JP6878001B2 - IC tag holder - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an IC tag holder for attaching an IC tag to a container.

In the fields of product manufacturing, management, distribution, etc., tags that are visually printed and attached to products and labels that are visually printed and affixed to products are used. There is. In recent years, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for transmitting and receiving information by non-contact communication from an IC chip on which identification information is written has been applied to various fields, and is becoming widespread in these fields as well (). See Patent Document 1).

In particular, the number of IC tags using the UHF band is increasing in order to enable batch reading in the warehouse where products are stored or on the scale of the sales floor of a store.

On the IC tag and IC label in which such an IC chip and antenna are incorporated, information on an object to be attached or an object to be attached (hereinafter, including these is referred to as an adherend) is recorded on the IC chip. .. In addition, similar information may be printed so that it can be visually recognized.

Further, in recent years, there is a demand for using RFID media for management of containers containing beverages such as PET bottles. On the other hand, it is conceivable to attach the IC tag directly to the container or attach it to an appropriate position of the container with a binding band (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-143117

It is known that radio waves in the UHF band used for communication are attenuated or unstable when glass or moisture intervenes.

Therefore, it is difficult to exhibit the original communication performance of the IC tag in the UHF band simply by attaching the RFID medium to a container containing a liquid such as a beverage, and there is room for further improvement.

Further, in product management, the controlled object and the information about the object need to be completely linked, and if the controlled object and the information about the object are separated, the reliability is lacking. Therefore, it is not preferable to attach the IC tag to the lid or stopper separated from the main body.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an IC tag holder that can easily and surely attach an IC tag to a container and does not impair communication characteristics.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an IC tag holder for attaching an IC chip and an IC tag having an antenna connected to the IC chip to a container containing a liquid, which is deformed along the outer periphery of the container. a band member attached to the outer periphery of said container, said attached to the band member, and a supporting member for supporting and between away the IC tag from the surface of the container, the IC tag, IC tag A base material that also serves as a base material and a label base material, the antenna provided on the base material, and the IC chip connected to the antenna are provided, and the antenna and the IC chip on the base material are provided. The surface to be formed is covered with an adhesive layer and provided on the surface of the support member, and the band member has a main body plate having flexibility and a covering material covering the outer surface of the main body plate. , The main body plate is wound in the longitudinal direction to give a curl, and in the width direction of the main body plate, a thin plate to which a force is applied so that the end portion in the width direction warps with respect to the central portion in the width direction. It is a spring steel plate in the shape of a spring, and the support member includes a plurality of legs that abut on the surface of the container, supports the IC tag at a distance of 5 to 20 mm from the surface of the container, and the plurality of legs. Is provided with an IC tag holder in which openings are formed in each of the openings and the band member is inserted into each of the openings.

According to these aspects, it is possible to provide an IC tag holder which can easily and surely attach the IC tag to the container and does not impair the communication characteristics.

FIG. 1 is an external view illustrating an IC tag holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of the IC tag holder shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a state in which the IC tag holder according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the container. FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating how the belt portion of the IC tag holder according to the embodiment of the present invention is curved. FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating an IC tag applied to the IC tag holder according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a VI-VI cross section of the IC tag shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating another example of the IC tag applied to the IC tag holder according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the VIII-VIII cross section of the IC tag shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an IC tag holder according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[IC tag holder]
Hereinafter, the IC tag holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view illustrating the IC tag holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the IC tag holder shown in FIG. 1 in a cross section of II-II. Further, FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a state in which the IC tag holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the container 100.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the IC tag holder 1 includes a support member 10 and a band member 20, and the IC chip 33 and the IC chip, which will be described later, are placed in a container 100 containing the liquid shown in FIG. This is for attaching an IC tag 30 having an antenna 32 connected to 33.

As shown in FIG. 3, the container 100 has a neck portion 102 in which a beverage spout 101 is formed and a body portion 103, and the container 100 contains a liquid, particularly a beverage. Examples of the container 100 include those made of synthetic resin such as PET, glass, and earthenware.

Further, in the present embodiment, the IC tag 30 is arranged on the surface 10a of the support member 10. Details of the IC tag 30 will be described later.

The support member 10 includes legs 11 and 12 that come into contact with the surface of the container 100, and supports the IC tag 30 at a distance d from the surface of the container 100.

