JP2005260840A - Attach member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that when an IC chip pack is used, a part to be attached will be limited itself from the size of the IC chip pack itself and the flexibility of a design regarding the shape, the structure, etc. of an attach member itself will be restricted by it. <P>SOLUTION: The attach member includes a conductive material as an antenna in a filament fixing an electronic device at any part and having integrally a coming-off stop part at both ends in the attach member, such as a display tag, etc. having a filament providing integrally the coming-off stop part. Suppose that the electronic device is an IC chip. Suppose that a positioning extension swelling part is integrally provided to a lateral bar side of the filament. Suppose that the IC chip as the electronic device is fixed to the paddle part or the extension swelling part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention includes an attachment member, in particular, a paddle part at one end of a plastic filament, and a horizontal bar part for preventing the other end from being attached. The present invention relates to an attaching member for attaching a display tag (tag).

  In general, there are two types of attachment members for attaching the above-mentioned display tag to a product: a loop type that connects and locks both ends of the filament, and a type that attaches linearly to both ends of the filament to prevent it from coming off. It has been.

  Many of the filament-types that are attached linearly have a paddle part integrally formed at one end and a horizontal bar part for retaining that has the same characteristics as the filament at the other end. It is set as the assembly attached to the runner bar through the connection part which can cut | disconnect the horizontal bar part side. And the said runner bar is set to a mounting tool, and it pierces and installs | wears with goods, such as cloth, with a hollow needle etc. one by one. At that time, the display tag (tag) is attached to the product in a suspended state by passing the needle through the through hole of the display tag (tag) and the like.

  Also, recently, in order to prevent and monitor the so-called shoplifting behavior of products, the filament has a high magnetic permeability such as amorphous metal material, and is equipped with a soft magnetic material that can be easily magnetized and demagnetized. Non-contact type that generates an alternating magnetic field in the magnetic field application coil of the gate and generates a voltage pulse in the pickup coil of the sensing gate by the Barkhausen effect when reversing the magnetic field of the magnetic material that entered this alternating magnetic field, and detects this A detector was also developed.

  However, the equipment using such a magnetic field has a high unit price for the sensing gate and filament (attachment member), and in addition, a space for installing the sensing gate is required. In addition, since various kinds of product information cannot be stored in the equipment using the magnetic field, it is necessary to separately print or paste a bar code seal or the like.

Therefore, instead of the equipment using the magnetic field described above, the use of an IC chip that stores information and the like has come to be performed. In addition, the IC chip used at this time is an IC chip pack in which the antenna connected to the IC chip is enclosed, and is attached to a portion having a relatively large area and volume of the attachment member. It was.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-352935 Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-273912

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that, when an IC chip pack is used, the size of the IC chip pack itself is limited by itself, and thus the shape, structure, etc. of the attachment member itself are limited. The degree of freedom of design is limited.

  In order to solve this problem, the attachment member according to the present invention is an attachment member such as a display tag having a filament integrally provided with a retaining portion at both ends, and an electronic device is fixed to any part of the attachment member. The filament is provided with a conductive material as an antenna, the electronic device is an IC chip, and a widening bulging portion for positioning is located near the horizontal bar portion of the filament. The IC chip as an electronic device is fixed to the paddle part or the widened bulge part.

  The attachment member according to the present invention is characterized in that the conductive material as the antenna is laminated on the outer surface of the filament with a coating material or a cover thread is used. The above-mentioned filaments are characterized in that they are embedded in filaments, and the above-mentioned filaments are stretched or unstretched with the above-mentioned widened bulged portion as a boundary. On the opposite side, a severable connecting portion is provided, and the connecting portion is connected to a runner bar to form an assembly with a predetermined pitch.

  The attachment member according to the present invention is configured as described above. Therefore, an IC chip that does not require a relatively large space can be arranged at an appropriate site, and a filament portion that occupies a large ratio as a surface area can be used as an antenna installation site. Therefore, there is less restriction on the size and configuration of the entire attachment member, and the degree of freedom in design is increased. In addition, since the antenna portion can be positioned greatly, the directionality and accuracy of signal wave transmission and reception are also improved.

  The best mode of the attachment member according to the present invention was realized as a configuration shown in the drawings as an example.

  Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing an assembled state, FIG. 2 is a front view as a single product, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of a filament, and FIG. 4 is a portion showing another example. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a filament showing another example.

  In these drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes an attachment member main body formed entirely of plastic. The attachment member main body 1 has a filament 2, and one end (tip) of the filament 2 is integrally provided with a paddle portion 3 that serves as a retainer and various notations, and the other end (base end). Is integrally provided with a horizontal bar portion 4 for retaining.

  Further, the filament 2 of the attachment member main body 1 is integrally provided with a widening bulging portion 5 at a position near the horizontal bar portion 4 for easy positioning at the time of mounting. As described above, the attachment member main body 1 is attached to the target product by a dedicated mounting tool. Before the mounting, the attachment portion 1 is cut on the side opposite to the filament 2 of the horizontal bar portion 4 by the action of the mounting tool. 6 is connected to a runner bar 7 set on the wearing tool, and is in an assembled state with a predetermined pitch interval.

  The wireless IC chip 8 is fixed to the paddle portion 3 of the attachment member main body 1 on the surface or in an embedded state. The filament 2 is provided with a conductive material 9 as an antenna connected to the wireless IC chip 8 in a fixed state.

  In FIG. 2, the conductive material 9 as the antenna is provided on the filament 2 between the paddle part 3 and the widened bulging part 5, which also passes through the widened bulging part 5, and the horizontal bar part 4. It is good also as providing.

  The basic method is to use the conductive material 9 as an antenna as a core wire and coat the periphery thereof with plastic to form the filament 2. However, the conductive material 9 as an antenna is formed on the outer surface of the filament 2 already obtained. A method of bringing the material 9 into close contact and fixing with the coating 10 or a method of forming a slit (slit) 11 in a part of the filament 2 in the axial direction as shown in FIG. Conceivable.

  Further, the IC chip 8 can be fixed to the widened bulging portion 5, and in this case, in addition to surface fixing, fixing in an embedded state can be considered.

  Furthermore, the filament 2 can be applied by selecting a stretched or unstretched process with the widened bulging portion 5 as a boundary, and the process is changed and selected depending on the mounting structure of the conductive material 9 as an antenna. It is also possible.

  The attachment member according to the present invention is configured as described above. The conductive material 9 for the antenna is generally assumed to be a metal. However, in addition to the example shown in the embodiment, if the metal is powder or fiber and mixed with plastic, the filament 2 is formed. It can also be made conductive to act as an antenna from the beginning. Further, the attachment member may be configured to have a horizontal bar portion for preventing the attachment at both ends, or may be configured to include a lock mechanism at both ends of the filament 2 to form a loop (ring) at the time of use.

It is a perspective view which shows the attachment member which implemented this invention, and shows an assembly state. It is a front view as a single item. It is a fragmentary sectional view of a filament. It is a partial front view which shows another example. It is a cross-sectional view of a filament showing another example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Attachment member main body 2 Filament 3 Paddle part 4 Horizontal bar part 5 Widening swelling part 6 Connection part 7 Runner bar 8 Wireless IC chip 9 Conductive material as antenna 10 Coating 11 Cut (slit)

Claims (8)

  In an attachment member such as a display tag having a filament integrally provided with a retaining portion at both ends, an electronic device is fixed to any part of the attachment member, and the filament is provided with a conductive material as an antenna. Attached member as a feature.   The attachment member according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is an IC chip.   The attachment member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a widening bulging portion for positioning is integrally provided near the horizontal bar portion of the filament.   4. The attachment member according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip as the electronic device is fixed to a paddle part or a widened bulge part.   The conductive material as the antenna described above is laminated on the outer surface of the filament with a coating material or a cover yarn is used. The claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 The attachment member as described in 2.   5. The attachment member according to claim 1, wherein the conductive material as the antenna is embedded in a filament.   The attachment member according to claim 3, 4, 5, or 6, wherein the filament is subjected to a stretching or non-stretching process with the widened bulging portion as a boundary. The said horizontal bar part is provided with the connection part which can be cut | disconnected on the opposite side to the filament, and the connection part is connected with a runner bar, It is set as the assembly of predetermined pitch, Claim 2, The attachment member according to claim 3, claim 4, claim 5, claim 6 or claim 7.

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