PEEL PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR REMOVING PROGRAMMABLE TRANSPONDERS FROM A WEB
First Claim
1. A peel plate assembly comprisinga peel plate supporting both a polling device and a peel blade,a web guide formed as a surface of the peel plate for guiding a web across the holder through positions at which a succession of programmable transponders carried along the web are moved into and out of communication with the polling device,a controller that monitors communications between the polling device and the programmable transponders for determining if the polled programmable transponders meet a pass/fail condition, andan actuator that moves the peel blade into or out of engagement with the web for selectively removing programmable transponders from the web in response to whether the programmable transponders meet the pass/fail condition.
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Abstract
A peel plate assembly for selectively removing RFID tags from a web for applying the RFID tags to a succession of articles includes an extendible or retractable peel blade and an RFID sensor recess mounted within a plate body. A cover for the plate body functions both as a web guide for advancing a succession of RFID tags past the sensor to the peel blade and as part of a shielding system to isolate communications between the sensor and the closest RFID tag to the peel blade.
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1. A peel plate assembly comprising
a peel plate supporting both a polling device and a peel blade, a web guide formed as a surface of the peel plate for guiding a web across the holder through positions at which a succession of programmable transponders carried along the web are moved into and out of communication with the polling device, a controller that monitors communications between the polling device and the programmable transponders for determining if the polled programmable transponders meet a pass/fail condition, and an actuator that moves the peel blade into or out of engagement with the web for selectively removing programmable transponders from the web in response to whether the programmable transponders meet the pass/fail condition.
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10. An applicator for applying programmable transponders to articles comprising
a web transport for advancing a web containing a succession of programmable transponders, an article transport for advancing a succession of articles in coordination with the advancing web, a peel plate having a web guide and a moveable peel blade for selectively removing programmable transponders from the web for application to the articles, an interrogating device including an antenna mounted in the peel plate adjacent to the web guide for polling the programmable transponders as the programmable transponders are advanced across the peel plate, and an actuator for moving the peel blade into and out of engagement with the web for applying successfully polled programmable transponders to the articles and for allowing unsuccessfully polled articles to remain with the web.
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