JP2003081344A - Auxiliary packaging material on which ic is fitted - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary packaging material on which an IC can be fitted even in a final packaging/transport stage after a content has been housed in a container; and a packaging container using such an auxiliary packaging material. SOLUTION: This auxiliary packaging material (11) is attached to the packaging container (13) or the like, and on which, the IC (12) which can perform reading, or reading and writing of data by a non-contact method is fitted. As the auxiliary packaging material (11), a chuck (zipper), a tear tape, a shrinkable film, a stretchable film, an interleaving paper, a central partition, a craft adhesive tape for sealing, a polypropylene band for binding, and a label and so forth can be counted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION When a container for storing contents such as a paper box, a plastic container or a flexible packaging bag is used as a packaging material,
It can be attached to the above paper box, plastic container, flexible packaging bag, etc., or can be packed in a fixed number of packing materials, or can be packed in a fixed number of stored items, or can be packed together with a fixed number of stored items. A zipper, tear tape, shrink film, stretch film, interleaving paper, partition, etc., which are put in, etc., can be called a secondary packaging material.

The present invention relates to a packaging auxiliary material having an IC mounted thereon, and more particularly to a packaging auxiliary material having an IC capable of reading data or reading and writing data in a non-contact manner.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a packaging material for packaging foods and other articles, a flexible laminated material made of various combinations of paper, plastic film, metal foil and the like according to required quality has been used. This packaging material is usually
It is used as a packaging container after being processed into a bag shape, a box shape, a tray shape, or the like. Further, plastic molded containers, paper boxes, etc. are also used.

On the other hand, various information such as the type and quantity of the contents, the place of manufacture and the date of manufacture, the expiration date and the additives if the contents are foods are usually contained in these containers. It is added in the form of printing. These pieces of information need to be recognizable from the outside, but the printing method is not suitable as a means for recording different information in each container, and the recordable information is related to the printing space. The amount is also relatively small.

As a means for recording a large amount or individual information, there is an IC having a writable memory.
In recent years, the performance, size, and price of ICs have been increasing, and the ICs on which the above-described information is recorded have been attached to articles. This IC can be attached to articles by plastic film, sheet, metal foil,
It has been common to attach a label-like tag called an IC tag in which an IC is attached to a substrate made of paper, a laminate of these, or the like to an article.

However, the method of attaching the IC to the container in advance has a problem that writing is difficult.

[0007] More generally, in many cases, an article such as a container having an IC mounted therein is delivered to a customer (filling destination of contents). In this case, when the device for mounting the IC and the mounting timing are limited, the IC may drop off or become dirty when the product is packed or transported such as a packaging container in which the IC is mounted. For example, the expected functions may be lost, it may be difficult to control the quality of the packaging container received, and it may be difficult to mount the IC due to the shape, size, or printed pattern of the packaging container. There was a problem.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems relating to articles such as a container having an IC mounted thereon, and the final packaging after the contents are stored in the container. It is an object to provide a packaging sub-material that enables mounting of an IC even in the transportation stage and a packaging container using the packaging sub-material.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a packaging auxiliary material such as being attached to a packaging container, which is equipped with an IC capable of reading data or reading and writing data in a non-contact manner. It is a packaging auxiliary material.

As described above, a zipper, a tear tape, a shrink film, a stretch film, an interleaving paper, which is attached to a packaging container such as a paper box, a plastic container, or a flexible packaging bag, or which packs a certain number of packaging materials together. An IC that can read or write data in a non-contact method for secondary packaging materials such as partitioning
Since the is installed, information can be written to the IC when the packaging auxiliary material is attached to the container or the like, and the work efficiency is good. (It is difficult to write if the IC is attached to the container.)

A second aspect of the present invention is a packaging container equipped with the auxiliary packaging material according to the first aspect.

The invention of claim 3 is a packaging container packed with the packaging sub-material of claim 1.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A packaging sub-material equipped with an IC of the present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment.

The packaging auxiliary material on which the IC of the present invention is mounted is, for example, a packaging auxiliary material attached to a packaging container (13) as shown in FIG. 1, and data is read out or read out in a non-contact manner. And writable I
It is a packaging auxiliary material (11) to which C (12) is attached.

