Electronic label for the identification of containers, and container and nozzle top comprising one such label

• US 20060187039A1
• Filed: 08/07/2003
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Flavio Oliveira Goncalves
• Original Assignee: MBBS Holding SA
• Inventors: Bui, Ngoc Chau, Maillard, Alain
• Granted Patent: US 7,423,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2034/002 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

An electronic label (1) is used to mark a container (2, 6). The label includes a radio identification element (RFID, Radio Frequency Identification Device) (10, 11) and which is intended to be placed inside the container (2, 6). The electronic label (1) is specifically adapted to the position thereof inside the container (2, 6). Using the present arrangement, the electronic label (1) is inaccessible and, thus, difficult to destroy or change. In this way, the container (2, 6) is marked in a reliable, even permanent, manner, thereby enabling the information contained on the label (1) to be used effectively to combat theft, forgery or counterfeiting and to manage a deposit system.

Claims

1. Electronic label (1) comprising a radio identification element (RFID, Radio Frequency Identification Device) (10, 11) for labeling a container (2, 6), characterized by a shape that allows it to be attached within the container (2, 6) to be labeled.

2. Electronic label (1) according to claim 1, its shape allowing it to be attached in the opening of said container (2, 6).

3. Electronic label (1) according to claim 2, its shape allowing it to be attached in the neck of a bottle (2).

4. Electronic label (1) according to claim 1, having an opening that allows passage of the contents of said container (2, 6).

5. Electronic label (1) according to claim 1, with the shape of a socket.

6. Electronic label (1) according to claim 1, said radio identification element comprising an electronic circuit (10) and an antenna (11), said antenna (11) consisting of a cylindrical coil.

7. Electronic label (1) according to claim 6, the contents of said container (2, 6) being able to pass in the center of said coil (11).

8. Container (2, 6) comprising an opening, the section of said opening being smaller than the maximum section of said container (2, 6) and comprising an electronic label (1) containing a radio identification element (RFID, Radio Frequency Identification Device) (10, 11), wherein said electronic label (1) is placed within said container (2, 6).

9. Container (2, 6) according to claim 8, said electronic label (1) being placed in said opening.

10. Container (2, 6) according to claim 8, closed by a top (3, 7), said electronic label (1) being placed under or in said top (3, 7).

11. Container (2, 6) according to claim 10, said top being a dispenser top (3), said electronic label (1) being placed around the stem (31) of said dispenser top (3).

12. Container (2, 6) according to claim 10, said electronic label (1) being glued or soldered under said top (3).

13. Container (2, 6) according to claim 10, said electronic label (1) and the body (30) of said top (3) being combined in a watertight capsule (4).

14. Container (2, 6) according to claim 10, said electronic label (1) being molded in the body (30, 70) of said top (3, 7).

15. Container (2, 6) according to claim 9, said electronic label (1) comprising fins (15).

16. Container (2, 6) according to claim 9, said dispenser top being an atomizer (3).

17. Container (2, 6) according to claim 9, said dispenser top (7) comprising a valve.

18. Dispenser top (3, 7) for closing the opening of a container (2, 6), the section of said opening being smaller than the maximum section of said container (2, 6), wherein it comprises an electronic label (1) containing a radio identification element (RFID, Radio Frequency Identification Device) (10, 11).

19. Dispenser top (3, 7) according to claim 18, said electronic label (1) being placed around the stem of said dispenser top (3, 7).

20. Dispenser top (3, 7) according to claim 18, said electronic label (1) being integrally connected to the body (30, 70) of the dispenser top (3).

21. Dispenser top (3, 7) according to claim 18, said electronic label (1) being molded in the body (30, 70) of said dispenser top (3, 7).

22. Dispenser top according to claim 18 being an atomizer.

23. Dispenser top according to claim 18, comprising a valve.