The legs 11 and 12 are formed with openings 11a and 12a, and the band member 20 is inserted through the openings 11a and 12a.

In the present embodiment, the separation length d at which the IC tag 30 is separated from the surface of the container 100 by the support member 10 is preferably 5 mm or more and 20 mm or less.

If the separation length d is less than 5 mm, the radio wave in the UHF band of the IC chip 33 used for the IC tag 30 is interfered with by the material of the container 100 and the liquid contained in the container 100, and the radio wave intensity is lowered.

Further, if the separation length d exceeds 20 mm, it becomes an obstacle when arranging the plurality of containers 100 side by side, which is not preferable.

From the above viewpoint, the separation length d is more preferably 10 mm or more and 15 mm or less.

Next, the band member 20 will be described. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the band member 20 includes a flexible main body plate 21 and a covering material 22 that covers the outer surface of the main body plate 21.

The main body plate 21 is made of a thin plate-shaped spring steel plate. The cross section of the main body plate 21 in the width direction is gently curved, and a force is applied so that the end portion in the width direction warps with respect to the central portion in the width direction. The main body plate 21 is wound in the longitudinal direction to give a winding habit.

Further, the covering material 22 is formed of a flexible material such as rubber or a soft resin. The flexible material is a material that elastically deforms following the deformation of the main body plate 21, which will be described later. Examples of the flexible material include silicone rubber, vinyl chloride resin, urethane resin, thermoplastic elastomer and the like.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a state in which the band member 20 of the IC tag holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is curved into a ring shape.

According to the above-described configuration, the band member 20 is curved so that both end portions 20a and 20b are close to each other, and both end portions 20a and 20b are developed in a straight line against this curved state, and the width direction end portions are When it is warped, it is held in a straightened state as shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the band member 20 is formed by bending both end portions 20a and 20b against the warp of the end portion in the width direction from the state of extending straight as shown in FIG. Both ends 20a and 20b are deformed into a curved state so as to approach each other. As a result, the band member 20 wraps around the container 100 and has a shape that follows the surface shape (cylindrical shape) of the container 100.

Therefore, the support member 10 can be attached to the outer periphery of the container 100 by inserting the band member 20 into the openings 11a and 12a of the legs 11 and 12 of the support member 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the IC tag holder 1 according to the present embodiment is attached to the body 103 of the container 100. By attaching to the body portion 103 of the container 100, an appropriate gripping force can be obtained in a state where the band member 20 is curved.

FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating the IC tag 30 applied to the IC tag holder 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a VI-VI cross section of the IC tag 30 shown in FIG.

The IC tag 30 includes a base material 31, an antenna 32 provided on the base material 31, and an IC chip 33 connected to the antenna 32.

Further, the surface 31a of the base material 31 on which the antenna 32 and the IC chip 33 are provided is covered with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 34.

A label 38 composed of an adhesive layer 35 and a label base material 36 is attached to the surface 31b of the base material 31 of the IC tag 30 (the surface opposite to the surface 31a on which the IC chip 33 is arranged). That is, the IC tag 30 is attached to the surface 10a of the support member 10 by the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 34 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 35 of the label 38 (see FIGS. 1 to 4).

FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating another example of the IC tag 30 applied to the IC tag holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the VIII-VIII cross section of the IC tag 30 shown in FIG.

The IC tag 30 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 includes a base material 37 that also serves as a base material for the IC tag and a label base material, an antenna 32 provided on the base material 37, and an IC chip connected to the antenna 32. 33 and. Further, the surface 37a of the base material 37 on which the antenna 32 and the IC chip 33 are provided is covered with the adhesive layer 34.

The antenna 32 has a UHF band (300 MHz to 3 GHz, especially 860 MHz to 960 MHz), a microwave (1 to 30 GHz, especially near 2.45 GHz), and an HF band (3 MHz to 30 MHz, particularly 13.56 MHz), depending on the RFID specifications. It is designed in a pattern corresponding to a specific frequency band such as (neighborhood). The antenna 32 of this embodiment is an example of the UHF band.

In the present embodiment, the materials applicable to the base material 31 and the base material 37 include high-quality paper, coated paper and other papers, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene naphthalate and other resin films alone, or Examples thereof include a multilayer film obtained by laminating a plurality of these resin films.