As the auxiliary packaging material (11), for example, a zipper (zipper) of a soft packaging bag, a tear tape, a shrink film (after palletizing), a stretch film (after palletizing), an interleaving paper at the time of pallet stacking, a partition (cardboard) Stuffing), labels, adhesive tape for sealing, polypropylene (PP) bands for bundling, etc. Consider attaching an IC for each of them.

First, the IC may be attached to the zipper of the soft packaging bag. This may be the case where the IC is attached to the chuck itself or the IC is attached at the same time when the chuck is attached to the soft packaging bag by a method such as heat fusion. Further, it is possible to deliver to the customer a soft packaging bag with a chuck to which an IC is attached in advance and a case to which a chuck with an IC is attached in advance.

Next, the IC may be attached to an opening / closing tear tape such as a cardboard box or a paper box. There are cases where the IC is attached to the tear tape itself and cases where the IC is attached simultaneously with the sealing when the tear tape is sealed in a cardboard box or a paper box. In addition, there may be a case where a cardboard or a cardboard box with a tear tape to which an IC is attached is delivered to a customer, and a tear tape original fabric to which an IC is attached and a cardboard or a paper box are delivered separately.

In some cases, the IC is attached to a shrink film or stretch film used for shrink packaging or stretch packaging for fixing and holding articles such as palletized packaging containers. This is because when the IC is attached to the shrink film or stretch film itself, or when the IC is supplied between the film and the article such as the packaging container and the article is wound with the shrink film or stretch film, May be installed at the same time.

There is a case in which interleaving paper is laid between the layers when the pallets are stacked. An IC is attached to this slip sheet in advance.

When packing a product in a cardboard case or a paper box, a partition may be used to secure the strength, protect the product, and improve the filling efficiency. This partition is I
Wear C.

An IC may be attached to the label. In this case, an IC may be attached to the label itself or an IC may be supplied between the product and the label for attachment. Further, it is possible to supply the customer with a labeled container pre-mounted with an IC or to supply a label original fabric pre-mounted with an IC to the customer.

As a method of using the label on which the IC is mounted,
For example, if information having a game property is input to the IC tag, the consumer can collect the labels and connect the reader of the IC tag to the game machine, so that the application to a game or the like can be considered.

In some cases, the IC is attached to a sealing adhesive tape (craft tape, vinyl tape, etc.). In this case, when the IC is mounted on the tape itself,
In some cases, the IC may be mounted while being supplied between the product and the tape.

In some cases, the IC may be barely attached to the binding PP band. In this case, the IC may be mounted on the binding band itself, the IC may be mounted between the product and the binding band by mounting, or the IC may be mounted at the same time when the binding band is sealed.

The IC (1) attached to the packaging auxiliary material (11)
In 2), at least the data in the IC can be read out, and preferably, it is a readable and writable IC.

By being able to write, it becomes possible to write new information, add additional information, or rewrite information after it is attached to the packaging auxiliary material. For example, it becomes possible to add the date of shipment from the factory.

The IC (12) is composed of a thermoplastic resin film, metal foil, paper, or a laminate of these, whether in the state of the IC chip or in the state of a coin in which the IC chip is embedded in resin. It does not matter even if a label-like tag called an IC tag in which an IC is attached to a material is used.

By mounting the IC on the sub-packaging material in this way, the IC can be easily separated from the packaging container and can be separated and collected.

Further, the function of automatically adjusting the supply condition, the seal condition and the like of the packaging auxiliary material by reading the IC information of the packaging auxiliary material is added to the apparatus side, so that the changeover work can be simplified. It will be possible.

As for the timing of mounting the IC on the sub-packaging material, it may be carried out by the sub-material manufacturer side or in the customer's production facility. Either method is possible, but it is possible to select the one with the superior cost and quality control.

[0031]

As described above, by using the packaging auxiliary material having the IC of the present invention mounted thereon, it becomes possible for the customer to mount the IC on a packaging container or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a packaging container using a packaging sub-material equipped with an IC of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Packaging auxiliary materials 12 ... IC 13 ... Packaging container

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A packaging auxiliary material, such as being attached to a packaging container, which is equipped with an IC capable of reading data or reading and writing data in a non-contact manner. 2. A packaging container in which the packaging auxiliary material according to claim 1 is mounted. 3. A packaging container packed with the auxiliary packaging material according to claim 1.