Affixing Method of Rfid Label and its Affixing Apparatus
First Claim
1. An affixing method of an RFID label, comprising:
- (a) preparing more than one display label having a display section on a front surface thereof and an adhesive surface on a back surface thereof and more than one ID tag including an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information to and from an external device through non-contact communication;
(b) writing predetermined information on said IC chips of said ID tags, and then applying a reading test so as to separate non-defective ID tags having said information properly readable from defective ID tags having said information properly unreadable;
(c) printing additional display on a surface of said display label, and then affixing said non-defective ID tag on said adhesive surface thereof so as to form an RFID label having the non-defective ID tag and the printed display label united; and
(d) affixing said RFID label to an object-to-affix such as a container.
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Abstract
A display label, having a display section on a surface thereof and an adhesive surface on a back surface thereof, and an IC tag, provided with an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information through non-contact communication, are prepared. After writing information on the IC chip, reading test is applied, so as to separate non-defective ID tags and defective ID tags. After printing addition display on the surface of the display label, a non-defective ID tag is adhered on an adhesive surface thereof, so as to form an RFID label. Then the RFID label is affixed to an object-to-affix such as a container. An affixing method of an RFID label and its affixing method are provided, wherein an ID tag is less likely to be damaged, since the ID tag is not adhered on a display label while printing additional display.
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1. An affixing method of an RFID label, comprising:
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(a) preparing more than one display label having a display section on a front surface thereof and an adhesive surface on a back surface thereof and more than one ID tag including an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information to and from an external device through non-contact communication;
(b) writing predetermined information on said IC chips of said ID tags, and then applying a reading test so as to separate non-defective ID tags having said information properly readable from defective ID tags having said information properly unreadable;
(c) printing additional display on a surface of said display label, and then affixing said non-defective ID tag on said adhesive surface thereof so as to form an RFID label having the non-defective ID tag and the printed display label united; and
(d) affixing said RFID label to an object-to-affix such as a container. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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2. An affixing apparatus of an RFID label, wherein:
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a plurality of ID tags, including an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information to and from an external device through non-contact communication, are prepared to be aligned on a tape-shaped first releasing member through adhesive; and
a plurality of display labels, having a display section on a front surface thereof and a adhesive surface on a back surface thereof, are prepared to be aligned on a tape-shaped second releasing member through adhesive, comprising;
(a) a tag supplying mechanism supplying said ID tag by winding up said first releasing member;
(b) a label supplying mechanism supplying said display label by winding up said second releasing member;
(c) a writing mechanism writing predetermined information on said ID tag;
(d) a testing mechanism applying a reading test on the written information;
(e) a defective eliminating mechanism eliminating the ID tag distinguished as defective by said testing mechanism (f)a printing mechanism printing additional display on a predetermined position of said display label;
(g) a tag conveying drum having a plurality of tag sticking sections on a surface thereof so as to stick said non-defective ID tag supplied by said tag supplying mechanism, and conveying said non-detective ID tag by rotation thereof;
(h) a label conveying drum, positioned so as that a rotation axis thereof is in parallel with that of said tag conveying drum and also that a surface thereof is contiguous with that of said tag conveying drum, sticking the printed display label supplied by said label supplying mechanism on a surface thereof and conveying said display label by rotation thereof and (i) an object-to-affix conveying mechanism, positioned so as to be contiguous with said label conveying drum, conveying an object-to-affix of said display label and said ID tag, wherein;
said writing mechanism, said testing mechanism and said defective eliminating mechanism are positioned in approximately parallel with said first releasing member, respectively writing said information, applying said reading test and conducting said defective elimination during transfer of said ID tag according to winding up of the first releasing member, so as to supply only said non-defective tag to said tag conveying drum;
in a contiguous area of said tag conveying drum and said label conveying drum, said non-defective ID tag is released from said tag conveying drum and then affixed to the adhesive surface of said display label, so as to form an RFID label united of the printed display label and the non-defective ID tag, and then said RFID label is conveyed having the display label side thereof stuck to said label conveying drum; and
in a contiguous area of said object-to-affix conveying mechanism and said label convey drum, said RFID label is released from said label convey drum and then affixed to said object-to-affix. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18)
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3. An affixing apparatus of an RFID label, wherein:
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ID tags, including an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information to and from an external device through non-contact communication, is prepared in a sheet-fed form; and
a plurality of display labels, having a display section on a front surface thereof and a adhesive surface on a back surface thereof, are aligned on a tape-shaped releasing member through adhesive, comprising;
(a) a tag supplying mechanism supplying said ID tags in a sheet-fed order;
(b) a label supplying mechanism supplying said display label;
(c) a writing mechanism writing predetermined information on said ID tag;
(d) a testing mechanism applying a reading test on the written information;
(e) a defective eliminating mechanism eliminating the ID tag distinguished as defective by said testing mechanism (f) a printing mechanism printing additional display on a predetermined position of said display label;
(g) a tag selecting drum sticking said ID tag supplied by said tag supplying mechanism, conveying said ID tag by rotation thereof and applying the information writing, the reading test and the defective elimination during transfer, so as to select a non-defective ID tag;
(h) a tag conveying drum, positioned so as that a rotation axis thereof is in parallel with that of said tag selecting drum and also that a surface thereof is contiguous with that of said tag selecting drum therefore in a contiguous area with said tag selecting drum said non-defective ID tag is released from said tag selecting drum and then transferred to a drum surface thereof having a plurality of tag sticking sections sticking said non-defective ID tag thereon, conveying said non-detective ID tag by rotation thereof;
(i) a label conveying drum, positioned so as that a rotation axis thereof is in parallel with that of said tag conveying drum and also that a surface thereof is contiguous with that of said tag conveying drum, sticking the printed display label supplied by said label supplying mechanism on a surface thereof and conveying said display label by rotation thereof and (j) an object-to-affix conveying mechanism, positioned so as to be contiguous with said label conveying drum, conveying an object-to-affix of said display label and said ID tag, wherein;
in a contiguous area of said tag conveying drum and said label conveying drum, said non-defective ID tag is released from said tag conveying drum and then affixed to the adhesive surface of said display label, so as to form an RFID label united of the printed display label and the non-defective ID tag, and then said RFID label is conveyed having the display label side thereof stuck to said label conveying drum; and
in a contiguous area of said object-to-affix conveying mechanism and said label conveying drum said RFID label is released from said label conveying drum and then affixed to said object-to-affix. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 20)
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Specification