JP2001240046A - Container and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate management of articles. SOLUTION: After an antenna 20 for a non-contact IC chip 18 is printed on an external surface of a separate sheet 12a on a shorter side forming a base of a corrugated fiberboard 10, the IC chip 18 is stuck. Then separate sheets 12a to 12d are folded inward to shield the IC chip 18 from both the inside and the outside of the container.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a container and a method for manufacturing the same that facilitate distribution and inventory management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, products are stored in cardboard containers for storage and distribution. On the outer surface of the cardboard container, a barcode etc. is attached as a print or a sticker for management,
Each container, and thus the stored product, can be specified by the barcode. In order to manage merchandise, in particular, to manage distribution, storage and unloading and sorting in a warehouse or the like, the correspondence between the barcode outside the cardboard container and the internal merchandise is stored in a database in advance. Then, by appropriately reading the barcode on the outer surface of the cardboard container as needed, it is possible to easily manage which product is where. The barcode may be printed on a cardboard in advance, or a sticker on which the barcode is printed may be adhered to the cardboard.

[0003]

The conventional method using a bar code has the following problems. That is, the barcode is susceptible to dirt and is optically read, so the read sensor must be correctly pointed at the barcode. For example, in order to be able to correctly read the barcode of a cardboard container moving on a sorting conveyor line, the containers should be aligned in the direction in which the barcode portion of each container is correctly read and directed to the sensor, or the It is necessary to add the same barcode to multiple surfaces. Each of these methods has few advantages in spite of extra labor.

[0004] The present invention, even if randomly arranged,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for which each container, and therefore its contents, can be easily identified and a method for its production.

[0005]

A container according to the present invention is a container formed by folding a sheet material, wherein a non-contact type IC chip and a part of the IC chip are concealed from inside and outside of the container. The antenna is arranged for the antenna.

By using a non-contact type IC chip, reading and writing can be performed in a wider range (for example, directivity), and it becomes easy to check the stored goods.

[0007] Further, by disposing the IC chip and the antenna at a location that is concealed from inside and outside of the container, it is possible to protect the inside of the container from external commodities and external objects. This is the IC
The chip and the antenna can be easily realized by disposing the chip and the antenna on a portion of the sheet material that forms the bottom surface of the container, more preferably on the outer surface of the portion that forms the bottom surface of the container.

By adding an antenna to the sheet material by printing, the working process can be simplified.

The IC chip and the antenna may be arranged on an adhesive sheet, and the adhesive sheet may be adhered to a predetermined portion of the sheet material. As a result, the antenna can be connected to the IC chip in advance and confirmed, so that it becomes more reliable.

The method for manufacturing a container according to the present invention includes a step of printing an antenna for a non-contact IC chip on a predetermined portion of a sheet material, a step of connecting the non-contact IC chip to the antenna, Folding the sheet material so that the IC chip and the antenna are concealed from inside and outside of the container to form a container.

[0011] With this, the antenna can be printed at the same time as printing general information on the surface of the sheet material.
The manufacturing process can be simplified.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in the process of assembling, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the embodiment with its upper surface opened.

In the course of forming the corrugated container, the corrugated paper 10 has, as shown in FIG. 1, independent separation sheets 12a, 12b, 1 on each of four sides on the bottom side and the top side.
2c, 12d; 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d are formed. The separation sheets 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are used to form a bottom surface, and the separation sheets 14a, 14
b, 14c, 14d are used to form the lid.

On the bottom surface, usually, the separation sheet 12 on the short side is used.
a, 12c are folded inward as indicated by arrows 16a, 16c, and then the folded separation sheets 12a, 1c are bent.
2c so that the separation sheets 12b and 12
d is bent inward as shown by arrows 16b and 16d.

Therefore, the separation sheets 12a and 12
b, the outer surface of the separation piece 12 when the container is formed.
3 and 12c, and also hidden from the inside of the container, as can be seen from FIG. In this embodiment, a non-contact IC chip 18 is added to the outer surfaces of the separation sheets 12a and 12b. The addition method is IC
An antenna 20 for the chip 18 is directly printed on the outer surface of the separation sheet 12a and the IC chip 18 is bonded. Alternatively, an adhesive sheet on which the antenna is printed and the IC chip is attached is prepared separately. There is a method of bonding the adhesive sheet to the outer surface of the separation sheet 12a. In the former case, after bonding the IC chip, a protective sheet is placed on the IC chip 18 and the antenna 20 to prevent the IC chip 18 from being detached or the antenna 20 from being damaged at the time of assembling the container. preferable.

In the former method, since the antenna 20 can be printed at the same time as printing on the surface of the cardboard container, not only can the printing process be shared, but also the position of the antenna 20 is fixed and the IC chip 18 can be easily bonded. (It is easy to automate). The latter method has the advantage that the material and shape of the container 10 and the IC chip to be used can be determined independently and can be used for general purposes.

Since the non-contact type IC chip 18 is located at a location hidden from both the outside and the inside of the container,
The IC chip 18 does not come into direct contact with others,
Even if the container is handled roughly, the IC chip 18 does not easily come off.

The IC chip 18 may be of a radio wave coupling type or an electrostatic coupling type. By using the non-contact type IC chip 18 as a means for specifying each container, and hence a product inside, it is possible to read even if the container is dirty. Also, the problem of directivity of reading and writing,
Since it is not as strict as a barcode, restrictions on the position and orientation of the container are reduced, reading (writing) on site is easy, and product management is easy.

[0020]

As can be easily understood from the above description, according to the present invention, the management of commodities becomes easy with a very simple structure, which contributes to the improvement of the efficiency of inventory management and distribution management.

Further, by using a readable and writable IC chip, information on a product contained in a container can be written, and the contents can be confirmed without taking the product out of the container. The history such as the delivery date of the contents is IC
Writing to chips facilitates inventory management and lot management. By writing information such as a delivery route into an IC chip, sorting and delivery become easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention during assembly.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view as seen with an upper surface opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Corrugated paper 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d: Separation sheet forming bottom surface 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d: Separation sheet forming lid 16a, 16c: Bending direction of separation sheets 12a, 12c 16b, 16d: Separation sheet Bending direction of 12b, 12d 18: IC chip 20: Antenna

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A container formed by folding a sheet material, wherein a non-contact type IC chip and an antenna for the IC chip are arranged at a location concealed from inside and outside of the container. And container. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip and the antenna are arranged on a portion of the sheet material forming a bottom surface of the container. 3. The antenna according to claim 2, wherein the antenna is printed on an outer surface of a portion of the sheet material forming a bottom surface of the container.
A container according to claim 1. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip and the antenna are disposed on an adhesive sheet, and the adhesive sheet is adhered to a portion of the sheet material forming a container bottom. 5. The container according to claim 4, wherein the adhesive sheet is adhered to an outer surface of a portion of the sheet material forming a bottom surface of the container. 6. The container according to claim 1, wherein said sheet material is made of corrugated paper. 7. A step of printing an antenna for a non-contact type IC chip on a predetermined portion of a sheet material; a step of connecting the non-contact type IC chip to the antenna; Folding the sheet material so as to be concealed from inside and outside of the container to form a container. 8. The container manufacturing method according to claim 7, wherein the antenna is printed on an outer surface of a portion of the sheet material forming a container bottom surface. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the sheet material is made of corrugated paper.