As described above, according to the IC tag holder 1 according to the present embodiment, the IC tag 30 is attached by the support member 10 while maintaining a separation length d from the container 100. Therefore, the material of the container 100 and the liquid contained in the container 100 are not affected, and the communication characteristics are not impaired.

Further, in the IC tag holder 1 according to the present embodiment, when the band member 20 is deformed in the direction of returning the warp of the end portion in the width direction from the straight stretched state, the band member 20 is deformed in the longitudinal direction. .. Therefore, the band member 20 can easily and surely hold the support member 10 in the body portion 103 by following the shape of the body portion 103 of the container 100.

[Other Embodiments]
The IC tag holder 1 according to the present embodiment can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the IC tag holder 2 shown as another embodiment of the present invention. Like the IC tag holder 2, the antenna 32 and the IC chip 33 may be embedded inside the support member 10.

In this case, it is preferable that the IC tag 30 is embedded in the surface 10a side of the support member 10 so as to maintain the separation length d.

In the case of an embedded type such as the IC tag holder 2, the base material 31 may be omitted. Further, in the case of the embedded type, it is not necessary to use the adhesive layer 34 for attaching the antenna 32 and the IC chip 33 to the IC tag holder 2.

By adopting the embedded type, it is possible to prevent the IC tag 30 from peeling off and the IC chip 33 from being damaged due to contact with the IC tag 30, as compared with the case where the IC tag 30 is attached to the surface 10a of the support member 10. it can.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above-described embodiment shows only a part of the application examples of the present invention, and the purpose of limiting the technical scope of the present invention to the specific configuration of the above-described embodiment. is not it.

1 IC tag holder 2 IC tag holder 10 Support member 10a Surface 11, 12 Legs 11a, 12a Opening 20 Band member 20a, 20b End 21 Main body plate 22 Covering material 30 IC tag 31 Base material 31a Surface 31b Surface 32 Antenna 33 IC chip 34 Adhesive layer 35 Adhesive layer 36 Label base material 37 Base material 37a surface 100 Container 101 Spout 102 Neck 103 Body

Claims (2)

An IC tag holder for attaching an IC chip and an IC tag having an antenna connected to the IC chip to a container containing a liquid.
A band member that deforms along the outer circumference of the container and is attached to the outer circumference of the container,
Wherein it is attached to the band member, a support member for supporting the IC tag by between away from the surface of the container,
Equipped with a,
The IC tag includes a base material that also serves as a base material for an IC tag and a base material for a label, the antenna provided on the base material, and the IC chip connected to the antenna. The surface on which the antenna and the IC chip are provided is covered with an adhesive layer and is provided on the surface of the support member .
The band member has a flexible main body plate and a covering material that covers the outer surface of the main body plate, and the main body plate is wound in the longitudinal direction to give a curl, and the winding habit is imparted. In the width direction of the main body plate, it is a thin plate-shaped spring steel plate to which a force is applied to warp the end portion in the width direction with respect to the central portion in the width direction.
The support member includes a plurality of legs that abut on the surface of the container, supports the IC tag at a distance of 5 to 20 mm from the surface of the container, and each of the plurality of legs has an opening. An IC tag holder that is formed and has the band member inserted through each of the openings. An IC tag holder for attaching an IC chip and an IC tag having an antenna connected to the IC chip to a container containing a liquid.
A band member that deforms along the outer circumference of the container and is attached to the outer circumference of the container,
Wherein it is attached to the band member, a support member for supporting the IC tag by between away from the surface of the container,
Equipped with a,
The IC tag includes a base material that also serves as a base material for an IC tag and a base material for a label, the antenna provided on the base material, and the IC chip connected to the antenna. The surface on which the antenna and the IC chip are provided is covered with an adhesive layer and is provided inside the support member .
The band member has a flexible main body plate and a covering material that covers the outer surface of the main body plate, and the main body plate is wound in the longitudinal direction to give a curl, and the winding habit is imparted. In the width direction of the main body plate, it is a thin plate-shaped spring steel plate to which a force is applied to warp the end portion in the width direction with respect to the central portion in the width direction.
The support member includes a plurality of legs that abut on the surface of the container, supports the IC tag at a distance of 5 to 20 mm from the surface of the container, and each of the plurality of legs has an opening. An IC tag holder that is formed and has the band member inserted through each of the openings.

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