RFID label and label producing device

• US 20070147939A1
• Filed: 12/14/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Koshiro, Tanaka, Mitsugi, Moriyama, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 7,766,570 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 400/621
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07718 the record carrier being manufactured in a continuous process, e.g. using endless rolls
• 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 19/0776 the adhering arrangement being a layer of adhesive, so that the record carrier can function as a sticker

Abstract

A label producing device for producing an RFID label using a tag label tape with print includes a tape feed roller for feeding the tag label tape with print, a print head for performing printing on a print area provided in a cover film, a half-cut unit for cutting, on both end sides in the tape length direction of the tag label tape with print with respect to the print area, layers other than a separation sheet in the width direction to thereby form half-cut lines, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the tag label tape with print in the width direction on sides further toward the both ends in the tape length direction with respect to these two half-cut lines.

Claims

1. An RFID label comprising:

a base layer where an RFID circuit element is arranged, said RFID circuit element including an IC circuit part for storing information and an antenna for performing transmission/reception of information;

a first affixing adhesive layer that affixes said base layer onto a target affixing object;

a first separation layer that covers said first affixing adhesive layer;

a first print area where printing corresponding to information stored in said IC circuit part is performed; and

a half-cutting part where layers other than said first separation layer are cut in a width direction on both end sides in a label length direction with respect to said first print area.

2. The RFID label according to claim 1, wherein:

said RFID circuit element is provided on a center side in the label length direction with respect to two of said half-cutting parts.

3. The RFID label according to claim 1, further comprising a second print area where predetermined information is printed, said second print area being provided on a side opposite to said first print area across said half-cutting part.

4. The RFID label according to claim 1, further comprising a detection identifier provided on a side opposite to said first print area across said half-cutting part.

5. The RFID label according to claim 4, wherein:

said identifier is a color mark applied with a color different from that of the other portion.

6. The RFID label according to claim 4, wherein:

said identifier is a hole provided so as to substantially penetrate said base layer, said first affixing adhesive layer, and said first separation layer.

7. The RFID label according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first print-receiving medium layer including said first print area and bonded with said base layer; and

a bonding adhesive layer that bonds said base layer onto said first print-receiving medium layer.

8. A label producing device comprising:

a feeding device that feeds a label tape with print, said label tape with print including a second print-receiving medium layer, a second affixing adhesive layer for affixing said second print-receiving medium layer onto a target affixing object, and a second separation layer that covers said second affixing adhesive layer;

a printing device that performs printing on a first print area provided in said second print-receiving medium layer;

a half-cutting device that cuts layers of said label tape with print other than said second separation layer in a width direction to form a half-cutting part, on each of both end sides in a tape length direction with respect to said first print area of said label tape with print; and

a cutting device that forms a cutting part where said label tape with print is cut in the width direction, on sides further toward both ends in the tape length direction with respect to two of said half-cutting parts respectively formed on the both end sides in the tape length direction by said half-cutting device.

9. The label producing device according to claim 8, further comprising a cooperative control device that cooperatively controls said feeding device, said cutting device, and said half-cutting device so as to be able to execute:

a first step of performing feeding in a forward direction by said feeding device after forming said cutting part, and then stopping the feeding to form one of said two half-cutting parts by said half-cutting device;

a second step of performing feeding in the forward direction by said feeding device after forming said half-cutting part, and then stopping the feeding to form the other of said two half-cutting parts by said half-cutting device on a side opposite to said half-cutting part formed in said first step across said first print area; and

a third step of performing feeding in the forward direction by said feeding device after forming said half-cutting part, and then stopping the feeding to form said cutting part by said cutting device.

10. The label producing device according to claim 9, wherein:

said cooperative control device cooperatively controls said half-cutting device and said feeding device so that a position of said half-cutting part due to said half-cutting device in at least one of said first and second steps is varied in accordance with the content of printing in said first print area.

11. The label producing device according to claim 9, wherein:

said cooperative control device cooperatively controls said half-cutting device and said feeding device so that formation of said half-cutting part by said half-cutting device is not performed depending on the content of printing in said first print area.

12. The label producing device according to claim 9, wherein:

said cooperative control device cooperatively controls said cutting device and said feeding device so that a length of a label produced by forming said cutting part in said third step equals a predetermined fixed value.

13. The label producing device according to claim 8, wherein:

said printing device prints predetermined information on a second print area that is located on a side opposite to said first print area of said second print-receiving medium layer across said half-cutting part.

14. The label producing device according to claim 8, further comprising detection device that detects a detection identifier that is located on a side opposite to said first print area of said second print-receiving medium layer across said half-cutting part.

15. The label producing device according to claim 14, further comprising transmitting/receiving device that performs transmission/reception of information to/from an RFID circuit element in a non-contact manner, said RFID circuit element being included in said label tape with print and having an IC circuit part for storing information and an antenna for performing transmission/reception of information.

16. The label producing device according to claim 15, further comprising pressure device that bonds said second print-receiving medium layer and a base layer where said RFID circuit element is arranged, with each other via a bonding adhesive layer.

17. The label producing device according to claim 15, wherein a distance Lo between said detection device and said printing device along a feed path due to said feeding device is shorter than a distance L in said label tape with print between a front end portion of said RFID circuit element in the feed direction and said identifier.

18. The label producing device according to claim 15, wherein a distance Lo between said detection device and said printing device along a feed path due to said feeding device is substantially equal to a distance L in said label tape with print between a front end portion of said RFID circuit element in the feed direction and said identifier.