventory order interface 28 is fully automated, such as a website or a touchtone system.
- the inventory order interface 28 receives the order information 24 at an order receiver 34, receives the payment information 22 at a payment receiver 36, and receives the location information 30 at the location receiver 38.
- an order generator 40 When all of the information 22, 24 and 30 has been received, an order generator 40 generates an order for inventory which activates a shipment actuator 42 to ship the inventory.
- the supplier's inventory order interface 28 is accessible by the Internet or by modem, and the transaction preferably takes less than 60 seconds depending on the speed of the processing unit 18.
- FIG. 25 Although this invention has been described with reference to a fastener driving tool, it is contemplated that other embodiments can have an integral system to remotely order inventory.
- a user's screw or anchor inventory can be ordered using this system.
- each different type inventory can be associated with a bar code that is scanned, and the information processed by the processing unit 18.
- a land line system can be employed to remotely access the inventory order interface 28.
- the integral system 12 can also be employed in an automobile where an order is placed with an order interface 28 of a gas service, and the location provider 14 provides the gas service with the location of the automobile.
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