Product care label for textiles and method for producing it

• US 6,779,731 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2001
• Issued: 08/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerã¤Te GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerã¤Te GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Duldhardt, Marianne
• Primary Examiner(s): FUREMAN, JARED
• Application Number:
  US09/808,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20010017322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/376, 235/487, 235/492, 815/8, 814/7, 815/9, 68/120.2, 68/120.1, 455/90, 361/813, 340/572.1, 343/895, 134/56.R, 134/57.R
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 93/005 Marking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/027 the material being suitable for use as a textile, e.g. woven-based RFID-like labels designed for attachment to laundry items markings attached to laundry items in general D06F93/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

A product care label to be attached to a textile product includes a textile carrier part with printed-on or woven-in care instructions reproducing information on the suitable treatment of the textile product and at least one transponder having an electronic component applied thereto. The transponder contains information on the suitable treatment of the textile product, with the information corresponding to the care instructions. Thus, machine readability of the care instructions is achieved and the situation where textile products are damaged due to improper treatment is avoided. A method for producing the product care label includes the steps of printing at least one of a care symbol and a care instruction onto a carrier tape, and simultaneously attaching at least one transponder onto the carrier tape.

Claims

1. A product care label to be permanently attached to a textile product, comprising:

a textile carrier part having a plurality of care symbols including visually recognizable information on suitable care of a textile product;

a plurality of transponders each attached to said textile carrier part, each having a respective electronic component, and each being associated with a respective one of said care symbols;

each respective electronic component holding information corresponding to a respective care symbol; and

each of said plurality of transponders configured to transmit the information to a corresponding household appliance.

2. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said information held by said electronic component is electronic information.

3. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said textile carrier part is printed-on the textile product.

4. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said textile carrier part is woven-in the textile product.

5. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said electronic component is applied to said textile carrier part.

6. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said electronic component is printed on said textile carrier part.

7. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said electronic component is a flat chip.

8. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said electronic component is a flat coil.

9. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of transponders have a synthetic resin encasing said electronic component.

10. The product care label according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of transponders are configured to be detected by a household appliance.

11. A method for producing a product care label for textiles, which comprises:

printing a plurality of visually recognizable care symbols onto a carrier tape;

simultaneously attaching a plurality of transponders onto the carrier tape with each care symbol being associated with a respective transponder; and

configuring each of the plurality of transponders for transmitting information to a corresponding household appliance.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein carrier tape is a plastic tape.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein carrier tape is a textile tape.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the attaching step is performed by simultaneously applying the plurality of transponders to the carrier tape.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the attaching step is performed by simultaneously printing the plurality of transponders on the carrier tape

16. The method according to claim 11, which further comprises pressing a flat chip of the plurality of transponders into a synthetic resin casing.

17. The method according to claim 11, which further comprises introducing a flat chip of the plurality of transponders into a synthetic resin casing.

18. The method according to claim 11, which further comprises pressing a flat coil of the plurality of transponders into a synthetic resin casing.

19. The method according to claim 11, which further comprises introducing a flat coil of the plurality of transponders into a synthetic resin casing.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the attaching step is performed by fastening the plurality of transponders on the carrier tape with an adhesive.