IDENTIFICATION TAG FOR FLUID CONTAINMENT DRUM

• US 20100276033A1
• Filed: 07/20/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Entegris Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Entegris Incorporated
• Inventors: ASP, Wayne, Hennen, John M., McKenzie, Jeffrey J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,464,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/2
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 7/00 Affixing tags in combination with filling of tea bags B65B29/04 ; multi-step processes for making labels or tags B31D1/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/12 Cans, casks, barrels, or drums
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 7/045 Casks, barrels, or drums in their entirety, e.g. beer barrels, i.e. presenting most of the following features like rolling beads, double walls, reinforcing and supporting beads for end walls thermally insulated barrels, B65D81/3802
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0288 Container connection means for dispensing beverages on draught B67D1/0829
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/344 by checking a correct coupling or coded information
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/348 by interrogating an information transmitter, e.g. a transponder B67D7/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A fluid containment and dispensing system having a RHD tag associated therewith. The fluid containment and dispensing system includes a fluid containment drum having an opening defined thereon. The fluid containment and dispensing system further includes a dispensing mechanism operably coupleable with the opening, the dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the contents of the fluid containment drum. An identification tag is coupleable with the dispensing mechanism and includes a first laminate, a second laminate laminated to the first laminate, and a RFID member disposed between the first and second laminates, wherein the RFID member includes information associated with a fluid containment and dispensing system.

Claims

1. A method of filling and controlling the use of highly pure contents of a polymer fluid containment drum, the method comprising:

filling a polymer drum having a bung presented thereon with a highly pure fluid at a fill location;

seating a drum insert comprising a tag having a RFID member in the bung at the fill location, such that the tag cannot be detached from the drum insert without damaging the tag while the drum insert is seated in the bung;

providing the RFID member with data relating to the highly pure fluid;

operably coupling a closure on the drum insert; and

shipping the filled polymer drum with drum insert, tag, and closure to a point of use.

2. The method of claim 16, further comprising reading the RFID member at the point of use and automatically enabling dispensing of the fluid only when the data from the RFID member matches a selected use at the point of use.

3. The method of claim 16, further comprising operably coupling the fluid containment drum with equipment and reading the data from the RFID member to verify that the equipment is compatible with the highly pure fluid contained in the fluid containment drum before the highly pure fluid can be dispensed from the fluid containment drum to the equipment.