Identification tag for fluid containment drum

• US 7,760,104 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson; Gregory L
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US11/400,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20060283932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: 220/200, 141/2, 340/603, 705/28
• US Class Current: 340/603
• 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 RFID 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 tagging a fluid containment drum, the method comprising:

providing a fluid containment drum and a drum insert having an upper portion and a tube extending therefrom;

operably attaching an identification tag configured as a card to the upper portion of the drum insert, the identification tag comprising at least one laminate and a RFID member presented thereon, the RFID member comprising information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum and contents thereof; and

operably coupling the upper portion of the drum insert having the identification tag attached thereto with an opening presented on the fluid containment drum, such that the identification tag is captured between at least part of the upper portion of the drum insert and the fluid containment drum and the tube extends into an interior of the fluid containment drum for accessing the contents, wherein the identification tag is detachable from the upper portion of the drum insert when the drum insert is not coupled with the opening and not detachable from the upper portion of the drum insert without damaging the identification tag when the drum insert is coupled with the opening.

2. A method of tagging a fluid containment drum, the method comprising:

providing a fluid containment drum and a drum insert having an upper portion and a tube extending therefrom;

operably attaching an identification tag configured as a card to the upper portion of the drum insert, the identification tag comprising at least one laminate and a RFID member presented thereon, the RFID member comprising information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum and contents thereof;

operably coupling the upper portion of the drum insert having the identification tag attached thereto with an opening presented on the fluid containment drum, such that the tube extends into an interior of the fluid containment drum for accessing the contents, wherein the identification tag is detachable from the upper portion of the drum insert when the drum insert is not coupled with the opening and not detachable from the upper portion of the drum insert without damaging the identification tag when the drum insert is coupled with the opening; and

further providing a recess proximate a flange included on the upper portion of the drum insert for operably attaching the identification tag thereto, wherein the recess and flange are exterior of the fluid containment drum when the drum insert is coupled to the opening.

3. The method of claim 2, further providing an aperture on the identification tag, the aperture having an aperture diameter greater than a diameter of the recess and less than a diameter of the flange, such that the aperture can be operably attached to the drum insert at the recess and retained on the drum insert at least in part by the flange.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein operably attaching the identification tag to the upper portion of the drum insert comprises inserting the tube into the aperture and effecting movement of the identification tag relative to the drum insert until the identification tag is proximate the upper portion, such that the aperture of the identification tag can be operably attached to the recess.

5. A container for highly pure fluids, the container comprising:

a fluid containment drum and a drum insert having an upper portion and a tube extending therefrom;

an identification tag configured as a card operably attached to the upper portion of the drum insert, the identification tag comprising at least one laminate and a RFID member presented thereon, the RFID member comprising information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum fluids contained therein, wherein the upper portion of the drum insert having the identification tag attached thereto is operably coupled with an opening presented on the fluid containment drum, such that the identification tag is captured between at least part of the upper portion of the drum insert and the fluid containment drum and the tube extends into an interior of the fluid containment drum for accessing the fluids, wherein the identification tag is detachable from the drum insert when the drum insert is not coupled with the opening and not detachable from the drum insert without damaging the identification tag when the drum insert is coupled with the opening.

6. The container of claim 5, wherein the RFID member comprises a first film layer, a second film layer, and a RFID tag encapsulated between the first and second film layers.

7. The container of claim 5, wherein the at least one laminate comprises low-density polyethylene.

8. The container of claim 5, wherein the RFID member selectively stores information selected from the group consisting of:

a lot number of the fluid containment drum;

a lot number of the drum insert;

a serial number of the fluid containment drum;

a serial number of the drum insert; and

any combinations thereof

9. The container of claim 5, wherein the RFID member selectively stores information selected from the group consisting of:

an assay of contents contained in the drum;

an age of contents contained in the drum;

one or more types of equipment compatible with contents contained in the drum; and

any combinations thereof

10. The container of claim 5, wherein the RFID member selectively stores information selected from the group consisting of:

operational cycles of the fluid containment drum;

operational cycles of the drum insert;

operational cycles of support components associated with one or more of the with the fluid containment drum and the drum insert; and

any combinations thereof.

11. The container of claim 5, wherein the RFID member further comprises indicia selected from the group consisting of:

bar code;

serial number;

coding information associated with a code ring included with the dispensing mechanism; and

any combinations thereof.

12. The container of claim 5, wherein the at least one laminate further comprises indicia selected from the group consisting of:

bar code;

date;

serial number;

coding information associated with a code ring included with the dispensing mechanism; and

any combinations thereof.

13. A container for highly pure fluids, the container comprising:

a fluid containment drum and a drum insert having an upper portion and a tube extending therefrom;

an identification tag configured as a card operably attached to the upper portion of the drum insert, the identification tag comprising at least one laminate and a RFID member presented thereon, the RFID member comprising information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum fluids contained therein, wherein the upper portion of the drum insert having the identification tag attached thereto is operably coupled with an opening presented on the fluid containment drum, such that the tube extends into an interior of the fluid containment drum for accessing the fluids, wherein the identification tag is detachable from the drum insert when the drum insert is not coupled with the opening and not detachable from the drum insert without damaging the identification tag when the drum insert is coupled with the opening; and

wherein the identification tag comprises an aperture extending through the at least one laminate and the drum insert comprises a recess proximate and a flange on the upper portion thereof, the aperture coupleable to the recess proximate the flange.

14. A fluid containment and dispensing system comprising:

a fluid containment drum having an opening defined thereon and an interior for containing highly pure fluid;

a drum insert operably coupled to the opening, the drum insert having an upper portion and a tube extending therefrom into the interior of the fluid containment drum;

an identification tag having an aperture defined thereon operably attached to the drum insert such that when the drum insert is operably coupled to the opening, the identification tag is captured between at least part of the drum insert and the fluid containment drum such that it cannot be removed from the drum insert without damaging the identification tag, the identification tag comprising at least one laminate and a RFID member presented thereon, the RFID member comprising first information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum or the highly pure fluid; and

a second identification member operably attached to at least one of the fluid containment drum or drum insert, the second identification member comprising second information associated with at least one of the fluid containment drum or the contents thereof, wherein the first and second information are configured to be used as a redundant mechanism to inhibit dispensing the highly pure fluid to a process incompatible with the contents.

15. The fluid containment system of claim 14, further wherein the second identification member is selected from the group consisting of:

a bar code;

a code ring included with the drum insert; and

any combinations thereof.